Jersey Inconsistencies (not Uniformz related)

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October 14th, 2012 at 12:54 PM
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JeepinBen
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Jersey Inconsistencies (not Uniformz related)

So it's been pointed out before that Adidas has had some... inconsistencies in the jerseys and their piping on the away unis:

Notice how Roh's piping goes above his name, QWash's is below. Yesterady I noticed something weird with the home uni's as well. As part of the "Block M is Everywhere" campaign, a block M was added to the back collar on the home jerseys:

You can see Kenny Demens has a Block M on his back collar here (from yesterday):

However, the offensive players (as best I could tell) didn't have a block M yesterday. They had text "Michigan" in that spot. 

PhotoLook at the collar on the Funchise. Anyone know why this is? I'm not trying to complain so much as my OCD tendancies hate Adidas. 

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October 14th, 2012 at 12:58 PM | Funchess? (Score:-1 Trolling)
October 14th, 2012 at 1:32 PM | It's a nickname... the (Score:5 Normal)
His Dudeness
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It's a nickname... the "Funchise" as in the "Franchise" It is a play on words.

Dolt.

or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing.

October 14th, 2012 at 12:59 PM | Different strokes for (Score:2)
JBE
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Different strokes for different folks. There are different versions of the uniforms, but it doesn't bother me in the least. I like uniforms that aren't uniform.

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October 14th, 2012 at 12:59 PM | The piping differences I (Score:5 Normal)
BlockM
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The piping differences I think just come down to where the seams are. Different body shapes and preferences means different seam locations, and since the piping follows the seams they come out a little bit different. Not sure why some have an M and some have Michigan on them though. I like it either way, but I guess I'd prefer they were all the same.

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October 14th, 2012 at 1:02 PM | It bothers me because it is (Score:0 Normal)
October 14th, 2012 at 1:15 PM | Good thing (Score:5 Normal)
Mr. Yost
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...good thing this isn't professional football.

 

With that said the text "Michigan" is the new jersey that Adidas has made for this year. With that said jerseys rip causing players to go back to the old...or they flat out just like the old jerseys better.

Same with the aways. Some guys like last year's fit better.

I'd much rather beat the snot out of teams like Illinois and Purdue with jerseys that our guys WANT to wear and feel comfortable in than look like the Soviet Army and lose or play bad.

Sidenote: We don't need a thread every single week about different jerseys! We can all see it with our own eyes. I noticed yesterday when Des Morgan had the block M...likely because he got a new number and it had to have the patch sewn on.

Also, it has nothing to do with offense/defense

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October 14th, 2012 at 5:49 PM | Morgan actually changed (Score:1)
Blue Bennie
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Morgan actually changed jerseys in the first quarter.

October 14th, 2012 at 1:52 PM | I totally agree with you...I (Score:3 Normal)
swdude12
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I totally agree with you...I hate bitching about little stuff like this, but this is Michigan, a major brand.  You don't see that stuff with Nike and Under Armour or at least I don't notice it.  This year it is just the piping...last year half the team had the Yellow wings on the back and the other half didn't...that was ridiculous.

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October 14th, 2012 at 7:59 PM | Someone here described them as elephant tusks (Score:1)
Muttley
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October 14th, 2012 at 1:25 PM | Block M on Demens? (Score:1)
PDX Blue
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I'm not seeing the block M on Demens, perhaps because all I see is Demens blowing up #5 with a perfect tackle.

October 14th, 2012 at 1:17 PM | It was already said the (Score:2)
JJL
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It was already said the reason Washington had a different jersey was bc his was ripped earlier in the ND game

October 14th, 2012 at 1:44 PM | Meh (Score:5 Normal)
snarling wolverine
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It's happened before.

Longtime fans will remember that Anthony Carter used to wear a completely different jersey - a cheap, tearaway one - from his teammates to make him more elusive.  

The Fab Five's shorts were iconic, but they actually weren't uniform.  Some players had the block M at the bottom of their shorts, while others had it in the middle.  The evidence:

October 14th, 2012 at 1:37 PM | they also managed to spell (Score:0 Flamebait)
October 14th, 2012 at 1:39 PM | Some players had michigan on (Score:1 Normal)
UM2018
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Some players had michigan on their collars and others had a block M, I don't think it was based on offense/defense

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October 14th, 2012 at 2:16 PM | The Michigan on the collar (Score:3 Normal)
Marcus818
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The M on the back is on the Techfit jerseys. Most of the team stopped wearing them against Purdue. An easy way to tell, (besides the M missing) is the body is your typical mesh with holes in it. The techfit's are a solid material.

October 14th, 2012 at 2:32 PM | The solution to this problem (Score:5 Normal)
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The solution to this problem is to go back to this...

HOME:

AWAY:

The current yellow piping on the away jerseys always looked stupid anyway.

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October 14th, 2012 at 3:14 PM | I'm not quite "get off my (Score:3 Normal)
macdaddy
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I'm not quite "get off my lawn" old but I'm old enough to wholeheartedly endorse this. PLEASE bring back old-school jerseys from pretty much any time from 1970 to 1995. Make 'em all identical (OK the numbers can be different) and I'll be happy.

October 14th, 2012 at 9:04 PM | '80s away jerseys were the (Score:3 Normal)
M-Dog
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'80s away jerseys were the best. They looked pretty sweet beating USC in the Rose Bowl. 

 

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October 15th, 2012 at 10:07 AM | The idea that the road jerseys never changed from 1970 to 1995 (Score:2 Normal)
danimal1968
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is false.  Some years the jersey looked like the 1995/1996 jersey with two small blue stripes surrounding a larger maize stripe.  The 1992 road jerseys featured a very small yellow stripe.  The same was true of the jerseys in 1974 and 1975. 

October 14th, 2012 at 3:30 PM | This. Not many schools of our (Score:2 Normal)
Danwillhor
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This. Not many schools of our caliber can claim they had better quality and looking jersey's 10-20 years ago. We can.

As far as cfb goes, Adidas is an absolute statue for uncool and poorly made. Even recruits complain about Adidas, some committed.

October 14th, 2012 at 2:45 PM | Adidas (Score:3 Normal)
THISISMICHIGAN33
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Adidas just likes messing with us.

THIS IS MICHIGAN

October 14th, 2012 at 11:20 PM | For real though, they just (Score:2)
maizenbluedevil
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For real though, they just get worse and worse...  I would not be surprised if the person at Adidas that handles Michigan reads these boards and is trolling us with the uniformz.

 

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October 14th, 2012 at 5:00 PM | How is this "not Uniformz (Score:3 Normal)
Jon06
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How is this "not Uniformz related"?

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October 14th, 2012 at 5:32 PM | I thought the same thing... (Score:2 Normal)
Mr. Yost
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...I figured "uniformz" was some type of board joke I didn't know about.

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October 14th, 2012 at 5:34 PM | I believe "uniformz" gets used... (Score:3 Normal)
justingoblue
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when talking about bumblebee outfits, ND alternate helmets, ect.

Go Blue!

October 14th, 2012 at 5:47 PM | (No subject) (Score:1 Normal)
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October 14th, 2012 at 7:50 PM | If Hoke decides to (Score:1)
rob f
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recruit a seamstress to fix this uniform "problem", will it count against the 85 scholarship limit?  /s

 

October 14th, 2012 at 8:04 PM | I hate the yellow piping on (Score:1 Trolling)
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I hate the yellow piping on the jersey.  If we completely got rid of the piping and kept the away uniform simple, white with navy numbers and a yellow outline, we would look much better IMO.  And it's just pathetic how we can't all have the same uniform on every game, it's almost like we are trotting out a grade school team who uses the jerseys from the prior season because they don't have enough of the new ones.  I know the differences in the uniforms are petty, but they really do bother me and should bother any real Michigan fan.  It's unacceptable and I cannot wait for our contract with Adidas to be up.

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October 14th, 2012 at 8:50 PM | No. (Score:0 Overrated)
October 14th, 2012 at 9:10 PM | It's so we don't look like a (Score:2)
M-Dog
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It's so we don't look like a clusterF.  

When I was in Jr. High School, our uniforms were borrowed from 2 different Sr. High Schools.  It looked like the circus it was.  I expect slightly more from the "Winningest Program of all time" that seems to pay close attention to its "brand".   

 

M'Dog

October 15th, 2012 at 12:41 AM | Home Jersey (Score:1)
dmblue
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Jersey's versus purdue looked awesome.

 

Our home jersey is so good

October 15th, 2012 at 8:24 AM | Id prefer these to be our (Score:2)
swan flu
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Id prefer these to be our road uniforms for good. (are these the practice jerseys?)

They are simple, no piping, and the block M adds just enough detail to make them "ours."

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October 15th, 2012 at 11:35 AM | Who is T. Gordan? (Score:2 Normal)
Evil Empire
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Is he related to Russell Bellamy, Devin Gardener, or Andre Pipkens?

October 15th, 2012 at 8:39 AM | Who the f*ck is Any Name and (Score:2)
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Who the f*ck is Any Name and why hasn't this board done any recruitiing analysis on him?  THIS PLACE IS GOING DOWNHILL

 

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