MustangWally
- Mayfield
Long range AccuWeather forecast for Nashville on December 30:
Sunny
High of 56°
Sunny
High of 56°
Pregame: Illinois vs Tennessee, Tuesday, December 30th, 4:30pm CT, ESPN
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Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Kind of surprising on the tickets website that (A) there is still so much availability and (B) there actually seems to be possibly more unsold tickets on the Tennessee side.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
Tennessee made the CFP last year. If you see how much disappointment there was on this board for Illinois falling short, imagine how disappointing a mere bowl game in their own state must be for the Vols.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
For sure, and I was actually shocked to see that Tennessee only has about 25,000 alumni in the Nashville MSA. For reference, Illinois has over 220,000 in the Chicago MSA, and even if you adjusted to make the populations the same size, you would expect over 50,000 Tennessee alums. Either way, the number of total Tennessee fans either IN the Nashville metro or within an easy drive absolutely dwarfs our numbers, so even with a dejected fan base, you would expect a bigger turnout than this.
There is something to the "three states of Tennessee," which is even represented by three stars on the state's flag. Each has its own "capital" and distinctive style of music with Bluegrass in East Tennessee's Knoxville, Country in Middle Tennessee's Nashville and the Memphis Blues in West Tennessee.
Yes, and I’ve also heard reference to the low lands (west TN), rolling hills (middle TN), and mountains (east TN). It’s a 7 hour drive across the state and the terrain dramatically changes.
Agreed. Memphis is dominated by Ol Miss fans.
Their OC, Halzle is solid. Should get at least as much or more credit for the offense. In a few years I’ll bet he gets a HC gig.
Are we the home team?
Tennessee just offered Kamden Lapati
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
I believe I saw somewhere that we are.
It’s an nfl stadium. 70k capacity is a lot for non-playoff game.
Also citrus bowl is 60k for a higher profile bowl game.
In earlier press releases, the word was the Nathan Knapik was getting the majority of snaps at LT. In Carson Gourdie's recent article, it's Aidan Knapik:
newschannel20.com
Is it really a brother against brother battle for the starting job or was it merely a misprint that Nathan was getting the snaps instead of Aidan?
Fresh faces rise in Illinois football as Music City Bowl offers crucial practice time
Bowl games allow younger and backup players to get more practice time and develop.In Illinois' preparation for the Music City Bowl vs. Tennessee, plenty of pla
newschannel20.com
Is it really a brother against brother battle for the starting job or was it merely a misprint that Nathan was getting the snaps instead of Aidan?
I thought one of them was still nursing an injuryIn earlier press releases, the word was the Nathan Knapik was getting the majority of snaps at LT. In Carson Gourdie's recent article, it's Aidan Knapik:
Fresh faces rise in Illinois football as Music City Bowl offers crucial practice time
Bowl games allow younger and backup players to get more practice time and develop.In Illinois' preparation for the Music City Bowl vs. Tennessee, plenty of pla
Is it really a brother against brother battle for the starting job or was it merely a misprint that Nathan was getting the snaps instead of Aidan?
It is close to a sellout every time Tennessee has been in it.
Tennessee is primary college team here in Nashville. The state as a whole is for the Volunteers except maybe Memphis area.
Heading to Nashville on Sunday. Anyone know a good place to watch the Bears game Sunday night?
My top ten country artists in no particular order.
Charlie Pride
George Jones
Jim Reeves
Buck Owens
Patsy Cline
Jim Ed Brown
Alan Jackson
Randy Travis
Tammy Wynette
Brooks & Dunn
See y'all in Nashvul.
Barstool. Just off Broadway
Illiniblueorange
- Pontoon Beach IL
We will be there to watch the Illini bb game as well .
guy like you not a fan of Hank ?
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