OT: Maryland sets the new standard for ugly uniforms
by Fox 71 on Sep 5, 2011 6:17 PM PDT
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PrintWe are getting the Florida version of just$c* against Maryland on TV tonight. I tried very diligently to fix the video on the TV, only to learn to my surprise that there was nothing wrong with it. Apparently that's the way Maryland wanted their uniforms to look.
A couple of partial Churchill lines come to mind. Never in the history of human endeavor has anyone created a sports uniform uglier than what Maryland is wearing tonight. If the Empire shall last a thousand years, people will say these are the ugliest unforms that ever were, are, or ever will be.
Oregon, you have some work to do if you want to reclaim the top spot in terms of ugly uniforma.
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too bad adidas has already ruined those
it’s a little overwhelming but I like the fact they paid respects to the Maryland flag.
"A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I'm still doing it." Miles Davis
Come on Fox.
You tantalize us and then don’t provide a link or even a picture. How cruel! Now I have to go Google it.
Been a Bruin since birth
OK, I am back.
That looks like something that came out of the wash after I did the clothes and got all the wrong colors mixed.
Been a Bruin since birth
Thanks.. Just finished up dinner.
Is it safe to watch the game on a full stomach?
Been a Bruin since birth
I did get a little queasy.
You know what it reminded me of ? a shirt that I had back in the late 60’s, back when modern art was the big thing. You would look at it and your eyes would get all screwed up.
Been a Bruin since birth
Um,
University of Demented Court Jesters and Scary Clowns.
Just think, somebody actually looked at those and said, “We’ll go with these. We feel these uniforms best represent our beloved and prestigious institution.”
Love My Bruins
There is something horrible going on in uniformdum!
I think the "u"’s are pretty bad too. Maybe we should post when we see decent unis.
Go Bruins!
did anybody see Georgia's Unis on Saturday?
How could they do that to such a storied and respected uniform?
TRADITIONAL:
SATURDAY:
The best thing you can do for your children is to love their mother. John Wooden
the jerseys were okay, not too much change there...
but the helmet? BIG no-no to that.
"The true athlete should have character, not be a character."- John Wooden
"Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation."- Michael Jordan
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it really is the helmet.
The best thing you can do for your children is to love their mother. John Wooden
Honestly,
I liked them. They looked sharp on the field, and they fit really well. I like the helmets, too.
Love My Bruins
Really?!
When I saw the helmets, I had an involuntary reflux to the movie, “Any Given Sunday.” All the teams have intentionally garish unis and over the top logos. The Georgia “G” is one of CFB’s old guard. I hate to mess with it.
Ironically, Boise State was also sporting some new flashy helmets and unis, and I didn’t mind so much. They are ‘new school’ to me. Oregon as well. They can do whatever they want with their unis. There is no tradition to offend. At least that’s how I see it.
The best thing you can do for your children is to love their mother. John Wooden
Yes, I Really Did
I actually liked Boise State’s, too. They “fit” that team’s personality to me, I suppose. Speaking of “fit,” I am truly disgusted that ours—which are not at all attractive, anyway—don’t look like they fit any of our players properly. I just don’t think there can be any excuse for that.
I suppose I just haven’t watched enough Georgia football to take offense to the change, but the helmets looked good out on the field, I thought. Sometimes, these uniforms look good on a group, particularly a team playing on a green field, but when one starts looking at one player in the uni, maybe not so much. (That doesn’t apply to Maryland’s, though. They are just way too ugly any way one looks at them.)
As for Oregon, I have always thought their multiples were perfect for them. And, again, they always seem to fit perfectly. When you have a cheerful duck for a mascot, you’d better be a little out there and own it, I say, and they are and do.
Love My Bruins
Strategy?
Miami might be afraid to touch them, as it’s so bad it really could spread…
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My Hubs Insists
they should get a 15-yard penalty every time they take the field for unsportsmanlike ugliness.
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All the uniform tinkering in college football
I don’t know if I am getting old, but it is turning me off. I like the fact that teams like Yanks, Dodgers have not done ridiculous tinkering with their unis.
I liked what we did with our retro look against Washington 2 years ago. Also, in hoops game last year as well (can’t recall which one but it spelled out “Bruins” in gold up front). That is fine. But just not big fan of trashy, dramatic tinkering. I find it gross.
Dang those uniforms are uglier than ours
We’re moving toward the “ugliest uniform in college football” designation with Saturday’s dainty little numbers, dark-blue-on-gold numbers, and tiny stripes. Maryland, though, has taken “hideous” to new lows. The state legislature may have to rescind public funding to that university for broadcasting such a monstrosity.
Poor Fox
First, the sound is unlistenable. Now the picture is unwatchable, too.
We’ll have to find someone to send you some tickertape-style updates from now on. And as the sound and the pictures are starting to drive me nuts, too, I’ll come join you on your end.
greg in denver, U.C.L.A. guy for life - BruinsNation.com
It's not easy, my friend
You younger folks really should just turn the TV off rather than risk the long term damage that looking at those uniforms can do.
Wow, can't believe I got through the whole thread and no picture!
Here’s the best I could find for anyone else.
Wow, it kinda looks like one side got run over by a taxi and the other side got a really bad road rash!
I think I’m going to go vomit now…
I actually really like the helmet
and the fact that it is their state flag. It’s the logo which continues down the arms that is truly abhorrent
"Beating USC isn't a matter of life and death, it's more important than that" -Red Sanders-
by PrincetonBruin on Sep 5, 2011 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
As Princeton said
Here’s their flag:
Ugly flag (IMHO) = ugly uniforms. I think just about the only school/state that should try this is Arizona.
Roses are red, violets are blue...f*** $C.
For some reason, this looks like it should have something to do with LeMans
The checkered flag in French.
Although it has a Dali-esque look to it, too.
Mixed with a bit of Alfred E. Newman.
(Please forgive the splashme-like sentence fragment paragraphs.)
what makes it worse
are the sleeves. its extremely hard to look at
That almost looks like two guys were supposed to design it
..but they couldn’t agree, so they went halves.
Yikes.
Would anyone trade
our uniforms for really ugly ones if it meant a solid and consistently winning program?…just curious…
But hey, what do I know. I’m just the 800 lbs bruin in the room.
In a heartbeat
"Beating USC isn't a matter of life and death, it's more important than that" -Red Sanders-
by PrincetonBruin on Sep 5, 2011 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Pray we don't drape our state flag over our team's shoulders
Besides, Adidas would probably cut the nose and ass off the bear anyway.
greg in denver, U.C.L.A. guy for life - BruinsNation.com
At least their uniforms appear to fit
Which is more than I can say for ours. Even the kickers end up looking like they stole their jerseys from a nearby junior high.
+1
Typical Morgan Center incompetence and indifference. I know for a fact that they were flooded with complaints about what Adidas did to the formerly-best unis in the country: the tiny numbers, the idiotic microscopic epaulet stripes, the stretchy fabric that makes us look like beer-league softballers. Yet, nothing changed, nothing shook them from their inertia. They don’t care about football, they don’t care about alums, they certainly don’t care about the students (i.e. new Pauley seating), and it takes full-scale online rebellions before they even deign to accept feedback. I mean, really, how hard is it to have stripes that circle all the way down the shoulder? Depressing. We’re lucky they even launder the damned unis.
by Cade McAdverb on Sep 6, 2011 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
This Maryland uniform is familiar.
I feel like I have seen it before……
Oh wait, I found it…..
Dreaming of Westwood while in permanent exile in Virginia
by VABruin on Sep 6, 2011 3:17 AM PDT reply actions 4 recs
Sorry
But I love these uniforms. Is there no room for some avante-garde fashion in college football? Never hurts to get a little experimental – (also never hurts that can be pretty disorienting for the other team…).
Sure there's room for avant garde
But not all avant garde is good. Some avant garde sucks. In my opinion, Maryland’s uniforms were distracting. I couldn’t think about the game, which was a good one. Instead, I kept thinking that these uniforms are the only thing that could make me decide to turn the picture off and the audio on. (I opted to save my ears, because I was able to look away every so often.)
How’s this for an avant guard look for the Bruins. Sort of like the way Madonna does things. Our uniforms are much too small, so we change things around. We put our shorts and pants on, then put the pad on top of those. And maybe have every pad be a different color.
Or one blue pantleg, and one gold pantleg, with blue and gold checkerboard jerseys. You know, like the Dodgers have done, or like the Yankees have done, or like the Packers have done.
Or we could try to tie ourselves to a tradition of success, and duplicate the jerseys that Vermeil’s teams used, or that beat just$c* eight years in a row.
You know, I take it back. Just like there’s no crying in baseball, there’s no avant garde in football. There’s a right guard and a left guard, and sometimes a middle guard, but that’s it. There is no avant garde.
You may be on to something....
If a soccer goalie wears a brightly colored jersey to get his opponent to kick the ball at him, perhaps our defense could wear something gawdy and terrible that our opponents couldn’t help but run into them.
Dreaming of Westwood while in permanent exile in Virginia
Room for avant garde? Yes
Room for Swiss Guard? Hmmm…
greg in denver, U.C.L.A. guy for life - BruinsNation.com
People get so riled up over a uniform... Those uniforms were SICK. What's wrong with trying something new?
I love modern, avant-garde uniforms but I guess that’s just me.
WHAT!??!?!?!?!?!?!
You can try something new
and avant garde that’s tasteful. This was not.
However, their goal was to get people to talk about Maryland, and that’s exactly what’s happened. They’re not exactly a football powerhouse but this got some attention…and it didn’t hurt that they won the game.
But hey, what do I know. I’m just the 800 lbs bruin in the room.
Exposure galore
Twitter exploded. Everyone is talking. Oh, and Maryland won! We can call them crazy and laugh at them, but they got scoreboard. I bet they sold a few hundred or more of those at their campus store today and online, too. Now that’s $coreboard.
greg in denver, U.C.L.A. guy for life - BruinsNation.com
Everyone is talking about Maryland's opponent, too
I would like to think people talk about UCLA because it’s a classy place with classy teams, etc. Not because someone with major issues of taste was given carte blanche to try an experiment. Last time we tried an experiment, we ended up with CTS, and his record was pretty much the same as the Maryland uniforms.
yet that record
was still better than CRN. :(
Exactly. They win. Instead of scoffing at it why don't we acknowlege that.
Everyone is so pompous here haha.
WHAT!??!?!?!?!?!?!
marylands plan worked
Fans across the nation are talking about them..along the same vein as reality tv…“any attention is good attention”
by Scotucla03 on Sep 6, 2011 5:30 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
That's only true
if you’re an attention whore.
But hey, what do I know. I’m just the 800 lbs bruin in the room.
This isn't posting things on facebook
This is college football, where exposure and attention are key. To high school kids, those uniforms look sick. I guarantee they liked them for the most part. They win.
WHAT!??!?!?!?!?!?!
What are you talking about?!
I don’t want the Reggie Bu$h and Miami type of attention on our school, ever. That’s what I mean. Maybe the school is trying to grab attention with our hideous jerseys, but even that is not working!
But hey, what do I know. I’m just the 800 lbs bruin in the room.
Really?
I kind of honestly hope kids don’t like those. I mean shoot, I can see kids liking the Nikegon uniforms… now the Maryland ones? They’re just a huge big mess. But each to their own, I guess.
Either way, you’re right. I couldn’t have cared less about Maryland before, and now they have an entire thread dedicated to them on BN. So I guess they won this one.
OJ has had plenty of threads dedicated to him, too
There are many TV shows emulating the Maryland uniforms, such as all the housewives shows and the one about the tasteless, classless New Jersey people. Maybe we can have all our players pull an armed robbery. We would get plenty of attention that way (although we would only tie just$c* in that department). How about UCLA women doing sex tapes? More good publicity there, and of course it would lead to another TV show.
Hey
leave snooki out of this. LOL sorry, i had to do it. :D
Aha! When I said "tasteless, classless New Jersey people" you immediately thought of Snooki. (I thought it was Snookie.)
Anyway, I rest my case, whatever my case was.
I sense the generation gap
I would be interested in knowing what percentage of geezers (and I guess honorary geezers) think the Maryland Oregon Howard Stern look is better than the classic uniforms of the past. The other side of that coin is how many kids (defined any way you want, I suppose) like the old style better than the new.
My guess is that more of the only demongraphic group that matters (what is it? 16 to 49?) would prefer the new, vomit-inducing uniforms. (Not to try to influence the vote, or anything.)
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