Tennessee and Virginia Tech will play in one of the most hyped up games of the year in the Battle at Bristol in Week 2 of the college football season. The Hokies just unveiled some sick new uniforms for the game complete with the Pilot J patch and so it was Tennessee's turn to reveal which uniforms they would be wearing.
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Athletic Director Dave Hart for Tennessee said that he had a vision for what the team would wear the very second this game became possible. He talked to the man running the show for the game in Jerry Caldwell and made it quite clear what uniforms the team would wear and why.
"Jerry Caldwell has been great, but one of the points that was driven home was that we were going to be the home team. That was done, Jerry agreed to that. Once we got down the road and got the contract done, in my conversations with Butch, I told them 'I felt very, very strongly we would wear and traditional orange and white, our home uniform.' My logic goes if all goes as we expect and set an all-time attendance record, it will be replayed for decades. Ten years from now, our alumni, anywhere in the world, they would immediately know that Tennessee was in that (world's largest) game. ... In this instance, I felt strongly that tradition needed to prevail. I'm only speaking for us. The University of Tennessee will wear our traditional orange and white uniforms in that game."
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It sounds like the Vols will go with a pretty classic look for what they hope will be an instant classic of a game. If it breaks attendance records like it's promising then it should be a pretty rowdy crowd surrounding the infield of the Bristol Motor Speedway on Sept 10.
[h/t 247Sports]
