Vanderbilt's season opener against No. 3 Georgia will be the SEC's first "Set the Expectation" game on Aug. 31, the university announced Thursday.

Players of both teams will teal and purple stickers on their helmets, and coaches will have a similar patch on their team shirts. A teal and purple ribbon will be painted on the field for the game. Teal represents sexual violence awareness and purple represents relationship violence awareness.

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"Set the Expectation" is a program started by Brenda Tracy, a registered nurse from Portland, Oregon, who has shared her personal story with the Vanderbilt football team of being a survivor of sexual violence. She serves on the NCAA Commission to Combat Campus Sexual Violence.

Tracy will attend the game at Vanderbilt Stadium and receive an on-field recognition, as the Commodores will be the first SEC school to host the nationwide event.

“Set The Expectation” T-shirts will be given to the first 10,000 fans in attendance, and players from both teams will wear the shirts during pregame warm-ups.

Vanderbilt will host a donation drive in association with the Tennessee Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence to collect items for victims of domestic and sexual violence. Vanderbilt’s Project Safe will be on site at Gate 2 to provide awareness of on-campus resources and community organizations.

Pledges will also be available on the concourse throughout the game for fans to sign, affirming their commitment to combat sexual and relationship violence.

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