Non Contact Jerseys For Spring Game
Hoke taking the not saying Ohio thing to a whole new level.
Rivalries are more fun the deeper they go. And when Michigan would rather ask Oregon State to use jerseys for the spring game rather than have their quarterbacks wear red, because that is the color of Ohio State, that's exactly what we're talking about.
Interestingly enough Oregon St. is a Nike school, you can see the Adidas patch job.
April 12th, 2013 at 12:02 PM ^
Posted a couple days ago. But once again: do want.
April 12th, 2013 at 12:03 PM ^
I mean, you can probably buy one from Oregon St and do you're own patch job
Am I the only one who thinks the jersey looks like one that bowling green might use? And I believe bowling Green also uses Adidas.....
April 12th, 2013 at 12:15 PM ^
you would actually pay money for this?
Of course. It's unique and I collect numerous types historical memorabilia of Michigan Football. Programs, jerseys, pennants, pictures etc. My kids or grandkids someday may see and wonder why in the hell was Michigan wearing orange.
April 12th, 2013 at 12:17 PM ^
Its an OSU jersey with a Michigan patch on it...
April 12th, 2013 at 12:09 PM ^
As said, posted several days ago http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/spring-game-jersey
However, this new link does provide proof that it is an Oregon State jersey, and not just speculation (response from OSU equipment manager). Although this thread should probably be just tacked onto the original thread, if possible.
April 12th, 2013 at 12:22 PM ^
Just to add, it's apparently because Falk knows Oregons St's equipment manager. They apparently ordered no-contact jerseys, but don't have them yet, so this was a stop-gap.
April 12th, 2013 at 12:38 PM ^
This is Michigan, fergodsakes. If we want jerseys, they should be shipped before Falk hangs up the phone.
I haven't been one of the huge anti-Adidas folks, but for fuck's sake Adidas, step your game up.
I'm with you on this one. It shouldn't be too fucking hard to tell the Adidas guy on campus to order a orange jersey that says Michigan on it. Adidas is a joke of a company and I hope we can coax a somewhat comparable contract from another company is the near future.
They'll be vastly cheaper, so if one rips it's no big deal.
Plus it would be great to see Devin in an orange no contact jersey with "Worst State Ever" on the front.
April 13th, 2013 at 12:32 AM ^
and if that were the case, I think the Blue or White team defenders would want to kill him.
Will Devin play ATQB in it?
April 12th, 2013 at 12:12 PM ^
we want to use an OSU jersey so as to not look like OSU. Got it
April 12th, 2013 at 12:19 PM ^
No, they got an OSU jesey so they don't look like Ohio. Duh.
April 12th, 2013 at 12:30 PM ^
It's Oregon State. Don't confuse your OSUs.
April 12th, 2013 at 12:33 PM ^
Wait, what does Oklahoma St have to do with this?
/soconfused
April 12th, 2013 at 12:26 PM ^
and have UM basketball yellow as the non-contact jersey color?
April 12th, 2013 at 12:42 PM ^
Please read thread before posting.
We've used maize "no contact jerseys" with white pants in the past. However, Hoke didn't like no contact jerseys at all. So he took them all away and made QBs wear what everyone else wears.
My questions isn't regarding the jerseys...it's are we now wearing them because Bellomy got blasted by someone when he shouldn't have.
The timing is the same, we don't wear no contact until he gets hurt...is this now the reason? That said, Adidas has to make the jerseys so in the meantime it looks like Faulk just had his buddy at Oregon St. next day ship a couple jerseys. No big deal.
I'm sure when our no-contact jerseys get here and we see them in the fall there will be a bunch of "OMG MAIZE ALTERNATES FOR ND!" threads that will drive us crazy.
April 12th, 2013 at 12:54 PM ^
With yellow top and yellow pants we'd look like cal or West Virginia fergodsakes
That would be amazing.
Please read thread before posting.
We've used maize "no contact jerseys" with white pants in the past. However, Hoke didn't like no contact jerseys at all. So he took them all away and made QBs wear what everyone else wears.
My questions isn't regarding the jerseys...it's are we now wearing them because Bellomy got blasted by someone when he shouldn't have.
The timing is the same, we don't wear no contact until he gets hurt...is this now the reason? That said, Adidas has to make the jerseys so in the meantime it looks like Faulk just had his buddy at Oregon St. next day ship a couple jerseys. No big deal.
I'm sure when our no-contact jerseys get here and we see them in the fall there will be a bunch of "OMG MAIZE ALTERNATES FOR ND!" threads that will drive us crazy.
April 12th, 2013 at 12:36 PM ^
Can't Adidas just make a few orange jerseys on their own? Are they still too busy trying to get caught up on the basketball jerseys that were damaged in the Minnesota bball game?
Every relevant and exciting team is adidas now. Sorry hurricanes and Ohio. Sorry sparty , that Nike scar is heinous. So glad we roll with adidas.
DB just made a deal that will secure that well into the next two hundred years. God bless him and nine dollar hotdogs.
Well, that's hardly true. A lot more of the elite basketball teams are Adidas (both teams in the final, plus Indiana, UCLA and a bunch of others) but not as many of the football powers yet. Are any major SEC teams with Adidas outside of Tennessee? Anyway, Nike still has OSU, Alabama, Florida, USC, Texas, Oklahoma, FSU and a bunch of others (and obviously Oregon). Adidas's top group is us, ND...and then I guess the Nebraska, Tennessee, UCLA, Wisconsin tier.
It's not even true for basketball. It's probably 50/50 on elites and 95/5 for the rest. For every UCLA at Adidas there's a Nike for Duke. Adidas has about 4 "elite" bball squads (UCLA/IU/Kansas/Louisville). Nike takes the rest of the elites and the vast majority of everyone else.
April 12th, 2013 at 12:47 PM ^
Why are people in this thread arguing about non contact jerseys? NON CONTACT JERSEYS that will be worn in practice.
Wait, what?!?! Orange doesn't have NEARLY the contrast with blue or white that red does! Teams use red for a reason! What if one of our defensive guys isn't deterred by this color and lays out Devin?! Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit!!!
They make it sound like Michigan already had hundreds of red no contact jerseys laying around but decided they would rather wear orange jerseys from Oregon State. This very well may be true but there is no real evidence to support this hypothesis. The only real information contained in the article is that Qbs weren't wearing no contact jerseys. They decided they probably should start, they ordered them, but for now they are using jerseys from a connection in Oregon State. Ohio State has nothing to do with that narrative. That's the same as arguing that they got jerseys from a PAC-12 school because they didn't want to ask any other B1G school for help out of spite.
Am I wrong to think that it may just piss Nike off that we are wearing their jerseys with a glued/sewn on Adidas logo? I'd be more pissed if I were Adidas and had everyone talking about how they can't fill a jersey order for Michigan fergodsakes.
Don't they read the papers or watch television? It's dangerous!
i would wonder why the fuck a company as big as adidas doesnt have the capability to produce 1 jersey of any color in the damn world for a client like Michigan.
your school starts with, it will be punished this fall ...