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#251
#251
508mikey said:
West Virginia had all Smoke Grey last season - helmet included -- looked pretty sharp -- UT would look good either way -- maybe they didnt want to blow the money on new helmets for 1 game
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Something tells me Butch will pull out some new gray helmets at gametime and make the crowd go apesh@t. IMO. Remember he's BUTCH JONES !!'
 
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#254
#254
87Vol said:
The fans pay the bills. Without the fans there is no program. The fans should get to decide. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. You can't improve on the combo of orange and white, period. As for recruiting, there is no reason we have to embarrass ourselves like Oregon in order to recruit. Bama, LSU, USC, Texas, Oklahoma, and Ohio State don't have to stoop to this crap in order to recruit and neither should we. This kind of gimmick crap is for the nobody's like Oregon, Okie State, Virginia Tech, Cincinnati, and other former Big East teams. We're better than that. This is a cheap Cincinnati move on Butch's part. First real mistake he has made.
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First off. There are no fans without a team to cheer for. The players and coaches should make the decisions. If having a new jersey every game makes the players excited, who cares give em more jerseys.

I am a fan of having 1 alternate uniform. It lets the team change things up once or twice a year. Having one new uni doesn't make us oregon. Changing the helmet for our alternate uniform won't make us oregon.

Traditions are built over time. New traditions are added to the old ones. If traditions never changed then Yale and Harvard would still be winning national championships like they did when football was invented.

CBJ brought us a new alternate jersey that has ties to our past. They look good and have the players excited.
CBJ gets it. They are just another brick in the wall.

So you need to quit crying and support your team. If they are happy, you should be too. Be a fan and be happy that we are back in the national spotlight after how the past 5 years have been.

As for the poll. I think the results have it right. Smokey and Stormtrooper are the best looking of the 5. Many fans have been waiting for an alternate. The black uniforms could even be brought back occiasionally. Once every 2 to 3 years and it wouldn't bother me. Would love to see some Smokey and Orange combos. A new smokey helmet would be awesome too. Power T's on all the pants needs to happen. But other than that I see no problems.

Sorry for the long post. Ready for the season. Butch Gets It. Go Vols. GBO. :rock2:
 
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#255
#255
Volosaurus rex said:
Considering the fact that white jerseys and orange pants are a ROAD uniform, it is not surprising that we have a lower winning percentage when wearing them. However, beware such absolutist statements. A few notable exceptions to this assertion would include the following:

1980 Auburn game (42-0). See Vols Blast Auburn 42-0 in 1980 - YouTube

1983 Alabama game. See 1983 Tennessee 41 Alabama 34 - 2nd Half (PPV) - YouTube

1985 Alabama game. See 1985 Tennessee 16 Alabama 14 in Birmingham (TBS) - YouTube

1989 UCLA game (Debut of Cobb-Webb tandem). See 1989 Tennessee vs. UCLA (Video 1 - Pay Per View) - YouTube

1989 LSU game. See 1989 Tennessee 45 LSU 39 - YouTube

1990 Cotton Bowl (Webb runs wild against Arkansas). See 1990 Cotton Bowl -CBS-Video 1 - Tennessee vs. Arkansas - YouTube

1991 Notre Dame game ("Miracle at South Bend"). See 1991 MIracle at South Bend (Tenn 35 Notre Dame 34) - YouTube

That doesn't include the host of road games played during that period against Vandy, Kentucky, and other lightweight SEC programs or opponents of similar caliber that we played during that period. When you consider that Fulmer flat out did not like orange pants, we have very few instances from his era to add to this list of games won when we wore white jerseys and orange pants.

I hope that this will put to rest all nonsensical assertions which doom us to defeat when we wear specific uniform combinations. Unfortunately, I am certain that even incontrovertible evidence will not be accepted by people who are predisposed to dislike specific uniforms.
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Who brought Sir Facts A lot to the party???

You know that is never going to change their minds.. Even though you made perfect sense..
 
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#256
#256
87Vol said:
Boosters & fans pay the bills. Fans but tickets, merchandise, an concessions that puts millions into the program. Fans are huge stakeholders. No fans, no program. Players are compensated with a free education and room and board. They are essentially paid employees of the program. The consumer of the product is the fan base. A business (which is what our athletic dept. is) is all about the customer padre.
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Many idiotic comments by you in this thread.. Congrats on the sheer number of stupid things said.. Bravo.

Funny that these "fans" you speak of mostly like or love the new uniforms.

So it seems that you are in the VAST MINORITY. Good luck sitting at home and crying about the uniforms.
 
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#257
#257
ile3000gt said:
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Made this my cover photo on Facebook! Down here near Orlando (behind enemy lines)!
 
#258
#258
I like the Power T above the #s. Don't really like either version of text above the numbers. Whether it be "Tennessee" or "Vols". I also don't care for the designs woven into the jersey and count me among those who think the white helmet just doesn't go with the "Smokey" uniform. Wish the white on white was stripeless. Actually, I'd take stripes off all the pants except for the Smokey ones.

My favorite uni ever is the all white Fulmer Storm Trooper special. No stripes, no orange or checkerboard undershirts.
 
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#259
#259
Funny that these "fans" you speak of mostly like or love the new uniforms.

So it seems that you are in the VAST MINORITY. Good luck sitting at home and crying about the uniforms.[/QUOTE]

Actually, 59.96% of those polled preferred any color combination other than Grey!

Yes folks, this old timer still believes the school colors are Orange and White but I can accept the Grey look just as long as we don't add red rubber nose and big floppy shoes.

Let other teams wear the clown regalia.

I see the long hairdos as much more offensive than the grey unis.


Go Vols, get off to a great start by pounding AP and WKYU>
 
#263
#263
Im a big fan of all of them! The changes were simple but made all the difference. That being said, I think the white on orange is my favorite! GO VOLS
 
#265
#265
I just heard on TSR about rumors of a black of gray helmet coming. If someone could start a thread on it and see if people hearing it. I would start one but I do not have enough post yet to do so.
 
#266
#266
Still see a lot of folks thinking the "Smokeys" are for Oregon...not going to happen! These Have to be for a home game. No way a hosting team is going to let us show up in these! Home teams 9/10 times wear the darker uni's. These would be best served worn @ home against GA or SC. The atmosphere in Neyland for the Black Jerseys was insane! Like it or not, the Uni's alone caused a ton of hype/intensity/distraction from the team and the crowd.
 
#267
#267
OrangeCavalry said:
Still see a lot of folks thinking the "Smokeys" are for Oregon...not going to happen! These Have to be for a home game. No way a hosting team is going to let us show up in these! Home teams 9/10 times wear the darker uni's. These would be best served worn @ home against GA or SC. The atmosphere in Neyland for the Black Jerseys was insane! Like it or not, the Uni's alone caused a ton of hype/intensity/distraction from the team and the crowd.
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I agree
 
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