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according to Hubbs from volquest, Mizzou has sold over 5,000 tickets for the 9 hour road trip to knoxville.

at the same time, the students had bought roughly 2,700 tickets as of thursday.

that's pretty sad. what else is there to do at noon this saturday in knoxville? if you guys dont like college football more than that then maybe being mediocre in the SEC is all you deserve.

i understand the argument of "lets send a message to the AD" theory, but why would you not go to the home games and support your university's players, classmates, friends? i think it is a total slap in the face to the players who sacrifice so much time and effort as student athletes to not give them your full support as fans.

allowing Mizzou to have more fans than our entire student section is embarrassing. you students need to do something about that. i am an alumni and i wouldn't miss a home game for anything when i was a student because now im in the position where it is not possible for me to make it back to every home game. your gonna wish one day you would have went to all those games.
 
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We're fair weather fans, we like UT when they're winning else I'd rather sit in front of my computer and surf porn and FAP FAP FAP
 
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I'm stuck in Gulfport, MS. The closest college football action is either Southern Mississippi (horrid program) or William Carey University (great school, but less than division 3 football program). I sure do wish I could come to a UT home game again, but right now I'm unemployed due to the economy here!
 
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vol in dixie said:
according to Hubbs from volquest, Mizzou has sold over 5,000 tickets for the 9 hour road trip to knoxville.

at the same time, the students had bought roughly 2,700 tickets as of thursday.

i understand the argument of "lets send a message to the AD" theory, but why would you not go to the home games and support your university's players, classmates, friends? i think it is a total slap in the face to the players who sacrifice so much time and effort as student athletes to not give them your full support as fans..
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Are you sure you understand it? Because not going to home games is how a fanbase sends a message to the AD. Any time a program isn't living up to the standards/performance it should, the attendance drops. It happens everywhere, not just here.
 
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i just don't buy most of these kids' arguments i have heard the past year or two...i have school...i have to work...i cant afford a ticket...blah blah blah

i was a student there. i didnt have mush disposable income; i had a job; my friends and i took though subjects, made good grades, have good jobs now, and we never missed a game?

has something changed in the last year or two? or are our students lazy, lame, or just not like college football? or all three?
 
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carpbc said:
I'm stuck in Gulfport, MS. The closest college football action is either Southern Mississippi (horrid program) or William Carey University (great school, but less than division 3 football program). I sure do wish I could come to a UT home game again, but right now I'm unemployed due to the economy here!
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Vote for "O Bama" The economy will turn around!! Ha! Ha!

Just try to weather the storm for four more years and then we may get someone in the White House who knows about economics......
 
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vol in dixie said:
i just don't buy most of these kids' arguments i have heard the past year or two...i have school...i have to work...i cant afford a ticket...blah blah blah

i was a student there. i didnt have mush disposable income; i had a job; my friends and i took though subjects, made good grades, have good jobs now, and we never missed a game?

has something changed in the last year or two? or are our students lazy, lame, or just not like college football? or all three?
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Yes, the team spent last year plummeting down to rock bottom and then promptly brought in a jackhammer this year to drill themselves even lower. That's what's happened in the past year or two.
 
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I'm a freshman student...I'm going...I wondered how I got great tickets in the on demand period...
 
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I'm a student and go to all the games. There are a lot of students that aren't near as big of fans as us and don't want to pay 10 bucks to watch us get beat or play terribly. The only way it'll change is if we start winning. Simple as that
 
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vol in dixie said:
according to Hubbs from volquest, Mizzou has sold over 5,000 tickets for the 9 hour road trip to knoxville.

at the same time, the students had bought roughly 2,700 tickets as of thursday.

that's pretty sad. what else is there to do at noon this saturday in knoxville? if you guys dont like college football more than that then maybe being mediocre in the SEC is all you deserve.

i understand the argument of "lets send a message to the AD" theory, but why would you not go to the home games and support your university's players, classmates, friends? i think it is a total slap in the face to the players who sacrifice so much time and effort as student athletes to not give them your full support as fans.

allowing Mizzou to have more fans than our entire student section is embarrassing. you students need to do something about that. i am an alumni and i wouldn't miss a home game for anything when i was a student because now im in the position where it is not possible for me to make it back to every home game. your gonna wish one day you would have went to all those games.
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Dont buy into this. The seats will be full of ORANGE. Vols fans will come out and support UT. I Was at the Troy game and it was not as empty as some on here would lead you to believe. Support our VOLS no matter what :rock:
 
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It's because Dooleyball is not fun. Three years of losing in increasingly humiliating fashion under the direction of a divisive, unpopular coach is taking its toll. I don't care how much you love the Vols, watching a Dooley team lose and lose and lose and lose has become a frustrating experience that buzzkills your day.

It's not just the students. The dropoff has started. It's a tribute to the university and the fanbase that attendance has held up as much as it has for as long as it has.
 
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@ OP, Students and others have supported UT through these tough times and are fed up so I don't see how you can ask someone to support something they don't agree with. I'll never attend another game as long as Dooley is coaching and I doubt I'll even watch it on TV. If the AD don't care then why should they???
 
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i understand we suck. and yea, it's no fun to watch us loose. i hate loosing more than anything. but when i was a student, and even now as a donor, i feel like i owe support to the team because they are the team ive loved my whole life and will continue to support in the bad times and the good times. i guess it troubles me that not every "fan" feels the same way.

also some of my fondest memories from college were saturdays tailgating and going to the games - win or loose. what do our students do instead on gamedays? video games? library? sleep? i dont get it.
 
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Being at 12 hurts it a lot. Too many students are either hung over or just plain still sleeping at noon. If it were a night game, it would be better. Also, the whole losing thing. Anyone who is simply a UT fan and not a football fan will not go.
 
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vol in dixie said:
according to Hubbs from volquest, Mizzou has sold over 5,000 tickets for the 9 hour road trip to knoxville.

at the same time, the students had bought roughly 2,700 tickets as of thursday.

that's pretty sad. what else is there to do at noon this saturday in knoxville? if you guys dont like college football more than that then maybe being mediocre in the SEC is all you deserve.

i understand the argument of "lets send a message to the AD" theory, but why would you not go to the home games and support your university's players, classmates, friends? i think it is a total slap in the face to the players who sacrifice so much time and effort as student athletes to not give them your full support as fans.

allowing Mizzou to have more fans than our entire student section is embarrassing. you students need to do something about that. i am an alumni and i wouldn't miss a home game for anything when i was a student because now im in the position where it is not possible for me to make it back to every home game. your gonna wish one day you would have went to all those games.
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I guess there afraid someone will see them on tv ,or nursing a bad hangover because one must be drunk to endure one of our games .
 
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vol in dixie said:
i just don't buy most of these kids' arguments i have heard the past year or two...i have school...i have to work...i cant afford a ticket...blah blah blah

i was a student there. i didnt have mush disposable income; i had a job; my friends and i took though subjects, made good grades, have good jobs now, and we never missed a game?

has something changed in the last year or two? or are our students lazy, lame, or just not like college football? or all three?
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not THOUGH enough hahaha
 
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We students that attend UT right now are old enough to remember the 1998 National Championship (I was 6). We watched the 2001 team go to The Swamp and saw Travis Stephens run over Florida to win the SEC East. We remember having 10 wins in 2001, 2003, 2004, and 2007. Also the 8-9 wins in 2000, 2002, and 2003. The seniors are the only class to experience a winning season at 7-6, and were here when Kiffin bolted for USC. Why are we not going to games?...WE ARE SICK OF BEING THE JOKE OF THE SEC.
 
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vol in dixie said:
according to Hubbs from volquest, Mizzou has sold over 5,000 tickets for the 9 hour road trip to knoxville.

at the same time, the students had bought roughly 2,700 tickets as of thursday.

that's pretty sad. what else is there to do at noon this saturday in knoxville? if you guys dont like college football more than that then maybe being mediocre in the SEC is all you deserve.

i understand the argument of "lets send a message to the AD" theory, but why would you not go to the home games and support your university's players, classmates, friends? i think it is a total slap in the face to the players who sacrifice so much time and effort as student athletes to not give them your full support as fans.

allowing Mizzou to have more fans than our entire student section is embarrassing. you students need to do something about that. i am an alumni and i wouldn't miss a home game for anything when i was a student because now im in the position where it is not possible for me to make it back to every home game. your gonna wish one day you would have went to all those games.
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I usually don't comment on threads like this, but thank you for lecturing our students. I'm sure they'll be better people now.
 
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