Was Neyland Loud Enough?

[Volanta]

I was not at the game but Im hearing, or rather reading, that noise was an issue in that Vol fans werent as loud as usual. Any folks there got a story on that?

 

[GAVol]

I was not at the game but Im hearing, or rather reading, that noise was an issue in that Vol fans werent as loud as usual. Any folks there got a story on that?

I don’t know what it sounded like on TV, but it was really loud in person. Most impressive thing UGA did was have zero false starts.

 

[lukeneyland]

It was loud. I was there in XX2 and it was great noise. Here is a quote Josh Pate gave during the game on X “When I am CFB Commissioner every man, woman, and child will experience Neyland on 3rd down at least once. “.

 

[Vegas_Ferguson]

I don’t know what it sounded like on TV, but it was really loud in person. Most impressive thing UGA did was have zero false starts.

It was loud and intense where we were. Georgia simply played at the level people have come to expect for four quarters.

 

[adam.vol]

Kirby said noise wouldn’t be a factor. It seemed to me that no amount of noise would have mattered as Georgia came well prepared with the silent count.

It was difficult to stay loud the entire game, but I can vouch that it was very loud in the fourth quarter. It seemed to me that whenever the noise could have been a factor, Georgia found itself in a TV timeout for one reason or another.

 

[CAVPUT]

Gawd. Knew sooner or later the fingers would be pointed at the crowd. Gimme a break. No better experience anywhere in the country Saturday than at Neyland with that crowd. We lost the game...period. We make the plays we should have made and the coaches don't turtle up and we win the game. It wasn't noise or any lack thereof. It was the plays and decisions on the field that lost the game period. Quit with the search for other excuses.

 

[lukeneyland]

Georgia just executed. Sometimes you just have to give credit to your opponent

 

[05_never_again]

Especially for a game of this magnitude, I thought it was very docile in the second quarter and much of the third quarter. Some guys a few rows in front of us were getting frustrated and turning around and yelling at people, lol. Granted, UGA was controlling the game during that time. The crowd game alive again after Brazzell's third TD and remained loud for the rest of the game.

The noise after the sack/fumble was one of the louder individual moments I can remember in Neyland, up there with some moments during the 2022 Alabama game. However the sustained noise was nowhere near the level of that game.

I know multiple longtime season ticket holders who have told me that the loudest sustained noise they've ever heard in that stadium is still the 2015 Oklahoma game.

I'll need to go to more games to confirm, but I wonder if the expanded concourses, while desperately needed, don't bottle the noise in as well.

 

[walkenvol]

I was not at the game but Im hearing, or rather reading, that noise was an issue in that Vol fans werent as loud as usual. Any folks there got a story on that?

Watch the Film Guy’s video for his comments. Read every recruit’s comments. Read the responses from everyone who actually attended the game, myself included. Don’t listen to anyone who wasn’t there and you will have the answer to your question.

 

[05_never_again]

Also, as far as no false starts, that's mostly because UGA is exceedingly well-coached and prepared. They also had no false starts in the 2023 game.

 

[farmdogvol]

Watch the Film guys take on the game. He said it was crazy loud. He also says Kirby keeps it simple on offense, they don't use a lot of movement or motion. They just line up and snap the ball.

 

[Dadof2Vols]

It was loud but I was in the same seats as I was for the Bama 22 game.

On the Jumbotron I saw it hit 130.9 once. Most times it was 122 or less.

It was not nearly as loud or intense as the Bama 22 in my opinion.

The sun was extremely brutal and I think it took it out of the fans to some degree. I realize the Bama game started at the same time but it was dark earlier in Bama game. I know there was several medical emergencies from reports I have seen.

So from my perspective it was loud but not Bama 22 loud and sustained.

 

[volswitten1]

It was loud in Z14. When we got the fumble recovery in the 4th it was one of the loudest I've heard in the last couple of years.

 

[landscapingvol]

I was not at the game but Im hearing, or rather reading, that noise was an issue in that Vol fans werent as loud as usual. Any folks there got a story on that?

Neyland is rarely as loud as the crowd size for whatever reason so I suspect that is what you are referring to.

 

[zeppelin128]

The first and fourth quarters were very loud; when Georgia was controlling the game in the middle, it took it out of the crowd.
I can only speak for myself, but Y9 was quite feisty. My ears were still ringing the next morning.
The strip-sack-fumble was one of the louder moments I have experienced at Neyland, right up there with Wilhoit's field goal in 2004 and the blocked punt/scoop/score against Georgia during the Butch years.

 

[james_govols]

It was really loud to start. The heat took a lot out of people and the stadium running out of water did not help.

 

[05_never_again]

Neyland is rarely as loud as the crowd size for whatever reason so I suspect that is what you are referring to.

Since we've gotten good again, I would totally disagree with that assessment.

During the Dooley/Butch/Pruitt years, yes, I would agree. The crowd would be fairly loud to begin a game but as soon as the opponent started marching down the field it would get quiet pretty quickly.

 

[GulfCoasterVol]

I was there... and it was no where near close to the volume at the 2022 Alabama game.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Kirby said noise wouldn’t be a factor. It seemed to me that no amount of noise would have mattered as Georgia came well prepared with the silent count.

It was difficult to stay loud the entire game, but I can vouch that it was very loud in the fourth quarter. It seemed to me that whenever the noise could have been a factor, Georgia found itself in a TV timeout for one reason or another.

Actually what he said was that you can't mimick that noise in practice

 

[GAVol]

It was really loud to start. The heat took a lot out of people and the stadium running out of water did not help.

The energy did drop in the 2nd qtr. but we were doing absolutely nothing offensively and UGA kept moving the ball. I think the 4th qtr especially was about as loud as it gets though.

 

[adam.vol]

Actually what he said was that you can't mimick that noise in practice

I may have read this out of context, but I was referring to this quote:

 

[Peradox1K]

I was not at the game but Im hearing, or rather reading, that noise was an issue in that Vol fans werent as loud as usual. Any folks there got a story on that?

It was during the third and start of the fourth quarter. Other than that, loud as hell

 

[volfan102455]

It was Neyland loud except for right after UGA took the lead then the crowd became deflated. But I did expect that - the last few years that is where everything went bad quickly - once the team showed us they still had fight - it returned to Neyland loud again.

 

[sgtwebb1]

I was not at the game but Im hearing, or rather reading, that noise was an issue in that Vol fans werent as loud as usual. Any folks there got a story on that?

I wasn't there, but listening to the radio & TV broadcasts, I thought the crowd wasn't much of a factor, to be honest.
In previous seasons during a huge game, it would be so loud the announcers couldn't even be heard on the radio & the TV guys would be amazed, especially when the other team was on offense.
UGA didn't seem to have a single issue on the field, even on big 3rd down plays.