GetWrecked,
I didn't mean to imply that my opinion on colors was any more valuable than any other die-hard Tech fans'. Certainly beauty is in the eye of the beer holder and clearly there is a wide range of opinions on the matter. I guess I was trying to bring into focus what most people can agree is a problem which is making a gold jersey that works in the existing old gold and white color scheme. First off, as has been pointed out on this thread, the gold in the current uniform isn't "Old Gold" at all. It's metallic gold and it looks great(in my opinion). The problem is, how do you come up with a gold jersey that works with the existing metallic gold helmet. The answer....you can't!!! Or at least it hasn't been done yet. SOOO, how do you solve the problem? You can't wear white jersey's all the time so you have to have an alternate color. Unless you change the helmet color, which in some people's eyes is the most aggregious of transgressions, you have to use another color for the jersey. If you can find a gold jersey(old gold, metallic gold, chedder cheese, honey mustard,"vegas" gold, lime gold, etc.) that works with the metallic gold helmet that more than 3 out of 10 Tech fans would say looks good, I'd love to see it. I really would!!! No Kidding!! But it hasn't been done yet. I'm pretty damn certain you could find more than 3 out of 10 that like the blue jersies and the number would be higher if some people could get over this erroneous idea about the sanctity of Tech's Old Gold and White colors.
It's a real problem and sticking our head in the sand and pretending it's not isn't going to change it. Fact is, we can't even agree on the color of gold we're suppossed to use. We have everything in the gold/yellow spectrum including what is actually 100% yellow. Yellow of course was born out of our most identifiable mascot the "Yellow" Jackets....not the "Metallic Gold" Jackets. Buzz doesn't have gold in his outfit, it's YELLOW! Take a look next time you're on campus. Yellow is everywhere. Have you seen the new "Tech Trolly"? It's school bus yellow. So all of this nonsense about the sanctity of Old Gold and White is just that....nonsense and the best thing to do in that situation is to go with whatever scheme is going to look the best which has already been decided by the leadership that runs the Institute and the Athletic Association at least includes some blue and in MY opinion should include the football jersies too when they aren't white. At the very least, out of all this, you have to recognize and admit that there is a problem with the gold jersies and helmets. Right?
