Red! Georgia Tech pennant

[rvzlaw]

Georgia Tech has never been known to have used to the color red, the color of its arch rival, Georgia. I have 3 theories about this pennant, all seem unlikely:
1) it's a printing mistake; con: that's a heck of mistake
2) the pennant was printed by a Bulldog alum to own Tech fans; con: seems like an expensive gag
3) Georgia Tech, way back when, actually used red, and history has been wrong; con: there is no evidence of this

Other theories anybody?

[rvzlaw]

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[rvzlaw]

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[perezfan]

These things just weren't as regulated back then. I wouldn't look too hard for the rationale behind it. If anything, I would guess the manufacturer had some excess burgundy felt inventory to work through.

Or perhaps it was just the color felt that was at arms-length of the screener at the time it was made. Something random like that...

Regardless, it's a gorgeous and super-cool GA Tech piece. I personally love these off-color pennants. They are not all that rare, but are pretty nifty none-the-less.

[mrkrab]

Could be that yellow and white are one of one the worst colors combinations for contrast. Although you would think they would have used a black background in that case.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by perezfan

These things just weren't as regulated back then. I wouldn't look too hard for the rationale behind it. If anything, I would guess the manufacturer had some excess burgundy felt inventory to work through.

Or perhaps it was just the color felt that was at arms-length of the screener at the time it was made. Something random like that...

Agreed. It’s like any of my green, yellow, red, purple, teal, etc. NY and/or SF Giants pennants.

[RedsFan1941]

Originally Posted by perezfan

These things just weren't as regulated back then. I wouldn't look too hard for the rationale behind it. If anything, I would guess the manufacturer had some excess burgundy felt inventory to work through.

Or perhaps it was just the color felt that was at arms-length of the screener at the time it was made. Something random like that...

this is exactly right

[rvzlaw]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Agreed. It’s like any of my green, yellow, red, purple, teal, etc. NY and/or SF Giants pennants.

Except that colors for collegiate teams, like Georgia and Georgia Tech were different, like gang colors. Georgia used to have gold/yellow trim in its colors back in the late 1800's and removed it so as to not match with Tech.

[rvzlaw]

Originally Posted by RedsFan1941

this is exactly right

But ultimately, why would any vendor who dealt with Georgia Tech buy these? It seems like these would be rejected.

[perezfan]

I don't believe they put that much thought into it. If it looked attractive, that's about all that mattered. There is a big difference between the team's official uniform colors and a cheap pennant that may have cost a Quarter back then.

Not to mention, the Decision Maker (i.e. guy who made this pennant) probably earned about 50 cents an hour for his labor. It was a different world back then.