With Tennessee easily carrying more momentum than any of the 15 previous losses to Alabama, the demand for tickets in Knoxville is far outpacing the 101,915-seat capacity of Neyland Stadium. The cheapest tickets on StubHub are just under $500 with fees.
A few competing narratives will meet Saturday afternoon in Knoxville.
At the same time, the Crimson Tide have struggled at times in all but one true road game the past two seasons. And coming off a sloppy offensive performance in a 24-20 home win over Texas A&M, the 15 years of Tennessee frustration in the Alabama rivalry is bubbling over.of Neyland Stadium. Two weeks ago, Arkansas went for the all-red look in Razorback Stadium in what ended with a 49-26 road win for the Crimson Tide.
“Oh yeah, we know it’s going to be loud. We’re probably going to see that orange-white section, orange-white section,” Alabama safety Jordan Battle said Tuesday, referencing the checker-board look Neyland’s seating bowl replicated for last month’s win over Florida. “We know it’s going to be loud. I know we probably haven’t played the best on the road this year so this week will be a big emphasis of trying to play better on the road.
That will make communication a chore for an Alabama offense that had issues with just that in a Week 2 road trip to Texas. It was“Going into that environment on Saturday is obviously pretty tough,” said left tackle Tyler Steen. “We gotta make sure that we communicate and stay focused throughout the game — make sure we maintain our intensity throughout the game — stuff like that. I don’t think you can really practice it just because it’s hard to, like, replicate that situation.
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