Semi OT: Still Prefer Nike?

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Michigan State Unveils All-New Nike Alternate Uniforms

 

MSU new unis. Although I prefer Nike, I'm afraid that they will mess up our number font like they just did to MSU. 

Bleedmaizeblue

April 24th, 2015 at 6:20 AM ^

They added bronze to the MSU unis, so if we hurry and get Nike back before the season we can have our third (unofficial) team color on our uni's!! Maize. Blue. Khaki!!! Khaki football pants for the Harbaugh Revolution!



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Boogeyman

April 24th, 2015 at 6:49 AM ^

Just win games. What brand we wear does not matter when we have not been meaningful since before 2008. The way the Hoke team played the last two years they deserve to be outfitted by Shaq or DaDa.

truferblue22

April 24th, 2015 at 9:27 AM ^

WOW. I had to Google that name to even find out what the heck that was......I found this gem:

 

http://articles.latimes.com/1985-07-09/business/fi-8268_1_delong-sports…

 

This was written in 1985 and said that a company called DeLong Sportswear bought them, making "DeLong the nation's largest independent manufacturer and marketer of athletic sportswear" (!!!!)....

 

So then I Googled Iowa-based DeLong and found they filed for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy in 2009. 

 

It's hard to imagine a time before Nike and Adidas dominating (at least for me).....what ever happened to Champion?

 

 

Ghost of Fritz…

April 24th, 2015 at 11:43 AM ^

...college teams bought thier own uniforms. 

Michigan bought uniforms from Spanjian, an L.A. based uniform manufacturer. 

At that time one could special order an official Michigan jersey (made by Spanjian) at one of the sporting good stores in Ann Arbor (Moe's?).  It was a specila order and took weeks to arrive.  

I got one for Christmas one year when I was a kid.  Number 72, which at the time was Ed Muransky's number.

Anyway, it was nice that the pre-Nike era jerseys had no extraneous logos.  But I guess if you want the Nike money you gotta accept the Nike logo (and alt uniformz). 

Blue Koolaid

April 24th, 2015 at 8:11 AM ^

I've never understood people claiming their designs to be superior, I've seen plenty from all companies I don't like. In the end when I watch football the uniforms don't matter. In conclusion fuck Nike.

ScruffyTheJanitor

April 24th, 2015 at 8:39 AM ^

and go with Russel. 

 

It would actually be really interesting to see the school set up a production company of its own to manufacture the uniforms and jerseys, and let the students from Art and Design, business, and computer sciences run the whole operation. They could partner with another company to handle other apparel and distribution. Of course, that sort of arrangment might work better at a school with a Textiles department, but I've always wondered how successful this would be. 

Blue-Chip

April 24th, 2015 at 8:44 AM ^

MSU has looked awful since their total overhaul a while back. Just because they can't stand up to Nike doesn't mean Nike couldn't be a good partner for a school with some sense of self.

Blue and Joe

April 24th, 2015 at 9:23 AM ^

Yes I do. There is nothing wrong with those uniforms.

I wouldn't worry about Michigan's font being messed up. MSU didn't have a custom font when Nike did a school-wide redesign back in 2009. Michigan already has its own custom font.

truferblue22

April 24th, 2015 at 9:21 AM ^

But msu has no uniform tradition of any kind -- I'm 31 and I think staee has had about 15 different football uniforms in my lifetime. So I don't think it really matters what they do to the numbers...

Avon Barksdale

April 24th, 2015 at 9:45 AM ^

Not really because of what it looks like on the field, but because of what I can buy, how long it lasts, and how good it looks on me. The Adidas apparel for fans has been awful as well IMO. Nothing seems to last. I still have a pair of Nike Michigan shorts from 2006 that I wear which are in good condition. 

My mesh Michigan shorts from 2012 have already become rugged and I've only worn them around fifteen times. I also don't like the fact that Adidas still has not come out with a navy blue high brim visor for Michigan.

CRISPed in the DIAG

April 24th, 2015 at 9:51 AM ^

Have we had a "Rank the Worst UM Alt Uniforms" thread? Seems like we have, but I'm ready for another.  I am serious.  That's how much our alt uniforms (INCLUDING UTL) bother me.