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Posted on 9/22/24 at 9:41 pm to Berry4Heisman
Posted on 9/22/24 at 9:41 pm to Berry4Heisman
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What’s the story behind the Texas orange? I’m in Austin all the time and when I wear a Tennessee shirt I stick out big time hahaha
Not sure how orange became the school color. But Texas actually used a lighter shade of orange until the early 60s when Darrell Royal darkened it to better hide the football in his option offense.
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Posted on 9/22/24 at 9:43 pm to Dirty 6th
That is an interesting idea!
Posted on 9/22/24 at 9:50 pm to HTX Horn
I almost feel like it’s got to do with Protestantism. Most of East Tennessee is Scott Irish and at one point wouldn’t have been too far removed from the religious conflicts of the British isles. Protestant armies would typically incorporate a not too disimilar shade of orange into their battle colors
Posted on 9/22/24 at 9:58 pm to GreatPumpkin
It literally has nothing to do with that.
Posted on 9/22/24 at 10:01 pm to HTX Horn
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it’s a unique shade
Posted on 9/22/24 at 10:01 pm to 19
Do you know what unique means?
Posted on 9/22/24 at 10:02 pm to HTX Horn
Posted on 9/22/24 at 10:06 pm to HTX Horn
It’s creamsicle orange. Good for playing on Saturday and wearing to jail on Sunday.
Posted on 9/22/24 at 10:07 pm to VFL1800FPD
Do you even Orange Man?
Dumbasscus?
Dumbasscus?
Posted on 9/22/24 at 10:13 pm to VFL1800FPD
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It literally has nothing to do with that.
I don’t know. Maybe it was sort of a latent attraction? I’ve heard others speculate on it. That doesn’t necessarily make it true. But history can be easily morphed or forgotten
Posted on 9/22/24 at 10:15 pm to bigDgator
So creative. Haven’t heard that one before. Speaking off prison, 41 Members of 2008 UF Title Team Have Been Arrested
Posted on 9/22/24 at 10:18 pm to Berry4Heisman
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Interesting! I always enjoy history especially about college football. I enjoy Austin a lot I usually go to pluckers before the games
Austin is a good town but has lost a lot of the charm it had in 90s. Lots of people from CA moving there. Kinda like a donut, ultra liberal in the hope part and normal people everywhere else around it. But game day is awesome and a visiting fan probably won’t have to buy a beer all weekend.
This post was edited on 9/22/24 at 10:21 pm
Posted on 9/22/24 at 10:19 pm to GreatPumpkin
It’s documented history. Charles Moore picked orange and white on the first field day in 1891 because it matched the colors of the daisies on the Hill. There’s no religious subtext. It’s weird you’re trying to insert one.
Posted on 9/22/24 at 10:54 pm to HTX Horn
quote:Nobody has our color either, and NFL as well. Tenn's creamsicle is awfully close to Tampa Bay's old uni.
Was watching the game last night and just wondering if there is any particular history/tradition/connection behind the Tennessee orange. Not trolling or anything here, but it’s a unique shade and I don’t think anyone in college football has the same color so was just curious.
Posted on 9/22/24 at 10:55 pm to Berry4Heisman
quote:Bro, have you even ever seen Bevo? It's also the color of Texas sunsets.
What’s the story behind the Texas orange? I’m in Austin all the time and when I wear a Tennessee shirt I stick out big time hahaha
Posted on 9/23/24 at 7:36 am to HTX Horn
Actually Royal wanted the burnt orange to resemble the color of a football so it might disguise the ball when stuck in the RB’s gut
Sounds like a good story anyway
There’s always bitching about it’s not “burnt” enough (which it isn’t)
Sounds like a good story anyway
There’s always bitching about it’s not “burnt” enough (which it isn’t)
Posted on 9/23/24 at 7:37 am to HTX Horn
They don’t have a singular shade of Orange. They wear multiple shades at the same time
Posted on 9/23/24 at 7:40 am to Radio One
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You said they are “self grown.”
WILDflowers are self seeded, self sown & self grown.
Ironically plants that come up on their own are usually called volunteers
Posted on 9/23/24 at 7:40 am to Berry4Heisman
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Our president of the university in 1889 at our first field day seen daisies on campus
The University of Tennessee, folks.
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