I have a serious question

#26
#26
Sports Illustrated had an article a couple years ago on home field advantage that was really good. Don't have a link but it is something that exists in every sport across the globe.
 
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Boca Vol said:
There were many on here downplaying Mizzou's stadium last week talking about how UT's open practice would be more intimidating for Dobbs.
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I don't think Dobbs was the problem. I don't remember him doing ever seeming the least bit rattled. He had a couple freshman mistake type throws, and there were some cadence issues just from the OL not being used to him, but he never seemed to crack under the pressure.
 
#29
#29
Depends on where you play travel is certainly a part of it but crowd support is a very big issue. I think we disrupted the SC offense some with the crowd support we had that day. I think Missouri crowd did the same thing to us. Regardless of silent snap count or whatever we were jumping because we were not getting the snap count correctly. We do very little of that at home. A home crowd gives the home team more adrenalin they are more alert and into the game.
 
#30
#30
Generally the home team gets a favorable call or two. Now at Neyland, that's not the case. I've seen refs absolutely blow some calls and it cost us the game.
 
#31
#31
When you're playing at home, you just get that adrenaline from all 100,000 fans supporting you. However, it's a little bit intimidating when 100,000 fans are against you (Alabama). Home field advantage is real
 
#32
#32
My guess is if you could possibly compare apples to apples (talent and coaching level) there would be very little difference. For example, if we had played three lesser teams on the road, maybe we win those. We expect to win against KY, right? If all teams were of that level then we would be above the averages, like say, oh...I don't know...AL in the last three years. Their talent level is better than most and their schedule isn't as strong as some, so they win on the road. For the most part the home team wins because they should. It's not like MTSU could host 5 SEC teams and win one of those games, or OR could go on the road to just about every venue in the country right now and win. So, apples to apples is very hard to do. Our win over SC this year can show a home field advantage, but would we win 9 out of 10 at Neyland against them? Would we fare as well against GA 10 times in Neyland? Very, very hard to quantify. Look at the NFL, for the most part those spreads are very tight with a very small advantage for the home team. More apples to apples there than in college football, where the disparity among the top 5 teams and everyone else each year is quite large. Just my two cents.
 
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HardKnoxVol said:
When you're playing at home, you just get that adrenaline from all 100,000 fans supporting you. However, it's a little bit intimidating when 100,000 fans are against you (Alabama). Home field advantage is real
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It is real, but some teams (like Bama) seem to handle it well.
 
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Special Ed said:
This ain't the place for serious questions.
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GO VOLS..
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#37
#37
Except for the noise factor, I guess it's just a mental thing or something....I don't know.
 
#38
#38
Playing at home is like training wheels for a young, inexperienced team. They need the support to boost confidence. I would've thought we would've gained more confidence by now, but apparently not.
 
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LA Vol said:
Playing at home is like training wheels for a young, inexperienced team. They need the support to boost confidence. I would've thought we would've gained more confidence by now, but apparently not.
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Not with who we have had to play on the road this year.
 
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LA Vol said:
Playing at home is like training wheels for a young, inexperienced team. They need the support to boost confidence. I would've thought we would've gained more confidence by now, but apparently not.
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If you look at both the OL and DL, they are anything but a young, inexperienced team, and that's where most SEC games are won and lost. We were dominated on both sides of the line by MO and Bama. It's still a mystery to me how our OL has had so much trouble handling the "big boys" DL's we've played. They look the part, sound the part, but they've not played the part on some game days.
 
#41
#41
It is obvious that most on this board never played any organized sport other than pee wee sports. Really? You don't understand why traveling, staying in an unfamiliar environment, different routine, and so on affects your performance? Sad.
 
#43
#43
Confidence. They are simply a young team that is more confident at home. And the quality of opponents does not help much either.
 
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#44
The only real advantage to being at home is the crowd can get loud when the opposing team is on offense. The rest is mental and a player has to want to be the star. He has to enjoy watching thousands of people get upset at him and love every minute of it. Reggie Miller is a good example.
 
#45
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Vol-in-Atlanta said:
The numbers say it makes a difference but there really is no reason why it should. The field is still 100 yrs long, no one comes out of the stands to make a tackle, etc. If a team is well trained and focused on their jobs the question of home or away should not be a factor......noise interfering with play calling would be the exception.
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It makes a difference because the players are human beings, not robots. Emotions, adrenaline, nerves, familiarity with your surroundings, how the players respond to getting booed by 80,000+ people, etc., all those things go into it.

Would you rather play a sport with 80,000 people cheering for you? Or against you? Some might say against, most would say for. It's easier when everyone is on your side.
 
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#46
#46
Even a dog has a lot more fight in him protecting his home then when he is out somewhere.
 
#49
#49
We are affected more than most because we are much younger than most. We are immature in nearly all areas, and a crowd's energy can take us to opposite extremes.
 
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PACKERVOL said:
If you look at both the OL and DL, they are anything but a young, inexperienced team, and that's where most SEC games are won and lost. We were dominated on both sides of the line by MO and Bama. It's still a mystery to me how our OL has had so much trouble handling the "big boys" DL's we've played. They look the part, sound the part, but they've not played the part on some game days.
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Can't disagree with this... though we are playing freshmen in key positions and it has made us vulnerable. You're right that both the OL and DL have underperformed and are costing us. After playing in Autzen and The Swamp, you'd have thought Bama would be far less threatening and Mizzou just more of the same. Our battle scars don't seem to be toughening us up much. And Neyland won't be rocking if we come out flat and get down several scores in the first quarter, like we did at Bama and Mizzou.
 
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