This would be pretty okay if the helmet had a subdued circuit board pattern all over with a bright orange reflective VT. And the pants need a circuit board patterned stripes.
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Yeah orange anything will be sensitive topic for awhile. Sad thing is a few of the orange combos we have worn in the past have looked pretty good....some have been hideous as well. But they damn sure have been snake bitten combinations.
I love all maroon and we have typically done well wearing it but it lost some of it's magic in the Clemson game last year.
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Its funny, everyone gets all wrapped up in these orange conspiracies, but we have a better historical winning record in orange than anything else the last what, 15 years, and our AME record kinda sucks....
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I would love to see the stats to back up that claim. My guess is the true stats show we aren't horrible (like our College Game Day record), but the feeling is that we're just awful when we where orange (also, like College Game Day).
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We pull out AME for big games, and we haven't won a legitimate big game in a while. For every 2003 Miami AME, there's a 2015 Ohio State (whoops that was orange helmets) 2017 Clemson right on its heels. Its a product of our inability to get that home statement win.
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I would still love to see us rock a modern version of this jersey with the updated number style as an alternate. And keep the orange shoulder numbers. Classic look.
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My number one problem is this, if you were watching football the day of the ODU game and were unaffiliated with either school, you could have flipped back and forth between our game and the LOLUVA game and legitimately lost track of who you were watching (not that we wanted to be easily recognized that day). We wore essentially the same kit. Orange has not been our identity, as far as uniforms go, and we look too much like LOLUVA, Clemson, Syracuse, etc. when wear it as a base color.
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Our brand is Maroon and Orange. We shouldn't be abandoning half of that because UVa decided to go copycat on us for a day.
I don't see any pissing and moaning over us looking like Miss St or Texas A&M when we go all maroon. But break out the orange and "OH HOLY SHIT WE LOOK LIKE VIRGINIA/SYRACUSE/CLEMSON KILL ME NOW"
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ok ok, this isn't directed at you, but more a general complaint about the "I can't tell who's who on the field..."
Breath.
Look. There are 130 teams playing FBS football. There are 125 FCS teams. There are a limited number of color combinations out there...even though we happened to have a unique 1-2. There are times that teams are going to look similar to another team. It WILL happen. It has happened. It will happen again. But, you know when and where VT is playing. You know who you are rooting for. You know which team we are. What's the big deal wearing a slightly different jersey?
Oh, you are concerned the Jimmy from Nebraska might flip by the channel because his Huskers have lost again and he's looking around to find another game...and you're worried he might think that another team is playing; not VT????? Who cares? I don't give a flip what Jimmy thinks. Or who he believes we are. Or if he thinks it's Syracuse, or aTm, or some other school. Why don't I care...because Jimmy does NOTHING for us. No donations. No recruiting. No good word of mouth. N o t h i n g ! ! ! ! So, we wear different combos. The kids on the team, that actually have to wear it, like it. The wear it proud and they own it!
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Not playing well in AME against teams like Clemson is different than not playing well in orange against ODU. I don't really care what we wear in this game as long as it's instantly recognizable as Virginia Tech.
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Won't happen for a long, long time. Whit has said the one thing that will remain constant on our uniforms is the VT logo on the helmets. And that's been consistently true since he took over.
But give me matte maroon helmets any day of the week. Those are fine.
matte maroon
orange helmets from ECU last year
matte white with metallic stickers from Belk Bowl
Gimme a nice healthy dose of all those from here to eternity, and I'll be a happy Alum
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I want to see us rock some of our recently branded secondary colors: pylon purple, boundless pink, and triumphant yellow. I think #allpinkeverything would look pretty intimidating.
I like what you're going for, but they aren't going to buy an entire new set of pants just for this one game since they already unveiled the 3 sets they're using this year (solid white, solid maroon, and solid orange)
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I don't have a problem with this combo except at night. I love the dark of the mostly maroon at night, because we just look like shadows moving across the lit field. During the day I can deal with the more mixed look.
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Clemson still wears purple jerseys and pants for their annual Military Appreciation/"Purple Out" game. Last season it was against The Citadel and this season it will be against Duke.
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YEAH!!! Finally! We should wear all maroon EVERY week..... we always mean serious business in this color combo. I can go with the metallic orange helmet. GO HOKIES!
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Here's my 3 sets of pants/jerseys/helmets (set up like the teams mannequin picture) to be worn in any combination. All helmets are matte.
1. Maroon: 90s jerseys with orange shoulder numbers, old school helmet with *white* facemask which is my favorite helmet we've ever worn and should come back into rotation permanently. Possibly "Hokies" above front numbers.
2. Orange: '17 jerseys are sweet with shoulder numbers staying white, orange pants would need a space between the white and maroon stripes. I'm not a fan of orange helmets, but I am a HUGE fan of the Hokiestone helmets. Orange jersey and pants are not to be worn together
3. White: 90s jerseys with maroon shoulder numbers, some white helmet however I think this is the white one that pops the most. Possibly "Hokies" above front numbers.
Alternate Fighting Gobblers logo helmet also available
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This one wins me over every time. Love the simplicity of it (though the ACC patch needs to move). Also, go with the "TECH" on the pants. love that, too. And while i'm at it, since we have helmet stripes, maybe matching pants stripes would be cool. I like the plain pants, but don't think I would hate some stripes here.
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Yessss.. another trip to Lane! #Metallica sets the pregame tone as always.. but with a wrinkle this time. (That's a tease). @VT_Football will need all the chaos they can create to stall @FightingIrish push toward the CFP. abc SNF back at 8ET this week pic.twitter.com/t0ZoEe2b6G— Chris Fowler (@cbfowler) October 3, 2018
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My #sauces tell me that the skydivers with the flags are coming back and ABC is going to be covering it pretty heavily. I'd imagine a lot of shots of Lane going crazy from dudes who jumped out of a plane.
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I don't see why Chris Fowler would be hinting at something like that when Tech hasn't hinted at anything. It's going to be something to do with they way they cover it. Possibly them in the crowd or something like that.
I'm not trying to bring it down or anything, it just wouldn't make any sense.
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Haha. Like I said, I think the pregame stuff will be cool and look great. I was just wondering if anyone thought that we were trying to hard. I'm honestly not sure if we are or aren't....just wanted to get people's thoughts
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We'd better.
I want maroon orange maroon or orange maroon orange. Come at me.
Not even in NCAA Football 14 would I do that.
Edit: The only mixed combo I would see work with the stripes is Maroon Pants and top with orange helmet.
While I don't agree with your sentiment, I'm fairly certain that at least one of the 3 will be orange, considering that the stadium is striped.
How about orange, maroon, maroon?
Yes. This, please.
My opinion: Throw a matte maroon helmet on this and it's perfect.
I wouldn't mind Maroon Helmets, Maroon Jersey, Orange Pants.
I say this with all due respect,
YAAAAAAAAS MORE ORANGE
As a ginger, I don't say this lightly, NO MORE ORANGE!!!
Also as a ginger, I second NO MORE ORANGE!
Say what now?
and if we're going to go crazy, lets go with:
inject this into my veins
Needs more foghorn leghorn helmet
i...i like it
This would be pretty okay if the helmet had a subdued circuit board pattern all over with a bright orange reflective VT. And the pants need a circuit board patterned stripes.
OME with matte helmets
edit:
OME?
Orange
Maroon
Empty?
Are we bringing back team #NOPANTS?
i am a ding dong
and I'm just gonna leave the original comment where I clearly meant Oll Maroon Everything
ONLY MAROON EVERYTHING
Only Maroon Entirely
Only Monsoon Environments is next week, in Chapel Hill
I don't care what we wear, but OME?
One
Massive
Erection
#AME #ALLMAROONEVERYTHING let's make it happen!
after our object lesson in why you don't wear orange a week and a half ago, this is the only remedy that will tilt the scales back
No orange please.
If we somehow wear orange jerseys or pants and lose, the meltdown on here will be biblical.
So it will be like going back in time two weeks.
Yeah orange anything will be sensitive topic for awhile. Sad thing is a few of the orange combos we have worn in the past have looked pretty good....some have been hideous as well. But they damn sure have been snake bitten combinations.
I love all maroon and we have typically done well wearing it but it lost some of it's magic in the Clemson game last year.
Its funny, everyone gets all wrapped up in these orange conspiracies, but we have a better historical winning record in orange than anything else the last what, 15 years, and our AME record kinda sucks....
Yep...good point. Just human nature. Even our memories have some bias to them.
I would love to see the stats to back up that claim. My guess is the true stats show we aren't horrible (like our College Game Day record), but the feeling is that we're just awful when we where orange (also, like College Game Day).
We pull out AME for big games, and we haven't won a legitimate big game in a while. For every 2003 Miami AME, there's a
2015 Ohio State(whoops that was orange helmets) 2017 Clemson right on its heels. Its a product of our inability to get that home statement win.Can we just go back to this?
I would still love to see us rock a modern version of this jersey with the updated number style as an alternate. And keep the orange shoulder numbers. Classic look.
A back to basics look worked last week
My number one problem is this, if you were watching football the day of the ODU game and were unaffiliated with either school, you could have flipped back and forth between our game and the LOLUVA game and legitimately lost track of who you were watching (not that we wanted to be easily recognized that day). We wore essentially the same kit. Orange has not been our identity, as far as uniforms go, and we look too much like LOLUVA, Clemson, Syracuse, etc. when wear it as a base color.
Spinzone: It was actually UVA that lost to ODU
Our brand is Maroon and Orange. We shouldn't be abandoning half of that because UVa decided to go copycat on us for a day.
I don't see any pissing and moaning over us looking like Miss St or Texas A&M when we go all maroon. But break out the orange and "OH HOLY SHIT WE LOOK LIKE VIRGINIA/SYRACUSE/CLEMSON KILL ME NOW"
My issue isn't that we look like another school, its that we look awful.
and I blame Oregon & Nike for all of this
See, none of that would be a problem if we paired orange with maroon, but pretty much every time we go with orange it's only paired with white.
Give me MOM or MMO with the modern uniforms, just once, to see how it looks.
I wanted to see the orange jerseys with maroon sleeves paired with maroon pants back in 2009. And then we lost to UNC.
ok ok, this isn't directed at you, but more a general complaint about the "I can't tell who's who on the field..."
Breath.
Look. There are 130 teams playing FBS football. There are 125 FCS teams. There are a limited number of color combinations out there...even though we happened to have a unique 1-2. There are times that teams are going to look similar to another team. It WILL happen. It has happened. It will happen again. But, you know when and where VT is playing. You know who you are rooting for. You know which team we are. What's the big deal wearing a slightly different jersey?
Oh, you are concerned the Jimmy from Nebraska might flip by the channel because his Huskers have lost again and he's looking around to find another game...and you're worried he might think that another team is playing; not VT????? Who cares? I don't give a flip what Jimmy thinks. Or who he believes we are. Or if he thinks it's Syracuse, or aTm, or some other school. Why don't I care...because Jimmy does NOTHING for us. No donations. No recruiting. No good word of mouth. N o t h i n g ! ! ! ! So, we wear different combos. The kids on the team, that actually have to wear it, like it. The wear it proud and they own it!
Yeah, but look at who we lost to wearing primarily orange - UVA (back in the 90s), Duke (first time ever, at least in the ACC era), and ODU.
At least when we lose in AME, it's against good teams.
Orange lids? Good. Orange pants? Bad. Orange jersey? GTFO
All maroon with the matte helmets.
The matte helmets are the best we've worn.
If you're talking about the matte Gobbler lids from
the worst bowl game I've ever watchedthe 2012 Russell Athletic Bowl, you're right.The ones we wore in Tallahassee were great too, but the Gobbler helmets are in the top-5 alternate/special lids of all time imho.
you must have somehow missed the Sun Bowl the following year and the Gator Bowl in 97
Maroon helmets, maroon jersey, maroon pants. Please! Matte...shiny...glitter....don't care. Just maroon please sir.
I saw ALL ORANGE EVERYTHING for the win!!!!!!!
via GIPHY
I'd bet on it.
Fog horn, leghorn lids.../s /s /s /s /s
someone please with the photoshop skills:
matte gray, with foghorn leghorn in black, orange eyes, supersized like the Boise bronco, black facemask and stripe down middle, numbers on other side
The second grader part of me that never grew up loves this.
We haven't played well in big games wearing AME recently. I don't know. Maybe MMW?
WVU last year?
Not playing well in AME against teams like Clemson is different than not playing well in orange against ODU. I don't really care what we wear in this game as long as it's instantly recognizable as Virginia Tech.
Matte Maroon Caps, Maroon Jerseys, Maroon Pants, Black Boots.
Would be very surprised if this wasn't the combo.
lets do it
Orange helmets? Wouldnt mind seeing MMO. I believe we've done that before.
How about all maroon everything with orange long-sleeved undershirts?
Even better, with this helmet...
I really liked it, but during the game it just looked like orange blobs on the helmet.
Won't happen for a long, long time. Whit has said the one thing that will remain constant on our uniforms is the VT logo on the helmets. And that's been consistently true since he took over.
But give me matte maroon helmets any day of the week. Those are fine.
matte maroon
orange helmets from ECU last year
matte white with metallic stickers from Belk Bowl
Gimme a nice healthy dose of all those from here to eternity, and I'll be a happy Alum
One of my favorite unis of all time.
Agreed. The orange chrome lids with the maroon jerseys, undershirts, and pants is a really great alternative to AME.
I scrolled through the entire thread waiting for this. AME with this lid.
Just without the above-the-knee shorts.
I want to see us rock some of our recently branded secondary colors: pylon purple, boundless pink, and triumphant yellow. I think #allpinkeverything would look pretty intimidating.
https://vt.edu/brand.html
It is October now!
Sustainable Teal? Vibrant Turquoise? Land-Grant Grey?
WHAT THE EVERLOVING FUCK IS ALL OF THIS?!?!?
It's called a color palette, you uncultured swine! /s
My roommate freshman year used to come back to the dorm reeking of "Skipper Smoke" a lot.
With them going with a stripe effect I certainly expect to see it reflected in the uniform as well. Something like this maybe
oooh, go orange and maroon candy stripe pants like Indiana
I see what you did there. #AME and stripe effect.
I like what you're going for, but they aren't going to buy an entire new set of pants just for this one game since they already unveiled the 3 sets they're using this year (solid white, solid maroon, and solid orange)
Those leg stripes should come to a point like they do on the helmet
I was limited by the technology I was using but I agree that would be cool.
Picture to adjust one color to your suggestion, from my above post of what I'd like to see
I don't have a problem with this combo except at night. I love the dark of the mostly maroon at night, because we just look like shadows moving across the lit field. During the day I can deal with the more mixed look.
I agree - although the current and recent 'maroons' are not as 'shadowy' of the AME of past years.
YES!!!
ALL ORANGE EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLUS SHOULDER STRIPES!!!!!!!!!!!!
Id be okay with the TV Retro look, very much okay with that look. js about #AOE - not jk about stripes. Come at me.
I'm about to @ you.
It remains to be seen...
IDK about y'all, but I'm still waiting on these...
I would wear those pants
To the club
To my own wedding
I gave you a leg, but you might want to check with your bride. ;>)
Serious googley eyes 👀
#WARPAINT
I think any choice this year has to be a permutation of something you see here:
That one in the middle...yeesh. Looks like something out of Rollerball. I know orange is one of our colors, but I prefer it as an accent.
Looks too much like something Clemson would wear.
Clemson was better looking(and worse at football) when they still wore Purple. Not sure that will ever be seen again.
Clemson still wears purple jerseys and pants for their annual Military Appreciation/"Purple Out" game. Last season it was against The Citadel and this season it will be against Duke.
Whavever man who has time for your facts. But in all seriousness, I feel like I have not seen them in forever.
That's because they only break them out for games against teams like The Citadel and Duke.
Personally I think it is too bad. That color is unique and doesn't look like Texas uniforms or every other orange school.
Huh, they didn't unveil an orange helmet. Are we not going to see one this season?
Nope
they also didn't unveil the matte maroon helmet so who knows
YEAH!!! Finally! We should wear all maroon EVERY week..... we always mean serious business in this color combo. I can go with the metallic orange helmet. GO HOKIES!
Guys I got it.... Matte orange helmet, maroon jersey, maroon with orange stripe pants.
I'd like to see maroon jerseys and pants with lightning bolts all over them.
Here's my 3 sets of pants/jerseys/helmets (set up like the teams mannequin picture) to be worn in any combination. All helmets are matte.
1. Maroon: 90s jerseys with orange shoulder numbers, old school helmet with *white* facemask which is my favorite helmet we've ever worn and should come back into rotation permanently. Possibly "Hokies" above front numbers.
2. Orange: '17 jerseys are sweet with shoulder numbers staying white, orange pants would need a space between the white and maroon stripes. I'm not a fan of orange helmets, but I am a HUGE fan of the Hokiestone helmets. Orange jersey and pants are not to be worn together
3. White: 90s jerseys with maroon shoulder numbers, some white helmet however I think this is the white one that pops the most. Possibly "Hokies" above front numbers.
Alternate Fighting Gobblers logo helmet also available
Some mockups I've made for unis I would like to see:
(Tons of credit to the Ruhland Unibuilder)
Imagine our current jersey with the stripes removed and the Vick era orange shoulder numbers
More classic version of this with updated numbers, no outline, no orange jersey collar
Hall/Adibi era jersey with current number font and Hokie Stone pattern on shoulders
Our current jersey with the classic fighting gobbler patch on those empty, empty shoulders.
Those jerseys with the gobbler on the shoulder are actually pretty hot....
I am here for the Hokie Stone shoulders.
Please let that be included in the next major uniform overhaul.
This one wins me over every time. Love the simplicity of it (though the ACC patch needs to move). Also, go with the "TECH" on the pants. love that, too. And while i'm at it, since we have helmet stripes, maybe matching pants stripes would be cool. I like the plain pants, but don't think I would hate some stripes here.
Just reaching back here, but I remember a face mask company talking about sending us some maroon chrome face masks. Could we see them this weekend?
Guys guys guys.. it's burnt orange not orange.
Also... Chicago maroon.
That is all thank you.
Sad to say but the athletic department left "burnt orange" and "Chicago maroon" behind a long time ago.
I wish I was.
Fowler is pumped.
Metallica isn't going to fly in, so maybe a live broadcast of them playing Enter Sandman on the giant scoreboard screen?
They do have a live show in Texas that night, so its possible. Idk what time the show is though
According to this Metallica plays from 8-10pm on saturday... so Maybe?! https://www.aclfestival.com/schedule-weekend-one/#saturday-2018-10-06
8-10 PM in Austin, TX
Thoughts on what the wrinkle is?
My #sauces tell me that the skydivers with the flags are coming back and ABC is going to be covering it pretty heavily. I'd imagine a lot of shots of Lane going crazy from dudes who jumped out of a plane.
OMG Yall please dont start the Metallica coming to Lane stuff LOL
To the Flight Tracker!!!!
They aren't coming. They are just doing Enter Sandman live from their Texas Concert.. Keep up.
I don't see why Chris Fowler would be hinting at something like that when Tech hasn't hinted at anything. It's going to be something to do with they way they cover it. Possibly them in the crowd or something like that.
I'm not trying to bring it down or anything, it just wouldn't make any sense.
My buddy just told me he saw a big crate labeled "METALLICA HOLOGRAM MACHINE" out behind Merryman.
EVERYBODY, wasknick said Metallica was coming to Lane!!!
Yes I heard they are gonna be the skydivers jumping into Lane and they are gonna play it while in the air after their schutes deploy.
Brandon Flowers also dropped hints at a special surprise on the "This is Home" podcast. He said to be in your seats early.
I don't know about you guys, but I might be an island of maroon in the field of orange that is my section...
This is why we can't have nice things.
Have to see if I can find/buy an orange sweatshirt. Mine are all maroon.
Luckily, they're selling a shirt specific for this game for $9!
Ayyyy that's the spirit!
Hm, maybe from our new TKP sponsor?
ALL MAROON EVERYTHING!!!!!
Is it me....or does VT just over hype this stuff. I'm sure it will be cool and will look great on TV, but does some of this stuff become too much?
The short answer: No.
I'd downvote you if I didn't respect your opinion.
Haha. Like I said, I think the pregame stuff will be cool and look great. I was just wondering if anyone thought that we were trying to hard. I'm honestly not sure if we are or aren't....just wanted to get people's thoughts
Oregon and Maryland are on line two. We good man. Go Hokies!
Can we get an update to this?
http://www.thekeyplay.com/content/2014/august/5/gobblermetrics-allmaroon...