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Need an estimate on the game today.
How many orange clad fans in the stands today?
I said under 1,000. Disappointed there were empty seats but the crowd was great.
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12-15-2018 06:39 PM |
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RE: Need an estimate on the game today.
1200
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12-15-2018 06:56 PM |
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MemTiger90
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RE: Need an estimate on the game today.
The empty seats were the upper deck student section
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12-15-2018 07:10 PM |
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RE: Need an estimate on the game today.
Yea, that game definitely was not a sell out. Several empty seats above student section at the very top.
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12-15-2018 07:30 PM |
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RE: Need an estimate on the game today.
1123.6 ut fans
.6 because most UT fans actually take up more space than normal humans because of their inflated SEC ego's...
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12-15-2018 07:36 PM |
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BinghamptonNed
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RE: Need an estimate on the game today.
(12-15-2018 07:30 PM)TigersTigers Wrote: Yea, that game definitely was not a sell out. Several empty seats above student section at the very top.
all student tickets are sold out every game.
there were between 900-1000 utk fans there today. You can't blame them for wanting to see their team when they have a better team than Memphis, it won't happen very often in the near future.
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12-15-2018 07:37 PM |
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Tigerx3
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RE: Need an estimate on the game today.
(12-15-2018 07:30 PM)TigersTigers Wrote: Yea, that game definitely was not a sell out. Several empty seats above student section at the very top.
I think it was no shows but all seats were accounted for.
I had misguided Memphis fan share he thought there were 5,000 In orange in attendance. I told him no, just that the glow in the dark orange stood out in the sea of blue.
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12-16-2018 01:34 PM |
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RE: Need an estimate on the game today.
(12-15-2018 07:10 PM)MemTiger90 Wrote: The empty seats were the upper deck student section
Which the brilliant minds at our AD department did not release for sale to general public until 9:30 or 10:30 Saturday depending on which of the two text messages they sent to student that you go by. Quite a bit on Twitter about it.
Those seats should have been released early Friday at the latest. Would have sold at face value.
(This post was last modified: 12-16-2018 02:38 PM by Shooters.)
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12-16-2018 02:38 PM |
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RE: Need an estimate on the game today.
(12-15-2018 07:36 PM)ImaTiger Wrote: 1123.6 ut fans
.6 because most UT fans actually take up more space than normal humans because of their inflated SEC ego's...
You mean girth, right?
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12-16-2018 02:59 PM |
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RE: Need an estimate on the game today.
(12-16-2018 02:38 PM)Shooters Wrote: (12-15-2018 07:10 PM)MemTiger90 Wrote: The empty seats were the upper deck student section
Which the brilliant minds at our AD department did not release for sale to general public until 9:30 or 10:30 Saturday depending on which of the two text messages they sent to student that you go by. Quite a bit on Twitter about it.
Those seats should have been released early Friday at the latest. Would have sold at face value.
This is true and you had no idea whether there were 0 or 500 available or where they were located. Just whatever was left would be put on sale. Could have been handled better for sure.
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12-16-2018 04:05 PM |
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RE: Need an estimate on the game today.
(12-16-2018 01:34 PM)Tigerx3 Wrote: (12-15-2018 07:30 PM)TigersTigers Wrote: Yea, that game definitely was not a sell out. Several empty seats above student section at the very top.
I think it was no shows but all seats were accounted for.
I had misguided Memphis fan share he thought there were 5,000 In orange in attendance. I told him no, just that the glow in the dark orange stood out in the sea of blue.
There's a reason hunters and highway workers wear that color.
You are less inclined to shoot 'em or mow 'em down.
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12-16-2018 04:16 PM |
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RE: Need an estimate on the game today.
(12-16-2018 04:05 PM)hsvtiger Wrote: (12-16-2018 02:38 PM)Shooters Wrote: (12-15-2018 07:10 PM)MemTiger90 Wrote: The empty seats were the upper deck student section
Which the brilliant minds at our AD department did not release for sale to general public until 9:30 or 10:30 Saturday depending on which of the two text messages they sent to student that you go by. Quite a bit on Twitter about it.
This is true and you had no idea whether there were 0 or 500 available or where they were located. Just whatever was left would be put on sale. Could have been handled better for sure.
A few Tiger fans are always looking for something to complain about. The tweet clearly labels them as leftover student tickets, for sale at 9:30 at the Forum. Any Tiger fan who goes to games knows where the students seats are.
Most games the students just show up and show their ID to get in. For the Tennessee game, students were sent an email and had to respond to reserve a seat. School had ended for the semester, the dorms were empty. Hard to predict how many students would show.
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12-16-2018 04:29 PM |
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Tiger87
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RE: Need an estimate on the game today.
Exactly. And had to give the students enough time to claim the tickets.
It was still a "sellout" going by the 18,400 threshold criteria. Just those students never claimed their tickets.
It was a great event and well handled by the coaching staff and administration.
Mark G, who tends to downplay most UofM predictions, said he expected 30% UTK fans. Hope he admits his overestimation of the Evil Empire.
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12-16-2018 10:55 PM |
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RE: Need an estimate on the game today.
(12-16-2018 10:55 PM)Tiger87 Wrote: Exactly. And had to give the students enough time to claim the tickets.
It was still a "sellout" going by the 18,400 threshold criteria. Just those students never claimed their tickets.
It was a great event and well handled by the coaching staff and administration.
Mark G, who tends to downplay most UofM predictions, said he expected 30% UTK fans. Hope he admits his overestimation of the Evil Empire.
Yeah, I heard Gianatto say that on the Tiger Football podcast and I was thinking NO WAY, 10% at most. In his defense, he has only been here a couple of years and hasnt seen very good Tiger attendance, so I forgive him. Then, you have Drew Hill, the new beat writer from Bham, who knows even less about Memphis basketball. I like both of them, but they have very little sense of history of Memphis basketball.
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12-16-2018 11:11 PM |
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AlonsoWDC
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RE: Need an estimate on the game today.
10% is a stretch.
5-7% is more likely.
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12-16-2018 11:15 PM |
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hsvtiger
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RE: Need an estimate on the game today.
(12-16-2018 04:29 PM)Tigx Wrote: (12-16-2018 04:05 PM)hsvtiger Wrote: (12-16-2018 02:38 PM)Shooters Wrote: (12-15-2018 07:10 PM)MemTiger90 Wrote: The empty seats were the upper deck student section
Which the brilliant minds at our AD department did not release for sale to general public until 9:30 or 10:30 Saturday depending on which of the two text messages they sent to student that you go by. Quite a bit on Twitter about it.
This is true and you had no idea whether there were 0 or 500 available or where they were located. Just whatever was left would be put on sale. Could have been handled better for sure.
A few Tiger fans are always looking for something to complain about. The tweet clearly labels them as leftover student tickets, for sale at 9:30 at the Forum. Any Tiger fan who goes to games knows where the students seats are.
Most games the students just show up and show their ID to get in. For the Tennessee game, students were sent an email and had to respond to reserve a seat. School had ended for the semester, the dorms were empty. Hard to predict how many students would show.
Thursday night they could have said 359 (or whatever the number was) unclaimed student tickets will go on sale at 9:30am. Tix are located in sections XX & YY. Honestly, I dont know if they are reserved, or first come, first serve. Or, whether they were at the top of the lower level or the top of the Terrace (in which case the $37 wouldnt have been that good of a deal.)
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12-16-2018 11:18 PM |
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RE: Need an estimate on the game today.
There were definitely some empty seats around us, up near the rafters. I suspect some of these were people that bought/had tickets with the sole intent to try and sell for a profit. Maybe they posted them too late, or couldn't get the amount they expected.
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12-17-2018 10:08 AM |
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RE: Need an estimate on the game today.
Id say about 16,500 there, 1000 UTK fans
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12-17-2018 11:50 AM |
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