Ehh, good volume, but nowhere near some of the highlight moments from history.
#1 - UT-UF 1998, which was loud and proud start to finish. This was the sort of titanic blood frenzy Neyland's lacked since the start of the last decade. But it did not feature the loudest single moment -- that honor goes to ...
#2 - UT-UGA 2001, which people forget because it's the boot game and it almost cost us a Rose Bowl trip (but we took care of that ourselves, later). But I'm almost positive the Stephens screen pass may be the loudest I'll ever hear Neyland be for a single moment. The faster he ran for that endzone, the louder it got. Never felt Neyland move that much before, or since. The only thing that could compete with this is ...
#3 - UT-UF 2004, Wilhoit kick, which was pretty freaking loud too. That game had a lot of energy in the second half as Ainge drove us down the field, and so many heart-stopping moments that kept the crowd peaking higher and higher. Another stadium-shaker at the end (actually, twice - it was rocking when they scored the tying TD but it quieted down quickly for the missed PAT).
All my opinions, of course. The opener was a great crowd and a good show, but those three games were definitely louder and it wasn't really close. If you think this game was/is loud, just wait until you get a top 10 Tennessee versus Georgia/Florida/Bama game on the home slate. *THAT* will be some seriously loud stuff. Decibel by decibel.
