ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit expresses major doubt that Tennessee Vols fans will travel en masse to Columbus for Ohio State game
There's been a lot of talk this week about Tennessee Vols fans potentially "invading" the Horseshoe this weekend for UT's first round College Football Playoff game against the Ohio State Buckeyes. Tennessee's ticket allotment for the game in Columbus is only 3,500. But Vols fans have been scooping up tickets on resale sites as they […]
There's been a lot of talk this week about Tennessee Vols fans potentially "invading" the Horseshoe this weekend for UT's first round College Football Playoff game against the Ohio State Buckeyes.
Tennessee's ticket allotment for the game in Columbus is only 3,500. But Vols fans have been scooping up tickets on resale sites as they are fairly cheap and readily available.
Some folks have suggested that we could see as many as 30,000 Tennessee fans at the game.
Kirk Herbstreit, a former Ohio State quarterback who will be calling the Tennessee vs Ohio State game for ESPN on Saturday night, isn't buying the idea that 30,000 Vols fans will make the trip to Columbus for the game.
"Can you imagine? Now, they get 3,500 [tickets]. What's Ohio Stadium these days? Over 100,000," said Herbstreit this week on Pardon My Take. "You get basically three percent of the stadium is going to be in orange. You believe them? They may be getting 30,000 people in there? No way."
(Note: I assume that Herbstreit's comments about the 3,500 tickets/fans is a reference to Tennessee's 3,500 allotted tickets for the game.)
I don't know how many Tennessee fans will be at the game — we won't know for sure until Ohio stadium starts to fill in on Saturday evening — but I'm betting that more than 3,500 Vols fans will be in attendance.
Will there be 30,000 Tennessee fans in the building?
That's a big number. And if I had to wager on it, I'd probably take the under. But I'm also not about to doubt Vols fans. The Tennessee fan base travels extremely well. And tickets for this game aren't hard to come by. The opportunity for a big showing from Vols fans is certainly there.
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