2019 GT Official Color Debate (formerly Adidas Swag Watch 2019 **

TheSilasSonRising

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Supersizethatorder-mutt said:
I think too many have forgotten him, but Greg Horne was our first black RB, and he was great !!!
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True, but actually our first African - American signee was from Valdosta H.S. Can not remember his name, but he never made it into the program.

Remember the picture of Carson signing him to a ship under the goalposts at G.F. Immediately after the state championship game.
 
rfripp68

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neb llarmus said:
LSU had two other teams - what were they called?
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In 1958, LSU head coach Paul Dietzel experimented with different methods of keeping players rested. He implemented his "three-platoon system," which split the team into the "White Team," the "Go Team," and the "Chinese Bandits."[1] Each platoon was a unit consisting of eleven players. The White Team was the starting unit. It consisted of the team's most talented players who excelled on both offense and defense.[1] The Go Team was the second string unit that played primarily on offense. The Chinese Bandits were the team's second string defense, and was made up of mainly underclassmen.[2] Dietzel's plan was to swap players out in a platoon-like fashion in order to keep them rested throughout the game. Instead of resting individual players, he replaced all eleven players on the field.[3] Under the rules of the one-platoon system of the time, there were strict limits on how players could be substituted; once a player was pulled from the game, they could not re-enter the game until the next quarter.[4] The Go Team and the Chinese Bandits would thus be placed into the game, in most cases, near what would be anticipated to be the last offensive or defensive series of a quarter respectively, then replaced with the White Team at the beginning of the next.

Dietzel wanted to give the backups on the team an identity they could rally around and take pride in.[3] He named the Chinese Bandits after characters from a Terry and the Pirates comic strip.[5] The comic described the bandits as "the most vicious people in the world."[6] He felt that the name fit with what he wanted to accomplish. Most players in the Bandits unit had seen very little playing time before the 1958 season. What they lacked in experience and skill, Dietzel hoped they would make up for with competitiveness and teamwork.[3]
 
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TheSilasSonRising said:
We beat ugag wearing Black shirts at home in 1985.

Beat them wearing Gold shirts in Athens in 1970.
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Okay we beat them wearing gold jerseys in 1970. That was 48 years ago. We beat them in navy 29 years ago. Bottom line we have had more success recently against ugag wearing Navy than black or gold. Thats a fact.
 
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GT_receivers said:
Okay we beat them wearing gold jerseys in 1970. That was 48 years ago. We beat them in navy 29 years ago. Bottom line we have had more success recently against ugag wearing Navy than black or gold. Thats a fact.
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One win in each color does not mean more success in any of them. More RECENT success, yes, but more, no. Besides how many times have we beat them wearing white jerseys? The last 3 wins for sure which qualifies not only as more recent but as more. :p
 

TheSilasSonRising

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GT_receivers said:
Okay we beat them wearing gold jerseys in 1970. That was 48 years ago. We beat them in navy 29 years ago. Bottom line we have had more success recently against ugag wearing Navy than black or gold. Thats a fact.
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I agree. But I simply answered, and corrected, something you had put in your original post.
 
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Gold1 said:
And here are Pitt's new track jerseys. What are we doing?
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