Outback Bowl UNI'S!!!!
Michigan Football @umichfootball
FIRST LOOK: Special Uniform for 2013 @outbackbowl pic.twitter.com/Abodw9RI
Matte helmets too!!
December 18th, 2012 at 11:53 AM ^
December 18th, 2012 at 11:53 AM ^
Nothing terrible in a vacuum, but nothing helps branding quite like constantly changing the way you look.
December 18th, 2012 at 11:53 AM ^
Please. Stop. It. Now.
December 18th, 2012 at 11:54 AM ^
Love the helmet. Jersey looks okay. I'd rather have a Bennigan's or an Applebee's patch on the left shoulder though. Better prices on their menus.
December 18th, 2012 at 11:54 AM ^
December 18th, 2012 at 12:02 PM ^
We're both!
December 18th, 2012 at 12:04 PM ^
I kind of like the helmets; at least they didn't screw with the design. The jerseys, on the other hand...meh.
December 18th, 2012 at 11:54 AM ^
Fire David Brandon.
The most iconic look in all of sports has been changed for no reason other than to maximize profits.
(Serious question: Where do the Legends patches fit?)
December 18th, 2012 at 11:54 AM ^
oh man totally sikk you guyz
December 18th, 2012 at 11:54 AM ^
December 18th, 2012 at 11:54 AM ^
I actually like them. I think they look good. It's only for the bowl game. I'll be adding it to my growing alternate jersey collection.
December 18th, 2012 at 12:03 PM ^
It's only for the under the lights game. It's only for the MSU game. It's only for the Alabama game. It's only for the bowl game. Bullshit.
December 18th, 2012 at 12:06 PM ^
Like the "rematch" with Appy State. It's all about the publicity, right?
/s
December 18th, 2012 at 12:30 PM ^
can't wait for the "rematch uniform" to be unveiled. WOW factor indeed!
also, two-tone helmets look like ass. Particularly Michigan's.
December 18th, 2012 at 2:34 PM ^
Then simply don't buy them. Complaining about them is doing nothing. They're obviously doing well in sales and the players like them enough for them to keep doing them.
Kids get excited about these things. I overheard a couple recruits at the Spring Game that Michigan's gloves they wore last year were "cold". I assume that's a good thing.
December 18th, 2012 at 12:24 PM ^
Dave Brandon thanks you for confirming his theories on marketing.
December 18th, 2012 at 12:58 PM ^
The one he borrowed from P.T. Barnum, yes?
Failure to see the irony of saying, in the same breath, "it's only for the bowl game," and "I'll add this to my ever-growing connection," is astonishing. The reason we have these jerseys is not because it matters what the players think about them, but because we have fans who are willing to piss hell of ducats up the wall on every gimmick Brandon throws at them and pretend that "it's only this once."
December 18th, 2012 at 11:55 AM ^
This is just hideous. The matte finish usually only looks good with black or gray helmets
December 18th, 2012 at 11:55 AM ^
is whether it is a block "M" logo on the shoulder or a jersey number... the logical rationale is a block "M"
December 18th, 2012 at 11:55 AM ^
December 18th, 2012 at 11:57 AM ^
Designated home team wearing white. Ala LSU.
December 18th, 2012 at 11:56 AM ^
So is there anything we won't do for money now Dave? Thanks for messing with the best uniforms in sports once again
December 18th, 2012 at 11:56 AM ^
At this point, I have less of a problem with the alternative uniforms (because I know they're coming) than I have with the fact that they're butt ugly. These just don't do it for me. To mess with the helmet...I don't know man. Is nothing holy?
December 18th, 2012 at 11:56 AM ^
I actually like the helmet. But the jersey is God-awful. Horrible. Why can't they just wear the regular jersey? People pay a sh-tload of money to travel to these bowl games. They want to see Michigan as Michigan, not as a side-show circus act. I'll never understand the need to create new designs, especially since every single one of them has been ugly thus far.
#getoffmylawn
December 18th, 2012 at 12:04 PM ^
December 18th, 2012 at 12:32 PM ^
You make a good point. Better to mess with the white than the blue. That said, why can't the special designs be more special and less "special"? People on that stupid show Project Runway (my wife made me watch) could design something better than this piece of garbage. And how much did the AD pay to have these garbage jerseys made?
December 18th, 2012 at 11:57 AM ^
Helmets are awesome. Jerseys, however, meh. Blue numbers and I think they'd be alright.
December 18th, 2012 at 12:00 PM ^
December 18th, 2012 at 12:06 PM ^
*Sold.... How did we ever let a place like that go out of business?
December 18th, 2012 at 12:22 PM ^
I believe Michigan took away their licensing. Too inexpensive for their taste. Yes, everything was made in Pakistan LOL.
December 18th, 2012 at 12:09 PM ^
I used to be an assistant manager at Steve and Barry's and the jerseys were $21.18 with tax. God I miss that place.
December 18th, 2012 at 12:01 PM ^
Absolute garbage. I hate Dave Brandon. I hate this jersey, I hate this helmet, I hate the numbers, I hate the logo, I hate the advertisement on the jersey.
~Herm
December 18th, 2012 at 12:03 PM ^
Easy there, Herm. Michigan has been wearing bowl patches every year long before Dave Brandon. Whether it was the Capital One Bowl, Allstate Sugar Bowl etc.
For the 2003 Outback Bowl, the actual Outback logo was on the sleeves. Not a patch. It was part of the jerseys.
December 18th, 2012 at 12:04 PM ^
but stop beating around the bush and tell us how you really feel?
December 18th, 2012 at 1:20 PM ^
I love Dwight Shrute and I love Herm.
December 18th, 2012 at 12:07 PM ^
December 18th, 2012 at 12:28 PM ^
Are you talking to us?
December 18th, 2012 at 12:09 PM ^
how you really feel Herm.
/jk
December 18th, 2012 at 12:15 PM ^
December 18th, 2012 at 12:30 PM ^
Of course not, the Rose Bowl stands for tradition, honor, and classic games from almost a century of continuous play. The "Outback" Bowl is a third-rate, made-up bowl to promote shoddy faux-Australian cuisine to middle-income Midwestern American families so that they can gorge themselves on a helping of meat, potatoes, and pure fat that could sustain a small African village for a week.
~Herm
December 18th, 2012 at 12:38 PM ^
This is why Herm is such a necessary part of the MGoBlog community.
I think I'll message the Outback Bowl commissioner that's pulling in multiples of six figures to ask this question: "Why does the Outback Bowl exist?".
December 18th, 2012 at 12:50 PM ^
I understand such disdain reserved for the "Heart of Dallas Bowl" or the Little Caesar's Pizza Bowl, but the Outback Bowl is generally a pretty good one matching quality opponents most years. If you're suggesting it shouldn't exist, then you're the only one that wants to go back to the 1971 and earlier system where only the Big Ten champion goes bowling.
December 18th, 2012 at 1:04 PM ^
- Ratings from Sat: New Mexico Bowl (ESPN): 1.9. Butler upsets No. 1 IU (CBS): 1.5
- At MGM, there was 5 times more money bet on the New Mexico Bowl than Butler's upset of Indiana.
WE are the reason the Outback Bowl exists. Our fandom, our money.
December 18th, 2012 at 1:30 PM ^
You are aware the Outback bowl is actually the Hall of Fame bowl, right?
December 18th, 2012 at 12:52 PM ^
The rest - meh. It isn't that I hate it, it just doesn't do a lot for me.
If I were Adidass, I would have left the text off and be confident people would recognize the logo. It is similar to having to use a /s tag - if you have to use it, you're probably doing something wrong.
Every day I am thankful for Herm. He makes me feel a lot younger.
December 18th, 2012 at 12:01 PM ^
and worse
December 18th, 2012 at 12:01 PM ^
Anyone who doesn't hate every bit of this can show themselves out.
Shameful.
December 18th, 2012 at 12:05 PM ^
I do not care even the slightest bit about UNIFORM CONTROVERSY. I know I'm not alone here. The boys are still playing football and they are still representing my school.
December 18th, 2012 at 12:32 PM ^
The "support the troops" argument. This has nothing to do with criticizing the players. It has everything to do criticizing the leadership.
(Commence: "but the kids love the crazy new stuff"-- STFU--Alabama and USC disagree.)
December 18th, 2012 at 12:36 PM ^
It's more the, "I don't give a shit and it isn't a big deal because it is cloth that is covering people" argument. Football will still be football.