Where to buy GT apparel for football season?

Just got this on FansEdge for $59, we’ll see how it fits. I don’t do gold because it’s a dumb ööööing primary color.
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Dirty Jacket said:
Just got this on FansEdge for $59, we’ll see how it fits. I don’t do gold because it’s a dumb ööööing primary color.
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White is the second or third color for the majority of the country. If you show up to an away game in white, you look like you support the opponent. If all GT fans showed up in white, you wouldn’t be able to find the GT section/fans. Gold contrasts with most opponents.
 
gtphd said:
White is the second or third color for the majority of the country. If you show up to an away game in white, you look like you support the opponent. If all GT fans showed up in white, you wouldn’t be able to find the GT section/fans. Gold contrasts with most opponents.
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I’m okay with that. Better than looking like a French fry
 
gtphd said:
White is the second or third color for the majority of the country. If you show up to an away game in white, you look like you support the opponent. If all GT fans showed up in white, you wouldn’t be able to find the GT section/fans. Gold contrasts with most opponents.
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Just so that I am clear -- you are generally able to identify a GT fan section at road games based on attire? Interesting; it's nearly impossible to find a GT section at Bobby Dodd on most weekends when we have a power5 school visiting.
 
Bunch of french fry looking mf'ers getting their feelings hurt.

Obviously I am in the minority on this one, but I have never liked gold (at least our version of it, and even Adidas' newest rendition) as a primary color. It's fine as an accent but "gold" t-shirts look goofy and childish. I have the under armor polos in white, "gold", and navy. I've worn the gold one once and can't imagine it'll be coming off of the hanger ever again.
 
Dirty Jacket said:
Bunch of french fry looking mf'ers getting their feelings hurt.

Obviously I am in the minority on this one, but I have never liked gold (at least our version of it, and even Adidas' newest rendition) as a primary color. It's fine as an accent but "gold" t-shirts look goofy and childish. I have the under armor polos in white, "gold", and navy. I've worn the gold one once and can't imagine it'll be coming off of the hanger ever again.
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Is your last name Yetman?
 
Tech fans may not embrace “whiteout”
Despite request from athletics department to wear white some fans are saying no

By KEN SUGIURA

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

The request isn’t difficult to fulfill — wear white to the game.
But plenty of Georgia Tech fans say they will resist the “Whiteout” for Tech’s game against Miami tonight at Bobby Dodd Stadium.
Some fans say they won’t wear white, despite the fact that their school is asking them to, and it’s one of Tech’s official colors, along with gold.
“Absolutely, which baffles me,” said David Pritchett, a Tech alum and season-ticket holder for more than 10 years. “What are they trying to prove?”

Some fans estimate that as few as 50 percent of the 49,000 will comply, which would color the whiteout a failure.
Tony Yetman of Kennesaw will wear his gold Tech sweatshirt, and he said most of the Tech fans he knows think wearing white is “just a silly thing to do.”

“We’ll appeal to our fans and we’ll see how they support it,” associate athletics director Wayne Hogan said.
The players are for it, at least, and will wear their traditional home whites.

“I think it’s a cool idea,” defensive tackle Vance Walker said. “I think it will be good for national television, good exposure for recruits and just for the school in general.”

A little background: The idea for a whiteout came from the student body last year, Hogan said. “The students were pretty adamant that they wanted to try one,” he said. “That was the real roots of the idea.” The athletics department had initially pegged the Mississippi State game in September for the whiteout, but pushed it back to give students more time to organize. Tonight’s game was chosen because ESPN’s cameras will be trained on Bobby Dodd Stadium, giving the Jackets and their white-clad fans broad exposure.

“I still hope that people do it because I want us to look good on TV in front of a national audience,” said Cherian Jacobs, a Tech senior.

Still, since the athletics department put out word of the whiteout about two weeks ago, some Tech alumni have found assorted reasons to fight white:

• Those who don’t own white Tech gear don’t want to buy something just to wear to one game.
• It will be too cold to wear just a sweatshirt, a problem for those who don’t own white jackets. Temperatures are expected to be in the 30s by the end of the game.
• They say it’s gimmicky and, if Tech loses, the school will look foolish.
• They don’t want to appear as if they’re copying Georgia, which has had three blackouts since last year.

Said Yetman, “I view it as being a stunt that, candidly, I would have thought our school was above, especially after you saw the way the most recent blackout worked in Athens.” Yetman referred to the Bulldogs’ loss to Alabama earlier this season.

Saying that whiteout supporters are infuriated by those who won’t wear white may be a stretch, but not by much. Tech alum Daniel Fogal of Tucker said he will wear a white sweatshirt and a white hat and said he’d wear white jeans if his wife would let him. He’s taking a friend, but only on the condition that he wear white, too. And Fogal doesn’t even care that much about the idea.

“It’s unfortunate that our fans can’t just jump on board,” he said.

Those who will wear white see it simply as a way to support the students and the team.

“My whole take on it was, the school has done what we’ve asked them to do, which is get a new coach and spend more money on certain things,” Pritchett said. “They come and ask us to do something as simple as support your team. It’s what the student body wants to do. Whether or not they want to wear white or not, it’s the right thing to do, instead of complaining about it.”

If it doesn’t work, he has another idea.

“I was telling one of my friends that if we wanted to do something original, we should have a geekout and have a football game at the library,” Pritchett said, “because that’s where everyone is, anyway. It’d be a guaranteed sellout.”
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The bookstore has restocked Adidas gear and season ticket t-shirts are here, so I'm more than covered. However still no gold Adidas women's or children's gear.

Has anyone been able to find women's Adidas stuff in gold?
 
ööööing bookstore. I just received notice that 5 of the 6 things I ordered are on backorder with no ship date.
 
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