So they held a press conference today about the Tennessee game down at the speedway
Some notes of interest:
We're gonna have a little bit of a different uniform, but the VT logo is going to be standard on the helmet
Babcock said the #Hokies have their uniforms picked. Didn't reveal much. Will have VT logo on helmet & unis "will be a little bit different"— Andy Bitter (@AndyBitterVT) August 10, 2016
Frank Beamer is going to be there in some aspect -- not really sure what "low-key" means in this situation. It's Frank Beamer for crying out loud
Babcock said Frank Beamer will be at the Battle at Bristol. Said the former coach wants to be "low key" with his role. #Hokies— Andy Bitter (@AndyBitterVT) August 10, 2016
There is a big ass trophy which took 300 hours to make
It's a trophy, all right. pic.twitter.com/U4cshQ1GlH— Andy Bitter (@AndyBitterVT) August 10, 2016
The catch fence is mostly going to come down and the field is going to be assembled by an AstroTurf team over the span of 8 days
The process for AstroTurf surface to be laid down at Bristol Motor Speedway will last two weeks, starting on Aug. 15.— Mike Barber (@RTD_MikeBarber) August 10, 2016
Bristol Motor Speedway executive VP Jerry Caldwell says catch fence around track will "mostly come down" for #Hokies @BattleAtBristol game.— Mike Barber (@RTD_MikeBarber) August 10, 2016
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Well color me disappointed.
Frank better come out driving a Nascar around the track to stop at the 50 and come out to a standing ovation all while Enter Sandman plays. Anything less would be an insult.
How about Frank drives a Ford F-350 with an extended bed that has Mettalica, He drives to the 50 and jumps out onto the roof while the band plays Enter Sandman .... maybe not low key enough.....
Ha! Only thing I would change is that I'd make the Nascar a convertible with Hootie standing out the top.
Well, maybe you won't, but I sure as heck will.
This better be on Twitter.
Tweeted it in response to Mike Barber's quote from Whit.
ALL THINGS THIS. FOREVER.
So the trophy design contest was a huge success it looks like... Damn idiots picked the Speedway with the Lombardi trophy sticking out the center...real creative. I'm not salty because my trophy design was actually creative and included some connection to the town of Bristol besides just the race track... but I definitely should have won that contest.
there was a trophy design contest for this?
I'm surprised they didn't pick a miniature colossus suspended with large cables above the speedway for the design.
Now I want to see your design
I like how they phrased it as "college football's biggest ever" to avoid claiming what exactly it's the biggest of. Classic marketing.
Can't believe there have been 13 comments, and not ONE about the uniform.
By "a little bit different", does he mean the new ones that were showcased already?
It's an alternate uniform. Whit's been saying the same thing about uniforms since January when Alex first reported about them: http://www.thekeyplay.com/virginia-tech-football/2016/01/11378/ad-whit-b....
When do y'all think the reveal will be?
I guess UT will be the orange team, so tech maybe gray?
UT also has been known to wear a smoke gray with orange numbers. It's a sharp look IMO, so I wonder if they might actually go gray.
Which would allow us to go a number of different directions (white, maroon or orange). It'll be interesting to see.
If we're the away team, it probably would be base white.
Edit: We wore grey against Bama as the away team, so that's that.
Apparently the first time we'll be seeing these jerseys is when we see them on the field or on TV. No early reveal.
I've seen them and I think they're up there in terms of alternates. Just my humble opinion.
Better or worse than the greys we wore against Bama? Better or worse than the Pro Combat ones?
I hated the Bama ones. So way better
Better than the white pro combats
On the same level or better than the black pro combats
see, I preferred the white pro-combats to the black ones..but I thought both were pretty cool. It's all a matter of opinion. You may think they're great and others think they suck. Unfortunately, I just don't think we'll ever get everyone to agree that Uniform X is the ultimate. There will always be dissenters.
And I totally get that, and hence why I said it's my opinion.
Just thought I would share the info that I have about the fact that there doesn't sound like there will be a reveal
that's too bad, really. Cuz I'm not going to get a good look at them since I'll be at the game. I'm sure I'll see photos and highlights after the fact but I kind of like knowing what we're going to be wearing going into the game. Just me.
Those must be some sweet uniforms.
well I guess you'll have to draw a picture of it for us (jk i know you're probably not allowed)
Ugh that stinks. I was hoping they'd go on sale and I could buy one for the game.
Just snap a pic of them and post as "iPhone 7 photo leak". No one will ever know. /s