By the beard of Phil Knight!
Pants are in the link, tops posted below for your viewing ... something.
Seriously though, this is hideous, even worse than the bumblebees we sported against sparty. All i have to ask the folks in Austin is, other than money, why? Just why? And since these are practice unis, they aren't even going to sell extensively (unless Terrelle Pryor gets his hands on a batch). Why not make something simple, iconic, and dignified, you know, like their normal unis?
Hey
They are still just practice
They are still just practice jerseys.
Appeasement only makes the aggressor more aggressive...
... that is to say that it starts with practice jerseys, and slowly spreads to everything.
This is home...
For us it all started with
For us it all started with the ND night game (which I liked), then morphed into the mess that we wore during the trash tornado game.
Greetings from Bolivia.
"It's special how the real true people hang together. And if you don't support the program you're not a true Michigan guy. It's that simple." - Gary Moeller
Cue up the Allen Iverson
Cue up the Allen Iverson practice clip in 4...3...2...
If you're not living for something then you're dying for nothing.
...hours later
Edit: failure
Man ball. Formerly, somebody else.
The black jersey with the
The black jersey with the burnt-orange shoulders isn't too bad, although I think I puked in my mouth a little bit when I saw the other two.
The Michigan Difference. Oh yea, it is real.
I don't know, i think they're
I don't know, i think they're cool. If you're gonna have fun with a jersey, it might as well be the practice ones.
Lovely
What bet did they lose?
"Mattison must break you. Jake Ryan is his tool."
One with the Philadelphia
One with the Philadelphia Flyers, presumably.
"People who love sausage and respect the law should never watch either being made."
I like them something
I like them something different. and they do look like the Flyers jerseys.
Michigan Football- What you gonna do when hokemania RUNS wild over you?
I don't know, i think they're
I don't know, i think they're cool. If you're gonna have fun with a jersey, it might as well be the practice ones.
A split double post!
Wow.
It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future. -- Yogi Berra
Take that!
It was my penetrating insight.
"Mattison must break you. Jake Ryan is his tool."
Double Wow
Is this a first?
I can only continue to reference the fact that I live in an onion factory.
I've only seen it once
I've only seen it once before. I think it was during one of the open threads where multiple people were getting double posts because of the server load.
Greetings from Bolivia.
"It's special how the real true people hang together. And if you don't support the program you're not a true Michigan guy. It's that simple." - Gary Moeller
Definitely not a first, I've
Definitely not a first, I've seen it a couple times before.
First vs Popular
Just remember, it matters not who did it first, but who popularized it (e.g., the light bulb and music industry).
Impressive
WolvinLA2 is MGoBlog's version of Grover Cleveland
"The straightest line from A to B is straight: From A to B"
"When you have Denard Robinson, you can have everything"
~George Walden
Yup
I Benjamin Harrison'd him. Brought out the Sherman Antitrust Act and broke up his monopoly.
/wikipedia'd
"Mattison must break you. Jake Ryan is his tool."
I made myself a ChiBlueBoy
I made myself a ChiBlueBoy sandwich.
You're welcome.
Considering some of the crap
Considering some of the crap Nike has produced, this isn't even close to a low.
Nike Needs Only To Think...
....and suddenly they are trying to get people to like the Sprite in Oregon. It could be much worse than Texas' practice jerseys (I actually think these aren't so bad) and this one below was just a concept for a game jersey on the Nike blog once, I believe...
It's a small wonder that a photo of the Ducks' practice jerseys would be hard to find. I would have to guess - 1970s Oakland A's, but in football form.
"Funny isn't it, how naughty dentists always make that one fatal mistake."
Follow the random tweets of a Michigan alum - http://twitter.com/#!/LorneEC3
....
Honestly not that bad.
We're talking
practice!
"I hate losing more than I like winning." - Zack
Where are Oregon's practice
Where are Oregon's practice jerseys?I wanna see those?These are actually sweet.
"Are you an official here?Because you've officially given me a boner."
Oh look, another thread on
Oh look, another thread on uniforms. This should really be new and exciting!
Are you a park ranger at Yellowstone? Say hi to Yogi Bear for me. - the_big_house 500th
I may not be a 70 year old man. - Herm
Let's talk about the weather
Let's talk about the weather or how the weather used to be....
www.eatacheeseburger.blogspot.com Brian Cook has read this blog!
You know...
I've long thought that Michigan should just let Adidas go wild with the practice jerseys and spring game jerseys. That way the kids have fun, you can still sell the crazy jerseys, but you keep the game uniforms traditional.
Ghosts are scary.
these may be worse than our
these may be worse than our michigan state uni's from this year.
It's been a lot. Its been a roller coaster that for some reason seemed like it would never get good. But you know what? We kept fighting. It's like that old saying goes, "Those Who Stay Will Be Champions." -David Molk
impossible
The only thing worse than those abominations are Maryland's new uniforms.
"The straightest line from A to B is straight: From A to B"
"When you have Denard Robinson, you can have everything"
~George Walden
At least they've stuck to
At least they've stuck to their school's true colors... unlike some big time college football programs I know.
I know when did Sparty become
I know when did Sparty become bronze? And Baylor adopt the Neon Yellow and Camo look? And when did the Tennessee Lady Vols adopt pink as a color(yes I know a lot of the womens teams do this for breast cancer)
True colors?
Is black one of Texas's colors?
I agree with several posters
I agree with several posters above, I honestly don't think they are that bad at all. I also think, if you click through the link and check out the pants, that the Texas state outline on the orange ones and the state flag on the black ones are nice touches. Plus they are just practice unis.
I feel like any time something new comes up on this blog, many people immediately dismiss it out of hand, especially uniform related item(s), no matter how good/bad it looks. This "Something new? Must be bad" mindset is tiresome. Don't get me wrong, I didn't like our Trash Tornado uniforms, either, but not every new, alternative uniform is automatically bad.
Dismissing new things is
Dismissing new things is common for everything that is new or change. Society is to hard to please anymore. Personally I like new because if we didn't have new, we would be living pathetic dull lives that we would all complain about! Speaking of change BF3 came out with a new patch and the tears started pouring.
Michigan FB, Michigan BB, Michigan HKY, 49ers, SF Giants, Sac Kings, Red Wings
Huh, I don't remember people
Huh, I don't remember people complaining that Michigan's uniforms were pathetically dull for the past 130 years or so. And it's not like UM has had trouble recruiting without following college football trends, if anything, you draw in players because they know and love the old uniforms/helmet. Michigan needs to stick with what helped to make them the winningest football program, Oregon and Nike can try to play Ed Hardy all they want to try to catch up.
Craig James was my wingman in '82.
I agree.
There seem to be quite a few people here who are on opposite sides of the spectrum of change vs tradition, and not as many people who are in the middle somewhere. I personally don’t think these jerseys are that bad either, but that’s just me. I’m also of the opinion that Michigan shouldn’t mess with their home uniforms, but if they want to play with the away jerseys a little, it doesn’t bother me.
Give.Love.Share.Revive.
Hard to please around here!
Hard to please around here! :) I don't think they look all that bad. Better than most teams gameday unis provided by Nike.
Michigan FB, Michigan BB, Michigan HKY, 49ers, SF Giants, Sac Kings, Red Wings
Oh man
Somewhere an arena team is looking for missing uni's...
these look fresh.
I don't see anything wrong with the uniforms. The look Sharp and fit the longhorns. Tradition is often overrated when it comes to uniforms. Penn state and notre dame have always been plain and boring. Nothing wrong with a refreshing new look.
Go Blue
Bzzzzzz
Not worse than the bumble bee. I personally encouraged people to vote the bumble bee the worst alternative jersey last year.
Those Who Stay Will Be Champions
texas fans should riot
if they ahve slippery slope fears
GEWWWWW!
GEWWWWW!
'Try growing up in Texas a Michigan WOLVERINE'.
NIKE!
Sucks...
All in for some manball.
Nike is Satan.
Nike is Satan.
Vice.com
Props to Penn State and USC.
Props to Penn State and USC. They've managed to completely avoid the uniform hulabaloo and stick with their simple, classic uniforms. Somehow, when those teams play at night, or against a big rival, their regular uniforms are enough.
Huh.
I actually think they're
I actually think they're kinda cool. Not bad at all.
Bottom one is pretty
Bottom one is pretty acceptable. Nike is a challenge lately but they always come through with a few winners. Adidas on the other hand... Garbage
Its called a royale with cheese
The clown suits Michigan wore
The clown suits Michigan wore against MSU were much, much worse than those. Additionally, they robbed me of a full afternoon of making fun of the less terrible jerseys that MSU was wearing.
They need to give those back to the 2005 Bengals right now!
It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future. -- Yogi Berra