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PHOTO: Virginia Tech 'Hokie Stone' helmet design
By Chip Patterson | College Football Writer
September 19, 2013 1:22 pm MT
Virginia Tech's Military Appreciation Day jerseys aren't the only uniform updates raising eyebrows around Blacksburg this week. The Hokies will wear the camo-themed uniforms on Saturday against Marshall, but Thursday afternoon brought an update on a possible alternate helmet for the future.

Hokie Stone, as Blacksburg residents will tell you, is a grey dolomite-limestone rock that can be found everywhere on Virginia Tech's campus. The stone can be found throughout western Virginia, but it most of the supply is protected by the school.
There has been no further information as to if the helmet will be developed or when it might be used. Until then, we can only rock with the photo Virginia Tech provided.
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Zippercat said:
So that's what a Hokie is....it's a stupid rock. Not that I ever cared enough to look it up or anything. What? You never heard the expression "dumber than a box of......
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Well, not really. Hokie stone is named for the Hokies, not vice-versa. I had always assumed a Hokie was some select breed of turkey or something, being that the mascot is a turkey. Turkeys have nothing to do with their school either.

Hokie, it turns out, is a made up word that has no special meaning whatsoever.

http://www.hokiesports.com/whatsahokie.html

Senior O.M. Stull won first prize for his "Hokie" yell (Old Hokie Cheer below) which is still used today. Later, when asked if "Hokie" had any special meaning, Stull explained the word was solely the product of his imagination and was used only as an attention-getter for his yell. It soon became a nickname for all Tech teams and for those people loyal to Tech athletics.
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