OT: NIke, I don't Hate You, I'm just....Disappointed in You.
Frickin' Evil Empire.
So I'm sure you all noticed the 'WTF?' unis Nike busted out for a few teams: http://www.nike.com/nikeos/p/usnikefootball/en_US/rivalries09
Anyway, so now that the dust has settled let's slap up some results:
Miami: Win
Florida: Win
TCU: Win
Ohio State: (UGH) Win
Virginia Tech: Win
Oklahoma: Win
Florida State: Win (pvs. week)
Texas: Win
LSU: Win
Mizzou: ...Win
This is disturbing, n'est-ce pas? Also disturbing: four of these wins were over adidas-clad squads. Mehopes those Germans start engineering some haterade into our uniforms next year to keep up with Phil and his sweatshop-abusing minions.
November 29th, 2009 at 9:50 PM ^
These were mostly one-sided matchups.
November 29th, 2009 at 10:16 PM ^
although many of these games were rivalry matchups with some intriguing endings (or bizarre outcomes):
- did anyone expect Oklahoma to shut out OK State entirely?
- Who would have thought A&M would hang 39 points on Texas' defense?
- Kansas only losing by 2 to Mizzou?
- Ar-Kansas taking LSU to overtime?
- Tim Tebow being canonized?
come to think of it, maybe the fact that some really weird stuff went down in a majority of these games is all the more intriguing than the 10-0 record.
November 29th, 2009 at 10:56 PM ^
They had the ball and a first down or two wins the game. True, they had the ball inside the ten, but they ran a horrible series. After a couple of incomplete passes, they run a quarterback draw that goes for a safety. Mizzou gets the ball and kicks a field goal to win the game.
November 29th, 2009 at 9:53 PM ^
OP:
Florida State wore their "alternate" jerseys on November 21st, and defeated Maryland.
November 29th, 2009 at 10:06 PM ^
and edited. Thankya.
November 30th, 2009 at 12:00 AM ^
TCU wore their alternate on the 14th.
November 29th, 2009 at 9:58 PM ^
Nike, I miss you.
November 29th, 2009 at 10:50 PM ^
Adidas doesn't care nearly as much about college football as Nike does. Have you noticed that Adidas uses the same font for every single one of it's teams? I wish we could go back to Nike too, ahhhh!
November 30th, 2009 at 8:55 AM ^
nike was the shit how could we switch we need to go back asap
November 29th, 2009 at 10:23 PM ^
And ultimately it's the fault of the weakling ADs who don't have the balls to say no to Nike.
November 29th, 2009 at 10:25 PM ^
No worries, Clemson also had new uniforms by Nike and lost to South Carolina.
Clemson was the only uniform that didn't have BIG changes to it. All the new features were there, just no off the wall design changes. The only noticeable difference was the orange striping on the back/legs of the pants. The "spirograph" on the shoulders wasn't visible since it was white on white.
November 29th, 2009 at 10:33 PM ^
Sorry to burst your bubble. Oklahoma broke out their throwbacks the previous game at Texas Tech and lost 41-13. As a diehard Wolverine in the middle of Sooner Country, (Tulsa, OK) this was a glorious day!
November 29th, 2009 at 10:46 PM ^
If Nike gave unis to Montana's School for the blind, no one would care. Nike just gave uni's to a lot of good teams and good teams win a lot of games. Nike wants to sell jerseys. The jerseys didn't affect the games.
Correlation does not equal Causation.
November 29th, 2009 at 10:58 PM ^
"Correlation doesn't imply causation, but it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively and gesture furtively while mouthing 'look over there'."
November 29th, 2009 at 11:26 PM ^
As a lifelong Samba wearer I enjoy the Adidas gear. Case in point, the Maize Hockey Jerseys. I'm a big fan of displaying the conference on the sweaters. The Road Football Uni's still leave a little to be desired.
November 29th, 2009 at 11:53 PM ^
Ah, yes. More examples of Nike's stunning inability to design appealing uniforms.
November 30th, 2009 at 12:03 AM ^
The new Nike Uni's do appeal to the younger demographic ... like the 1 that actually matters in recruiting.
November 30th, 2009 at 1:06 AM ^
OK you Nike haters have to admit FSUs jerseys looked awesome. look at it:
edit: sorry for hugeness, I couldn't get the image resizing to work
edit: sorry for hugeness, I couldn't get the image resizing to workNovember 30th, 2009 at 3:56 AM ^
heh.. black helmet and dark jersey..
very appropriate considering this is a Florida team, and Florida springs/summers are cool and chilly.. gotta stay warm right?
November 30th, 2009 at 2:00 AM ^
I don't love all these jerseys, but I do think it would've been kind of cool to see what Nike would have put together for Michigan.
November 30th, 2009 at 1:31 PM ^
MAIZE JERSEYS WITH WHITE PANTS AND THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES WINGED HELMET ONLY IN BLUE WITH MAIZE WINGS. YEEHAW!
I'm sorry, I just posted my nightmare.
November 30th, 2009 at 8:05 AM ^
I'm all for modern uniforms but I'm surprised that there wasn't some controversy with calling them "Combat Uniforms." Wasn't it just a couple of years ago the Kellen Winslow Jr got a bucketload of media criticism for talking about being a soldier & comparing football to war?
November 30th, 2009 at 9:17 AM ^
So, you're telling me that if we had these jerseys we would have gone 12-0.
Damnit, I knew something was missing...
Just kidding. The jerseys did get a lot of hype from ESPN though.
November 30th, 2009 at 12:01 PM ^
I wear Adidas!
Go Blue!
November 30th, 2009 at 4:45 PM ^
I really got a kick out of the in-game analysis of the OSU uniforms, what with them being fit for a track team, and lightweight when soaking wet, and sporting the titanium D-ring...right before ABC cut to a shot of Justin Boren's tubby ass trudging around wearing it.
November 30th, 2009 at 7:56 PM ^
Im pretty sure each of those jerseys looks worse than its predecessor. They're too weird and try to hard to be some kind of advanced new age "not just a jersey, but a football skin." Most of them were hideous, and not a single one actually looked good. Moreover the narration describing each suit is simply laughable, overall really ludicrous stuff. The "titanium d ring" gets me every time.
Im glad the NFL has realized the value in throwbacks. Just about each one used this season looks better than the franchises' current variations. Too bad college football programs don't take that route more often.