Tech Traditions

[champion110]

Those sleeves made us different than any other team in the country. They were tradition. It is the same with the Techster blue. It is the traditional color for the Lady Techsters. Some might argue that it is not the "traditional" blue and not the "real" blue of Tech, however, you need to look up the definition of "tradition". That blue was the color for the beginning of the Lady Techster dynasty. Anyone that knows anything about WBB, knows the Lady Techster blue. You just don't throw away something like that.

If you want to be known for something, you keep what got you there. Change it and it no longer represents who you are.

[Dwayne From Minden]

Gary - how can it be tradition when they change the COLOR every single year - and they do or have as long as I can remember - at one time it was boarding on gray?

TT - I think it was what was in those sleeves that made more of a difference than the sleeves themselves -

Kinda like the NYY pinstripes - the uniform may have had an effect on the opposing team, but the players were the ones who did all the damage...

[LostInOzBulldog]

Forgive me if I'm mistaken but arn't the Lady Techsters scheduled to phase out the columbia blue with in the next few years?

[qng001]

I hope not.
why change their traditional colors...the lady vols has a little columbia blue on their jearseys...it's not part of their schools color but they're not getting rid of it...so why change the lady techster's

[TYLERTECHSAS]

TT - I think it was what was in those sleeves that made more of a difference than the sleeves themselves -

I agree 100%. But I did like them and the idea that they were a TECHSTER and therefore a TECH TRADITION.

[champion110]

I hope not.
why change their traditional colors...the lady vols has a little columbia blue on their jearseys...it's not part of their schools color but they're not getting rid of it...so why change the lady techster's

And you know why that Columbia blue is there, don't you?

[champion110]

Yes, Dwayne, there has been some VERY subtle differences in the Techster blue. It has remained in the same area of blue, though. It is a Columbia blue. I don't ever remember a different color. I do remember a different shade of blue that bordered on baby blue, but most of the color differences were the type of material too. There was one that was more of a satin type material.

Anybody have any pictures of the Tech teams? I will look on the TAC walls at the SMU game this weekend.

[sik-m-boi]

ive got a poster in my office of a sleeved lady techster jersey laying on the floor of a gym. its old-school and very representative of the tradition of the techsters. the sleeves are what stand out to me...i don't know if it matters to me what the color of the jersey is. i would like to have uniformity throughout all atheletic programs at tech, but at the same time there is alot of history behind the techster blue....but for the love, bring back the sleeves!!!!!!!

[qng001]

And you know why that Columbia blue is there, don't you?

yup, there is a lot of history behind that blue

[champion110]

ive got a poster in my office of a sleeved lady techster jersey laying on the floor of a gym. its old-school and very representative of the tradition of the techsters. the sleeves are what stand out to me...i don't know if it matters to me what the color of the jersey is. i would like to have uniformity throughout all atheletic programs at tech, but at the same time there is alot of history behind the techster blue....but for the love, bring back the sleeves!!!!!!!

I think I have the same picture. It is the 25 Anniversary one. That is the uniform that was on the satin type material. It would shine and opposing teams KNEW what it stood for. Pat Summit talks about it in her book. She stated something to the effect of "the Techsters invaded the TBA and all you could see was that flowing blue. It looked like there was blue everywhere and I didn't see how there were just 5 players on the court". That was not an exact quote, but close.

Oh, and I LOVE the sleeves too!

[Dawgpix]

Okay. Lady Techster traditionalists. Here's your refresher course. Pigtails and sleeves!
The Baylor board thought KMR was wearing hose with those nicely tanned legs. They also had a hissy fit over the sleeves. A small number of the board posters even WANT girls to wear the sleeves now.
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[hookdown]

When and why did we get rid of the sleeves anyway?

[Dawgpix]

For starters, they were out of style and the players were tying the sleeves up with ribbons or shoestrings to make them sleeveless. Cheryl Ford comes to mind.
tm

[TYLERTECHSAS]

For starters, they were out of style and the players were tying the sleeves up with ribbons or shoestrings to make them sleeveless. Cheryl Ford comes to mind.
tm

I agree that they were out of style but you know what? I bet Cheryl Ford and the rest of the really old ex-Lady Techsters remember having to roll and tie them up with warm fondness now. Those that didn't leave them long but rolled them up had to grin and bear it together much like TECH frat pranks, various department disciplines (eng. ag. edu. ect...) and dorm traditions as well as the really old DAWGS (sorry guys) that had to wear those freshman beenies as they walked TECH's tall oaks and pine tree covered campus. It is something called a tradition that the true ex-Lady Techsters will have as a common bond, for life, along with Barmore and his coaches. I am sure there are a ton of these types of traditions, kept behind locker room doors of other TECH teams, that we are not aware of but would love to hear about. Things that we as fans can watch and enjoy, such as our DAWGS walking down that ramp and touching that bronze bulldog, mean so much over the years. Sometimes it's the "old school" things like hearing our fight song echo through Joe Aillet and yes those silly long sleeves that build and make the traditions that we grow to love and remember so well. Then again I could be wrong.

[champion110]

I agree that they were out of style but you know what? I bet Cheryl Ford and the rest of the really old ex-Lady Techsters remember having to roll and tie them up with warm fondness now. Those that didn't leave them long but rolled them up had to grin and bear it together much like TECH frat pranks, various department disciplines (eng. ag. edu. ect...) and dorm traditions as well as the really old DAWGS (sorry guys) that had to wear those freshman beenies as they walked TECH's tall oaks and pine tree covered campus. It is something called a tradition that the true ex-Lady Techsters will have as a common bond, for life, along with Barmore and his coaches. I am sure there are a ton of these types of traditions, kept behind locker room doors of other TECH teams, that we are not aware of but would love to hear about. Things that we as fans can watch and enjoy, such as our DAWGS walking down that ramp and touching that bronze bulldog, mean so much over the years. Sometimes it's the "old school" things like hearing our fight song echo through Joe Aillet and yes those silly long sleeves that build and make the traditions that we grow to love and remember so well. Then again I could be wrong.

AMEN times 10!