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Best Athletic Facilities in All of College Athletics
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Thank you all for posting in this thread and sorry for not replying sooner... life & stuff.
I was under the impression that Oregon's facilities are among the most elite, as are USCal, 'bammer, and a few other heavy hitters. Even so, I thought our Vols already had arguably one of the top 3 all-around football facilities in the nation. Considering this, I imagined that when the total design is completely finished, we would be arguably among the top 2 in the nation with #3 or #4 playing catch up.
I think we can probably all agree that major collegiate football is driving the expansion of all ambitious and traditionally powerful programs to constantly upgrade/renovate existing facilities, as-well-as add completely new additions to their programs. If UT is 1 of the top 2 in facilities when the current design is completed, it will be hard to hold that line without constant and continual renovation and construction.
One of the threads I saw earlier mentioned the inclusion of more practice fields and a couple of other upgrades to the student-student/athlete dorms, so it seems there is significant remodeling/modernization of pre-existing & newly constructed facilities. Those things should keep us in the top 5 until the university launches another major overhaul, which could potentially vault us the the #1 spot where program facilities are concerned.
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This is the kind of stuff I think about every time I see someone comment something like, "Tennessee hasn't been a real perennial conference/national contender in years, there coach is relatively unknown, and Knoxville isn't a primetime city". It's quite obvious that these opinions are born from ignorance, even jealousy. I'm just glad we have, as fans, the ability to enlighten people by simply showing them a link to a tour like this - which probably won't wake them up anyway, haters/trolls are heavy sleepers...
We need a fan video that shows the winning tradition, the state-of-the-art facilities, the fan passion and the VolNation culture... then again, I'm not sure how long we'd use a video like that, since I believe the Vols are on the cusp of sky-rocketing to the top of the SEC East.
Go Vols!!!
I was under the impression that Oregon's facilities are among the most elite, as are USCal, 'bammer, and a few other heavy hitters. Even so, I thought our Vols already had arguably one of the top 3 all-around football facilities in the nation. Considering this, I imagined that when the total design is completely finished, we would be arguably among the top 2 in the nation with #3 or #4 playing catch up.
I think we can probably all agree that major collegiate football is driving the expansion of all ambitious and traditionally powerful programs to constantly upgrade/renovate existing facilities, as-well-as add completely new additions to their programs. If UT is 1 of the top 2 in facilities when the current design is completed, it will be hard to hold that line without constant and continual renovation and construction.
One of the threads I saw earlier mentioned the inclusion of more practice fields and a couple of other upgrades to the student-student/athlete dorms, so it seems there is significant remodeling/modernization of pre-existing & newly constructed facilities. Those things should keep us in the top 5 until the university launches another major overhaul, which could potentially vault us the the #1 spot where program facilities are concerned.
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This is the kind of stuff I think about every time I see someone comment something like, "Tennessee hasn't been a real perennial conference/national contender in years, there coach is relatively unknown, and Knoxville isn't a primetime city". It's quite obvious that these opinions are born from ignorance, even jealousy. I'm just glad we have, as fans, the ability to enlighten people by simply showing them a link to a tour like this - which probably won't wake them up anyway, haters/trolls are heavy sleepers...
We need a fan video that shows the winning tradition, the state-of-the-art facilities, the fan passion and the VolNation culture... then again, I'm not sure how long we'd use a video like that, since I believe the Vols are on the cusp of sky-rocketing to the top of the SEC East.
Go Vols!!!
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These photos I took give you an idea of what they look like. But lots has changed from what I have heard over the past few months. They have changed around some rooms, and they added a VFL room which was not there when I walked around. But they probably will constantly be updating the graphics,etc
Vol Practice Facility by 00Accord4cyl, on Flickr
The attention to detail is what I noticed. Even the buttons in the elevator were power Ts instead of just a normal button.
Neyland by 00Accord4cyl, on Flickr
Neyland Renovation by 00Accord4cyl, on Flickr
It's really amazing to see those pictures. The CGI/3-D Modeling seen in the virtual tour is nearly identical to the completed product!
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Off topic for a moment... Can anyone tell me if there is a button to click to reply to individual comments without quoting someone's entire post or do we need to add bb tags ourselves?
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