Sorry, dude! I've got other plans... SHANE
Sent From Shane's iPhone Go Gators! & Skol Vikes! ALPCA #8756 Europlate #1045 On Aug 26, 2013, at 6:05 PM, Oliver Barry <oli...@bobparks.com> 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 get into this position overnight. > Some fans have called into local radio stations over the past week > complaining about higher ticket prices or increased donation fees to > Vanderbilt's booster Commodore Club. Others point out Vanderbilt competes > with the NFL's Tennessee Titans in a city with plenty of options. > "I think we've earned the right for people to get excited," Franklin said > last week. "You can let go some of that scarring and some of that stuff in > the past waiting for something bad to happen. Let's be excited and let's be > fans and be fanatic." > The Commodores will have help filling up the stadium Thursday night. Ole Miss > spokesman Kyle Campbell said the school sold its allotment of 7,000 tickets, > and Rebels' fans are excited about a program that went 7-6 in coach Hugh > Freeze's inaugural season. > "I'd be extremely disappointed if Ole Miss didn't turn out very strong in > Nashville," Freeze said Monday. "I know our folks will show up." > Vanderbilt has won four of the past five in this series, including 27-26 last > year in Oxford when the Commodores never led until 52 seconds were left. > Senior receiver Jordan Matthews said it doesn't matter if it's just one > person in the stands Thursday night or if the stadium is filled to the rim. > Fifth-year senior defensive end Walker May said he sees the biggest buzz yet > on campus for this game. > "We're not worried about that," May said. "The fans are going to come, and > our students are going to come. And they're going to come support us." > > Oliver Barry, CRS GRI > Bob Parks Realty, LLC > 1517 Hunt Club Blvd > Gallatin TN 37066 > Office: 615-826-4040 > Mobile: 615-972-4239 > > bar...@realtracs.com > > -- > -- > 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 gatortalk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- 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. 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