The student allotment of tickets was set at 13,850 in 1998, but in 2001 students were not provided with the agreed-upon number of tickets. Athletics Director Doug Dickey replied to student complaints by stating that the Athletics Department “miscalculated” the number of tickets students would require for the first four home games, taking what it assumed would be excess student tickets and using them for various groups coming to Neyland Stadium for the games. The greatest differential was for the Louisiana State University game, when students were shorted 1,415 seats for the nationally televised night game. Following numerous student complaints, Student Government Association President Bradford Bricken, saying that the damage was done for the 2001 season, pushed for full ticket allocation for 2002.