A proposal for future Uniformz

I woud love to know what folks think about the all white away jersey?  I didn't like how they were implemented at MSU a couple years ago, but I don't mind the concept.

The Desmond Era aways were perfect. Why M ever went away from those is a mystery to me.

...approach. Recognizes that Michigan's road jerseys have actually changed significantly over the years and capitalizes on that fact.

Nod to the '97 national champions. Nod to the '88 and '92 Big Ten/Rose Bowl champions. In fact, Men's Basketball did this in the (I believe) 2010-11 season when they wore the '89 naitonal championship unis for a home game.

JB has definitely hit the sweet spot with this proposal.

I agree with MGoShoe that this is the right idea.

My view on this stuff is that the helmet and the home football uniform should be essentially untouchable.  Even with the happy ending of UTL, I find myself wishing that we were in our classic uniforms when I see highlights or photos of that game.

Beyond that, I don't mind some experimentation (road football uniforms, basketball & hockey uniforms) as long as it's classy and not overdone. 

One issue that I'm unsure of is whether Adidas can or would bring back old Nike uniforms.  Does anyone know about this?

Completely agree - stop coming up with old designs. Go back to the true throw-backs. The pro teams do this all the time. I would love for my kids to have the 97 jerseys.

I think the Desmond and Harbaugh jerseys you show are actually the same design.  Harbaugh just has longer sleeves and possibly a different mesh material.

Amen- especially on the road football uniforms.  I actually write an annual letter to the athletic director (then Martin now Brandon) urging us to go back to the road uniforms being worn by A-train.  No piping, block M on shoulders. 

Speaking of the 89 bball jerseys... anyone have any idea where one could possibly be found other than maybe ebay?

Before the piping, how much did the away (football) jerseys really change that dramatically over the years?  The block M on the shoulders added around 1993ish and the players rolling their sleeves up so the stripes are no longer visible?  I'm not seeing this constant change people keep talking about.

Your orginal point, though, is nice and I'd love to have true throwback jerseys but Dave Brandon doesn't swing that way.  He only approves of jerseys that no Michigan team has ever worn.  And he's got a weird obsession with the shoulders always having some form of ugly.  Then he says that all kids love them then covers his ears and says, "Lalalalalalalala, I can't hear you."

No chance he'd ever go for what Tyrone Wheatley is wearing...

How many different uniform combos did the football team wear this year?  Anyone...?

The away uniforms really didn't start to change a lot until 2005. That was the year for god knows what they decided to get rid of the ones with the block m's on the shoulder and they got even more simple. Then in 2008 adidas added the awful looking stripes on the side no one liked. Then they dicked with them a little bit every year after.

is the best uniform in the history of M Hockey.  Period.

I actually liked the Sugar Bowl uniforms(z), minus the copious bowl logo, manufacturer, and "M" badging.  Considering what has been done to sleeves on football jerseys since Mike Webster and Jon Kolb started flashing their GUNZZ with the old Steelers, any stripes pretty much have to be the over-the-shoulder version that the NFL Colts wear. 

Or you could skip them altogether and roll up in what amounts to a road version of the home jersey, white, no stripes, BLUE NUMBERS with a maize border.  No superfluous block "M's" on the shoulder (Notre Dame does that w/ the interlocking "ND"...looks good on them, Michigan doesn't need it) or the chest.  Close to what the mid-'70's team wore, and maybe change up the color of the pants to white for a "throwback" effect (MAYBE blue for a BCS-level bowl game if you must).

The "Northwestern stripes" they used on the late-70's-mid-'90's jerseys are cool, but impractical based again on the sleeves of the modern jersey cuts.  Nike may have that design patented, FWIW...not that going back to Nike is a bad idea at this point.  

Exactly. Use alternate uniforms to honor teams of the past by trying to replicate their uniforms. None of that feaux-back crap we saw on the football team in 2011, but actual throwback uniforms. I know a lot of people don't like the Big Chill sweater that the hockey team wears, but it's very close to what the Michigan hockey team wore in the mid and late 1940s. The GLI uniforms this year were closely based on what the hockey team wore in the mid to late 1970s. The current white and blue uniforms they have approximate what the hockey team wore when Red was a player in the late '50s and early '60s (though they ruined them with that block M at the start of Michigan). There's a way to do alternate uniforms without shitting all over the tradition of our programs. And it's not like it would be a lost marketing opportunity. M Den ran out of the Tom Harmon jerseys in a day, and they only have a few sizes left of the Kramer jersey. The Big Chill jersey sold out and they had to re-order them to sell more. People like the old style jerseys when they are done right. The Alabama and Outback jerseys will still be on the clearence rack at M Den at this time next year.

seems sort of quaintly ridiculous now. Just imagine the shitstorm that would have erupted if RR had tried to introduce the clowniformz and matte helmet after a 3-9 season.

The '89 big M basketball uniforms are awesome. Please go back to Nike Dave

Allow me to propose something a bit more subtle:

Clap if you love Uniformz

I wonder how our deal with Adidas affects our ability to bring back retro looks that were Nike designs?

I actually exchanged e-mails w/DB regarding old road football uniforms, and in particular, bringing back the "Harbaugh/Lytle" road jersey.  I dissed the "apron-spring" pinstriping we have right now; just not a real Michigan look to it (more West Virginia).  Either I wasn't clear or DB misunderstood.  He said in no uncertain terms that Michigan would never wear uniforms it wore "25-30 years ago" because of technology; safety; etc.  I replied that I didn't expect Adidas (or whoever down the road) literally make the "same" uniform, but rather, that while incorporating changes in materials, etc., the uniform "looks" the same (it doesn't matter that both are Nike schools).  As I pointed out, USC and Alabama to name a few wear the "same" jerseys they wore decades ago.  I assume however that the materials and such are modern-age.

And if you liike to get fund for your uniforms get in touch with sportfunder!

The names come off of the home jerseys.

I would like to see the '89 basketball jerseys in maize.

Navy pants with the Maize block M located same size and location with our navy jerseys wow we would look sweet!!!! kinda like M hockey on the road!!! brings out the helmets and the block M on the pants look mean!