hey hey hey, relax. its #UConnGame. i think your missing the idea thats behind that really and why it would be great media but w/e i'm not gonna go into it.
agree with this thought also. what it comes down to is they didn't execute the uniforms well at under armor.
I think your wish will come true. An unproductive Rutgers gets a chrome helmet? Wow. They will be wearing their black against us because we already have conference championships.
Seems like chrome is cool so we should jump on the bandwagon? 1 game - maybe. I don't want to give up the block "C" permanently any time soon. It still looks tough to me and it'll look better when everybody else is in that indistinct chrome reflection. I'm not against looking at new ideas though. If Rutgers go with it I'd ditch the middle helmet altogether, but the black does look decent.
Their new uniforms are UGLY, silver helmets? Really? I've always wanted white helmets with a blue block C.
I like them. Much more tasteful than Oregon and MD. They are edgy but not outrageous at all. I'm jealous.
I think the unis look good, and they aren't "over the top" stuff like Oregon and Md. We could use a makeover ourselves.
I usually like these newer uni's, but not loving RU's version. I do like the all black, but they should have had a black helmet too). Not a fan of the other two. I like our traditional uni's as they are now, but would be great to have a third kit for one game a year.
I like the uniforms, the helmets not so much. Definitely like idea of a third alternative uniform for us. Maybe black for 1 game a year just to help create a little more buzz. Or something else to just create a little more excitement. But I definitely do not want huge changes to our uniforms.
I guess I don't get the infatuation with black uniforms. Army, Central Florida, sure, but Rutgers or UCONN? Not so much. And the helmets really should be the one thing that remains constant in my mind. Seems like everyone is going with these metalic looking things without regard for color. I sort of like our more traditional look, particularly blue shirts and white pants or all white with the blue helmet. Not too sure why we'd change to black when we already have 4 combinations we can use. Seems to me its a silly thing to do just because you can.
Speaking of OT RU topics, Schiano just signed Eric Legrand to a free agent contract: http://mobile.nj.com/advnj/pm_29222/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=1VqCKrUH
I think Rutgers has an identity crisis with their look (whether they have an identity crisis with the football team is another issue). In the pre-Schiano days they had a logo that recalled old-timey fonts, appealing to Rutgers' history as one of the older universities around and also the 'birthplace of college football" angle: Then they switched to the block R, and the font of the "Rutgers" wordmark reflected that... sort of a basic look, perhaps fitting for a fanbase that is clamoring to get into the Big Ten.The basketball teams (and I assume all the other teams) changed to this style. Their look now is a hodgepodge of the script look and the block look. The numbers have a distinctive look / font along the lines of the "old timey" wordmark, but it clashes with the basic "Rutgers" font. Meh.
Michigan St has the same problem - 50 logos... http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&...7&start=25&ndsp=31&ved=1t:429,r:21,s:25,i:176 http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&...0&ndsp=25&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:72&tx=40&ty=75 http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&...sp=27&ved=1t:429,r:14,s:56,i:229&tx=107&ty=24 http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&...dsp=27&ved=1t:429,r:10,s:56,i:220&tx=53&ty=42 FFS - crap or get off the pot!
I have to disagree man. Even though Im a fan of our uniforms too it's all about style and swagg now nd days. How are we going to bring in top recruits if we can't keep up with the trend? believe it or not it's not winning because we won big games plenty of times. For example, S. Carolina, Notre Damn twice, W. Virginia, Baylor twice and we still don't get big recruits not even from our own state.. I think we need to upgrade with the uniforms and keep up with the trend. It's also funny how every Football and Basketball program have the same trend and we don't. Our Basketball program is Uconn and the football program is Connecticut.. What is that? Our Basketball program colors are Red, Navy Blue, White, and grey and the football program is Blue and White with black cleats WTF!! If we keep the same trend as our Basketball team like every other school and we'll have some red in the uniforms.
It'd be interesting to see if they could apply lenticular printing technology (which gives the illusion of motion) to produce the "C" on the helmets, and the numbers and names on the uniforms. Think of visually almost mesmerizing distraction it would cause our opponents.
I know, right? It's like a buyer a Nike messed up on a decimel point on a grey fabric. They are throwing that stuff everywhere.
