LNS: Is the Hornet’s Nest Gone?

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taylorvol said:
Apparently UT is selling tickets at “market pricing“ for almost every home game. Some are what goes unclaimed in LF for the visitor’s but many are in prime sections as well.

EDIT: The seats that UT is selling are designated as “Standard Admission” and are displayed in blue. These seats are different than the Reseller Seats which are displayed in red. OJJs examples were standard admission seats priced at $69 and $109. These were likely priced using TMs “dynamic pricing” in which algorithms are used to set pricing. UT can also set the pric8ng or use dynamic pricing with a floor or minimum price per section.
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Remember when you could throw a can of green beans in the box at the entrance and choose your seat?
 
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Ned Land said:
It will be very easy to do a heel turn on Danny White the minute we're not winning in something. Baseball seems the most stable so it'll probably be one of the other sports.

As far as losing the "hornets nest" enviroment, I think it's absolutly the case. However, I do think some of it is natural. 2021 will probably never be topped. It had everything lining up. Everyone was desperate to be in an enviroment like that after dealing with covid. It was our first really good team in, what, 16 years? You can't replicate the climb. I would kind of relate it to beating Alabama in 2022. Years of desire went into making that crowd so crazy. I don't care if we win five national titles or build a 16000 seat stadium, it won't be able to top Gilbert's HR for an isolated electric moment. I didn't have expectations at that point, only excitement to be winning again.
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Or Max Ferguson walkoff against the Hogs.... or Evan Russell's third home run against Vandy.... or the dingerfest against LSU in supers.

2021 certainly had it's memorable moments.
 
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Ned Land said:
It will be very easy to do a heel turn on Danny White the minute we're not winning in something. Baseball seems the most stable so it'll probably be one of the other sports.

As far as losing the "hornets nest" enviroment, I think it's absolutly the case. However, I do think some of it is natural. 2021 will probably never be topped. It had everything lining up. Everyone was desperate to be in an enviroment like that after dealing with covid. It was our first really good team in, what, 16 years? You can't replicate the climb. I would kind of relate it to beating Alabama in 2022. Years of desire went into making that crowd so crazy. I don't care if we win five national titles or build a 16000 seat stadium, it won't be able to top Gilbert's HR for an isolated electric moment. I didn't have expectations at that point, only excitement to be winning again.
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I've been very lucky to be at a lot of great UT sporting events in my life in a lot of sports. Just about everything from the late 80s til now in Knoxville, and several on the road.

Nothing comes close to that Gilbert's grand slam. Nothing.

And you nailed the phrasing..."electric moment". I don't know if it lasted for 15 seconds or 15 minutes, but I remember seeing the ball fly and my mind absolutely going into some lizard brain space where everyone just yelled and bounced around inside LNS. Didn't feel real.

The whole athletic department had been pushed around for going on more than 10 years. We finally had a team with enough grit to push back... and they went into the 9th down to Wright State. Felt awful. Felt like the previous 10 years... until Gilbert vaporized that ball.
 
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WallyBalls said:
I've been very lucky to be at a lot of great UT sporting events in my life in a lot of sports. Just about everything from the late 80s til now in Knoxville, and several on the road.

Nothing comes close to that Gilbert's grand slam. Nothing.

And you nailed the phrasing..."electric moment". I don't know if it lasted for 15 seconds or 15 minutes, but I remember seeing the ball fly and my mind absolutely going into some lizard brain space where everyone just yelled and bounced around inside LNS. Didn't feel real.

The whole athletic department had been pushed around for going on more than 10 years. We finally had a team with enough grit to push back... and they went into the 9th down to Wright State. Felt awful. Felt like the previous 10 years... until Gilbert vaporized that ball.
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I was so pissed off, I drunkenly fell asleep. Woke up just in time to see the bat flip king throw that hoe down the first base line. I’ve never woken up from a drunk slumber so quickly
 
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taylorvol said:
Has the former Hornet’s Nest Lost Its Stinger?
Has LNS lost its fastball?
Are the fans spoiled by this 12-6 top 10 team and the past success?
Has the “wine/whine and cheese” crowd taken over?
Has moving the student section into RF hurt the buzz?
Are fan expectations too high?

I’ll hang up and listen….
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The wine and cheese crowd hurts us in all sports
 
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