This was a post from Those seats like noice though. Yeah, I'm sure those are allocated to students, family, etc So if you can get seats there it'll be LSU heavy. But if not those sections will be the go-to in the upper bowl from my memory from where I usually sat in the student section.
Good stuff, thanks. I may sit in enemy territory. Depending on our record, you may be able to sit wherever you want. I'm optimistic that the Vols will be in the hunt come November I hope so, anyways.
Honestly seats in the second deck in Neyland arent that bad if you are in the front half of the section. You will quickly notice once inside that Neyland is built much more straight up compared to other SEC stadiums and the uppers aren't as far away from the action like how it is at BDS, The Swamp etc.
I've been to neyland a few times, but always lower sections. Great stadium. After a comprehensive assessment, Tennessee Athletics completed a feasibility study for future renovations to historic Neyland Stadium in October of The study, led in collaboration with Populous, a global leader in sports architecture and design, provides a systematic roadmap for making improvements to the stadium.
For the football season, Tennessee Athletics introduced a new LED lighting system along with a completely new stadium sound system. Renovation plans evolved through multiple athletic department leadership transitions. Following the football season, work will commence on construction of a club-seating area on the stadium's lower westside as well as the addition of a second videoboard and associated social party deck in the upper north end.
Driven by funding generated through the My All Campaign , future renovations are in the planning phases as White and his team work to prepare Neyland Stadium for its second years of service. Visit the Tennessee Fund website for more information, including photos, about renovations to Neyland Stadium.
Shields, president of Knoxville's City National Bank and a UT trustee, provided the initial capital to prepare and equip an athletic field. Thus, when the field was completed in March , it was called Shields-Watkins Field in honor of the donor and his wife, Alice Watkins-Shields.
The stadium, apart from the field it grew to enclose, came to bear its own distinguished name -- Neyland Stadium. It was named for the man most responsible for the growth and development of Tennessee's proud football tradition. General Robert R. Neyland served as head coach from , with two interruptions for military service.
General Robert Neyland posted a record in 21 seasons as Tennessee's head football coach. A twice life-size statue of Neyland at the stadium was dedicated in November The history and tradition of Tennessee football began when Gen.
From that date, Tennessee was in the college football arena to stay. Neyland, who came to Tennessee as an Army captain and left as a brigadier general, brought one of the most efficient single-wing offenses in the country to go with an unyielding defense. It was Gene McEver who kicked off the Neyland era with his yard return of the opening kickoff in the Alabama game, a game the underdog Vols won Each of his succeeding eras would be highlighted by similar big plays.
Neyland's Vols were the last to shut out each of its regular season opponents. Over the course of his career, of opponents failed to score against his Tennessee teams and the Vols still own an NCAA record for holding opponents scoreless for 71 consecutive quarters. Neyland's teams won Southern Conference titles in and , piling up undefeated streaks of 33 and 28 games along the way, and SEC championships in , , , and In addition, Neyland-coached teams won four national championships.
The Vols were consensus national champions in and Neyland's year record at Tennessee was His legacy continues to live through his name on the football stadium, the indoor football complex and the road paralleling the Tennessee River. First game as Shields-Watkins Field: Sept.
Dedication game as Neyland Stadium: Oct. Thread starter BigorangeBoy Start date May 13, Joined Aug 3, Messages 2, Likes 3, Used to be that most of the other school allotment was sections A and AA and nearby. Is that still the case? Joined Mar 25, Messages 6, Likes 7, BigorangeBoy said:.
DeerPark12 said:. Some of it is there, most of it is in the upper deck. The opposing fans in section A are the band and the player guests, which the SEC requires be given lower level tickets near the team bench. Likes: 2 people. Joined Jan 11, Messages 2, Likes I've sat all over Neyland. Both lower and upper decks. I've had better experiences in the upper deck.
Likes: 1 person. Joined Aug 14, Messages 4, Likes 1, One other thing, don't avoid the opposing teams fans. I've been to this game both in Neyland and Gainesville. The gator fans that travel have a lot more class than the ones in the swamp.
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