Guest Tigrinum Major Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 If you're colors are scarlet and gray, doesn't it make sense to incorporate those colors in your football jersey? Ohio State fans are livid. Discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeagleDMS 0 Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Let this be a lesson to the AU athletic department. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrnfanatc 6 Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 This after we just heard that Bammer would change their unis to Canary Yellow... What's next, Auburn going to the Or**** Je*****? (post modified to protect the innocent) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War Eagle 96 10 Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Could someone post the pic/story? Can't navigate the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrnfanatc 6 Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Ohio State football fans are seeing red this week, thanks to a slight change in the school's football uniforms. Uni Watch Analysis If your official school colors are scarlet and gray, shouldn't those colors be on your uniform? The folks at Ohio State apparently didn't get that memo, at least judging by their new jersey. Like, if they want to change the width or spacing of the sleeve stripes, that's fine, but why get rid of the gray? Yes, the jerseys were gray-less for a while back in the 1950s, but so what? Those jerseys were also made out of cotton, didn't have the players' names on the back, and didn't have the OSU logo on the collar, and you don't hear anyone talking about going back to those design features. The rest of the changes, though, aren't so bad. Moving the auxiliary uni numbers from the shoulders to the sleeves is a welcome move, if only because it reinforces the fact that the jersey actually has sleeves -- a near-revolutionary concept in an era when most football players just wear a gaping armhole and a scrap of fabric strrrretched over their shoulder pads. Besides, the real story here is that OSU dodged a bullet: The school is outfitted by Nike, which is slowly imposing its wraparound bib design on more and more teams -- including OSU's archrival, Michigan. So relax, Buckeye fans -- it could've been a lot worse. The school introduced a new uniform that features slightly different stripes on the sleeves and changes the pattern (to scarlet-white-black from scarlet-white-black-gray). The sleeve is also slightly longer. Reaction has been swift and strong, according to Wednesday's Columbus Dispatch, which said that it received 734 votes in a poll on its Web site, topping the prevous record of 433 for a question on same-sex marriage (and more than the usual 100-200 responses). The newspaper said 79 percent of fans responding were against the new uniform. "I can't believe this is happening. I can't even concentrate on typing this message because I'm so angry," one fan wrote into the newspaper. Another compared the change to "New Coke." Ohio State noted that it isn't the first time the uniform had changed. Woody Hayes won three national titles (1954, '57 and '68) with three different uniforms. Ohio State wore uniforms without gray on them for 10 seasons in the mid-'50s. Former coaches Earle Bruce and John Cooper also changed uniform styles slightly, both told the Dispatch. There was little outcry. "I don't know that jerseys ever lost a football game," Bruce told the Dispatch. Head coach Jim Tressel was surprised at the reaction. "If you put three jerseys up over the last 10 years, I'm not sure which one we're going out there in," Tressel told the Dispatch. "Probably in the last 20 years, we've had four or five different stripings and pipings and all that kind of thing." Ohio State's uniform pants were slightly shinier last season, thanks to a new fabric. Ohio State's uniforms are made by Nike, causing some fans to accuse the school of changing to sell more uniforms. Ohio State has a six-year, $11.4 million deal with Nike. School officials said no, and that Nike didn't push for the change. "In our case, we're going to sell jerseys regardless," athletics department spokesman Steve Snapp told the Dispatch. "We don't have to change our jersey to increase sales." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tigrinum Major Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Could someone post the pic/story? Can't navigate the link. 230585[/snapback] You must have the most restrictive firewall/internet filtering software EVAH at work. I am amazed that you can get on the forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarDlowe 39 Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 it goes go show you... part of the thing that makes college football so great is tradition. little changes are one thing, but changing with the way things have always been in most cases are not good. i hope we never have to experience this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damabama 15 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 i hope we never have to experience this. so do i, but........i've said it before and i'll say it again. under armor isnt going to spend whatever million dollars they're spending and not have a distinctly identifiable product to market. get ready for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarDlowe 39 Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 sadly i think you're right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeagleDMS 0 Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 No way the jersey changes without the AU athletic department's approval. The alumni ($$$) would not approve, and that makes a HUGE difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moe 0 Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 Under Armour is still a growing company. Our jerserys will stay the same for a long, long time. UA doesn't have the power like Nike does to "impose" a change to the jersey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumbo 0 Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 I hate to see changes to the jersey's from schools like Ohio State, Michigan, Notre Dame and Penn State, can you imagine If Penn State decided to put a logo on the helmet or Ohio State quit putting a buckeye on there helmet? A little change in the jersey is going to make people angry and that is not going to change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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