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Tennessee Football Drops Epic 'Venom' Uniforms, 'Dark Mode' Videos for Kentucky Game

Scott Polacek@@ScottPolacekX.com LogoFeatured Columnist IVOctober 31, 2024

KNOXVILLE, TN - SEPTEMBER 30: Tennessee Volunteers helmet sits on the field during a college football game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the South Carolina Gamecocks on September 30, 2023, at Neyland Stadium, in Knoxville, TN. (Photo by Bryan Lynn/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Bryan Lynn/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

The Tennessee Volunteers are shifting into dark mode for Saturday's home game against the Kentucky Wildcats.

First, Tennessee revealed the black uniforms it will wear under the lights for the 7:45 p.m. ET kickoff with an epic Venom style video and pictures highlighting the look:

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๐š๐šŠ๐š›๐š” ๐š–๐š˜๐š๐šŽ ๐šŽ๐š—๐šŠ๐š‹๐š•๐šŽ๐š โšซ๏ธ<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GBO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GBO</a><br> <a href="https://t.co/IMsIILImUt">pic.twitter.com/IMsIILImUt</a>

Tennessee Football @Vol_Football

๐€ ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž๐ฒ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GBO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GBO</a> ๐ŸŠ <a href="https://t.co/EBOr00pbp5">pic.twitter.com/EBOr00pbp5</a>

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โšซ๏ธ hello darkness โšซ๏ธ<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GBO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GBO</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/DICKS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DICKS</a> <a href="https://t.co/Rz9pp4aqmh">pic.twitter.com/Rz9pp4aqmh</a>

Then, it revealed the uniforms are available to play with in the EA Sports College Football 25 video game:

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๐š๐š’๐š๐š’๐š๐šŠ๐š• ๐š๐šŠ๐š›๐š” ๐š–๐š˜๐š๐šŽ: ๐šŠ๐šŒ๐š๐š’๐šŸ๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ๐š โšซ๏ธ<br><br>play the game before the game ๐ŸŽฎ<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GBO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GBO</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CFB25?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CFB25</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/EASPORTSCollege?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EASPORTSCollege</a> <a href="https://t.co/5FgSMWnbPw">pic.twitter.com/5FgSMWnbPw</a>

It all built toward Thursday when the Volunteers released a trailer for the upcoming game accompanied by a particularly eerie rendition of their Rocky Top fight song. It surely wasn't an accident the team that will be wearing black and orange released the trailer on Halloween and captioned it "spooky."

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spooky.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GBO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GBO</a> ๐ŸŽƒ <a href="https://t.co/fWj5X3n6GR">pic.twitter.com/fWj5X3n6GR</a>

Saturday will mark the Volunteers' return to the field after their bye week.

They are 6-1 and likely control their own destiny when it comes to making the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff field. After all, they count wins over Alabama and Oklahoma on their resume and still have an opportunity to bolster their ranking with a Nov. 16 game against Georgia.

The math would change for Tennessee if it slipped up at home against Kentucky, though, as the Wildcats are just 3-5 and coming off three consecutive losses.

Tennessee shouldn't completely overlook its next opponent considering Kentucky defeated Ole Miss and lost to Georgia by just one, but it can at least take solace knowing Neyland Stadium will likely be rocking on Saturday.

How could it not be with those uniforms and all this build up?