No more blue non-contact jersey for D.J. Coles, he's been cleared. From HokieSports.com, "He'll be cleared to participate in Saturday's closed scrimmage, but we fully expect the coaches to hold him out as a precaution." Can he shake off the rust to contribute against Georgia Tech?
According to BeamerBall.com the Hokies will wear, maroon helmets, orange jerseys, white pants, and black sacks against the Bees. Here's what they'll look like thanks to the magic of Clark's uniform builder.
The combination was chosen by the seniors.
Deon Clarke jumped Josh Trimble on the depth cart. Clarke's now the backup Backer. He's extremely talented and the coaches are very high on his potential. As the season goes on, if he can put on more weight he might be able to see the field more. Clarke weighed in at 214, by comparison Edwards (who if not for his injury would be the starter) came to camp at 237.
Gayle didn't practice again Friday, and neither did Tyrel Wilson. J.R. Collins moved to stud, Marshall was the other first-team end. Wilson's injury wasn't specified. Gayle's still being held out as a precaution because of his ankle.
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Why oh Why
Are we going to continue the use of the orange Jerseys.... #ALLMAROONEVERYTHING please...
hate the unis, love the Coles. The new offensive stuff defintely has DJ, Marcus, and Dyrell in mind. When they are gone, the rest are Smurfs except for Caleb.
Its Orange Effect
For the game. They had to have some semblance of Orange on the Jersey.
Worst jersey
we could pick and we'll be the only game on that day. Sucks! And we never play very well in them: GT '08, Tarholes '09 and '11, Marshall '11. We also need to keep the stripes on the helmet and pants ala LSU, Ole Miss, etc.
Love hate relationship
I really hope we play well in the orange unis. Unlike most people I am a huge fan of the orange jerseys, but we never seem to play well in them.
has anyone heard any info on if we actually have maroon pants as part of the uniform this year? I know last year Lester said that the only pants they had were the orange and the white ones. Just need to know if I should keep praying or just admit defeat now.
I remember hearing we don't have maroon pants. Maybe they can order 'em up...
if that is true
From Bitter's live chat moments ago....
Question from "Leonard':
OK. Important question...Does VT have maroon pants this year. They've got to get back to the all maroon uni. Looks ferocious.
Andy Bitter:
I don't think so. Unless they're waiting to surprise everyone.
The maroon pants thing isn't looking good. Hope you have more tables to flip haha.
Might be
The striped helmets?
I think our whole team will exceed expectations. If we deal GT a real beating, I'll be real excited for the rest of the season!
I'd love to see Maroon helmet with the orange stripe and a white facemask, a maroon jersey with orange trimmed white numbers, and orange pants with maroon trim. 1993 style.
Anyone else concerned about Gayle? He has dinged up both ankles in the preseason. I don't know much about his day-to-day practicing, but he's missed the last three scrimmages...precautionary, I know. I just don't want this to be a 2010 Nick Becton turf toe type thing that out of nowhere has him missing serious time...especially the opener.
Thought the same
.... thing yesterday after reading Bitter's report on the scrimmage. Hopefully the reports this week are that he's fine and ready to dominate on Labor day. We'll see