LOOK: Tennessee fans aren't happy about its end zone at Bank of America Stadium
Pictures of the end zones for Saturday’s season opener between Tennessee and West Virginia emerged on Twitter on Friday, and Vols fans were not pleased with what they saw.
Tennessee fans are used to seeing a checkerboard end zone. However, they saw something different in these pictures from Bank of America Stadium.
Orange font with a black background. No checkerboard.
Here’s a look, courtesy of Nick Carboni of WCNC:
Aight #Vols @belkbowl pic.twitter.com/rt3dZoxrtW
— Nick Carboni (@NickCarboniWCNC) August 31, 2018
The matchup between Tennessee and West Virginia is a Belk College Kickoff game, hence why it’s being played at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, home of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers.
The Panthers always have black end zones, so perhaps that’s why there’s no checkerboard for the Vols.
However, Tennessee fans still voiced their displeasure on Twitter. Here’s what some had to say:
I’ll be totally honest, that end zone is ugly but as long as Tennessee scores plenty of touchdowns on Saturday, who really cares what the end zone looks like?
— Charlie Burris (@Charlie_Burris) August 31, 2018
Not sure if that's enough time to get the Tennessee end zone fixed or not. https://t.co/PlaTzycE3G
— Lone Nut (@LoneNutVolFan) August 31, 2018
Belk Bowl trying to clap back and they couldn’t even give the Tennessee end zone a checkered board. #ComeOnMan
— O.G. (@Cody_Helton24) August 31, 2018
Just leave the end zone blank and put Tennessee there in orange. It’s pretty easy. Saves ya some paint.
— Chad Fields (@CfieldsVFL) August 31, 2018
#Tennesseetwitter has found the first enemy of the new season. Its who ever at #BelkKickoff decided to write out #Tennessee in Orange on black instead of O&W checkerboard!#Vols
— Jonathan (@JonathanVolsFan) August 31, 2018
Tennessee and West Virginia kick off on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET.
Wow. Imagine Tennessee fans. The rest of the world couldn’t care less about the checkerboard. Don’t worry, the vols will not be in the end zone tomorrow anyway. So just do what you always do and get drunk and talk about how good y’all used to be.
We’ll do that, while you gator fans get drunk and screw your sisters.
Good comeback loser. Your trash talking is like your team. Soft and weak.
That’s what your sister said about you.
Look 7T is now a Gator fan…
Who is 7T?
Man you are pathetic
Butch Jones is behind this…
Butch Jones sits in the Alabama meeting room on the side with the players like a grad assistant. Learning how to really coach watching the experts.
I respect Saban, I think he is the best… but he ain’t that good…
Not trying to stir the pot or anything, but how could you think Saban is the best, but he “ain’t that good?”
After the Game in Neyland this year.,The Gators are going to turn the stadium into a parking lot. Cause we own it.
Technically, we do, since we beat them by a larger margin and also beat you.
Just saying.
We have won 12 of 13 against them.
Good Lord. I stand corrected.
Sounds a lot like our record vs Auburn, 9-3 over the last 12 meetings.
National Championships: Tennessee 6, Florida 3
Conference Titles: Tennessee 16, Florida 8
All-Time Record: Tennessee 833-384-53, Florida 715-415-40
Total Bowl Games: Tennessee 52, Florida 43
Bowl Record: Tennessee 28-24, Florida 23-20
Consensus All Americans: Tennessee 39, Florida Florida 32
NFL Draft Picks: Tennessee 346, Florida 344
Largest Margin of Victory: Tennessee 45-3 (1990)
Tennessee Volunteers 2019 Sunbelt Conference Champions
Is that all they’ll let you do in prison is write comment on Vol news. You may not be in prison but you sound like a former player, and that’s where they go right after college. Good luck with your big name coach who has never won anything and looks to continue the tradition at the nastiest $hi7hole in college sports.
Can’t wait till Sept 22. . Then we all get to listen how Tennessee will be great next year. Please leave the SEC . It is sad.
How old are you? I guess you don’t actually remember the 00s or the 90s or even the 80s 60s and 50s for that matter, where Tennessee was one of the top 5 programs in the Nation. Before you got the Ole ball coach in Steve, do you happen to know what UFs record was against the vols? You had a run of 12 games in our year where we weren’t a powerhouse. Historically Tennessee is better than the University of Felons.
GB 14, Ouch! :))
Could be 7t or just another unemployed loser living in moms basement trying to be an internet tough guy. Only the biggest losers in life post the way he does. Best to start ignoring him.
10-4 Fuzzy hole but at the end of the day, the Gators won y’all and ain’t nothing changing
it is 7T, Go look at his posting history… he is only active in Tennessee Stories, not one post in anything gator…
That’s rich coming from trash like Fuzzy, the biggest troll wannabe on the internet. Always talking trash but runs like a little b*tch when you call him out.
They could have painted a trash can or box of Life cereal in each end zone.
Great idea
Kentucky has gone to checkerboard end zones now. We try to be so orginal. You know, like the failed logo we copied from Penn State and Kansas State.
Are the programs full of Kroger coupons? Asking for a friend ;-)
I’ve been a VOL since the 70’s, and we had a LONG stretch of different endzones at Neyland, plus the Power T is relatively recent re-branding away from other previous school logos (including the interlocking UT you don’t see much anymore.) Tradition is fine as long as you are being genuine.