Lane Kiffin Was A Genius For One Day, and ASU Wants To Win

Montario Hardesty

 Another black jersey sighting: October 31st, 2009.  It was Halloween night and the 22nd ranked South Carolina Gamecocks (6-2) visited the Tennessee Volunteers (3-4).  Captains Eric Berry and Monterio Hardesty approached athletic director Mike Halmilton the week of the game and asked if the team could wear black tops.  Hamilton approved and Tennessee wore black jerseys for the fist time since 1922 when they started wearing orange tops.  After 4 Gamecock turnovers and a dominant rushing attack led by Hardesty, Lane Kiffin's Vols upset Steve Spurrier's Gamecocks 31-13.

Lane Kiffin was quoted after the game regarding the black jerseys and his players:

"It's a players' game, and our players had been begging for them for a while.  I think it gave us some energy.  I think you saw that in the way we came out and played early"

Tennessee jumped out to a 21-0 lead early in the 2nd quarter. Linebacker Rico McCoy said after the game: 

"They [the black jerseys] had the whole team hyped. They definitely energized the team"

Jonathan Crompton hands off to Hardesty in these awesome black jerseys

After the 2010 season Lane Kiffin is 15-11 (w/ UT and USC) as a college head coach, and he has beaten 1 ranked team at home.  This game.  Black jerseys. 

*worth noting: Tennessee is the only Adidas sponsored school to win a BCS National Title.

These are awesome

Arizona State just released their new jerseys for the future and black jerseys are in the mix.  The helmet is a new design and these jerseys simply look awesome.  Arizona State saw the success conference foes Oregon, Washington, and Stanford had with the black jerseys and wanted to join in on the fun.  I predict they wear them for their September 9th night game matchup versus Missouri on ESPN.

Check out some other pictures of their new jerseys here.