New Michigan 2012 adidas gear
MDen and other sites like FootballFanatics & FansEdge have just started unveil the new 2012 MIchigan gear. I don't really know what to say except I don't know what the helmet on the last shirt is supossed to be, but's not Michigan's.
(Yes that's for men)
People bitch about wanting Nike even though they make about the same ratio of good to ugly shit.
atleast the shirts don't shrink as fast from nike
We should definitely go back to Nike so we can choose among these fine styles, from the cookie cutter:
to the hideous:
to the deliciously ironic:
Yep, Nike forever!!!
Is that last one supposed to be a power ranger?
Nike has the PowerRanger market locked up
If I was a NASCAR fan, I'd be really excited right now. Instead, I'm neither...
And I'm not excited
I'm a fan of about half of those...Addidas could have done better, but I personally think the helmet shirt one looks really nice. Am I in the minority here?
Maybe.
I like the design of the first one.
I actually don,t mind the helmet design either.
I like those as well. It's a generic style they use for all their schools.
2 of the Hoodies I would wear. Everything else is awful! I want Nike!
Nike is wonderful.......This is Michigan's future if they get Nike.
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I will say, regarding the helmet shirt, that I really don't want to look at Michigan gear if my first thought is going to be "Cylon" when I see it - the helmet is iconic, yes, and they could have done something rather interesting here. I could go for the polo and probably the blue hoodie, but everything else I think I would give a pass in the store.
They've used that "helmet" design. They used it last year.... possibly earlier.
Yes, they've used it before. I bought the ND one for my dad a year or two ago and there is a GVSU one as well.
Maybe I am the minority but I really like the Maize hoodie. I actually like the piping work and the overall simplicity of it.
everyone's taste is different. I'd totally rock that hoodie if it didnt have the piping, but I think the piping makes it too busy. In the interest of full disclosure, I must admit I aready have a maize full zip hoodie in my closet.
On the other hand, I like the hat with the old school "wolverine" (although, it'd be better with no text). Ever since my sister found me a circa 1970's Michigan Basketball clock with that furry little bastard on there, I've always been kinda partial to him, I don't know why.
I'm about to pick this beauty up at CampusDen. I've been waiting YEARS for a Maize hoodie with just Michigan on it.
People don't seem to realize that these are just the newer items. The old standard items are still available.
LOL Fail. Adidas sucks so much ass.
The only things I like out of all those are the first polo and the blue hoodie - which is so simple I could've designed it myself - so out of everything in there that actually required some design, only 1 item is good.
That's pretty bad. The Leaders and Best are embarrassing themselves by associating with such a shitty company, Michigan can do better. Please Mr. Brandon, please bring back NIke. They make way better stuff and are a sexier company than Adidas in the eyes of recruits.
Inevitably some 30-something hipster that has a hard-on for Adidas will say something about "Pro-Combat Unis OMG!!!" or sweatshops. Re. the first, that will never happen here. Re. the second, we're talking about corporations, you think Adidas doesn't do the same things?
So let's dispense with the straw man arguments and focus on the FACT in front of us that Adidas is absolutely shit.
(BTW, I would've liked the very first shirt too..... but why the italic font? WHY? They took something that could've looked decent and retarded it up. Typical Adidas.)
Adidas wants us bad enough to pay the bills. Nike doesn't. That's good enough for me.
I would rock the hoodies as well. The yellow and the mesh backed caps look like something from the Walmart $5-$10 section...and I have bought some of them before...you can never have enough Michigan gear...but I will not pay what I suspect they may charge for these!
else. That helmet shirt is just horrendous. I'd fire the design team on the spot if they showed that to me.
DB will make it right and switch back to Nike.
The designs are better then last year's. I'm not a huge buyer of apparel so my opinion matters little to these companies. It's a step in the right direction.
This makes me miss the basic Steve and Barry's plain MICHIGAN gear even more. Nike, Adidas, whoever, I wouldn't buy any of this garbage, much less wear it. No way to look like an adult wearing this stuff.
you didn't put a picture of it but i like the team 133 hoody from mden
Bring back Nike! I want this man in charge of the athletic apparel my university wears and sells!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPpVJlmtA4A
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That rat-looking creature must disappear from one of those hats. It's hideous. At last check, we didn't have a mascot (or did I check too long ago?).
Must not have been checking all the thousands of times that logo has been used over the last 60+ years...