Notre Dame goes TechFit October 6th
Adidas and ND announce new TechFit alternate uniforms for the October 6th game at Soldier Field against Miami:
August 17th, 2012 at 4:33 AM ^
The socks are the ONLY great thing about that uni!
August 16th, 2012 at 4:47 PM ^
August 16th, 2012 at 4:47 PM ^
I tried to think of something more creative, but it was impossible to make those jerseys look even worse. So I did this instead. 
August 16th, 2012 at 5:11 PM ^
August 16th, 2012 at 7:16 PM ^
August 16th, 2012 at 4:50 PM ^
...they didn't compromise tradition by putting names on the jerseys. So they've got that going for them.
August 16th, 2012 at 4:53 PM ^
but the first thing i thought was: if they can do this at notre dame, why cant they do something similiar here?
August 16th, 2012 at 4:56 PM ^
I had the same horrible thought... do we know that something similar isn't in the works for us?
August 16th, 2012 at 5:06 PM ^
I think (hope?) schools have veto power over this stuff.
August 17th, 2012 at 12:44 AM ^
Schools do, but the talk on the boards is that their AD is pushing these
August 16th, 2012 at 5:12 PM ^
If I asked all of you to put an honest bet on whether or not the Athletic Department-Dave Brandon-Adidas Axis of Evil would at least attempt to put this sort of garbage on the field within the next two years, how many of you would place your money on "yes", and how many on "no"? I feel like the Martin Niemöller quote (granted in far less serious terms) is applicable:
"First they came for Oregon,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't an Oregon fan,
Then they came for Maryland,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Maryland fan,
Then they came for away games,
and I didn't speak out because away games aren't as significant,
Then they came for Notre Dame,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Notre Dame fan,
Then they came for Michigan,
and there was no one left to speak out for tradition."
We have to come to an understanding that we, as Michigan fans, stand at the edge of a precipice. Between holding our traditions dear or relenting to the greedy, uncaring, covetous minds which, unfortunately, have been placed in positions of power.
~Herm
August 16th, 2012 at 9:04 PM ^
Herm for President. Right freakin' now.
August 16th, 2012 at 5:03 PM ^
August 16th, 2012 at 5:12 PM ^
I probably wouldn't mind them either if they weren't, ya know, Notre Dame. I hate their guts, but dammit they've got a classy uniform. If there are only a couple somethings that still get the echoes to at least hit snooze once a year, that's probably one of them.
August 16th, 2012 at 5:24 PM ^
I like them. For one game a year I don't mind this kinda stuff. More importantly the recruits and players seem to love them.
We hear that all the time: "recruits seem to love them..."
Here's my question; if recruits like this, is there anything they wouldn't like? I've seen the tattoos on a lot of football players; I wouldn't let somebody wearing those tattoos decorate my bathroom, much less tamper with college football iconography.
I thought college football recruits were exquisitely senstive to social media trends. Don't they see these kinds of uniform concepts getting ripped to shreds on the 'net? People are laughing at this shit.
August 16th, 2012 at 5:43 PM ^
My counter to the "recruits and players like them" argument is that Alabama, who's nike pro-combat uniforms look identical to their normal ones, does just fine in the recruiting department. I find it hard to believe that the once or twice a year uniform abominations being worn are even a factor when it comes to recruiting.
August 17th, 2012 at 12:58 AM ^
"Recruits love them" is just an excuse. As I've stated many many times before, recruits don't give a shit about traditions, uniforms, uniformz, weather, girls, etc. They want to go somewhere that wins a lot.
That's why nobody remembers that Alabama won 46 games in the '00's before hiring Nick Saban, who went 6-6 his first year. Hell, they even lost to Louisiana Monroe that year. Saban started winning, and everybody forgot that while he had experienced some success in coaching, he was essentially a .500 coach at MSU, and an above-average coach at LSU
August 16th, 2012 at 5:07 PM ^
The past couple years must have been really, really good years for football jersey models. Seems like a recession proof job.
FWIW, I actually do not mind these. The "under jersey" with the players numbers on them is different and a cool idea.
August 16th, 2012 at 5:13 PM ^
As someone said above, the actual jersey and pants aren't too bad. Our clowniforms against MSU last year were worse. It's when you consider what they did to that iconic helmet that the real tragedy begins to take shape and you realize that we could have had it so much worse. Please no more crazy uniforms and don't ever touch the helmets.
August 16th, 2012 at 5:30 PM ^
Why does the headline mention Michigan?
August 16th, 2012 at 5:37 PM ^
They look like they used our colors?
August 16th, 2012 at 5:51 PM ^
You think they look like our colors? It looks like they have black (not dark blue) on their helmets, and that gold is more like Purdue's/Pitt's.
August 16th, 2012 at 5:54 PM ^
I think they look more like Pitt's and the photos of ND players moedling them look more like Purdue's. I'm just guessing, that at a glance, a non Michigan fan could look at the Adidas promotional picture and say "looks more like Michigan colors than Notre Dame."
August 16th, 2012 at 5:37 PM ^
It just keeps getting worse. When will we hit rock bottom? I am confident the most putrid college uniforms ever have yet to be seen. Maryland is just hell's atrium.
August 16th, 2012 at 10:45 PM ^
August 17th, 2012 at 10:22 AM ^
What the review for that album was...
August 16th, 2012 at 5:52 PM ^
August 16th, 2012 at 6:03 PM ^
I am fairly certain that between these uniforms and this hand signal and those gloves, you can in fact summon "The Four Horsemen" and thereby begin "The Return To Glory". To be fair, the jersey and pants aren't the greatest (I don't like them personally), but they aren't Maryland, as others have said. I will ask, however, didn't UCLA use a similar style of number at some point?
Furthermore, why must they tinker with an iconic uniform? This is really one of the few things that ND had left before the slide into being Rice (per a thread yesterday). Those helmets really ruin it though...I think I bowled a 175 with that helmet once...
August 16th, 2012 at 5:54 PM ^
I love this thread for the sheer number of Michigan fans outraged on behalf of Notre Dame.
August 16th, 2012 at 6:15 PM ^
I think we're more outraged on behalf of college football than Notre Dame. Add that to the fact that we're all scared as hell that if this can happen to a football Institution like Notre Dame, it could happen to us.
August 16th, 2012 at 10:44 PM ^
August 16th, 2012 at 5:55 PM ^
Jeezus.
I would ask "When does our Adidas contract end?" and "How much is our buyout clause" to escape further monstrosities (and head would asplode in anger if they tried to pull something like that on Michigan)....
But what other options do you have?
UnderArmour? (Hahahhahahahahah Maryland! And I live in the state! AHAHAHAHHAHA)
Nike? (Duck dress up! Pro-Combat herp derp derp)
August 16th, 2012 at 6:13 PM ^
August 16th, 2012 at 5:56 PM ^
...that moment everyone realizes we went to far...
someone should be fired over these
* the worst part is... they will still sell a ton of these*
August 16th, 2012 at 6:11 PM ^
August 16th, 2012 at 5:55 PM ^
I'm fairly certain that Hoke wouldn't allow someone to do that to our helmets. And no, adding a little number on the side is not as drastic as that vomit ND will be wearing.
August 16th, 2012 at 6:06 PM ^
August 16th, 2012 at 6:09 PM ^
That being said, nobody really has a problem with him putting numbers on the helmets and changing the facemask to grey.
Now if Rodriguez was to do this 2 years ago, all hell would break loose, he would be satan, and thus would be "un-Michigan" like.
I love Michigan, can't stand Michigan fans (most of the time unfortanutely).
August 16th, 2012 at 6:12 PM ^
Beautiful reasoning. Let's vilify Michigan fans for an imaginary reaction to something that never happened.
August 16th, 2012 at 6:14 PM ^
August 16th, 2012 at 6:17 PM ^
This scares the hell out of me. If they can touch ND's helmet, what stops them from going after UM's iconic lid. This is an all out assault on college football tradition. Last year was the year college football tradition died when they dressed Michigan up in its bumblebee uniforms. This is the year college football tradition is unceremoniously dragged from it's place of eternal rest, doused in jet fuel, and sadistically set ablaze while various fat-cat athletic apparel CEO's and school AD's with visions of profit and jersey sales in their eyes dance around the smoldering corpse in gleeful worship of the great beast they now serve. God help us all if we do not take a stand.
August 16th, 2012 at 6:18 PM ^
What can stop them? The school. We are under no obligation to allow Adidas to change whatever it wants. If our uniforms change, it's because we signed off on it.
August 16th, 2012 at 6:33 PM ^
That's just it. Who's we? Is it the fans? Hell no. It's the AD and the school. And unless I've got a spare million bucks that I just can't think of anything else to do with, I have absolutely no influence over them. If this happens to us, it's not because we signed off on it. It's because we didn't all take a stand together and stop it from happening. I honestly pray that the Notre Dame universe explodes with even half the force this blog has, because that's the only thing that will save them. The people have to get a petition going, or just flood the office with hate mail. It will be interesting to see if they can generate that kind of organized response. I hope they do, for all our sakes.
August 16th, 2012 at 6:13 PM ^
I say screw you Nike as they tried replacing us w Ohio St. W brand recognition, combine etc!
Go Blue
August 16th, 2012 at 6:52 PM ^
August 16th, 2012 at 11:15 PM ^
UA is huge with the kids.