You Are Not Caesar
Alabama denied Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin's request to let his team wear its orange jerseys against the Crimson Tide. NCAA rules allow both teams to wear colored jerseys if they agree.
Alabama refused. No doubt Coach Nick Saban remembered something Kiffin said in the offseason.
Of course, Pete Carroll would have done it anyways, but Kiffin does not want to take a 15-yard penalty after the opening kickoff. He's not Carroll.
I say do it anyway Kiff. Honestly, there's only a handful of teams in the country that can be Alabama, Tennessee isn't one of them. Might as well go down with style.
You know, unlike Charlie Bucket's mom... with her all it takes is a few jager shots and a friendly wager on the UCLA game to get her to drop to her knees. At least that's what Rick Neuheisel says.
When Pete did it, the penalty was loss of a timeout. ucla agreed to use once as well to make it even, since they were fine with the jerseys but the NCAA rule was in place.
Now that the NCAA allows both teams to wear colored jerseys (if the home team agrees), why did they make the rule for breaking it less severe (in my opinion)?