re: UT ticket sales on the skids

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GoBigOrange86

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hang in there dude. All powerful programs have their ebb and flows and down periods. This is UT's. LSU went thru a down era in the 90's and Alabama was down for while on probation. Better days lie ahead for yall. You have too many resources.

UT's struggles have taught me a lot. I've learned that schadenfreude isn't for me, because I know what it feels like now to suffer through some really really bad football. It sucks seeing your team (and, in my case and many others' case, your alma mater and school) perform so poorly in a sport you love so much. So I don't take any pleasure in seeing other teams struggle, because I don't think the fans deserve it -- maybe the coaches, maybe the administration, but the fans make the game special, and it really sucks when they have to live with the mistakes of others.

Alabama is a perfect example. It was easy to sit back and say, "Well, if they weren't cheaters they wouldn't be in trouble," but the fact is that people who had nothing to do with the situation (future players and the fans) had to deal with the repercussions while those responsible got to walk with (comparatively speaking) little punishment, leaving devastation in their wake.

Big Orange, how right you are. I always wondered why the future players, coach, and fanbase had to pay for the penalties of NCAA violations that the previous coach committed. The violators(sp) were allowed to walk, while the school had to suffer for what they did. Basketball is the sport that really comes to my mind. Hey Bella, you seem like a logical poster who really realizes what it means when your school's biggest rival is down. Are you old enough to remember the Tech/Bama rivalry? If not, ask your grandparents because Tech left the conference in the mid sixties.

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avondale88

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Thank you! I'm not old enough to remember the Tech rivalry, but my family was close to the program, and so I get ALL of the old stories. I love hearing them...I like hearing the old stories about Cholly Mac and all of those people from that era.

I think that's where tradition really helps. It doesn't take long for a school with all of the resources that Tennessee has to pop back. As an Alabama fan, I'd like a few more years of dominance before games become close again. But we need the close games too...

I think there is no place more fun than Tuscaloosa on the Friday night before an Alabama Tennessee game during a well matched year.

i actually had to research why tech left for a project recently

We have grandparents that are the same age... My parents are older, and so I get all of their stories too, plus the ones their parents told them... we'll have something to talk about!

omg! I need to send you an email

I'll mail you from another account that isn't overflowing with spam. ygm

I mailed you back...