Eddie George has the Tennessee State soccer program on target. The Tigers are 4-2 and may toughen to 5-2 with a win over Lincoln in Nissan Stadium on Saturday. The best factor is that no longer many fans had been there to witness the turnaround in particular person.
George, already a Nashville legend from his taking part in days with the Tennessee Titans, is imploring fans to come back out and watch Tennessee State play this weekend towards Lincoln. Thus a long way, the turnouts for house video games had been underwhelming, and George desires to look extra toughen for the gamers, who’ve made sacrifices to turn out to be the Tigers right into a successful staff once more.
“We have the chance to go to 5-2, we have the chance to have a winning record and a winning season and the people who are interested in watching us play will come out and support us and the people who aren’t then so be it,” George stated, according to The Tennessean. “Some people may not agree with me being the hire here and that’s fine. I’m OK with that. But it’s not me that you’re not supporting; it’s these kids. These kids who get up at 4 o’clock in the morning and bust their tails to study, to practice and give the fans something to be excited about.”
Last week, Tennessee State gained its homecoming recreation towards Norfolk State in entrance of 13,395 fans in Nashville. That used to be a lot less than final season’s homecoming attendance, consistent with The Tennessean, and George referred to as out the ones fans who have been in a position to tailgate ahead of kickoff however by no means made their approach into the stadium.
“What I find interesting is that there was almost 30,000 fans outside of Nissan at homecoming while we were playing the game and a lot of them never came into the stadium,” George stated. “Some people might not find football appealing. It might be more for the social atmosphere. I told my team we may be playing in front of empty bleachers the last three games.”
George took over TSU in 2021, and on the time, this system had struggled to position a successful product at the box. However, the staff has taken notable strides ahead in George’s 3rd season at the activity, and that ascension can proceed with a win over Lincoln on Saturday afternoon.
Whether George’s message will resonate with the fans is unknown, but when attendance is deficient once more this weekend, he stated the gamers will merely “play for each other.”