Maryland v VaTech features two of the ugliest helmits....ever

[TigerBait1971]

 

[cane_man]

VT helmits not that bad. They could hake a pic of a hokie on there.

 

[BigAppleBadger]

What is a Hokie anyway?

 

[TigerBait1971]

a jive turkey

 

[Taz_Hokie]

What is a Hokie anyway?

A made up word.

What is a Hokie? The origin of the word "Hokie" has nothing to do with a turkey. It was coined by O.M. Stull (class of 1896), who used it in a spirit yell he wrote for a competition.

Football fans cheer on the Hokies.
Here's how that competition came to be. Virginia Tech was founded in 1872 as a land-grant institution and was named Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. In 1896, the Virginia General Assembly officially changed the college's name to Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, a name so long that people shortened it in popular usage to VPI. The original college cheer, which made reference to the original name of the institution, was no longer suitable. So a contest was held to select a new spirit yell, and Stull won the $5 top prize for his cheer, now known as Old Hokie:

Hoki, Hoki, Hoki, Hy.
Techs, Techs, V.P.I.
Sola-Rex, Sola-Rah.
Polytechs - Vir-gin-ia.
Rae, Ri, V.P.I.

Later, the phrase "Team! Team! Team!" was added at the end, and an "e" was added to "Hoki."

Since the university had a new name and a new yell, new college colors seemed to be a desirable next step. During 1896, a committee was formed to find a suitable combination of colors to replace the original colors of black and gray, which appeared in stripes on athletic uniforms and presented an image resembling prison uniforms.

The committee selected burnt orange and Chicago maroon after discovering that no other college utilized this particular combination of colors. Burnt orange and Chicago maroon were officially adopted and were first worn during a football game versus nearby Roanoke College on Oct. 26, 1896.

And I like the helmets.

 

[ralphiewvu]

What is a Hokie anyway?

Castrated turkey.

 

[cane_man]

What is a Hokie anyway?

Its what people call virginia mountain folk. Example: "dem are some hokie sumbiches!"

 

[OregonDucks]

no pics?

 

[TexasMan]

 

[OregonDucks]

seen the hobble stone helmets before, their meh...those Maryland helmets might be their best helmets they got.

 

[Taz_Hokie]

no pics?

VT's (though the one today has a maroon VT on the side)

And if you didn't know, the majority of the buildings on campus are made with Hokie Stone (a particular "breed" of limestone only found near Blacksburg).

 

[cane_man]

Oh shit! The stone vt helmits? Those are pretty bad ass imo.

 

[TigerBait1971]

VT ripped that design from my bathroom floor.

 

[Camfantasy]

VT ripped that design from my bathroom floor.

Purple and yeller are the two gheyest colors of all the colors tho.

 

[TigerBait1971]

Purple and yeller are the two gheyest colors of all the colors tho.

hater....

 

[TigerBait1971]

big pimp is big....

 

[Camfantasy]

hater....

 

[BoiseMike19]

Can't believe I'm the first to ask,, but what the fuck is a "helmit"?

 

[cane_man]

Can't believe I'm the first to ask,, but what the fuck is a "helmit"?

Safety equipment supplied at the jim by the corch. Noob

 

[TigerBait1971]

Can't believe I'm the first to ask,, but what the fuck is a "helmit"?

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