Gold Update

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Reminds me of the Vanderbilt catalog a few years ago, when the printer messed up and included a photo of GT players celebrating.
 
Architorture23 said:
Georgia Tech athletic director Todd Stansbury’s search for the right shade of gold is almost over. And, as someone who likely has heard plenty of alumni about the right/wrong shade of gold, he knows how he’d like the decision to be made.

“It gets to me once it gets close,” he said. “Hopefully I’m not the tiebreaker, because I don’t know if I want to take all the bullets.”

The athletic department has been working with Adidas, which will become its official uniform and apparel provider in July 2018, to select one particular shade of gold that can be used for uniforms, apparel and graphics. In August, when the new Adidas partnership was announced, Stansbury said that there were between 20 to 30 shades of gold that they were considering. The field has been reduced, almost in bracket-style competition, to four.

“We’re at the final four,” he said. “So we’re close.”

The challenge isn’t quite so simple as picking the most appealing swatch.

Georgia Tech, Adidas pan for the right shade of gold

“What makes it so complicated is that, with gold, and I’m sure with other colors, but since I’m fixated on gold right now, what that color looks like on a helmet vs. apparel vs. indoor vs. outdoor, whether there’s a metallic sheen to it or not, it changes,” he said. “And that’s really what makes it difficult because, I think for the most part, most Georgia Tech people say we want to match it up or it should be somewhere in the realm of golds associated with the Ramblin’ Wreck, but it’s not that easy.”

The gold that the department lands on will become the shade that the athletic department and Adidas use on uniforms and gear. Part of Tech’s challenges in apparel over the years has been being consistent with one gold. The institute also gives licensing approval for different shades of yellow and gold for different uses, and t-shirts and hats can be found in those varying hues. Stansbury said that he thinks the decision will be reached within a month’s time, whether he’s the tiebreaker or not.

“I know gold is not an easy color,” he said. “But just knowing the timing of having to make some serious decisions regarding uniforms and those types of things for fall sports, we’re definitely under the gun.”
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GoGATech said:
So you're saying that now that we'll have an OFFICIAL gold, there will be tons more people out there with the wrong öööö on because we're having a blow-out sale of it?
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Only one way to remedy this. We need an Antifa riot in Tech Square to use as cover to break in and loot the old crap. We can even have a bonfire at Spring and 5th. It'd be like reliving the Braves winning the World Series.
 
I prefer the old gold pants with the black/white/black stripe that debuted in 2013 versus va tech. Tech wore them again in 2014 versus Ga southern and Duke. Last worn versus unc in 2015.
 
gtleviathan said:
Only one way to remedy this. We need an Antifa riot in Tech Square to use as cover to break in and loot the old crap. We can even have a bonfire at Techwood and Bobby Dodd Way. It'd be like reliving 1990 and Lethal Weapon 3.
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Burn some couches and throw it on the bonfire.
 
My guess is something more mustardy. Anything less saturated and/or with a metallic component is going to be inconsistent on different materials and in different lighting.

I like the Calvin jersey example, but it looks much better as a primary color rather than accent. I'm guessing something a little more yellowish than that.
 
Someone needs to find out which 4 shades are left.

My guess is a slightly darker Vegas gold with a more metallic tint. It will be very close to what is on the Wreck and our helmets.
 
Once we decide on a shade of gold what happens to Buzz? Does Buzz retain its color? If Buzz had its own color, what about apparel that includes the GT logo and Buzz?
 
ibeattetris said:
Once we decide on a shade of gold what happens to Buzz? Does Buzz retain its color? If Buzz had its own color, what about apparel that includes the GT logo and Buzz?
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This is a pretty interesting question. At one point in the late 90s we had a giant inflatable buzz in the South End Zone that was yellow and black like the cheerleader mascot Buzz. A UGA fan vandalized the inflatable Buzz and it was replaced by a gold metallic Buzz.

There are two options I think:

1) change the yellow in Buzz to the new gold. Including updating the cheerleader mascot.

2) keep Yellow Jacket colors for Buzz. Give him a new sweater that is the new gold with a white GT. Or a white sweater with the new gold GT. Think about the Florida Gator mascot. Their mascot is green but green is not one of their colors.
 
GT flunkout said:
This is a pretty interesting question. At one point in the late 90s we had a giant inflatable buzz in the South End Zone that was yellow and black like the cheerleader mascot Buzz. A UGA fan vandalized the inflatable Buzz and it was replaced by a gold metallic Buzz.

There are two options I think:

1) change the yellow in Buzz to the new gold. Including updating the cheerleader mascot.

2) keep Yellow Jacket colors for Buzz. Give him a new sweater that is the new gold with a white GT. Or a white sweater with the new gold GT. Think about the Florida Gator mascot. Their mascot is green but green is not one of their colors.
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I'm good with 2. Keep the mascot the correct colors of what it is. That's how everybody else does it for the most part.
 
ibeattetris said:
Once we decide on a shade of gold what happens to Buzz? Does Buzz retain its color? If Buzz had its own color, what about apparel that includes the GT logo and Buzz?
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I thought they said a few months ago that they wanted to update Buzz too. Maybe replace Buzz with something with a more modern Avengers look with fake abs that prefers the pronoun 'they'.
 
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