White pants @ Iowa?
From the Uniwatch Blog today (it's about 80% down the post):
According to a post on the Chris Creamer board, there are rumors a-flyin’ about Michigan possibly wearing white pants on October 10th at Iowa.
Anyone else heard this rumor? I loved the thin blue/maize/blue striping from the mid 70s.
September 14th, 2009 at 10:14 AM ^
It would be interesting, but bringing back a monochrome uniform may ultimately open the door for an all maize uniform in the future and I dont think the Michigan faithful are quite ready for that. It would be interesting looking to say the least, just not sure it would be 'Michigan'
October 8th, 2009 at 4:49 PM ^
Iowa visitors locker room, as long as we find a way to get around Iowa's front 7 I don't care. I'm convinced Iowa won't put up more than 21 or 24 on us. If we can find a way to score, Iowa is beatable.
September 14th, 2009 at 10:14 AM ^
That would be a lot of yellowish pants in one game....I know we are maize and don't do yellow.
September 14th, 2009 at 5:09 PM ^
Maize is yellow.
September 15th, 2009 at 12:48 PM ^
ORLY? I had no idea! Thanks, I thought it was synonym for mauve.
September 14th, 2009 at 10:15 AM ^
the Gopher game on Saturday night, they were given enough ammunition against all-yellow jerseys for the next ten years.
All white jerseys, however, would be sweet.
September 14th, 2009 at 11:24 AM ^
All Maize uni's would be disgusting all white would be bad ass
September 14th, 2009 at 1:12 PM ^
You would hope the Gophers would have found a material that did not prominently display the sweat, those uni's did look crappy.
September 14th, 2009 at 10:16 AM ^
I don't know if you had another source, but +1 for picking this tiny bit up at the bottom of a huge obscure article.
September 14th, 2009 at 10:21 AM ^
Written by ESPN contributor Paul Lukas, it's a daily dose on all things sports uniforms and logos. I used to be a religious reader, but it's got a pretty heavy lean on baseball.
That being said, usually the "bottom of a huge obscure article" area is his Other News section, which is often more interesting than the lead stuff.
September 14th, 2009 at 10:25 AM ^
was a pretty legit artist who goes by "GhettoFarmBoy." I've seen some of his stuff, and it's not bad. He says he's from Michigan/Indiana, and for all I know it might be one of you.
BUT his original source is "According to two U of M boards." No press release, no insider info. We've all heard plenty of rumbling about white pants here before... but where did the Oct. 10 at Iowa come from?
September 14th, 2009 at 10:51 AM ^
I know some Rivals poster brought it up. He's proven in the past that he lives with some walk ons or is friends with some guys on the team something along those lines. But I thought that his post was at an odd time for a student on campus, leading me to believe he was still drunk or excited from the game/night and could possibly just be stirring things up. But the Iowa game came from him. The posters name is Datnukahead or something like that, and he's had good info in the past.
I have no idea if there is any truth to it, but figured I'd try to provide a little information from where I saw the rumor originate.
September 14th, 2009 at 12:15 PM ^
Just the first time I'd actually seen anything other than fan rumblings regarding this white pants stuff.
FOR THE RECORD... I don't want 'em. I'll go on record again that the change I'd like to see on the away uniform is to bring back the 80's era jersey WITH ONE COLOR NUMBERS
September 15th, 2009 at 12:14 AM ^
While I like the white pants idea (and totally abhor any idea that includes blue pants or maize jerseys, which seems to also be floating around), I absolutely agree on the 80's white jersey. Classic look, and emblematic of an era when we were quite successful. I'd even love to go back to the jerseys with the M's on the sleeves (1997-2004). I've never liked what Nike or adidas did with our whites since 2005. The yellow bib/stripes thing just looks stupid.
(can you tell I read UniWatch first thing every morning?)
September 15th, 2009 at 11:54 PM ^
I used to be a religious UniWatchBlog reader too. Now I just check in occasionally. My hatred of the M road uniforms with the yellow around the blue numbers is what originally hooked me into the site.
I'm a huge baseball fan, so I don't mind the baseball emphasis.
I'm against white pants, but I'm a staunch traditionalist.
September 14th, 2009 at 10:18 AM ^
wouldnt mind it at all. I am assuming that it would have a maize stripe on the side of the pants, blue would look good there too. i think it would look pretty sweet actually.
September 14th, 2009 at 10:26 AM ^
Interesting...
I will reserve judgment until I see them on tv. However, I am usually not in favor of messing with the uniform. If they ended up looking like Texas' away uniform, they might not be bad.
September 14th, 2009 at 11:02 AM ^
texas away uniforms when they play on turf so that they get the long white socks are my favorite. so fresh and clean.
September 14th, 2009 at 10:26 AM ^
And after Labor Day?? For shame.
September 14th, 2009 at 10:47 AM ^
But after the last 2 years we've had, they can wear pink as long as they win.
September 14th, 2009 at 10:51 AM ^
Interesting post and a good find. All white would be pretty cool though.
September 14th, 2009 at 10:53 AM ^
Could be cool looking. My attitude is that the road unis can be changed (except the helmet), as long as we don't go Oregon. The road unis have changed numerous times throughout the years.
The home uniforms simply may not be changed. Ever.
All Maize in basketball = sweet. All Maize in football = WTF was Minnesota wearing? Not sure why it works in one sport and not in another. Six Zero - any thoughts on the different impact in different sports?
September 14th, 2009 at 10:54 AM ^
to match the pink locker room?
September 14th, 2009 at 11:06 AM ^
We have worn all white in the past - http://www.mmbolding.com/bowls/Orange762.jpg - so I don't think it will anger too many traditionalists. And it's much better than Maize jerseys. But it will be interesting how it will tie in with the Maize stripe we have on the sides of our current away jerseys.
September 14th, 2009 at 11:24 AM ^
Funny thing was, until now, I'd always thought they were all-white in the late 70s Rose Bowls too -- but I think it was just that I was watching them on a black-and-white TV, and never realized the pants were yellow.
Meanwhile, what Minnesota's experiment (http://www.mndaily.com/multimedia/photos/2009/09/13/0914p1fb0914) tells us is that if Michigan is to ever wear a yellow jersey (and I do believe at some point they should), they'd better damn well wear blue pants with it.
September 14th, 2009 at 11:12 AM ^
I can confirm the rumor. I heard it firsthand from a very reputable source. I hope the pants have stripes down the side or something...I hate the plain-all-white look like Texas.
September 14th, 2009 at 1:05 PM ^
I agree. I hate when State Penn and Texas do that. It looks like they're playing in their underwear.
September 14th, 2009 at 11:31 AM ^
Yeah, c'mon, Bo had the team wear them. That would confirm that RichRod is a Michigan Man, right?
/sarcasm
Srsly, I think it would be a good look. As others have said, as long as it's the aways, I'm fine with it. Keep the home unis traditional.
September 14th, 2009 at 11:58 AM ^
Here's a question:
White shoes + white socks?
Black shoes + black socks?
What's it going to be with the shoes?
September 14th, 2009 at 5:11 PM ^
We don't wear white shoes. We never have.
September 14th, 2009 at 12:03 PM ^
Why does everyone seem to want single color uniforms? I'm not even a huge fan of our away colors, and would rather the team wore the maize and blue home uniforms for every game.
September 14th, 2009 at 12:36 PM ^
I absolutely hate it when we wear maize pants on the road against a team (typically Iowa) that wears yellow pants. This has long been a pet peeve of mine.
My solution, however, was not to wear white pants - it was to wear blue pants* with the white road jerseys. For a large number of years (college, etc.), I would typically wear my white U-M jerseys with blue sweatpants, and I loved the look.
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*with the understanding that we would never NEVER NEVER NEVER wear blue-on-blue.
September 14th, 2009 at 5:15 PM ^
Blue pants wouldn't look good. There's a (pseudo-)science to this. Teams almost always wear their lighter color for their pants. We wear maize, OSU wears gray, PSU wears white, etc. You don't wear the dark color on your pants (unless you are also wearing it on your jersey, which some teams do). You basically never see a team wear a white top and dark pants.
September 14th, 2009 at 8:04 PM ^
I remember in the mid-'90's when they first wore crimson pants with their white jerseys, and I thought it rocked. I suppose it may go against the general pseudo-science rule, but I think it'd look cool, for what that's worth.
September 14th, 2009 at 8:14 PM ^
True, that look isn't that bad, but I've also seen Arizona experiment with blue pants and it looked very high schoolish.
September 14th, 2009 at 4:21 PM ^
ick no! they'll look like penn state with winged helmets! i wouldn't mind blue pants, but that or stick to yellow!
October 8th, 2009 at 6:06 AM ^
Or, due to the helmets, they might just look like the wolverines wearing all white.
September 14th, 2009 at 4:41 PM ^
Blue or white pants would both look good. The blue would make the helmet stand out more (you know, that outstanding winged one).
September 14th, 2009 at 7:25 PM ^
Thanks to Pete Carroll at USC, you can now go "color vs color" in jerseys as along as there's enough contrast between the two teams(ie Michigan blue vs UCLA blue--Yes, but Michigan blue vs Penn State blue--No). The rules don't cover pants or helmets, just jerseys.
So given that, here's MHO about what our future unis should be:
1) Michigan should always wear the home blue jerseys and maize pants at home (duh), AND wear them whenever possible on the road, esp at East Lansing, Columbus, and bowl games!
2) If blue jerseys aren't possible on the road due to dark jerseys on the home team (ie @PSU, @Ill, @NW, @Iowa, @Pur, @ND), then wear a new primary road uniform of maize jerseys and blue pants!
3) If for some reason maize jerseys aren't possible either, then break out the traditional white jerseys and maize pants.
4) Just say no to all-white.
September 14th, 2009 at 8:12 PM ^
I agree with you on points 1,3,4 but I just don't know how good maize shirts would look. Seeing OSU and Michigan going up against each other in their home uniforms would look great.
September 15th, 2009 at 8:04 AM ^
with the Michigan helmet, maize jerseys with blue numerals, and blue pants.
I kept mine simple, solid colors, no stripes, inserts, or costume-like flourishes. White socks and black shoes.
September 15th, 2009 at 12:26 AM ^
the white on white look - reminds me too much of pajamas.
Please don't let this be true.
September 15th, 2009 at 3:02 AM ^
Agreed. I'm surprised so many people are embracing the all-white look. No thanks.
September 15th, 2009 at 4:54 AM ^
Brian had posted some photoshopped pics awhile back of all white uniforms, and they looked awesome. IIRC, it was a pic of Adrian Arrington. I'll try to find them and imbed.
EDIT:
It was actually Varsity Blue....
http://varsityblue.blogspot.com/2007/05/alternative-uniform-mockups.html
September 15th, 2009 at 8:15 AM ^
Television.
In the 1950's, TV was black and white and sucky all-over. TV viewers needed a high-contrast between the two teams just so you could tell who was who.
Now that nearly everyone has a color TV, this white vs color jersey is no longer a issue.
Prior to TV, BOTH teams wore their home colors everywhere. The reason we have our distictive helmets (thx Fritz) was so that our passers could spot their receivers.
September 15th, 2009 at 10:22 AM ^
do we know how credible the rumor is?
September 15th, 2009 at 10:56 PM ^
Awesome mockups. I'd say the maize on maize is a definite no-no, but the white on white looks surprisingly good.
Also white tops and navy blue pants looks awful, IMO.
September 16th, 2009 at 1:22 AM ^
Please for the love of god noooooo... :-(
Don't like it... Esp. w/ the yellow side stripe thing we have courtesy of Adidas... The white pants make it stand out even more and look like a total eyesore.
September 19th, 2009 at 11:02 AM ^
They've got COMPLETELY the wrong shade of blue on that white-on-blue mockup above. It really doesn't do it justice.
That said, the white-on-whites (shown for Forcier and Odoms above) look awesome. Again, only for use when the opposing (home) team wears yellow-ish pants (i.e. Iowa).
October 7th, 2009 at 5:12 PM ^
Do we have a definitive answer on whether this is truly happening? I know there were a lot of rumors flying around, but never heard for sure if it was happening.
Either way I'll be in Iowa City Saturday to see first hand. If its going to be a black out I think I'll go with the Steve Breaston away jersey for max contrast.