For the first time since playing Duke on Oct 28, 2017 the Hokies are wearing orange helmets in football. Which is odd, because the school went out of it's way to say they were mothballed with the redesign last year.
Orange Effect. 🦃 pic.twitter.com/ExLzBzamGj— Hokies Football 🦃 (@HokiesFB) September 13, 2019
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I am surprised too. When I won one at the yearly auction - when picking it up I was told we wouldn't be wearing them "for a long time."
I'm glad they are back. But I wish we would wear them under the lights instead of during the day. They pop at night.
Oh I'm glad too. I love this helmet but agree with your point. Would really prefer it for the Duke night game.
And with Little Timmy wearing it too! Would love to have #4 on the team
As a self-proclaimed uniform snob that has chosen to die on the hill of #TeamNoOrange, I'm at the point where I'm happy with any color combination as long as we can score points and keep the other team from scoring as much as us.
#teamnoorange here and bro, we ain't dyin', we piling up bodies on that hill.
I'll die on this hill as well. Then after I die, I will haunt every one of you orange lovin' fools for all eternity.
I'm with you brothers!
I would like to officially request that we eliminate orange entirely as a school color. But I'll settle with never putting it on a football uniform again.
Put me on the pile of bodies!
noted
Generally #teamnoorange here as well and this is about as much as I'm willing to do. Though I'll admit the one off orange jerseys we wore against UNC two years ago were nice.
Loved those unis, so much more than what we have now. They'd look great in maroon too.
This is the only way to do orange effect. Thank goodness we are not seeing an all orange jersey and pants. #teamnoorange here too.
This is the best look we have with the current crop of underwhelming jerseys.
Love these helmets, wish I would have bought one in the auction.
#teamallorangeeverything and that is all
another body.
#AME
How is OMM orange effect? Shouldn't we wear a little more than just a helmet for it?
I see you haven't been introduced to this fanbase's insecurities over one of our official colors
Oh. I have. I'm team AOE.
And yes, it's a 50% of our official colors.
Team AOE Represent!
I will not down vote opinions.
a 3rd
There are dozens of us. Dozens!
At least the team is wearing some orange. When Orange Effect started, we didn't have any orange uniform parts.
Bitter agrees 😛
Damn. I usually give fuck all about unis, but that is a sexy combo.
I don't care about uniforms. I care about victories.
I'm teamnoorange, however this is the only orange piece of equipment I like. And using it as really an accent to the MM is pretty nice imo.
'Orange Effect' should be what happens when the minimalistic orange piping highlights the bad-assary of the maroon helmets and uniforms.
Not 'we look like pumpkin-heads and it's too early for Halloween, so this is confusing' look.
P.S. :
Can someone please fire Stripey McStripeman from the equipment room?
That's not a real person.
Orange effect should be either the beamers last game jerseys or the Bristol helmet/pants with orange jersey. All Pumpkin Everything
PUMPKIN SPICE HOKIES!!!!
Let's make this a thing??!!