New uni's, love, hate, or Meh?

What doe you think of the new Uni's?

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#79
#79
30 yrs old and love them! Butch gets the younger generation. He caters to them and they love him for it. I think he's doing great!
 
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#82
#82
I don't care for the new "smokey" grey stuff personally. I like the other uniforms. But if recruits like them then I can deal with it.
I wish they could have wowed us while keeping it orange and white still but I don't hate it or care enough to be mad. I remember people getting upset when we came out in black jerseys at the sc game. I liked it then cause of the Halloween theme oh and I liked winning that night.
Times are a changing.
Go Vols
 
#83
#83
Its funny to look at the posters who didn't like the unis....

Not all but really look close at some of the names. You will recognize alot of Fulmer-rites and negavols. Some just don't like them and i respect their opinion. Alot of those names just don't like anything, complain after wins, buy tix to the game to go and sit the whole time only to leave early so they can get on Volnation to blast the team.

I love what Butch is doing but more importantly so do the players.

Get em Butch!
 
#85
#85
I just hope and pray we don't get stupid with it like oregon and maryland did that was some of the worst unis I have ever seen
 
#89
#89
jimallvol said:
I just hope and pray we don't get stupid with it like oregon and maryland did that was some of the worst unis I have ever seen
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Too late. Once down the Dark Path you start, forever will it rule your destiny. It began with Kiffin and will only get worse.

Smokey will be some manner of waterfowl within five years.
 
#90
#90
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 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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Nonsensical? Doom? Surely you can't be serious. While you clearly spent many hours and much effort to research and debunk the very first post of a life-long fellow fan, your own evidence demonstrates that you can't cite one (1) game in the last twenty (20) plus years when the Vols won in orange pants. Additionally, it should be noted that Dooly wore orange pants and we all know how well that worked out. While my statement was more absolutist than pinpoint accurate, you can't seriously believe that my uniform preference (or the uniform preferences of other fans, for that matter) has anything to do with whether the Vols win or lose games. I note from your thingy on the left side that you have a lot of likes, so you can clearly do better.
 
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#91
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LDTVol901 said:
Nonsensical? Doom? Surely you can't be serious. While you clearly spent many hours and much effort to research and debunk the very first post of a life-long fellow fan, your own evidence demonstrates that you can't cite one (1) game in the last twenty (20) plus years when the Vols won in orange pants. Additionally, it should be noted that Dooly wore orange pants and we all know how well that worked out. While my statement was more absolutist than pinpoint accurate, you can't seriously believe that my uniform preference (or the uniform preferences of other fans, for that matter) has anything to do with whether the Vols win or lose games. I note from your thingy on the left side that you have a lot of likes, so you can clearly do better.
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Sir, you do realize that Tennessee almost never wore orange pants during the Fulmer era, don't you? Had we done so, there would be a far greater amount of ammunition to refute this assertion. Had I taken the time to youtube film clips for Vandy, Kentucky, Ole Miss & Mississippi State games from the Majors era, I am sure that we could have easily doubled the number of games for which documentation can be provided of victories achieved while orange pants were worn. As for the Dooley era, we weren't particularly successful in any uniform combination.

As for your other point, yes, I know that there is no causal relationship between the outcome of a game and the specific uniform combination that we wear. Why, then, do contributors to this forum continue to make factually inaccurate assertions, ones based largely on hyperbole, which suggest that we should discard this or that element of our uniform repertoire, due to some perceived relationship between the two variables?

Incidentally, I am sorry if I touched a nerve, given the fact that this was your first post. However, please give serious thought to editing any sentence that includes "never" or "always," or provide your own documentation if you are, in fact, on firm factual footing.
 
#92
#92
bigorange said:
here's a photo of when they were unveiled to the team
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standing ovation, I'd say they're on board!

edit: also shows the orange jersey
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Is that Jacques Smith wearing the orange cast? Hope he heals up quick, he is needed.
 
#95
#95
Orange and white! If it takes some kind of uniform change to create energy and uplift the players, then write off another mediocre season.
 
#96
#96
Volosaurus rex said:
Sir, you do realize that Tennessee almost never wore orange pants during the Fulmer era, don't you? Had we done so, there would be a far greater amount of ammunition to refute this assertion. Had I taken the time to youtube film clips for Vandy, Kentucky, Ole Miss & Mississippi State games from the Majors era, I am sure that we could have easily doubled the number of games for which documentation can be provided of victories achieved while orange pants were worn. As for the Dooley era, we weren't particularly successful in any uniform combination.

As for your other point, yes, I know that there is no causal relationship between the outcome of a game and the specific uniform combination that we wear. Why, then, do contributors to this forum continue to make factually inaccurate assertions, ones based largely on hyperbole, which suggest that we should discard this or that element of our uniform repertoire, due to some perceived relationship between the two variables?

Incidentally, I am sorry if I touched a nerve, given the fact that this was your first post. However, please give serious thought to editing any sentence that includes "never" or "always," or provide your own documentation if you are, in fact, on firm factual footing.[/QUO

In the spirit of cooperation, I amend my statement to reflect my position thusly: "I don't like the orange pants, white jersey combination. It is displeasing to my particular fashion tastes and reminds me of things I don't like to remember in the recent past." No worries on touching a nerve. I guess I need a thicker skin.
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#98
#98
LDTVol901 said:
Volosaurus rex said:
Sir, you do realize that Tennessee almost never wore orange pants during the Fulmer era, don't you? Had we done so, there would be a far greater amount of ammunition to refute this assertion. Had I taken the time to youtube film clips for Vandy, Kentucky, Ole Miss & Mississippi State games from the Majors era, I am sure that we could have easily doubled the number of games for which documentation can be provided of victories achieved while orange pants were worn. As for the Dooley era, we weren't particularly successful in any uniform combination.

As for your other point, yes, I know that there is no causal relationship between the outcome of a game and the specific uniform combination that we wear. Why, then, do contributors to this forum continue to make factually inaccurate assertions, ones based largely on hyperbole, which suggest that we should discard this or that element of our uniform repertoire, due to some perceived relationship between the two variables?

Incidentally, I am sorry if I touched a nerve, given the fact that this was your first post. However, please give serious thought to editing any sentence that includes "never" or "always," or provide your own documentation if you are, in fact, on firm factual footing.[/QUO

In the spirit of cooperation, I amend my statement to reflect my position thusly: "I don't like the orange pants, white jersey combination. It is displeasing to my particular fashion tastes and reminds me of things I don't like to remember in the recent past." No worries on touching a nerve. I guess I need a thicker skin.
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Don't worry. There have been plenty of people before you that expressed the same sentiment, based on, ahem, the same "logic." Your remark may well have been nothing more than a tipping point that occasioned me to finally respond to what I consider a fallacious argument. Your amended statement, on the other hand, exhibits clarity and precision, qualities which are all too frequently lacking in discourse on these boards. I love the passion associated with Vol Nation; I simply wish that more of the commentary here was fact-based.
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