Soccer, Golf, Track, Baseball, Softball, and Hockey jerseys revealed
http://www.gobluehailmichigan.com/uniforms/
There's a direct link to the uniforms page, but it looks like that site has a lot of new branding stuff.
And just for you, WD, an entire page on The Font, The Font, The Font:
August 1st, 2016 at 12:10 AM ^
soccer and softball all blues are really sweet..
Soccer, softball, golf and baseball are sweet. Some of the first pictures look too much like Cal. In fact, they look exactly like Cal. (Volleyball and one of the soccer pics)
Hockey is atrocious with no stripes.
Edit: it's not hockey...see below in this thread...people have screen captured it. PHEW!
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Still prefer all whites for softball but I thought the volleyball all blues were pretty awesome.
August 1st, 2016 at 12:10 AM ^
Good grief. That hockey jersey is awful.
August 1st, 2016 at 12:13 AM ^
Uh, yep. Hopefully it looks better than that on actual players.
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August 1st, 2016 at 12:17 AM ^
Agreed. And I really hope they aren't serious about the white stockings with it.
Slight possibility that there's a "regular" road jersey to come, but not likely. The home jersey is a mixed bag, with a return to the blue block M and sleeve stripes like the old days... But based on the teaser video, no white space between the stripes, a downgrade. I'll wait on a full verdict till I see the actual uniforms.
Wasn't a fan of last year's road hockey jerseys FWIW but they were way better than this one.
August 1st, 2016 at 12:32 AM ^
On the font page they show the various wordmarks, and they include the classic script Michigan. I'd bet that makes an appearance on a hockey jersey.
August 1st, 2016 at 12:52 AM ^
Hope so and I'm glad they have it but I've seen three colors of hockey jersey with no script.
Worth noting: Nike briefly debuted a maize alt in the 02-03 season with a script logo that lacked an underline. It was so terrible that it was scrapped after only one game. By the second half of the head an entirely new wardrobe of dazzle jerseys that looked similar but not identical, including a maize with underline script, had been shipped and was worn on the ice. So if they use the script on a hockey jersey (maybe there's a separate throwback wardrobe with a maize?) , I hope the underline comes back.
It's a script, but not the same script.
Blue jersey with white socks? No stripes on the jersey to match the striped socks? Only a shoulder yoke? This had better fucking be a practice jersey, because that's what they designed.
August 1st, 2016 at 12:14 AM ^
I'm all over that home baseball jersey.
I love the baseball jerseys.
August 1st, 2016 at 12:18 AM ^
These are fantastic. Agree that the hockey unis seem to be a little weak from the one pic, but the rest are great.
August 1st, 2016 at 12:21 AM ^
FWIW, I've seen some people on Twitter saying that the hockey jersey is just a throwback.
August 1st, 2016 at 12:23 AM ^
the maize shirt and blue pants in softball and baseball for home games.
All Blue for the away games looks tight as well.
August 1st, 2016 at 12:24 AM ^
Everything looks great except the hockey jersey. Yikes.
August 1st, 2016 at 12:29 AM ^
I like the throwback to the old font. I just wish they would use the 1 from that era as well. None of it matters as much as winning, however.
August 1st, 2016 at 12:29 AM ^
The maize hockey jersey is shown in this video in the last 30secs.
https://www.facebook.com/umichathletics/videos/1171722952880666/
August 1st, 2016 at 12:30 AM ^
sweater looks very good. I am not sure what the throw back sweather is for but the maize looks good.
August 1st, 2016 at 12:34 AM ^
Yeah it's pretty great. The size of the stripes in relation to the size of the block M is perfect.
August 1st, 2016 at 12:43 AM ^
Here's a screencap of it. Looks great. Right click + open image in new tab to embiggen.
August 1st, 2016 at 12:54 AM ^
I'm not a huge fan and Michigan has had better, but I am softening a bit with repeated viewings. Miss the hem stripes and don't really like the sleeve stripes, but it's not bad.
Really needs hem stripes. Looks unfinished.
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I like it. it's clean. it'll grow on you.
I agree with this. The one item I don't like that stands out for me is the white space between the blue stripes on the sleeve. Why not make that Maize?
I recognize that we need a white sweater for ordinary home games, but why put white on the maize or on the blue sweaters? It was the one thing I didn't like about the '90s era Michigan hockey uniforms--too much white was used where there should be maize or blue.
August 1st, 2016 at 12:57 AM ^
Note that the stockings have two, separate, thin blue stripes with no white. Intriguing.
The Larkin era block M jersey was perfect.
Nike's best one was obviously the script Michigan, but overall they do a poor job with their newer hockey jerseys. Take a look at the recent garbage they've put out like the Sochi Olympics crap. Adidas sucks, but their Reebok brand hockey jerseys were great.
August 1st, 2016 at 12:33 AM ^
They've got a close up of what seems to be a white version of that maize sweater on the site as well. Definitely like that look more than the blue one they're showing.
August 1st, 2016 at 12:40 AM ^
It's better than the blue (maybe there's a regular blue version and the throwback is for the last GLI at the Joe and such?) but I am not thrilled with it. The matte maize look is substantially inferior to the old dazzle look. May be too dark, too, though the matte maize jerseys that weren't highlighter were always dark (e.g. 2002 Molly Game) and thus less of a deal than the football uniforms.
August 1st, 2016 at 12:35 AM ^
The maize jersey is waaaaayyy better than the blue one we have seen so far
August 1st, 2016 at 12:34 AM ^
Why do you make me wait for the good stuff? Waiting for football is already enough. I think I might die from anticipation of this football season. Just appease me I need things to help the off season!
August 1st, 2016 at 12:35 AM ^
Actually a lot of info in that promo site. All fascinating, some of it bad.
The "font" is a custom Michigan creation. Given that they went for a custom font, I'm pleased that it's a block font and similar to what we had. Not necessary, but less bothered. There's also a script version, giving be brief hope that for the maize hockey jersey, but there's a brief video view of that and it has a block M. Also, proper script "Michigan" needs the underline. They've made this mistake before and I hope they don't make it again.
The new "maize" whatever it is is supposedly a new "authentic" color. Looks dark to me. Pessimistic about it.
There's a "pattern" for Michigan. It looks unimpressive but inoffensive. It is a sure bet to be a sublimated pattern on the basketball jersey, as seen on other Nike teams.
As mentioned, there was a glimpse of the maize hockey jersey. It was: non-dazzle, lacked hem stripes, has a block M, and has no maize margins between sleeve stripes. I am bearish about the hockey look. It did have swoosh logos, though.
I hope the maize doesn't look as bad in real life as the site pics make it look.
August 1st, 2016 at 12:37 AM ^
Oh, the football jersey has the old armpit horn dart that they had in the good old days in 97 through the early 00s. I like that.
August 1st, 2016 at 12:54 AM ^
Starting with the blue hockey jersey, and then seeing the Maize sweater after, I was quite relieved. I mean, overall, it's very underwhelming, but it's a huge upgrade over that blue jersey which is less impressive than what you'd receive at some summer hockey camp.
looks like some cheap practice jersey.
August 1st, 2016 at 12:55 AM ^
the maize doesn't look consistent at all from jersey to jersey, so who knows? For example, it looks very dark/orangy on the golf & blue soccer jerseys, but then looks much more like the color of the '97 football team on the volleyball & track jerseys (at least the blue track jerseys). And the all-yellow soccer jersey looks much lighter than some of the other all yellow jerseys.
So who the hell knows at this point?
hired stephenrjking as a consultant.
I agree that the maize looks too dark, at least on my screen.
To be fair, the maize and blue hues vary depending on the picture on the new Nike uniform site, so it could be just down to lighting and other factors.
I'll have to see them under natural light at Michigan Stadium.
Overall, Nike has shown some very good stuff. This is year 1 of the Nike contract and some of the things that are not so great (hockey blue uniform) can be altered in year 2. The look of the uniforms (except football) will probably change from year-to-year anyway.
August 1st, 2016 at 12:41 AM ^
Edit: you can see the maize jersey here: http://www.gobluehailmichigan.com/view-the-swoosh/
August 1st, 2016 at 12:47 AM ^
Anybody see the custom logo pattern that was created for UM too? It was created with a few different elements of Ann Arbor and UM design or something. Don't have a link from my phone but I found it through a link from one of the UM fb accounts. I'm interested to see how they actually use it.
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If I'm not mistaken, it's what they use on the back of the basketball jerseys. Someone more tech savvy than me should post an example of Duke's or North Carolina's pattern.
We'll probably have that as well, but that's specific to basketball usually pulls elements from the city, state, and/or the university.
I think this is some kind of small pattern that all or maybe most jerseys will have. Something in the fabric.
If you look through the difference sports, you can kind of see a trend with some of the fabric elements that may be what they're referring to.
But anyway, what you're talking about is...
sneak peak of basketball jerseys: http://www.diehardsport.com/college-basketball/sneak-peak-michigan-jord…
Looks like they're going the classic throwback route. Great decision.
I hope they're the Cazzie Russell's PLEASE be the Cazzie Russell's!!!
Modernize the shorts to match the stripe on the jersey in thickness and style.
look for the M b-ball uniform.
I never realized how much these look like our away football jerseys now.
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They all look pretty tame and pleasing to the eye. I love the baseball uniforms. I really hope hockey isn't going to rock those white socks with the blue jerseys though. That's just wrong. Don't overthink it Nike. All blue works just fine
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uniforms had nowhere to go but up. The baseball uniforms this year were a complete disaster. The new version from Nike is at the very least unobjectionable.
Hockey is fugly
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It's not hockey...see above.