OT- Maryland, when your uni design steals from roller derby, it's time to stop
Yes, it is "cool" for schools to trick up the jersey and helmet design, however there is a floor with that hypothetical ceiling of wicked, fresh looks. I could be wrong, but I assume that floor is reached when you local roller deby team, the Charm City Roller Girls, is accusing you of stealing their helmet design. It was bad enough that Maryland changed jerseys post-warmup (lame) and then subjected any viewers brave enough to watch the Fighting Edsalls tangle with Miami's JV team to seizure-inducing duds. This however, is an extra helping of fail.
September 7th, 2011 at 2:33 PM ^
picture taken in 2009:
September 7th, 2011 at 2:35 PM ^
Since they are both based on the state flag and still pretty different (quarters as opposed to halves), why would they even bring this up?
September 7th, 2011 at 4:30 PM ^
publicity. did you know Maryland had a local roller derby team?
September 7th, 2011 at 2:35 PM ^
Thats....sad.
September 7th, 2011 at 2:39 PM ^
/thread
September 7th, 2011 at 2:38 PM ^
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September 7th, 2011 at 2:40 PM ^
I liked Maryland's unis. They were unique and paid homage to the state flag.
September 7th, 2011 at 2:48 PM ^
First, of all those helmets are sick.
Secondly, it wouldn't matter if they did steal them from a roller derby team they'd still be sick.
Thirdly, it's the state flag! They didn't steal it from a roller derby team.
September 7th, 2011 at 3:37 PM ^
Hey do you want to trade snack packs at lunch before recess? I have chocolate pudding but I'd trade you that for a fruit roll up and a Capri Sun.
September 7th, 2011 at 3:45 PM ^
Young people like the new unifroms, it's true. You know anyone who liked Maryland's uniforms before? Anyone?
September 7th, 2011 at 3:54 PM ^
I'm an old fuddy duddy when it comes to uniforms/tradition but I thought these ones looked good. Unique but still doing something that made sense to their school/state. And as you said the ones they replaced weren't that great and hadn't been worn for too long either.
The other uniforms they showed off before the season look like garbage though, IMO.
September 7th, 2011 at 3:58 PM ^
They were plain, relatively inoffensive uniforms. I don't think that just making a stir in uniform selection necessarily equates to people actually liking them. I think most fans are just shocked that the things somehow made it from a graphic designer to the field without someone killing the idea.
September 7th, 2011 at 2:50 PM ^
Kind of funny to think they're accused of stealing their man-barbie outfits from real life-size woman barbies.
This completes your threadly reminder that uniforms don't matter.
September 7th, 2011 at 3:06 PM ^
There's one uniform that DOES matter:
September 7th, 2011 at 5:36 PM ^
But no, it doesn't. It's just a uniform.
September 7th, 2011 at 3:04 PM ^
I thought the jerseys were kind of neat with the designs on the shoulders. The helmets were vomit inducing. The Georgia helemts were cool (face mask included) but the all-red unis were not.
September 7th, 2011 at 3:28 PM ^
Are you skipping seventh grade right now?
September 7th, 2011 at 3:13 PM ^
Hmmmm...that means BOTH should be changed. In fairness, it might make more sense If I knew the origin of the flag design.
September 7th, 2011 at 3:31 PM ^
Personally, growin gup in Maryland, I kind of liked their unis. I def wouldn't Michigan to try anything like that, but to each school their own. Nobody how you feel about them, the unis did their job, it got pretty much the whole sportsnation talking about Maryland football again.
September 7th, 2011 at 3:31 PM ^
Under Armour
September 7th, 2011 at 3:49 PM ^
Under Armour (it takes both crowns - winner for those that liked the jerseys and loser for those that did not).
(Fun fact: Did you know that the founder of UA played linebacker for Maryland back in the 90s?)
September 7th, 2011 at 4:17 PM ^
yep, and he first got the ideas for his protocols from his grandmother's nylon/leggins
September 7th, 2011 at 3:42 PM ^
Can anyone imagine a jersey made out of the Michigan flag? There would be a deer helmet! lol
September 7th, 2011 at 3:48 PM ^
Actually, I think it is supposed to be elk and moose on the side.
September 7th, 2011 at 4:16 PM ^
I'm showing my ignorance right now, but does Michigan have either of those animals still in the state? If so, in the UP?
September 7th, 2011 at 4:31 PM ^
The largest elk herd in the east (kind of like saying the biggest city in the UP, I know) is in the Pigeon River country, in the northeastern lower peninsula.
Moose live in the western UP. Both animals were reintroduced after being extirpated from Michigan.
Deer on the other hand, are everywhere!
September 7th, 2011 at 4:37 PM ^
I knew deer were everywhere but I'm about 10 years removed from living in the LP and don't ever remember talk about moose or elk. Very interesting, indeed!
September 7th, 2011 at 4:21 PM ^
Personally I like the roller helmets better, Maryland should change. To paraphrase my stepfather, a Maryland alum: Oregon: The Maryland of the West
September 7th, 2011 at 4:43 PM ^
In a related story, Michigan stole its helmet design from Princeton.
September 7th, 2011 at 5:06 PM ^
Meh. I think of it more as Fritz Crisler's helmet that he had Princeton use for 3 seasons in the 1930's and then taking it with him when he left for Ann Arbor in 1938.
When Fritz left Princeton, they went back to their old helmets. It was only after the winged helmet had become famous at Michigan for so many decades that Princeton decided to go back to the wing design.
So, I don't see it so much as stealing. Just Princeton trying to cash in on something famous that didn't mean a thing to them when they originally had it.
September 7th, 2011 at 5:39 PM ^
They stole from Sparty also.
September 7th, 2011 at 5:03 PM ^
Damn echo...
September 7th, 2011 at 8:40 PM ^
Oh Terps. All respect, out the window. Goodbye, East Cost Attitude.
September 7th, 2011 at 10:34 PM ^
I don't buy into the attitude that if I got everyone's attention then I'm successful.
Hell, why not just have a live beheading at halftime? I'd watch.