My date to the first game as a rat in '73 was a Dawg. She walked into the rat section, saw us warming up, and laughed, saying, "Your colors are pea green. The helmets look like a Leseur English pea." Exactly, we are ugly old gold to the untrained eye. Like the emperor's new clothes, its beauty can only be seen by the truly wise.
I like us using gold, no navy except for trim. If you want a gold that looks good, I am fine with that. The vegas gold uniforms were nice. But, if you want a real Tech distinctive gold, beautiful only to Tech people, last year's uniforms are just fine. I tell you, they looked mighty good to me on a Thursday night against the U and on a certain Saturday in Athens.
What we do miss, like Auburn, Bama, Penn State, USC, Michigan, Texas, and a few others, is a uniform that becomes a "brand", recognizable by fans everywhere. The closest we come to that is the gold pants with stripe, white jerseys, and gold helmets worn through the fifties and mid-sixties in Dodd's regime.