students have bought less than 7500 tix

#251
#251
Alabama: $70 (7 home games)
Arkansas: $85 (7 home games) (includes "access to all home football and men's basketball events)
Auburn: $140 (8 home games)
Georgia: couldn't be found
Florida: $90 (6 home games)
Kentucky $37 (7 home games)
LSU: $84 (7 home games)
Mississippi: $84 (7 home games)
Mississippi State: $45 (7 home games)
Missouri: $165 (7 home games)
South Carolina: free
Tennessee: $70 (7 home games)
Texas A&M: $225 (8 home games)
Vanderbilt: free

  1. Texas A&M ($28.13/game)
  2. Missouri ($23.57/game)
  3. Auburn ($17.50/game)
  4. Florida ($15.00/game)
  5. Arkansas ($12.14/game)
  6. LSU ($12.00/game)
  7. Mississippi ($12.00/game)
  8. Alabama ($10.00/game)
  9. Tennessee ($10.00/game)
  10. Mississippi State ($6.43/game)
  11. Kentucky ($5.29/game)
  12. South Carolina
  13. Vanderbilt
(With Georgia most likely being more expensive than $10 per ticket, also)

To say that our tickets are too expensive is ludicrous.
 
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#252
#252
crusse10 said:
Alabama: $70 (7 home games)
Arkansas: $85 (7 home games) (includes "access to all home football and men's basketball events)
Auburn: $140 (8 home games)
Georgia: couldn't be found
Florida: $90 (6 home games)
Kentucky $37 (7 home games)
LSU: $84 (7 home games)
Mississippi: $84 (7 home games)
Mississippi State: $45 (7 home games)
Missouri: $165 (7 home games)
South Carolina: free
Tennessee: $70 (7 home games)
Texas A&M: $225 (8 home games)
Vanderbilt: free

  1. Texas A&M ($28.13/game)
  2. Missouri ($23.57/game)
  3. Auburn ($17.50/game)
  4. Florida ($15.00/game)
  5. Arkansas ($12.14/game)
  6. LSU ($12.00/game)
  7. Mississippi ($12.00/game)
  8. Alabama ($10.00/game)
  9. Tennessee ($10.00/game)
  10. Mississippi State ($6.43/game)
  11. Kentucky ($5.29/game)
  12. South Carolina
  13. Vanderbilt
(With Georgia most likely being more expensive than $10 per ticket, also)

To say that our tickets are too expensive is ludicrous.
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With processing fees and ticket costs, Georgia's student tickets for a season costs $48.
 
#253
#253
My time at UT revolved around game day. Didn't matter which game. If I was a student, I went to the game. Best weekend was the first game of the Erik Ainge/Brent Schaffer year. UNLV, throwback jerseys on a Sunday night. Boomsday on Saturday! Good lord I miss college
 
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#254
#254
I attended UT from 1971-1977 and am getting in late to this discussion, but sports tickets were "free" while I was there. We used a paperboard student activity card issued every quarter that was punched for sports tickets so no double dipping. The $10 cost per game for students now is very affordable in today's costs. Students have so many more distractions now with smartphones, computers, and hundreds of TV channels.

Very different financial times in the 1970s. I paid $180/quarter tuition/fees and $180/quarter for my dorm room at Melrose with a 5-day meal plan. My college budget was $500/quarter when books/supplies were thrown in. My work/study job paid $1.60/hour for 20 hours per week with a massive $56 post-taxes paycheck every 2 weeks. Gas was 50 cents a gallon and my VW beetle cost $5 to fill up every 2 weeks. The equivalent cost of a ticket in those days would have only been about $1.50 per game.
 
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#255
#255
Current student here...

I'm from Knoxville, born and raised. I've gone to/watched every UT game since I was old enough to remember. As a student here, I've been to every home game since 2010.

That being said...

The problem isn't the cost of the tickets. The most pressing issue, in my opinion, is that people just flat out are not excited about UT football right now.

"Why would I go to the game to watch us get killed again?"

I've heard this today more times than I can count.
 
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#256
#256
I know a bunch of people that would rather go to a bar and watch the game. Maybe shoot some pool. At least if we are terrible, they can just not watch/drink more.
 
#257
#257
"University of Tennessee students are responding to Jones' wishes for greater turnout; by Wednesday afternoon students had picked up more than 9,000 tickets in advance of the contest. And remember, sixth-ranked Georgia, coming off an 11-win season, a win against LSU last week and an SEC Championship Game appearance, returned several thousand tickets to the UT box office."

- VQ
 
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SmokeyX said:
Current student here...

I'm from Knoxville, born and raised. I've gone to/watched every UT game since I was old enough to remember. As a student here, I've been to every home game since 2010.

That being said...

The problem isn't the cost of the tickets. The most pressing issue, in my opinion, is that people just flat out are not excited about UT football right now.

"Why would I go to the game to watch us get killed again?"

I've heard this today more times than I can count.
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this. cost, whatever has nothing to do with it. people just don't want to see us get beat.
 
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JCP201 said:
"University of Tennessee students are responding to Jones' wishes for greater turnout; by Wednesday afternoon students had picked up more than 9,000 tickets in advance of the contest. And remember, sixth-ranked Georgia, coming off an 11-win season, a win against LSU last week and an SEC Championship Game appearance, returned several thousand tickets to the UT box office."

- VQ
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yep and that's probably getting close the normal amount bought
 
#264
#264
The trend through the week seems to be that the allotted tickets will be sold by game time. However, in typical VN style, a freak out was commenced extremely prematurely just to complain about something.

That being said, do a wiki search of UT attendance during the mid to late 90s. 102k+ to watch blowouts of cupcake opponents.

Why? Cause we were a good team and each game represented a possibility, a win actually meant putting us in contention for championships.

We haven't had a meaningful win in years, probably well before any of these kids enrolled at UT.

It's been said a hundred times, but if we start winning, the numbers will come.
 
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#265
QVOL81 said:
Yes just double checked, the only requirement is you have to enter through gate 23 or 4.
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That was the requirement last year when I was a senior. My guest tickets had my name and they had to come in with me and my id. Maybe they changed it this year
 
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#266
UTvol53 said:
That was the requirement last year when I was a senior. My guest tickets had my name and they had to come in with me and my id. Maybe they changed it this year
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Did they actually check? What a waste of time. I bet the people in line waiting to get in were ticked!
 
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JCP201 said:
"University of Tennessee students are responding to Jones' wishes for greater turnout; by Wednesday afternoon students had picked up more than 9,000 tickets in advance of the contest. And remember, sixth-ranked Georgia, coming off an 11-win season, a win against LSU last week and an SEC Championship Game appearance, returned several thousand tickets to the UT box office."

- VQ
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I think the most interesting thing is the amount of tickets Georgia has returned.

If you look at uttix.com it was a lot of tickets.
 
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#269
vtvol98 said:
I was there in 1985 for the Vandy game which, believe it or not, was Standing Room Only. Imagine a 30-0 pasting over a perennial doormat mat to UT in an electric environment.
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Electric ? Maybe it's just the quality of the video but when ever I watched tapes of games from the 80's the stadium never seemed very loud on defense.
 
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#270
DC Vol said:
I feel like this is beginning to get a little too Kenny Chesney but I remember it best when Hess Hall was the Jungle.
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Haven't read past yours yet and somebody might have already responded but as I remember Hess was "The Zoo." But the jungle foots too.
 
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#271
Boca Vol said:
Are you sure about that. I remember getting a card that had about 100 numbers and each one was an activity on campus...plays, exhibits, and ball games. You had to have an activities card to get tickets and the cards were punched.

I was there from 90-94.
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I remember this too. I still have one or two of them. I believe it was 90 bucks for the year. We used to gather all of our friends cards and get block seating. Camped out for ND and some others. Good times.
 
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#272
lukeneyland said:
Electric ? Maybe it's just the quality of the video but when ever I watched tapes of games from the 80's the stadium never seemed very loud on defense.
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You had to experience it in person like I did when I was a student. People would stomp their feet in the stands on 3rd downs and it would literally feel like Neyland was trembling. Old grainy video with poor audio quality rarely enhances anything.
 
#273
#273
JimmyCheeksBooger said:
Why should I as a student, Vol fan or not, waste my hard earned $10 and four hours of my Saturday when I already know what the outcome of the game will be? Every Vols game in recent years has either been a blowout win against an inferior opponent or a blowout loss against a formidable SEC opponent. The atmosphere is boring, frankly.

Like others have said, winning changes everything. And no, I'm not talking about routing a D2 opponent with high school talent. I'm talking about actual games against formidable opponents. Only then can you criticize the student body if we don't show up.

Just to note, I'd gladly spend ten times that to travel either 3 hours west to Nashville or four hours east to Charlotte on a Sunday and watch a game in which the outcome is not a foregone conclusion.
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You obviously have not been to too many Panthers games over the years.
 
#274
#274
I know many fans that stay at home. HD TV's have spoiled folks. When you can sit in your recliner, smoke if you want, and use your bathroom, drink, why would the majority of folks attend?
 
#275
#275
Student ticket sales are up into the 11,000 range now...upper deck student seats are being sold which rarely ever happens. Close to half of the undergrad student body will be in attendance. That is impressive.
 
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