Idea for coaches to help recruiting

[Recoil]

Why bother with helmets and pads at all? We could also go bumble bee striped like the Steelers did a few weeks back...ugh, my minds eye just saw that jersey and got vertigo.

Reminded me of that horrible movie with George Clooney and Jim from the Office.

 

[Exiled]

People used to get excited about granny panties too and sleep in seperate beds. I'm ok with some change once in a while. Variety is the spice of life.

I think I can get onboard with black! :worship:

 

[Volosaurus rex]

Also, for traditionalists, black jerseys were part of the norm for the Vols from 1911 to 1920....so why not don some black every now and again to show respect for some of the really old school Vols? : )>

This is, at least, a defensible position. However, it predates even Neyland, so one can argue as to what traditions associated with Tennessee football still exist, other than the following:

(1) official school colors (which "date to April 12, 1889 when Charles Moore, president of UT Knoxville's athletic association, chose the colors for the first field day. His inspiration came from the orange and white daisies that grew profusely on the Hill.") and

(2) the Volunteer nickname, which was used "for the first time in 1902 by the Atlanta Constitution following a Tennessee-Georgia Tech football game. The Knoxville Journal and Tribune did not use the name until 1905. By the fall of 1905 both the Journal and the Knoxville Sentinel were using the nickname" (The University of Tennessee: Tennessee Traditions ).