Tennessee Vols fans have known for a while that UT athletic director Danny White is a man of the people (his “text a buddy” quip not withstanding).

White is an aggressive athletic director who leans into being a proactive. He’s a perfect complement to the passionate Vols fan base.

The fifth-year Tennessee athletic director, however, kicked things up a notch this week by revealing that he’s giving Vols fans exactly what they’ve been asking for in terms of scheduling future college football games.

Danny White is moving Tennessee away from neutral site games

Fans across college football have been complaining for years about the way neutral site games have overtaken the sport. A lot of great early season games have been spoiled over the last 15ish years due to being played in NFL venues instead of on campus.

One of the best things about college football is the beautiful stadiums that programs call home. I mean, would you prefer to see a big non-conference matchup, for example, between Tennessee and Michigan played in Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta or played on campus (a home and home)?

That’s an easy call — give me the game on campus every time (side note: a home and home between Michigan and Tennessee would be a lot of fun).

White said on the Big Orange Countdown before Tennessee’s game against UAB that he’ll be looking to schedule non-conference games as home and homes in the future instead of neutral site matchups.

“For us, I want to maximize games in Neyland Stadium….as we look into the future in non-conference scheduling, it’ll be home-and-home against that power-four series and make sure we have one here every other year,” said White.

With the SEC moving to a nine game schedule, it means the Vols will host five home conference games one year and four home conference games the next year. White wants to schedule future non-conference games so that in the years where the Vols have just four SEC home games, they’ll have a big home non-conference game on the schedule, too.

Kudos to White. He gets it. This is the way college football was meant to be played. The fans (especially season-ticket holders) are the big winner in this decision.

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