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Look for Checkerboards in the Gator Bowl
Posted on 12/19/14 at 1:23 am
Posted on 12/19/14 at 1:23 am
Oh, worth noting and pretty cool for Vols' folks: we are told that Gator Bowl/Jacksonville officials will checkerboard the Tennessee end zone --- marking the first time in the bowl's 70-year history to have a checkerboard end zone. That's per folks in Jacksonville we spoke with this week.
Let's interject here about just how much momentum and fan support Tennessee has: outside of the SEC's playoff or BCS participants, no league school has done more to burnish ticket sales than the University of Tennessee. The Vols sold-out their initial 8,000-ticket allotment in a hurry; they're nearly out of the additional 2,000, non-premium seats they received on the heels of that.
6-6 bitches
Let's interject here about just how much momentum and fan support Tennessee has: outside of the SEC's playoff or BCS participants, no league school has done more to burnish ticket sales than the University of Tennessee. The Vols sold-out their initial 8,000-ticket allotment in a hurry; they're nearly out of the additional 2,000, non-premium seats they received on the heels of that.
6-6 bitches
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Posted on 12/19/14 at 2:11 am to BigOrangeBri
We sold over 30,000 tickets to the Compass Bowl in Birmingham when we finished 6-6 two years ago.
congrats on selling 10k.
congrats on selling 10k.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 2:20 am to BigOrangeBri
Posted on 12/19/14 at 2:23 am to Toddy
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We sold over 30,000 tickets to the Compass Bowl in Birmingham when we finished 6-6 two years ago. congrats on selling 10k.
You mean the bowl that was a 2 1/2 hour drive from Oxford. No way!
Posted on 12/19/14 at 2:47 am to BigOrangeBri
Pretty cool for the Bowl to recognize Tennessee's tradition. You have to appreciate tradition. 
Posted on 12/19/14 at 5:13 am to Toddy
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We sold over 30,000 to the Compass Bowl
Is that actually something to brag about?
Posted on 12/19/14 at 6:57 am to msudawg1200
Congrats on getting back to a bowl finally! 
Posted on 12/19/14 at 6:58 am to BigOrangeBri
Chess boards are cooler
Posted on 12/19/14 at 8:08 am to rmnldr
Jealous arse
Posted on 12/19/14 at 8:14 am to BigOrangeBri
In Birmingham...that place blows.
Y'all are in Jacksonville. Of course those fans want to leave East Tennessee for a Florida New Years.
I do like Chattanooga though.
Y'all are in Jacksonville. Of course those fans want to leave East Tennessee for a Florida New Years.
I do like Chattanooga though.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 8:19 am to BigOrangeBri
Man this is sad. When I was first falling in love with college football in the mid 90's, i would have never thought Tennessee would so happy to go 6-6 and be in a meaningless bowl. Now they are bragging about how the end zone will be painted at said meaningless bowl. I miss my childhood...
Posted on 12/19/14 at 8:20 am to CyrustheVirus
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Man this is sad. When I was first falling in love with college football in the mid 90's, i would have never thought Tennessee would so happy to go 6-6 and be in a meaningless bowl. Now they are bragging about how the end zone will be painted at said meaningless bowl. I miss my childhood...
I agree
Posted on 12/19/14 at 8:24 am to BallstotheWesleyWall
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I do like Chattanooga though.
Chattanooga is an awesome town. Great place to spend a weekend.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 8:31 am to BamaGradinTn
I went there for a wedding back in June. Great food, fun bar scene, nice views, very clean. It's probably my second-favorite city in the South behind Charleston. Nashville is up there too.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 8:37 am to BallstotheWesleyWall
6-6 record. The Gator Bowl. "We sold 8000 tickets!" "They checkerboarded the end zone and they ain't never done that afore!" Long losing streaks against every other team in the Big Six.
O Tennessee, where art thou?
O Tennessee, where art thou?
This post was edited on 12/19/14 at 8:40 am
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