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Seriously, I'm blind here.

found a pic, but it doesn't do it justice. He's on ESPN right now.

CBP does it because he knows everybody hates it.

You learn to love orange if you live here.

Edit - This should be a rave, not a rant.

Orange is fine, but not on a blazer.

I'd rather see his orange blazer in HD than see him topless in HD. You may recall, he showed up topless at one of the Lady Vols games last season to show his support......aaack! I'm glad I didn't have HD tv then......

Simbagal23 wrote:I'd rather see his orange blazer in HD than see him topless in HD. You may recall, he showed up topless at one of the Lady Vols games last season to show his support......aaack! I'm glad I didn't have HD tv then......

C'mon now, how many men's basketball coaches would paint up to show support for the women's team? I thought it was awesome.

FWIW, Bruce only wears the orange blazer for Vanderbilt and Kentucky games.

ThatGuy wrote:

Simbagal23 wrote:I'd rather see his orange blazer in HD than see him topless in HD. You may recall, he showed up topless at one of the Lady Vols games last season to show his support......aaack! I'm glad I didn't have HD tv then......

C'mon now, how many men's basketball coaches would paint up to show support for the women's team? I thought it was awesome.

FWIW, Bruce only wears the orange blazer for Vanderbilt and Kentucky games.

I applaud his support.....I'm just glad I didn't see it in HD....

I'm not a Vols fan at all, but I have to admit- I'd love to have a wacky, high energy guy like Bruce Pearl at Mizzou or Wisconsin (my favorites).

RC21* wrote:I'm not a Vols fan at all, but I have to admit- I'd love to have a wacky, high energy guy like Bruce Pearl at Mizzou or Wisconsin (my favorites).

The guy's a celebrity around here. This is only his third season with the team, and he's made Tennessee a real contender after being a perennial also-ran. People in Knoxville are starting to love basketball almost as much as football. That's no small feat considering most UT fans think football comes first and everything else comes... last. Heck, last weekend I had to stand in line two and a half hours before tipoff to get good seats at the Ohio State game.

I'd say the renovations to Thompson-Boling Arena last summer are a good indication of the university's appreciation for what Pearl has done.

Bruce Pearl is awesome. He coached at a school across the river from here and had a great rivalry with one of our local schools. He's exciting and high energy, really gets the fans involved because he appreciates them. He uses the blazer to highlight (pun intended) who he thinks the big rivalries are and should be for the Vols.

I'll rave for the Wildcats here.