Hate we are playing in Nashville

[BAMA-DAWG]

Neutral site? Outside of UT fans, I can't imagine that there will be much intrigue.

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

Neutral site? Outside of UT fans, I can't imagine that there will be much intrigue.

UVa fans dont travel and have barely sold any tickets

 

[dobre_shunka]

I don’t agree with once a year but every other year would be fine

Doesn't that already happen by playing Vandy in Nashville every other year?

 

[Mose Phillip's Watch]

I’m actually glad for this one, Nashville is 3 hours closer to me.

For me too but rather go the Mecca of college football

 

[Mose Phillip's Watch]

Aww makes since now

We had no choice for a home game. This game is in lieu of the BYU away game so it was never going to be in Neyland. UVA would not agree for a one-off in Knoxville so the next best thing is Neyland West in Nashville. Personally, I am looking forward to winning a damn game in Nashville. The stadium is just fine and the concessions are better than Neyland. It also allows the Vols to spend some quality time in front ot Middle Tennessee prospects.

 

[Cdywolfe]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, I really wish we had kept the BYU game. We owed them an old fashioned ass kicking.

This… Plus I really wanted to go to Provo

 

[dobre_shunka]

This… Plus I really wanted to go to Provo

BYU would have been the first game west of the rockies since Eugene in 2013. I think a game in another region of the country would have greater recruiting impact than yet another game in a city less than 200 miles away and that Tennessee already plays in every other year.

The next opportunity to play out west is Washington in 2030 but who knows the status of that game with UW moving to the Big 10+8

 

[PEPPERJAX]

Why ?

Nissan stadium is beyond awful.

I never hate it when the Vols play.
GBO!!! @goooooovols

 

[Illinoisvolfan2]

I’m actually glad for this one, Nashville is 3 hours closer to me.

I’m driving down from the Chicago area with my girlfriend. We’ll have a blast in Nashburg

 

[PickleRickBarnes]

Doesn't that already happen by playing Vandy in Nashville every other year?

yes but if they want a true neutral site game I would want it to be every other year or even 3rd year so we don’t lose that home game every year

 

[Cdywolfe]

BYU would have been the first game west of the rockies since Eugene in 2013. I think a game in another region of the country would have greater recruiting impact than yet another game in a city less than 200 miles away and that Tennessee already plays in every other year.

The next opportunity to play out west is Washington in 2030 but who knows the status of that game with UW moving to the Big 10+8

Agree with all that and who wouldn’t want to watch a football game here?

 

[JRich]

For the money, at least you get your own chair and plenty of concessions & bathrooms. Beats squeezing in between Mama Cass and Uncle Leroy for six inches of real estate on an aluminum bench.

Club level and lower bowl are pretty sweet.

 

[TennesseeTarheel]

I hope they keep the hogs off the field before the game.

 

[OrangeTsar]

Good foodie town. Load up on Hot Chicken

 

[OrangeTsar]

Wonder if we will ever play another one at Bristol Speedway. Not a fan of Butch of course; but that setting was quite the spectacle

 

[CINCYVOL]

Isn’t Nashville kinda a college town/city? They have Vandy.

Bless your heart.

 

[dobre_shunka]

yes but if they want a true neutral site game I would want it to be every other year or even 3rd year so we don’t lose that home game every year

With the game at Vandy next season, Tennessee will have played games in Nashville 7 of the previous 8 years and 4 years straight.

Enough is enough.

 

[butchna]

We had no choice for a home game. This game is in lieu of the BYU away game so it was never going to be in Neyland. UVA would not agree for a one-off in Knoxville so the next best thing is Neyland West in Nashville. Personally, I am looking forward to winning a damn game in Nashville. The stadium is just fine and the concessions are better than Neyland. It also allows the Vols to spend some quality time in front ot Middle Tennessee prospects.

^This! Never understood the umbrage from our fans on this one. We traded an away game for a basically home game smack dab in the middle of recruiting territory…particularly two 2025 QBs who could easily take an UOV.

 

[butchna]

BYU would have been the first game west of the rockies since Eugene in 2013. I think a game in another region of the country would have greater recruiting impact than yet another game in a city less than 200 miles away and that Tennessee already plays in every other year.

The next opportunity to play out west is Washington in 2030 but who knows the status of that game with UW moving to the Big 10+8

Give me all the 5 stars in…Utah?

 

[GetYouSomeofThat]

Why ?

Nissan stadium is beyond awful.

It is easier to schedule a non conference game at a neutral site as a one-off deal.
If i understand correctly, a home and home couldn't be completed with UVA until 2032.

 

[bigdaddy]

And we have another neutral opener next year….

 

[OrangeEtBlanc]

Living only 30 minutes from Nissan, I, for one, am grateful I can watch the Vols play in Nashville against somebody other than Vandy or in the underwhelming Music City Bowl.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, I really wish we had kept the BYU game. We owed them an old fashioned ass kicking.

I would’ve been much more likely to go on the BYU trip than Nashville. My wife and I had seriously considering turning that into a vacation.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

And we have another neutral opener next year….

I’ll be at that one in Charlotte. 2 hour drive for me with a mix of Vol and State fans.

 

[stolitonic]

Meh, it's basically a UT home game as it is. An opponent that doesn't travel well for football will probably be the thing that cuts down on attendance.

This is the first "neutral" site we have had in like 5 years isn't it? Last one offhand was in Cornbreads first game if I remember correctly.

I can handle twice a decade.