re: Highest % of sidewalk fans on here

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If not for these so called "sidewalk fans" most schools would not be able to fill stadiums. I attended UTK and have friends that did not, they are just as passionate as I am about the athletic program.

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About the athletics program. What about the actual school? Alums love their school. Sidewalkers love the football and/or basketball teams. Like someone already said, being there nearly every day between December and the following September gives you a much different relationship with the school itself than what non-alums/students get by going there 4 or 5 Saturdays a year for football games.