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Hitting the bullseye:
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This w eek’ s topic on H itting the Bullseye: U gly-ass
uniforms.
WTF is going on with today’ s uniforms? Uniforms are
getting so U -G -L -Y , their mamas don’t have an alibi.
Sometimes I wonder where the fashion police are when
society actually needs them .
Michigan State has nice looking white and dark green
uniforms. Why wear a nasty looking lime green? Did
the Nike designer graduate from Michigan?
1 guess it doesn’t matter because I heard they were
a hit with the players.
Yes, Michigan State, I know there are a plethora of
schools changing their uniforms. My sarcastic thank
you to Oregon for starting the uniform monstrosity.
I ’ m not talk in g about throwbacks or m ix -a n d -
m atching or having an alternate uniform , although,
tfyere is a difference between having one alternate
uniform compared to having seven alternate uniforms.
When a school chooses to have an alternate uniform,
please, keep a similar look between the sports because
it gives a school a nice, clean uniformed look.
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I’ve also had enough of teams wearing colors that
do not belong to them . Neutral colors (black, gray or
white) or wanting to support cancer awareness is fine.
However, wearing a color, of any amount, that is not
a team ’ s colors or a different shade of the color needs
to end.
No, I am not a fan of Oregon State’s gold trim around
their numbers. For anyone who thought orange and
black didn’t look good together, well, orange and gold
looks a hell o f a lot worst.
Please keep uniform patterns simple and no more
than one. D on’t go block or stripe heavy w ith the
school’ s colors. The only school that should ever wear
checkerboards is Tennessee and should be used at
minimum.
The area where designers have consistently gotten
it right are helmet designs because many of them look
cool, not ridiculous.
Unless they have glitter or a hideous designed logo.
If you are a grown man you should never ever wear
glitter unless you’re gay or have young daugh ters).
Adult women have a hard time working glitter so don’t
think it looks better on you, Oregon. Also keep the “ 0 ”
on your helmet. The cartoon looking duck looks cheesy.
Had OSU never rebranded, I would’ve never known
what the offspring of a mutated rat and nutria looked
like. The logo looks as ugly as it did on day one.
I understand that uniforms have become a marketing
and recruiting statement for schools. Why can’t a school
market something that looks good? Coolness does not
have to compromise quality. There are good looking
uniforms and atrocious looking uniforms.
1 listen to sports radio and I ’ve heard it said that
you can’t explain how bad uniforms look or tradition
to young people. W ell, false. I’m a young person and I
really don’t want to know how horrible uniforms will be
looking io years from now. I value tradition in sports
and I’ m open to changes as long as they are good and
will not make my team look ridiculous.
I’ m sure there are other young people who share my
opinion that the uniform thing has gotten out of hand
and needs to stop ASAP.