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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I feel like someone is about to tell someone to sit down so they can see the game....
 
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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 your coach pick didn't work out?
 
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KnoxvilleVol13 said:
I agree. Firing a hall of fame coach with the best winning % in college football the year after we won the east vs Tim Tebow/urban Meyer probably didn't turn out so great for us. Thats why were in this mess. Our fans doing the "fire fulmer" stuff look real smart rn dont they.
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Take a chill pill, Phil.
 
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KnoxvilleVol13 said:
I think the lights are cool even tho ours look like a knockoff version of Alabama's. We shoulda got the lights 2 years ago when the big boys in the sec got them or not at all imo. Why do it 2 years after uga/bama and pretend its exciting?
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Your obsession with those cousin humpers and what they're doing really blows my mind... And irritates the hell out of me.
 
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I didn't bother to read through all of the posts.......but you do realize trying to be like Bama got us in the situation we are in. You have to understand that correct??
 
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Rylee_Vol18 said:
Take a chill pill, Phil.
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Amen. Fulmer cut his throat by bringing in Clawson, which probably would’ve worked if we had 3 years to implement his offense. It didn’t. Mel Tucker or even Kevin Steele would’ve worked out better than Pruitt. Fulmer is a key player in our current situation.
 
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KnoxvilleVol13 said:
Yes. We fired a loaded SEC staff who could recruit their ass off and knew the SEC and its recruiting ground like the back of their hand. To hire a DC who coached on the worst defense in the history of the Penn State. To hire a HC who made UCF worse every year and has shown zero ability to recruit in even the top half of the SEC. Were battling Vandy/kentucky in Recruiting. Pruitt inherited a 4 win roster with the worst qb in the history of the program. If you say he had 2 years to find a qb thats fair, but we all knew that would take 5/6 years to turn around and when it didn't happen in 3 we reacted like children and hired a worse staff and have a worse roster/recruiters bc of it. Well be ready to fire JH by the end of this year and well do the whole stupid chirade again and set our program back another 10 years. But yes we fired the coach trying to be like bama. God forbid that ever happens lol. At least we can still checker the stadium and lose by 40 to real SEC schools.
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ThreatLevelOrange said:
Amen. Fulmer cut his throat by bringing in Clawson, which probably would’ve worked if we had 3 years to implement his offense. It didn’t. Mel Tucker or even Kevin Steele would’ve worked out better than Pruitt. Fulmer is a key player in our current situation.
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This^ and F bama!
 
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KnoxvilleVol13 said:
Thats your opinion. My opinion is we've been the laughing stock of the sec since he was fired however you justify it. Saying the program was in disarray the year after we won the east vs urban and richt is stupid. He made a bad OC hire and we panicked and blew everything up. Lane would have probably been great here if the Usc job doesnt come open but throughout history when you fire a hall of fame coach it takes a long time to get it right. I take exception to trashing fulmer. He was the best coach we've ever had and he played here. Thats a million times more than anything you've ever done. No need to disparage a real Tennessee guy.
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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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Gotta love the ratio. Two likes for your OP and the next comment has 34 likes that says to give the coach a chance. We have not even played 1 game yet.
 
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SayNoToJorts said:
In 2010 Alabama wore Nike Pro-Combat alternate uniforms that included a giant Braves ripoff A on their pants and a partial stripe. Also, their helmet stripe and jersey numbers featured houndstooth print. / thread

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Great point, and besides, how many different variations can Nike come up with on the ugliest colors imaginable? they just do not pop!
 
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KnoxvilleVol13 said:
We have the worst DC in the sec and our fans say "well our offense will be fun to watch" thats where were at rn. Just playing stupid as usual
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How do you know we have the worst DC in the SEC? He literally hasn't been a true DC (as in play caller) in years. Yet you want to put this narrative out that PSU's defense last year sucked because of Banks which is not true. Also, this bend don't break defense you talk about, is what you have to play when you don't have horses that can out talent their opponents. Pruitt's defense last year was a perfect example of this.
 
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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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I'm not sure if you've noticed but our tradition the last 15ish years has been trying to finish the season with a bowl game.
 
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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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Tell me you’ve yelled SIT DOWN at Neyland, without telling me you’ve yelled SIT DOWN at Neyland…
 
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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 continued his rant by saying “Now get off my lawn!”
Settle down, have a drink or two or three, and give CJH a chance. College football isn’t what it used to be. It’s still much better than the NFL, but it’s not the same game you watch 30-40 years ago. Heck, what Johnny Majors and CPF did was vastly different from their predecessors.
 
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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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Congrats, you got 9 pages out of this troll job.

 
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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 do know that you don't have to be a fan right? Just leave if you feel so strongly that we are headed in the wrong direction. Either you support the team or you don't, but not even giving Huep a chance is dumb and its people like you that make it hard for us to recruit and hire coaches when the time comes. Go be a Bama fan and live in peace.
 
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Just because you do something a long time ago doesn't make it a tradition. Traditions are worth keeping. Refusing to adapt and change is stupidity.
 
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