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Tennessee Vols morning report: Smokey Greys return

By Caleb Calhoun

Tennessee fans cheer during an SEC football game between Tennessee and Ole Miss at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn. on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021.Kns Tennessee Ole Miss Football
Tennessee fans cheer during an SEC football game between Tennessee and Ole Miss at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn. on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021.Kns Tennessee Ole Miss Football /
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And with that, the Tennessee Vols’ 2022-23 athletics season is underway. Happy Friday. With the UT football season opener less than to weeks away now, the first sporting match of the academic year took place Thursday night. That wasn’t the only huge bit of news either to come down the pipeline that day.

Our morning report on Rocky Top leads with a huge football story involving the reveal of a uniform combination. It’s one Tennessee Vols fans should be familiar with given the fact that it was worn multiple times in four out of five seasons from 2013 to 2017, but bringing it back was a shock.

We’ll also obviously cover the opening game for the sport that kicked off the season, which occurred in soccer. It didn’t have the desired result for UT fans, but it did add to the excitement of fall being just around the corner. There’s another soccer watch list as well for us to get to. Let’s start with football news, though.

Smokey Grey uniforms return – UTSports

Nike revealed Thursday that the Tennessee Vols Smokey Grey uniforms for football are coming back. UT will wear a different variation of them one time each year from 2022 through 2025. This year, they will wear the original Nike ones that were worn under Butch Jones from 2015 to 2017.

"Tennessee owns a 3-1 record wearing Nike’s Smokey Grey uniform, including a pair of 21-point comeback wins (2015 – vs. Georgia and 2016 – vs. Florida) and a 38-24 victory over Nebraska in the 2016 Music City Bowl that saw Derek Barnett break Reggie White’s UT career sack record. The Volunteers will don the uniform for the first time since Sept. 30, 2017."

Soccer falls to North Carolina – Ken Lay, VolsWire

The No. 11 ranked Tennessee Lady Vols soccer team began the Joe Kirt era with a 3-0 loss Thursday to the No. 10 ranked North Carolina Tar Heels on the road. UT was without its starting goalkeeper, Lindsey Romig, because of an injury.

"Ashleigh Gambone scored an unassisted goal in the 39th minute for North Carolina.Tori Hensen scored in the 66th minute to extend North Carolina’s lead to 2-0. Avery Patterson scored in the 77th minute for the Tar Heels."

Three soccer Lady Vols on Hermann Watch List – MACHermannTrophy.org

This year’s MAC Hermann Trophy features Tennessee Lady Vols soccer sophomore midfielder Taylor Huff, graduate senior forward Mackenzie George and junior forward Jaida Thomas. They are among 60 players named to the list overall. The award recognizes the National Player of the Year in men’s and women’s soccer.

"Fifteen men’s players and 15 women’s players become Hermann Trophy semifinalists on Nov. 30 following completion of Division I All-America voting following the fall season. Then on Dec. 7, the top three players from a final round of voting are the 2021 finalists. The 2022 winner is revealed on Jan. 6, 2023, at a ceremony at the historic Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis, Mo."

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