If you're one of the two or three Buckeye fans that didn't know by now, the University and Nike held a press event last night at the stadium showcasing the rivalry uniforms, or as the folks in Beaverton refer to them, Pro Combat Uniforms. The Lantern has an excellent slideshow and Doug Lesmerises captured footage of The Quiet Storm presenting a much more football-like presence than the mannequin at the Schott that had served as the public's only previous look at ensemble as a whole.
Does not carry AIDS. Will not end civilization.I'm personally lukewarm on the helmets and probably a little too old to think the gloves are OMG-AWESOME, but I've been a fan of the jerseys and pants since we first saw them. True, it's not a replica of the 1954 kit, but this is 2009 and Dri-FIT's gotta be Dri-FIT, you know.
It seems as if quite a bit of you like them and the consuming public appears to as well: the one-time run of jerseys quickly sold out and can now be picked up on eBay for a mere $250.
Most importantly, the players love them (save for the shoes, that is). If they're good enough for the guys that risk limb every Saturday to bring joy to so many of us, that should be good enough, right? Other collateral benefits include recruiting and the mountains of cash the athletic department stands poised to reap from t-shirts, hats and other forms of apparel deemed worthy of the Rivalry Gear moniker.
It seems as if the crowd most vocal in their opposition to the uniforms is the Buckeye football beat contingent. Some of them are nuanced and hedging in voicing their displeasure while others are endorsing shovel whacks to the face of any fan that buys the "fake" throwback jerseys.
I pointed this out on Saturday, but the press box isn't exactly a well-dressed place. Hard-working, great guys that know a quite a bit about football, but Tim Gunn, they are not.
So why get so worked up? The University even went out of its way in their press release to say it was a one time deal and "We have no plans to make any changes to the traditional Buckeye uniform for the foreseeable future." The Oregonization of uniforms will never happen in Columbus, so can't we just let the kids on the team (and majority of fans) that seem to like the new look enjoy them for one big weekend?
Just hope the unthinkable doesn't happen in them or we'll never hear the end of it.
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I don't dislike the jersey as much as i used to, but the replica is gross. shiny silver sleeves just don't look right.
i thought i was safe from tim gunn here. if my gf's world creeps into my little world of fanboydom, it will be sad for me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
i'm sure independent bag of doritos is much more fun than relationship bag of doritos.
Look, it's a one-time deal, the players like 'em, so what's the big deal? Must be a slow news week for the Buckeye football beat pundrity.. wait, it's Michigan week.
Hard to believe though that there won't be some changes next year. Nike is completely scrapping the current system of dress in favor of the Pro Combat for next season. I'm not saying our unis will look drastically different next year, but you can't completely change materials and expect the same look. I wouldn't be surprised if the pants were a different shade of gray (again).
The only thing that worries me is that they said it's easy to roll their ankles in the new cleats. No question there, DON'T WEAR THE CLEATS.
Nike will have four different versions of the cleat on hand. Nike reps have also said they're not going to be ball busters if the players don't wear the cleats. The players don't seem overly concerned.
I just hope these don't become our version of the notre dame green jersey.
You're telling me. My wife pretty much has control of the TiVo and it's about 75% Bravo and A&E.
my DVR is so full of VH-1 reality shows that it's not even funny. I too, fell your pain.
anybody seen this?
http://www.bustedcoverage.com/...
ditto.
Yeah Nike is looking to make big money on people buy the Jersery and T-shirts for their combat idea, not too many people are going to go run out and buy the cleats. That's kind of weird to say, Nike isn't marketing the shoe for the fans so much as they are all the other crap lol.
I was thinking the same thing about the jersey, it looked pretty dumb at first, now not so bad. I do however, HATE the helmet. I don't care if they've worn white in the past or whatever else. I really like the silver helmet and always will.
Great. This gives me a Steve Bellasari flashback.
as long as he doesn't get busted for squealing his tires at 4am...
i'm just wondering if this is grounds for some sort of discipline... hope not.
the bane of my existence is the netflix queue. recent titles to come through the door include: Take Care of my Cat, Shampoo, and Quiet City.
...warriors we are.
Does anyone know how the athletes get their cleats? I happened to be at Tuttle Mall on Sunday and saw TP and crew (group of about 5-6 but didn't recognize any of them). What was interesting was that TP looked to be carrying about 5 bags of shoes. You could see the boxes in Finish Line bags. I actually immediately thought that may be part of the new uni, but then thought WTF would he have to go to the mall and pickup his own shoes?
Anywho, was my first experience of 'seeing' him outside of football. Wasn't as big as I anticipated, although looked like a typical college soph: baggy sweats, looked half asleep, cellie to ear etc.
I'm having problems opening the link. Who's the article about?
haha..classic
Pryor hanging out a little bar in columbus. I don't care if he goes out an has a good time. I'd be a hypocrite if I said so, but I just wonder if this could land him in a little hot water.
You gotta draw the line at the netflix que. Sure a couple of DVD's here and there but the que belongs to one person and one person only.
TP at The Little Bar....
Dammit. Chances are if it was something newsworthy it would've already blown up.
Isn't Phil Knight a huge booster for Oregon who we could potentially play in the Rose Bowl.
They dont have drinks in their hands, so I'm cool with it....
The bags didn't have shoes in them. They had Corvettes in them.
Dude I had to build a man cave to duck the A&E, Bravo, and VH-1 plagues!
We are all so scarred
yeah, i think they're safe. I was just kind of curious if this had been in the local media since i don't have the benefit of constant buckeye coverage.
although the aftermath of that USC beat down has been quite satisfying.
yeah, huge booster and alum of oregon
side note: ever seen the show "man caves"???? it makes me dream big. one day, it i will be mine.
Last time I was in there it was 18 and up, which is why I haven't been back
That pic has been circulating all day. I wouldn't be concerned. He's at an 18+ bar and doesn't have St. Ides in his hand. All is fine.
ok... little bar isn't 21+????
I've only been there once.. for crawl... 3+ years ago
see no problem with the tp situation, sure scum will jump all over it but f it they are grasping at straws. onto the jerseys i am ok with them for a one and done thing thats all problem is with all the buzz created with this u know all the other companies will be dropping crap jersyes next year against us so expect buckey badger to be sporting all red with a daniel boone looking tail hanging from there helmet, sorry thats just the mullets of the players. predict the scum to bring some kind of piss stained uni to next years at the 50 yard line old fasion belt beating just like this years paddeling they will be recieving...
i don't see a problem with it either. i just wondered what the buzz back in columbus was about this and if there was any trouble.
SBB you crack me up...I just recently avoided becoming Relationship BuckeyeTrack10...and in the city of NYC if that had happened I'd fear for my Buckeye life.
I'd perhaps be a very miserable fan (she didn't even like watching sports to begin with...no bueno whatsoever.)
The only thing my wife puts on the DVR: episodes of The Closer and Leverage. Guns, badges, and computers...and no Tim Gunn in sight. Meanwhile, I've got it filled up with football and other stuff I like. Life is good.
that's a deal breaker, zero sports doesn't sit well with me.
i've been relationship SBB for 4 years now, luckily she went to tOSU as well. although, she doesn't get quite as fired up as I do.
He started Nike with Bill Bowerman. Ran track for Bowerman back in the day. Pretty much the man.
Thought on the jerseys/helmets: if they would've used the '66 helmet (basically inverse of the helmet now with red + grey stripe) it would look pretty badass. With the white helmet, I'm not totally sold, but it's not as bad as initially thought.
Still might cause AIDS though.
BuckeyeTrack10, do you have a connect with the Track team? If so, I have a question...please give me a shout.
Actually Little Bar is a 21 and over bar.
http://www.thelittlebar.com/ab...
Pryor and Brown are just doing what college kids do, posing for pictures may not be the best idea though
Didn't Jimmy Clausen pose with a beer bong before this season?
Never the best idea, especially in this day and age where farting in public will beon TMZ or some other rag within 20 minutes.
I'm a track alum who graduated in 2007. Is Bigbluewho your blog?
Yes it is. I have a question for you, without letting the world know what it is...drop me a comment with an e-mail address, and i'll delete it as soon as I write it down.
I agree on the helmut. I was wondering though, will we still be putting a ton of Buckeye leaves on the new helmuts for the game? That may look better.
Thanks and deleted.
Done sir...I think you and southbaybuckeye are just about the only ones on here who have my email anywho, since he and I graduated in practically the same class.
graduawhat?
joe, all i can say is....teach me.
PS - i just watched my first clip of the man cave show on youtube. you can fill 30 minutes with all the boobs, beer, and ball oriented decorating you want, its still HGTV.
Thanks, please check your e-mail.
umm no, it's DIY. it's like HGTV for men.
but the only show i've seen is on that channel is man caves. the middle is pretty boring, but when they show the finished product it really makes you jealous. well, me anyways.
Ditto, Jeff. Rose petals in the mouth and candy on the arm, but no adult beverage in his hand.. nbd.
Hey Brandon, shut up and bring you punk ass on. We are not a divisional school or ND which all your wins came against. You last six games ring true to your manhood. You are just a bigger version of mike hart! winless versus tOSU!
Why would they add gray to the sleeves? They deliberately took out the gray when they remade the jersey.
I think the uniforms are a bad idea and a distraction. Just wear the normal uniforms, and beat their ass. Michigan doesn't need any more ammo!
Does anyone know if they are selling the throwback mini-helmets?
....so is OSU (and other schools) contributing to the success of Oregon by wearing Nike?
Oh, for Christssake, will you man-up?! My wife a some yoga workouts on the DVR, a few movies, but the rest is manly stuff off History Channel, Military Channel and Science Channel.
And, as for controlling the remote control; I wait until she falls asleep!
I'm glad I don't hang with the TMZ crowd, Chief.
Sort of depends what you do while wearing the helmet.
Not sure if were allowed to do this, but if anyone is intrested and is good at writing Buckeye basketball, and can co-write, it would be deeply appricieated.
There is also an open spot for football, but they would be sharing with me. I mostly just started this blog, and i am planning on getting a domain name soon, so i am serious about this.
Email me or comment back if intrested.
CONCERNING 11W: If this is aganist your rules, i'm sorry, and you can take it off.
i don't care if michael bay and roland emmerich are collaborating to produce the episodes, its still just home and garden programming hosted by bears.
the list of acceptable home improvement shows:
1. This Old House
2. Ask This Old House
end of list.
:)
Yeah I don't either, just saying.
Okay, all you fashionistas - anyone know whether the number of
conference wins by Michigan ever been less than the number
of Buckeye losses (in the same year?)
I was trying to find a good record of Big Ten Conference standings over time but have been unsuccessful so far. There must be one somewhere.
1962
http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scor...
http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scor...
by the way, just to add on here, i got a domain name, just need more writers. domain name up in 1-2 days.
Ian,
I would be interested in helping out with football. Not sure how you want to go about this. Just let me know...
Well, you would need to get a gmail account and then i could add you for posting. Then from there we can work out a schedule of some sort.
Ian,
One step ahead of you: robert.covitz.
is it a gmail account?
It's gmail.
Ok i sent an invatation for email and for posting on the blog.
I'll add an Amen to the This Old House Hour. Maybe we should send them North to the Big House.
In theory, maybe. Phil Knight gives a veritable assload of money to UO for facilities, etc. But they're mostly contributing to Nike. The money Knight gives is his own. His money comes from Nike, but eh.
Quick - some OSU fashion student make a new sweat wicking fiber (a la Under Armour's CEO) and sell that shit. Then donate heavily to OSU.
Problem solved!
I thought not wearing a helmet is what causes AIDS.
two words:
mind
fuck
this old house was great will bob villa. but fuck steve whatever his last name is who took over. he sucks.
Most links per words article ever. Love it.
He's using some of the money that got slipped into his pocket after beating Iowa to improve his wardrobe. Don't pretend like it doesn't happen.
The Dispatch has a graphic with a historic look at Buckeye uniforms. The one's OSU will be wearing Saturday are not truly replicas, they're more of a nod to the old school style:
http://www.dispatch.com/live/c...