Let's actually Stripe the Stadium (& #BeatND)

So it's this Saturday Night, Primetime 8 PM on ABC. Approximately 5 million+ TV viewers have their eyes on the Epicenter of College Football - Lane Stadium in small town Blacksburg, VA.

The stadium has been nearly full for 45 minutes+ prior to kickoff, similar to Ohio State in 2015.

The airplane flyover is happening during the National Anthem, the parachute jumpers are coming down from the sky, and Metallica is getting off the bus from Roanoke Airport (just kidding about Metallica).

The home team that is dressed in #AllMaroonEverything begins its trek from the Frank Beamer Locker Room in Merryman Athletic Center to the claustrophobic Avery Tunnel. The crowd is a sea of cell phone flashlights during Johnny Cash's "God's Gonna Cut You Down".

The crowd of ‎65,632 is waiting to erupt when the "Let's Go... Hokies" chant begins - and then lose their minds jumping (while registering on the Richter Scale) as Enter Sandman strikes.

Fireworks are launching, synced with Enter Sandman and as the team runs out of the tunnel.

Kirk Herbstreit and Chris Fowler are talking about what an intimidating venue Lane Stadium is (while also mentioning ODU), just one week after being in Happy Valley for a White Out.

ABC-ESPN are showing many shots of Lane Stadium from the SkyCams and the top of the West, South, and East stands with many cameras in the North.

What do we want it to look like for the 5 million+ at home as we hope for the biggest win in Lane Stadium in over a decade?

This.

Before we start the "this is never going to happen and get off my lawn!!!" talk, please hear me out: Teams across the country have pulled this off before (without giving away shirts/less marketing) and most of them have looked great. The colors were strategically placed so the whole NEZ is orange (and student tickets have their designated color on their Print-At-Home ticket in bold).

It has been blasted at the Spring Game, Student Practice, Freshman Summer Orientation, Fan Appreciation Day, on electronic billboards in SWVA and Roanoke, pocket schedules, all over Athletics and University social media, HokieSports.com, the home game vs. William and Mary, etc. like no other 'Effect' has ever before.

It's not rocket science, it's simply looking at a map to see what color the SGA Hokie Effect team, the Athletics Marketing team, and the football team hope you wear.

"I dOn'T hAvE oRaNgE..." Well you could afford a $125+ ticket and fortunately there are official Hokie Effect - Stripe Lane T-shirts for $8.99. You can get two long sleeves with that too and get get 3 shirts for $24.99 at Official University Bookstores.

I mean surely if schools like...

Penn State

Oklahoma

WVU

Auburn

Iowa

Michigan State

even that annoying asterisk named ODU

and many other schools can pull it off, so can we.

Our other recent primetime Effects have looked amazing before:

Orange Effect 2015 vs. Ohio State

Maroon Effect 2017 vs. Clemson

So let's all Stripe Lane for Hokie Effect as we #BeatND!