Best College Football Environments (Vols dominate top 4)

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Voltopia said:
That's what I thought also, at least, the 2nd half comment. I've been to tons of games in Knoxville that were great from start to finish, Pregame, kickoff, first half, second half, final score, win or lose, they were great crowds and great atmospheres. Off the top of my head, Florida 1999, Georgia 2001, Florida 2004, 2006 Cal, 2007 Georgia, 2015 Oklahoma, and of course, 2022 has been exemplary all year.

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Selective memory by you guys. Five of those six games were before the bottom really fell out on the program after 2008. Since then, UT has gone:

2008 5-7
2009 7-6
2010 6-7
2011 5-7
2012 5-7
2013 5-7
2014 7-6
2015 9-4
2016 9-4
2017 4-8
2018 5-7
2019 8-5
2020 3-7
2021 7-6
2022 10-2

That's EIGHT losing seasons and a lot of games lost at home.
Were you at the 2003 Georgia game? I have a picture of the scoreboard with 7 minutes left in the 3rd, showing the score is 34-3 and the entire surrounding upper deck vacant. Tennessee scored a late TD and there were so few UT fans left that the Georgia fans sang Rocky Top for them.

2008 lost to Wyoming at home...how was that 2nd half atmosphere?
2010 lost to Alabama 41-10. The fans were hitting the exits early in that one.
2012 Alabama 44-13. Bama fans were the only ones still cheering late.
2013. Auburn 55-23 and the game was over early. Vandy beat you at home. How was the 2nd half atmosphere to let that happen?
2017 Georgia 41-0. You could hear the turnstiles spinning from inside the stadium.
2018. Alabama hung 58 on you, and then Missouri put 50 on the board. Crowd was still on fire til the end, right?
2019 Georgia 43-14. Another game where the crowd was a non factor 2nd half.
2020. Kentucky 34-7. How does that ever happen with 100k fans screaming until the end?
2021. Georgia 41-17. The fans came loud and proud, but could still hear the Georgia fans celebrating in the stadium as they turned the ignition in their cars.

As I said....2nd halves, not so much.
 
#28
#28
VolBallGuy said:
Because- your - hyphenation- is confusing?-
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I'm not surprised. A 10th grade education will do that to you. While someone could debate the appropriate use of punctuation with my shift in thought in that sentence, hopefully they would at least know the - in question is not called a hyphen.
 
#29
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DonDiego said:
This article was written Thursday. I wonder if the Army-Navy game would have slipped into the top ten if it were written today. I watched a little of it, and it was a pretty impressive environment. Really tough pulling against either of those two.
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A really interesting game played by two team who were well matched but not worth a damn. I watch this game every year to see the young men and women who will (as the press says "will be the leaders of our country) show that they can look/be just as dumb and crazy as the kids from all colleges. GO NAVY! (next year )
 
#30
#30
Bullschiit article. There's no way in hell that the GA environment was even close to Neyland for the Bama game. The guy talks about GA dominating us more than the crowd or stadium. The UT-AL atmosphere was like nothing else in CFB this year. I'd rate SC above GA.
 
#32
#32
It could be better! I was at Ole Miss game last year and Florida game this year and had to beg people to holler! Many just stood and watched! This is the truth.
 
#33
#33
Grouse Stalker said:
This is a thread about INDIVIDUAL GAME ENVIRONMENTS FOR THIS SEASON ONLY. I'm super familiar with Neyland Stadium. Been attending games there for a long time - many times on the 50.

Here's one that will surprise many of you dolts who are so quick to jump on me for being a Georgia guy - my wife and sister in law have 4 season tickets. Both are life members of the Presidents Club. Their father had a box back in the day and a houseboat in the Vol Navy.

There isn't a person on this board that can tell me anything about Neyland Stadium and the environment for which I am not already familiar.
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Cool. I’m guessing you’re also super modest and very grounded as well?
 
#35
#35
The article was written by someone who was not there. Having the assignment, they fast forwarded through a passel of frames for candidates mentioned by colleagues, then slapped together pics and text. Georgia was ranked #1 because they're ranked #1 by the CFP. Noisy crowd at the #1 team's home stadium > #1 ranking in article ~= happiest # of readers. Lazy jaded hackolite.
 
#37
#37
Grouse Stalker said:
Selective memory by you guys. Five of those six games were before the bottom really fell out on the program after 2008. Since then, UT has gone:

2008 5-7
2009 7-6
2010 6-7
2011 5-7
2012 5-7
2013 5-7
2014 7-6
2015 9-4
2016 9-4
2017 4-8
2018 5-7
2019 8-5
2020 3-7
2021 7-6
2022 10-2

That's EIGHT losing seasons and a lot of games lost at home.
Were you at the 2003 Georgia game? I have a picture of the scoreboard with 7 minutes left in the 3rd, showing the score is 34-3 and the entire surrounding upper deck vacant. Tennessee scored a late TD and there were so few UT fans left that the Georgia fans sang Rocky Top for them.

2008 lost to Wyoming at home...how was that 2nd half atmosphere?
2010 lost to Alabama 41-10. The fans were hitting the exits early in that one.
2012 Alabama 44-13. Bama fans were the only ones still cheering late.
2013. Auburn 55-23 and the game was over early. Vandy beat you at home. How was the 2nd half atmosphere to let that happen?
2017 Georgia 41-0. You could hear the turnstiles spinning from inside the stadium.
2018. Alabama hung 58 on you, and then Missouri put 50 on the board. Crowd was still on fire til the end, right?
2019 Georgia 43-14. Another game where the crowd was a non factor 2nd half.
2020. Kentucky 34-7. How does that ever happen with 100k fans screaming until the end?
2021. Georgia 41-17. The fans came loud and proud, but could still hear the Georgia fans celebrating in the stadium as they turned the ignition in their cars.

As I said....2nd halves, not so much.
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What do those have to do with anything? It’s about the environment THIS year. The crowd was just as load this year against Kentucky in the second half as much as the first. Hell you want me to bring up 1936 when we beat Georgia 46-0. How many fans you think were left inside Sanford at the end of that game.
 
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I didnt know exactly which forum to put this but here goes. I'm looking for a framed picture of chase mcgrath kicking the gw fg against bama. Havent been able to find it online yet. Could someone point me in the right direction?
 
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