Neyland Stadium Old School

[TVA]

If your 80 years old...I'm extremely impressed.

No need to be impressed. My great grandfather was Tennessee's last surviving veteran of the Civil War at 2 days past his 105th birthday.

 

[Special Ed]

Just hasn't been the same since the V-O-L-S were taken down...

A man without V-O-L-S is...

a Bama fan I guess.

 

[1982Alum]

Drove up from South Florida for that game. Long drive home the next day.

 

[JimVol]

For real! We can get it done , I just know it. We need to petition CBJ

How do we do it? Start a Petition like that? Moveon.org?

Mods. If that is inappropriate I apologize. It's not political in nature at all. Just be neat to have the VOLS back up.

 

[brianlsanders]

How do we do it? Start a Petition like that? Moveon.org?

Mods. If that is inappropriate I apologize. It's not political in nature at all. Just be neat to have the VOLS back up.

Start the petition, I'll sign.

 

[therealitytheory]

Pass me the "No More Petitions" petition...I'll sign that one.

 

[govols105]

they would have to make the vols again as they sold the other ones and i think calhouns bought one of them or maybe all of them and they are sitting in a warehouse in knoxville somewhere.

 

[NashVOL93]

I can't figure out any logically reason why the VOLS was taken down. Just dumb.

I can. It doesn't mean I like it, but it definitely is logical. Notice in the original '96 picture there's no scoreboard (VolTron, whatever). So they put in the scoreboard, and stuck the V-O-L-S on top. All good, right?

Until they replace the scoreboard, and swap the V-O-L-S for the "Neyland T Stadium" sign.

Now, could they stick the V-O-L-S back on top of the "Neyland Stadium" sign? Maybe. I'm thinking it might just be too much at one time placed right there, though. I'd like to put them back up, but in another place.

 

[95 Vol Alum]

Thompson-Boling was much smaller then.

 

[allvol]

What year was the new jumbotron without the V-O-L-S introduced?

 

[UTvols#1]

Just hasn't been the same since the V-O-L-S were taken down...

Never understood why they took it down. I think that the end zone looked a 1000 times better when the whole thing was covered in orange and white with no grass showing around them

 

[rockytop114]

I turned 30 Saturday. You're a young buck

I'm a man, I'm forty

 

[vollygirl]

What year was the new jumbotron without the V-O-L-S introduced?

There's a thread here about it somewhere. Some of the guys on the crew installing it even posted here while they were in town doing the work. It was pretty awesome.

 

[Boca Vol]

What year was the new jumbotron without the V-O-L-S introduced?

The new one was installed in 2009, I believe.

 

[YorkVol]

In December I'll have 50 on you. I can't wait till I grow up.

I'm not taking off my shoes to figure this out, but does that mean you are 80?

 

[UTvols#1]

Just hasn't been the same since the V-O-L-S were taken down...

Never understood why they took it down. I think that the end zone looked a 1000 times better when the whole thing was covered in orange and white with no grass showing around them

 

[YorkVol]

I can. It doesn't mean I like it, but it definitely is logical. Notice in the original '96 picture there's no scoreboard (VolTron, whatever). So they put in the scoreboard, and stuck the V-O-L-S on top. All good, right?

Until they replace the scoreboard, and swap the V-O-L-S for the "Neyland T Stadium" sign.

Now, could they stick the V-O-L-S back on top of the "Neyland Stadium" sign? Maybe. I'm thinking it might just be too much at one time placed right there, though. I'd like to put them back up, but in another place.

I think the VOLS would have fit nicely underneath the jumbotron, covering up the supports and keeping the General's soul in the stadium.

 

[Boca Vol]

I think the VOLS would have fit nicely underneath the jumbotron, covering up the supports and keeping the General's soul in the stadium.

I thought the original VOLS sign was intsalled in '65 or '66, after Neyland passed.