So blue pants for the Nebraska game?
I don't know how I feel about the blue pants with white jerseys. I do feel it made the numbers pop, which in turn made the maize on the helmets pop. My son hated them, but we gotta wear them again, don't we? I mean they won at Madison...maybe they blend with the new vibe around the team. What do you guys think?
October 4th, 2021 at 10:09 AM ^
Put a maize block M on the upper thigh and have yourself a night Saturday.
October 4th, 2021 at 10:18 AM ^
They do need something to break up that color scheme. I wonder what a maize stripe would look like. I do really like that look though.
October 4th, 2021 at 10:40 AM ^
Agree, thought of the Block M as well, stripe would be good too, something to break it up a bit.
October 4th, 2021 at 11:09 AM ^
no stripes!
October 4th, 2021 at 11:41 AM ^
I second that! Put the block M in maize and leave at that, or just keep them all blue.
October 4th, 2021 at 11:54 AM ^
Maize belts
October 4th, 2021 at 10:58 AM ^
I miss the block M on the pants so much. They took away the one place on the team's uniform that had their logo.
October 4th, 2021 at 11:19 AM ^
I thought that too!
October 4th, 2021 at 6:16 PM ^
Agree 100%.
Not sure how that was missed.
I was trying to envision a maize stripe on each side of the pants, the width of the maize stripe between the two blue stripes on the shoulder pads.
I'd have to see it to have an opinion. But there's no reason we shouldn't have the maize block M.
October 4th, 2021 at 10:09 AM ^
I think they are freakin great. And I'm an oldtimer.
October 4th, 2021 at 10:28 AM ^
I'm not an old-timer (maybe a mid-timer, if that's a thing, since I attended UM in the mid-90s), but I also thought the white/blue combo was great. Of the recent uniform combos, the only one I didn't really like was the all yellows. Otherwise, even the all-blues worked for me, and still a fan of the all-whites.
In order of favorite to least favorite in the Harbaugh era (not sure if I'm missing anything):
- Traditional home uniforms with blue jersey and yellow pants
- Traditional away with white jersey, yellow pants
- All whites
- White jersey, blue pants
- All blues
- ...
- ...
- All yellows
October 4th, 2021 at 12:48 PM ^
I agree with your number one.
But never really liked our traditional road uniforms.
2. White Jersey, blue pants.
3. Yellow Jersey, blue pants.
4. Traditional road uniform.
5. All blue.
6. All white.
7. All Yellow.
October 4th, 2021 at 3:01 PM ^
Maybe it's a 90's thing, but I agree almost completely, other than I disliked the all blue nearly as much as the all maize uniforms, which were in fact a crime against humanity
And we are absolutely not old timers yet.
October 4th, 2021 at 10:40 AM ^
Man i sure do not like them (and yes, an old-timer too) Road uni preferences below for me.
1: White on white
1A: Yellow pants, white top
2: Blue pants, white top
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43: Maize pants, maize top
But I get why people might like them given how we played last Saturday and if the blue pants gives our team some special road-game ju-ju magic I'm here for it.
October 4th, 2021 at 10:43 AM ^
With as much hate as I see for the white/white combo, I thought I was the only one who liked them.
October 4th, 2021 at 12:48 PM ^
You're not alone, although definitely in the minority, but I too, like the striped white pants for our road uniform. I didn't like the blue pants as much, but a maize M on the hip would help for certain.
October 4th, 2021 at 4:10 PM ^
The white/white combo has never beaten Ohio State, stretching all the way back to the 70's.
October 4th, 2021 at 11:23 AM ^
Out of the three possible Away Jersey combinations in the Harbaugh/Jordan era, the White on Blue is clearly the weakest of the three. White on Maize is pretty easily the top of the bunch as it’s the classic Michigan road game style, and makes the helmet truly stand out. For as much flak as it gets on this site, the White on White with the maize piping on the pants is a very clean look. The White on Blue that debuted yesterday is just a bland and uninteresting combination that’s merely novelty for novelty’s-sake. The Blue pants themselves were boring without any piping or other notable Michigan design on them (aside from the Maize Jumpman logo, which is just meh). The pants didn’t accentuate the jersey in any particular way and did not help the helmet stand out any more than the White pants would have. That’s not to say they looked bad, but the White on Blue is only getting as much love as it is now because the team ended up burying Wisconsin. I think the White on Blues can get some use for a road game here and there, but should not be used with regularity.
October 4th, 2021 at 11:57 AM ^
Same. I love the all whites. But if they're going to change it I'd rather rgwt just have maize pants. Didn't think the blue looked good really. Although it would be better with a block M or something on them.
October 4th, 2021 at 10:11 AM ^
I’m down. I feel like Harbaugh picks the combo that contrasts the opponents/fan gear the best to make it a little easier for the QB to see receivers downfield. Wore Maize pants 2017 at PSU to contrast white out, all blue in this year’s maizeout instead of maize pants. Blue pants vs Wisconsin who wears white pants traditionally at home
October 4th, 2021 at 10:35 AM ^
Nebraska also traditionally wears white pants at home, so if you're right then it sounds like blue pants again this weekend.
October 4th, 2021 at 11:02 AM ^
If so, maize pants in Happy Valley? I'd be down with that given Penn State has that classic look too.
Given how superstitious people are, would they switch if they haven't lost on the road before that game?
October 4th, 2021 at 11:49 AM ^
No way would they choose white pants and white jersey in Happy Valley BUT I like the idea of messing with Penn State’s now semi-sacred white out, the same way Michigan players co-opted Wisky’s Jump Around.
October 4th, 2021 at 11:47 AM ^
Do you really think JH picks the jersey colors???
October 4th, 2021 at 11:55 AM ^
That was not the emphasis of my point. Perhaps "Michigan teams in the Harbaugh era" would've been more precise.
October 4th, 2021 at 10:14 AM ^
Bring back the one true away jersey
October 4th, 2021 at 10:24 AM ^
#GoMeshOrGoHome
October 4th, 2021 at 10:28 AM ^
Just not white pants. White pants play badly and lose on the road.
October 4th, 2021 at 11:05 AM ^
In this century, it's also the case that maize pants play badly and lose on the road. The blues are 1-0 and look better. Ride 'em, I say.
October 4th, 2021 at 10:35 AM ^
Go with the Blue or Maize pants on the road. I don't like the white pants.
October 4th, 2021 at 10:52 AM ^
How about this, we follow traditional fashion rules, and establish a "No White Pants after Labor Day" rule for Michigan.
So, on the rare Week 0 occasion Michigan plays a road game, sure. White pants it is!
Also, those blue pants were so dark they were almost black. Definitely not "traditional" but I definitely liked them. That said, I'm still a sucker for ole faithful white top, yellow pants of my youth.
October 4th, 2021 at 10:35 AM ^
The blue pants looked terrible. Maize or white on the road please.
October 4th, 2021 at 10:47 AM ^
Go with the man-zier on the road.
October 4th, 2021 at 11:03 AM ^
You mean The Bro, right?
October 4th, 2021 at 10:37 AM ^
Until I'm proven wrong, we will never lose another game on the road wearing blue pants. So blue pants it is.
I honestly wouldn't mind rotating between white, blue, and maize pants on the road. I initially thought I would hate anything non-maize, but think both blue and white look pretty sharp.
October 4th, 2021 at 10:51 AM ^
A lot of things look good with the helmet.
October 4th, 2021 at 10:38 AM ^
Undefeated with blue pants
October 4th, 2021 at 10:42 AM ^
The plain blue pants don't quite pop like the maize pants. The blue pants need to have stripes down the sides, and not just a single maize stripe, but multi-color stripes, such as the following scheme, which is basically the stripes from the white pants, but with a white border added to contrast with the blue pants:
| WHITE | BLUE | MAIZE | BLUE | WHITE |
October 4th, 2021 at 10:51 AM ^
While I don't think those strips would look bad per se', why use white strips? The color difference between blue and maize should be enough in either direction, no need for white to differentiate between them! Besides, white is not part of the school color scheme.
October 4th, 2021 at 10:45 AM ^
We just beat the snot out of Wisconsin on the road for 1st time in 20 years - while wearing blue pants.
We now are heading into Lincoln for another road game.
I am no genius. Here are my thoughts: WEAR THE FUCKING BLUE PANTS. Shit, don't wash them after the Wisconsin game. Put on the same grungy socks and smelly jock strap if you think it helps.
I don't care what color they are - but any sports enthusiast knows you don't fuck w a good thing.
Beat the Cornholes! Go Blue!!!
October 4th, 2021 at 12:01 PM ^
“Respect the streak”
October 4th, 2021 at 10:50 AM ^
I'm a fan of the blue pants on the road! Like that much better than the all-whites, which is a generic look that every team can use. Michigan should not look generic on the field - even is the helmet stands out!
So either go with the blue pants, or go back to maize pants. Forever forget white pants on the road, please...
October 4th, 2021 at 10:53 AM ^
You have to roll with what is working. White on white did not. I'm ready to see the get off my lawn crowd when they go with these.
October 4th, 2021 at 11:06 AM ^
I'll bite. GTFO my lawn. We're not West Virginia.
October 4th, 2021 at 11:26 AM ^
Yes, but let the fact that it is going to happen wash over you. They're better than all Maize in my opinion.
October 4th, 2021 at 11:54 AM ^
Better than all-maize? Yes. Better that white/blue or white/maize? I don't think so.
Otherwise these are perfect for the radio broadcast.
October 4th, 2021 at 11:13 AM ^
I... don't actually hate it.