Uh oh, CU unveils new "revolutionary" Nike uni

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:25 am

My Buff buddies are near suicidal. I may actually walk up there tomorrow and check it out....

What: Unveiling of New Colorado Football Uniforms
When: Saturday, June 2, 2007
Where: Folsom Field, Boulder
Time: 1:30 p.m.

The University of Colorado will have a brief presentation, featuring
head coach Dan Hawkins and several past and current players, at 1:30
p.m. Saturday in Folsom Field to introduce and unveil the Buffaloes
new football uniforms for the 2007 season. KOA-Radio’s Mark Johnson
will emcee the event.

The new uniforms are a revolutionary new design by NIKE, made
exclusively for the Buffaloes.

MiketheangrydrunkenCUfan · Sat Jun 02, 2007 2:48 am

Oh dear lord...

Terry in Crapchester · Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:33 am

Pics?

Qbert · Post by **Qbert** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:49 am

5th Down?

MuchoBulls · Post by **MuchoBulls** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:42 am

Buffalo horns coming out of the shoulder pads?

Danimal · Post by **Danimal** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 2:52 pm

At least they can't be bright piss-yellow. They'll still probably look like rollerball unis though.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Sat Jun 02, 2007 3:23 pm

2007 MSU uniforms

Gone are the green pants for road games. Those things were awful. I'm pleased.

Danimal · Post by **Danimal** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 3:34 pm

Kind of on the plain-side IMO but at least they look like football players.

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 3:36 pm

as i've been reading on the CU boards, it's that word "revolutionary" that explodes off the page....

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Sat Jun 02, 2007 3:50 pm

Danimal wrote:Kind of on the plain-side

Wouldn't want it any other way.

Danimal · Post by **Danimal** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:34 pm

They look OK, too little is definitely better than too much when it comes to unis. But I'd have gone with a stripe down the sides. I don't mind the plain unis from PSU because that is part of the tradition but otherwise I like to see some color on the pants.

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:42 pm

i think with the all-white look, you need a stripe on the pants. PSU excepted, and Bama. my completely homer fave here was the two thin stripes OU had until 2000. those Switzer teams with all that speed and those two thin crimson stripes was a money look.

some teams can do the all white (Oklahoma, Texas, some others....) but others doesn't work. CU, again, comes to mind....when they wore all white (in the middle of the Barney era) they just looked like Baylor (before they switched to the horrid green helmet).

not the Sooner roadie, but i'm too lazy to GIS anymore.

jack mildren:

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 9:16 pm

typically avg. in that new school Nike way. blah.

CU's old unis were great, and much better than this. sorry, Mike. i hurt with you. and the tunnel is really lame.

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 9:18 pm

Adelpiero · Post by **Adelpiero** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 9:26 pm

michy st unis are old school look. thank god they have the spartan on the helmet, the fucking s was horrible.

i like colorados black unis, little tight though. the white shirts look like they are going to sell you a cutless.

nike is pissing on college football and whoring their shit to anyone that will accept

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 9:34 pm

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:Gone are the green pants for road games. Those things were awful. I'm pleased.

which was worse: all green unis or the green pants for road games? i'd have to say the former.

MiketheangrydrunkenCUfan · Sat Jun 02, 2007 9:42 pm

Thanks for the pics, KC.

I actually kind of like the white jerseys. The black ones are worse that the old ones, but overall it's not as big of a trainwreck as it could've been. Honestly, I could give a shit less if they came out in pink tutus and ballerina slippers as long as they win some fucking games this season.

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 12:39 am

i think the black jerseys look like Mizzou's newish Nike duds.

MuchoBulls · Post by **MuchoBulls** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 1:44 am

King Crimson wrote:i think the black jerseys look like Mizzou's newish Nike duds.

Agreed. When I saw that all black combination the first thing I thought was that it looked like Mizzou's uni's.

Terry in Crapchester · Sun Jun 03, 2007 5:03 am

MiketheangrydrunkenCUfan wrote:overall it's not as big of a trainwreck as it could've been.

Agreed. When I first read this topice, I was thinking something along the lines of Oregon or Cal's unis, only in CU colors.

WolverineSteve · Post by **WolverineSteve** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 5:42 am

The Msu unis and Colo's duds are fine in that they are not too far from their roots. Most of the country doesn't see either team play, so any change so subtle won't be noticed.

State switches from the sparty logo helmet to the bock "S" every two years or new head coach, whichever comes first.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Mon Jun 04, 2007 3:08 am

I really don't give a fuck what "most of the country" will or won't see.

They finally pulled their heads outta their asses and got rid of the horrid green pants, and switched back to the Spartan logo. 'Bout time (again).

Adelpiero · Post by **Adelpiero** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 3:11 am

after looking at the unis again, if they went with white pants and white shirts, ui think it looks a tad better.

mizzous unis arent that bad, i think the white jersey is average, but from nike it could of been worse(see osu,oregon and cal)

Terry in Crapchester · Mon Jun 04, 2007 1:06 pm

I'm not a big fan of the monochromatic look, even when it's all white. I like a little color in the uniforms as well.

If a team has a secondary color that's not their home jersey but still an important part of the overall color scheme, that should be the color of the pants. I'd blow a gasket if ND ever went to anything but gold pants (although to be completely fair, I'd probably grow quite fond of even pink-and-purple polka dot unis if we ran off a few national championships in them). Similarly, tOSU should always wear gray pants; Michigan should wear maize pants; FSU, USC, UCLA, Fredo, Purdue, Pitt, West Virginia all should wear gold pants; Georgia should wear silver pants. Just off the top of my head. I would have gone with gold pants for CU for both home and away unis based on that premise.

For MSU, I agree with Danimal that too little on the unis is a better look than too much. But the relative bareness of the uniforms juxtaposed with the Nike swoosh, given Nike's tendency with uniforms in the past, is a bit shocking. As for the helmet logo, when I was a kid I used to like to draw team's helmets. The "S" wouldn't have given me too much trouble, but the Spartan would have stretched my artistic "abilities" to beyond their breaking point.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 2:38 pm

nike is pissing on college football

I think you've been watching Kal too much.

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 2:56 pm

Unis could have been MUCH worse. They aren't bad at all compared to what they could have been.

MuchoBulls · Post by **MuchoBulls** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 3:21 pm

Terry in Crapchester wrote:Similarly, tOSU should always wear gray pants; Michigan should wear maize pants; FSU, USC, UCLA, Fredo, Purdue, Pitt, West Virginia all should wear gold pants; Georgia should wear silver pants. Just off the top of my head. I would have gone with gold pants for CU for both home and away unis based on that premise.

I have long wished for us to get gold pants. Never liked the white on white look we have gone with in the past (we have almost exclusively gone to green pants on the road (our best uniform combination is the white jersey and green pants)). The green on green look at home is a bit much. This is where having the gold pants would be nice.

L45B · Post by **L45B** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 4:35 pm

Terry in Crapchester wrote:If a team has a secondary color that's not their home jersey but still an important part of the overall color scheme, that should be the color of the pants.

I agree except for Colorado's away scheme. Since the days of Darian Hagen & Eric Bienemy, I have always been a big fan of the Buffs' gold helmet / white jersey / black pants look. These don't look that bad at all, I was expecting the worst.

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:00 pm

L45B wrote: I agree except for Colorado's away scheme. Since the days of Darian Hagen & Eric Bienemy, I have always been a big fan of the Buffs' gold helmet / white jersey / black pants look. .

i agree with that 100%. but, the Buffs have had September (maybe late August) roadies the last half decade at FSU, Miami, and UGA.....which makes the black pants somewhat unfeasible for being so gawddamned hot to wear coming from dry climate to humidity. so, they did the all whites, and now (UGA) the gold pant.

that's a great look though, IMO. agree. from the mid 90's, Neuheisel years. numbers maybe a little iffy in this example....but Nike and Rick were palsy walsy.

L45B · Post by **L45B** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:21 am

Nice find there, Crimson. I couldn't pull it up on google but I like the unis from the early 90s with the plain black numbering/lettering on the jersey. Those were pretty sweet, especially when seen on CU players celebrating in a Michigan endzone in Ann Arbor.

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:38 am

Ty Law: there are better pics since it was on the cover of SI, and this one is cropped so weird.

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:43 am

Sudden Sam wrote:Okay...I'll jump in the uni critique with my Oklahoma, Penn State, Nebraska, Alabama love:

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Nebraska had a really crappo Adidas Tron number in 02 i think.

Cornhusker · Post by **Cornhusker** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:28 am

King Crimson wrote:
Sudden Sam wrote:Okay...I'll jump in the uni critique with my Oklahoma, Penn State, Nebraska, Alabama love:

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Nebraska had a really crappo Adidas Tron number in 02 i think.

Yeah, I was bitchin' like a school girl without cell phone access when that shit happened.
Don't "F" with our unis! PERIOD!

On a lighter note...those "school girls" modeling those CU unis don't 'xactley put the fear of Barry Switzer or Billy Sims in my old heart.

Drill team=CU Buffies

Cornhusker · Post by **Cornhusker** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:57 am

King Crimson wrote:

It's no flippin' wonder Bryce Givens, the best player in the state of Colorado that happens to be a linemen, commited to NU...what with that epic tunnel entrance as incentive to play for "the little Dutch Boy".

If this dude IS a linebacker by his #?...it's laughable at best. Tell me this dude is a cheerboy filling in for the real thing.

Bwahhh...

SoCalTrjn · Post by **SoCalTrjn** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 8:56 pm

Sudden Sam wrote:Whew! I thought I was reading Elle or some Paris Hilton review of a fashion show.

Who are you guys...Mr. Blackwell?

WGARA what they wear? Try winning some football games for a change.

Let Oregon and Oregon State carry on their fagfest alone.

By the way, Urban, this crap belongs in the PAC 10 :
Don't be doin' that shit down here in SEC country anymore.

I have yet to see that different colored sleeve look on any Pac 10 teams

USCs uniforms are pretty traditional and have had few changes. The Trojans are one of the few teams that have always worn black shoes. everyone else went to the white shoes in the 70's and 80's , USC stayed with the traditional black

Shoalzie · Post by **Shoalzie** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 3:28 am

King Crimson wrote:

I just threw up in my mouth a little after seeing that picture. Any time that replay is shown, I flip the channel.

Dog · Post by **Dog** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:44 pm

Dan Hawkins did the same thing at Boise State. Brought in a new revolutionary NIKE uni that looked quite similarly like the old, non-revolutionary, non-NIKE uni.

Memo to Hawk: Just cause it worked once, don't mean it will work again. Get your team to catch the ball, throw the ball, stop turning over the ball, stop opposing offenses on third down, and they might win a few more games. As it stands now, they are only going to look in style when opposing Big-12 teams stomp the shit out them.

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:56 pm

SoCalTrjn wrote: I have yet to see that different colored sleeve look on any Pac 10 teams

wow, you guys are an awesome conference!

SoCalTrjn wrote:USCs uniforms are pretty traditional and have had few changes. The Trojans are one of the few teams that have always worn black shoes. everyone else went to the white shoes in the 70's and 80's , USC stayed with the traditional black

you guys switched to a updated, more sleek helmet logo (maybe) and definitely to the shoulder stripes in about 01. though it was billed as "retro", no?

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 5:02 pm

Dog wrote:Dan Hawkins did the same thing at Boise State. Brought in a new revolutionary NIKE uni that looked quite similarly like the old, non-revolutionary, non-NIKE uni.

Memo to Hawk: Just cause it worked once, don't mean it will work again. Get your team to catch the ball, throw the ball, stop turning over the ball, stop opposing offenses on third down, and they might win a few more games. As it stands now, they are only going to look in style when opposing Big-12 teams stomp the shit out them.

Hawk's act is on the verge of wearing pretty thin among a lot of people i know in Boulder. he'll get a 3rd year for sure, and recruiting sparked, but we'll see. i personally think if his future at CU is tied to his current assistant staff....he's in trouble. they looked lost in conference games last year. i think he might make it work, but he needs better people around him than WAC "masterminds". take your Boise-Fiesta Bowl shot, if you will.

he has some quotes from last year that ring hilarious and sad: about Boise Mojo meets Pac-10 (OC Helfrich) scoreboard lighting up the Big XII in 06. and all their special teams schemes were basically from outer space (and CU sucked out loud on special teams last year). the learning curve better be pretty high for Hawk. he talks a good game.

CU has been a Nike school since at least the mid 90's.

hardcrow · Post by **hardcrow** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:52 pm

Timely article from CNN

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multim ... ent.1.html