Random thought: Helmets
Did anyone else notice how the helmets were all scraped up? I cant remember any other opening game in which the helmets weren't tip top shape and all shinny and stuff.... Is this part of the "toughness" type mentality Brady Hoke wants to instill in this team? Maybe its a way to psyche the opposing team out... Either way I thought it was odd.
Sidenote: KICKOFF COVERAGE= DEATH
September 3rd, 2011 at 7:59 PM ^
I noticed that, I also noticed Carder's helmut come twice during sacks. Kovacs really peeled him.
September 3rd, 2011 at 8:15 PM ^
lower chin strap loose. One of the coaches was trying to tighten it and he waved him away. Carder was pissed.
September 3rd, 2011 at 9:06 PM ^
Well, he needs to hurry the fuck up and get un-pissed if he wants a career. All I kept seeing on that field was a headcase with an attitude problem.
September 3rd, 2011 at 9:23 PM ^
Dude stfu he's the best quarterback in Michigan
September 3rd, 2011 at 9:04 PM ^
Mike Martin knocked it off also. Thanks to the new scoreboard, I saw another time where his chinstrap was up on his nose.
September 3rd, 2011 at 9:13 PM ^
I liked that although our turf contains no official dirt, his jersey still seemed to be smeared in it - along with tread marks from Kovacs cleats.
September 3rd, 2011 at 10:16 PM ^
I love that friggin' kid.
September 3rd, 2011 at 8:00 PM ^
I like those yellow wings...is that something Brandon thought of?
September 3rd, 2011 at 8:00 PM ^
I thought it was badass
September 3rd, 2011 at 8:05 PM ^
What are you doing to the bus?
We're making it look mean
September 3rd, 2011 at 8:20 PM ^
September 3rd, 2011 at 8:06 PM ^
September 3rd, 2011 at 8:18 PM ^
when I rushed the field in 1985. Of course they had helmet stickers too.
September 3rd, 2011 at 8:09 PM ^
when he said he wanted to hear football.
September 3rd, 2011 at 8:22 PM ^
On a sidenote, was anyone else bothered by the block M on the top of the player number on the back of the jerseys? Seems really out of place and just another way for David Brandon to push the marketing. For me, it really ruins the classical clean blue uniform.
September 3rd, 2011 at 8:25 PM ^
September 3rd, 2011 at 8:29 PM ^
I'm not in love with it, but I doubt it had anything to do with Brandon (people are going overboard, assigning him credit/blame for everything). It's almost certainly Adidas's doing. The apparel companies want to change uniforms every now and then to compel fans to buy new ones.
September 3rd, 2011 at 8:29 PM ^
or maybe he's just trying to put "the team" above everything. that's how I looked at it
September 3rd, 2011 at 8:37 PM ^
Didn't like it - one thing on the pants but this seemed like too much of a visual intrusion.
Start a petition
September 3rd, 2011 at 8:41 PM ^
Are you serious? The M is our damn logo.
September 3rd, 2011 at 9:02 PM ^
The block M on the back looked great. A unaninimous +1 from my famliy.
September 3rd, 2011 at 9:26 PM ^
I also like it. Added a nice but still clean touch to the uniform.
September 3rd, 2011 at 9:07 PM ^
Wife called me a douche for being pissed about it. Seems out of place.
September 3rd, 2011 at 9:50 PM ^
was upset that I noticed that little detail and yet am absolutely clueless when she tries something different with her hair
September 3rd, 2011 at 11:55 PM ^
So we despise the block M on the back of the unis but are ok with the big ass adidas logo all over everything? Don't get it.
September 3rd, 2011 at 8:28 PM ^
I'd be fine if they were on the pants, they don't really matter. It's just that it's literally right above the name put in a space not really designed for anything to be there. It just looks so out of place.
September 3rd, 2011 at 9:08 PM ^
What? Helmets/jerseys are scraped up after every game. Not a new development. If helmets arent scuffed up after a practice then you aren't practicing hard enough.
September 3rd, 2011 at 9:27 PM ^
LoL did I just see some posts about people complaining about the M on the jerseys? C'mon man chill out.
I liked the M.
September 3rd, 2011 at 10:14 PM ^
And other people didn't. We all have our own opinions.
Obviously, I love the block M and it is our logo. I just didn't like it at the location its at on the uniform.
September 3rd, 2011 at 10:16 PM ^
Biggest development of the day for me: There is now advertising in Michigan Stadium. Marathon Oil and StubHub ads on the columns inside the concourses.
Saw a bunch of people standing befuddled taking pictures of it with iPhones and such.
I give it two years before those migrate inside the bowl, whether we like it or not.
September 4th, 2011 at 12:02 AM ^
Thread-worthy.
September 4th, 2011 at 12:40 AM ^
That would be one way to send a message to the Athletic Department.
September 3rd, 2011 at 11:49 PM ^
On a side note I cannot for the life of me understand why any player would wear anything other than a Riddell revolution, xenith or schutt ion. In no way shape or form are any other helmet safer or lighter or more comfortable.