The Virginia Tech Hokies' Nike Pro Combat Uniforms Will Likely be Black and Anger Traditionalists

by furrer4heisman on Aug 30, 2010 12:01 AM EDT in Virginia Tech Football

The Hokies' new Nike Pro Combat uniforms will officially be unveiled Wednesday, along with the uniforms for nine other teams. Already, several photos of the new uniforms have leaked on blogs and Twitter, including pictures of the jerseys already on sale from jmrgn and The Key Play. Nick Becton even sent out a picture of the new jerseys on TweetPhoto.

Most likely, the black jerseys will be paired with black pants and a black helmet and look something like this from a poster Kyle Tucker found on the series of tubes:

These jerseys, which a lot of people have already expressed disapproval towards on Twitter, will be worn for at least one game this year. And if an e-mail I received from the University Bookstore is any indication, they'll be worn against Boise State in the opener.

The e-mail, promoting a "Beat Boise Sale" invites people to "look like the team" and get "a first look at the new Nike sideline apparel." It also says the jerseys will be available on Sept. 1, which conveniently is the same day Nike is unveiling all of the Pro Combat jerseys.

Boise State will also be getting new jerseys from Nike, but I haven't seen anything suggesting they'll be wearing them against the Hokies.

As for the jerseys themselves, I really don't know how I feel. The white ones last year did wind up growing on me, but black isn't one of our colors. Whether you like them or not, they'll look cool if they're worn during a night game, especially the color-change numbers.

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I’m not mad at the black, I’m mad at the apparent robot circuit writing inside the orange parts.

by SJPhillyVT on Aug 30, 2010 12:07 AM EDT reply actions

we are an engineering school

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by Casey Richey on Aug 30, 2010 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions

Then we should engineer a better jersey.

by SJPhillyVT on Aug 30, 2010 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions

looks futuristic

I like it. I was hoping BSU was gunna get black :/

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by bsu415 on Aug 30, 2010 12:09 AM EDT reply actions

Circuitry Design fits

i mean comon VT is a TECH school, the design in the numbers looks awesome and fits with what the school is, i think this is by far the coolest uniform i’ve ever seen us wear and i will be buying this jersey on the 1st to wear at the Boise game, this uniform looks amazing Nike hit the ball out of the park with us, oh and Black was one of the original colors for this school, it’s about time we get a black uniform

by Gobbler on Aug 30, 2010 12:14 AM EDT reply actions

so sick

i think these are so sick looking. a lot better than last years for sure. we definitely needed all black unis and these are ridiculous. gonna look awesome when we stomp boise on monday night

by cscott08 on Aug 30, 2010 12:17 AM EDT reply actions

Beamerball.com Free Blog last February

states:

“The Hokies have been designated the home team for their 9/6/10 season opening game with Boise State in Washington, DC. Tech will wear their new Maroon jerseys with white pants.”

Now I’m guessing Nike has the ability to influence what uniforms we wear that night, but I’m still torn about how I feel about them. I just really like the maroon throwbacks.

by JPCVT on Aug 30, 2010 12:39 AM EDT reply actions

Agree on the throwbacks

They’re by far the best uni we’ve had since I’ve been following the team (early 90s). I don’t know how I feel about wearing black. If they were maroon I’d probably love them as long as they’re only being worn once. Just torn on the black.

And yeah, that was written in February. Doesn’t mean it’s 100 percent certain. Doesn’t mean we’re wearing black vs. BSU, either. We could wear plaid for all I know.

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by furrer4heisman on Aug 30, 2010 1:03 AM EDT up reply actions

Hmmm

The numbers change colors? Interesting.

by footballgirl on Aug 30, 2010 8:53 AM EDT reply actions

They look similar

to last year’s, which had the maroon to orange gradient and depending on your angle looked either really maroon or really orange.

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by furrer4heisman on Aug 30, 2010 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions

One word: Terrible.

Its gonna look like Halloween. Ugh, Nike, why must you suck so much ass?

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by renstar on Aug 30, 2010 10:33 AM EDT reply actions

I’m tired of everyone complaining every time we get new jerseys. Black used to be one of Tech’s colors and these unis look sick. I’m tired of seeing maroon and white everywhere. I like maroon, but orange is one of our colors too. The computer chip design is genius on the part of nike. As a Tech fan I feel honored to be recognized as an elite team by Nike two years in a row. It almost seems as if the only team that Nike likes more than Tech is Philip Knight’s alma mater, Oregon. If all you want are maroon and white jerseys go watch Alabama (who is also getting Nike Pro Combat jerseys this year).