Thank you for making my point. Large programs have sufficient demand as to minimize obsolete inventory. They can AFFORD variation. Smaller programs cannot. The setup costs and smaller runs are disastrous.
I actually believe if we wore gold and white most of the time nobody from the fan base would be mad or have any complaints. Easy solution for GT but they just won’t do it for some reason
I.e. we start winning 12 - 15 games a year folks will accept just about any color uniform combinations, including fluorescent yellow and shiny navy.
That has literally zero to do with how many different uniforms a team wears throughout the year
I never said it did. Uniform choices have consequences. I'm not judging ... just sta fact.
But you literally said uniform choices affect merchandise programs:
Then you segued that into some weird tangent about how larger programs can afford the variation. But you also love to talk about how many large programs stick to traditional uniforms. I literally have no idea what your stance is anymore. All I know is that my original point still stands:
Perhaps there is a method to their madness. As a Tech fan and alum who went to school in the late 70's/early 80's we wore the same uni's all the time, there never was the incessant chatter about uniforms. We knew what they were and didn't think to question otherwise.
That’s cause it was the late 70s. That is all irrelevant.
I think it was the fact that they didn't change. ever. Nor did anyone else's. It was like the menu at Junior's or Avogadro's number...a constant. Nobody discussed those either. Why bother....It was what it was.
Not really true though. I remember the buzz on campus when we wore gold jerseys against USCe in ‘76 or ‘77. Yes we wore the same thing almost all the time but doing something different did get people fired up.
I spent my life in manufacturing and marketing. The best run, most economical and fan loyal (merchandising) programs are simple in their execution.
It was '76...We wore the "gold" twice...lost to crappy South Carolina team in opener, then got slaughtered by Pitt in their national champ run....Pepper told Sarge to gather the jerseys from our lockers and burn them..... they were the ugliest mustard shade of gold pieces of mesh sh*# ever worn by any team in the history of football....could not read the number on the jersey of the guy next to you in the huddle, much less from the stands.....No Tech fan ever bought his kid one of these....
No but when team came out in gold students were pretty excited.
Not all of us. I was pumped when we came back out in the “traditional” GWG!
Yes, those jerseys looked a lot like UCLA. IIRC, didn't we start the year utilizing different blocking schemes than in 1975, and changed back after about 4 games?
You are so right, Augusta....they copied UCLA ugly uni....had not thought of that ..Pepper brought lots of UCLA with him....including girlfriend...
