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Tennessee appears to be bringing back a redundant addition to Neyland Stadium

Originally posted on A to Z Sports | By Craig Smith | Last updated Aug 1, 2024 4:36 PM ET

For over a century, Neyland Stadium and Shields-Watkins Field has been the home of Tennessee football. Over the years, it's grown into one of the most recognizable - and intimidating - stadiums in all of college football.

With its power T - or formerly interlocking UT, among other logos - at midfield and checkerboard end zones, there was no question whose house it was.

Well, it appears as though now Danny White and the Tennessee athletic department went to make absolutely sure everyone knows that Neyland Stadium is the home of the Vols. Tennessee is apparently adding exactly those words to the press box for the upcoming season.

Neyland is adding “Home of the Vols” to the decor.

Am I the only one that thinks this is just unnecessary? pic.twitter.com/4kxfGLdTZH
— William Patteson (@williampatteson) August 1, 2024

The addition feels a bit redundant for the aforementioned reasons, but it's actually not something new to the press box. Tennessee used to have the exact same lettering on the press box in all orange letters many decades ago.

Via UTSports.com

The move doesn't really feel like one that needs to be made, although it looks fine on the surface. The orange letters added a bit of a nicer touch, but again, it's not something that really needed to be there in the first place.

Tennessee fans are very particular and opinionated when it comes to traditions involving athletics. There are those who prefer the "woo" while signing Rocky Top, and there are traditionalists who loathe it. Some welcome new uniform changes, while other oppose it. No one is wrong; everyone just has different tastes.

As such, there will be those who approve of and also dislike the new addition. But at the end of the day, if the Vols continue to turn Neyland Stadium from what had been General Neyland's Bed and Breakfast (thousands of satisfied visitors every fall) into the house of horrors it once was and is becoming again under Heupel, few will ultimately care what's written inside the stadium.

This article first appeared on A to Z Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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