UCLA fan comments on Neyland experience

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ShanMan

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Sorry, this is long post but its things like this that make the loss a little more tolerable for me...maybe for you too.


- The Tennessee fans are as classy and nice as they come. It was like Notre Dame all over again (and the finish of the game coming dangerously close). The fans were great all weekend, stopping me just to ask questions about our team and always wishing us well afterwards. I was invited to tailgates before the game. After the game, despite their Vols having lost, the UT fans were literally patting me on the back as I walked away from the stadium to congratulate us. I didn’t think anyone could match the Notre Dame fans in South Bend, but the Vol faithful were as good as it gets.

- Just because they’re as gracious as they come doesn’t mean the Vol fans don’t love their team. As I walked Knoxville on Friday, I saw UT flags hanging from storefronts and everything and everyone was orange. On game day, everywhere you went, it was a sea of orange. They’re everywhere and seeing the boats coming down the Tennessee River filled with fans in orange was quite the scene. Once you get into the stadium, the orange is overwhelming. It looked like a big orange wall that just went straight up. Nobody leaves their seats for food or anything either. The place is packed to the gills at kickoff, seats don’t go empty during the game and they’re all back inside by the second half kickoff. Those Vol fans are loud too. Damn loud. People often say, "man, playing in front of 100,000 is going to be tough with all that noise," but I assure you that you can’t really comprehend how loud 100,000 is until you’re there. I thought I knew, but I didn’t really. It’s overwhelming, intimidating and anything else you can think of, making what our boys did all that more impressive.
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Im always glad to hear opposing fans say good things about how OUR fans conduct themselves. Its part of what makes Neyland the best place the watch a game bar none!
 
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Thats a real nice quote. Glad our fans gave the UCLA fans a good experience on Saturday.
 
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Have you been to any other SEC games? If so, how would you compare the experiences?
 
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The thought that our fans were not loud enough is stupid and make people sound like senior citizens who always believe things were better when they were in school.
 
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Good to hear. I hate it when a co-worker or some random person tells me how bad their experience with Vols Fan was.
 
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I had a guy and his wife sit right beside me in the PP section. Said they had drove in from Pheonix to see the game. They were very nice the whole game and we chatted up the whole time. Their knowledge of football wasn't the greatest. ( as I had to explain to him what a Safety was..) but they were very nice people..
 
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ShanMan said:
Sorry, this is long post but its things like this that make the loss a little more tolerable for me...maybe for you too.



Im always glad to hear opposing fans say good things about how OUR fans conduct themselves. Its part of what makes Neyland the best place the watch a game bar none!
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I hope UCLA doesnt play In Gainesville anytime soon..Their fans dont share beer with you before the game they throw it on you.
 
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I had a guy and his wife sit right beside me in the PP section. Said they had drove in from Pheonix to see the game. They were very nice the whole game and we chatted up the whole time. Their knowledge of football wasn't the greatest. ( as I had to explain to him what a Safety was..) but they were very nice people..




I saw them as well in PP they seemed like nice people
 
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I was up in the upper deck away section for most of the game. Classy fans for both teams, other than the occasional bad apple. On an aesthetic note, UCLA blue looks very nice with UT orange.
 
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IPorange said:
I was up in the upper deck away section for most of the game. Classy fans for both teams, other than the occasional bad apple. On an aesthetic note, UCLA blue looks very nice with UT orange.
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I fel like I was at a Lady Vols game with that color combo.
 
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Very nice folks. Glad to hear they had a good experience at Neyland. It's one of the top 3 venues in college football IMO...of course, i'm a little biased.
 
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Sat beside three guys, didn't get where they were from, but they seemed nice. Cracked me up when they discussed the fact that OK. St. was going to have a tough time without Bradford and "that Tight End"
 
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Glad they enjoyed a UT game experience. I agree the fans I met were very nice. I will pull for UCLA the rest of the year. Go Vols!
 
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I also made sure to congratulate most fans I saw and thanked them for coming out. I also snapped this picture of the UCLA cheer squad at the airport. Some of them were buying UT gear on the way out.

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