OSU unis for the Game, 2010
They are meant to honor the 1942 Buckeyes, some of whom will be at the game. You can read more about it here and listen about it here.
EDIT: My apologies for the insane size of the original image. I've attached a smaller version here. The image is linked to the crazy wallpaper-sized image on the Nike website.
November 23rd, 2010 at 11:48 AM ^
and edit the picture to the size of a rational effort
November 23rd, 2010 at 11:57 AM ^
but for some reason it always displayed in its original hugeness.
November 23rd, 2010 at 12:04 PM ^
he must have went into the pool.
November 23rd, 2010 at 4:33 PM ^
know about shrinkage?
November 23rd, 2010 at 11:54 AM ^
AIRPLANES!
BARBED WIRE!
AMURRRRRRRRRRICA!
Edit: Dangit. Now that the picture is changed this doesn't make any sense. In the original post, the picture included airplanes, barbed wire, and amurrica.
Edit edit: And now it's been changed back. AMURRRRICA!
November 23rd, 2010 at 11:50 AM ^
an ugly uniform to another ugly uniform honor anybody?
November 23rd, 2010 at 12:13 PM ^
They really shouldn't liken themselves to any soldiers. But if they're going to, this would be a more accurate representation-
(Edit: choose one, man, choose!! ;-)
November 23rd, 2010 at 1:42 PM ^
Where's Lloyd Brady?!?!?!
November 23rd, 2010 at 11:51 AM ^
Who knew OSU was an acronym for "Alabama?"
November 23rd, 2010 at 11:52 AM ^
just in a way that isn't hideous
November 23rd, 2010 at 11:52 AM ^
They look like hemorrhoids.
November 23rd, 2010 at 11:52 AM ^
They belong on Southern Illinois or Western Kentucky. Also, why is the flag on the shoulder backward? Ricky Stanzi will be displeased.
November 23rd, 2010 at 12:35 PM ^
Something about how it's supposed to be displayed relative to where the flagpole would be. Never made much sense to me.
November 23rd, 2010 at 1:08 PM ^
you're right. it's supposed to remind us of the era when a standard bearer would lead a charge in the battlefield. if you were to view a flag bearer on his right side as he's charging forward, the flag would appear backwards. so when a soldier today has a flag patch on his right shoulder, it appears "backwards", and when it's on his left shoulder, it's "normal." kellen winslow jr would be jealous of these unis.
November 23rd, 2010 at 11:54 AM ^
They look like toys. I'm glad we don't look like toys.
November 23rd, 2010 at 11:57 AM ^
a sweater vest Ken...
November 23rd, 2010 at 12:51 PM ^
does it come the the Tressel-ball playbook and the "I <3 Punts" lapel pin?
November 23rd, 2010 at 12:00 PM ^
The "MGoBlog cares about the enviroment" tag in his right hand had me on the floor laughing. Woo unintentional humor!
Edit: Aww, you ruined it by fixing the pic size. T_T
November 23rd, 2010 at 12:06 PM ^
last year, now this. It honks me off that they trot this gimmicky shit out for their game with us. Wear these clown costumes against Indiana, not us. God, I want to beat these guys so bad it hurts.
November 23rd, 2010 at 1:17 PM ^
You'd be surprised how many OSU fans agree with you about the uniforms, especially the helmets. Unfortunately, Nike's contract pretty much lets them do what they want.
November 23rd, 2010 at 12:10 PM ^
Its one thing to honor a past team at your school, and i suppose its somewhat of a nice story to talk about the '42 team playing and then heading off to war, but the WWII imagry on the pic and linking all of these past and present combat metaphors is a bit too far.
that being said, they are ugly.
November 23rd, 2010 at 12:22 PM ^
Looking at the turf in the picture, you'd think they're doing a tribute to the 2006 OSU team.
November 23rd, 2010 at 12:32 PM ^
so it's a bunch of douches with red helmets.
November 23rd, 2010 at 12:43 PM ^
Looks almost as post-apocalyptic as MonuMental's osu wallpaper.
November 23rd, 2010 at 1:42 PM ^
OSU's combat mantra for their football uniforms matches the evil evilness of their band's.
November 23rd, 2010 at 2:33 PM ^
Why are they honoring the 1942 team now? Why not do it two years from now - their 70th anniversary?
November 23rd, 2010 at 4:55 PM ^
some of the team members to be alive to be there.
November 23rd, 2010 at 2:47 PM ^
Agreed, the OSU band uniforms look like the Waffen-SS. They would not look out of place marching down the main street of a ruined village.
November 23rd, 2010 at 3:28 PM ^
In the picture provided they actually look cool. The image on DocSat? I am reminded of a pop warner team.
November 23rd, 2010 at 3:48 PM ^
There are those used-tampon helmets I raved about yesterday.
November 23rd, 2010 at 3:54 PM ^
FUCK YEAH
November 23rd, 2010 at 3:58 PM ^
nothing says "Duty, Honor and Country" like Nike's moisture-wicking Dri-FIT fabric and Vapor Jet gloves featuring premium Magnigrip CL technology
November 23rd, 2010 at 4:08 PM ^
Well those are just disgusting.
November 23rd, 2010 at 5:03 PM ^
Call me crazy, I've always liked that number font.
November 24th, 2010 at 1:43 AM ^
(take no offense to the bitch part, it comes with the territory.)
November 23rd, 2010 at 9:57 PM ^
This picture sort of makes me angry. Not sure why!
November 23rd, 2010 at 10:07 PM ^
Harvard called and asked for their uniforms back.