January 3rd, 2012 at 3:09 PM ^
Yep. I think it was announced at the same time as their new uniforms.
January 3rd, 2012 at 3:11 PM ^
thanks, i guess i didnt get that info. sorry mods for me being dumb
January 3rd, 2012 at 3:13 PM ^
I am sooo at the edge of my seat in eager anticipation at this development.
But, does coach Hoke know that there are a group of people who think grey goes so very well with scarlet, and because of those people, Michigan changed the color of their facemasks?
Glad you think they look sweet, though.
January 3rd, 2012 at 3:15 PM ^
I haven't minded any particular alternate uniform this season except the MSU one (too much maize). But this is Michigan, dammit. We don't need to break out a slightly different outfit for every game. I don't care if they pick blue or gray facemasks, helmet numbers or not, but pick one and stick with it. Hell, I wouldn't even mind one alternate uniform per season that much. But this season we will have used three helmets, two home jerseys, four away jerseys (for only five away games!), and two pairs of pants. We're the winningest program in history, and we shouldn't need gimmicks like this.
/shakes fist at cloud
January 3rd, 2012 at 4:10 PM ^
Is that you?
January 3rd, 2012 at 4:14 PM ^
Agreed. Why are we messing with a good thing? Weren't we just picked by some fashion-minded panel in the WSJ as the best uniforms in college football?
January 3rd, 2012 at 4:37 PM ^
for our home unis not away.
January 3rd, 2012 at 3:33 PM ^
Oregons chrome was so dope i would not mind seeing UM do the two-toned chrome for its Brandon Traditionfest alternate uni's next year.
January 3rd, 2012 at 3:51 PM ^
Dope? Really?
(Oh, and Michigan in chrome helmets would be a travesty of epic proportions.)
January 3rd, 2012 at 3:52 PM ^
Exactly. This is Michigan Fergodsakes!
January 3rd, 2012 at 3:34 PM ^
January 3rd, 2012 at 3:35 PM ^
Yes they will be wearing the Legacy Helmets for this game, I remember hearing it when the Sugar Bowl uniform was released.
Hopefully the record wearing those helmets can move to 2-0 on the season.
January 3rd, 2012 at 5:16 PM ^
Did they wear the legacy helmets vs little brother?
January 3rd, 2012 at 3:41 PM ^
God I love the internet.
I'm old enough to remember when you tuned into a bowl game when it started on TV, and turned it off when it was over. The next day there was a paragraph about it in the newspaper. If you were really lucky, there was a color picture. That was the whole show.
There was nothing else . . . no scouting, no hype videos, no sneak peaks at unis, no post-win Muppets. Nothing. If you observed something of interest, you were left to pontificate it on your own. If you had a question, there was nobody to ask.
Now we can discuss the facemasks, the jerseys, the players' dreads, Brady Hoke's game-day diet, the color and texture of the artificial turf, the hotness of the cheerleaders, 1st quarter tendencies . . . all two weeks before the game.
Not living in the Midwest, I used to be starved for information on Michigan. I've now reached a saturation point by the time the players arrive at the bowl city.
January 3rd, 2012 at 3:42 PM ^
Did you see the Oregon Cheerleaders? LOL
January 3rd, 2012 at 3:50 PM ^
Smokin' hot.
They import them from LA. So, why can't we?
January 3rd, 2012 at 4:41 PM ^
Yet here you are reading and posting in this thread.
January 3rd, 2012 at 5:27 PM ^
Wait, there are hot cheerleaders?
January 3rd, 2012 at 3:43 PM ^
signed, Old Guy
January 3rd, 2012 at 3:53 PM ^
One day, U-M is going to come out wearing matte navy blue helmets with glossy maize wings and this place is going to go bonkers.
January 3rd, 2012 at 5:26 PM ^
Or blue chrome plating with yellow chrome wings, and sequined blue jerseys with yellow satin pants and white shoes with LEDs that blink ads for Dave Brandon.
They'll go well with the @#$%@ mascot that's sure to come next.
And I can't find my torch OR my pitchfork.
January 3rd, 2012 at 7:58 PM ^
And some board members will shrug and not get bent out of shape over things they realistically have very little control over at the moment.
January 3rd, 2012 at 4:07 PM ^
I'm unsure about the grey facemasks.
Apparently, Michigan used to have grey facemasks when Bo came in. He said to get rid of them because another school wore grey. I would have liked to think that they would have never returned, oh well.
January 3rd, 2012 at 4:20 PM ^
According to the Helmet Project, Bo tolerated the gray facemasks for six seasons before going to blue ones in 1975.
January 3rd, 2012 at 4:15 PM ^
I can understand being tired of the jersey changes (although I think they were prompted by the players' dislike for their original 2011 jerseys), but I can't get worked up about facemasks.
January 3rd, 2012 at 5:19 PM ^
In all honesty I had no idea what color our normal facemasks were before I read this thread.
January 3rd, 2012 at 6:54 PM ^
The kids seem pretty fired up about it from what the photo op and presser looked like..ultimately those are the opinions which mean the most...The fab 5 brought on black socks and long maize shorts/unis..things do change. I personally like the traditional navy jersey, simple maize number and name, regular winged helmet. I did notice that perhaps our sugarbowl jerseys are a simple Adidas template that looks just like Nerdbraska's twin stripes on the shoulderpad area...I don't mind them, I think it's part of our 'history' now and going from five win seasons to ELEVEN WINS...I'll be just fine with Jersey tinkering...because in the end, those kids in team 132 are what matter most to me...great group of young men who stuck it out for more than most would have...GO BLUE. Regardless of the unis...it's the boys that make that team.
January 3rd, 2012 at 7:10 PM ^
along with the numbers on the helmets.
January 3rd, 2012 at 7:56 PM ^
If grey helps the team perform better because of the lower contrast with other colors in the field of vision, or less glare, I'm all for it.
January 4th, 2012 at 4:18 PM ^
When you're playing, the facemask color really doesn't matter. At least that was my experience playing high school football (3 seasons in a white mask, one season in a red mask).
January 5th, 2012 at 3:19 AM ^
Who besides those on this site with esoteric knowledge would even recognize them and know they used to be grey? More importantly, who would want them to go back to that? What's next, big puffy 80's shoulder pads and mesh jerseys?