Whatever happened to naming student section?

#51
#51
Aavoxx said:
I don't know if you've noticed, but we've sucked.

The student body is different now that it has been in recent years. What you did when you were in school is irrelevant. Did you walk to school up hill both ways in the snow with no shoes?
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So what exactly do you think a marketing campaign to name the student section will do?

Look, I see Butch working his tail off to market this program. He even came to a bonfire/cookout before the Vandy game last year and about 250 people showed up. It was even before a basketball game so that was a great time to go to the bonfire then over to the basketball game.

By comparison, aTm had about 40,000 at a midnight yell practice before the Bama game last season.
 
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#52
#52
Want students back? Stop charging them for tickets. All of them pay athletics fees and activities fees already. Students should NEVER have to pay for tickets.
 
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Boca Vol said:
So what exactly do you think a marketing campaign to name the student section will do?

Look, I see Butch working his tail off to market this program. He even came to a bonfire/cookout before the Vandy game last year and about 250 people showed up. It was even before a basketball game so that was a great time to go to the bonfire then over to the basketball game.

By comparison, aTm had about 40,000 at a midnight yell practice before the Bama game last season.
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If you name it, it's easier to market. Make t-shirts, so on and so forth. It's not hard.

What did you major in at UT and when were you there?

VolInsider said:
Want students back? Stop charging them for tickets. All of them pay athletics fees and activities fees already. Students should NEVER have to pay for tickets.
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All this being said, I don't disagree with this.
 
#61
#61
General's Quarters is the best of those 5.

I could see a case being made for Vol Army, since we have the Vol Navy.

The other 3 are pretty terrible IMO
 
#62
#62
The only name I could sticking for more than a year would be General's Quarters. But even then, it's not a great name in my mind. Please no one take offense to this, but it sounds like a 50-60 year old mother that isn't into sports came up with these names.
 
#71
#71
This is a fail waiting to happen. Ainge want to write in Maxim Militia. Like GAVol stated, there is nothing worse than a forced nickname.
 
#72
#72
I saw a funny comment on a Facebook post for this.

'If the students don't start showing up, they will call it "General Admission" '
 
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#74
SIAP guys, I remember this being brought up but I don't think there was ever any follow up on it when the website was finally updated.

So in case you missed it, Coach Jones challenged the student body government to help get the student section named. They answered the challenge and accepted numerous nominations and narrowed it down to 5:

Rocky Top Rowdies
General's Quarters
Smokey's Howl
Vol Army
Big Orange Crew

I personally don't really like any of them that much but I voted for General's Quarters just to keep with the Neyland theme of the stadium. You have to be a student to vote and I'm not sure if you can vote more than once, but the winner will be announced at the USU game and the student section will forever be known as whatever wins the vote. I'm guessing it will be Rocky Top Rowdies, but I really hope I am wrong. It's just too cliche' for me.
 
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