Column: Vol Fans Once Again Show They’re the Best

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Vol fans are some of the most passionate fans not only in college football, but in all of sports period. Even though UT fans have watched their football team slog through a decade of misery, they’ve still stayed true and supported their team year in and year out. And that’s true once again this year.

Even after coming off the disappointment of the 2016 season, Vol fans entered 2017 ready to see their Vols take the field once again. Last year, Tennessee fans bought the second-most season tickets in program history heading into the 2017 season. The only time Vol fans bought more tickets before the start of the season was the 2016 offseason when they sold out their season ticket allotment of 72,000.

Then they were rewarded with UT’s first eight-loss season and first winless SEC season in program history. Talk about losing out on an investment.

But this year, even after a program-worst season in 2017, Vol fans are proving once again they’re the most passionate and loyal fan base in college football.

According to Jimmy Hyams, Tennessee’s season ticket sales have jumped up from around 61,000 in late May to over 65,000 with just over two weeks to go till the start of the 2018 season. UT is hoping to get that total to 66,000 by the start of the season because if they do, they will receive a $400,000 bonus to the $2.5 million they’re already guaranteed by opening the season in Charlotte against West Virginia (both schools are guaranteed a $2.5 million payout).

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Vol fans are known around the country as one of the best fan bases when it comes to traveling for games. Tennessee fans famously took over both the Taxslayer and Outback Bowls in 2014 and 2015 respectively, and they dominated the crowd at the Music City Bowl in 2016 too. They traveled exceptionally well for the Vols’ first game of the season in Atlanta last year too, and the Battle at Bristol in 2016 saw more Vol fans than Hokie fans fill the historically huge venue.

Tennessee fans received a lot of backlash from the national media in November of last year after they revolted against the hiring of Greg Schiano for head coach. But that was just proof that UT fans have a voice, and they aren’t afraid to make their voices heard either. And when Vol fans are actually on the same page about something, it becomes extremely hard not to hear the racket they create.
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The last report that I read, WVU is yet to sell even its allotted 12,000 tickets for the Belk College Kickoff.
 
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Our fans might be the most passionate in all of college football. I don’t know how to quantify that statement, but the Schiano push back showed it to everyone. It was indeed our Hodor moment as some have described.

Let’s hope we can start actually winning so the athletic department isn’t just collecting checks from our dedicated fans, but finally offers something in return other than “member the 90s?”
 
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I heard the breakdown on monies given for the game yesterday, each team is given 2.5 million to show up. If ticket sales make it to 66,000 another 400k is added to each teams money. If ticket sales top 70,000 then each team gets another 200k. So we are basically helping WV get more money.
 
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Our fans dont have to rely on local businesses buying up large blocks of tickets late to sell out the SEC Championship Game like UGA did in 2011..(Or being part of the 2 lowest attended Liberty Bowls in the past 20 yrs)

Our fans would bring more than 5000 tickets to the Sugar Bowl unlike the Gators a few years back..

Our fans actually show up to games unlike Vandy fans..

Our fans dont teabag rival fans at the Krystal, poison other teams symbols, shoot rival fans or jump on the bandwagon like the Gump fans...
 
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BigOrangeMojo said:
Our fans dont have to rely on local businesses buying up large blocks of tickets late to sell out the SEC Championship Game like UGA did in 2011..(Or being part of the 2 lowest attended Liberty Bowls in the past 20 yrs)

Our fans would bring more than 5000 tickets to the Sugar Bowl unlike the Gators a few years back..

Our fans actually show up to games unlike Vandy fans..

Our fans dont teabag rival fans at the Krystal, poison other teams symbols, shoot rival fans or jump on the bandwagon like the Gump fans...
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Please don’t include Vandy’s name in this, as if they were a rival
 
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There are quite a few Vol fans/alums in and around the Charlotte area and in western North Carolina. Honestly Charlotte might be a better spot for a neutral site game, in terms of proximity to our fans, than Atlanta is.
 
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BigOrangeMojo said:
Our fans dont have to rely on local businesses buying up large blocks of tickets late to sell out the SEC Championship Game like UGA did in 2011..(Or being part of the 2 lowest attended Liberty Bowls in the past 20 yrs)

Our fans would bring more than 5000 tickets to the Sugar Bowl unlike the Gators a few years back..

Our fans actually show up to games unlike Vandy fans..

Our fans dont teabag rival fans at the Krystal, poison other teams symbols, shoot rival fans or jump on the bandwagon like the Gump fans...
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Or tear flags off opposing team's truck like Mizzou Fans. I'm still not over that....
 
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UT_Dutchman said:
I heard the breakdown on monies given for the game yesterday, each team is given 2.5 million to show up. If ticket sales make it to 66,000 another 400k is added to each teams money. If ticket sales top 70,000 then each team gets another 200k. So we are basically helping WV get more money.
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I look at it as more that we're making ourself more money and West Virginia benefits because we're awesome.
 
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