Recruiting Forum Football Talk IX

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September 23, 1922

Vols wear ORANGE jerseys for the first time, defeating Emory and Henry 50-0.

On the morning of September 10, 1922, a noticeable group of athletic young men milled about the platform of Knoxville’s Southern Railway station waiting to board a train that would take them to Walland. With the 1922 football season set to begin in two weeks, these University of Tennessee Vols were traveling to the Great Smoky Mountains for a week of off-campus preseason practice before the opening game with Emory and Henry on September 23.

At Walland, the team transferred to a logging train operated by the Little River Lumber Company before continuing the journey up the Left Prong of the Little River to Elkmont where they encamped at the Wonderland Hotel, a rustic facility that stood above the Elkmont train station. According to a report in the Nashville Tennessean, the retreat in Elkmont, known affectionately as Camp Wonderland, had been chosen as the lair for the Fighting Volunteers’ preseason practice because of extensive repairs being made to the university gymnasium.

On the morning of the 16th, the Vols’ sojourn in the Smokies came to a close. The entire squad boarded the logging train, returning to Knoxville by nightfall. Back on campus, the squad learned that they would be stepping out onto the field the next Saturday in new uniforms. The “newest” feature of the uniforms was to be orange jerseys manufactured by O’Shea Knitting Mills of Chicago and bearing numbers on the fronts and backs. Since the 1916 season, the custom had been for the Vols 11 to wear black jerseys with small orange stripes to show the school’s color. The return to the orange jerseys was speculated to be easier on the eyes of the game’s fans and a joy to the old-timers who loved the traditional colors.


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engineerVOL said:
Haha Mullet Man fired. ✌️ I only wish we would have had a chance to play them before he sailed off. He deserves a good old fashioned Tennessee arse beating.
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Don't get me wrong, I'd like to give everyone a good old fashion Tennessee ass beating...just for the sake of doing so, and because it's fun. But, I have never once blamed Gundy, at all, for using us to get a better deal at Ok St. Any one of us would have done the exact same thing.

I blame the dumbsh!ts that wanted to hire him in the first place...the clowns that allowed him to turn us down not once, not twice, but 3 different times. I have never been that impressed with him as a coach, especially to the tune of 6 years, $42 million...at the time, more than Urban Meyer. Our sh!theel ADs is who I've always criticized for the Mike Gundy bullsh!t.
 
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Blake25p said:
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Hopefully he plays against us. I don't want them making excuses after we kick their ass. His injury will hurt our strength of schedule, and that's not good. Without him playing, they will likely lose at least 2 games, if not 3, against Texas, South Carolina and Ole Miss before they play us.

In fact, they're going to drop so many games I wouldn't be surprised if he decides to medically redshirt this year and call it a season.
 
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Vol423 said:
Surgery is next Wednesday, Oct 1. Recovery timeline is expected to be "about a month". We play them Nov 1. He may not play against us.
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Especially with OU getting a bye week after our game. They will probably save him until the Bama game on Nov. 15 to give him plenty of time to heal.
 
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Vol423 said:
Hopefully he plays against us. I don't want them making excuses after we kick their ass. His injury will hurt our strength of schedule, and that's not good. Without him playing, they will likely lose at least 2 games, if not 3, against Texas, South Carolina and Ole Miss before they play us.

In fact, they're going to drop so many games I wouldn't be surprised if he decides to medically redshirt this year and call it a season.
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Did he break his hand running or passing? I didn't see their game.
 
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