Metallica Virginia Tech VT Ugly Sweater Knitted Burgundy Black Christmas NCAA Holiday Pullover Unisex Woven Graphic Sweater

Metallica Virginia Tech VT Ugly Sweater Knitted Burgundy Black Christmas NCAA Holiday Pullover Unisex Woven Graphic Sweater

The Metallica Virginia Tech VT Ugly Sweater Knitted Burgundy Black Christmas NCAA Holiday Pullover Unisex Woven Graphic Sweater is commemorative merchandise celebrating one of college football’s most iconic and enduring stadium traditions that began in 2000 when Virginia Tech Hokies started taking the field at Lane Stadium to Metallica’s legendary “Enter Sandman”. This 25-year tradition, which debuted when the university installed a new video scoreboard and chose the 1991 heavy metal anthem over candidates like Guns N’ Roses’ “Welcome to the Jungle” and Alan Parsons Project’s “Sirius,” has become so powerful that Lane Stadium was voted the second-scariest place to play in ESPN’s 2007 rankings and recognized in 2005 as having the best home-field advantage in the country. The tradition reached its pinnacle on May 7, 2025, when Metallica performed their first-ever concert at Lane Stadium as part of their M72 World Tour, drawing over 70,000 fans to witness the band play the very song that has electrified Virginia Tech football for over two decades. Virginia Tech Hokies football, representing Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in NCAA Division I FBS as part of the Atlantic Coast Conference (formerly Big East), has won over 700 games since 1892, appeared in 33 bowl games including the 2000 BCS National Championship, claimed eleven conference championships, and achieved a record-breaking 27 consecutive bowl appearances from 1993 to 2019. This premium knitted ugly Christmas sweater features the Hokies’ distinctive burgundy (officially “Chicago Maroon”) and black school colors combined with Metallica’s iconic branding and graphic elements that reference the legendary pregame ritual where players touch the “Hokie Stone”—a limestone engraved with “For those who have passed, for those to come… reach for excellence”—before running through a narrow tunnel into the deafening roar of 65,632 fans jumping to “Enter Sandman”. The woven pullover construction offers premium comfort and durability with unisex sizing, making it perfect for Virginia Tech alumni, Metallica fans, college football enthusiasts, holiday parties, or anyone who appreciates one of sports’ most powerful convergences of music and athletics that even prompted Metallica to acknowledge legendary coach Frank Beamer and present special jerseys to current coach Brent Pry during their historic Lane Stadium performance. Ideal for ugly sweater contests, game day celebrations, or casual winter wear, this limited-edition collectible represents the intersection of heavy metal’s most influential band and a college football program that transformed a 1991 rock anthem into a quarter-century tradition so iconic that two Virginia Tech alumni have attended a combined 206 Metallica concerts but still consider the Lane Stadium show among their most anticipated performances.

Product Details:

• Comfortable and versatile, this sweater is perfect on its own or as a layer under a blazer or jacket.
• This casual wardrobe-essential comes in a lightweight fabric perfect for comfortable everyday wear.
• Suitable for special occasions such as Christmas, birthday, celebration, housewarming gift.
• Material: Polyester and spandex is used to react to your body’s temperature, thus keeping you warm in the Winter.
• Dye-sublimation printing.
• For all ages.
• EU warranty – 2 years.

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