Closer Look @ SU Unis

[JJReddawg]

It was "lock the doors". Don't know why it got downgraded to "lock the gates". Oh Lord

Maybe someone had "lock the doors" trademarked. :noidea:

 

[MikeSU02]

Not big on the look but whatever. But the color schemes, as we know them right now, suck.

Yeah, I kind of like the design, but my issue is what was featured during the announcement. I was really missing the orange unis.

 

[C Bomb]

I guess that the "beat the hell out of them" part of his presser was deemed a little too inappropriate to be incorporated into the jerseys?

 

[MikeSU02]

I love the unis...it pays homage to the past (SU) and gives a nod of respect to the soldiers at Ft Drum.

The 44 battle axes to me looks like a guidon flag used in the military...really well done

It means several things to me: 44, battle axes and a guidon. I can see any of those 3 things.

TexanMark - what is the protocol for an organization like SU to use any military likeness, like the guidon flag? Is it is simple as a normal request from one org to another? I understand we have the relationship with Fort Drum already, but what does SU (or what SU should do) to get permission for this?

 

[will6786]

I need that orange shirt. Where did you get it?

got mine day of spring game at mannys

 

[TexanMark]

TexanMark - what is the protocol for an organization like SU to use any military likeness, like the guidon flag? Is it is simple as a normal request from one org to another? I understand we have the relationship with Fort Drum already, but what does SU (or what SU should do) to get permission for this?

Mike...the "44" Battle Axe is just a likeness. No permission needed.
OTOH, SU carrying the 10thMTN flag as they run onto the field definitely needed permission from the military brass. It is a no-brainer for the military though as it is good publicity.

 

[CousCuse]

Mike...the "44" Battle Axe is just a likeness. No permission needed.
OTOH, SU carrying the 10thMTN flag as they run onto the field definitely needed permission from the military brass. It is a no-brainer for the military though as it is good publicity.

Would they need permission to have a 10th MTN air canon that could fire rolled up shirts all over the Dome at half-time. Operated by a Ft. Drum soldier? Maybe too military for northern liberal yankee school , but it would be fun.

 

[MikeSU02]

Mike...the "44" Battle Axe is just a likeness. No permission needed.
OTOH, SU carrying the 10thMTN flag as they run onto the field definitely needed permission from the military brass. It is a no-brainer for the military though as it is good publicity.

Thanks TM. Much appreciated.

 

[TheCusian]

I guess that the "beat the hell out of them" part of his presser was deemed a little too inappropriate to be incorporated into the jerseys?

Yep. Opted to have it tattooed on Shafer's knuckles instead.

 

[CuseOnly]

I would love for them and Nike to do a one game a year uni that truly pays homage to Fort Drum and the 10th Mountain Division.

Much like Northwestern donned unis for the Wounded Warrior Project last year against Michigan.

https://www.google.com/search?q=nor...qNyASMooCoDw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1301&bih=612

 

[DoubleDee]

Yep. Opted to have it tattooed on Shafer's knuckles instead.

Twenty letters. Toe knuckles included eh?

 

[jekelish]

Yep. Opted to have it tattooed on Shafer's knuckles instead.

Nah, the right hand knuckles say "HARD" and the left hand knuckles say "NOSE."

 

[TheCusian]

Twenty letters. Toe knuckles included eh?

If Shafer says it will fit, it will fit.

 

[OrangeAggieArmy]

The t-shirts are great- SU Bookstore had them when I stopped in a couple of weeks ago. Might be cheaper at Dick's or somewhere else. I like the various uniform combinations, especially like the all-white look which I think will play well on the road in an afternoon game.

Dislike the numbers- the shape, the stripes which go in opposite directions on each number. Curious to see how the blue unis look on tv as the lack of a contrasting trim around the numbers on the blue ones might make them hard to decipher. I mean my fear is that no tv announcer will be able to tell our players apart and that won't make a great national impression. Wish we had the NCAA Football game to see how they look "live"

Yup, orange numbers on the blue jerseys with no white piping is not going to look good on TV. I don't mind the font of the numbers, but should have gone white on blue with orange piping and lose the diagonal stripes. The neck patch pays enough homage to 44.

 

[Cootface]

Yup, orange numbers on the blue jerseys with no white piping is not going to look good on TV. I don't mind the font of the numbers, but should have gone white on blue with orange piping and lose the diagonal stripes. The neck patch pays enough homage to 44.

The orange number on blue uni baffles me still (as does the blue numbers on orange jersey whenever we get that). You'd think nike would have remembered those awful GRob uniforms that were so dark and difficult to see in the dome that we had to resort to wearing the whites at home for our last game or two.

 

[thorpedo]

the crossed axes, the wacky font, the weird lines in the numbers. I dont know that many Su fans outside of this board, but my informal pole of the people i know who go to games is running easily 80% dislike the uniforms. As I said my kids HS team, the kids i have talked too which is about half the team hates them. the kids at college that I have talked too dont like them and most of them are athletes but not fball players for the most part. Then again our school is about as traditional as it gets for uniforms.

It definitely requires some getting use to by many but, from the time they were released and the initial shock wore off, it seems that more are accepting the new uniforms (not necessarily in love with them). But probably as mentioned by someone else, it has nothing to do with us. It is a recruiting tool and the players themselves are the only ones who would have to concern themselves with caring and they love it.

 

[Frozen]

If the players and recruits like them, that's all that matters. But I just looked at one online and I don't think I can bring myself to buy/wear one. The number font is a killer. They look like the numbers are being reflected in a funhouse mirror.

 

[thorpedo]

That's weird since it seems close to 100% of current players, and recruits seem to love them?

I completely agree with you. Their opinion matters most. It's like a comparison between someone buying clothes at JC Pennies vs Express. Sure Pennies gets the job done but it the same crap and doesn't change and hasn't in 50 years and no kid wants to shop there. Express is aimed at the youth and is new and inventive and meant for a shock value. (And yes I just went there lol)

 

[rrlbees]

I completely agree with you. Their opinion matters most. It's like a comparison between someone buying clothes at JC Pennies vs Express. Sure Pennies gets the job done but it the same crap and doesn't change and hasn't in 50 years and no kid wants to shop there. Express is aimed at the youth and is new and inventive and meant for a shock value. (And yes I just went there lol)

Don't believe anyone telling you 100% of anyone loves them. It's a trick question and answer and I doubt every recruit was asked. They aren't going to say they don't like them and they certainly weren't given a choice. "Which do you like better? These, these, or these?" They may like them but they might like something even more. Sounds like one of those political polls that elicit a specific answer.

 

[ImperialOrange]

The orange number on blue uni baffles me still (as does the blue numbers on orange jersey whenever we get that). You'd think nike would have remembered those awful GRob uniforms that were so dark and difficult to see in the dime that we had to resort to wearing the whites at home for our last game or two.



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I'm hoping with the brighter orange and wider font that visability wont present the same issue. Updating the lighting in the dome would probably go a long way as well.

As for the lock the gate, I think I've seen SS state the team actually physically does that before running out the tunnel.

 

[HeaterCuse22]

Nah, the right hand knuckles say "HARD" and the left hand knuckles say "NOSE."

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Uniform Nation's 2014 ACC uniform rankings

In the past decade or so, Syracuse has had a hard time committing to one look. The Orange added a block "S" to the side of the helmets and slightly modified the jerseys until they had a pretty solid look...until now. The number font alone is enough to put Syracuse at the bottom of this list.

 

[Chris02M]

http://instagram.com/p/rBFzEejG5U/

 

[CuseOnly]

Uniform Nation's 2014 ACC uniform rankings

In the past decade or so, Syracuse has had a hard time committing to one look. The Orange added a block "S" to the side of the helmets and slightly modified the jerseys until they had a pretty solid look...until now. The number font alone is enough to put Syracuse at the bottom of this list.

I think it is funnier that you put any stock at all in a website named "land grant" and mentions Ohio State. When I think of the Big 10 I think of lumbering boring football and cheaters.

Maybe they should rate those things in their own conference instead of another conference's uniforms. They should have their list of most cheating universities in their own conference.

I wouldn't lose sleep over one clown website's opinion.

 

[cuseguy]

I think it is funnier that you put any stock at all in a website named "land grant" and mentions Ohio State. When I think of the Big 10 I think of lumbering boring football and cheaters. Maybe they should rate those things in their own conference instead of another conference's uniforms. They should have their list of most cheating universities in their own conference. I wouldn't lose sleep over one clown website's opinion.

Except the clown is right.

Bad uniforms.

Sorry.