Throwback Styles - too late but why not.

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June 9th, 2011 at 3:20 PM
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Wolverine90
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Throwback Styles - too late but why not.

Link here to throwback styles apropos given the current uproar over the upcoming throwbacks:

Some Old and New Uni's

It would've been awesome if we could've thrown back to those caps from 1879 somehow.  Aside from tossing some numbers on the helmets and block Ms in a few spots, the easiest throwback changes would have been:

1. Actually revert back to the color Maize.  Check out the UM football wiki page.  Wiki.  See to the middle right the UM uniform, and then under it, the colors Maize and Blue.  Notice how our uniforms are not "Maize" but more of a highlighter yellow. 

This is Maize:

This is now:

Going back to Maize is a simple throwback move.

2. The wings on the helmet forehead gradually went from  Five Head down to a Three head now.

This is a Five Head helmet (notice the expansive rise of the Maize, almost to the top of the helmet):

Think receding hairline.

This is now:

A lot thinner, sleeker rise up front.  Short and neat.


These simple changes were probably rejected because they do not offer a sharp enough contrast  to generate sales... Who knows.  We haven't see the helmets yet, but I hope the wings are so high they make the rise of all our players' forehead look like those of every 40-50 yr old alum reading this blog.

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June 9th, 2011 at 3:23 PM | Hooray, another thread about jerseys! (Score:5 Funny)
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I put up a tough front, but deep down I just want to be held.

June 9th, 2011 at 3:25 PM | This might be the greatest (Score:2 Normal)
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This might be the greatest thing I have ever seen.

Go Blue!

June 9th, 2011 at 3:25 PM | That's animal cruelty, (Score:5 Normal)
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That's animal cruelty, brother.

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June 9th, 2011 at 3:27 PM | "Touch her boobs?  That's (Score:4 Normal)
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"Touch her boobs?  That's assault, brotha."

June 9th, 2011 at 3:35 PM | Ya double dare me?? (Score:4 Funny)
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;) ;)

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June 9th, 2011 at 5:05 PM | It looks like your avatar has (Score:2 Funny)
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It looks like your avatar has his hand way up the ass of a koala bear. That also seems sort of like animal cruelty, although not so much if it's consensual.

June 9th, 2011 at 3:34 PM | i like how they were kind (Score:4 Normal)
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i like how they were kind enough to make a step for the squirrel.. right before launching it : \

June 9th, 2011 at 3:24 PM | posted from iPhone (Score:3 Normal)
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Also, because I assume they will only be selling jerseys at MDen. I don't know many people who'd buy a helmet, but most of my friends have jerseys.

Denard has spent the offseason working really hard and smiling at people.

June 9th, 2011 at 3:34 PM | The brighter shade of yellow (Score:0 Normal)
June 9th, 2011 at 8:36 PM | Our current unis look great, (Score:1)
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Our current unis look great, the best they ever have.  The current yellow looks sharp with the dark blue AND WOULD HAVE LOOKED GREAT UNDER THE LIGHTS.

Ahem.  Sorry for the outburst.

Our current road unis leave something to be desired.  Feel free to screw with those.  (Not the helmet please.)  All white, all yellow, all blue, knock yourself out.

M'Dog

June 9th, 2011 at 8:42 PM | What--you think the AD didn't (Score:1)
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What--you think the AD didn't trot out the team under the lights one night to get an idea of what the throwbacks would look like under game conditions?  We'll.  Be.  Fine.

Abort, Retry, Fail?

June 9th, 2011 at 3:32 PM | i miss maize. the new yellow (Score:3 Normal)
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i miss maize. the new yellow sucks.

June 9th, 2011 at 4:57 PM | i miss maize. the new yellow (Score:3 Normal)
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"i miss maize. the new yellow sucks."

 agreed.

June 9th, 2011 at 8:44 PM | That new yellow is our (Score:0 Overrated)
June 9th, 2011 at 3:33 PM | The shade of yellow (Score:2 Informative)
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has changed throughout the years due to TV. What looked "best" on TV in the 1960s didn't in the 90s and doesnt in HD. 

There also were issues with Nike's copyrighted "Maize" and Adidas' copyrighted  "Maize" etc. but in general the changes in shade were due to TV cameras and what looked best

"Over? Did you say, over? Nothing is over until we decide it is!"

June 9th, 2011 at 5:13 PM | No copyright on color (Score:4 Normal)
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While it is possible to trademark a color (e.g., Owens Corning's pink for insulation), there is almost no chance that Nike or Adidas has any intellectual property rights to any variation of the color maize (or any other color).

June 9th, 2011 at 6:05 PM | OU (Score:1)
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have trademarked their color of crimson.  i would be surprised, if previous AD's at umich would have allowed the various apparel manufactures' to trademark a signature color.

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June 9th, 2011 at 3:34 PM | My God!   1891.... Stripes (Score:1 Redundant)
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My God!  

1891.... Stripes on the sleeves.

My eyes... they BURN!

June 9th, 2011 at 3:46 PM | Confirmation (Score:2)
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That image confirms that stripes were at least used at one point. So the new stripes do somewhat harken back to something tangible in the past. No one's great grandparents were alive to have witnessed it though. That does, however, bring up the interesting fact of just how long football has been played at Michigan and how short our collective experience of it is.

June 9th, 2011 at 8:29 PM | Well...I've been watching (Score:1)
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Well...I've been watching Michigan games since the age of 5; so that would be 1955. Michigan has been playing football for 132 years, so that means I've been a Michigan fan for about 42% of the time they've been playing football.

Not once did I see them wear gaudily striped home jerseys, however.

June 9th, 2011 at 4:05 PM | Seriously though, the all (Score:0)
June 9th, 2011 at 4:08 PM | That one is an error... the (Score:2)
Carcajous
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That one is an error... the artist admitted that the jersey should have been painted white.  They never wore all maize.

June 9th, 2011 at 4:44 PM | Exactly (Score:1)
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and they'll burn out the eyes of the Irish as well.

Abort, Retry, Fail?

June 9th, 2011 at 3:39 PM | Vastly prefer the old 'maize' (Score:1)
Mat
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always have and always will.  The highlighter effect is way too neon X-treme for me.  I like the darker, amber, tone.

June 9th, 2011 at 8:51 PM | I agree with you when the (Score:1)
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I agree with you when the highlighter yellow is all by itself.  But when it's teamed up to accent our dark blue, it looks very sharp.

The problem with the mustard yellow and our dark blue is that after about 10 feet away the two colors blend into a moldy greenish gray.

 BTW, what year did they switch to the current highlighter yellow?  I first laid my eyes on a Michigan uni live in 1982 and they were the same yellow they are now. 

M'Dog

June 9th, 2011 at 3:43 PM | I don't mind the numbers on (Score:1)
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The helmet for one game but thank God it's not the norm.

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June 9th, 2011 at 3:46 PM | Genetically modified maize is (Score:3 Normal)
raiderblue
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Genetically modified maize is highlighter yellow.

 

June 9th, 2011 at 4:14 PM | Technically, THIS is maize.  (Score:4 Normal)
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Technically, THIS is maize.  I'd say it's closer to today's yellow than that of decades past.

June 9th, 2011 at 4:21 PM | Technically, no. From (Score:5 Informative)
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Technically, no.

From Wikipedia (where that swatch comes from):

"The color maize or corn refers to a shade of yellow; it is named for the cereal of the same name—maize (the cereal maize is called corn in the Americas). In public usage, maize can be applied to a variety of shades, ranging from light yellow to a dark shade that borders on orange, since the color of maize may vary."

June 9th, 2011 at 4:54 PM | So...we're all right? Hooray! (Score:3 Informative)
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So...we're all right? Hooray!

June 9th, 2011 at 4:45 PM | Sorry... (Score:1 Normal)
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That only works on paper unless all our monitors are calibrated to render color exactly the same way. We all see it as a different shade.

June 9th, 2011 at 4:50 PM | And really.... (Score:2 Normal)
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Can you even be sure that your eyes and my eyes see the same color? We all learned that that swatch is a shade of yellow, but maybe yellow to my eyes is red to your eyes! And red is blue! We'd NEVER KNOW. We know that Maize and Blue is the best color combo there is, but maybe Maize as processed by your brain looks like red as processed by my brain. we look at the same swatch, they are called the same color, but how our brain processes it might be totally different

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June 9th, 2011 at 4:24 PM | Can't people just leave this (Score:0 Flamebait)
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