Neyland Noise

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#26
It got pretty darm loud at several games last year despite a losing season.
 
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fade route said:
Went to the home game vs Auburn in 99 and we scored a pic 6 on the first play from scrimmage......loud as anything I can remember.
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I remember that well. I was in that end zone where we scored. Hope Butch can bring that back.
 
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TV time outs can kill crowd noise. I'v always wanted to cheer loudly while opponents are in their huddle and continue until the snap, but after a tv time out, the crowd waits
until everyone lines up. I know the commercials pay the bills, but the effect they have on the game flow are costly. Of course it can help us when we play an away game.
Sometimes I think the ref in the red hat controls the game and the crowd.
 
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Ace said:
Neyland Stadium was one of the loudest in college football. Around 2005 we lost the intensity.
In the 90's there was a buzz at Neyland at every game. I go to games now and if you cheer loud or dare to stand up people seem annoyed and/or offended. Neyland used to be filled with fans who loved the Vols. Now many who show up only love winning and only cheer when things go the Vols way.
The change happened before Kiffin and Dooley. I believe complacency began surrounding the program around 2003. I believe Fulmer lost the drive for success and I believe both Kiffin and Dooley were hungry only for personal success.
So far CBJ has said all the right things. He has returned the focus to The University of Tennessee. Maybe this year the team and the fans will get fired up about being The University of Tennessee and Neyland will rock every week. Last year we lost so many close games, a rocking Neyland could have helped turn some of those L's into W's.
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That's the truth ! Last year was my very first time going to a Florida game and I was pumped. I get very loud and passionate when it comes to my beloved vols. When I got loud I had people turn around and tell me to be quiet and they were getting mad. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Its the freaking UT vs FLA game. Hell no I won't be quiet ! If u wanted quiet you should have kept you a*s at home !
 
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VFLCodyGBO said:
I have been going to games since I was little (19 currently) and I got to see the glory days for UT football in the late 90s and early 2000s, I remember it really rocking in the 04 Florida game and being electric for 60 minutes, but now it gets quiet until the game is on the line in the final seconds. Will wins bring back the noise intensity or is it something that is gone due to an aging fan base?
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the aging fan base has been leaving in droves for several years now. There are more seats available right now for season tickets than have been available since the late 70s / early 80s.. the electricity is gone due to losing and fans staying home. fans need to get back to purchasing season tickets and coming out and cheering Vols on. Probably won't happen in this day of HD televisions but that is what is needed.

Maybe winning might help but there will never be a time like the 90s for Tennessee. Conference is way too strong now for that..
 
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Lawrence Wright said:
I've been to Neyland nine times (1994 thru 2010), and I've always said its not as consistently loud as it should be.

Based on my travels it's not as loud as The Swamp, Death Valley or Jordan-Hare. That said, Neyland is my favorite road trip in the SEC.

I think it was louder in 2004 than it was in 1998. Everyone was holding their breath in '98 until we missed that FG. 2004 was the loudest I've heard Neyland for a full 60 minutes.
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You're a good poster on here but you're also clinically insane. Death Valley is the only one on your list that matches Neyland. I've been to all of the above and J-H and the Swamp aren't even close.
 
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Adding the skyboxes, etc leaves a lot of that crowd indoors. Not as many people out in the crowd screaming
 
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cbbowlingmd said:
You're a good poster on here but you're also clinically insane. Death Valley is the only one on your list that matches Neyland. I've been to all of the above and J-H and the Swamp aren't even close.
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Respectfully disagree, operative word being respectfully...
 
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I've had the same experience as LW at neyland.

It's a pretty good atmosphere, but people seem to hold back waiting for that one play that lets them know the inevitable is near.

Once that play happens, that's the end of any electricity in that stadium.

Death Valley is the loudest I've heard an opposing stadium
 
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Yes it will be loud this season because.....

BUTCH GETS IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

To hell with all the other stadiums.. this is our UT and Neyland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :clapping:

GO VOLS..
GO BIG ORANGE........ :rock:
 
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I have been going sense the late 60s, its never been what it should be seems like most of the fans are to laid back need to get DRUNK AND RAISE A LITTLE hell, MAKE SOME NOISE JUST TO DAMN QUIET for a place of that size.
 
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Ut_Airade_Attack said:
That's the truth ! Last year was my very first time going to a Florida game and I was pumped. I get very loud and passionate when it comes to my beloved vols. When I got loud I had people turn around and tell me to be quiet and they were getting mad. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Its the freaking UT vs FLA game. Hell no I won't be quiet ! If u wanted quiet you should have kept you a*s at home !
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Whole thread on this a while back. Many apparently feel standing and cheering throughout the game is disrepectful to those who want a more subdued game day experience. I'm 62 and have attended games since the 50's but still agree with you. Football games are more cock fight than lawn tennis match. If you don't get that stay home and watch your HD tv
 
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LWSVOL said:
the aging fan base has been leaving in droves for several years now. There are more seats available right now for season tickets than have been available since the late 70s / early 80s.. the electricity is gone due to losing and fans staying home. fans need to get back to purchasing season tickets and coming out and cheering Vols on. Probably won't happen in this day of HD televisions but that is what is needed.

Maybe winning might help but there will never be a time like the 90s for Tennessee. Conference is way too strong now for that..
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Some good points but there are several reasons why this has been happening that has nothing to do with losing and big screen TVs.


Reasons you lost your fan base also include the following:

Asking the fan base to pay for 3-4 patsy games a year helped us to realize that there are better games at home on the tube. This is one of the most crucial reasons that we are no longer a dominant program. Look at the ability to recruit. Kids want to play the best team they can. We recruited much better when we played better non-conference teams. Alabama has changed its scheduling philosophy and finding kids who want to beat the best opposition in the country. That was UT of the past. My question is what is UT going to do about bringing is some BCS out of conference teams? Voting against a nine game SEC schedule appears to keep the status quo. I am tired of being a major competitor in the OVC.

UT is just now realizing the importance of having a big stadium with rabid fans. The big stadium was a major marketing advantage. Alabama and Ohio State are proving that to still be a relevant point. UT has replaced the passionate fanbase with whom they consider the high rollers. Well the high rollers are not producing a dynamic atmosphere sitting in their quiet luxury boxes and talking about business instead of what is going on on the field.

Twenty years ago you could afford the parking and a couple of tickets, not the inflated prices that you have now.

Twenty years ago you would walk over to the Vol Walk then move to the other end of the stadium to watch the band come down the hill then walk in the stadium go to the restroom and get ready for the pre-game and kickoff. You were still somewhat pumped up. But in order to accommodate the high rollers they moved the Vol Walk and the band to a ridiculous time so you have to waste a lot of time just waiting for something to happen afterwards.

When you do get into the stadium you are overcome by the continuous commercials of the Jumbotron.

And then one day the light bulb goes off that I can set up a couple of big screens with UT playing Akron, South Alabama, Georgia State, or Akron on TV and a real football game on the other.

This is all the result of an athletic department taking its base for granted. Yes, it will take a great sales job to reverse this trend. But you do not start by asking an abused fan base "to step up."

I have followed the Volunteers since the 70's and will always be a Vol fan but this program needs to do some critical thinking to change the fan's perception. The change of my perception did not start with big screens or winning. It started with the program's administration.
 
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You raise a host of excellent points. The only one I disagree with concerns the quality of nonconference opposition. Your position is entirely defensible and is certainly applicable with respect to recent schedules. I would argue, however, that Tennessee has a stronger tradition of regularly playing marquis intersectional opposition than any SEC team. Dating all the way back to the Dickey era in the mid '60s, we have regularly played UCLA, Penn State, Pitt (in their heyday), Notre Dame, USC, Miami and, most recently, Oregon. We have Oklahoma on our docket for 2014-2015 and Nebraska in 2016-2017 and had a home-and-away series scheduled for Ohio State immediately thereafter. The Buckeyes, however, backed out of that agreement because the Big Ten decided to go to a 9-game conference schedule. These data document a longstanding tradition of regularly scheduling top-flight nonconference opponents, one that I look forward to maintaining, hopefully, more so than the prospect of playing a 9-game conference schedule.
 
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Volosaurus rex said:
You raise a host of excellent points. The only one I disagree with concerns the quality of nonconference opposition. Your position is entirely defensible and is certainly applicable with respect to recent schedules. I would argue, however, that Tennessee has a stronger tradition of regularly playing marquis intersectional opposition than any SEC team. Dating all the way back to the Dickey era in the mid '60s, we have regularly played UCLA, Penn State, Pitt (in their heyday), Notre Dame, USC, Miami and, most recently, Oregon. We have Oklahoma on our docket for 2014-2015 and Nebraska in 2016-2017 and had a home-and-away series scheduled for Ohio State immediately thereafter. The Buckeyes, however, backed out of that agreement because the Big Ten decided to go to a 9-game conference schedule. These data document a longstanding tradition of regularly scheduling top-flight nonconference opponents, one that I look forward to maintaining, hopefully, more so than the prospect of playing a 9-game conference schedule.
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That is the reason that I said that the team with the dominant schedule was UT of the past. Our two main advantages then was one of the largest stadiums in the country and a better than average OOC schedule. That OOC schedule would be better if we were playing mid-level ACC, Big 12, Big 10, Big East, or Pac-12 teams. Those games would better prepare us for the SEC schedule. I would rather risk a loss to one of those teams than Troy, South Alabama, or Akron.

On the stadium they wanted to transform us into a pro venue. The problem is your fan base wanted a great college atmosphere. So there was a total disconnect between the administration and the fans. In fact we had the best college atmosphere in the country before they screwed it up. If I wanted to go to a pro venue I would drive to Nashville.
 
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Lawrence Wright said:
I've been to Neyland nine times (1994 thru 2010), and I've always said its not as consistently loud as it should be.

Based on my travels it's not as loud as The Swamp, Death Valley or Jordan-Hare. That said, Neyland is my favorite road trip in the SEC.

I think it was louder in 2004 than it was in 1998. Everyone was holding their breath in '98 until we missed that FG. 2004 was the loudest I've heard Neyland for a full 60 minutes.
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I couldn't really talk for a lot of the next week after the 2004 FL game.
 
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My ears are still ringing from the missed FG in OT in '98 vs the Gators... I was in the first row on the goal line, and had to run for my life straight to the goalpost to avoid being trampled by the entire student section. :)

Second loudest moment? Wilhoit's game winner in '04!
 
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