Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Latin for Mountaineers are Always Free

West Virginia football will be sporting a new look in 2013. The Mountaineers will have a total of 27 different uniform combinations to choose from, including the option of a white helmet for the first time since 1979, and a gold helmet for the first time since 1978.
The Players will have three manchestr united jerseys different Nike jersey colors to choose from - blue, gold and white - along with pants in the same colors. Stitched inside the back collar of all three jerseys is the West Virginia state motto, Montani Semper Liberi, Latin for Mountaineers are Always Free.
A canary is stitched inside the front collar to represent West Virginia's coal mining heritage (miners once carried canaries into tunnels to detect dangerous gasses). The new jerseys have a barcelona shirts unique number style that is exclusive to West Virginia University, featuring sharp points and edges inspired by a miner's pickaxe. The school has worn gold and white helmets at various times in its history, most recently in the Bobby Bowden and Frank Cignetti eras of the 1970s. The gold helmets of yesteryear real madrid jerseys were more of a mustard or old gold finish, not the brigh gold used by WVU athletics today.
West Virginia also will continue to sport a blue helmet with the traditionAl Gold flying WV logo popularized by Hall of Fame coach Don Nehlen in 1980. All three helmets will feature the Flying WV symbol and will have a matte finish, which differs from the glossy paint finish on prior WVU helmets.
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