In about six weeks, Tennessee and UCLA will kick off their seasons on Labor Day night in the Rose Bowl. An outsider might think that biggest question for Tennessee going into opening weekend is "how will punter Britton Colquitt's suspension affect the game?" or "what will Jon Crompton look like as UT's new starting QB?" But no, neither of those things matter. The important question is: "Will Tennessee wear orange pants?" After all, it is mid-July, and these things matter now, dammit!

Tennessee (and Alabama) blog 3rd Saturday in Blogtober has found some evidence that UT might in fact be wearing a slightly new uniform, including orange pants, if not against UCLA, then at least in the near future. Visual:

Those orange pants can be hideous or glorious, depending on whether you're outside or inside the parallelogram. The picture is supposedly one sent from adidas to EA Sports to help with the making of NCAA 09. If Tennessee actually wears the pants, it will somewhat of a big deal, as white tops and orange bottoms were a staple of the Johnny Majors era, but dropped by Phillip Fulmer in favor of white-on-white as he put his own stamp on the UT program in the early 90s.