The Other Sports Thread (Titans, Vols, Dores, etc) - Part VI

[jumb0]

He and his wife own land in East Tennessee and she was a cheerleader at UT. Happy wife, happy life.

Stop. Gruden is not going to UT or any college job for that matter. The only way he leaves the booth is for an NFL gig.

 

[Drake744]

Stop. Gruden is not going to UT or any college job for that matter. The only way he leaves the booth is for an NFL gig.

I don't even care. I'm not a UT fan. There's just nothing more entertaining than a VAWLS coaching search.

 

[Gnashville]

I don’t normally bandwagon but I really like this Houston Astros team. Several of my favorite veterans in McCann, Verlander, Beltran, and really likeable young players.

 

[AdmiralsFan24]

Ugh, McCann sucks. Gurriel's a dick but the rest of the team is fine.

 

[adsfan]

Do you mean UK or UT’s talent?
How can the Vols Talent be lacking? Since Lyle’s arrival the Vols have had multiple top 5 recruiting classes. I know because UT fans have been rubbing the classes in for a few years now.

UK's talent. They are a basketball school, not a football school.

Louisville has had the good football team in Kentucky, much to my displeasure as a Cincinnati alumni.

 

[Drake744]

Deshaun Watson with a possible torn ACL. Titans to the playoffs.

 

[drwpreds]

Deshaun Watson with a possible torn ACL. Titans to the playoffs.

Now confirmed- what a brutal year for injuries in the NFL......

 

[Dave is a killer]

Deshaun Watson with a possible torn ACL. Titans to the playoffs.

Will believe it when I see it ... should've won the damn division last season, they've played down to their expectations this season, almost lost to freaking Cleveland.

 

[PredsV82]

UK's talent. They are a basketball school, not a football school.

Louisville has had the good football team in Kentucky, much to my displeasure as a Cincinnati alumni.

UK never lost to Murray State in football....

 

[adsfan]

I predict Vandy by 10 over Western Kentucky.

 

[PredsV82]

I predict Vandy by 10 over Western Kentucky.

Dores covered the spread... meanwhile, Kentucky is managing to Kentucky away a game they had firmly in hand against Ole Miss


EDIT: and Kentucky remains the goddamn Charlie Brown of college football,,,,

 

[Legionnaire11]

Just saw on FOX17 that Metro Council approved funding for the MLS stadium!

 

[Drake744]

Just saw on FOX17 that Metro Council approved funding for the MLS stadium!

31-6 I believe? We're officially open for MLS approval

 

[TitansVolsPreds615]

3rd pro team coming to Music City. Exciting stuff.

 

[NSH615]

3rd pro team coming to Music City. Exciting stuff.

I thought they just approved a stadium IF MLS decided to award a team.

Really though, is Nashville going to be able to support 3 major league teams?

 

[TitansVolsPreds615]

Really though, is Nashville going to be able to support 3 major league teams?

Without a doubt.

 

[Drake744]

I thought they just approved a stadium IF MLS decided to award a team.

Really though, is Nashville going to be able to support 3 major league teams?

I think MLS is a little different than your typical major league fan base. It would pull from the largely younger crowd, and like the Preds, will likely be quite popular among new residents wanting to cheer for a local team. It would also pull a good amount from the Hispanic population that doesn't really care about either the Titans or Preds, so that's a built in group of people who aren't going to be "oversaturated" by a 3rd team. I'd expect a middle of the road attendance mark, maybe a little higher, but that's not bad. Could we support an MLB team? I don't think so. Could we support MLS, where an average attendance around 20-22k is fine? Probably. It's also mainly a summer sport and sure, it gets hot, but a lot of the MLS season covers a time that has no sports going on here.

I mean yeah baseball does too, I'm just saying I think we'll be fine producing acceptable attendance numbers for MLS whereas that may have been a little bit of a reach for MLB.

 

[jumb0]

I thought they just approved a stadium IF MLS decided to award a team.

Correct. Everything is approved by the city, contingent on MLS awarding Nashville a franchise.

I really don't see us not getting one.

 

[triggrman]

I'm biased but I would definitely prefer mlb.

 

[TitansVolsPreds615]

I'm biased but I would definitely prefer mlb.

Will never happen in Nashville anyway. May as well take what we can get.

 

[triggrman]

Likely correct, but a man can dream.

 

[triggrman]

Likely correct, but a man can dream.

Sounds did finish top of PCL league in attendance averaging almost 9k a game.

 

[AdmiralsFan24]

Can First Tennessee Park be expanded? That's really the only hope for an MLB team for a while because they're not going to build a minor league park and then ditch it after a few years to build a new stadium for MLB.

 

[NSH615]

Can First Tennessee Park be expanded? That's really the only hope for an MLB team for a while because they're not going to build a minor league park and then ditch it after a few years to build a new stadium for MLB.

It would be hard to expand it the way it's built. There isn't really any room on 3 sides of it. One side contains state property that contains the state's data center, another side contains brand new condos, while the 3rd side contains the new parking garage built for the venue + state employees.

 

[Legionnaire11]

. It would also pull a good amount from the Hispanic population...

There is also a huge amount of Middle Eastern and African immigrants here, especially in the area around the proposed stadium. I used to do a lot of work in that area with many families from Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Morocco, Iraq, Kuwait, Pakistan, India. Plus as you mentioned not just Mexico which many people would think of but tons of people from Honduras, Ecuador, Guatamala, Belize, Argentina, and Venezuela. There is also a sizable Greek population, though more centered in Williamson County I'd say.