Alternate Jersey Release Open Thread
Well, after weeks of speculation, we will all discover what our Michigan Wolverines will be wearing at the night game against Notre Dame.
8:00 on Mgoblue.com, they will be unveiled. Apparently, the players all really like them.
As long as the game results in a W for us, I'm ok with whatever they wear.
Hopefully they don't look too bad!
I plan on buying one, unlike most folk around here I like something new and different.
I say that to Mrs Fu ALL THE TIME!!!...but I wouldnt take one of these if they were free.
they look pretty sharp and I'm looking forward to seeing them under the lights. Love the gray facemask.
better than the way the buckeyes approached The Game last year. We're doing this in tandem with ND because we have respect for the rivalry, whereas last year the buckeyes show up for The Game wearing candy apple red throwbacks all by themselves saying FTW.
I'm holding my opinion until I see one fitted on an actual player. The way shoulder pads fill out the striped area with the shortened sleeves the players wear may feel very different than the "jersey on a hanger" look we've been seeing all week.
I'm holding my opinion until I see one fitted on an actual player. The way shoulder pads fill out the striped area with the shortened sleeves the players wear may feel very different than the "jersey on a hanger" look we've been seeing all week.
Agreed. Like I was saying- hold off armageddon until we see them in pads....lo and behold they actually look way better and pretty cool.
Is it on right now?
The feed is live with some shadows lurking in the background. Nobody at the podium yet.
Can we at least pray for three more minutes that this is incorrect?
No. We must face reality lest we be stomped by the forces of time. Also, this link on mgoblue.com has the best wait music. Your call will be answered in the order it was received.
I know it just turned off, now its back on sounds like the movie drumline.
Am I the only one who thinks of the Hamburgler when I see these?
not at all, robble robble robble
I like em. F you guys. I think on a football player it'll look way better than this picture. The M looks a little weird but eh, overall I'm good with it.
are they unveiling ND's uniforms as well? doesn't look like it if that podium setup is any indication
I wouldn't think so, but as you said, that's based on the podium. Tons of block m's and michigan uniforms. I would think ND has a separate news conference
Damn. Those are nice.
Have these actually been worn by ND teams in the past, or are they as bad to y'all as ours seem to be.
not that I am aware of, this is what most people were expecting them to look like fwiw. I like the shoes, it is weird seeing that jersey on such a small guy though
Well I doubt one of your tackles would be the kind of model Adidas wants. I actually like the helmets, which seemed to be against the majority opinion here.
Even armando (5-10 rb) was bigger than that guy. With Manti it isn't even close, it just feels odd to see someone so fit but small with that jersey. I am sure its the same for the UM shots, but I haven't seen any of those yet
Hey look, more shoulder stripes. I forgot though, that stripes are Adidas' "thing". So it makes sense that they'd incorporate them (though I'd have expected three, rather than two).
Shamrocks on the helmet? It appears so, but I can't totally tell.
... but except for the shamrock on the helmet and the socks, aren't they just standard white jerseys with green numbers? If UM did that -- standard blue jerseys with maize numbers -- we'd just be wearing our standard home jerseys.
Final Verdict: ND wins the fashion contest but UM did a far better job executing the throwback concept. And, as always, we still have the better helmets!
...a Michigan Event. A Michigan Jersey will be unveiled at a Michigan Event!
So no Arizona State jerseys, then?
Somebody post when its live please?
...live.
anyone else find this creepy?
Love the choice in vintage MMB CD's. In The Stone FTW.
Merge with the drinking thread? Seems the two are directly related
Drink for every vowel spoken? Ok cool, I'm in.
I feel like I'm watching a movie about 'nam from the 70's.
EDIT: Now that I know its the MMB... it makes a lot more sense. Derp.
Denard and RVB will pop up from behind those mannequins
Sweet Intro music here!
They're using MMB tracks as interstitial music on this, so not RAWK music?
Well, we're harkening back to 1980s MMB, guess we'll see how they explain what era the uniform inspiration was drawn from.
Is Boerma going to grow a mustache and wear a three-piece suit on the ladder?
Sunglasses, nothing but high step, it's all comin' back!
Does anyone else notice how the helmets on the two mannequins are different? I'm not sure which one is the normal helmet.
Also, who's #53? Is that Jake Ryan's number?
53 is Van Bergen.
I'm guessing Schutt.
Those look like freaking soccer jerseys! UGLY!!!!
Those jerseys on the mannequins now don't look too bad. Maybe the team should wear those.
This just in: Denard and Van Bergen to play with tables for legs.
And we're live.