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By: jewilso2
on November 21, 2013, 11:56 AM | 26 comments

From the sporting news..

Virginia Tech fans petition for 'Horse on a treadmill' helmets

Published 2 days and 21 hours ago Last updated 2 days and 18 hours ago

By Troy MachirSporting News
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Having already seen their team don the unique "Hokie Stone" helmets, Virginia Tech fans are petitioning that the school create another special helmet in honor of one of the university's most popular cult traditions.

Over the past year, "Horse on a treadmill" has gained significant popularity on campus thanks to the school's "Invent the Future" commercial that features Virginia Tech scientists monitoring a horse running on a treadmill.

The petition, started by Sam Rubenking, is quite simple: Put "Horse on Treadmill" on the Hokies' helmet for the team's season finale against Virginia on No. 30. As of Monday afternoon, the petition has over 500 signatures, and some of the reasons for signing the signature are quite hilarious.

"I came to Tech after seeing the horse in a commercial"

"Without that horse, I wouldn't even know how to horse."

"IT MEANS SO MUCH BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE HAS A HORSE ON A TREADMILL"

"Horse on treadmill is a part of VT history and tradition."

Will the university allow the football team to wear helmets adorned with "Horse on a treadmill?" Probably not, but a guy can dream, can't he?

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AMB4VT's picture AMB4VT | 12 years 7 months #

I might be the lone one here but....I don't want these on our helmets...

@AMB4VT

VTimHokie85's picture VTimHokie85 | 12 years 7 months # ^

You are not alone.

@VTimHokie85

Chilhokie's picture Chilhokie | 12 years 7 months # ^

I don't even think we should wear helmets.

"Yeah, it do." - Mike Vick

play.hokies's picture play.hokies | 12 years 7 months # ^

I logged in to up vote this one. Sum tuff sunbeaches, we are.

"The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. " Rocky B.

Pierson Booher's picture Pierson Booher | 12 years 7 months # ^

This has a similar feel as when Ole Miss decided to change their Old South mascot Colonel Reb and Admiral Ackbar gained a lot of steam amongst the student body.

Regardless, this would be an embarrassment, plain and simple.

Next thing you know, we're going to see a petition for paper airplanes on a helmet.

VTBlackout's picture VTBlackout
| 12 years 7 months # ^

Never.

The Dude Abides

rogue_nine9's picture rogue_nine9 | 12 years 7 months # ^

Ackbar would make a better DC than mascot, he knows how to recognize a trap.

VTGuitarMan's picture VTGuitarMan
🎸OG LEG KING 🎸
| 12 years 7 months # ^

It's great as an inside joke and a great video for the stadium, but literally no one outside of VT will understand it or think it's funny. It's also a poor time to try to feature horses on helmets, since the UVA mascot, you know, rides out on a horse. Imagine the punchlines...

"Exit light..."

Egbert's picture Egbert
BEER
| 12 years 7 months # ^

And he never makes it anywhere because he's too stupid to realize the horse is on a treadmill.

This is going to be great for the ACC.

AMB4VT's picture AMB4VT | 12 years 7 months # ^

I love the horse on a treadmill....I just don't think it would look good as a helmet is all. And I
believe most people wouldn't understand. I think just seeing it on the video board at the games
would be awesome enough.

@AMB4VT

Egbert's picture Egbert
BEER
| 12 years 7 months # ^

They're not going to do it.
There's not enough time and no money in the budget for a new helmet in the next 10 days.

This is going to be great for the ACC.

HorseOnATreadmill's picture HorseOnATreadmill
| 12 years 7 months # ^

:(

AMB4VT's picture AMB4VT | 12 years 7 months # ^

Oh horse I mean no offense. You know I love ya ;)

@AMB4VT

Egbert's picture Egbert
BEER
| 12 years 7 months #

with 1,379 supporters

This is going to be great for the ACC.

HDubya's picture HDubya | 12 years 7 months #

This is absurd. We don't need more helmets.

"Go Hokies!" - Thomas Jefferson
@HaydenDubya

VTBlackout's picture VTBlackout
| 12 years 7 months #

Maybe a commemorative patch on the jersey? Dozer, can you mock up some for the Athletic Department.

The Dude Abides

vhokie's picture vhokie | 12 years 7 months #

At times this year it seems like our football program has been a horse on a treadmill...

VHokie

Blue Collar Hokie's picture Blue Collar Hokie | 12 years 7 months #

i cant help but think tkp has a least a little bit to do with hoat's popularity.

"That kid you're talking to right there, I think he played his nuts off! And you can quote me on that shit!" -Bud Foster

HorseOnATreadmill's picture HorseOnATreadmill
| 12 years 7 months # ^

I like to think so

The Drop Bear's picture The Drop Bear | 12 years 7 months #

This just serves as further evidence that the Horse on a Treadmill certainly has a colt following ...

"Mountains get big cause they have no natural predators." - Ken M

Leonard's picture Leonard | 12 years 7 months #

Inside jokes are only cool to people on the inside.

Here's a good rule for helmet logos -

If it's going to take the ESPNU commentator more than 14 seconds to explain the logo, it's probably a bad idea.

Leonard. Duh.

HorseOnATreadmill's picture HorseOnATreadmill
| 12 years 7 months # ^

They won't need to explain it, we'll just show Discover 2010 every commercial break

Hokie_since_92's picture Hokie_since_92 | 12 years 7 months #

Just VT please..

Touchdown Tech - Bill Roth

RetiredHokie13's picture RetiredHokie13 | 12 years 7 months #

Um - no