Uniform/Helmet/Shoe design thread (merged)

#201
#201
Volosaurus rex said:
"The idea for the Vols’ checkerboard end zones came from former Tennessee football coach and athletic director Doug Dickey. When Dickey took over as coach in 1964, he had the end zones painted with the checkerboards.

"I got the idea to use checkerboard when I saw it in a magazine, maybe in an ad," recalls Dickey, who’s retired. "The design caught my eye and I thought we needed to dress up the stadium. It was drab and we needed some color.

“People liked the checkerboard end zones, and it's nice to have an identifying product that's lasted over the years."

There’s also the fact that Dickey may have subconsciously gotten the checkerboard idea from the fact Birmingham’s Legion Field used to have checkerboard end zones dating back to the 1940s.

But those eventually disappeared, and so did Tennessee’s for a 21-year period, from 1968 when artificial turf was installed, to 1989 when new artificial turf was placed down. That’s when the checkerboards returned." SEC Traditions
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According to this An Entrance Unlike Any Other - UTSPORTS.COM - University of Tennessee Athletics on UT's site, the pattern dates back to the 30's:

"In 1965, the two innovators, head coach Doug Dickey and band director Dr. W. J. Julian came together to create a unique entrance for the Volunteers.

A year earlier, Dickey had introduced the orange and white checkerboard end zone design to the surface of Shields-Watkins Field. Many programs, Tennessee included, had used checkerboard patterns to decorate end zones dating to at least the 1930s, but the addition of the orange color was a new and unique tradition for Tennessee."
 
#202
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DeerPark12 said:
According to this An Entrance Unlike Any Other - UTSPORTS.COM - University of Tennessee Athletics on UT's site, the pattern dates back to the 30's:

"In 1965, the two innovators, head coach Doug Dickey and band director Dr. W. J. Julian came together to create a unique entrance for the Volunteers.

A year earlier, Dickey had introduced the orange and white checkerboard end zone design to the surface of Shields-Watkins Field. Many programs, Tennessee included, had used checkerboard patterns to decorate end zones dating to at least the 1930s, but the addition of the orange color was a new and unique tradition for Tennessee."
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With respect to checkerboard patterns per se, absolutely yes. However, since it states that the addition of orange was a new and unique tradition for Tennessee, do we know specifically when and in what colors Tennessee first used checkerboard end zones? Personally, I remember seeing archival film footage, although not of Tennessee games, where the use of elongated diamonds or overlapping diamonds was a common decorative pattern for endzones.
 
#203
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Volosaurus rex said:
With respect to checkerboard patterns per se, absolutely yes. However, since it states that the addition of orange was a new and unique tradition for Tennessee, do we know specifically when and in what colors Tennessee first used checkerboard end zones? Personally, I remember seeing archival film footage, although not of Tennessee games, where the use of elongated diamonds or overlapping diamonds was a common decorative pattern for endzones.
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It was white without another color. Field marking paints and chalks were only available in white until the 60s.
 
#204
#204
GBOVOLS said:
I like it change it up. About time Tennessee start new traditions and do new things. Time to embrace a new era of TN football out with the old in with the new.
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Our new tradition should be winning, not trying to look like Oregon State.
 
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#206
#206
That helmet design was put out late last year if I remember and shows up periodically on here. It is not a new design for the 2013 season, rather a mock up someone did in their garage most likely and put out for publicity.
 
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illvol said:
That helmet design was put out late last year if I remember and shows up periodically on here. It is not a new design for the 2013 season, rather a mock up someone did in their garage most likely and put out for publicity.
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I only rely on Deerpark for uniform and TV updates - so I didnt put much stock in that write up anyway
 
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orange parmejohn said:
i think so too. especially in person.
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I actually bought a game used 2012 jersey from the stadium store. The quality and detail blew my mind. The jerseys from a few years ago look more like our practice jerseys now, both in quality and style. I think the tech-fit looks great. There are all sorts of things that the fans don't ever see, like the inside of the collar has a checker board pattern in it. The jersey itself has some subtle patterns in it (if you play NCAA 2012 you can see that they matched the actual pattern perfectly). The stuff we used to wear looks like the jerseys that I wore in middle school in the early 90's.
 
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daj2576 said:
I actually bought a game used 2012 jersey from the stadium store. The quality and detail blew my mind. The jerseys from a few years ago look more like our practice jerseys now, both in quality and style. I think the tech-fit looks great. There are all sorts of things that the fans don't ever see, like the inside of the collar has a checker board pattern in it. The jersey itself has some subtle patterns in it (if you play NCAA 2012 you can see that they matched the actual pattern perfectly). The stuff we used to wear looks like the jerseys that I wore in middle school in the early 90's.
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good stuf
 
#210
#210
FWIW, those used jerseys they sell at the stadium store (and the bookstore, at least they had them there last fall) make pretty cool additions to a man room for a decent price if you're in to that kind of memorabilia.
 
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WallyBalls said:
FWIW, those used jerseys they sell at the stadium store (and the bookstore, at least they had them there last fall) make pretty cool additions to a man room for a decent price if you're in to that kind of memorabilia.
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Here here, got two of them, home and away, for my man cave..
 
#212
#212
Don't know if anyone noticed, but one of the mannequins in the background of the pic with CBJ and Arian had a Orange jersey/Orange pants combnation. It probably won't be the normal home attire, but I'd love to see it at least once a year.

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jasonvol18 said:
Its not that long. Only until 2015 and hope to hell we go in a different direction.
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I hate Nike for political reasons but I agree...Nike has the best quality and the kids love them
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#223
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Photo 3 has the different combinations.

And is it just the light or do those things appear just a shade darker? I’m guessing those are the regular season unis from 2012.
 
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