Not as blinding in still photography.While we wait, we naturally move the direction of the conversation to what gets men (and some really chill ladies) out of bed on Saturday mornings. That unequaled place in our lives that little else in life can dare fulfill. Of course I'm talking about fashion; pants in particular. What? Did you think I was going to say "Johnny Simon's abs"?
In all seriousness, more Ohio State uniform shakeups appear to be afoot. Ohio State notably in the early 2000's shifted gears to a shiny pants look that will haunt many of our dreams until our time on this earth has come and gone. Essentially the team went from the familiar aesthetic of the 90's to something that looked somewhere in between a side alley car detail shop paint job and a Danelectro guitar (or pedal).
The old and busted aesthetic.The brotherhood of the traveling pants underwent its next major etch-a-sketch design job around the time the team abandoned their uniforms of the 90's, the latter portion of the 80's, and the championship-era of the first half of the 2000's. The entire re-branding was a move, lest I remind us, that was frowned upon by over 90% of Dispatch readers. In fact, had 11W been cooking with gas at the same level the site is now, it's pretty likely we would've hit darn near 95% in a poll around these parts to express the cumulative disgust. But as the gray and white shoulder stripes devolved into the red-and-white ones before them, the pants also experienced a dramatic change, losing that shiny silver luster and instead transitioning into more of a bizarre egg-white-meets-tan.
The cries for change are hardly a new thing; "you're the Scarlet-and-Gray not the Scarlet-and-Off-White" or the like could be heard from some amateur Tim Cook (who'd long since forcefully retired from actually being able to rock athletic pants) at least once or twice a season in Ohio Stadium. The good news for those of us solidly in the pro-gray pants lobby is that there appears to be a rather strong chance we're shortly going to be finally getting our way. The Dispatch's Ken Gordon, who's become a kind of go to source for adding legitimacy to the scuttlebutt for all things Ohio State of late, had as formal of an acknowledgement as we've seen on the twitterwebs of late:
A few other Buckeye beat writer types who'd been in attendance1 at the practices have also echoed similar sentiments about a rather tangible difference in the tone of the pants this season. You can be the judge for yourself here. Our own Keith tried to probe deeper (via the magic of social media, no less), having raised the very valid point that the shiny pants had been abandoned several years back, but per Chimdi Chewka, Gordon assured that even the players are seeing the difference.
The Michigan-Ohio State "Pro Combat" faux-throwback shameless corporate feces-fest (Nike's official name for the project; honest) pants are perhaps a rather interesting parallel for the senior defensive back to draw. I mean, those pants were dark, dark gray. However, even if not that dramatic of a shift, I think it's pretty undeniable the pants appear to have taken some kind of step in a new direction; whether that's the right one, I'll leave open to debate.
Tressel Hands If you missed EDSBS' "first hand" account of how The Vested One rolls when it comes to keeping it real, please stop everything you're doing and atone ASAP. The read is worth it for this magnificent gem alone.
- 1While we had a presence at 2010 Media Day, technological woes ultimately blindsided us. We'll win the war on proprietary media formats (and in general get better about getting this stuff out to you guys in a timely fashion) yet. Mark our words.
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as annoyed as i am by the linking to edsbs's homepage instead of the actual post, it was certainly worth it.
for those who don't want to look for it since it's gonna be buried by this afternoon, the direct link is http://www.everydayshouldbesat...
I didn't know Nike was a fan of fauxback jerseys.
And I echo the sentiment that the chillest of ladies surround the Shoe.
As it relates to Gordon's tweet about Checkwa's comment on the pants being the "same" as the Michigan game but "grayer"... I take Chekwa'a comment to mean the same style of pants (i.e., Nike Combat) which I believe are constructed differently and weigh a bunch less than the older style of pants.
Clearly they are not the same color as the pants that were part of the fauxback ensemble.
Pants????? Bunny Ears??? We are definitely in need of some real football news to report....lol.
Practice? Man, we talkin' bout PRACTICE?
nice to see you read everybody's comments Luke.
Command-C/Command-V let me down. What can I say. (Thanks for the heads up)
That would make sense.
Damn, I was really hoping you were going to say Johnny Simon's abs...
In all seriousness though...if anyone can grab a new picture of his dad, I'd love to see what that mountain looks like standing up. I sat in the parent's section for the PSU game last year but didn't see him (wasn't looking for him, but how could you miss him?).
On topic, I think all this uniform stuff is way overblown. No one's going to care what color the pants are when Saine is smoking the Wisky secondary for a 60 yard TD run. Having said that...does anyone have a color swatch of our official gray (is it gray or grey?)?
It's all good, just waking up at 5AM to a new post is more than enough for me :)
Not a game, not a game, not a game...
if i'm not mistaken, there is no single official gray, it varies a lot. i remember reading about it on wikipedia one time, haha
"No one’s going to care what color the pants are when Saine is smoking the Wisky secondary for a 60 yard TD run"<<---- I agree with you one that one brotha.
I know I'm in the minority on this one but, I really dug the "throwback unis" from scUM game. I still would like to see them brought out in BIG GAMES at home(Miami, PSU, UM)like the Irish do with green jerseys.(I know the Irish play terrible with those unis).
Not really concerned what shade of gray the pants are.
Question...
Does the "gray" background on this website most closely resemble the gray in picture one or picture two?
I gotta go with one.
C'mon 11W...get a real gray up in this site. A man's gray.
While we're on the topic of fashions, anyone notice how TP's hairdo is straight up Eddie from Family Matters?
http://www.dispatch.com/live/c...
vs.
http://www.dvdizzy.com/images/...
DID I DO THAAAAAAAAAAAT?
don't know if anyone noticed..but the SI cover has Rolle's hand dangerously close to Heyward's..well...junk
GO HOME, STEVE!
My family and I happened to walk by Simon and his dad with I believe Todd Denlinger and his family outside of a restaraunt in LA. One of the more intimidating sights in my life
GOT ANY CHEEEEEEESE???
good luck rub? like a rabbits foot.
Also in the Rivals link in Good Shizzy: Rivals has our coaching staff at third behind Iowa and PSU. Not a surprise what with the yearly media wankfest that surrounds Ferentz, but still laughable.
More like Stefan Urquelle.
So, since they rate OSU's coaching staff third, and we win the Big10 and beat Iowa yet again. Does that mean that Tressel will get passed over for the Big10 coach of the year award because Ferentz won the rest of his games?
I did a good deed today and made State Penn fans upset with me.
Question is, will the BSD Ban Hammer claim another victim??
yes, that is exactly what logic and past experience would dictate. Ferentz is the best runner-up ever.
Last year was the biggest bullshit fest of them all though. Most people justify passing over Tressel because he always has the best talent, and ergo he didn't hardly need to coach them to the title. Notwithstanding the fact that this overlooks Tressel having, you know, recruited the players, last year Ohio State had fewer all-big 10 selections than Iowa and Penn State -- and Tressel still lost, even though he beat both squads, won the outright title, and the rose bowl, all with less talent.
I think Tressel bothers people not simply because he wins, but because he wins with class, and it makes people feel better to say something like, "well Saban might win alot but he's still a skeezbucket and so I have that over him" Can't say that with Tressel, and it bothers people.
if that's how people arrive mathematically to vote for ferentz shouldn't they vote paterno every year??? Less talent, somehow wins 9-10 games, etc....
Dude disregard that. Did you notice how Rolle looks like a midget? I mean, I know the dude is small (relatively speaking) but that is a very unflattering camera angle.
Arguably that is what has occurred---during Tressel's tenure, no coach from either UM or OSU has won the honor. Lloyd deserves derision, but he and Tressel were arguably the two best coaches in the Big 10 for the past 10 years -- and they never won once. Ridiculous.
2001: Ron Turner, Illinois
2002: Kirk Ferentz, Iowa
2003: John L. Smith, Michigan State
2004: Kirk Ferentz, Iowa
2005: Joe Paterno, Penn State
2006: Bret Bielema, Wisconsin
2007: Ron Zook, Illinois
2008: Joe Paterno, Penn State
2009: Kirk Ferentz, Iowa
just face it, that award is a joke and a popularity contest.
out of curiosity, who votes on it? Other coaches? AD's?
Worse...the media.
Coaches used to select a separate award in the mid-1980s. In nearly 40 years, Ohio State has won only 3 times, none since Bruce in 1979. No Cooper wins, no Tressel wins.
haters gonna hate.
http://4funz.com/index.php?opt...
the media... ugghhhhhhhh
the espn votes alone sink Tressel.
I prefer gold pants.
Since we are on the Media and yuck subject has anyone checked out ESPN's College football page today? The front page has a crystal football and across it the words SECond to none. I threw up in my mouth when I saw it.
I got banned again just for thinking badly of Morelli....just THINKING about him!
OT but pure comedy
http://www.qbforce.com/
MORELLI FOR HEISMAN HE NEVER ARM PUNTED PRYOR SUCKS PATERNO 4 LIFFFEEEEE
that's a soild retard impression by chris forcier
DERPP
So what is with the lack of respect for Cam Heyward? Is it all about numbers? Every commentator who sees him in person calls him one of the best linemen in the country, but he barely makes sense team all conference? Looking at those lists, you would have thought our offense was amazing last year and our defense was only average.
we'll see how those lists look post-season
That's what I was going to say, who cares about preseason. After he puts a hurting on Jacory week 2, he's all we'll hear about all year.
I like to think that Luke ignored this one.
good read about the first full contact practice over on theozone.net.
i prefer goldwatches
The only part of the pants I care about is opacity. It's been...lacking in recent years.
Boren is not a pretty man to begin with. Nor is his crack is not his best feature.
Silver, dark gray, whatever. Just cover those OL rears.
Where's Homan's left hand? And, could that explain his expression?