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re: Vol and UGA fans...why such apathy in baseball? Other SEC schools do decent...
Posted on 2/11/15 at 2:57 pm to tylerdurden24
Posted on 2/11/15 at 2:57 pm to tylerdurden24
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It'd take willingness on the part of the AD and the University to eliminate parking spaces for it.
They could put a parking deck roof thing on that lot and then put stands on top of that roof instead of more parking. That seems feasible to me at least.
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Posted on 2/11/15 at 2:58 pm to Moustache
Tennessee is a recruiting school
Posted on 2/11/15 at 3:01 pm to Moustache
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Florida----#12 in attendance in the nation (Enrollment- 51,474)
Missouri----Yankee state, so they don't care (Enrollment- 35,441)
South Carolina---#4 in attendance (Enrollment- 30,721)
Vanderbilt----Even nerds go to games #21 (Enrollment - 12,093)
Kentucky-----#36, not bball so fans don't GAF (Enrollment - 28,094)
Georgia------#33 (Enrollment - 35,520)
Tennessee----#35 (Enrollment - 27,523)
LSU-----#1 (Enrollment - 30,451)
ole MIss--#5 (Enrollment - 19,822)
MSU-----#2 (Enrollment - 21,424)
Arky----#3 (Enrollment - 25,365)
Auburn---#11 (Enrollment - 25,078)
Bama-----#14 (Enrollment - 36,155)
TAMU-----#9 (Enrollment - 52,585)
If you look at attendance, relative to enrollment then Ole Miss and Vandy are crazy high). It shows that baseball is (with the exception of South Carolina) much bigger in the SECw than in the SECe.
Posted on 2/11/15 at 3:07 pm to Moustache
SEC Stadiums ranked by capacity:
1. MSU - 15,000
2. Arky - 10,737
3. LSU - 10,326
4. Ole Miss - 8,500
5. USCe - 8,242
6. Bama - 6,571
7. aTm - 6,100
8. UF - 5,500
9. Auburn - 4,096
10. UT - 3,800
11. Vandy - 3,700
12. UGA - 3,291
13. MIZZOU - 3,031
14. UK - 3,000
1. MSU - 15,000
2. Arky - 10,737
3. LSU - 10,326
4. Ole Miss - 8,500
5. USCe - 8,242
6. Bama - 6,571
7. aTm - 6,100
8. UF - 5,500
9. Auburn - 4,096
10. UT - 3,800
11. Vandy - 3,700
12. UGA - 3,291
13. MIZZOU - 3,031
14. UK - 3,000
Posted on 2/11/15 at 3:15 pm to tylerdurden24
I see something like this:
Posted on 2/11/15 at 3:16 pm to tylerdurden24
Did you just draw that?????
Well done sir, very talented.
Well done sir, very talented.
Posted on 2/11/15 at 3:17 pm to madmaxvol
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6. Bama - 6,571
New Sewell Thomas will seat around 5,000
Posted on 2/11/15 at 3:29 pm to Moustache
As others have mentioned, coaching was a big issue but also a total lack of promotion. Both have gotten tons better (I had a friend on the team years ago yet never knew when the games were). To compound the matter, UT didn't establish their fanbase or even try until AFTER the Tennessee Smokies were already embedded in the community. People love watching Smokies' games and they've got a great stadium experience + beer so if you're gonna watch a baseball game that your kid isn't in they're the first choice for baseball fans.
Oh and I disagree about E. TN not caring about baseball (although it's true we don't care about collegebaseball). It certainly does - we had more baseball fields than you could shake a stick at in my hometown (so many, in fact, that my cousin wanted to move there when he was a kid because of the bball fields). And that same town has won the little league world series. Softball is big too.
Between the lack of marketing (for many years even if you were a student, you barely knew we even had a baseball team if you thought about it at all), coaching for many years, and not working to cultivate a fanbase until now that there's competition from the Smokies, it's an upward climb for UT baseball.
It's odd but softball has a better following in a lot of ways because we used to have two ADs (one for the women and one for the men) and the women's AD did a much better job promoting them and taking care of them.
Oh and I disagree about E. TN not caring about baseball (although it's true we don't care about collegebaseball). It certainly does - we had more baseball fields than you could shake a stick at in my hometown (so many, in fact, that my cousin wanted to move there when he was a kid because of the bball fields). And that same town has won the little league world series. Softball is big too.
Between the lack of marketing (for many years even if you were a student, you barely knew we even had a baseball team if you thought about it at all), coaching for many years, and not working to cultivate a fanbase until now that there's competition from the Smokies, it's an upward climb for UT baseball.
It's odd but softball has a better following in a lot of ways because we used to have two ADs (one for the women and one for the men) and the women's AD did a much better job promoting them and taking care of them.
This post was edited on 2/11/15 at 3:30 pm
Posted on 2/11/15 at 3:29 pm to tylerdurden24
Nice render 
Interested in seeing a LF grandstand
Eta: just saw your outfield seating
Looks great
Interested in seeing a LF grandstand
Eta: just saw your outfield seating
Looks great
This post was edited on 2/11/15 at 3:31 pm
Posted on 2/11/15 at 3:30 pm to SummerOfGeorge
I should have gone to school to be an architect. I'd actually make money instead of sitting on here, talking to all of you 
Posted on 2/11/15 at 3:44 pm to Crowknowsbest
You can look at the google earth view & see there's not a hella lot we can do... 
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The area with all the trees behind the 1st base line & along the right field outfield fence is private property with residences....
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The area with all the trees behind the 1st base line & along the right field outfield fence is private property with residences....
Posted on 2/11/15 at 4:10 pm to dallasga6
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The area with all the trees behind the 1st base line & along the right field outfield fence is private property with residences....
And it should stay that way. Honestly, I love the location of Foley. I love when we host Super Regionals and the houses blast walk-up music before at-bats and nobody can tell them to stop because they're privately owned houses. Foley has a very unique feel. It just needs to be bulked up a bit where possible.
Posted on 2/11/15 at 4:21 pm to tylerdurden24
It's like saying expand Sanford Stadium... Where? The stadium overhangs Field St., E. Campus & Reed Hall now. The bridge & Sanford Dr. is a no go. Might be able to get 3-4,000 extra.... 92,746 is optimum...
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Posted on 2/11/15 at 4:54 pm to dallasga6
Sanford needs a beautification run before we even think about expansion. So much opportunity to fix up the concourses, concessions, and facade. Honestly, it deserves to have it done sooner rather than later.
Posted on 2/11/15 at 9:23 pm to tylerdurden24
Auburn has seating stretching the length of LF. Something like this would be acceptable for UGA IMO
This post was edited on 2/11/15 at 9:24 pm
Posted on 2/11/15 at 9:44 pm to Moustache
I've always wondered this myself. There is good HS baseball player in this part of the state and it seems decently popular, just on a much smaller scale than football and basketball.
Others have said fans will show up when UT starts winning, but I don't think that's the case; at least not to the extent of the others in the conference. Personally, baseball is my second favorite sport to watch live. I plan on making it to as many baseball games as I can this year.
Others have said fans will show up when UT starts winning, but I don't think that's the case; at least not to the extent of the others in the conference. Personally, baseball is my second favorite sport to watch live. I plan on making it to as many baseball games as I can this year.
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