VivaFutbol 10 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 Does that mean Boise gives up a timeout for wearing something other than white? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacker 82 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 Is it just me or does the Tech helmet bring to mind the Lunch Pail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawgs86 10 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 Does that mean Boise gives up a timeout for wearing something other than white? No both teams can wear color as long as the teams agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneWarning 212 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 Black and Orange... I'd think Halloween if they played that weekend. My next best guess is the Thursday night game when GT rolls into the Burg... Edit: Not sayin' they WILL wear them again, just brainstorming some decent opportunities should they want to again... UT rolled out the black jersey on Halloween, would be a good time to use them. Personally I like West Virginia`s combat jersey but I dislike VT`s. I liked the one from last year much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 Is it just me or does the Tech helmet bring to mind the Lunch Pail? If you add a couple of latches, a hinge, and a handle then YES, it does look like the Lunch Pail... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandman 13 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 Those uniforms look like $hit.... Just gettin' them used to that orange and black prison issue a few years from now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fieldgeneral 10 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 I'm not negative on anything WVU...they do a good enough job of that by themselves. and there ya go again. You just keep proving me correct! No comment on Huggs visiting families? Yeah go figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vthokies4life 10 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 just gettin' them used to that orange and black prison issue a few years from now. trrooollllll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 Just gettin' them used to that orange and black prison issue a few years from now. Laugh achieved! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaverbaseball 10 Report Share Posted September 3, 2010 http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/At-West-Virginians-request-Nike-alters-campaig?urn=ncaaf-267037 Whatever you think of its, uh, progressive fashion sense, you have to give Nike this: Thematically, this year's batch of alternate "Pro Combat" uniforms don't lack for ambition. It wasn't quite enough to give each of the individual designs – most of which will only be worn once this fall, twice at most, by the ten teams selected for the line – its own slick webpage and cinematic voiceover. A couple of the pages, like the anachronistic "tribute" to the future World War II veterans on Ohio State's 1942 national championship team, almost have the trappings of a trailer for Oscar bait. All in the name of moving a few brashly colored cleats. The other token nod to heroism in the line accompanied the coal-themed design West Virginia plans to break out for its Thanksgiving weekend date with Pittsburgh. Openly referencing the explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine that left 29 dead earlier this year in the worst U.S. mining disaster in decades, the voiceover on the Mountaineers' page informs listeners that the Mountaineers' unis were designed to honor the coal miners who "put it on the line for their families" with "a toughness you have to live to understand." Specifically, the uniforms embody said toughness with a "smudged black" effect on the back of the helmets and gloves and a gold stripe on the helmet and pants that "represents the canaries used long ago to test toxicity in mines." [Nike's 'Pro Combat' unis are awesome and/or a mockery of Western civilization] That may not strike hardscrabble miners or their advocates as the most fitting tribute to their fallen comrades. And for mining opponents, it's an outright disgrace on all fronts: MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – After angry environmentalists objected to a Nike promotional ad for a new West Virginia University football uniform, the athletic apparel giant said Thursday it will modify a graphic depicting a mountaintop removal mine. Nike issued a statement through the university, repeating what the school had said earlier in the day: The new black and white Pro Combat uniform was designed to honor the heritage of coal mining and 29 men killed in the April explosion at Upper Big Branch mine. "We are modifying the graphic of the player on our website to address concerns," the statement said. [...] The problem environmental activists had with the ad was not the color of the gear — off-white that appears coated in coal dust — or the number 29 on the coal-black helmets. It's the depiction of a mountaintop removal mine behind the image of a player, complete with flat, treeless mountaintop, the sound of an explosion and the image of falling rock. The ad appeared to be a tacit endorsement of the controversial form of strip mining, the activists argued. Before Nike announced it would modify the ad, opposition was rampant. "Activists" weren't the only ones calling for the change, which should come as no surprise to West Virginians accustomed to the guerilla campaign against "Big Coal." Opportunistic environmentalists looking to score political points off a corporate behemoth's opportunistic attempt to peddle jerseys, shoes and other assorted gear by associating it with a deadly tragedy that remained in national headlines for months? It may seem like a long way from the Hatifields and the McCoys, but in the 21st Century, carefully constructed PR campaigns are just how feudin's done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
total 12 Report Share Posted September 3, 2010 people are gonna complain no matter what you do... you can please some of the people, some of the time, but you'll never please all the people all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH31 2,518 Report Share Posted September 4, 2010 im diggin tcu's... bama's looks pretty much the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebel1 35 Report Share Posted September 4, 2010 Virginia Tech's are starting to grow on me now now that I see this pic of them. the only thing i like about these uni's are the helmets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
total 12 Report Share Posted September 4, 2010 I think the helmets are sick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted September 4, 2010 I think the helmets are sick! If you mean "sick" as in "make you want to puke", then YES they are SICK!!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan4VT 4,554 Report Share Posted September 5, 2010 the only thing i like about these uni's are the helmets I love the whole thing. I also love the fact they are a tribute to the first team ever fielded who wore black and grey. At least Nike did their homework. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhs7695 185 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Guess what Hokie fans.......... http://www.thekeyplay.com/content/2010/december/16/orange-bowl-helmets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefieldRocks 14 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Guess what Hokie fans.......... http://www.thekeyplay.com/content/2010/december/16/orange-bowl-helmets WOW those are ugly WVU is wearing their Pro Combat uni's in their bowl game too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhs7695 185 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 WOW those are ugly WVU is wearing their Pro Combat uni's in their bowl game too. WVU needs to wear their Pro Combats for a game or two for the next few years. Those were a great design! Virginia Tech is going to look like the Cleveland Browns with orange helmets and the white uniforms they were wearing this season. It's what the players wanted though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 Guess what Hokie fans.......... http://www.thekeyplay.com/content/2010/december/16/orange-bowl-helmets Well, I was having a hard time trying to decide if I was going to Miami or not...that clinched it...not going! Those are HIDEOUS...I would rather see the ugly-ass black helmets... Thanks for saving me a boatload of cash, Nike!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhs7695 185 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 Well, I was having a hard time trying to decide if I was going to Miami or not...that clinched it...not going! Those are HIDEOUS...I would rather see the ugly-ass black helmets... Thanks for saving me a boatload of cash, Nike!!! Well I'm going. Doesn't matter what they wear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH31 2,518 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 has anyone seen the one they proposed for the NFL? idk if they're real or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefieldRocks 14 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 Nope, which ones are you talking about EH? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefieldRocks 14 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 I have mixed feelings about WVU's pro-combat uni's. I mean, I like them, but I don't. If that makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 Well I'm going. Doesn't matter what they wear. I didn't think you all were going to the bowl game. Got your tickets yet...where are your seats this year...did you get them through the VTTO? We got ours through the VTTO and surprisingly, they aren't as bad as they have been...still not great though...Sect. 139, Row 19...at least we aren't behind the endzone for this one. They still don't compare to the Sugar Bowl tickets...40 yard line, 18th row, right in the middle of all the Auburn big-money donors. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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