Butch Jones promotes 'Checker Neyland' movement for Florida game
Tennessee coach Butch Jones is on board with the “Checker Neyland” movement for Saturday’s game against Florida. Jones tweeted yesterday urging Vols fans to visit the newly launched site in order to see which color to wear to this weekend’s game.
#VolNation you asked for it, now make it a reality!!! Go to http://t.co/JcVZg81ehY to find out what color to wear on Sat! #CheckerNeyland
— Butch Jones (@UTCoachJones) September 28, 2014
Related: Tennessee fans launch website for ‘Checker Neyland’ movement
Tennessee fans and web developers Tim McLeod and Jonathan Briehl launched checkerneyland.com Thursday with a concept inspired by the following tweet:
If Oklahoma can stripe their stands in shirts, I don’t see why this can’t be done in Neyland…. #VolArtConceptpic.twitter.com/H6jYHMI2Qx — Spencer Barnett (@CleVOLander) September 15, 2014
“The plan started this week,” McLeod said. “A friend tweeted a picture and I came up with the concept. We built the site over the next few days. It took a while to map the stadium out. Lots of coffee.”