Observations from Saturday.....

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Some observations after my first trip to TBA.

1. An unproven football coach and his staff got a louder ovation than the successful basketball team that was playing. I could understand the excitement if Mrs. Kiffin had entered.

2. Bruce Pearl is promoted more than the BB team. The intro video had more footage of him than anyone else. Just makes him look more like the self promoter he is.

3. Would have hated to see TBA before the renovations. Seats cramped, concourse average. It isn't as nice as the Pyramid.

4. Crowd, at least where I was sitting, was friendly and fairly knowledgeable.

5. The scoreboard was too "busy" and hard to read.

6. Game stat scoreboards did not have FG or FT percentages.

7. It was fairly easy getting into and out of the parking areas.

8. A lot of Vol fans left way too early. True fans don't leave with their team down 1 with 4.6 to go, regardless of who has the ball. Especially when the opponent is an average free throw shooting team.

9. Good coaches don't blame officiating for a loss, especially when his team has fewer fouls called on them and shoots more free throws.

10. Tyler Smith is a great college player. If all the other players played with 1/4 the fire and desire of TS, the Vols would be a a Top 15 team.
 
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CALISKING said:
Some observations after my first trip to TBA.

1. An unproven football coach and his staff got a louder ovation than the successful basketball team that was playing. I could understand the excitement if Mrs. Kiffin had entered.

2. Bruce Pearl is promoted more than the BB team. The intro video had more footage of him than anyone else. Just makes him look more like the self promoter he is.

3. Would have hated to see TBA before the renovations. Seats cramped, concourse average. It isn't as nice as the Pyramid.

4. Crowd, at least where I was sitting, was friendly and fairly knowledgeable.

5. The scoreboard was too "busy" and hard to read.

6. Game stat scoreboards did not have FG or FT percentages.

7. It was fairly easy getting into and out of the parking areas.

8. A lot of Vol fans left way too early. True fans don't leave with their team down 1 with 4.6 to go, regardless of who has the ball. Especially when the opponent is an average free throw shooting team.

9. Good coaches don't blame officiating for a loss, especially when his team has fewer fouls called on them and shoots more free throws.

10. Tyler Smith is a great college player. If all the other players played with 1/4 the fire and desire of TS, the Vols would be a a Top 15 team.
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least now you know what its like to be at a fball school
 
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The pyramid was a hole. Seriously. It was god awful. There is absolutely no comparison.
 
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dickens821 said:
The Pyramid was awful. The only cool/nice thing about it was its shape.
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Agreed. I also liked the big concourses though.

Complaining about cramped seats and then bringing up the Pyramid as better is laughable.
 
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CALISKING said:
Been to Tulane, Auburn, Southern Miss, Ole Miss, Miss. St, UAB, Missouri, Alamodome, Reliant Stadium, Alltell, Freedom Hall, Sommet Center, do I need to go on. I didn't say it was worse than any of these, just it wasn't as nice as the Pyramid, which is a fact.
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Your smoking crack, TBA makes the Pryamid look like a POS. Like somebody said earlier it was only nice because of the shape. If it is so nice why didn't Tiger High play there instead of going to the Forum?
 
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westtnvol said:
Your smoking crack, TBA makes the Pryamid look like a POS. Like somebody said earlier it was only nice because of the shape. If it is so nice why didn't Tiger High play there instead of going to the Forum?
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You obviously have not been to the palace that is FEF.
 
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TBA is just a college version of the FEF. They are practically the same thing except the FEF was built with pro money for a pro atmosphere. Both are extremely nice.
 
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onfieldvol4 said:
TBA is just a college version of the FEF. They are practically the same thing except the FEF was built with pro money for a pro atmosphere. Both are extremely nice.
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TBA's upgrades have been nice, but it should not be mentioned in the same sentence as FEF.
 
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Besides the concourse, the inside is almost the same. If you compare it as a college place to a pro place. Of course the pro place is going to be nicer.
 
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I've only been to TBA and the FEF. So I wasn't implying it was one of the nicest. Just saying it is nice. I agree a lot more could be done for it.
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