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by The Feathered Warrior on Oct 28, 2025 9:45 AM EDT in News

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Since this game is always played right around Halloween, I think it would be cool if Carolina brought out the all black uniforms and Tennessee brought out the all orange uniforms every year. It would make for some cool hype around the game. What do you think?

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I think the uniform combo would generate some nice hype as well.

by Skulls and Spurs on Oct 28, 2025 9:49 AM EDT reply actions

Yeah, that's a good idea.

stuff 'bout stuff.

by silver82blade on Oct 28, 2025 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't have a problem with #4

Why not? Relative to expectations, and within the context of the rest of the conference, that sounds right to me. Perhaps Arkansas deserves to be ahead of us, but we DID beat Bama…

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by Gamecock'n'Balls on Oct 28, 2025 10:23 AM EDT reply actions

I'm on board. We are also the fourth highest ranked team in the SEC in both the AP and Coaches polls.

We’re all about to find out where we truly shake out over these next three weeks.

by Skulls and Spurs on Oct 28, 2025 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah. We could easily be number two or three again very soon...

Or we could be outside the top six.

I can’t wait until Saturday afternoon.

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by Gamecock Man on Oct 28, 2025 12:01 PM EDT reply actions

Mimosas, Bloody Marys, and sausage biscuits at 9am.

It’s supposed to be a beautiful day. Can’t wait. GO COCKS!

by Skulls and Spurs on Oct 28, 2025 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions

I have always loved the halloween angle for this game

I’ve been saying for years that we need to make this the annual Halloween game. Orange v Black just seems obvious to me.

by Charlestowne on Oct 28, 2025 12:44 PM EDT reply actions

It would be fun to have UT-USC play

in all Black and all Orange. It’s been talked about since the early 90s, but apparently neither athletic department has shown the slightest interest - even including even the forgettable year (2004) where Carolina wore black helmets.

The 09 UCLA-Southern Cal game apparently prompted a rule change proposal where the visitors would no longer be required to obtain permission to wear a dark jersey at an away game, so long as it contrasts sufficiently with the home team’s jersey. I’m not sure that the rule change (proposed by a sub-committee) was ever forrmally adopted by the NCAA.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2009/02/ncaa-changing-r.html

Apparently the only penalty was loss of a time out in the first half in that game (docked against the Trojans, and Neuiheisel then burned a T.O. to level the playing field). But if Southern Cal crimson contrasts with UCLA blue, then orange and black is a no-brainer.

They wore garnet helmets.

by tryptic67 on Oct 28, 2025 5:53 PM EDT reply actions

I loved those black helmets we used to wear.

Is no one else with me on that?

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by Gamecock Man on Oct 28, 2025 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Probably very few will join you with the black preference. I personally like the garnet with the block C logo within the white circle, circa 80s and 90s.

by Skulls and Spurs on Oct 28, 2025 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Those were before my time as a Carolina fan. But I've seen the pics and think they look great.

I think you’re right that I’m one of the few people who liked the black helmets. I thought the all black attire was pretty awesome.

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by Gamecock Man on Oct 28, 2025 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions

The garnet helmets were before my time, I mean.

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by Gamecock Man on Oct 28, 2025 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Never liked the garnet helmets.

Like the black ones, though.

Dum spiro spero - "While I breathe, I hope"
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by The Feathered Warrior on Oct 28, 2025 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Thank you.

I’m glad someone else likes the black ones.

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by Gamecock Man on Oct 28, 2025 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions

I think most people have visceral reaction to them

due to our record when wearing them.

Dum spiro spero - "While I breathe, I hope"
State motto of South Carolina

by The Feathered Warrior on Oct 28, 2025 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Hmmmmm ....

I thought then (and think now) that the black helmets were gimmicky.

Plus, we’re a southern team which plays a lot of day games (especially back in the late 1990s). The sun’s still scorching in September and the better part of October. Heck, the sun can still be brutal in SC in the dead of November not to mention places like Mississippi and Louisiana! Heat absorbing black helmets … .not a good idea in my book.

I was playing around with my little tag line about garnet helmets because that was the headgear when I first started to cheer for Carolina in the late 80s. My favorite helmets were during Lou’s first year (1999, 0-11) when we went to white helmets, black face mask, black Block C and one black stripe.

The next year (2000) we added two extra garnet stripes, and I vaguely remember this was at the suggestion of the great USC football historian and fan Tom Price, who convinced Lou the three stripes (garnet, black, garnet) was the traditional from the George Rogers era. Spurrier re-adopted this helmet when he took over the team, and allowed the players’ names on the jerseys.

They wore garnet helmets.

by tryptic67 on Oct 29, 2025 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions