Good post, JT. You've got your history down pat. James Cook and Mack Brown were and are friends of mine. James is a neighbor a few blocks away. Nonetheless, I haven't forgiven either of them for ditching the Old Gold/Vegas Gold colors. And you're spot on with the ever-changing Pantone shades of the so-called "Appalachian Gold." I simply think the bright "athletic gold" is gaudy, garish and cheaply showy. To me, it lacks class. I won't live long enough to grow fond of it. But that's just me.JTApps1 wrote:I believe the first year for Athletic/Yellow gold was 1983 when Mack Brown came in. Supposedly our supplier at the time (Cooks Sporting Goods in Wilksboro) had trouble getting gold uniforms that matched. They convinced our AD to use Athletic Gold as it was much easier to match and supply. A lot of schools (Pitt and Wake come to mind) switched in that time period due to this. Of course some have switched back to their original colors as companies were able to produce better products.EastHallApp wrote:I think we made the switch from "old gold" to the current yellow in the '70s. Not sure on the date - the current colors were so well-established by the time I was a student in the '90s that I had no idea App ever wore actual gold until years later.WVAPPeer wrote:APP hasn't used "gold" since I started attending games in 1998...
Our version of athletics gold has changed over the years to the point it is now almost yellow. It was a few shades deeper in the 80's when we first switched.
You can sorta get a feel for it in this video. OK so not eally, but it's crazy to see how much things have changed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2lTfHXjE2U
Oh, BTW, T-dog, where-ever you are, where's the BIG NEWS that was supposed to be unleashed on us yesterday. Haven't seen anything that rocked my little world yet!