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10 years 6 months
# | AD Whit Babcock Promises Uniform, Fundraising, Facilities Changes Coming in 2016 Football still lags behind, we need more recruiters on staff. It was pretty shocking how little support staff was in place until a few years ago
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10 years 6 months
# | AD Whit Babcock Promises Uniform, Fundraising, Facilities Changes Coming in 2016 I'm a big fan of alternates and have loved the metallic grey unis I've been seeing. i really think that Whit gets what players and fans like and I hope he continues what he's done. I'm also excited for other programs to get a consistent look. The few time's I've had the pleasure of speaking with Whit he is obviously a Hokie through and through. Comments got me like...
Much like Frank, I find it less than sportsmanlike to blow a team out, and it makes a more exciting game when it's close at the end. The Oklahoma game was a tribute to my team's mental toughness which is critical to the ongoing process of building this program.
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# | AD Whit Babcock Promises Uniform, Fundraising, Facilities Changes Coming in 2016 There has been a Whit-ism:
braggadocious
Meaning: Let's not get all hoo-like with it.
Yes, let's NOT!
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10 years 6 months
# | AD Whit Babcock Promises Uniform, Fundraising, Facilities Changes Coming in 2016 Just a couple of quick thoughts:
Whit came off incredibly level headed and pragmatic. He understands the university's current perception within the college athletics world but is steadfast in aggressively raising our profile. I love his reaction to the UVa win- not a prisoner of the moment but uses it as a milepost in how the basketball program has improved.
Thank you for pushing for a Thursday night game. I know it's a struggle for alumni to travel to Blacksburg on a work day but that game is for the current students and the NRV community. The Thursday night game is an unique staple of our program and shouldn't be thrown away because of logistics.
Don't really care about uniform changes...if the current players like them, then great.
I wished he got into the VT-ECU relationship. I'm sure he knows that a large faction of our fanbase isn't happy about it. I would have loved for him to get into the situation a little bit.
Watched nearly all of the Clemson-OU game, went downtown for NYE and watched the entire MSU-Bama game, wife is an MSU alum. She didn't take that loss very well, not that I blame her.
I understand not wanting these games on NYE. I will watch almost all bowl games anytime, I just feel like the biggest games should be on 1/1. That's what I'm used to.
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10 years 6 months
# | AD Whit Babcock Promises Uniform, Fundraising, Facilities Changes Coming in 2016 Whit is the man.
Excited about the uniforms. I honestly don't mind what we have worn over the years, but something new is probably needed. I just want to see all of the crazy combos. Maroon jersey with white/maroon pants. All white on the road (maybe maroon pants). I think Whit is all about simplicity and consistency.
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10 years 6 months
# | AD Whit Babcock Promises Uniform, Fundraising, Facilities Changes Coming in 2016 see IMO if VT uses this anthracite gray it will be the main color and then maroon and/or orange will be accents like the stripes and on helmet.
Look at oregon's style above and imagine that with a maroon or orange instead of the volt yellow..
Shockwave told it like it is somebody else with no substantiated source told it behind a paywall with zero accountability and shoved it down everyone's throat as the gospel of all #sauces
yeah... sigh.... really miss that guy
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10 years 6 months
# | AD Whit Babcock Promises Uniform, Fundraising, Facilities Changes Coming in 2016 I looked up anthracite on google images and this is what came up:
Edit: Should've refreshed the page to see the use of the color on the Nike uniforms above. Sorry guys.
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10 years 6 months
# | AD Whit Babcock Promises Uniform, Fundraising, Facilities Changes Coming in 2016 Yeah, I think this is where we're going. As an accent color or a one-off I've got zero problems with it -- aside from the silly print pattern on the numbers, I loved our Boise State FedEx game uniform as a one-time special, and it was maybe one notch darker than this.
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# | AD Whit Babcock Promises Uniform, Fundraising, Facilities Changes Coming in 2016 
If anyone is wondering what anthracite grey looks like here is what nike uses for Oregon's
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10 years 6 months
# | AD Whit Babcock Promises Uniform, Fundraising, Facilities Changes Coming in 2016 I am really happy with the direction Whit is taking us. He just gets it. While some people might be upset hearing about gray/black unis, I think the important thing is he states his preference is the clean, traditional look that we all love.
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# | AD Whit Babcock Promises Uniform, Fundraising, Facilities Changes Coming in 2016 I really hope theyre sleeveless...
His senior highlights look like he's just thinking faster than anyone else on the field. Ridiculous moves.
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10 years 6 months
# | AD Whit Babcock Promises Uniform, Fundraising, Facilities Changes Coming in 2016 I'm really liking the themes of our Athletic Department over the last few years.
Weaver, the older seasoned caretaker who had spotty support and plenty of critics, replaced by a younger more energetic AD who has proven to have more up-to-date ideas and techniques. The most important part of the transition from Weaver to Babcock is that Weaver left a great foundation for Babcock to build on.
Similarly, Beamer, the older seasoned coach who was losing supporters with each loss and thus had a growing number of critics, replaced by a younger more energetic coach who has proven to have a more up-to-date offensive philosophy and results. The most important part of the transition from Beamer to Fuente is that Beamer left a great foundation for Fuente to build on.
I think if Fuente can do half of the job following Beamer that Babcock did following Weaver we're going to be very very happy with our football team in a very short period of time. That's super exciting.
no pressure...Fuente :p
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# | AD Whit Babcock Promises Uniform, Fundraising, Facilities Changes Coming in 2016 "Obviously TV and the ACC determine a lot of our kickoff times, maybe 10 or 11 out of 12, but when we have the ability to control them like we did this year for Furman, more often than not, we'll look at 3:30 p.m.," Babcock said.
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10 years 6 months
# | AD Whit Babcock Promises Uniform, Fundraising, Facilities Changes Coming in 2016 Good get and good work, but one bone to pick:
Few things fire up the fanbase — and get them to open their wallets — like new uniforms
With all due respect, this is insane. Get Twitter and the various forums talking? Yup. Excite players and recruits? Sure. But licensing revenue coming to VT (as opposed to staying with Nike) per incremental new uni set? It's difficult to believe that competes with even something as basic as gameday food and drink. And scan the club level at Lane for jerseys if you want an indication of how much they move truly big donors. You won't see many.
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10 years 6 months
# | AD Whit Babcock Promises Uniform, Fundraising, Facilities Changes Coming in 2016 I see it as more of a dark metallic-ish gray. Kinda like these but hopefully a matte painted helmet with the anthracite being used just as stripes in the jersey and around the numbers maybe.
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# | AD Whit Babcock Promises Uniform, Fundraising, Facilities Changes Coming in 2016 I triple dog dare someone to post "anthracite grey uniforms coming in 2016 for Bristol" over to TSL with the information from this interview.
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10 years 6 months
# | AD Whit Babcock Promises Uniform, Fundraising, Facilities Changes Coming in 2016 Every time I read something Whit has said, I always come away with a stupid ass grin on my face..
via GIPHY
Every time!!!
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10 years 6 months
# | AD Whit Babcock Promises Uniform, Fundraising, Facilities Changes Coming in 2016 Great stuff. Can't wait to see what the uniforms look like. I wish we would unveil them before signing day to push some of those bubble guys on the fence. If not, I'm sure someone in the old basketball regime is still here that might know a thing or two about the bubble before a big decision.
Also, I kinda like the Friday night games. Don't ask why. Because I don't know.
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# | AD Whit Babcock Promises Uniform, Fundraising, Facilities Changes Coming in 2016 This is awesome Alex!! Killin it already this year!!
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10 years 6 months
# | AD Whit Babcock Promises Uniform, Fundraising, Facilities Changes Coming in 2016 Soooooo the fact he said anthracite is a pretty big indicator that color is going to be used. He could have just said grey.
It's a work in progress, but finishing out on the recruiting trail will be invaluable to securing those wins in the future.