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<blockquote data-quote="CuseJacket" data-source="post: 52639" data-attributes="member: 274"><p>I hear a lot of folks reference the GT brand and the history behind the uniform. This is just my 2 cents in response to that. Hopefully this resonates with a few folks.</p><p></p><p>Context - I'm in my 30's and enrolled at GT in 2002. Pre-GT I spent my first 18 years in Syracuse, went to almost every 'Cuse home game, and watched football non-stop on Saturdays. As a result I consider myself more than just an average college football fan with some representative, outside perspective. I chose GT in part due to its relevance in college football and college basketball.</p><p></p><p>Before coming to GT -</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I had no idea what a traditional GT uniform looked like</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I had no idea GT always wore white at home and on the road</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I had no idea who Bobby Dodd was</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I had no idea GT had 4 national championships</li> </ul><p></p><p>There are a lot of variables that might have changed that. If I had grown up in the southeast in the era of (primarily) local game-watching options, perhaps I would understand. Perhaps I would have learned those things with age, who knows. I'm sure some believe this is an "ignorant yankee" attitude. Really though I hope this just comes across as another perspective, and I believe the four bullet points above likely reflect what the majority of college football fans across the country understand as well (especially those who grew up in the 80's or later).</p><p></p><p>For the record, I like the uniforms in the poster. The point is, unless folks just want old uniforms for the sake of identifying with our fellow GT fans, I don't see much of a reason to hang our hats on "our identity" which few identify with. All of this is even more true when we start posturing about what 18-year-old, ESPN/FS1/RSN/BIG Network/PAC Network-era recruits like, which is ultimately who the new designs are targeting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CuseJacket, post: 52639, member: 274"] I hear a lot of folks reference the GT brand and the history behind the uniform. This is just my 2 cents in response to that. Hopefully this resonates with a few folks. Context - I'm in my 30's and enrolled at GT in 2002. Pre-GT I spent my first 18 years in Syracuse, went to almost every 'Cuse home game, and watched football non-stop on Saturdays. As a result I consider myself more than just an average college football fan with some representative, outside perspective. I chose GT in part due to its relevance in college football and college basketball. Before coming to GT - [LIST] [*]I had no idea what a traditional GT uniform looked like [*]I had no idea GT always wore white at home and on the road [*]I had no idea who Bobby Dodd was [*]I had no idea GT had 4 national championships [/LIST] There are a lot of variables that might have changed that. If I had grown up in the southeast in the era of (primarily) local game-watching options, perhaps I would understand. Perhaps I would have learned those things with age, who knows. I'm sure some believe this is an "ignorant yankee" attitude. Really though I hope this just comes across as another perspective, and I believe the four bullet points above likely reflect what the majority of college football fans across the country understand as well (especially those who grew up in the 80's or later). For the record, I like the uniforms in the poster. The point is, unless folks just want old uniforms for the sake of identifying with our fellow GT fans, I don't see much of a reason to hang our hats on "our identity" which few identify with. All of this is even more true when we start posturing about what 18-year-old, ESPN/FS1/RSN/BIG Network/PAC Network-era recruits like, which is ultimately who the new designs are targeting. [/QUOTE]
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