Tennessee vs. Florida

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Lawrence Wright said:
What does it matter?

Some of you are making Knoxville sound like Atlanta...quit making excuses...on at least two occasions when we played (96 and 08 come to mind), fans at Neyland left the game far earlier than they should have. I'm guessing it wasn't because these people had tickets for the 7:00 performance of Cirque de Soliel. They just flat out quit on the team, and there's no excuse for that.
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I agree, we should support our team regardless of the score.
 
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BasketvolsFan said:
I agree, we should support our team regardless of the score.
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I agree that you should stay for the whole game, but it's disingenuous to imply that the entirety of other fan bases would stick around for the entire game in a blowout loss. Ohio State, Florida, Tennessee, it doesn't matter. If your team is down by double digits in the fourth at home, fans are going to start leaving. This problem is amplified when the fan base has been trained to expect failure, and that's where our fans now are.

There are far more fair weather fans in every fan base than loyalists.
 
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First&Tenn said:
I agree that you should stay for the whole game, but it's disingenuous to imply that the entirety of other fan bases would stick around for the entire game in a blowout loss. Ohio State, Florida, Tennessee, it doesn't matter. If your team is down by double digits in the fourth at home, fans are going to start leaving. This problem is amplified when the fan base has been trained to expect failure, and that's where our fans now are.

There are far more fair weather fans in every fan base than loyalists.
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I agree you can't expect an entire fan base to stay put during a woodshed beating, regardless of what side you're on.

That said, there's no excuse for fans leaving before halftime in 96 or midway thru the 3rd quarter in 08. I sat thru every minute of that Bama fiasco last year....ditto for the Nebraska Fiesta Bowl massacre.
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Lawrence Wright said:
I agree you can't expect an entire fan base to stay put during a woodshed beating, regardless of what side you're on.

That said, there's no excuse for fans leaving before halftime in 96 or midway thru the 3rd quarter in 08. I sat thru every minute of that Bama fiasco last year....ditto for the Nebraska Fiesta Bowl masacre.
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Still .... have .... nightmares.....
 
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Lawrence Wright said:
What does it matter?

Some of you are making Knoxville sound like Atlanta...quit making excuses...on at least two occasions when we played (96 and 08 come to mind), fans at Neyland left the game far earlier than they should have. I'm guessing it wasn't because these people had tickets for the 7:00 performance of Cirque de Soliel. They just flat out quit on the team, and there's no excuse for that.
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Don't even drag the team that lost to Wyoming into this. 1996 is one thing since we still had a chance, but that abomination of an offense we had in 2008 deserved to be walked out on. People were fed up with King Phillip.
 
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CardassianVol said:
Don't even drag the team that lost to Wyoming into this. 1996 is one thing since we still had a chance, but that abomination of an offense we had in 2008 deserved to be walked out on. People were fed up with King Phillip.
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I agree with you in that fans left before halftime in 96, and UT came within a recovered onside kick and Hail Mary from doing the unthinkable.
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Let's not give up hope yet, Vols fans... Remember last year when Florida and Alabama looked so much better then us. Both teams bearly beat us... Florida 23-13 and Alabama 12-10. Everybody thou that we were gonna get torn to pieces, but that wasn't the case at all. I think that we will do well against Florida and I'm willing to put $50 on my Vols... Go Vols!!!!!:rock:
 
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UT can cover the spread, which will probably be in double digits. If UT could pull the upset, it would be the biggest upset in the SEC in 20-30 years.
 
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Lawrence Wright said:
That said, there's no excuse for fans leaving before halftime in 96 or midway thru the 3rd quarter in 08. I sat thru every minute of that Bama fiasco last year....ditto for the Nebraska Fiesta Bowl massacre.
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If you stayed until midway through the 3rd quarter in 08, you stayed too long. The game was clearly over 10 minutes in. Fans had every right to get up and leave that game and I'm glad they did. A product that bad shouldn't be tolerated.
 
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kptvol said:
If you stayed until midway through the 3rd quarter in 08, you stayed too long. The game was clearly over 10 minutes in. Fans had every right to get up and leave that game and I'm glad they did. A product that bad shouldn't be tolerated.
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What about the '96 game?
 
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Lawrence Wright said:
What about the '96 game?
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What's your point? Tennessee has a fair amount of fair weather fans? Save your breath just about every team does. In 96 people were tired of getting drubbed by Florida every year and i guess they just didn't want too stay to see the replay. They left and the Vols made a pretty good run at them, shame on the ones that left. Although the outcome was decided in the first half. That stuff happens everywhere.
 
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Cartervol said:
What's your point? Tennessee has a fair amount of fair weather fans? Save your breath just about every team does. In 96 people were tired of getting drubbed by Florida every year and i guess they just didn't want too stay to see the replay. They left and the Vols made a pretty good run at them, shame on the ones that left. Although the outcome was decided in the first half. That stuff happens everywhere.
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BINGO- Vandy has more fair weather fans then ...real fans (You have to have a diploma from said school to be a real fan)
 
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Cartervol said:
What's your point? Tennessee has a fair amount of fair weather fans? Save your breath just about every team does. In 96 people were tired of getting drubbed by Florida every year and i guess they just didn't want too stay to see the replay. They left and the Vols made a pretty good run at them, shame on the ones that left. Although the outcome was decided in the first half. That stuff happens everywhere.
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No it doesn't happen everywhere. Case in point was our game in '95 when UT was pounding the snot out of UF. We can agree to disagree on this all day long.

There is NO EXCUSE for fans of the 2nd ranked team in the country to bail on their team in the first half, in the biggest game of the year. That was inexcusable.
 
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Volsfan2456 said:
BINGO- Vandy has more fair weather fans then ...real fans (You have to have a diploma from said school to be a real fan)
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If you buy a ticket and decide you don't want to stay for the massacre, then it's your choice. Doesn't really make you any less of a fan in my book.
 
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Lawrence Wright said:
No it doesn't happen everywhere. Case in point was our game in '95 when UT was pounding the snot out of UF. We can agree to disagree on this all day long.

There is NO EXCUSE for fans of the 2nd ranked team in the country to bail on their team in the first half, in the biggest game of the year. That was inexcusable.
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Whatever dud, if you don't like it, why don't you find another website to troll. We're all fair weather fans here and not worthy of your time. I don't think you'll be missed though, just saying.
 
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Cartervol said:
Whatever dud, if you don't like it, why don't you find another website to troll. We're all fair weather fans here and not worthy of your time. I don't think you'll be missed though, just saying.
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Actually it's you that doesn't like my opinion, that's all. Nothing to get all worked up and sensitive about.

UT has great fans, and I understand the mass exodus in '08, but I'll never understand '96 when you had one of the best teams in the country.
 
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Lawrence Wright said:
Actually it's you that doesn't like my opinion, that's all. Nothing to get all worked up and sensitive about.

UT has great fans, and I understand the mass exodus in '08, but I'll never understand '96 when you had one of the best teams in the country.
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You and LG are just about the same. Suttle jabs here and there. Basically telling us our team sucks and fans suck in a nice way. I don't need to here it. I told you why they probably left, i wasn't there so i couldn't ask them on their way out the stadium. I'd say it has to do with Florida dominating Phillip Fulmer's teams basically through the whole decade of the 90's. People were probably tired of watching it.
 
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Cartervol said:
You and LG are just about the same. Suttle jabs here and there. Basically telling us our team sucks and fans suck in a nice way. I don't need to here it. I told you why they probably left, i wasn't there so i couldn't ask them on their way out the stadium. I'd say it has to do with Florida dominating Phillip Fulmer's teams basically through the whole decade of the 90's. People were probably tired of watching it.
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Then simply ignore my posts, you'll feel much better apparently.

I've been critical of UF here on many occasions too.
 
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Lawrence Wright said:
Then simply ignore my posts, you'll feel much better apparently.

I've been critical of UF here on many occasions too.
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That's great and i'll take your advice, but there hasn't been much to be critical about UF in awhile now has it? Except maybe the SEC championship game last year. On the other hand you offer us your opinions on Tennessee and you're right, i don't give a crap what you think about Tennessee or their fans.
 
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