Looks Like Uniformz For Penn State
As caught by an alert Joshua Henschke on twitter, the latest MDen catalog strongly implies that Michigan will wear alternate uniforms for the Penn State game:
I'm not surprised, I guess. I had just forgotten about the possibility of such a thing and was disappointed to remember we do this now.
I'm sure this will be sold as a throwback to some fictional time in the past when Michigan wore stripey numbers under coach Pterodactyl The Second and won the Big Ten thanks to their velociraptor riders, because Authenticity™.
UPDATE: actually looks like an MGoUser was first to wonder.
As worn during UTL III, "Dirty Burlap Sacks" are exclusively available at MDen and select Michigan retailers near you. For a limited time only you can purchase your Dirty Burlap Sack (or DBS as we like to call them) for a mere $69.99 and if you act now - we'll include a second Dirty Burlap Sack for only 1/2 price.
That's right - you can get not one but TWO Dirty Burlap Sacks for the low, low price of $104.95 and if if your order before midnight tonight - SHIPPING IS FREE!
This is a limited time offer so order now before it's too late.
But wait! There's more....
'Course, I'm viewing it on a CRT and my horizontal hold is on the fritz . . . .
The last time Michigan wore stripey uniforms with pattern inlays was for the original Under the LIghts game against Notre Dame in 2011 and then once again at Michigan State later that season.
Michigan didn't win the Big Ten that year, but if I recall correctly, that game against the Fighting Irish had one hell of a finish . . . . .
ah, yes, the classic throwback to a jersey worn once in 2011
In 2061 they will rewear them for the 50th anniversary of that game.
Is there any way to FOIA UofM jersey sales revenue? I want to see exactly what these things do to the bottom line so we can put the "Kids love them" thing to rest.
Can we just start a kickstarter to offset any loss of sales and avoid these jerseys all together?
Is Penn St wearing different kitzzz? I'll be shocked if they do. The one good game on the home schedule...
Aren't they ensembles?
"These legacy uniforms accentuate exactly what I always tell our student athletes: 'Accessorize, accessorize, accessorize.'"
costumes
I wouldn't mind if blue pants were worn with these though...
Wait til you see the maize helmets with the blue wings.
that's less maize than the highlighter yellow. that's gold.
Michigan must be the only shcool where every alternate jersey looks like crap. Just leave well enough alone.
If Dave Brandon is all about "The Brand", why does he dilute it with crappy alternate uniforms? Branding is about consistency and presenting a unified image and message.
Michigan has one of the best uniforms in college football. That's why it's so sad to see these terrible replacements.
Because he's the same guy who turned the #2 pizza chain in America into the #3 pizza chain in America. If the Burger King had practiced under Bo, would you expect him to do any better?
I only wish I could upvote this coment a bazillion more times, front page it, print a Det News ad with it, and get FatHeads made and put them all throughout the AD office.
But I can't. I give up.
Our standard home uniforms would look amazing at night on their own. But we do this. I don't even know anymore.
I'm done bitching now. All that really matters is that we win.....and win a lot.
seriously, just terrible crap
What on earth is this shit?
...a cartoon prison uniform, a shirt you'd wear to a club in the '80s, an ode to window shades, and whatever you want it to be!
Can someone please photoshop this onto a picture of ICP? This seems like something they'd wear.
I'm not generally a part of the "get off my lawn", anti-uniformz crowd, but holy fuck those are bad.
We should protest.
I think the numbers look stupid (a little too prison like for my taste). I prefer they keep with the classic uni and leave it at that. If we have to put up with alternate uni's, this is far better than the first three attempts in my opinion. This will be far less bumble beeish than the MSU jerseys, much more readable than the South Carolina jerseys, and I still don't know WTF the first Under the Lights jersey was (this will at least look more traditional than those).
The artistic growth of this athletic department cannot even be charted. They are treading water in a sea of retarded sexuality and bad poetry.
Shit Sandwich.
Its okay guys, 2016 we'll ditch adidas and either sign with Nike or Under Armour
It gets better:
Wait, no it doesn't.
Adidas' logo is three stripes. They put stripes on everything.
All this "throwback" regarding Michigan stripes has been marketing smoke to let Adidas put their corporate logo on Michigan uniforms.
It's like when Nike redsigned the Denver Broncos uniforms to include a swoosh.
That is so unbelievably bad. How on earth does a multi-million dollar company put that shit out as the best they can come up with? My 13 year old could do better, I'm sure of it.
I hate alternates so much, you guys. These are something else. Very Wal-Mart esque...
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