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Hokie622

But to be fair, the colors orange and maroon hadn't been invented yet.

Just look back at all the old pictures from the 1800s. Black, white, and gray were the only options.
Posted: 01/05/2026 at 12:00 PM ET
(In response to this post by GCHokie34)

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WF colors are gold & black, so we go down there & wear black unis😖**
HokieHeartNSoul • 01/04/26 04:31 PM ET
my opinion : if the players pick the uniforms I have no opinion
VermontDDS • 01/05/26 12:44 PM ET
Black shouldn’t even be an option in any of our sports.**
HokieHeartNSoul • 01/05/26 05:07 PM ET
👍The gold kind of gave away which was WF **
TomTurkey • 01/05/26 01:07 PM ET
VT should never wear black or gray.
UpperQuad • 01/04/26 08:15 PM ET
We should also never wear neon / pumpkin orange**
waglon • 01/05/26 04:26 PM ET
But weren't they our original school colors?**
EDGEMAN • 01/05/26 07:45 AM ET
IIRC from my VTCC New Cadet trivia, you are correct.**
Austin Gobbler • 01/05/26 02:55 PM ET
We should probably cancel that Grey Effect promotion.
KCHokie2 • 01/04/26 10:51 PM ET
they shouldn't wear them against a team that has black as their color.
AnotherTechW • 01/04/26 08:37 PM ET
Quick question...
GCHokie34 • 01/04/26 08:27 PM ET
But to be fair, the colors orange and maroon hadn't been invented yet. ◄
Hokie622 • 01/05/26 12:00 PM ET
Sepia was under development at the time, which was getting closer to the
LonghornHokie • 01/05/26 04:19 PM ET
Black and Griegh?**
AnotherTechW • 01/04/26 08:33 PM ET
Black and gray, until 1896 when maroon and orange were adopted.**
ancient alien 2018 • 01/04/26 08:33 PM ET
yep**
UpperQuad • 01/04/26 09:18 PM ET
Black and Cadet Grey...
khakiblue • 01/04/26 08:31 PM ET
Black and Gray!**
UTPr0sim • 01/04/26 08:30 PM ET
That’s just because the world was in black and white back then.
Newt • 01/04/26 08:59 PM ET
Shoot...I was way late.**
Hokie622 • 01/05/26 12:00 PM ET
Well played!**
EDGEMAN • 01/05/26 07:46 AM ET
I went to the game and repeatedly had to remind myself that was VT
BEST2VT • 01/04/26 07:56 PM ET