Tennessee State Tigers

Great seats, great game, great crowd, band off the chain!! And we won!!! Go TSU Tigers!!

My sister and I had so much fun at the game. My sister's son attends Tennessee State University (TSU), so we used the event as a chance to visit with him. We cheered, danced, and screamed just like it was our team. We were having so much fun, someone asked us when did we graduate from TSU. We told him that we graduated from Alabama A&M University, but we wanted to blend in with the audience.

TSU & Austin Peay were pretty evenly matched but TSU struggled till the band went into high gear bringing the team and fans back to life. Too bad they couldn t sustain it and win Homecoming for alums but it was still a fantastic experience! The band, drum majors, cheerleaders, dancers & fans were superb and great sports. Can t wait till next year!

This classic was a great sporting event for clean family fun and excitement. The city of Nashville treat us like family. There was the country music festival, concerts, dancing, and different activities throughout the city. This should be on your schedule for next year.

Why did we not win, was it the last call or what? We should have won this game , very disappointed. But still a "TSU" tiger fan

The Tailgating was superb the game could have been a little more interesting but overall the game has impressed me the past two games need more vendors as well

The game was to be played at 5pm according to the ticket. It started at 6pm, which means I was one hour early with NO PLACE TO SIT.

This event was a great experience and being able to get tickets through ticketmaster made it even better. There was no waiting in line to purchase tickets and I got to sit on the 40 yard line. Great.

the seats were great only you didnot print the time the game started on my ticket and I was late you only put the date and TBA

TSU MARCHING BAND ALWAYS PUTS ON A GREAT HALFTIME SHOW.

Though there wasn't much of a game on the field, the band of TSU was worth the price of admission. They put on another outstand halftime show!!! Meanwhile the band of A&M did not dissapoint in the stands, so for what seemed to be a one sided affair on the field the overall game was exciting and LP field was a great venue to be in

The game was fun and the Aristocrat of Bands rocked it as usual!

It was my first John Merritt Classic event and I enjoyed every minute of it!

A TSU win is theThe only thing that could have made this event better.

The 2 teams were pretty evenly matched but that didn t mean much. The band was the game to watch! They even breathed life into their team. Unfortunately too little too late- but the whole experience was delightful. Great sportsmanship on part of the teams, the band, cheerleaders, dancers, and the fans were awesome!

We came from Atlanta as a large group. We purchased our tickets online. There was nothing showing on the ticket to indicate that we needed to carry very small bags or no bags at all. We were unable to put our bags away due to our charter bus having driven off to go park . Part of our party was unable to enter Nissan Stadium to watch the game. So that means that some of our party wasted their money.

Reasonable rice for an excellent event. Def good family and community event. Go Big Blue!

We had great seats!!!! TSU has the some of the best tailgaters! DJ's everywhere so a lot of dancing, so much food, some of the friendliest people, and TSU spirit from some of the youngest to the oldest! GO White and Blue!

Great game, great spirit from both teams, and GREAT Seats!

I'm a ASU fan, but the game was great. I can't wait until next year. We will make a come back.

Great event. The pricing at the stadium was ridiculous. the Overall event was great.

The game was great and the bands were excellent. Parking allowed easy and close access to the stadium. Only issue I had was with the stadium not being able to scan a ticket on the phone. It took almost an hour for the issue to be resolved so missed almost the entire first quarter.

I enjoyed it! Would have liked it better if more consession stands were open. I missed the entire 3rd quarter standing in line for a sprite. Also too many people standing around, but I expected that!

Great experience. Easy to get my tickets. However, I wish I could have just printed them out from my PC after I purchased them instead of having to pick them up at will call.

This is an awesome event. Great experience for teens considering going to college.

Had a great time and will definitely try to make this a yearly event to attend.

Had a wonderful time. The Sophisticated Ladies Performance and Aristocrat of Bands was Amazing!!

The John Merritt Football classic is a must attend event every Labor Day weekend. The beginning of football is an awesome feeling; unfortunately it rained, rained and rained some more. It poured down so bad that we had to leave before half time. Oh how I wish LP Field (home of the Tennessee Titans) was a dome.

Ordered Tickets from Ticketmaster and they were only available from "Will Call" at L.P. Field which worked out fine. Great seats, just rained most of the game.

Traditionally the HBCU Classics are an exciting, fun-filled event. However, this year's John Merritt Classic was lackluster. Neither band was allowed to play much at all from the stands (which is an HBCU tradition). During the timeouts we were subjected to the loud commercials on the stadium jumbotrons. That's okay for an NFL game but, for the HBCU experience...this does not work. People come to the games as much (if not more) for the battle of the bands as they do for the actual football game. If that is minimized, it takes a huge and important chunk out of the HBCU Classic experience. HBCU events are like a big festive family reunion with alums from all over the country attending, etc. Let's not continue to chip away at what helps make the experience great. Also, the tickets selected on-line were NOT the tickets that I was assigned upon purchase. Tickets selected were on the "home" side of the stadium. Tickets assigned ended up on the "visitor" side of the stadium. Also, the seat numbers did not exist for the section and row assigned. Will not be purchasing tickets on-line again for an HBCU game.

Other than the traffic gridlock that kept me from making it to the game I really had a great time.

A Historical Event !! A 100 YEAR CELEBRATION OH the football game was good to TSU Won

The Showdown between TnSU and UAPB band was great. It was one of the best fifth quarters I have seen in a long time. The football game sucked, but the bands were excellent!

I enjoyed celebrating my Alma Mater's 100 year old anniversary.

Crowd was great I had no problems...people seem to go out their to be nice...

GREAT event!! Enjoyed it from pre-kickoff to the Battle Of The Bands after the game!!

This was probably one of the best if not THEE best game that I've been to in all of my TSU years!

Very good event would recommend this to others. Will be attending each time from now on.

Great intense game! Cant wait for the next one. Kids had a great time. Seats were great and the atmosphere was fantastic

Ticketmaster sold me a ticket to attend the TSU versus UT Martin game, on 11-12-11. I had the ticket reserved and held at the "Will Call" gate. Unfortunately, the ticket had me assigned to section 202 which was closed off and the seats were prohibited. Why would I be sold tickets to a section that was sealed off from all patrons? Also, the tickets indicated that the game would start at 5:30pm, yet the game started at 5:00pm. I felt cheated out of 30 minutes of a football game due to misrepresentation.

ALOT of kids there...didn't know how to act. Won't go on kids night with that many rowdy teenagers.

Game was epic...great TSU football - John would have been proud! Game was well attended, security was tight but friendly and fans were excited. A great event to show any young person the magic of attending an HBCU. The Aristocrat of Bands alone was worth the price of admission.

Great seats, great grame - we won!!!!! what else can I say, GO BIG BLUE

I've been to almost every classics, bit never this one, so I though I would go. My boyfriend and I arrived, it was very unorganized. We didnt know where to go, where we could park or anything. Finally got that situated and went into the stadium. All it is was a fashion show. No one was watching the game. Lp field is very nice. For it to be a classics, the stadium was empty. They should've had it and their stadium. The people were rude. I wanted to see the battle of the bands, but there wasn't one. You know why? Bc southerens band never showed up... Said they has bus failure! Yeah right! I wrote all that to say this.... I will never ever, ever go to another john merritt classics.... I don't are if they gave me free tickets and also paid me to go! It isn't worth your time. Go to the magic city classics in bham al or to the citrus classic in Orlando.... They are worth it !