New Helmets Saturday

[SmilinBob]

"Don't you be tapping those last season Prada shoes at me!"...that's right, I just went chick flick on you all after reading these posts.

 

[BlackKnight76]

I understand the part about having a sugar daddy like Phil Knight. However, almost every program out there has rolled out alternate unis, including ND, Ohio State, Florida, Florida St, Michigan, Stanford, UGA, VA Tech just to name a few. Only two that haven't off the top of my head are PSU and Bama.

Bama from 2011 IIRC:

 

[bnoro]

Bama from 2011 IIRC:

Those are fake. These were the real ones.

 

[dollarbill44]

We have had numerous threads complaining about our lack of gameday traditions. We also have a number of threads about uniforms with a boatload of people consternating about a possible move away from our traditional uniform. I don't know where this perception of our "traditional" uniforms came from. We have had a generally consistent look to our uniforms over the past 30 years, but if you look at photos from year to year, you can see that there have been a lot of changes to those uniforms - sometimes subtle (piping, helmets, stripes, etc) and sometimes more obvious (the drab all-orange GRob unis). So, this "traditional" uniform is really a perceived traditional uniform.

We should all relax a little. No one is changing the color scheme of SU. We're still going with orange, blue and white. This isn't like VaTech going all-black or the NJ Deep Red Paladdins going all-white .A.M.I.L.Y. (notice how I didn't put in their real name to attract the trolls). Let's wait and see what they come up with and try to keep an open mind so we might allow ourselves to actually like something that is different.

 

[AZOrange]

Ohio State, USC, Michigan, Florida State, Clemson, Michigan State, Nebraska, West Virginia and Notre Dame all have alternate uniforms. I guess these programs all suck.

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I don't mind alternates or major changes but the Jaguar fade is horrible

 

[Whitey23]

I understand the part about having a sugar daddy like Phil Knight. However, almost every program out there has rolled out alternate unis, including ND, Ohio State, Florida, Florida St, Michigan, Stanford, UGA, VA Tech just to name a few. Only two that haven't off the top of my head are PSU and Bama.

Bama's wearing these this season

 

[OrangeXtreme]

We have had numerous threads complaining about our lack of gameday traditions. We also have a number of threads about uniforms with a boatload of people consternating about a possible move away from our traditional uniform. I don't know where this perception of our "traditional" uniforms came from. We have had a generally consistent look to our uniforms over the past 30 years, but if you look at photos from year to year, you can see that there have been a lot of changes to those uniforms - sometimes subtle (piping, helmets, stripes, etc) and sometimes more obvious (the drab all-orange GRob unis). So, this "traditional" uniform is really a perceived traditional uniform.

Syracuse has worn orange helmets, orange pants, and either blue or white jerseys since the days of Jim Brown.

Frank Maloney flirted with white helmets and pants and orange jerseys in the 70's.

GRob flirted with disaster.

When you wear the same color scheme for 50 out of 60 years, it becomes your "traditional" scheme.

 

[bnoro]

Bama's wearing these this season

Is that even legal with the black numbers? How are the officials supposed to call penalties?

 

[Cadillac]

When our current set came out, I remember reading someone pining for exact replicas of the McNabb teams including minute details like a number patch on the pants stripe.

This ought to put that in perspective.

 

[money3189]

most good programs don't resort to stupid like this

everyone looks at oregon.

sh!tty nike uniforms and a trillion dollars from nike = recruits

sh!tty nike uniforms and no money from nike = nothing

but everyone still wants the sh!tty uniforms

there's millions of kids out there that think oregon uni's are the best. Its your preference. The players on my team where all types of different colors with their cleats, socks, head and arm bands. From neon to pink. I dont like it but they love it. We are not playing football anymore, they are. Keep that in mind. Now we definitely should keep some tradition but we shouldn't hold back on other stuff that the current players and future players like. They look good, they feel good, they feel good , they play good. whether we think the uni's are ugly or not.

 

[money3189]

And everybody at ND hated it.

And everybody at ND hated it.

yeah your right. they also got to the national chip game. I think their fans will prefer that rather than keep the traditional uni's and go 7-5. Would you care about the uni's if cuse were winning, going to major bowl games and getting better recruits with them?

 

[PeteCalvin]

I have a feeling these will not be a hit here

Since when is anything a hit here?

 

[OrangeXtreme]

yeah your right. they also got to the national chip game. I think their fans will prefer that rather than keep the traditional uni's and go 7-5. Would you care about the uni's if cuse were winning, going to major bowl games and getting better recruits with them?

I'm not convinced that Notre Dame got any "better" recruits because they wore an alternate uniform for one game.

If alt uniforms were the deciding factor ... wouldn't Oregon and Maryland play for a National Championship every year?

 

[PeteCalvin]

Let me just go on record and say all this helmet BS has gotten out of hand. Hockey does it right. They let the goalie have the super cool painted helmet because, frankly, the guy deserves it. Everyone else goes with the drab solid color. We should give our super cool helmet to whoever wears #44 (that has a mural of Brown, Davis, Little, and the Heisman) and give the rest a cool yet respectable single color with the block S.

Too radical?

 

[SUFaninNJ]

I only want those helmets if we can get this guy out on the field! It's all about marketing. As for you traditionalists out there, this is what my friends and I would refer to "Tradition effective immediately".

 

[shandeezy7]

I guarantee the blue/orange fade will look a whole lot better than the Jaguars "fade," if you want to even call it that. It more looks like it's just half black and half gold.

 

[Marsh01]

When helmets and uniforms make players play better I will care. Until then, who cares.

 

[SU2NASA]

When our current set came out, I remember reading someone pining for exact replicas of the McNabb teams including minute details like a number patch on the pants stripe.

This ought to put that in perspective.

This guy.

 

[mountaincuse]

When helmets and uniforms make players play better I will care. Until then, who cares.

I'm also waiting for the first recruit to specifically say he is coming here for the uniforms.

 

[Jasoncuse]

I don't care for the Jags helmet, but when San Diego State did it, they didn't look too bad.

I think the contrast between orange/blue will make them look a little hideous, but whatever. I like that they are rolling out different looks.

There's also these:

Picture that with orange fading into blue with an "S".

 

[orangeinjersey]

Has there ever been a poll here about the ages of everyone posting here? Do you guys realize RGIII was in like 2nd grade when Mcnabb left the hill?? These kids don't know about our History. Our recent history hasnt been very good. If the kids like the uniforms, it. Honestly there hasn't been too much to be excited about our program lately.

 

[money3189]

I'm not convinced that Notre Dame got any "better" recruits because they wore an alternate uniform for one game.

If alt uniforms were the deciding factor ... wouldn't Oregon and Maryland play for a National Championship every year?

Thats not what im saying. Im saying that its better to appeal players of this generation rather than appeal people like us who sit behind a computer and talk football. old Notre dame fans didnt like the change up uni's so what. But if you think hs and college players around the country dont look at uniforms as a factor then I dont know what to tell you. Its a new world and generation.

 

[Zcuse]

The "get off my lawn" crowd is here in full effect. Get over the traditional approach, Syracuse football tradition is not currently carrying our program, and our recruits know little to nothing about Syracuse tradition. They do know, and like, fresh uniforms though. Traditional uniforms don't get us wins, players that want different uniforms do.

I wish I could like this post 100 times. Why be soooo resistant to change? What is so wrong with being progressive? It is not as though were are talking about an iconic fomer uniform like Penn State or the Wolverine helmet. I loved the Blue look, it looked clean (and mean). Who cares if any portion of the uniform resembles other programs'? When we rise to the top, their crybabies wil be saying their uniforms are copying ours. As long as we don't go the Maryland route (those ARE god-awful), playing with our classic colors in varied combinations is at least somewhat buzz-worthy. And, we might come up with something the REALLY resonates with the recruits. I can still remember the Cornhusker and Hurricane half shirt jerseys in the 80s (when I was in high school), and kids today put even more emphasis on the look of schools they choose...

 

[dollarbill44]

Syracuse has worn orange helmets, orange pants, and either blue or white jerseys since the days of Jim Brown.

Frank Maloney flirted with white helmets and pants and orange jerseys in the 70's.

GRob flirted with disaster.

When you wear the same color scheme for 50 out of 60 years, it becomes your "traditional" scheme.

SU more than "flirted" with alternate uniforms in the past, they have actually worn some. You act like nothing has changed in the uniforms since 1957, when in fact, it has.

Again, what we seem to be talking here is not a radical redesign. It's still our colors, just in a different scheme than you're used to. It's not like we're rolling out stone helmets that I just saw VaTech will be sporting soon.

 

[CusefanATL]

Im guessing a block S will be put on there.