Looks Like Uniformz For Penn State Comment Count

Brian

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:

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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.

Comments

samdrussBLUE

August 8th, 2014 at 1:57 PM ^

These are fucking terrible.  Unfortunately, to feed his urges, WD will still have to purchase this garbage.  I feel bad for his growing collection being tarnished with shit.

woodfeld

August 8th, 2014 at 1:58 PM ^

Am I the only one that thinks it's reflective material and won't look nearly as bad on game day/in person as it does in this pic?

Having said that, I like the standard home uniforms way way better.

jandern3

August 8th, 2014 at 2:14 PM ^

I'm pretty sure they used to refer to themselves as 'The Three Stripes Company", I used to have a t-shirt that had that slogan on it.

Relatively speaking, I actually quite like portions of these. For example, I love that the coloring is much closer to a true maize, as opposed to the highlighter color that the apparel has been trending towards. Though I'm not a fan of the striping, I think it looks way better in the more toned down version presented here, especially when compared to the bumble bees.

Sopwith

August 8th, 2014 at 2:01 PM ^

should be "Uniform$"

Sweet fancy Moses.  

So, was the legends designation for the #98 and #47 jerseys just a cover so Michigan could have plausible deniability when asked if they were cashing in on the popularity of specific current players?  "No, we're not cashing in on Devin Gardner and Jake MF Ryan, people are buying these legends jerseys because they still identify with Harmon and Oosterbaan."

Seth

August 8th, 2014 at 2:03 PM ^

Some time in the recent past the quarter of my caring about uniformz was pushed over the edge by the mountain of other 25 cent worries. I find I can't summon outrage for it anymore--just annoyance the day of. Unless the numbers and names are completely invisible (again) or they come out looking like white-legged bees (again), don't really care no more. The minor annoyance to a large number of people is probably less important to the university than the money they'll get from stupid people who buy them. Since Michigan having money instead of stupid people doesn't really harm my interests, I'll take the annoyance.

BlueInWisconsin

August 8th, 2014 at 2:04 PM ^

Count me as just another Michigan life long fan and grad who thinks this is stupid.  I long for the day that Mr. Brandon and his clueless marketing minions are shown the door.

JeepinBen

August 8th, 2014 at 2:07 PM ^

Are these grilled? paninis? blinds? Kayne glasses? tire treads from getting run over?

I'm actually with the above poster in hoping that these don't look much different than our normal jerseys on the field (in which case, WHY NOT WEAR THE AWESOME NORMAL JERSEYS) but I'm fearful that they'll look terrible on TV. Much like when ND went to the fancy extra sparkly gold helmets - which made the game damn near unwatchable on TV.

DMill2782

August 8th, 2014 at 2:13 PM ^

don't mind alternate unis. It just amazes me that Nike, Adidas, and UA are so bad at making them. How hard is it to make a good looking alternate uni? Seems damn near impossible from all the shitty alternates we see. 

I'm sure all the young kids with their loud music, Dan Fogleberg, Zima, hula hoops, and Pac-Man video games will love these. 

matty blue

August 8th, 2014 at 4:47 PM ^

i get the internet-age obsession with alt-unis.  well, i sorta get it.

but they do all look (as my late father would say) like cans of smashed assholes.  you know what a great alt uni would be?  white numbers on blue jerseys.  hell, do black for black's sake.  whatever.  but what's with the goddamn striped numbers?