New Football Uniformz Spotted?

If for no other reason than to watch people freak out like children.

Where can I order?

We be considered the underdog, and therefore be wearing white jerseys in the bowl game?

Looks slutty, does it come in pink? 

Good catch. With maize pants those might look very odd.

Oh Christ no.....

Do you work for the CIA...you managed to spot a photobombed jersey somewhere on the internet? 

Please God no.

If it lands us a few recruits I don't mind a new uniform from time to time since for some reason all recruits seem to love new/non-traditional/multiple uniforms.  But, I don't think any of our special uniforms look that good.  Also, they don't seem to fit as well as they are often either too big or too small.  They just don't seem to be quite as good and I don't think we look good in them, so hopefully the kids take notice and like them.

Guhh, stupid wow expirences

Spotted..like with spots on them? FREAKOUT !!!

NO NO NO

Dick with the away uniforms, but I will be PISSED if the team ever wears those on the field.

I'd like them if the sleeves were blue and the block M's were maize.

I will say the one I did like was the version with the white pants.  I'd love to see a home uniform w/ white pants/blue top as a special uniform one day.  That is if we are gonna mess...still not as good as the traditional IMO.

(Haven't found anything in the search bracket about it)

since we've been seeing alternate uniforms for some games being used, does anyone have any cool designs they would want to share? Maybe with our mgoblogging super powers we can make D-Brandon consider it.. or at least see some cool ideas of what some alt uniforms could look like 

edit: with some good photoshopping skillz would be sweet to see what they look like in a picture

Looks just like the ones we wore against Alabama but instead of a white jersey, they're blue.

I loved what we wore for the Sugar Bowl, but I think jerseys like this & the Bama game's (different big block of color on shoulders) look like some video game Generic User Created Team Uniform 1. 

I'm buying two for my spoiled kids, I can bet on that. Could be worse.

Looks like something WVU would wear.

I would like to see regular home unis w/ blue pants for once.

The team will look good winning in this uniform. I'm getting used to the football fashion show, I guess.

Even though I'd rather stick to Michigan's traditional navy uniforms, I don't mind them.

Plus it helps with recruiting. A lot of kids want to switch up their uniforms for something a little every once in awhile... and it could help show other uncommitted guys that Michigan isn't afraid to do that.

Those look ugly as piss

They look nice to me. I like the different uniforms because that seems to be something recruits like these days. I realize most people on here don't like anything different, but most of us aren't 17-21 year olds.

tell me, how does stupid traditional boring Alabama and USC recruit with their same old boring jerseys?

Michigan creating different uniforms are done for one reason and one reason only: $

People out there buying these jerseys are the only reason they continue to be made...and that one is ugly as hell and an embarrassment to this university

Dear Dave Brandon,

Why do you hate me?  I care about your product (Michigan Football) more than any 34-year-old probably should.  I'm a lifelong fan and an alum.  I attend games.  I cherish memories of Harbaugh and Morris, Desmond's "the catch," Biakabatuka's 313 yds. vs. Ohio, Mercury Hayes vs. Virginia, Woodson vs. everyone, Brady in 2000 Orange Bowl, Marquise Walker's catch vs. Iowa, Perry vs. MSU, Braylonfest, Manningham vs. Penn St, Tate and Denard vs. ND.  In other words, I'm fully invested.  I live for this.

It seems like you care more about people who are not like me.  

Sincerely,

Beantown Blue

P.S.  This is not just about the uniformz.

 The over the top traditionalists where the ones who sent the Fab Five all those racist letters. The Jersey looks nice tho. Uniforms change thats the tradition , get used to it

Wow factor

Just win.

Just win.

Uniforms do not land recruits.  No recruit in their right mind is going to pick a school based on that.  Besides do we even want them here if they don't want to play in our traditional uniforms.

Sleeves/shoulders shouldn't be a different color than the body of the jersey. That doesn't even look good on a hockey sweater.

..mess with the best uniform in college football.  Seriously, does "New Coke" ring a bell?  You can have the the best of both worlds by leaving the home uniform alone (other than returing to the Braylon Edwards era homes) and then experimenting with the aways.  That being said, I still believe they are approaching the variety from the wrong angle.  We need to stop focusing on trying to "splash" the jerseys.  How about some blue pants with a nice clean  white jersey for away games.  They can even adopt the Northwestern look with the name across the front in blue on a white jersey with blue pants.....maize trim.  Of course, once they don the home uniforms we stay with our traditional look.

But I'll say; I hate whoever thought up this particular mutation of Michigan's iconic "home" maize and blue uniforms; widely regarded as the finest, purest design in the game.  And I hate the Athletic Department bean-counters who feel the need to pull stunts like this.  And I hate all of the fans who support stunts like this.

I could just leave it at "hate."  But instead, I just want to send my sincerest appreciation and best wishes to all who took the time to write how much this concept offends them.

How are all of those 'Bama Kickoff Classic designs working out for everybody?  Like a bad hangover, it would seem.

Here's a question:  Since it is money that rules (the merchandising of jerseys part); what sort of payoff would it take, from thoughtful alums and other interested traditionalists, to get the Athletic Department to forego this apparent latest-stunt?  What's in it, for the Athletic Dpartment?  What would it take, bottom line, to change their minds?  Everybody's got a price.  What is it?  Trouble is, the way things are in CFB marketing, they could start to really use that against us.  Coming up with ever-more embarassing uniform designs, and holding them out to ransom traditionalism.  Like holding a gun to the dog's head.  If you don't pay us off, the dog gets it we'll put the team in these dumbass unis... 

My lawn.  Get off it.

It's just a flip of the Cowboy Classic jersey.

More evidence it's legit: Michigan is the designated home team for the bowl game.

More evidence? Looky here, from the Uniform Layout released back in July-

Michigan may consider designing a special bowl game jersey if the opportunity presents itself. However, a final determination will be made later in the year.

which means he has his finger on the racing pulse of your average 20-35 year-old gullible American male with lousy taste and a burning desire to buy the latest shiny new thing.

I loved the BLOCK M for last year's UTL.  That was awesome and different.  But like the poster said above, just changing the color scheme in some way doesn't automatically make it cool.  As another poster said, this uniform is one of the standard customs available for most football video games.  "Hey, lets change the colors of the shoulders and sleeves!" does not make it creative.

I was not opposed to the changing of the uniforms much but it is starting to bother me.  I want to see Michigan play a big game and see the good ol' blue uni's.  The Tom Harmon throwback jersey thread yesterday made this even more true to me.  Those were f'n incredible.  Just blue with the maize number.  They were awesome.

If *IF* we go all funky and have a jersey that in non-traditional, then I would prefer to have a jersey that stands out in design beyond simply changing the shoulders.  To me, I've to feel that this is the worst combo possible.  Keep the traditional uni's more often, but when you do change it, change it to match our tradition (like the Harmon throwbacks), or if that is not going to happen, change the uni's with a purpose and make the design interesting at least - examples would be the UTL block M or taking some cues from Oregon.

Welcome back to my lawn.

Ok I've got a question.  Which is a greater afront to the delicate sensibilities of the board?

1. Our fourth string tailback moving to cornerback

2. Our alleged new alternative jerseys

We are a very delicate and sensitive fanbase these days......

First, don't mess with the perfection.



Second, that is ugly.



Third, I am sure that the team will wet them. It will be our seventh uniform in the last two years (UTL, home, away, MSU last year, sugar bowl, Alabama and that thing).



We are now Oregon without the cool designs. That is not good.

Would we be the home team if rated lower?

Even if the uniformz didn't mess with tradition, and didn't look terrible, you gotta wonder at what point having different uniformz for every game of significance will start doing more harm than good. Doesn't it seem like fewer and fewer people care each time Brandon pulls this special uniform bullcrap?

Don't hate them, not wildly enthusiastic either. The players and their positions are more important.

You know what?  It is 3:30 AM, I'm mostly drunk at this point, I had a great dinner, and I had a really nice night hanging out with some good friends and seeing a few I haven't seen in awhile.  I am not about to read three pages of comments as this has probably been stated before.  Please for the love of God don't change the home uniforms.  Minor things here and there like a block M, or "Michigan" on the collar are fine.  Hell even the B1G on the shoulder is fine by me.  Keep the damn home uniforms a blue jersey with maise (whatever your definition of that actually is) pants.  I tolerate some change with the away uniforms, but  the home ones are kinda sacred if you ask me.  We are hopefully making something out of nothing.

Do crappy design uniformz contribute to losing?
I can think of it going both ways: when you go out on the field looking like a fool, your opponent gets a morale boost and your morale is dampened because you know you look like a jackass.

Think of the really bad designs... MSU bumblebee clown and the mustard-on-marshmallow puff for the Alabama game. I know i would be embarrassed to wear these, and would get a kick of plowing someone wearing such a silly looking getup into the ground (if i were able, obvs)

I like them. I really liked the away uniforms we wore against MSU sans the bumblebee stripes. The Sugar Bowl jerseys would look good with white pants. I'm looking forward to the chrome-like helmet.

adidas sucks, I have been disappointed with just about everything they've done since Michigan pick them up. Except the bright maize, love it. If you're going to make a crappy alternate uniform make that son of a bitch stand out. Nike has made a living off of that and I believe they're alternates have just looked better. Don't have Michigan wear a uniform style that Michigan State wears on a weekly basis. That's not thinking outside of the box.

Even though I think messing with the jerseys is a pooptastic idea...  I would like to see a concept of a Sugar Bowl style home jersey for this game.

Also, I want to see what they could do with a matte painted helmet. 

MGoBoard when someone says uniformz:  rabble!rabble!rabble!