Ducks unveil new football uniforms
by jtlight on Jun 23, 2009 1:00 PM PDT
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So, Oregon has unveiled new uniforms. The full press conference can be viewed here under the Athlete Features tab, and full photo gallery of the uniforms can be viewed at GoDucks.com.
But whatever your opinion on the look of the new uniforms, Chip Kelly made clear during the press conference that while you may or may not like looking at them, that's not that point. The main ponit of the uniforms is to increase the performance of the athletes. According to the Ducks press release, the new uniforms are 28% lighter than the previous jersey's put out in 2006. The new materials do not soak up moisture, and use laminates and other materials to provide reinforcement where needed, such as the wings in the shoulder pads. This keeps the jersey's durable while not using any extra weight.
During the press conference, Will Tukuafu stated how they could feel the difference between the new and old uniforms, and that the new ones made it easier to move.
In terms of how the uniforms look, the wings are staying for a few years, and the yellow pants and helmet (along with the blasted flames) are gone. They are replaced by a new "carbon" color, which will likely be featured during away games. Here is what the university runs down the changes:
Oregon will again have green, yellow, black and white as jersey options, but adds a second white top to the mix featuring different accent colors. For pants, the Ducks will choose from green, black, white or steel, which replaces yellow for this uniform cycle. And helmet options now come in green, black, white and carbon. The black and white paint schemes are new for 2009, while the carbon helmet replaces Oregon's yellow helmet.
The reaction so far seems to be mixed, so join the fray leave your comments below.
As far as outsider perspective goes, it's gotta be a slow news day over at Doc Saturday, who devoted two whole posts to the Duck uniforms. The post summing up the changes was only margnially mocking. One thing pointed out, is that the uniforms really seem to steer clear from the bright colors we've seen before (such as the blindingly bright yellow), which is a welcome change.
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Haha, they’re saying that we’ve been uniform changes since back in the day. That’s awesome.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
what happened to the all white uni's?
those and the all black were my fave’s it was the storm trooper uni. and we lost the yellow helmet and pants? like the carbon look, we’ll see that in boise. and was that actually nat costa in all green not wearing a knee brace? wow i give it a couple weeks before he blows it out again
by HurricaneDayne on Jun 23, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Yay wings! I win still!
"It’s spelled S-H-U-F-E-L-T-M-E-U-P"
by JShufelt on Jun 23, 2009 1:07 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
NO MORE FLAMES!
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
by jtlight on Jun 23, 2009 1:09 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Are you serious?
Silver helmet this year? Are you keeping the black one too? ’cause now all you need is gold and maroon and the conference is covered…
"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''
- from Quick's Behind the Blazers Locker Room Door, 4/16/09
That’s a move in the right direction….At least in terms of no flames…
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Wow. This should be, um, interesting. I’m going to hold my tongue and be respectful, keeping all of my sh*t talk on BtD, promise…
"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''
- from Quick's Behind the Blazers Locker Room Door, 4/16/09
Leave Arby alone, he’s one of the good guys. Seriously
--Dominic, Addicted to Quack
Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.
by dvieira on Jun 23, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd by the way.
"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''
- from Quick's Behind the Blazers Locker Room Door, 4/16/09
I'm just frustrated by these uni's
And I know how much everyone at BTD is going to laugh at us. ALA- The House Of Loud.
I for sure don’t want to piss anyone off here or there so I will stop with the Snarky remarks.
We cool?
Who gives a flying rats ass what BtD or anyone else says about us?
And there’s nothing wrong with snark.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Well I can tell it was rubbing some people the wrong way
I can chill a little on the unprovoked jabs.
The House of Loud wasn't your fault. These are. However, it seems like most duck types will like 'em.
For what you lack in musical taste, echris, you make up for in uniform tastes. I’m not a fan of them either but, obviously, not being a fan of the ducks, that doesn’t mean squat. Of course I don’t like the uniforms, I’m a Beaver.
Anyway, it’s like the weather here—if you don’t like it, wait a little bit, it’ll change.
"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''
- from Quick's Behind the Blazers Locker Room Door, 4/16/09
I actually like the steel look. Particularly the helmet with the yellow O. We’ve already made the move to non-traditional colors. Might as well embrace it.
Did anyone else catch Bellotti lean over to Kelly and whisper that he should say something now…and then he did. Awesome.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
I’ve been saying it for a while. It would do wonders for marketing as well.
"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''
- from Quick's Behind the Blazers Locker Room Door, 4/16/09
It would have to have good marketing
In these times. I don’t think there’s enough money otherwise.
I miss CV3000
I just think these look awful.
awful
I'm sorry Arby
by echris on Jun 23, 2009 1:19 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I’m not going to debate it. I know I’m in the vast minority. Whatever. I think these mostly suck. I hate the yellow with the black. I get the wings are added to absorb shock and reduce absorbtion, they still look stupid. I’m sure we could dominate the Canadian Football League in these.
I love that they are getting to provide feedback. I love that Nike is implementing increased protection and better technology. I love that the players like these colors and the wings. That’s all that matters.
Uniforms are the first thing we talk about when out recruiting…I’m sorry, that is really lame.
I’m also embarrased at the poor quality of the this video press conference online, by a sports marketing department that’s supposed to be top notch. Anyone heard of wireless microphones over there?
I'm really tired of it not being football season.
by JConant on Jun 23, 2009 1:20 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I am embarresed by these
I'm sorry Arby
by echris on Jun 23, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
You’re embarrassed by THESE? And not the earlier ones?
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
I'm sorry
I may be in the minority, but the wings are WAY worse than the steel plates.
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
by David Piper on Jun 23, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
when WT3 can learn how to defend a pass again
then I’ll value his opinion.
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
yeah, screw him! leading the Pac-10 in interceptions, wtf was that about?
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
you can't deny that our pass defense sucked last year
Interceptions alone is not an accurate measure of defense
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
Our pass defense did not suck last year….
In fact it was above average if you look past simple yards allowed, etc.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
let the hate flow....
"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''
- from Quick's Behind the Blazers Locker Room Door, 4/16/09
Interesting to watch as an outsider… but yes, drastic change will polarize an otherwise tight unit.
"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''
- from Quick's Behind the Blazers Locker Room Door, 4/16/09
Lol. If our pass defense sucked so bad, why did Byrd go in the early second round to the NFL and Chung in the late first round?
Chung and Byrd both went in the 2nd round.
"When Bellotti attempted to shake the hand of Oklahoma State quarterback Zac Robinson after the game, Robinson offered his left hand. His right was swollen and battered from the Ducks' defense."
by MarineCorpsDuck on Jun 24, 2009 6:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Both look stupid
If you want my honest opinion. I think you guys should just leave the shoulder pads alone.
I miss CV3000
by ConnorOSU on Jun 23, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I rather have a big fat silver/green/yellow/black O symbol or the word OREGON. Either could accomplish the padding/absorb factor without looking like a cartoon version of the Phily Eagles unis.
I'm really tired of it not being football season.
that's like saying
given the choice, I’d rather have my nuts slammed in a sliding door than a grenade put up my ass.
Why do we have to make that choice to begin with?
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
by David Piper on Jun 23, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well my first choice would be to have nothing stupid on the shoulder pads. But I get that they’re trying to put something there that won’t absorb water and reduces impact to the player’s body.
I'm really tired of it not being football season.
its fine to have something there
but why do our options all have to be tacky?
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
by David Piper on Jun 23, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Costa looks like Grothe.
"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''
- from Quick's Behind the Blazers Locker Room Door, 4/16/09
No. We’re the Ducks. Another winged animal.
It's spelled "T-A-K-I-M-O-T-S-C-H-M-O-E."
I support inroywetrust in his support of The VD Special in his support of me supporting Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
by Takimoto on Jun 25, 2009 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
JConant, Dave, et all who this applies to…. Perhaps this modified quote would represent your feelings.
“You can have any design of uniforms you want…as long as they are the 1994 ones”
also, “get off my lawn”
;)
--Dominic, Addicted to Quack
Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.
not at all
I actually don’t really like the 1994 ones. Love the green O helmets, may be the best in college football. Really liked last year’s green unis. Loved the all whites. Didn’t care for the yellow crap, but nobody really did.
But I just hate those tacky wings. And I see no use in a silver helmet.
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
I’m actually diggin the green on costa, tuku’s badass black and the yellow black combo. the yellow green combo also looks like it would kick ass. I’m not sure about the carbon anything, but maybe they could put something on there resembling green and/or yellow. otherwise Army’s gonna come sue us for copyright infringement lol
In my opinion, driving drunk with a ram in the back of a pickup still beats shooting ducks in a pond. -Graciously, Ben Michael Siegert.
Maybe it’s just the case of the vocal minority, but the poll’s pretty lopsided so far.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Absolutely love the Costa green combo, WT3’s white option and Tukuafu’s blackout display, however i find the gray option worn by TJ a little strange (i would not say that to his face…for i would end up without one..) and Dickson’s black/yellow option is without question my least favorite. Overall…i am pleased with the development of the unis and adamantly believe their time was due
I cannot wait for TJ Ward to "legally" meet Kellen Moore in September...Karma Anyone?
And I especially love
That the media will hate on us again, just another reason to keep the chip on our shoulder…
Proud member of Duck nation!
One media source liked them...
I was surprised to look at today’s Uni Watch blog — written by Paul Lukas, an ESPN.com columnist whose obsession is, well, the title says it all. He has ALWAYS hated the Ducks’ uniforms — every sport, every change. So today I was very surprised to see today’s headline, “Duck Season,” and read that he actually likes these. You can read it at http://www.uniwatchblog.com/.
I like 'em
When Costa came out I damn near swooned. I like the greens and REALLY love the whites, the yellows are cool too, the black is alright (I’ve come to accept that we’ll have black uniforms, sad as it is that it’s OSU’s fucking color)….but I just can’t get behind the silver.
Love the pattern, the simple pants, that we can still mix and match…and the wings are a MILLION times better than diamond plating. Whoever disagrees is COMPLETELY wrong for one simple reason: When was the last time you ever saw a diamond-plated duck? At least the wings, as much as they look like an MMA company’s shirt design, have some relation to our mascot.
here’s hoping they’re included in NCAA 10.
by Doug-e-Fresh on Jun 23, 2009 2:17 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Not gonna happen. NCAA is probably ironing out the last two bugs right now. Not far from it hitting the shelves.
"It’s spelled S-H-U-F-E-L-T-M-E-U-P"
No, which is the feature I've campaigned day and night for since the 2005 edition.
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No they do...
Kinda. You can do it in the team builder. In fact I was going to make a post about it here soon b/c I’ve already made some specialized teams. I’ve designed uni’s for the 01, 05, and 94 ducks teams to look as close as possible but need some help with the rosters of those years to get as accurate as possible…
Even started working on a “lights out” option in the game but had to resort to using tribal wing tattoos for the shoulder pads so I kinda gave up. But the link is
http://teambuilder.easports.com
There is NO charge for Awesomeness
But wait, you can with actual teams, not just created?
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Yeah... Kinda
When you’re making your own “created” team, all you have to do is use a teams existing stadium, rosters, even half of the uni combos. That’s all I was doing for my “lights out” team: Used this year’s roster and even the existing ducks green jersey for one option, then designed a “lights out” for the second option.
There is NO charge for Awesomeness
Sounds totally awesome.
Then in dynasty you can just replace “new” Ducks with real Ducks in the Pac as always?
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yep...
and there you go… In fact my tag is “ssgthawkins” in that teambuilder if you want to browse what ive made already. I’ve made everything from 94, 01, 05 ducks to portland state, southern, western, and eastern oregons…
I got bored one night and decided I should make my own “conference” of oregon teams for the new game
There is NO charge for Awesomeness
Can one download your "built" teams?
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I wish they ironed out the last two bugs before they released their games…
by ntrebon on Jun 23, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Amateur shots from the new ODE sports editor:
http://img40.yfrog.com/i/os0m.jpg/
not high quality, look like iPhone, but they’re at least demonstrative.
OH MY.
The silver. Oh, the silver…
I’m not going to say anything negative here—that’s your job and I’m not looking to flame or troll. I will just rec comments I agree with instead.
"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''
- from Quick's Behind the Blazers Locker Room Door, 4/16/09
Sigh, the silver and carbon are just stupid.
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by qrsouther on Jun 23, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm really surprised to see the return of the wings.
But I’m not a designer for Nike or a duck fan, so I’m out of the loop. I didn’t think you people (yes, I just “you-peopled” duck fans) liked the wings? Am I imagining things?
"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''
- from Quick's Behind the Blazers Locker Room Door, 4/16/09
Most people did, just not Jeremy, et al.
I was under the impression they were a one-time thing too.
However — Jeremiah Masoli, Darron Thomas, and Eddie Pleasant all designed the blackout uni from last year, and this year they were supposed to be doing them as well, so on that token I’m not so surprised they followed the same template.
The WT3 white jersey looks cool except the yellow piping of the number looks wayyyy out of place.
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They said during the press conference that they didn’t plan on bringing them back, but then in design, all the players and designers really liked em, so they went that direction.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
All duck fans I know personally detested the wings.
"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''
- from Quick's Behind the Blazers Locker Room Door, 4/16/09
More than I care to. My large Catholic family is split about 50-50. I know a lot of ducks that share my taste in uniforms for the most part, I guess.
"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''
- from Quick's Behind the Blazers Locker Room Door, 4/16/09
It's pretty evident he's never really bought into the uniform hoopla.
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Good link here:
I think they actually all look pretty tight except for the Carbon bullshit.
I’m predicting the WT3 combo for Boise State.
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You guys forget that the players design these uniforms. They enjoy them, and really, that’s what matters. It’s slow football news, so this is probably going to make a splash.
And I think this makes it to be one of the better April 1st jokes ever done.
"It’s spelled S-H-U-F-E-L-T-M-E-U-P"
by JShufelt on Jun 23, 2009 2:52 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I had forgotten all about this. The biggest april fool’s joke now appears to be the fact that it was true all along. Rec’less Abandon for you
--Dominic, Addicted to Quack
Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.
Silver, Green and Yellow..
Just dont go together, I cant get myself around silver or carbon or whatever isnt green, yellow or white. Those are complimentary colors, but silver???? Even though the players design them they need to realize school colors don’t change. Stick to the old school.
the yellow and black would be badass if our mascot was a Bee
by ENVYduck on Jun 23, 2009 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
I don't think that Dickson combo looks bad at all.
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I agree
I mean I understand what they were trying to do with the silver numbers. They were trying to make everything so mix and match that you never had the “white jersey with green numbers” clash with the “green pants with yellow accents.” But I don’t think silver was the way to go… That seems like the lazy man’s way out instead of being creative with the school colors you have and making something better.
There is NO charge for Awesomeness
The silver helmets are quite interesting…..and not necessarily in a good way. I still like them better than the yellow ones.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
It's wonderful the players are excited about the uniforms, but...
I actually believe the UO, the football program, and, yes, even the school colors, are bigger than the design preferences of the current players. It’s not quite public a trust, but greater faithfulness to tradition is certainly worth equal consideration. Players should seek to build upon our proud heritage, not redesign it.
Anyone who believes that player preferences should trump those of fans and alumni are ignoring the financial engine that drives this excess.
As for the new unis: wings? silver? weird green? It reminds me of the crappy old Philadelphia Eagles’ uniforms. Actually, the green ones remind me more of Colorado State. Just wait until we mix black and silver. Are we the Raiders?
FYI—No one I know, including my avant garde advertising and design cohorts like the wings.
Anyone not already sick of hearing endless blather about our unis are in for a new wave of ceaseless, insufferable commentary. (Any bet that Giansante loves these?)
The financial engine that drives this “excess?” Yeah, I’m pretty sure this helps that, considering now there are gonna be a bunch of people go buy new uniforms.
As far as tradition? What tradition?
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
I love them
These are so bad ass, WT3 in the tunnel just looks like a G. I also thought at the UA they looked much better in groups then just one guy. When the whole team runs out in these its going to look so BAMF.
Sleeping under an avalanche with Cartman, wake me Sept 3.
fashion + football = non sequitur
but apparently, only to old dudes like me
will bruno play for us next year?
in addition, get off my lawn.
-kowalski
weird
how they just threw out the yellow helmet and yellow pants. I mean really why not have them if your going to have a sliver helmet
They yellow helmets sucked, but it’s too bad the yellow pants are gone.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Yellow pants could've totally been sweet with the black lids/tops.
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argeed
They should have just made the yellow helmet not so grellow..
I did like the boise st. combo last year. yellow lid yellow top black bottom
i was also looking forward to the civil war with the ducks in all yellow and the beavs in all orange( expect for the lid) now that the road team doesn’t have to wear white
Don't forget
no matter what you think about the new uniform’s good or bad that they will be completely diiferent in 3 years. The good thing about ever evolving uniform design is that they aren’t permanent. It will take some time getting acoustomed to the new colors, designs etc. but I can tell you one thing. They could be wearing pink for all I care as long as they win. When it comes down to it that is what matters not what color uni they are bringing out each gameday.
To go out and ruin somebody's dreams like that, it feels real good," Oregon receiver Jaison Williams.
by DuckinNC on Jun 23, 2009 6:44 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Well
-the green ones need some pinstriping on the wings
-the all-whites will be missed….super sweetness
-the steel ones are the suckers this year
since when did we adopt a new color. my math teacher, an avid beaver fan loves to rant about my 2007 black with green sleeve jersey. “I guess the ducks weren’t happy with just yellow and green, they had to steal a beaver color.”
the all whites are still here
THey just didn’t have a model for them. But we will have white lids, white tops and white Pants. Chip Kelly loves Star Wars way to much to get rid of them
Sleeping under an avalanche with Cartman, wake me Sept 3.
don’t worry, according to this history http://alumni.oregonstate.edu/eclips/carry/feb13_2004.html, black isn’t an official color of Oregon State’s, only a “background color”.
Jared, just a note - that "Doc Saturday" article was not written by Matt Hinton. It was written by Holly Anderson.
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I did see that. I usually refer to posts actually written by Matt as by Matt Hinton, or have started doing that in recent weeks.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
The post summing up the changes was only margnially mocking. One thing that he pointed out, is that the uniforms really seem to steer clear from the bright colors we’ve seen before (such as the blindingly bright yellow), which is a welcome change.
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pronouns are stupid
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by jtlight on Jun 23, 2009 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
well said, hosfield. Carbon helmets are fine, but the look reminds me of chain-link
mideival armor, or something. I don’t like it because it totally takes away from the
distinctive “O” , like the yellow on green, or green on white. And what’s wrong with
real green and yellow? The cream yellow is ridiculous. The grey (“steel”?… right)
must go. Same with the wings. Know what? I’ll take the 2001 uniforms over these,
man.
I think the 2001 uniforms are the ugliest uniforms we’ve had. There. I said it. I feel better.
It's spelled "T-A-K-I-M-O-T-S-C-H-M-O-E."
I support inroywetrust in his support of The VD Special in his support of me supporting Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
I’m not a big fan of the Clemens era ones, but I think 2001 is only a step above them.
"It’s spelled S-H-U-F-E-L-T-M-E-U-P"
Yeah, Clemens era was my least favorite, at least when they wore yellow. The white ones then were pretty classic though.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Yeah.
The green torso with yellow shoulders and vice versa looked just cartoony.
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Like it or not creates buzz which is the point
1. creates buzz, example we won’t see this many comments until game day gets people talking Oregon football. What you learn in marketing 1 is that publicity is good 100% of the time. Example Lane Kiffen and his recruiting violations has created buzz around tenn. football… genius as long as he doesn’t lose scholarships
2.The recruits love this stuff!
As a marketing exec, I have to disagree that “publicity is good 100% of the time.” I’m not saying that necessarily applies in this case with Oregon’s uniforms. But… Roger Clemens might disagree with that statement. So might toy makers who endured massive recalls due to sketchy manufacturing practices in China. Martha Stewart is once again the face of her own brand, but she doesn’t manage the brand any more. Her brand barely survived her negative publicity? We could go on, and on, an on. Any professor teaching that concept in Marketing 101 is full of shit and out of touch with reality.
Just sayin’.
I'm really tired of it not being football season.
good point!
look at Michael Phelps. didn’t he lose some sponsors?
Example Lane Kiffen and his recruiting violations has created buzz around tenn. football… genius as long as he doesn’t lose scholarships
Not genius.
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well, I like 'em, but...
I don’t think I want to win a nat’l championship with those gimmicky wings. However, they do look pretty good on the yellow and black jersey. So I’ll be ok if we wear that uni to the title game.
My fave uni is the silver & white with the chromosome helmet or whatever it is. Then the black and yellow.
Sorry, been an AtQ ghost since I started work
Thoughts:
Looooove the whites. The yellow piping around the numbers adds a lot. I always found it odd that the last road uni was strictly white and green (also why the ASU set looked so weird). The green wings are great. It’s pretty much exactly what I was hoping for when I started thinking about this design style in colors other than black.
I like the number font changes, as minimal as they are. Compare the old to the new on the 9. The 7 has a serif-type deal added as well . And it might just be WT3’s jersey in particular, but the 6 looks more streamlined.
The yellow jersey is kind of disappointing, but I can’t think of a solution. It might just be the black pants/black high socks unitard effect that’s bugging me. I’ll hold off until i can see it with different socks.
Disregarding the fact that gray/silver/steel is a ridiculous color for us, the uniform looks effing cool. It’s got an old-school Raiders vibe, and the Raiders, as terrible as they have been recently, still have a rabid fanbase and a good hold on a nationwide market. And the green number outline makes it that little bit more versatile, meaning it won’t look mismatched with green pants. And with the silver numbers, the gray pants will work with every jersey we have.
Other combos I’m excited to see (besides Stormtroopers):
Black/Black/Gray, and Carbon/Black/Gray
Carbon/White/White
Green/Black/Green
The saddest part of this jersey set is that we will almost certainly see a decline in how much we wear the green helmet. It’ll really only work with the green, white/green, and maybe the white/gray jerseys, so anytime we see the yellow or black jerseys, I’d expect to see the black or carbon helmets.
Anyway, just my two cents.
It's spelled "T-A-K-I-M-O-T-S-C-H-M-O-E."
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by Takimoto on Jun 25, 2009 9:47 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Actually, the green helmet could look totally bad ass on the abomination that is the TJ Ward-Carbon set.
I kind of think the yellow piping on the WT3 set looks out of place. I mean, yeah, it’s great to include the yellow just so you don’t have a strictly green and white road jersey (which I actually liked), but it as piping looks totally just like they said “Hey we forgot yellow… outline for the numbers?” “Yeah yeah that’ll work.”
I’m still not sold on all the numbers being carbon/reflective. I wish we could’ve held onto the green numbers with black outlines, those just looked slick as hell.
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I love Tak's uni analysis
His combo choices are top notch. The team should use him at the weekly stylist!
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feathers on shoulders > diamond plating on shoulders
I like. Very much. Looks like some MMA Affliction-type shirts you can get. Pretty dope.
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