Yep. That really threw a wet blanket over the season for them. Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks, LLC 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 615-972-4239 615-826-4040 Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 26, 2013, at 6:28 PM, Woody Bass <[email protected]> wrote: > I had Vandy sub .500 before all their troubles. > > Woody (via iPhone) > > On Aug 26, 2013, at 7:05 PM, Oliver Barry <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Anyone want to go Thursday? Shane's buying! >> >> NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Selling tickets should be easy for a Southeastern >> Conference team coming off a 9-4 season, especially for the opening game >> against Mississippi. >> Not so at Vanderbilt where tickets remained available Monday for Thursday >> night's season opener. >> Coach James Franklin has been pushing fans to step up for months using >> Twitter as his platform, a countdown that has been in daily use with the >> opener designated as "Operation Blackout." Yet the coach planned to get an >> update Monday night on where ticket sales stand. >> "It's very important, national television, that we sell the stadium out, >> that everybody's wearing black," Franklin said Monday. "I feel like we're >> making progress there. ... I think we're going to sell out the game, and I >> expect us to sell out the game." >> Considering how last season went for the Commodores, selling tickets didn't >> appear to be an issue. >> Vanderbilt won its final seven games, including the Music City Bowl, for its >> best season since 1915 and takes the SEC's longest winning streak into this >> opener. The Commodores also have the SEC's smallest stadium to fill with a >> capacity of 40,350. They did just that three times last season, reaching >> 93.8 percent of capacity for the season. >> Yet, Franklin has been Vanderbilt's biggest salesman pushing ticket sales >> and fan creativity to make sure fans are decked out in black Thursday night. >> He said he doesn't wake up thinking what his message will be each day on >> Twitter but is happy to tweet away when he sees something interesting all in >> hopes of promoting the Commodores. >> "You guys know how passionate I am about building this program and building >> this fan base and tradition," Franklin said. "The next step for us is to >> sell out every single game and sell it out, black it out. That's all we've >> been talking about over and over and over again." >> Franklin seems to be fighting history still with a fan base worn down by >> decades of losing. Franklin is 15-11 in his first two seasons with two >> straight bowl berths, but he said last week he understands this program >> didn't -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
