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Special edition Tennessee Volunteers Oreck XL Vacuum is available at $299 at selected Oreck Clean Home Centers in Tennessee.
Tennessee has proved it can clean up in recruiting under first-year coach Lane Kiffin. Now, it can help you clean up at home.
Just crank up the Oreck XL Vacuum Cleaner and watch the Power T overwhelm dirt, dust, allergens and all the rest of the gunk accumulating in your home. The special edition vacuum comes in orange and black and sports the UT logo.
Don’t panic! That doesn’t mean the Vols have added black to their traditional orange and white colors.
“Tennessee Volunteers” is displayed prominently on the front of the vacuum, whose direct suction produces a 102 miles per hour airflow, according to David Oreck. That’s faster than Nu’Keese Richardson.
The vacuum has a multi-layer hypo-allergenic filtration system that eliminates 99.99 percent of allergens. That’s more efficient than a Monte Kiffin defense.
And, like a Monte Kiffin defense, the vacuum is built for speed. At 9 pounds, it’s lighter than Terrence Cody’s helmet.
You can buy a UT special-edition Oreck XL Vacuum Cleaner for less than it costs UT to rent a helicopter for recruiting. It’s only $299, and that comes with a free annual tune-up.
You can find the nearest Oreck Clean Home Center at www.oreckstore.com.
Tennessee's signing class for 2012
National Signing Day 2010
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Comments » 47
FearTheVols1252 writes:
Seriously??? You actually wrote an article about a vacuum cleaner???
Adams - We have USC on Saturday and you're writing about home appliances?? You fail at life!
Volunteerfan writes:
Well all I can say is "That Sucks"
tnboy76 writes:
Adams you're a loser. Write about something that matters. How much did Oreck give you as a kickback to write this article?
the10sevol writes:
too funny. insert your own joke here...
GBO
NashvillePreds writes:
Wear black on 10/31
NeylandWest writes:
That's usually the feeling we all get after reading one of his articles, marc.
the10sevol writes:
is there a gamecock version that comes with long balls? just curious.
GBO
wayoutwill writes:
I wonder why they actually give guys like this real money for their efforts,reminds me of another guy that claims to be a creative writer!Will never lie!
AtlantaTide writes:
So, it really is true that nothing sucks like the Big Orange?
LOL, sorry guys that was way too easy! Cannot believe there is a column about a vacuum cleaner during football season.
God bless the SEC. Roll Tide.
MidTennVol writes:
I guess John Adams gets free Oreck vacuum cleaners the rest of his natural life in exchange for copywriting this ad.
stinky_pinky writes:
shameless....
i hope they do wear black tops
BOO! to all you old farts
stinky_pinky writes:
basic competitve nature says if you can't change, your competition will pass you by.
not sure how it relates to the color of jerseys but I am up for some sort of change. Kiffin and Co are cutting edge. let them shake up the system!
CrankE writes:
Is this an advertisement or a sports column? Please KNS, don't hold up the colors of neutrality and journalistic integrity again so long as John Adams is playing Billy Mays.
So...yesterday, the bowl was overflowing with Adams. Today, Adams sucks.
You should see how big the Gators #15 vacuum cleaner is! Or that Spurrier vac!
TotalPackage1 writes:
I, I, I don't know what to say....is it too late to say, "1st"?
chad_t31 writes:
What's a vacuum??
topgun writes:
Holey moley!! Even for KNS this is a stretch. You have got to be joking or a pre-hollowennie/longs balls joke. Actually there is nothing that says it is a "football sucker" but maybe tennis, track--generic Vols item. Bet that other SEC teams have something like it. Maybe the SEC commissioners office sent one to CLK. Maybe we should send one or two to the SEC officials HQ. They suck there.
Vols win out. GOVOLS!!
nc14 writes:
"Just like Kiffin" LMAO, yep.
VOLnAthens writes:
When Fulmer was here, we had an orange and white oscar meyer hotdog mobile....
Sorry, I know that was bad!
nc14 writes:
Whine Flu still. Try playing to win, it will cure that.
VolPowers writes:
WTF?
nc14 writes:
LOL, it's a metaphor...get it?
RockyTopRenegade writes:
The Bama version cost $899.00 with the rest going to the players (wink, wink) fishing and text book fund.
The Gator version cost the same, but makes a horrible WHINING sound if anything gets close to it.
tootsypop writes:
ut vols colors are ORANGE & WHITE.
mr.oreck, i own the best vacuum your company makes and i would buy a ORANGE & WHITE one now. i will not buy one with black on it. simply, black is not the vols color, historically.
tE8OwPHELch35 writes:
EPIC FAIL
TommyJack writes:
More of a Hoover man myself. Once went out with a gal we called Hoover.
steamboatticket#484773 writes:
When I was a student at UT, some visiting professor from Britain included our school colors in his lecture. Of course, the Brits incline to jealousy towards Americans. He started telling us that our school colors were taken from some guy in British history, Orange Willy or somebody. Here are the facts. Our school colors were taken from an orange and white daisy that used to flourish on the Hill. Now, I know that a lot of folks think that mixing black with those colors violates our tradition. But another fact about our colors is that the very first uniforms worn by Tennessee Volunteers were tuxedo black, with orange and white trim.
cobbwebb writes:
look i am against the black unis also, but it would be kinda cool on halloween!
AtlantaTide writes:
RTR, your humor has some traction. Like the creativity with the Bama version. Would not be too difficult to propose every SEC school's version...
pdhuff#552644 writes:
The color black don't cut it on Rocky Top in uni's.
Orange it is and orange it will stay.
With a little white thrown in.
Think Gamecocks/Superior!
thevoice writes:
Orange and black huh? Looks kind a like a Halloween cleaner. I think I like it. I'll come out of the closet first: I wish black was somewhere in our team colors.
crimsonviper writes:
John Adams will escape Knoxville one day soon.
He will be just ahead of a lynch mob.
Vol fans deserve better.
ItIsMeToo writes:
Yeah, I'm embarrassed to have read down as far as I did.
You can do better, govolsextra.com. Much better...
VOLFORLIFE writes:
Come on guys, lighten up a little. I was a little taken aback when I saw it too, but also a little proud since I work for Oreck. And in answer to your question, it's not just UT. In the SEC, there's also LSU, Georgia, and...ugghhh...Florida. Ole Miss will be in production soon. We have also produced models for Texas, Texas A&M, Ohio State and Michigan.
Don't know why Adams saw fit to write an article about it except that maybe he thought we Vol fans would be interested in it because it has a Tennessee logo and, best of all, it's MANUFACTURED IN TENNESSEE! (Oops, got a little carried away myself. Tennessee pride, I guess).
GO VOLS!!!
JUGHEAD
mytrifecta writes:
Ditto
jclvol writes:
Did you know that some of our first uniforms were black? Just thought you might want to leave off "historically" for accuracy sake.
You know there are a lot of us (under the age of say, 50) that want black uniforms. I promise the world won't end. You'll still wake up tomorrow. All the while, the Vols will be joining the 21st century.
jclvol writes:
Is this supposed to make me feel more manly when I help out around the house?
seofeed writes:
It's a joke people! Quit being so hard on Adams. Can't anybody have any fun?
BuckFama writes:
I think the sports editor has finally found his niche.
Slimjim_Vols writes:
This is hilarious.......... but to keep up with it here are the other teams......
Floridas..... Even with the whining as mentioned in a previous post, It also comes with a ribbon that can be turned into a pair of teebows.
Bamas....... If a football player buys 1 with scholarship money, he gets 1 free so that 2 friends will have one.
Vandys...... Comes standard as the rest, yet will be advertised to do as good as the ivy league schools.
Georgias....... Will pretty much pick up the small stuff, but shall there be anything big on the schedule the vac just shuts down.
South Carolinas........ Will be a hybrid, uses electricity 1/2 the time but every now and then someone will have to put gas in it.
Ole Miss....... Will suck half the time, will blow the rest.
Miss St........ Will be the mini bulldog version of Georgias.
LSU....... Will work great at night at home, just dont use it during the day or away from home.
Auburn..... Will do good the 1st 5 times or so, then eventually just shut down.
Kentucky.... Won't pick anything up until basketball season.
Arkansas..... Will some with special attachment to help get stains off dresses..... will be known as "The Clinton"
Volunatic writes:
Mr. Adams most likely got a free vacuum cleaner (in purple and gold) for writing this ad... er.. I mean "article".
johnlg00#206211 writes:
Each to his own taste, but why use a color that a hundred other schools use? There are a relative few that use any shade of orange, and our orange unis are instantly recognizable all over the country.
the10sevol writes:
just one, and then i'm done. since it's gamecock week:
sc's has a unique feature, in that it folds inwards on itself for easy storage. costs the same as the other teams' models, though, because it tends to fold itself up before the job is finished.
GBO
illinoisvolfan writes:
That about covers it. You should be in sales and/or marketing.
Kiffin_fan writes:
they did a promo on this last season but wasn't sure it would be allowed in the prison systems.
mm29680#645909 writes:
Adams, get yourself into a program.
agibbs4#541106 writes:
This is has as much relevence in the sports section as what Layla Kiffin will be wearing for Halloween. Even though the latter would be a lot more entertaining than an ad vacuum cleaner.
Dalton writes:
The "Gravekeeper" is buying his next blood transfusion with this cheap commercial....would use the product though.
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