Skyhawks wear orange, avoid A-Day Part II

Tennessee-Martin wore new orange uniforms for their game against Auburn last Saturday. Auburn agreed to allow the Skyhawks to wear orange uniforms, and the Tigers wore all white at home for the second time in the last 2 seasons (Auburn wore white at home vs. Vanderbilt in 2007 to honor the 1957 national championship team). Having the Skyhawks in orange prevented the game from looking essentially like an A-Day game. The uniforms were still quite similar. Honestly, it looked like UT-Martin was wearing no-contact practice jerseys. Maybe they were hoping Auburn's defense would oblige and not tackle the Skyhawks' offensive players. The strategy appeared to work for the first 3 quarters of the game. Auburn finished strong, however, and won 37-20, improving to 5-5.