Tennessee football is headed to Ohio State for its biggest game in over two decades as the Vols face the Buckeyes in the first round of the College Football Playoffs.
With Tennessee in the playoffs for the first time ever and playing at a legendary venue that they’ve never been to, Vol fans plan on heading to Columbus in droves to support the Big Orange. The amount of Tennessee fans attempting to attend the game forced Ohio State to make a statement pleading with fans not to sell tickets to Vol fans.
“What we need Buckeyes to do is wear scarlet. Don’t sell your tickets,” Ohio State AD Ross Bjork said 97.1 The Fan’s Morning Juice on Thursday. “Tennessee fans, they’re rabid fans. They are going to invade the Shoe. So let’s make sure we don’t have as much orange in there as people think.”
Ohio Stadium’s capacity is 102,780 and the Tennessee ticket allotment is just 3,500 leading to Vol fans searching for tickets on the secondary market. At the time of publication, the get in price is $203 per person according to StubHub. The cheapest ticket in the lower bowl is $264.
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Ohio State is doing a “Scarlet Out” at the stadium while the Buckeyes wear their alternate uniforms with scarlet jerseys and pants to go with silver helmets.
Tennessee is in the College Football Playoffs for the first time in program history after posting a 10-2 (6-2 SEC) record in the regular season. The Vols earned rivalry wins at home against Florida and Alabama while their two losses came on the road at Arkansas and Georgia.
The Buckeyes are also 10-2 (7-2 Big 10) with quality wins over Penn State and Indiana with their two losses coming on the road against Oregon and t home against Michigan.
Kickoff at Ohio Stadium is at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday, Dec. 21. Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Holly Rowe are on the call for ABC.
