Why are we trying to be the opposite of Alabama?

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KnoxvilleVol13 said:
Tennessee used to be a traditional SEC power in college football. We wore our historic home and away uniforms. We never thought gimmicks and alternate uniforms were cool. When Alabama went through their bad years in the 90s/early 2000s, they didn't start checkering the stadium and wearing corny alternate uniforms. They stayed true to their tradition and never felt the need to try to do the lame stuff everybody else in cfb did to try to be relevant. UT today seems to think wearing smokey grey uniforms and black uniforms this year isn't a slap in the face of what real Tennessee football is and stands for. We hire coaches who cant recruit in the SEC and play the opposite brand of football that wins in the SEC. I hate Alabama and hope they lose every game they play but UT throwing away all tradition to be the opposite of Alabama doesnt seem like a way to not get the breaks beat off of you year in and year out. Why Tennessee fans continue to embrace being a corny football program is mind boggling. Pretending hiring coaches that get SMOKED in recruiting and play a gimmicky brand of football translating into catching the big boys in the SEC looks stupid and we pretend it doesnt every year. Its embarrassing to the tradition of the program on all levels.
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Times change bro.
 
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KnoxvilleVol13 said:
I said Pruitt and his staff are great recruiters. Jh and his staff are full of non sec big east recruiters. Nobody wanted JH and Nobody wanted the DC from penn state who plays a soft zone bend but dont break 7 yards off the reciever big east defense. I would have given Pruitt one more year to recruit and play without JG at qb. I also think Chaney was a past his time hire. I think we panicked, depleted our roster, hired a hc nobody else wanted and a dc nobody would even consider. None of that means I think Pruitt was a great coach. I think we got emotional and panicked. Thats how you end up with big buyout, bad rosters and a staff full of coaches who cant recruit in the sec. I dont get whats so hard to understand.
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The Big East?
 
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KnoxvilleVol13 said:
"your opinion means squat to me troll. Thats why I clicked reply and have replied to you twice, Because I dont care so much." got it Delmar[/QUOTE. That’s a great old internet comeback when you got nothing relevant to say. Very creative. Final comment. If they win, nobody will care what they have on. I bleed orange but if we get back to late ‘90’s level ball, I don’t give a 💩 if they come out in pink tutus and ballet slippers. End of discussion.
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KnoxvilleVol13 said:
I watched penn state start 0-5 last year and have the worst defense in school history. Remind me where we got our DC again?
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Man I believe that if I was as miserable about everything ut football as you are I would find a new team or a new sport … but I kinda doubt that you are really a fan, just a troll .if I keep doing this then I’m as bad as you so I’m done
 
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majic73 said:
Tennessee wore black an gray up until nearly 1930 at which point they went to orange, The gray was a part of the uniform up until the 70's . The numbers were trimmed in Smokey gray and the face masks were gray . Majors took a whopping and decided to do away with the gray. The gray is an official university color. So as far as history ...one might ask why we have not been wearing black and gray all along and how we adopted the untraditional color of the daisies on the hill? Its all about perspective
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TJSVOLS said:
Man I believe that if I was as miserable about everything ut football as you are I would find a new team or a new sport … but I kinda doubt that you are really a fan, just a troll .if I keep doing this then I’m as bad as you so I’m done
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the most obvious troll
 
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KnoxvilleVol13 said:
Tennessee used to be a traditional SEC power in college football. We wore our historic home and away uniforms. We never thought gimmicks and alternate uniforms were cool. When Alabama went through their bad years in the 90s/early 2000s, they didn't start checkering the stadium and wearing corny alternate uniforms. They stayed true to their tradition and never felt the need to try to do the lame stuff everybody else in cfb did to try to be relevant. UT today seems to think wearing smokey grey uniforms and black uniforms this year isn't a slap in the face of what real Tennessee football is and stands for. We hire coaches who cant recruit in the SEC and play the opposite brand of football that wins in the SEC. I hate Alabama and hope they lose every game they play but UT throwing away all tradition to be the opposite of Alabama doesnt seem like a way to not get the breaks beat off of you year in and year out. Why Tennessee fans continue to embrace being a corny football program is mind boggling. Pretending hiring coaches that get SMOKED in recruiting and play a gimmicky brand of football translating into catching the big boys in the SEC looks stupid and we pretend it doesnt every year. Its embarrassing to the tradition of the program on all levels.
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You're a CJP guy I suppose....
 
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KnoxvilleVol13 said:
Thats part of college football. When you lose Hall of fame coaches, there's usually down periods with alot of coaching turnover until the right one arrives. My point is Alabama never blew up their tradition and panic to stay relevant like UT is doing. Ive never seen Alabama disrespect their tradition. Their fans would never stand for that.. Ours embraces it and pretends its cool.
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There is still room on their bandwagon..
 
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KnoxvilleVol13 said:
Yeah fulmer was awful.. All those nfl draft picks, the back to back sec titles, the natty, the best winning % in CFB. I can see why All the Tennessee fans wanted him gone the year after winning the east. lol they look SOOOO smart rn
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Yeah...the man who hired Pruitt and put us right back into the dumpster fire he started in 2008.

Go color coordinate your crimson and white shams and window treatments since you're so enamored with their color scheme and traditions.
 
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KnoxvilleVol13 said:
Tennessee used to be a traditional SEC power in college football. We wore our historic home and away uniforms. We never thought gimmicks and alternate uniforms were cool. When Alabama went through their bad years in the 90s/early 2000s, they didn't start checkering the stadium and wearing corny alternate uniforms. They stayed true to their tradition and never felt the need to try to do the lame stuff everybody else in cfb did to try to be relevant. UT today seems to think wearing smokey grey uniforms and black uniforms this year isn't a slap in the face of what real Tennessee football is and stands for. We hire coaches who cant recruit in the SEC and play the opposite brand of football that wins in the SEC. I hate Alabama and hope they lose every game they play but UT throwing away all tradition to be the opposite of Alabama doesnt seem like a way to not get the breaks beat off of you year in and year out. Why Tennessee fans continue to embrace being a corny football program is mind boggling. Pretending hiring coaches that get SMOKED in recruiting and play a gimmicky brand of football translating into catching the big boys in the SEC looks stupid and we pretend it doesnt every year. Its embarrassing to the tradition of the program on all levels.
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KnoxvilleVol13 said:
Tennessee used to be a traditional SEC power in college football. We wore our historic home and away uniforms. We never thought gimmicks and alternate uniforms were cool. When Alabama went through their bad years in the 90s/early 2000s, they didn't start checkering the stadium and wearing corny alternate uniforms. They stayed true to their tradition and never felt the need to try to do the lame stuff everybody else in cfb did to try to be relevant. UT today seems to think wearing smokey grey uniforms and black uniforms this year isn't a slap in the face of what real Tennessee football is and stands for. We hire coaches who cant recruit in the SEC and play the opposite brand of football that wins in the SEC. I hate Alabama and hope they lose every game they play but UT throwing away all tradition to be the opposite of Alabama doesnt seem like a way to not get the breaks beat off of you year in and year out. Why Tennessee fans continue to embrace being a corny football program is mind boggling. Pretending hiring coaches that get SMOKED in recruiting and play a gimmicky brand of football translating into catching the big boys in the SEC looks stupid and we pretend it doesnt every year. Its embarrassing to the tradition of the program on all levels.
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Grow a mullet and join the bastages,times will change.Little Nick will retire to his pontoon boat one day and you can come back to the Large Orange
 
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KnoxvilleVol13 said:
Tennessee used to be a traditional SEC power in college football. We wore our historic home and away uniforms. We never thought gimmicks and alternate uniforms were cool. When Alabama went through their bad years in the 90s/early 2000s, they didn't start checkering the stadium and wearing corny alternate uniforms. They stayed true to their tradition and never felt the need to try to do the lame stuff everybody else in cfb did to try to be relevant. UT today seems to think wearing smokey grey uniforms and black uniforms this year isn't a slap in the face of what real Tennessee football is and stands for. We hire coaches who cant recruit in the SEC and play the opposite brand of football that wins in the SEC. I hate Alabama and hope they lose every game they play but UT throwing away all tradition to be the opposite of Alabama doesnt seem like a way to not get the breaks beat off of you year in and year out. Why Tennessee fans continue to embrace being a corny football program is mind boggling. Pretending hiring coaches that get SMOKED in recruiting and play a gimmicky brand of football translating into catching the big boys in the SEC looks stupid and we pretend it doesnt every year. Its embarrassing to the tradition of the program on all levels.
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So...you're 90?
 
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KnoxvilleVol13 said:
Tennessee used to be a traditional SEC power in college football. We wore our historic home and away uniforms. We never thought gimmicks and alternate uniforms were cool. When Alabama went through their bad years in the 90s/early 2000s, they didn't start checkering the stadium and wearing corny alternate uniforms. They stayed true to their tradition and never felt the need to try to do the lame stuff everybody else in cfb did to try to be relevant. UT today seems to think wearing smokey grey uniforms and black uniforms this year isn't a slap in the face of what real Tennessee football is and stands for. We hire coaches who cant recruit in the SEC and play the opposite brand of football that wins in the SEC. I hate Alabama and hope they lose every game they play but UT throwing away all tradition to be the opposite of Alabama doesnt seem like a way to not get the breaks beat off of you year in and year out. Why Tennessee fans continue to embrace being a corny football program is mind boggling. Pretending hiring coaches that get SMOKED in recruiting and play a gimmicky brand of football translating into catching the big boys in the SEC looks stupid and we pretend it doesnt every year. Its embarrassing to the tradition of the program on all levels.
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TURN THAT MUSIC DOWN! STAY OFF MY LAWN! SLOW DOWN, THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT...Damn kids with their VCRs & whatnots!!!
 
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KnoxvilleVol13 said:
Tennessee used to be a traditional SEC power in college football. We wore our historic home and away uniforms. We never thought gimmicks and alternate uniforms were cool. When Alabama went through their bad years in the 90s/early 2000s, they didn't start checkering the stadium and wearing corny alternate uniforms. They stayed true to their tradition and never felt the need to try to do the lame stuff everybody else in cfb did to try to be relevant. UT today seems to think wearing smokey grey uniforms and black uniforms this year isn't a slap in the face of what real Tennessee football is and stands for. We hire coaches who cant recruit in the SEC and play the opposite brand of football that wins in the SEC. I hate Alabama and hope they lose every game they play but UT throwing away all tradition to be the opposite of Alabama doesnt seem like a way to not get the breaks beat off of you year in and year out. Why Tennessee fans continue to embrace being a corny football program is mind boggling. Pretending hiring coaches that get SMOKED in recruiting and play a gimmicky brand of football translating into catching the big boys in the SEC looks stupid and we pretend it doesnt every year. Its embarrassing to the tradition of the program on all levels.
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Real Tennessee football, and all it’s tradition produced about 1 championship in 75 years.

The hell with that, bring on the new, maybe we’ll get it right one day!!!
 
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KnoxvilleVol13 said:
Tennessee used to be a traditional SEC power in college football. We wore our historic home and away uniforms. We never thought gimmicks and alternate uniforms were cool. When Alabama went through their bad years in the 90s/early 2000s, they didn't start checkering the stadium and wearing corny alternate uniforms. They stayed true to their tradition and never felt the need to try to do the lame stuff everybody else in cfb did to try to be relevant. UT today seems to think wearing smokey grey uniforms and black uniforms this year isn't a slap in the face of what real Tennessee football is and stands for. We hire coaches who cant recruit in the SEC and play the opposite brand of football that wins in the SEC. I hate Alabama and hope they lose every game they play but UT throwing away all tradition to be the opposite of Alabama doesnt seem like a way to not get the breaks beat off of you year in and year out. Why Tennessee fans continue to embrace being a corny football program is mind boggling. Pretending hiring coaches that get SMOKED in recruiting and play a gimmicky brand of football translating into catching the big boys in the SEC looks stupid and we pretend it doesnt every year. Its embarrassing to the tradition of the program on all levels.
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So many of y’all want a tough hard nosed football team. Then you come in here softer than marshmallow. Relax man, it’s going to be ok.
 
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KnoxvilleVol13 said:
Tennessee used to be a traditional SEC power in college football. We wore our historic home and away uniforms. We never thought gimmicks and alternate uniforms were cool. When Alabama went through their bad years in the 90s/early 2000s, they didn't start checkering the stadium and wearing corny alternate uniforms. They stayed true to their tradition and never felt the need to try to do the lame stuff everybody else in cfb did to try to be relevant. UT today seems to think wearing smokey grey uniforms and black uniforms this year isn't a slap in the face of what real Tennessee football is and stands for. We hire coaches who cant recruit in the SEC and play the opposite brand of football that wins in the SEC. I hate Alabama and hope they lose every game they play but UT throwing away all tradition to be the opposite of Alabama doesnt seem like a way to not get the breaks beat off of you year in and year out. Why Tennessee fans continue to embrace being a corny football program is mind boggling. Pretending hiring coaches that get SMOKED in recruiting and play a gimmicky brand of football translating into catching the big boys in the SEC looks stupid and we pretend it doesnt every year. Its embarrassing to the tradition of the program on all levels.
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I'm embarrassed for you to have actually written that seriously.

I'm going to assume that you aren't familiar with how recruiting works, because it's not 1950 anymore and Tennessee has been an awful program for over 20 years. You can't rely on a brand name when nobody cares about the brand. You have to do what everyone else is doing to get players. I'm excited for you to learn what kind of offenses the best teams are running and what they are wearing. I also can't wait for you to see that the best teams aren't Army, Navy, Notre Dame and Sewanne. I'm not even going to start on what's happening at Nebraska, you might have a stroke.
 
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KnoxvilleVol13 said:
Tennessee used to be a traditional SEC power in college football. We wore our historic home and away uniforms. We never thought gimmicks and alternate uniforms were cool. When Alabama went through their bad years in the 90s/early 2000s, they didn't start checkering the stadium and wearing corny alternate uniforms. They stayed true to their tradition and never felt the need to try to do the lame stuff everybody else in cfb did to try to be relevant. UT today seems to think wearing smokey grey uniforms and black uniforms this year isn't a slap in the face of what real Tennessee football is and stands for. We hire coaches who cant recruit in the SEC and play the opposite brand of football that wins in the SEC. I hate Alabama and hope they lose every game they play but UT throwing away all tradition to be the opposite of Alabama doesnt seem like a way to not get the breaks beat off of you year in and year out. Why Tennessee fans continue to embrace being a corny football program is mind boggling. Pretending hiring coaches that get SMOKED in recruiting and play a gimmicky brand of football translating into catching the big boys in the SEC looks stupid and we pretend it doesnt every year. Its embarrassing to the tradition of the program on all levels.
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Saban isn’t playing ground and pound. Oh and the fancy LED lights were installed first at Alabama.
 
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KnoxvilleVol13 said:
Thats part of college football. When you lose Hall of fame coaches, there's usually down periods with alot of coaching turnover until the right one arrives. My point is Alabama never blew up their tradition and panic to stay relevant like UT is doing. Ive never seen Alabama disrespect their tradition. Their fans would never stand for that.. Ours embraces it and pretends its cool.
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Did you ever think that the “traditions” you speak of haven’t always been traditions? Running through the “T”, the Vol Walk, Checkerboard end zones, and Rocky Top were new ideas to add to the experience at one time and I guarantee there were some narrow minded people who insisted they were all gimmicky at the time and violated the current tradition.
Loosen up. Times change and new traditions are born. Doesn’t mean you have to give up the old ones or that they are being disrespected.
 
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