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Anything can happen in the world of College Football
It would make sense. Its long enough ago to really miss it, yet recent enough to still have extremely vivid memories.
I will reserve judgement until we see final color/finish/decals.
I will say, the earlier rendering someone on TKP did with the racing stripe as HokieStone was more effective because of how subtle it was. This makes it look a bit...heavy...
Of course, now I'm imagining Darth Weaver. Thanks guys
I totally went for the down vote. I don't like this rendering of it, although I'm not 100% opposed to the idea. If they get it right then it *might* look cool. I just wish we would stick to a basic uniform (#ALLMAROONEVERYTHING) and then just do a special 1 or 2 the rest of the year.
I actually liked these a lot:
I LOVE IT!!!!!!!
I'M SORRY FOR YELLING!
Note: Can anyone tell me why a Google Image search for "Mike O'Cain and Brian Stinespring" produced a picture of Seal?
Helmets carved from stone!!!!
This. A million times. Exactly why its my avi.
I like it and here are my reasons....
- It's unique. Sure, lots of schools have stone architecture, accents and finishes. Embracing it on this level is awesome. Anyone can do camo, hydrocrome, flat black or put a stupid design on a helmet. NO other school can pull this off!!
- Recruiting - The recruits will like it. This beats the hell out of last year's domes selection.
- Players - They will like them too. They are surrounded by Hokie Stone for 5 years. They will buy in and rock these helmets hard (get it...)
- Visual Appeal - These will look good on TV. Sure they don't rock my world while I am sitting in my office, but they will look good on TV and from the stands. Especially if paired with the right uniform combo - Maybe Grey pants (from that James Gayle pic we all thought was fake for the Bama game) and Maroon Jersey... Look, I know it's not the #ALLMAROONEVERYTHING that we all want, but times are changing and this isn't two turkey tracks slapped crookedly on a white helmet. Side note - We will see the all maroon again... just be patient.
- Campus Exposure - I hope we wear these for one of our "big" (lol) home games that ESPN or ABC covers. The announcers could talk about the helmets then show a segment on the campus explaining Hokie Stone. This gives us a chance to show off the place we love. Great for recruiting students and all the alums can get all excited when they see the old science building on TV during the game.
What happened to brand identity? I predict they look awful on the field
Tweet, Snapchat, Facebook, and whatever else the hell you kids use today, him. If I had any of these I'd be in.
I say we bring these back
BRING THIS BACK!
I still like the helmet, but god is this what things have come to?! Even yahoo making fun of us!? Someone, please, I'm begging you, go become our uni designer...
Unfortunately I can't downvote myself (Damn you Joe for putting sensible logic on the voting system) but as far as downvoting for the sole purpose of this, don't worry about it for me. I've got plenty of turkey legs to spare.
I'll reiterate that I like the CONCEPT but I do not like the initial implementation. Upvote
Looks like Yahoo has picked up on it
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/hokie-stone-helmets-thin...
first of all...I don't think you can downvote yourself. Secondly, I refuse to use the downvote unless absolutely necessary (like if someone says something tasteless or offensive)...therefore I won't be downvoting you but consider this as my vote. (I won't upvote you, if that makes you feel better)
I don't have a Twitter account so I can't do this. But I propose that everyone tweets at Matthew Sams and asks him why Billdozer didn't win even though he clearly had more votes.
Well no one knows what anything is until they are shown it the first time. The cartoon Hokie Bird isn't a universal constant embedded in conciousness from birth. Some designer created it in the 90s.
Every VT fan recognizes Hokie Stone the second they see it because, after their first day on campus, they saw it everywhere and learned about what it was and why it was unique to VT. But they didn't always know what it was, they had to see it first.
So when VT trots out of the tunnel wearing these people are going to say "what the hell is that?" and then they will know once the announcer explains them.
And for the exact same reasons...downvote. (except, as stated above, I refuse to actually downvote)