" — This quote is often attributed to Hayes, but some contend General Robert Neyland of the University of Tennessee first said it.

The university's football teams play at Neyland Stadium, one of the nation's largest stadiums, which is often sold out on game day.

Neyland is flanked by the Thompson-Boling Arena, which has broken several attendance records for college men's and women's basketball.

Neyland has a long sporting history and is home to many sporting groups.

" The location of the body farm is actually near the school's Medical Center, however the bones are stored in Neyland Stadium.

Neyland Stadium is a sports stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.

Neyland Stadium is the third largest non-racing stadium in the United States, the sixth largest non-racing stadium in the world, and the largest stadium in the Southeastern Conference.

The stadium is named for University of Tennessee football coach Robert Neyland ( 1892 – 1962 ).

Neyland is also used for local high school playoff games.

Neyland Stadium is occasionally used for concerts, political rallies, and religious gatherings.

With its good-natured regional references to a carefree lifestyle, the singing of " Rocky Top " by Tennessee college students and alumni at sports venues such as Neyland Stadium is well established.

The name " Rocky Top " is sometimes used as a nickname for East Tennessee, the city of Knoxville, and the University of Tennessee ( especially its two major athletic venues, Neyland Stadium and the Thompson-Boling Arena ).

Neyland is often referred to as one of the best, if not the best, defensive football coaches ever.

Neyland is also famous for creating the seven " Game Maxims " of football that many coaches, on all levels, still use.

Neyland Stadium at the University of Tennessee is not only named for " The General ", but was designed by him.

Since Neyland is portrayed in the kneeling position rather than standing, the statue is nine feet tall ( a standing statue would have stood 12 feet tall ).

The Cleddau Bridge ( Welsh: Pont Cleddau ) is a toll bridge on the A477 road that spans the River Cleddau between Neyland and Pembroke Dock, Wales.

Although the T formation is used almost exclusively at Tennessee home games in Neyland Stadium, it has been done at other venues, most notably at the 1986 and 1991 Sugar Bowl.

It is the tenth largest stadium in the NCAA and the fourth largest in the Southeastern Conference, behind Neyland Stadium at Tennessee, Bryant-Denny Stadium at the University of Alabama, and Sanford Stadium at Georgia.

The total capacity after expansion has not been verified, but speculation is that it will exceed 100, 000 bringing it near to or above the capacity of its Southeastern Conference counterparts Neyland Stadium and Bryant-Denny Stadium.

Autobiography of a GWR driver from Neyland with much background about the town.

Neyland attended Burleson Junior College in his home town of Greenville, Texas for a year and then transferred to Texas A & M playing football a year before receiving an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, where he starred as a football lineman and baseball pitcher and was the academy boxing champion.

File: Nayland Penfold. jpg | Queen Victoria Coat of Arms details from Penfold at the former Neyland Railway Station, Wales.

The first examples were despatched to depots at Wolverhampton, Bristol, Gloucester, Shrewsbury, Westbury in Wiltshire and Neyland in South Wales.

Site of former terminus of the West Wales Line, at Neyland ( New Milford )

The University of Tennessee retired White's jersey at a halftime presentation on October 1, 2005 during their game against the University of Mississippi, the third such retirement in the modern era of football at the school ; a commemorative sign was also unveiled in the south end of Neyland Stadium.

* Photos of Neyland and surrounding area on geograph. org. uk

The first night game at Neyland Stadium was played on September 16, 1972, with the Vols defeating Penn State, 28 – 21.

The largest crowd ever recorded at Neyland was 109, 061 on September 18, 2004, when Tennessee defeated Florida, 30 – 28.

Atkins originally went to Tennessee on a basketball scholarship, but once football coach General Robert R. Neyland saw his combination of size and agility, he was recruited for the grid team.

Statue of Robert Neyland on display at Neyland Stadium The Vols reeled off undefeated streaks of 33 and 28 straight games.

Several months prior to his death, Neyland began working on a plan for supporters of UT athletic teams to show their interest in UT's academic programs by offering scholarships to attract outstanding student scholars to the University.

The towns of Pembroke Dock on the south side and Neyland on the north side were less than apart across the water but a journey was required to travel between them via road.

Fulmers's first grandchild ( from his second child Courtney and her husband, former Tennessee linebacker Robert Peace ) made his first appearance at the " Vol Walk " at Neyland Stadium on September 13, 2008.

Weston was elevated to the peerage on 13 April 1628, as Baron Weston, of Neyland.

The line from Swansea opened as far as Carmarthen on 11 October 1852 ; then to Haverfordwest on 2 January 1854 ; and finally to its terminus at Neyland on 15 April 1856.

After his retirement from active broadcasting he moved to Knoxville, Tennessee to an apartment across the Tennessee River from the University of Tennessee campus from which he had a view of Neyland Stadium, the Volunteers ' home field, and wrote an autobiographical memoir entitled Hello Everybody, I'm Lindsey Nelson, his landmark opening phrase.

The mammoth octagonal building lies just northwest of the Tennessee River, and just southwest of Neyland Stadium.

The nearby Cleddau Bridge crosses the river, linking Neyland to Pembroke Dock.

View of Neyland Marina looking out towards the Cleddau

Planned to be the end of the Great Western Railway's line and its major sea port, replacing Neyland, problems with the harbour ( known as Fishguard Harbour ) prevented larger ocean liners from docking.

By the end of fall 1962, more than $ 65, 000 had been committed to the Neyland Scholarship fund.

At the end of his tenure at Tennessee, Fulmer had the second-highest number of wins of any head coach in Tennessee history, just 21 behind legendary coach Robert Neyland.