Push for better uniforms

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You may not like the black uniform idea. I do like it. They would be the best alternates in the country.
 

Rosemountian said:
You may not like the black uniform idea. I do like it. They would be the best alternates in the country.
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That's a little heavy I think. Have you seen Oregon's jersey sets? They can make what, 10 different combos. I think one of theirs has to take the best alternate achievement.
 


I think some pretty red uniforms, with white helmets and a red "M", but not the block M, an M that's bigger and kind of spreads out all over the helmet would be awesome. Oh, or some orange and blue would be cool for big games.
 

Section2 said:
I think some pretty red uniforms, with white helmets and a red "M", but not the block M, an M that's bigger and kind of spreads out all over the helmet would be awesome. Oh, or some orange and blue would be cool for big games.
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Yeah, that would kick ass. How about maybe maize and blue, with a more stylized M, with the side "legs" straight, with a sash across the middle that says Gophers?

Or you know what else would be cool? Scarlet and gray! I'm surprised no one has thought of that color scheme. We could have red jerseys, with a plain block M on our helmets, and gray pants with red, black, and white piping down the side. That would look so sweet!
 


I'm starting to get the feeling that some of you closed-minded individuals would prefer it if schools stuck to their actual team colors when choosing uniforms. Buffoons.
 

Breakin' The Plane said:
I'm starting to get the feeling that some of you closed-minded individuals would prefer it if schools stuck to their actual team colors when choosing uniforms. Buffoons.
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I'm starting to get the feeling that the ones that are complaining about the current jerseys are the same old fogies that complain about them damn kids and their twitters and blogging and junk and their spiked hair.
 

Rosemountian said:
You may not like the black uniform idea. I do like it. They would be the best alternates in the country.
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This is not a personal insult, but I have to say this is the very worst idea I've ever seen on Gopherhole. Black? You really want us to look like Iowa? Terrible idea.

Frankly, I just started this thread to get others' opinions on the current uniforms. I've decided as long as Minnesota always wears actual Minnesota colors I will be happy (that said, more Maroon please).
 

Kuato Lives! said:
I'm starting to get the feeling that the ones that are complaining about the current jerseys are the same old fogies that complain about them damn kids and their twitters and blogging and junk and their spiked hair.
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Same old fogies who turned on the National Title game and saw two teams who jerseys have been more or less constant for decades.
 






ruralgopher said:
Personally I think the all whites are the best we have right now
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A logical reason to think the white uniforms are the best is that the shade of "gold" is a bit too - how do I say it - yellow. Bright banana yellow is really one of the primary colors of our current uniforms. Calling it "gold" doesn't make any less obnoxious or any more pleasing to the eye. I can't even blame the players for opting to wear as much white and as little "gold" as possible.

Kuato Lives! said:
...but the tiny ass little M didn't do anything to help identify the school.
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Wearing all-white uniforms for every road game doesn't do anything to identify the school. At least a "tiny ass little M" is, while tiny, still the first letter of the name of our state and school; so it must do at least something to identify the school.

Remember when we wore white jerseys with gold pants for every road game? It wasn't just any shade of gold, but one worthy of actually being called "gold." We didn't even give the players any other options. That's the way it ought to be right now. If you want our school to be more easily identified, we really ought to start by actually wearing the primary color - one which is actually embedded in the full nickname - of our team.

Kuato Lives! said:
I'm starting to get the feeling that the ones that are complaining about the current jerseys are the same old fogies that complain about them damn kids and their twitters and blogging and junk and their spiked hair.
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I remember a variation of the exact same joke in the last thread about the uniforms. I'd probably wait a little longer before I began recycling jokes.

Golden Shower said:
The old uniforms are BOOOOORRRRINNNGGG!!! Love the new uniforms MUCH better!! Especially the white ones!!!
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The old uniforms are boring, but these new all-white ones contribute the exact sort of flavor and character that we've been missing?? Hmmm... not buying, thanks though.

GoAUpher said:
Unlikely since recruits say they like the new uni's and the changes were made for that reason (at least that has always been the impression I've taken from Brew on this).
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I keep hearing this argument from people who prefer the current uniforms - that the players and recruits like these uniforms. How do we really know this? Even if they do "like" them, do they prefer them to the Mason-era uniforms? How intricately polled was this so-called survey? There's a huge difference between asking several dozen players to rate their feelings (1 for strongly disagree to 5 for strongly agree) on several of the key characteristics of the uniforms than to simply ask three players if they like the uniforms and get two of them to say "yes," they do.

So we changed the uniforms because it will help us with recruiting? So recruits from all over the country sat side by side with the designers at Nike hovering over sketches, mock-ups and prototypes to ensure that the absolute optimal uniforms were designed to promote our football program?

Come on... the recruits and current players had no say in the design of the uniforms. They just know that they look better wearing all white than when they try to pair yellow pants with white jerseys.

Has any current player been on record discussing the current uniforms? Because if it's Brewster himself telling us all that the players prefer these uniforms, we'd be fools to accept this as a valid premise to the "which uniform is better" argument. He lies so much he's becoming a Caricature of himself, like Matt Damon in The Informant! Nothing he says at this point can or should be taken at face value. Everything he says ought to be taken with caution and suspicion.

Kuato Lives! said:
Calling them "classic" to me implies a rich tradition and history with those unis which is just not the case as we only had them for 10 years or so.
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Sadly, the Mason era was about as "rich" as our tradition has gotten since the Civil Rights Movement. Besides, 10 years is a nice start towards developing "classic" jerseys that were capable of withstanding the test of time. That's really why I, and probably so many others, love the Mason-era uniforms - they are incredibly capable of withstanding the test of time. They could one day have been legitimately called "classic uniforms."

Now and equally as sad, our program is destined to be just another mediocre program without any semblance of a tradition. We'll wait for some of the upper-echelon programs that also frequently change their uniforms like Miami, V-Tech, and West Virginia to start the next college football uniform trend, then we'll follow suit a few years later along with the other 2nd & 3rd-rate programs. We'll always be on the back end of trends that become older at an evermore rapid pace. We'll desperately seek the approval of programs who really have no idea what they want for themselves. It'll be sad.
 



Mouth Breather #1 said:
He lies so much
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This is horribly false and libelous.

A necessary component of a "lie" is the intent to deceive. There is an enormous difference between hyperbole (which Brewster employs almost constantly) and an outright misrepresentation of the facts with the intent to lead someone astray.

Go ahead and name me once, even once, when Brewster has done the latter. I'll be waiting.

And no, misremembering the outcome of a game 27 years ago does not count.
 


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Mouth Breather #1 said:
Besides, 10 years is a nice start towards developing "classic" jerseys that were capable of withstanding the test of time.
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The uniforms changed plenty during those 10 years. Different shades of maroon...different shades of gold/yellow pants....both gold and maroon pants on the road....the "M" on the helmet changed from having a border to not having a border and shrinking....white shoes to black shoes
 

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