What was the official Attendance

#5
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mjw2e said:
88,211 announced...but actual attendance was no where near that.
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What I don't get is that they continue to announce the attendance based on tickets sold, but they've got the barcode setup. That should give them the exact attendance. Then again maybe the tickets sold is the only thing they want to share with the world?
 
#8
#8
They didn't announce it at the game.
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#9
#9
I wouldn't be too worried about the attendance. I watched the Florida Vandy game earlier. We had more fans at the game tonight than they did for an SEC matchup. Talk about a band waggon fan base.
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AF_VOL said:
I wouldn't be too worried about the attendance. I watched the Florida Vandy game earlier. We had more fans at the game tonight than they did for an SEC matchup. Talk about a band waggon fan base.
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This surprises you? :glare:
 
#12
#12
Attendance was crap. I'll post a pic from the beginning of the 4th later that will make you sick.
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#13
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CAVPUT said:
What I don't get is that they continue to announce the attendance based on tickets sold, but they've got the barcode setup. That should give them the exact attendance. Then again maybe the tickets sold is the only thing they want to share with the world?
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I walked right through gate 21 and nobody even checked to make sure I had a ticket. Never had that happen before.
 
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mjw2e said:
88,211 announced...but actual attendance was no where near that.
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Doesn't matter what it actually is most every game in the state of Tennessee, regardless of sport, gives total number of tickets sold as the attendance. For arguments sake say 80,000 show but 102,000 tickets sold they will announce 102,000.
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#15
#15
Most people stayed home to watch another game. Nobody should be shocked.
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#16
#16
The only other game I can recall being so poorly attended was the 2008 Wyoming game. Stadium looked about 1/2 full that day. Tonight it was about 2/3 full, to the eyeball.
 
#17
#17
Even if we only had 83,000 in the seats, it would still be a larger crowd than has ever attended a game at Oklahoma, Notre Dame, FSU, Wisconsin, Clemson, South Carolina, Arkansas, any NFL team, etc.

Not too shabby.
 
#20
#20
They've never sold 102,000 tickets to a game. That's how many (supposedly) the stadium holds. The AD dept doesn't charge the bands, etc. There are also tickets for recruits, their families, etc.

Even with the bar code system the official attendance is still a made up figure.
 
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esarmstrong said:
The only other game I can recall being so poorly attended was the 2008 Wyoming game. Stadium looked about 1/2 full that day. Tonight it was about 2/3 full, to the eyeball.
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You didn't watch the 08 Kentucky game did you?

It was freezing and raining and we were 4-7
 
#23
#23
My guess at start of game is about 65k in attendance. Start of second half was probably around 45k. It was pitiful. I feel bad for the players...the so called fans are definitely not giving a very good message to them.
 
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kevol80 said:
Even if we only had 83,000 in the seats, it would still be a larger crowd than has ever attended a game at Oklahoma, Notre Dame, FSU, Wisconsin, Clemson, South Carolina, Arkansas, any NFL team, etc.

Not too shabby.
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I thought Jerry Jones stadium held 100,000?
 
#25
#25
The administration of our alma mater would rather have empty seats with high price tags on their tickets than UT students in those seats. So Tennessee students can hardly afford going to their own football games anymore. And any family man has to pay the equivalent of his monthly mortgage payment to take his wife and kids. College football is not the NFL; treating it like the NFL is ruining it. When the team is winning again, the fans will come back. But the games won't be the same. They're not what they used to be.
 
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