I thought the opinions of Tech fans was what we were talking about. I don't give a damn what not-Tech fans say. And I doubt you or I really have a clue just how large a group of fans don't like blue. There were apparently enough last year for TStan to try to defend it by referring to that bogus 1890-something article that talked about blue being a CLASS color, not a SCHOOL color.
There's a difference between large and vocal. Let's get real...look around at a football game. You see all kinds of colors. There are those that are in white. There are those in gold/yellow. There are those in some other color or pattern. But by and far, the largest majority of fans are wearing navy blue something. This coming in the face of the school calling for people to come out in gold. Walk around campus, the kids wear mostly navy Tech gear. Go to the bookstore, most of the merchandise is navy blue. It is the predominate color for tech gear, period. These retailers aren't stupid, they're there to make money. They will sell whatever enough people want. The reason the majority of the merchandise is navy blue is because that is what the majority of the purchasing power buys. That's irrefutable by anyone who understand a free market and commerce.
Coach Diesel spelling? did indeed invent the idea of using three teams at LSU to win the national championship that year. He had a "GO" team of the best offensive players and the best passing quarterback, a "STOP " or "White" team of the best athletes and best defenders, and the Chinese Bandits who were not particularly big or fast but generally would hit people and arrive in a bad mood. He dressed them in a publicity stunt wearing Chinese bandit masks from a local Chinese restaurant and the rest is history.
You do realize, I trust, that one reason you see so much blue gear available to the public and visible at games is because that is essentially all that is sold. Neither you nor I have any idea whether gold would outsell blue IF OFFERED, but how can you buy gold gear, if it's not even on the shelves. Is it not there because it sells out so quickly? If so, then that alone should indicate the desire for gold. Fortunately, what little (and I mean VERY LITTLE) Tech gear is available in Augusta is always gold / yellow.
Clemson orange existed long before the Tiger Paw, just like White and Gold exited long before the interlocking GT.
Although not quite as vocal as me, Gold1 is also adamantly opposed to the substitution of blue as a primary Tech color, and he is in his 20s. So it's not just old farts like me who don't like blue.
Prior to the Tiger Paw Clemson was DEFINITELY recognizable by the orange look. But it was really neither the color nor the tiger paw that made Clemson recognizable, it was the winning begun by Danny Ford. We used to make fun of that when they came to Atlanta every year. And the orange that Clemson uses is far brighter and more prominent than the orange used by other teams.
The white and gold together at the bottom of your post lacks visual “pop”. That’s a big no-no in graphic design and corporate identity/logo design. There’s just not enough contrast for the casual observer to notice it and have it stand out from any background visual noise. It also creates big problems trying to read numbers and names on jerseys at a distance in a stadium. That is why navy blue and sometimes black is used as trim or outlines.
Lol no teams mainly wear gold. There's like 50 teams that mainly wear blue. You're losing this one