It was blue because we had a navy version of the white Dodd era set in the early 50’s.Surprised no one has mentioned the $$$$ efforts of the late Charlotte banker Drew Hearn (for those who came in late, yes, the father of C Andy Hearn, 1984-1985) in the '80s & '90s to persuade Curry, Ross, Cremins, et al, to eliminate blue from our uni's.
Our 1968 Freshman Team wore the Dodd-era (used by Carson for 1967 only) Varsity uni's - here's a cropped shot of my late teammate late Jeff "Boom Boom" Baker - with black numbers and the three stripes were black-gold-black.
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Fulcher brought back a version in 1972-1973, but with only two stripes.... and I won't get into the argument over black vs blue.... I just don't remember.... but the "names on the jersey" was a Fulcher add-on for the "locker room."
Here's a crop shot of of former Coca Cola exec, Karl "PeeWee" Barnes wearing that uni....
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.... and a better look from a game
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It was consistent with the 1968 helmet.... def old gold, darker than whatever Dodd last used gold hats....1964?How would you describe the gold on the helmets in the third picture? Has anything been created in the past ten years that matches?
Don’t worry, they just put a blue piece of junk in the stadium corner. Why not just wrap it like the wreck? Seems like an easy win to me. Obnoxious
I suspect Hyundai was calling the shots here. It's their money.the GTAA never ceases to amaze me![]()
It was probably much easier for them to supply a navy vehicle than gold… but I would think white would’ve been better all aroundI suspect Hyundai was calling the shots here. It's their money.
Most of us don’t mind dark blue or black as a contrasting color. We need it for stripes and outlines at a minimum. There is a long tradition going back over 75 years of dark blue or black jerseys. I’m fine with it occasionally. However, pick a color and go with it!The whole colors debate is just such a self-inflicted wound. If we went 100% in on White and gold and made sure all uniforms and branding were White and Gold (as they should be) you would have the support of 100% of the GT Fans. Its such an easy win, and for me, that is the frustrating part.
Who at GT is really pulling the strings in terms of the colors we use for all of the Various things? Do we know?
My theory is its someone hired from a different school/not a GT fan that just simply doesnt care that much for our history.
This pic keyed up a memory..... we didn't used to get new uni's every year.... the Senior Equipment Manager, Sgt Edgar Hodges, would squeeze every nickle in his budget & if a pair of game pants could make it an extra season, or if a jersey just needed a hole sewn up to be used again, so be it. Reeder & McGaughey, our local equipment supplier, evidently understood Sarge, as cantankerous as they come. Helmets might get sent off to Riddell to get refurbished between seasons, or repainted by our Student Managers between games.1958 UT at GA Tech
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Why Ross switched to white pants idk, but this look is so good. Obviously navy isn‘t our main color but I wouldn’t mind if we brought back GBW for one game this year.We didn't have the internet in 1990... but 11-0-1 didn't seem to care about the color pallet.
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I'd like to see this combo maybe once a year. It's a sharp look.Why Ross switched to white pants idk, but this look is so good. Obviously navy isn‘t our main color but I wouldn’t mind if we brought back GBW for one game this year.
I'd like to see this combo maybe once a year. It's a sharp look.
Once a year for that and once a year for the Carson era white-mustard-white. And I’m ok if one or both of those are away games but I like seeing them.I'd like to see this combo maybe once a year. It's a sharp look.
Once a year for that and once a year for the Carson era white-mustard-white. And I’m ok if one or both of those are away games but I like seeing them.
Otherwise, GWG is THE LOOK.
My ideal uniforms for a season.I'd like a once a year whiteout as well.
I believe this is the case. I wasn't around (yet) but I've seen footage (linked) of the Tech-Tenn games from this time period and it looked like we had navy blue jersey numbers and jersey stripes. Have a look and see what you think - YMMV...deepsnap, I do believe that Fulcher's sleeve stripes were dark blue, but the stripes on the helmet and pants were black. I know Pepper's sleeve stripes were dark blue but cannot be totally sure about Fulcher's. I do know the last few Dodd jerseys were black sleeve and pants stripes and numbers.
This is what we were wearing in my era. This will always be 'the' Tech look for me. Oddly with the old-school GWG on the road...Why Ross switched to white pants idk, but this look is so good. Obviously navy isn‘t our main color but I wouldn’t mind if we brought back GBW for one game this year.