Jumpman Football uniforms (PHOTO)

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I woke up to a nice surprise this morning. Someone tweeted this and it was brought to my attention.

 

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— Justin E Harkelroad (@jharkelroad1) July 29, 2016

 

The font we're using is NBA Bulls. The first change to the font in almost 50 years. The classic #2 worn by Woodson is gone.

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LKLIII

July 29th, 2016 at 10:19 AM ^

Love the colors life the lack of over the top piping and stripes. I'm fine with the lettering font. I am not totally against jump man but admit this looks a bit more odd than I anticipated. I expect it'll just grow on me and if the recruits truly love it then I love it too. Still not a huge fan of the white away pants but again if this is what makes Harbaugh happy then ok. If I had to nitpick I'd say make the numbers a bit smaller and move the jump man logo a bit so that they aren't so close together.



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MeanJoe07

July 29th, 2016 at 10:22 AM ^

I dont think they are 2 bad at all.  It's 2 bad some you don't like them. 2 many picky people here. I'd be mad 2 if the style I grew up with 2 decades ago was changed, but when we go 2 2 championships you won't care. Either way, 2night I'll sleep well knowing Harbaugh is our coach.

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I Hate Buckeyes

July 29th, 2016 at 11:03 AM ^

It doesn't look anything like plastic in person. The mesh with 2 oblong openings look really cool in person and that mesh goes all over the jersey for breathing. Mach Speed Is the name of it. My son has those same jerseys for high school this year and everyone is loving them.



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Brimley

July 29th, 2016 at 10:50 AM ^

If it were up to me, Michigan's uniforms would forever be locked into the version that AC wore when he was breaking ankles a few times a game.  That said, people younger than I am put more care and consideration into their athletic wear than I do a suit, so, whatever.  If the players are happy and the people who buy the merch are too, it's all good--so long as we're beating the everloving shit out of the other team every week.

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Bando Calrissian

July 29th, 2016 at 10:53 AM ^

Fun fact: I bought a Champion Woodson Rose Bowl jersey at Moe's on January 2, 1998. The 2 is almost exactly like this new one. I was annoyed it was wrong back then, but the joke's on y'all now!

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Bando Calrissian

July 29th, 2016 at 1:26 PM ^

Yeah, that might have been it, but I don't know. I bought a couple Riddell jerseys from MDen as late as about 1998 or 9 and they were the big-hole mesh game issue-type jerseys. There were some weird things happening back then. The apparel contracts weren't so airtight as they are now.

To my knowledge, Champion was the only company to make the Rose Bowl replica jerseys that year. I think Nike made some later, as there are some really good replica jerseys floating around, but it seemed that winter, the only bowl jerseys out there were Champion knockoffs.The font wasn't right, the fabric was weird, and they were all really freaking short. It barely reached my belt.

Here's one:

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daa browns

July 29th, 2016 at 11:14 AM ^

Due to my age I have seen Michigan suck for nearly half of my life....so honestly the slight number font change and the white pants are a welcome change to the HARBAUGH era

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Pepto Bismol

July 29th, 2016 at 11:59 AM ^

I love it. 

I'm pushing 40, grew up during the Jordan boom.  That logo means more than "a guy playing basketball" to me.  I don't associate it with Michael Jordan the player, and I don't even see a basketball player when I see this logo. 

When I see that logo, I think of the most prestigious athletic shoe that has ever existed and that has carried that title undefeated for 30 years.

 

If you don't care about branding, that's not a crime.  More power to you.  But for those that do, whether they be Jim Harbaugh, Random 5-star recruit, Wolverine Devotee or anyone else, that "guy playing basketball" represents the Leader and Best in that industry.

And they chose Michigan Football to be the first and only school to wear it.

 

I find that to be fantastic.  MOAR apparel posts please.

 

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Pepto Bismol

July 29th, 2016 at 3:04 PM ^

The Air Jordan brand sponsors NBA, MLB & NFL players, NASCAR drivers, Boxers, PGA Golfers, and Soccer players, numerous college basketball programs and now 1 college football program.

Everyone wears Jordans:  Athletes and non-athletes alike.  Both men and women, young and old.  It is not even specific to athletes, let alone team sports, let alone basketball.  Air Jordan is not a "basketball" brand.  It's not even debatable.

What does Nike's original intention have to do with anything? 

        (Library of companies that pivoted and changed direction loaded and ready)

 

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Brodie

July 30th, 2016 at 11:02 AM ^

I actually think the block M works against you here. It's a logo that was created for athletic purposes but now serves a variety of roles as a general identifier for the University. I have friends who don't know football from volleyball who still rock rhe block M as a representation of the school, it is used on all buildings and signage related to the hospitals and health system, it's used in a lot of marketing for the University and each department logo features the M. The University of Michigan Dearborn uses the block M logo on all of its buildings and his made it the cornerstone of their outreach, preferring it to the seal in all contexts. Basically, something can evolve to mean something that it did not initially. And I think you can argue that Jordan is now a lifestyle brand more than anything else.

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Brodie

July 30th, 2016 at 10:50 AM ^

I suppose my only question is: if Ohio State were the school that Nike chose for this Jumpman experiment, would you still think it was really awesome or would you make fun of them? Maybe that's too loaded a question, if it were an unaffiliated School like UCLA or Oklahoma, would you think it really awesome then? I feel like a lot of people here only like this because it's Michigan and that's kind of a silly reason

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