Comments on: Our Students… http://gate21.net/2008/09/17/our-students/ Life, the Universe, and the Bounce of the Ball Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:03:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: GrahamC http://gate21.net/2008/09/17/our-students/comment-page-1/#comment-1383 GrahamC Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:14:21 +0000 http://gate21.net/?p=1082#comment-1383 man that picture of DD, EE, FF, is absolutely pitiful.. I am jr at ut and sat in Q with a friend of mine and I just remember looking at that and being so pissed.. Honestly Mike Hamilton just needs to take away those tickets because I promise you there are plenty of people who would LOVE to sit there.. regardless, I witnessed some awful awful student commentary during the game.. let's face it, Tennessee fans are dumb (case in point, redneck lady screaming "put in Joey!" at Tee Martin in the '99 season, a year after he led us us to the national championship) and the students aren't much better.. I really just want us to go nuts for this game.. Im sick of the "it's hot" complaints.. im sick of people making out in D20.. Im sick of fans who are more excited about their cool "300" "Gladiator" "Troy" outfits, and playing with their plastic swords, than watching Nick Stephens complete a 40 yard pass to Brandon Warren.. im sick of fans leaving at halftime.. im sick of students complaining that 15 bucks a game is a travesty.. and here's my last point on that.. I have seats 1&2 in D22, in my opinion, the BEST seats you can have at Neyland Stadium.. I payed 15 bucks for my ticket.. The equivalent "normal" ticket would be in C.. so i decided, hey lemme see how much a ticket in C would be.. here's what i found.. http://www.stubhub.com/tennessee-football-tickets/tennessee-volunteers-vs-florida-9-20-2008-526399/... STUDENTS QUIT COMPLAINING, its worth much more than 90 dollars for a season! here's a pic from my camera phone..enjoy.. http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a140/Grahambo06/n9428821_35486484_5110.jpg man that picture of DD, EE, FF, is absolutely pitiful.. I am jr at ut and sat in Q with a friend of mine and I just remember looking at that and being so pissed.. Honestly Mike Hamilton just needs to take away those tickets because I promise you there are plenty of people who would LOVE to sit there..

regardless, I witnessed some awful awful student commentary during the game.. let’s face it, Tennessee fans are dumb (case in point, redneck lady screaming “put in Joey!” at Tee Martin in the ‘99 season, a year after he led us us to the national championship) and the students aren’t much better..

I really just want us to go nuts for this game.. Im sick of the “it’s hot” complaints.. im sick of people making out in D20.. Im sick of fans who are more excited about their cool “300″ “Gladiator” “Troy” outfits, and playing with their plastic swords, than watching Nick Stephens complete a 40 yard pass to Brandon Warren.. im sick of fans leaving at halftime.. im sick of students complaining that 15 bucks a game is a travesty.. and here’s my last point on that.. I have seats 1&2 in D22, in my opinion, the BEST seats you can have at Neyland Stadium.. I payed 15 bucks for my ticket.. The equivalent “normal” ticket would be in C.. so i decided, hey lemme see how much a ticket in C would be.. here’s what i found.. http://www.stubhub.com/tennessee-football-tickets/tennessee-volunteers-vs-florida-9-20-2008-526399/... STUDENTS QUIT COMPLAINING, its worth much more than 90 dollars for a season!

here’s a pic from my camera phone..enjoy..
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a140/Grahambo06/n9428821_35486484_5110.jpg

]]> By: Home Sweet Home http://gate21.net/2008/09/17/our-students/comment-page-1/#comment-1374 Home Sweet Home Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:07:53 +0000 http://gate21.net/?p=1082#comment-1374 thanks for the comments guys. I don't go to campus on Wednesdays since I don't have class, so I missed that letter. I hope people get it and see how stupid booing is. they should look at our recruit visit list for this week, it's big on quality and quantity. a win and great atmosphere this weekend could pay big dividends on down the road potentially. that said, booing Florida is encouraged. I know I'll be booing those punks... thanks for the comments guys.

I don’t go to campus on Wednesdays since I don’t have class, so I missed that letter. I hope people get it and see how stupid booing is. they should look at our recruit visit list for this week, it’s big on quality and quantity.

a win and great atmosphere this weekend could pay big dividends on down the road potentially.

that said, booing Florida is encouraged. I know I’ll be booing those punks…

]]> By: Blake http://gate21.net/2008/09/17/our-students/comment-page-1/#comment-1373 Blake Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:46:16 +0000 http://gate21.net/?p=1082#comment-1373 I sent this letter to the editor of the Daily Beacon. It was printed in yesterday’s paper… UT fans boo own team, prove inhospitable to guests I was absolutely appalled by the antics of some of the "fans" at UT’s home opener against UAB. I could not believe my ears when I heard the boo birds come out. Is that the message we want to send to our team? To the visitors at our university? To the national audience watching the game? That the students (and other "fans") at UT boo their own players? Have we now sunk to the level of Alabama fans? I had written out a nice long argument of why this is so stupid, but I don’t think any further elaboration is necessary. It’s simple. Booing your own team (constituted of amateur athletes – not to mention our friends, classmates, and peers) exhibits absolutely no class, and just makes us look like a bunch of cry babies. Come to Neyland Stadium to cheer and support our team, or just stay home and coach from your sofa where no one else has to suffer your presence. Blake Hitchcock Junior in Computer Science I sent this letter to the editor of the Daily Beacon. It was printed in yesterday’s paper…

UT fans boo own team, prove inhospitable to guests

I was absolutely appalled by the antics of some of the “fans” at UT’s home opener against UAB. I could not believe my ears when I heard the boo birds come out. Is that the message we want to send to our team? To the visitors at our university? To the national audience watching the game? That the students (and other “fans”) at UT boo their own players? Have we now sunk to the level of Alabama fans? I had written out a nice long argument of why this is so stupid, but I don’t think any further elaboration is necessary. It’s simple. Booing your own team (constituted of amateur athletes – not to mention our friends, classmates, and peers) exhibits absolutely no class, and just makes us look like a bunch of cry babies. Come to Neyland Stadium to cheer and support our team, or just stay home and coach from your sofa where no one else has to suffer your presence.

Blake Hitchcock
Junior in Computer Science

]]> By: Renegade http://gate21.net/2008/09/17/our-students/comment-page-1/#comment-1372 Renegade Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:27:48 +0000 http://gate21.net/?p=1082#comment-1372 I've been going to UT games since I was in the 1st grade with my dad. He always taught me NEVER BOO. It doesn't matter if its the home team or a visiting team. It just shows no class. There are only 2 exceptions: Florida and Alabama I’ve been going to UT games since I was in the 1st grade with my dad. He always taught me NEVER BOO. It doesn’t matter if its the home team or a visiting team. It just shows no class.

There are only 2 exceptions: Florida and Alabama

]]> By: lawvol http://gate21.net/2008/09/17/our-students/comment-page-1/#comment-1364 lawvol Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:47:22 +0000 http://gate21.net/?p=1082#comment-1364 I agree completely. I was completely shocked by the lack of class shown by the students this weekend by booing the players. You wanna boo the decision not to go for it on 4th and 1-inch on the opposing 1-yard line, have at it. You want to boo the coaches for taking a knee with 30 seconds to go when Tennessee is up by 50, go right ahead. You want to boo the officials for ... well ... just being there, be my guest. What you don't do is boo you own PLAYERS on their home field. If that's what you want to do, then just stay home. I mean, it's not that hard to just do nothing. The players make great sacrifices to "entertain" us by giving it their all, even if that isn't enough to win. Remember, they're not getting paid. I know a lot of alums who pay a ton of money, travel great distances, and still sit in less than great loocations in Neyland Stadium. Most would kill to get seats in the student section. If the students keep showing their backsides, then the VASF donors (like me) might just get that chance. Great post... I agree completely. I was completely shocked by the lack of class shown by the students this weekend by booing the players.
You wanna boo the decision not to go for it on 4th and 1-inch on the opposing 1-yard line, have at it. You want to boo the coaches for taking a knee with 30 seconds to go when Tennessee is up by 50, go right ahead. You want to boo the officials for … well … just being there, be my guest. What you don’t do is boo you own PLAYERS on their home field.

If that’s what you want to do, then just stay home. I mean, it’s not that hard to just do nothing. The players make great sacrifices to “entertain” us by giving it their all, even if that isn’t enough to win. Remember, they’re not getting paid.

I know a lot of alums who pay a ton of money, travel great distances, and still sit in less than great loocations in Neyland Stadium. Most would kill to get seats in the student section. If the students keep showing their backsides, then the VASF donors (like me) might just get that chance.

Great post…

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