Title: The VOLS sign on the concourse outside Gate 21 yesterday Post by: PirateVOL on October 11, 2021, 01:16:36 EDT (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FBWKXC8WQAMmai_?format=jpg&name=900x900)
I believe soon these letters will resume their position above the South endzone Also, it would be cool if they were lit up next week! :dude: Title: Re: The VOLS sign on the concourse outside Gate 21 yesterday Post by: Tnphil on October 11, 2021, 01:37:11 EDT Question....were the colors reversed on the old sign. I read that it was but cannot remember even though I had season tickets in the North end zone and starred at them for years. :biggrin:
Title: Re: The VOLS sign on the concourse outside Gate 21 yesterday Post by: PirateVOL on October 11, 2021, 01:40:01 EDT Question....were the colors reversed on the old sign. I read that it was but cannot remember even though I had season tickets in the North end zone and starred at them for years. :biggrin: I always remembered Orange lettersTitle: Re: The VOLS sign on the concourse outside Gate 21 yesterday Post by: Black Diamond Vol on October 11, 2021, 01:44:15 EDT Those aren't the letters I want atop the stadium. Give me the old White letters on an Orange background, from the pre-jumbotron era.
Title: Re: The VOLS sign on the concourse outside Gate 21 yesterday Post by: Tnphil on October 11, 2021, 01:47:05 EDT Those aren't the letters I want atop the stadium. Give me the old White letters on an Orange background, from the pre-jumbotron era. That's what I thought. Title: Re: The VOLS sign on the concourse outside Gate 21 yesterday Post by: Coupe De VOL on October 11, 2021, 01:57:14 EDT Those letters are iconic, for sure. I think I can remember being at Neyland before the upperdeck horseshoe was complete. 1974 Memphis St, I think it was...The first UT game I ever saw. I'll never forget getting free pom poms and I'll never forget the spectacle of toilet paper raining down from the east sidelines upper deck. I also remember a few times later on that decade sitting in the N endzone grandstands. I loved those seats. In the early 80s I spent a week on the UT campus in the summer for some camp and stayed in the old Morrill Hall - which I think got torn down. I loved eating in the cafeteria and being able to use the student center. Jeez, we played a ton of ping pong in our free time.
One of the cooler things we did was "break" into the Neyland Stadium construction site. They had just completed the renovation where they made the full double bowl in the stadium. It was just incredible to see first hand after going to all those games earlier in the 70s. We even were able to find a football and played some pitch and catch. I was really amazed how big the crown of the field was. I think we still had the Tartan Turf back then. I few years later I got to play a couple of HS games in Vandy Stadium, on the turf, and that field had a sizable crown as well. It is pretty weird to play on such a surface. Anyway, the old VOLS sign always reminds me of the old stadium and the way it used to be. There is something really special about that. (https://i.pinimg.com/600x315/55/f5/66/55f566d70bb6a34d2875a476603ed19c.jpg) (https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images1/1/0415/29/tennessee-volunteers-neyland-stadium_1_5be392ba209496daa1bd037234b9aae8.jpg) Title: Re: The VOLS sign on the concourse outside Gate 21 yesterday Post by: Coupe De VOL on October 11, 2021, 02:02:51 EDT another pic I found
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AM-JKLXwKtg4uM7fai3c5LxQoQMWiTtw9weB8PkSI5d7gsX16R3hVXbwEYEFghfl2UinbTXqfOYRdzTylUySIfLpKK2zg-2nw5f9USEo8E9e2ijGXxYmGYtacF8R58hS1l_9IHDd1cP0xQs8gTrVHipzYS_eyg=w1103-h827-no?authuser=0) Title: Re: The VOLS sign on the concourse outside Gate 21 yesterday Post by: Tnphil on October 11, 2021, 02:49:29 EDT Coupe De VOL.....good read. :thumbup:
Title: Re: The VOLS sign on the concourse outside Gate 21 yesterday Post by: PirateVOL on October 11, 2021, 03:03:33 EDT When the put the original jumbotron in the letters became orange over white I have a 2006 picture this way), which are the letters at Gate 21
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/30/9e/6b/309e6b45325fd95c68a0e8471203bd00--go-vols-tennessee-volunteers.jpg) So, they have been both ways: White over Orange and Orange over White Title: Re: The VOLS sign on the concourse outside Gate 21 yesterday Post by: Tnphil on October 11, 2021, 03:31:50 EDT I had season tickets until 1995...Guess that's why I remember the orange background.
Title: Re: The VOLS sign on the concourse outside Gate 21 yesterday Post by: VinnieVOL on October 11, 2021, 03:45:59 EDT When the put the original jumbotron in the letters became orange over white I have a 2006 picture this way), which are the letters at Gate 21 (https://i.pinimg.com/736x/30/9e/6b/309e6b45325fd95c68a0e8471203bd00--go-vols-tennessee-volunteers.jpg) So, they have been both ways: White over Orange and Orange over White Lol, this is like looking back at the 32” TV I used to have that I thought was “big” at the time. :laugh: Title: Re: The VOLS sign on the concourse outside Gate 21 yesterday Post by: Black Diamond Vol on October 11, 2021, 04:10:26 EDT Lol, this is like looking back at the 32” TV I used to have that I thought was “big” at the time. :laugh: Our current Jumbotron is tiny by today's standards. Especially for such a huge stadium. Title: Re: The VOLS sign on the concourse outside Gate 21 yesterday Post by: TallVol on October 11, 2021, 04:16:29 EDT It was cool to see the letters. It would be great to the Orange letters back where they belong and if the white letters could be permanent somewhere around the stadium, even better.
Title: Re: The VOLS sign on the concourse outside Gate 21 yesterday Post by: Cobbvol on October 11, 2021, 09:21:34 EDT another pic I found (https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AM-JKLXwKtg4uM7fai3c5LxQoQMWiTtw9weB8PkSI5d7gsX16R3hVXbwEYEFghfl2UinbTXqfOYRdzTylUySIfLpKK2zg-2nw5f9USEo8E9e2ijGXxYmGYtacF8R58hS1l_9IHDd1cP0xQs8gTrVHipzYS_eyg=w1103-h827-no?authuser=0) Love that picture with the UT on the hillside. Look at the parking in the lower right. Hopefully you are not in a hurry trying to leave with all those cars jammed together. Title: Re: The VOLS sign on the concourse outside Gate 21 yesterday Post by: PirateVOL on October 11, 2021, 10:13:22 EDT Love that picture with the UT on the hillside. Look at the parking in the lower right. Hopefully you are not in a hurry trying to leave with all those cars jammed together. That is an amazing pictureI don't remember the Northern of the 2 bridges to the parking deck on the South side of the Student Union, the deck being the VOL Shop these days The engineering department infrastructure looks really empty compared to today (to & from the game I walk down Middle drive amongst the engineering buildings and since I am an engineer I tend to notice these things) Alumni Gym looks far better than it does today IMO Same for the South side of the stadium On the flip side, the Gate 21 plaza is a huge improvement over the then parking lot Lot 9 is packed, these days maybe half full at game time The 2nd creek area looks radically different than today, after the world's fair |