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Cam Newton was practically a Hokie — the NFL MVP exposed to Eli Manning he really considered betting Virginia Tech … await it … due to the fact that of their team colors!
The 33-year-old star totally free representative QB and design icon — along with style icon Tim Gunn — signed up with the 2x Super Bowl MVP for the current episode of “Eli’s Places” (produced by Peyton & Eli’s Omaha Productions on ESPN+) … where the males talked about all things style in football.
Back then, Newton, a dual-threat QB at Westlake H.S. in Atlanta, got deals from a few of the leading college football programs in the nation … and among those schools was Va. Tech.
Cam wound up selecting Florida, prior to moving to Blinn (a junior college), prior to eventually winding up at Auburn (where he won among his 2 BCS titles and a Heisman Prize).
Things clearly exercised with the college choices, however the star QB confessed to Eli he practically selected the Hokies due to the fact that of their Chicago maroon and charred orange colors.
“I considered a school just because of the uniform — Virginia Tech,” Newton informed Manning, “that maroon orange collab.”
However, it wasn’t simply Va. Tech in the running due to the fact that of their unis.
Newton likewise liked Oregon and Hawaii’s team colors, however regrettably didn’t get a deal from them.
“I was hoping to get recruited by Oregon. Never happened. Hawaii — they had that dark green, black.”
Newton continued, knocking the colors of a number of the Southeastern Conference universities.
“A lot of schools in the SEC really isn’t, like, fashion.”
There’s more. Eli, Cam, and Tim likewise sat runway-side for a football consistent style program.
A gamer rocking a timeless Penn State University consistent strolled the runway … and Newton wasn’t amazed.
“There’s no accessories,” Newton stated about the white and navy fit, “They need like a wristband or something.”
Gunn concurred … and even Manning — who bet Ole Miss prior to his fantastic NFL profession — stated the Nittany Lions might be flashier.
“I wish it had a little bit more flare. Not like 15 pieces of flare but you know, just some.”
Wonder what Saquon Barkley needs to state about that?!