Why has Neyland Stadium become "less intimidating" since 2001-2002?

#51
#51
I got kicked out of neyland for standing up....seriously. As an alum, I refused to sit down and got kicked out. That is what neyland has become......
 
#54
#54
i will throw in another suggestion.

i don't think any of the stadiums are as intimidating as they used to be because the players and coaches are used to it now.

i don't think florida is as intimidating as it used to be (and i'm not talking about the last 2 seasons).

these kids have gotten used to going on the road and playing at alabama, auburn, florida, lsu, etc, etc, etc. once you've played in a couple of those, you aren't really all that rattled anymore
 
#55
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99gator said:
i will throw in another suggestion.

i don't think any of the stadiums are as intimidating as they used to be because the players and coaches are used to it now.

i don't think florida is as intimidating as it used to be (and i'm not talking about the last 2 seasons).

these kids have gotten used to going on the road and playing at alabama, auburn, florida, lsu, etc, etc, etc. once you've played in a couple of those, you aren't really all that rattled anymore
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Kids got use to going to these same venues 10, 20 and 30 years ago as well, so I don't buy they are use to it. I feel like it is the fans now days that have removed the home field advantage from stadiums. When you have fans cheering when we are on offense and asking people to sit down so they can see when were on defense, add to that the fact once an opponent scores the crowd gets silenced. I remember going to games when they were fun, everyone would get quiet when we were on offense and cheer at the end of the play and when we were on defense the noise never got quiet and the upper level felt like it was going to crash from all the shaking, oh the good ole days.
 
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MrBamSeydu said:
A UGA fan called into 99.1 a little over an hour ago and I happened to catch it on the drive home. The guy says he lives in Knoxville and has since 1992. He loves Knoxville and Neyland Stadium, but he's always been a UGA fan.

He said he went to a Bama @ UT game in the early-90's as well as several other UT games throughout the 90's. "It was the scariest place... the scariest stadium environment I've ever been in as a football fan." That's what he said about Neyland Stadium in the 90s up until around 2001. He went to a few games after that and criticized it as being "... a bunch of business men sitting on their hands having a chat; able to actually hear each other enough to have a conversation. In the 90s, you couldn't hear yourself think." While I'm sure some of that is a little skewed, I do have to agree with him. Watching the replay, I remember seeing the TV cameras shaking from the noise during the '98 Florida game. I haven't seen that much since then. I understand losing seasons and mediocre play affects attendance. But even when the stadium is close to full, it isn't as loud as it used to be.

Maybe the reason Neyland Stadium has been getting critiqued more and more over the past several years is heavily related to the fall in the economy. Too many no-nonsense people with money in the stands and not enough rowdy country folk, college age and 20-somethings. who have been drinking since the sun came up. I've heard a lot of younger fans talk about senior citizens that are "sitting on their hands" and prudes who get mad if someone stands up to cheer. But the economy doesn't affect those senior citizens who are sailing on retirement. Or the business men shaking hands and making deals in the sky-boxes. The economy affects the rowdy country folk, college age and 20-somethings.

The price of tickets and all the things that come along with actually going to a game is getting pretty expensive if you aren't fairly financially blessed. $50-100 for a ticket, gasoline, parking, hotel if you're an out-of-towner, etc. So a lot of the lower class and lower-middle class would just assume use their savings to buy a 55" LED TV and end the costs at the couch every Saturday afternoon. And the rowdy country folk, college age and 20-somethings seem satisfied with that at this time. Every time they end up paying to go to a game, everyone around them tells them to sit down and be quiet.

Just a thought. :hi:

v,b
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I heard the same thing about Neyland when I was a student ('91-'95). People told me it wasn't as crazy as it was in the '80's. Too many blue hairs ect. I suspect that every generation feels that things aren't as good as they were during "their time". I will agree that the stadium is not as intimidating as it was but I think a lot of that is because we are not good anymore. All big programs have blue hairs and all but the effort and success of the team on the field is reflected in how intimidating the stadium is. When we begin the climb back the atmosphere at Neyland will improve. We need to win a big game and follow up with a big season.
 
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MrBamSeydu said:
A UGA fan called into 99.1 a little over an hour ago and I happened to catch it on the drive home. The guy says he lives in Knoxville and has since 1992. He loves Knoxville and Neyland Stadium, but he's always been a UGA fan.

He said he went to a Bama @ UT game in the early-90's as well as several other UT games throughout the 90's. "It was the scariest place... the scariest stadium environment I've ever been in as a football fan." That's what he said about Neyland Stadium in the 90s up until around 2001. He went to a few games after that and criticized it as being "... a bunch of business men sitting on their hands having a chat; able to actually hear each other enough to have a conversation. In the 90s, you couldn't hear yourself think." While I'm sure some of that is a little skewed, I do have to agree with him. Watching the replay, I remember seeing the TV cameras shaking from the noise during the '98 Florida game. I haven't seen that much since then. I understand losing seasons and mediocre play affects attendance. But even when the stadium is close to full, it isn't as loud as it used to be.

Maybe the reason Neyland Stadium has been getting critiqued more and more over the past several years is heavily related to the fall in the economy. Too many no-nonsense people with money in the stands and not enough rowdy country folk, college age and 20-somethings. who have been drinking since the sun came up. I've heard a lot of younger fans talk about senior citizens that are "sitting on their hands" and prudes who get mad if someone stands up to cheer. But the economy doesn't affect those senior citizens who are sailing on retirement. Or the business men shaking hands and making deals in the sky-boxes. The economy affects the rowdy country folk, college age and 20-somethings.

The price of tickets and all the things that come along with actually going to a game is getting pretty expensive if you aren't fairly financially blessed. $50-100 for a ticket, gasoline, parking, hotel if you're an out-of-towner, etc. So a lot of the lower class and lower-middle class would just assume use their savings to buy a 55" LED TV and end the costs at the couch every Saturday afternoon. And the rowdy country folk, college age and 20-somethings seem satisfied with that at this time. Every time they end up paying to go to a game, everyone around them tells them to sit down and be quiet.

Just a thought. :hi:

v,b
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Bad football team has alot to do with it,but Neyland has never been a fear for your life stadium ever! Uga should still fear that building(see their last visit and overall record)! --- georgia and GO VOLS!
 
#62
#62
Not very intimidating because we have fair wheather fans that don't go to the games if they think we might get beat. Then sell there tickets to the visiting fans and they out number vol fans.LSU had almost as many fans in the stand as we did this year.
 
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MrBamSeydu said:
He was commenting on it since around 2002 as been far less intimidating than the 90s. So it was before the change with the new boxes. He's talking about the people at the games specifically.
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Deference would be our football team intimidated in the 90's,not so much since then! When the football team gets back,so will the crowds and intimidation!
 
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Smokeybluetick said:
Deference would be our football team intimidated in the 90's,not so much since then! When the football team gets back,so will the crowds and intimidation!
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Good point. The players kept the crowd in the game with big plays. We haven't had a dominant defense in nearly a decade (maybe 2005).
 
#65
#65
Neyland Stadium is less intimidating because of the Tennessee Titans. Very simple quite actually
 
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#67
Losing, the poor economy are both factors but the single biggest reason our home field advantage has been reduced is the dollar first policies of M Hamilton - charging students for individual tickets and the emphasize on business suites, ticket licensing has put the focus on money over the most loyal fans.

In the late 70's and early 80's when Tenn had a significant winning drought the stadium was packed every week and a strong home field advantage existed despite a poor winning record. Let the students attend for free again - we have lost more than gained.
 
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72 KPT VOL said:
Losing, the poor economy are both factors but the single biggest reason our home field advantage has been reduced is the dollar first policies of M Hamilton - charging students for individual tickets and the emphasize on business suites, ticket licensing has put the focus on money over the most loyal fans.

In the late 70's and early 80's when Tenn had a significant winning drought the stadium was packed every week and a strong home field advantage existed despite a poor winning record. Let the students attend for free again - we have lost more than gained.
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I agree with this! I remember it used to not cost an arm and a leg to go down to K-ville and spend a day watching the VOLS. M Hamilton played this thing like a lot of other organizations and that is with a lot of greed.
 
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volfan51128 said:
Maybe the mexicans and blacks too...lol

WTF, is this supposed to mean? Old white people... Probably one of the stupidest post of all time! douche
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...and people who aren't intelligent enough to make an argument without name calling.



/Mine was a joke, obviously. Reasonable people wouldn't really believe what I wrote. I assumed people would realize I was being over the top.
 
#70
#70
One thing that seems to have changed is that the students don't go to every game anymore. While Tennessee - being a huge school - always had certain groups who didn't attend sports events, for many of us a typical Saturday in the fall was to get out of bed (usually with a hangover,) get dressed up, go to the fraternity house, go to the game and continue partying until early the next morning. And, this was the case during the 1970's-1980's when in some seasons our teams were lucky to win 6-7 games a season. You just wouldn't miss a game and you wouldn't go to the game without a bottle tucked inside your pant leg or your date's purse. Nowadays, with so many other entertainment options, students having to pay for tickets, crack down on drinking in the stadium, practically every game being televised, its just not the same. Students today seem to think about going to the game as something to do a couple times a season, rather than a MUST do for every home game. While today's way of thinking is much better for our kid's grades, health, and overall well-being, it sure doesn't seem as much fun and the crazy, intimidating atmosphere of Neyland Stadium seems to have suffered because of it.
 
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#72
#72
When I get a good carrer going in the next few years, I promise to be at every UT game I can afford.
 
#73
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72 KPT VOL said:
Losing, the poor economy are both factors but the single biggest reason our home field advantage has been reduced is the dollar first policies of M Hamilton - charging students for individual tickets and the emphasize on business suites, ticket licensing has put the focus on money over the most loyal fans.

In the late 70's and early 80's when Tenn had a significant winning drought the stadium was packed every week and a strong home field advantage existed despite a poor winning record. Let the students attend for free again - we have lost more than gained.
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I feel that you make a good point. MH was a fundraiser first and an AD second, IMO.
 
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AJeray4TN said:
In my experience, it was always extremely easy to sneak liquor into Neyland. Forget all this zip lock bag, fake binoculars, hide it in your crotch BS. We used to just snag a bottle off the confiscation table while the guards weren't looking. You were already past security, and someone else did all the hard work for you.
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You, my friend, are a GENIUS!

That is awesome! :clapping:
 
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