Report: M to wear alternate jerseys for The Game
Per a retweet from Ace we should all remember the glass house that is Dave Brandon's Block M Branded Michigan Athletics brought to you by Lowes.
@Leo_Blavin, U-M Student TV Reporter tweets "U-M will be wearing alternate jerses against OSU according to players I have spoken with"
How could this go poorly? Remember that awesome time that some bumblebees in all white played Baylor?
Because why should the best rivalry in sports look anything like it has for years and years when you can try to make a few bucks?
November 18th, 2013 at 5:56 PM ^
Tbh, I don't mind those ones in the picture, especially with the sleeve underneath
November 18th, 2013 at 5:57 PM ^
November 18th, 2013 at 6:05 PM ^
Sorry, but this is classic whining about whining. I do see your point but if people don't like them they don't like them and they're/we're going to voice that. It'd be one thing if what the trotted out there were good looking "alternates" but they haven't been. Here exists a medium we can bitch about! There's only one game a week so discussing the actual game that's two weeks away isn't all that realistic yet either.
November 18th, 2013 at 6:21 PM ^
people have no idea whether they like them or not because they don't even know if they exist yet
they're just looking for an excuse to self-flagellate as always
November 18th, 2013 at 6:11 PM ^
Yea, The Beetles were sooo awful.
November 18th, 2013 at 6:36 PM ^
I realize I am not alone.
November 18th, 2013 at 9:02 PM ^
What does this garbage by Tiffany (redundant?) have to do with The Beatles or their anti-fans?
November 18th, 2013 at 6:58 PM ^
November 18th, 2013 at 7:52 PM ^
However, The BEATLES were awesome.
Love them or hate them I don't care, but at least spell their name correctly.
November 18th, 2013 at 7:09 PM ^
November 19th, 2013 at 12:19 AM ^
Congratulations, you've just repeated the single most disingenuous bullshit meme that's extant on MGoBlog.
But to be completely accurate, it's pink tutus, not pink jerseys.
November 19th, 2013 at 8:27 AM ^
Some of us became Michigan fans due to a large envelope that came in the mail during our Senior year of high school and would be Michigan fans regardless of whether or not the football team had ever worn a winged helmet or won a single game.
November 18th, 2013 at 5:59 PM ^
Who cares about tradition anymore. These alterantes for both teams are unfitting for a game of this magnitude. As for jerseys themselves, not a huge fan although I do like the underarmor gear with the words "Victors" and "Valiant". I like the home jerseys more.
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November 19th, 2013 at 8:12 AM ^
everything buckeye related. They are the worst. Does that help?
November 18th, 2013 at 5:59 PM ^
I wanna be able to say that this time, our alternates won't look blah and unnecessary and they'll actually be sleek albeit untraditional.
But I'm pretty sure they'll be blah and asthetically-unpleasant and overall kinda wtf-ish.
November 18th, 2013 at 6:02 PM ^
Who cares. Michigan could come out wearing bumblebee uniforms with the Dominos logo on the back and I am fine with that as long as they come out ready to play against an older and more talented Ohio State squad. The only tradition Michigan fans should care about fulfilling regarding 'The Game' is the team playing a very tough and competive game against our biggest rival. Considering the recent struggles in this area, what uniforms we are wearing should be irrelevant.
November 18th, 2013 at 10:30 PM ^
November 19th, 2013 at 12:24 AM ^
So if the helmet was stripped of its wings and was instead covered with an anatomically correct and very graphic photo of a vagina, you'd be cool with that?
November 19th, 2013 at 8:15 AM ^
wearing nothing but helmets and some type of underwear, so they are not flapping in the wind? Would that work? I feel that might work. And shoes. shoes are fine. But definitely no shirts.
November 19th, 2013 at 8:47 AM ^
Winnng is all that matters, not what they don, Don.
November 18th, 2013 at 6:04 PM ^
All Blue or
All Maize
Buckle up!
November 18th, 2013 at 6:05 PM ^
Normal blue home uni's with blue matte and chrome maize winged helmets. Make it happen DB.
November 18th, 2013 at 6:10 PM ^
Also this - 1979 two tone Maize britches (Simpkins) with helmet awards and no name on the jerseys.
November 18th, 2013 at 6:14 PM ^
Damn man... the all maize just made me want to piss. God no.
November 18th, 2013 at 7:13 PM ^
Wouldn't be the first time if Michigan wears Maize.
1928 throwbacks.
THE CANARY DISASTER RETURNS
November 18th, 2013 at 7:29 PM ^
The sad thing is, if they were to design a maize-out uniform, it would probably be mismatched and ill-fitting just like that picture.
November 18th, 2013 at 6:13 PM ^
We're wearing MSU's uniforms so that after the 45-3 trucking it wasn't us.
November 18th, 2013 at 6:14 PM ^
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November 18th, 2013 at 6:16 PM ^
Otherwise, we might've been subjected to a Pink-Out... Just don't do the Stars-and-stripes theme like NW did. My BIL (active USN) is really annoyed at all the "honoring our active military" stuff, which he called "marketing gimmicks." He went on a mini-tirade about how it's patronizing - not to be confused with patriotic - and there just to sell tickets and jerseys.
But alternate jerseys can't hurt, right?
November 18th, 2013 at 6:20 PM ^
November 18th, 2013 at 6:23 PM ^
yes, we're the only team in the country wearing alternates
oh that Brandon, I'm so embarassed by his attempts to do the same thing everyone else does
November 18th, 2013 at 6:32 PM ^
But one of the things I liked about Michigan was the iconic uniforms. And that they didn't need to resort to the same alternate uniform gimmics for attention like other teams did. But whatever, that horse has been out of the barn for a couple years now. I'm just hoping it's something more traditional along the lines of the UTL I and Sugar Bowl alternates and not something that looks like it belongs on an arena league team like the Cowbow Classic or Outback Bowl alternates.
November 18th, 2013 at 6:40 PM ^
But why would you want to do the same thing that everybody else does? If we are so concerned about copying other schools, then congratulations, we're going 7-5, just like everybody else does.
As the man said not too long ago, This Is Michigan. Unfortunately, we've reached the point where we're trying to sell "same-ness" instead of uniqueness.
November 18th, 2013 at 7:05 PM ^
Leaders and Best, not Followers and Best, right?
November 18th, 2013 at 7:09 PM ^
A follower is someone who does what everyone else does because everyone else is doing it. Simply doing something that everyone else does doesn't make you a follower. Sometimes everyone does it because it's a good idea.
I'm not a follower because I brush my teeth in the morning or because I get my oil changed in my car, just like everyone else does. Sometimes there's a good reason why most people or groups are doing something a particular way.
November 18th, 2013 at 8:44 PM ^
November 18th, 2013 at 6:21 PM ^
November 18th, 2013 at 6:24 PM ^
I think he was mocking the MSU alternates from that game.
November 18th, 2013 at 6:24 PM ^
not sure if serious
November 18th, 2013 at 6:56 PM ^
November 19th, 2013 at 8:17 AM ^
It was Baylor?
November 18th, 2013 at 6:26 PM ^
November 18th, 2013 at 6:45 PM ^
November 18th, 2013 at 6:34 PM ^
first ... this makes this season even more of a joke.
November 18th, 2013 at 6:34 PM ^
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November 18th, 2013 at 7:15 PM ^
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