Tennessee-Bowling Green Season Opener to be on Thursday Night at 8PM

[NO SIR EEE]

Just In: Vols Move Home-Opener Against Bowling Green

 

[hog88]

Oh how far we have fallen.

 

[ChrisVFL]

Just read this before coming in here to see all the heuplah lol but glad to see us move to a night game in Knoxville . Also happy to be able to catch a whole game.

 

[TrumpedUpVol]

Sliding our opener to this Thursday primetime window gave us a wonderful opportunity for our football student-athletes to kick off their season in the national spotlight.

The game will take place on the SEC Network at 8:00 p.m. ET.

Eh...

 

[Ten_Titans]

I'm just going to say it. September games in the afternoon suck hot ass. I personally don't mind a Thursday night game to open the season.

 

[hog88]

I'm just going to say it. September games in the afternoon suck hot ass. I personally don't mind a Thursday night game to open the season.

Should be a Sat night game. Thu night games are for the MAC type conferences.

 

[OrangeTsar]

Take the opportunities you get, make the most of them, lather, rinse, repeat, and the results will take care of themselves.
Let’s go VOLS!!!!

 

[Tzettler87]

Well those tickets are a bust. I'm not taking off work two days to go watch them play. I can only make the 4 hour drive on weekends.

 

[508mikey]

I'm just going to say it. September games in the afternoon suck hot ass. I personally don't mind a Thursday night game to open the season.

yeah likely would have been a noon game on Saturday

 

[vols 30]

Don't mind it. Enjoy watching a win and then can watch all the games on Saturday

 

[Ten_Titans]

Should be a Sat night game. Thu night games are for the MAC type conferences.

I guess I agree with that. It makes no difference to me, but I know a lot of people plan their weekends around the Vols and won't be happy about playing the game in the middle of the week.

 

[IluvdoubleD's]

good move and well done.

probably is more about the pitt game then the BG game, but its a win/win.

 

[Ten_Titans]

good move and well done.

probably is more about the pitt game then the BG game, but its a win/win.

I'd say it has more to do with trying to maximize TV viewership than anything to do with the team itself.

 

[Volfan1000]

SEC Network coverage and also a good opportunity to kick off the long weekend on the right foot.

 

[tennesseepride84]

Being a Thursday night season opener doesn’t mean the program has fallen off the earth or be compared to lower level conferences. We played App st in a Thursday night game with a top 10 team In 2016.

 

[UT's#1Fan]

Great, we've become USCe or Louisville football. I don't know which is worse.

 

[FBtime]

Should be a Sat night game. Thu night games are for the MAC type conferences.

You mean also like Clemson, Arizona St and Texas A&M who all played on the opening Thursday in 2019?

 

[wmcovol]

I think its a good move. It will be one of the few games on TV that evening. Hopefully it will be a full house, the Vols show up excited (something they havent always done recently) and put on a good show. Nothing at all wrong playing a Thursday night game to open the season. Wasnt the win in Louisville in 1991 a Thursday night game?

 

[IndianaVol]

Not opposed to a Thursday night game to kick-off the season.
What I don't' like is the SEC Network coverage.
If you do Thursday night, you need to be THE GAME on that night on a major network...whole point behind a mid-week game is the exposure.
Might as well get max exposure by going to a national network.

 

[VFLCodyGBO]

Locals need to pack the stadium for this game. The O&W turnout was lackluster, but the weather wasn’t great and it’s just a scrimmage.

This will be (hopefully) a ton of these guys first chance to play in front of 102,455. It’s a night game against a pushover so tickets will be cheap. Take the family, find a friend who has never gone and take them. Let’s pack Neyland and start the new era off on a good note.

 

[Probably_in_Class]

This is embarrassing. If there was any doubt about us falling to a G5 level, it's clear now.

 

[TJVol95]

Loved being up there Labor Day/ Football weekend! Great memories!!

 

[OrangeVolMan]

Oh how far we have fallen.

This is good. People will watch us. On first Saturday too many good games for anyone to watch our game.

 

[OrangeVolMan]

People are so ignorant. Look up who played on Thursday night in 2019. Opening weekend both Clemson and Texas AM had games.

 

[hog88]

People are so ignorant. Look up who played on Thursday night in 2019. Opening weekend both Clemson and Texas AM had games.

There is no guarantee of a win here.