I'm pretty sure MOST people on this site are very happy knowing the HokiesFB twitter account announced this morning that the team will wear maroon-maroon-white Thursday night. Does this mean I'm allowed to wear my maroon jersey?
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one question would be, why would I be forced to wear an orange jersey when I wore an orange jersey for the Stripe out game (which was noticeably warmer) and freeze my butt off?
Is stripe out the new Orange effect?
is the maroon jersey made of fleece and the orange of mesh? I don't get it?
Imagine how rich we could get if we could just find a way to make sweatshirts and jackets in orange
no it's because maroon is a naturally darker color, which means it absorbs heat and doesn't deflect heat like lighter colors like white and orange do
/s
also it's because I don't have any orange jackets or sweatshirts and I don't see a reason to freeze my butt off if the players aren't even wearing orange
It's Thursday night, don't you have school?
but your name is ICE hokie guy? lol you should change it to sunshine hokie guy!
(Sidenote: If its a night game does it matter what color you are wearing? I thought that was only to absorb sunlight?)
Want to wear a jacket that will keep you plenty warm and allow you to be a part of orange effect in your orange jersey...
DRINK BOURBON.
You wear the maroon hoodie underneath the Jersey, but I was young and dumb once too. At the 2007 BC Matty-Ice 2 minute drill in the rain game, I only had a blue rain poncho and didn't want to cover up my orange hoodie so I never wore the thing and ended up in the campus clinic with bronchitis and a URI the next day. If I had not been tailgating all day and a little smarter I would have wore the damn poncho under the hoodie and likely saved myself the misery and 2 week suspension from drinking while on antibiotics.
Moral of the story is obviously Fuck Matt Ryan
With an icicle
Had a friend wear the poncho under the shirt and he froze...while the poncho will keep you dry you are basically wrapping yourself in a cold cloth
As long as we're talking about uniforms....
We absolutely need to rip off what LSU did last week with their helmets, and come up with maroon metallic helmets that reflect orange when light hits them. That purple to yellow effect was really cool this past week.
Everyone will need to up their Hokie Club donations because that iridescent paint is $1,500 a gallon.
Oh look LSU doesn't have any shoulder stripes.
those LSU unis are the best i think i've seen in as long as i've watched cfb. only possible contender being our white pro combats we wore at Maryland in 09 or 10.
I would be okay if we stopped doing Orange Effect all together. Maroon Effect, maybe a stripe effect every so often, but it's getting to where it seems every game is an effect game.
Give me Maroon, Maroon, White as our standard and AME in Night Games Only for home.
Marking off the 'Complain about Orange' bingo square
I think we've hit every possible combination of bingo now
If you guys can't af-"ford" to donate to the Hokie Club, you should write an open letter to Whit Babcock to complain about Orange Effect. Personally, I think recruits like Drew Harris like the orange uniforms, as well as the current players like Lawson, who is kind of like a poor man's Paxton Lynch, and we can't af-ford to have him transfer. Of course, if he does transfer, it's next man up as always, and we have plenty of tight ends to choose from, but that's really a question for French.
We really should be worried more about going 1-0 this week. It's Chop Block O'Clock, and just as sure as Emma Watson is Hermione Granger, CPJ is gonna cheat. If we can't get this game, the bowl streak is over, the ACC wheel of destiny will start spinning, and we'll have less chances at the Coastal title than fans at the UVa Spring Game.
Speaking of UVa, they lost to UMBC in basketball. It was funny. Fuck Matty Ryan AND Pat Narduzzi.
Leonard is this what you do at work
This stuff just flies off of me like dandelions in the wind, Holmes.
You would have fit in well during the Bill Dooley era. Orange was non-existent.
Well, I do think Charlie Moir used it on occasion for the Men's BBall team, but obviously Bill did not approve of it. Bill also did not approve of the forward pass, but that's a discussion for another day.
Orange effect is the only real one that has worked in the past. The odd maroon doesn't stick out in a sea of orange, but a little orange surrounded by maroon looks ruins the intended effect. The orange effect games have always looked pretty good
Maroon Effects look good too, they just don't have that bright pop that the Orange Effects do - especially at night.
2017 vs. Clemson
In my opinion that photo is not Maroon Effect. It's Maroon/Black/Navy/Dark Forest Green/Dark Brown/Red Effect. I agree, however, that the Orange Effect just pops and looks great in pull-back shots like this, or when we did the card stunts like "This is Home".
I had little hope that the stripe effect would work out well based on how many people I see fail at the O/M/WO effects, but I was actually really impressed with the result. I'd rather see that than full on Maroon Effect, actually.
Revised theme game ideas
Maroon Effect (for night games)
Stripe out (for night games)
HokieStone Effect (white, gray, and black)(for anytime game)
I like white out and orange effect as much as the next guy, but clemson does it every week, and it doesn't have the same impact against teams like Clemson and Miami, every team in the country does a white out, so why not do a HokieStone effect and make it unique?
Thoughts?
I don't know how a lot of people feel about the hokie stone unis but I really like them as a one off. or bring back the old hokie stone helmet for GT. we did have some success in those against them. I think the problem is its really hard to get your hands on any of the hokiestone or black gear.
We would have needed to bring back those uniforms, along with Kyle Fuller, to have had any chance of stopping GT's triple option.
How about the: "Win The Damn Game" Effect.... where we win the damn game.....
Took my Thunder.
Less Glamour. More Tenacity.
If they are going to do Orange Effect, it should be done in September when it is warmer. Not a lot of people have orange sweatshirts or jackets. I'm bringing the maroon hoodie for this one.
Now HokieStone effect is something I would go for.
It all depends on the schedule and the potential big games (OSU, Clemson, ND, etc).
Also, there is an attempt to switch colors back and forth between long sleeve and short sleeve each year, if possible.
And that switching is part of the problem. We didn't have these kind of problems when orange was always short sleeves and maroon was always long sleeves.
The long sleeved Effect game is scheduled late enough in the season that most folks are wearing coats or hoodies, or something else other than just a shirt. And the majority of the VT coats and hoodies out there are maroon, not orange.
lol of all the things to complain about "I don't like the selection of orange VT apparel" has got to be up there...
I didn't say I don't like the selection of orange VT apparel. I'm saying that it's not as readily available. I actually don't mind the long sleeve orange shirts on their own merits.
I've hunted for orange Nike Dri Fit attire for years and this was the first year I've actually seen any...
But switching the colors is what keeps the revenue up on the shirt sales.
Also, a main decision point is the opponent. You're not going to want to do Maroon Effect vs. BC or FSU and Orange Effect vs. Miami, UVA, Clemson, or Syracuse.
Funny you should say that. One of my favorite loluva, Al Groh moments was when he had an Orange Effect game for a night game (I think it was a Thursday) against, you guessed it, Clemson.
I have my 79-80 vintage orange Fighting Gobbler windbreaker that I am hoping a sweatshirt will fit under for this game.
Just scored a gently used orange LL Bean fleece snap-tee at Goodwill for $5. It's going to Blacksburg tomorrow with Leonard in it for a trial run.
#sickofwinning
Remember when everyone thought the stripe effect was going to fail miserably?
Couldn't even tell we were going for any sort of effect in the stands tonight.
Remember when people were on here complaining they didn't even know they were trying to stripe the stadium??? And it turned out alright, even though they complained they weren't notified. It wasn't nationally advertised, so...
Last night, it's not like ESPN built it up as an Orange Effect game. Those that are taking pleasure in the maroon/orange/black/whatever salt-n-pepper look last night are those that are upset because the product is bad and admatalnty refuse to wear orange for whatever reason. So, I take it with a huge grain of salt. The orange effect should never be scheduled at night. And shouldn't be scheduled in late October. As far as the look last night, it looked like a lot of Hokies in the stands. Period.
I'm a little bummed we won't see the Hokies in orange jerseys on Thursday. I was hoping for the maroon|orange|white look that was worn in the 2008 and 2012 Orange Effect wins vs. GT.
VT is 11-4 in orange jerseys since '94.
2008 Orange Effect:
2012 Orange Effect:
2018 potential combo (@Hokie20 template):
VT wore the maroon|maroon|white combo at GT last year and lost...
I get that the fans were already superstitious of orange, and then the ODU loss happened, but non-forum fans seem to be OK to continue White Effect white jerseys at home after losing to FCS JMU for White Effect 2010?
However, the positive of the maroon|maroon|white combo is that it was worn for the very first Orange Effect game in 2002 (35-14 Homecoming win vs. Rutgers). The shirt design this year is a throwback to the original 2002 design of "How 'bout them Hokies?".
#BeatGT
2008 unis = SHARP!
lol I remember when TSL had a literal week long meltdown when those things were announced. It was like the apocalypse was upon us
lol I remember when TKP had a literal week long meltdown when those things were announced. It was like the apocalypse was upon us...
Oh, we're not talking about ODU ....
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Side note. Did Martin have the shortest vertical leap ever for a catch there?
I know socks and shoes are a minor detail to a lot of people when it comes to uniforms, but I wish Tech would wear black shoes and black socks when they wear maroon helmets. I feel like they balance each other really well. I'm not a fan of the white socks and shoes unless they're wearing white helmets. Tech wore black shoes and black socks for every game in 2003 which was my favorite season uniform-wise in the history of VT.
Wearing no orange on orange effect? Why have a orange effect at all then
Stands, field, coaches...
I'm more want the athelts to wear orange
It's worth noting that the endzone wordmarks are currently being painted orange with white outlining. Between the field paint being orange and the crowd hopefully being dominantly orange, it'll still feel like an Orange Effect.
"Yea, that's great, but who are the chefs?"
I cannot see someone painting end zones and not ask who the chefs are.
That's some effective advertising, 22 years old and still in the public consciousness, right down to the product and slogan.
Great googley moogley.
I have always preferred maroon.
I hope we steal their jerseys and make them wear our orange jerseys.
The shitty backwards Nike swoosh will always be my favorite part of this whole episode.
I enjoyed the win as well.
Have you guys already forgotten the last time we wore orange jerseys? I absolutely never want to see VT wear orange jerseys ever again.
What about the last time we wore all maroon? Or the time before that?
Not sure why they don't at least go with orange helmets. Definitely don't want orange as primary color on our jerseys but this just defeats the purpose of the effect games.
Actually i like the idea of just doing a Hokie effect with M&O striped stadium and Maroon/Orange jerseys and an Enter Night game (black out) with one off black or gray uniforms.
Drop the maroon and orange effects, both of which are dumbass names anyway. We can't even come up with clever names for these after all tbis time. And DEFINITELY drop the white out bullshit that has zero to do with Hokies or Blacksburg.
I like the white out..... because of the below.
I hate the white out....because of the below
Someone would somehow get offended by those shirts in today's PC world
Nah. Every time a team wears all white I see them use this tagline.
Enter night black out game is a fantastic idea.
Hell yeah it is.
Good. Penn State- the "original" Out Game inventor always wears Blue for their "white out", so since we stole this from them anyway, let's wear our traditional jersey's like they do.
False. Penn State's White Out began in 2004 and Virginia Tech's Orange Effect began in 2002.
The only prominent ones I can think of that are older than Virginia Tech's Effects are Notre Dame's "The Shirt" (since 1990) and Texas A&M's "Maroon Out" (since 1998).
Penn State didn't invent shit.
We invented the future...
Except for those cases of other people we stole ideas from.
So we invent the past too
Seeing as we invented the "team wears all-white for the white out game" as well, you're not wrong. We did that first against Furman.
Update on the Orange Effect field paint.
That looks really sharp. I like it a lot. I feel like when they use the maroon on the field it doesn't look that great.
I hope those not joining us for the game get to see plenty of that end zone paint as we cross the goal line.
and just because there's both worth posting...
She actually says, "Tell me about it, Stud."
Well at least the Obi-wan quote is correct...
Leg for accurate movie quotations....I don't know why, but when people misquote movies it makes me cringe...
I hate that historians always leave off this part of the Gettysburg Address.
Looks like a UVA game at kickoff.
More people running the stairs than fans at an loluva game.
It is crazy that the leaves are still green
Must be photoshopped. Fake news!
Guess we can't wear Maroon anymore /s
The white pants were a poor choice.
This is the uniform I want. Just plain maroon with the numbers and names in burnt orange. No stripes, nothing special. Two colors.
With a matte maroon helmet.
If they ever make an actual honest-to-god Toilet Bowl, I want that team in it just for the color combination.
That was honestly the worst orange effect I've ever seen. The crowd was like 50% maroon. That's how it looked like on TV at least.
Oh it was at least 50% maroon, because half of the crowd didn't own outerwear that's orange. Most of the people (myself included) had on maroon hoodies and jackets over orange shirts.
A $10 orange t-shirt, even with long sleeves, is one thing to ask people to buy. It's unreasonable to expect people to own multiple layers of outerwear in different colors for every other year.
It has occurred to me that I went to the last victory over GT at Lane. That was in 2012, and it was also an Orange Effect Game. One that wasn't a shootout, but went to OT.