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The winner of Clem/Texas vs ASU quarterfinal advances to Dallas for the semifinal to play vs winner of Vols/TOSU vs Oregon quarterfinal.
Why should #5 seeded Texas get to play in Dallas especially if it’s against #1 Oregon.

In the other bracket, UGA could play three games in the south at New Orleans, Miami, and Atlanta (national title).
Georgia always gets to play in Atlanta for SEC titles and never plays Florida in Gainesville.
Seems like a pretty good “built in advantage” for UGA.
Hopefully, The new Titans stadium in Nashville will be approved for some of those type of games.
 
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One of the things they have to consider is weather. There was a reason that the national championsip was always in pasedena for years was that it rarely rains and temps are always mild. NFL has the same issues. The superbowl is always in the southern(latitudinally speaking) part of the country. Looking for venues and cities that can handle the capacity along with potential weather problems, it leaves a limited number of possible locations. I don't know if any college stadiums that have domes and few people are going to spend money to go to Oregon this time of year. I agree though that the sec game needs to be floated.
 
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Volfan76 said:
One of the things they have to consider is weather. There was a reason that the national championsip was always in pasedena for years was that it rarely rains and temps are always mild. NFL has the same issues. The superbowl is always in the southern(latitudinally speaking) part of the country. Looking for venues and cities that can handle the capacity along with potential weather problems, it leaves a limited number of possible locations. I don't know if any college stadiums that have domes and few people are going to spend money to go to Oregon this time of year. I agree though that the sec game needs to be floated.
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I honestly would have no problem w/ The Rose Bowl being the National Title game every year. Make it the football version of Omaha for baseball. Expand home games into the quarterfinals and then use traditional bowl sites for the Final 4. That’s never going to happen, but could be cool .
 
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TennesseeTarheel said:
As long as we're wishing, why shouldn't Neyland host the NC? It is certainly a premier venue with a mild climate, sort of.
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The reason Knoxville doesn’t get to host games in the NCAA basketball tournament is that (according to the NCAA) Knoxville doesn’t have enough hotel rooms to accommodate fans, staff, and media within a short distance of TBA.
No way that they’d ever let Neyland host anything but a first round home football game.
 
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Vfl2407 said:
The winner of Clem/Texas vs ASU quarterfinal advances to Dallas for the semifinal to play vs winner of Vols/TOSU vs Oregon quarterfinal.
Why should #5 seeded Texas get to play in Dallas especially if it’s against #1 Oregon.

In the other bracket, UGA could play three games in the south at New Orleans, Miami, and Atlanta (national title).
Georgia always gets to play in Atlanta for SEC titles and never plays Florida in Gainesville.
Seems like a pretty good “built in advantage” for UGA.
Hopefully, The new Titans stadium in Nashville will be approved for some of those type of games.
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I personally think SoFi stadium would be a great venue. May not be available due to hosting two NFL teams. Also, Las Vegas is a great location.

Of course you can always go back to the Movie Hoosiers. Go out, measure the field, it's the same as Autzen or any other field, just go play between the lines and kick butt.
 
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I might be a little radical but I don't believe any team should be allowed to host a playoff game and enjoy home field advantage. No teams should be seeded so that they play within 300miles of home
First round byes need to be scrapped
 
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TennesseeTarheel said:
As long as we're wishing, why shouldn't Neyland host the NC? It is certainly a premier venue with a mild climate, sort of.
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Because it's a dump compared to the newer venues. You see the difference in amenities when you see the vols play in NFL stadiums like Bank of America couple years ago or vs Pitt in 22
 
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Here's what we can do about all this:

Beat the teams put in front of us.

That's it.

No sense worrying about it, complaining about it, contemplating it, spending time on it, or thinking about it.

The focus of the entire Volunteer nation should be on what the Volunteer nation can control. And that's showing up for, playing, and beating the teams that get put in front of us. Any time, anywhere, anyone.

Go Vols!
 
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I am assuming that post the first round, while the sites in question may be close to specific schools, that ticket distribution is very different.

As such, for games in Pasadena, Dallas, and Atlanta, there would be the same number of tickets allocated to each team - thus it becomes an issue of whether a team further away is willing to travel?

Traveling to Atlanta would be no problem for Vol fans. I remember going to the Cotton Bowl in Dallas one year against Arkansas and half the stadium was Vol fans.
 
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Volfan76 said:
One of the things they have to consider is weather. There was a reason that the national championsip was always in pasedena for years was that it rarely rains and temps are always mild. NFL has the same issues. The superbowl is always in the southern(latitudinally speaking) part of the country. Looking for venues and cities that can handle the capacity along with potential weather problems, it leaves a limited number of possible locations. I don't know if any college stadiums that have domes and few people are going to spend money to go to Oregon this time of year. I agree though that the sec game needs to be floated.
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What consecutive years was the national championship in Pasadena
 
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volfan102455 said:
I am assuming that post the first round, while the sites in question may be close to specific schools, that ticket distribution is very different.

As such, for games in Pasadena, Dallas, and Atlanta, there would be the same number of tickets allocated to each team - thus it becomes an issue of whether a team further away is willing to travel?

Traveling to Atlanta would be no problem for Vol fans. I remember going to the Cotton Bowl in Dallas one year against Arkansas and half the stadium was Vol fans.
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My question on that is this:
Four teams already know they are in the quarterfinals.
Oregon plays the Vols/OSU winner in the Rose Bowl which seats 92,000.
Has Oregons allotment already been distributed to their ticket office to sell?
Plus, is the Rose selling any seats to the general public? Are they doing so already?
If so, you’d think Oregon fans would eat those up while Vol and Buckeye fans generally would wait until their result is known.
 
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Vfl2407 said:
My question on that is this:
Four teams already know they are in the quarterfinals.
Oregon plays the Vols/OSU winner in the Rose Bowl which seats 92,000.
Has Oregons allotment already been distributed to their ticket office to sell?
Plus, is the Rose selling any seats to the general public? Are they doing so already?
If so, you’d think Oregon fans would eat those up while Vol and Buckeye fans generally would wait until their result is known.
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Via the UT Ticket office as a season ticket holder, I am able to go ahead and request / hold tickets for the various games up through the championship game. I will not be charged unless UT is in the game.
I'm assuming all teams have the same arrangement.

I am not sure if any of those games have tickets on sale yet to the public but if they do, both UT and OSU fans could take a chance and buy the tickets and then resale to the other with low risk that they will not be able to sell the ticket if their team doesn't make it.
 
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With the digital sales, it is not like you have to show up at the stadium and stand on the street corner to sell your tickets anymore. :)
 
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RDU VOL#14 said:
I honestly would have no problem w/ The Rose Bowl being the National Title game every year. Make it the football version of Omaha for baseball. Expand home games into the quarterfinals and then use traditional bowl sites for the Final 4. That’s never going to happen, but could be cool .
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The only issue there is people in CA don’t care like those in Omaha do. Otherwise, it’s perfect.
 
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