Ten fan bases ready to erupt

#26
#26
AM64 said:
And now some days you'd swear every other car has an AL flag, decal, or plate.
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Ask any of them why they root for bama and to a person, they'll all say that's where they're from. If that state were truly home to all these people, it would be worth about 900 electoral votes this November.
 
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#28
#28
Volsfaninva917 said:
25 points
25 points
25 points
25 points
25 points

UT was so close only a matter of 25 points

I will be glad when the season starts and hopefully the talk of we were so close will go away.
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We only needed 17 points last year. I refuse to count those last five games of 2014 from the weakest part of our schedule in gauging where we are at for 2016.
 
#29
#29
I did a little math for 2012 attendance figures, arguably the darkest year of Tennessee football since the early 80s. By average attendance per game, the list is as follows.

1. Michigan 112,252
2. Ohio St. 105,330
3. Alabama 101,722
4. Texas 100,884
5. Penn St. 96,730
6. Georgia 92,703
7. LSU 92,626
8. Tennessee 89,965
9. Southern California 87,945
10. Florida 87,597

But...by percentage of capacity, the list changes dramatically.
Michigan 104.33%
OSU 100.37%
Elephants 99.9%
Texas 100.77%
PSU 90.8%
UGA 99.9%
LSU 90.5%
Tennessee 87.8%
USC 93.9%
Lizards 98.9%

Basically, numbers 5-10 would not even be in the top 10, likely not even the top 20, for percentage of capacity. Here are some other bluebloods:
Notre Dame 100%
Nebraska 105.49%
Oklahoma 103.82%
And the winner for 2012, and most years since? Our friends from the West Coast:
Oregon 106.86%!!

Just food for thought. Even in our darkest days, we were still pulling close to 90% capacity. Not bad at all, VolNation.
 
#30
#30
Yay! Thanks for the backhanded compliment. Tennessee had more butts in the seats than 95% of other schools, and that was during the lean years. Last year's Oklahoma and Georgia games reminded me of the Neyland of old. Back in the days when Tennessee had a home field advantage like no other. I can't even imagine how ridiculous that stadium will be IF Tennessee beats Florida/UGA and goes into Bama week undefeated.
 
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#31
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zeppelin128 said:
...by percentage of capacity, the list changes dramatically.
Michigan 104.33% (8-5)
OSU 100.37% (12-0)
Elephants 99.9% (13-1)
Texas 100.77% (9-4)
PSU 90.8% (8-4)
UGA 99.9% (12-2)
LSU 90.5% (10-3)
Tennessee 87.8% (5-7)
USC 93.9% (7-6)
Lizards 98.9% (11-2)
Notre Dame 100% (12-1)
Nebraska 105.49% (10-4)
Oklahoma 103.82% (10-3)
Oregon 106.86% (12-1)

Just food for thought. Even in our darkest days, we were still pulling close to 90% capacity. Not bad at all, VolNation.
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I added those teams' 2012 records in purple. And that begs the follow-on question. What was their attendance like in THEIR worst years (which for most of them clearly did not include 2012)?

Tennessee had an 88% full stadium, one of the largest stadiums in the country, mind you...about 90,000 fans showing up on average...in our worst year.

How many of these other schools could claim the same?
 
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Grand Vol said:
You really do. And for that I wouldn't mind seeing you in a bowl game for once. Music City or something close.

For crying out loud, just beat Vandy or Florida to get to eligibility!
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I would. No reason we should be going to the music city bowl or anything even close to comparable for The foreseeable future.
 
#35
#35
supersmo18 said:
I would. No reason we should be going to the music city bowl or anything even close to comparable for The foreseeable future.
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Grand Vol was responding to LittleCat, the Ky Wildcat fan...about where they could end up in a bowl.

It's all about context, man. :)
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
I added those teams' 2012 records in purple. And that begs the follow-on question. What was their attendance like in THEIR worst years (which for most of them clearly did not include 2012)?

Tennessee had an 88% full stadium, one of the largest stadiums in the country, mind you...about 90,000 fans showing up on average...in our worst year.

How many of these other schools could claim the same?
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Interesting question indeed. Your added numbers of W-L just goes to show that we are not a typical fanbase. It is quite impressive that almost 90,000 folks still attended each game during year three of the Dooley days and a second 5-7 record in a row.
 
#37
#37
"Neyland Stadium is already one of the most insane venues in college football, and if the team can make it through September unscathed, their fans become a huge asset."

Fans have always been a huge asset, any year, any month. Sold-out rival games, CheckerNeyland, Top 10 attendance for spring and bowl games and record-setting decibel levels have shown that. This year, the team becomes as insane as the fanbase. :)
 
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#38
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The Artful Dodger said:
Yay! Thanks for the backhanded compliment. Tennessee had more butts in the seats than 95% of other schools, and that was during the lean years. Last year's Oklahoma and Georgia games reminded me of the Neyland of old. Back in the days when Tennessee had a home field advantage like no other. I can't even imagine how ridiculous that stadium will be IF Tennessee beats Florida/UGA and goes into Bama week undefeated.
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The Oklahoma game last season was the best game I've been to in years (aside from the ending, of course). It felt like the early 2000s. I can't wait for the Florida game, Neyland will be a madhouse.
 
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#39
supersmo18 said:
I would. No reason we should be going to the music city bowl or anything even close to comparable for The foreseeable future.
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no no no nooo nonooo no no

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#42
#42
VFL-82-JP said:
There's an insult hidden behind the article's praise of the Vols fan base. The insult is that we're among the fair-weather type. Unlike Nebraska or Notre Dame fans, for instance, which the writer points out show up no matter how the team is doing.

I personally would put Tennessee's fan base in that category.

But the writer doesn't. He says:



So I like the props we get for being passionate when things are going well, but disagree with the categorization when things aren't. We're more like Nebraska than Miami, is all I'm saying.



p.s. What was our attendance in the worst of the Dooley years? If Neyland attendance dipped down to 30,000, 40,000, or even 60,000, I'll eat my words. If the stadium was half-empty, we are indeed more like Miami than Nebraska. But I suspect we were still up in the 80,000 or 90,000 range, even in the worst years. Maybe not sold out, but a lot closer to sold out than half-empty, I'd wager.
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Nebraska, nor Notre Dame, have 100,000 seat stadiums. We would have sold their stadiums out during the Dooley years. The author shows a lack of research here.
 
#46
#46
After Florida is put away, Neyland will regain all of its former strength, and once again become the loudest, most feared stadium in the known world. The flood gates will open and Tennessee will go on to hammer Alabama and every other team on the schedule. The natty is ours. Everything I have done in my life the last 4 years has revolved around Tennessee football, changing careers to be able to move back to Tennessee and it is all going to pay off this year.
 
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#47
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When you look at attendance numbers, reducing the number of seats in the stadium, might not be as bad as an idea that I thought it was. I know a lot of guys wish all the seats were bigger/better, but they aren't willing to give up their season tickets to make room-funny how that works out.
 
#48
#48
Nationdom said:
After Florida is put away, Neyland will regain all of its former strength, and once again become the loudest, most feared stadium in the known world. The flood gates will open and Tennessee will go on to hammer Alabama and every other team on the schedule. The natty is ours. Everything I have done in my life the last 4 years has revolved around Tennessee football, changing careers to be able to move back to Tennessee and it is all going to pay off this year.
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How true, CBJ has built this team brick by brick, all the credit must go to him, without him, we'd still be terrible, you know a dooley team. Now, if for some reason, we don't at least win the SEC, it won't be CBJ's fault, he's the greatest.
 
#49
#49
Dooley is the worst coaching hire any true power school ever made. How Tennessee averaged 90k+ for that is amazing.
 
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#50
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wmcovol said:
Dooley is the worst coaching hire any true power school ever made. How Tennessee averaged 90k+ for that is amazing.
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To a point it was fun to watch. We hung 48 on Ga. Not in my worst nightmare would I expect to lose that game, but we did.

One loss went undiscovered by many until hours after the final result(Dooley's Dozen).

This year has already started I a wonderful way.

Jump higher Vols.
 
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