Well, Dodd swore in his autobiography that changing the uniforms from the "drab" his words, mustard jerseys to the bright dark blue and gold uniforms was worth a touchdown. Don't know but Tech won a lot of games in both of them with one national championship apiece with the blue alternating with white of course.
I knew the "Black Watch" these guys are nowhere close to the "Black Watch" except in the wearing of similar uniforms.
I don't have to "prove" anything. The photo was in my late father's yearbook circa 1948 or thereabouts and it clearly showed the Tech co-captains wearing blue uniforms with gold pants. Don't know what color the helmets were. It was startling to see a color photograph in a yearbook from that era that contained mostly black and white pictures including my dad who looked very worn out as a married student attending Tech on the GI bill while working part time. I don't know how he did it.
We were made of meaner stuff than the snowflakes of today.
Here is some proof that they had blue jerseys in the 40’s. Read the caption. Obviously the pic isn’t from back then.
There was one road team that forced GT to not wear white jerseys on purpose. We were wearing white at home and on the road but there was one team that forced us to not wear white. Maybe it was LSU. It was a long time ago and Dodd hated to play down there.
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Dodd refused to play Ole Miss or Mississippi State (because of money) so I guess he had to play LSU. At least he made some money going to Tiger Stadium. By not playing Mississippi State, he ended up with playing Tennessee, Alabama, and UGA all in a row. The SEC was a tough neighborhood even back then.
If you are going to wear blue jerseys, that is the way it should be done. IMHO. Of course, Calvin looked good in blue, white, gold, and anything else.
We had perfect jerseys in 2006
It’s a great template for what we should use for today, sorta like the black watch uniforms.
