Jersey / Uniform Discussion (OSU)

[MililaniBuckeye]

Kind of like this? Kudos to jwinslow for the pic, very excellent.

Holy shit...that is killer.

 

[buchtelgrad04]

I really didn't mind the white numbers, I would have preferred gray numbers though.

I think if they would've outlined the white numbers with gray, that would've made them a little nicer. But the helmets were pretty cool.

 

[scarletmike]

Kind of like this? Kudos to jwinslow for the pic, very excellent.

Say what you want about Nike fucking with perfection, but I'll be damned if that isn't pretty nice right there. Simple change on the numbers and add stickers. I'm digging that idea.

 

[jwinslow]

Mili and I have been calling for silver numbers for awhile, outlined in white. I really get fired up when I see Nike give silver numbers to a random team like Syracuse bball but not OSU.

the color scheme works great the uniform does not. it will look dated in a year or two. it is like mango MSU, Va Tech uniforms before it, which look good briefly

 

[RugbyBuck]

Those things were hideous. I hope to never have to see them again.

Fcuking nike.

 

[cincibuck]

Agreed, only make the numerals gray with white trim (yeah, I know...I've said this before). Even the helmets worn Saturday would work if they got rid of the black numbers once they started getting in the way of the helmet stickers (stickers would go only on the gray portion...red portion would stay intact).

The black numbers on the helmet were one of the few things someone from the 61 era would have seen as "authentic" about the uni. The helmet grew on me as did the real gray. Would have preferred the old pants stripes and the Troy Smith era sleeve stripes.

All that aside, of all the Nike throw up (mind you, the NFL knows how to do throwback, Nike does not) uniforms fobbed off on a naive public, this was the most likable. But it's still nothing more than a money making ploy.

As for the dotting of the i, maybe they'll bring out the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ from the West Point Chapel and have it dot the i.

 

[Woody1968]

The black numbers on the helmet were one of the few things someone from the 61 era would have seen as "authentic" about the uni. The helmet grew on me as did the real gray. Would have preferred the old pants stripes and the Troy Smith era sleeve stripes.

All that aside, of all the Nike throw up (mind you, the NFL knows how to do throwback, Nike does not) uniforms fobbed off on a naive public, this was the most likable. But it's still nothing more than a money making ploy.

As for the dotting of the i, maybe they'll bring out the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ from the West Point Chapel and have it dot the i.

I believe the Troy Smith era is where we changed the sleve stripes to remove the gray.

 

[TheStoicPaisano]

Spring game in April 2006 was the last appearance for the grey sleeves. The current model was ready for the 2006 season, and besides moving the TV numbers around remains unchanged five years later.

 

[Nicknam4]

The gray was removed because it wouldn't fit on the new jersey material, IIRC.

 

[cincibuck]

Excuse #1:

The gray was removed because it wouldn't fit on the new jersey material, IIRC.

I know. Pittsburgh Steelers had the same problem.So did the bears, browns, 49ers, lions... i.e. that's a bullshit argument because the bears, browns, steelers, lions still have their "traditional stripes." You put the number up on the shoulders and you keep the gray stripes.

Or excuse number 2: Now the stripes on the sleeves match the stripes on the helmet -- if you overlook the fact that that the helmet is silver and the jersey is either scarlet or white.

Here's a reason I will buy: the scarlet jersey with the gray stripes had been around for 20 seasons, more if you add in the fifties and the late sixties and seventies. If Nike could get the Buckeyes to change the stripes they could sell a shit load of jerseys to those non-traditionalists out there with $150 burning a hole in their pocket.

 

[DaNmAcK]

haha , just did a google search and bought a #5 for 28bucks .

That's a cool jersey if you prefer a terrible Chinese knockoff. Nothing says I'm a cheap douce like a fake jersey.

 

[strohs]

the uni's for the wiscy game were awesome. the first year of this i'll admit i wasnt a fan of the idea, but its grown on me. Its fun to see the team in something totally different once a year...

 

[CHU]

With the Stanford win over Notre Dame Saturday, schools that wear Nike Pro Combat uniforms while facing an Adidas or Under Armour school are now 14-2 since the Pro Combat experiment started in 2009.

Schools went 4-0 in 2011.

Nike's the winner in this, not really the schools.

 

[Jake]

With the Stanford win over Notre Dame Saturday, schools that wear Nike Pro Combat uniforms while facing an Adidas or Under Armour school are now 14-2 since the Pro Combat experiment started in 2009.

Schools went 4-0 in 2011.

Nike's the winner in this, not really the schools.

Nike stacks the deck in their favor to be a "winner", so to speak.

They aren't putting pro combat uniforms on Indiana, Duke or Vanderbilt.

 

[CHU]

New head coach. New uniforms/jerseys from Nike?

Nike probably always wants to put Ohio State in new permanent uniforms and the only hold-up is Ohio State agreeing.

I wouldn't be shocked if there are new uniforms under a new head coach (not a drastic change).