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Tennessee football: Return of orange pants on road may bring good luck

A key part of the six-game winning streak Tennessee football enjoyed to close 2019, the one that made fans think Jeremy Pruitt was heading in the right direction, was two road wins over bowl-caliber teams. The Vols came back from 13-0 down to beat the Kentucky Wildcats 17-13, and two weeks later, they beat the Missouri Tigers on the road 24-20.

What stood out about those wins was the fact that they brought back the white jerseys with orange pants, something that hadn’t been worn in years. Inexplicably, though, they abandoned the orange pants in 2020, and we all saw what happened that year.