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[QUOTE="Upstate, post: 1128303, member: 48"]
Well, I did say "Syracuse isn't the Yankees", which made you bite and tell me I'm a bad fan.  It's hard to be reasonable when you tell me my opinion is wrong.

But anyways... I just don't see what the SU tradition has to do with the uniforms.  The new ones are more intriguing, the players love them, recruits love them.  If it were 2000, maybe people would have recognized a McNabb jersey.   The fact of the matter is, while SU has tradition, their tradition isn't their uniform.  It doesn't have to be.  Let tradition be tradition and the uniforms be uniforms.  They don't depend on each other.  Oregon has created an identity with their uniforms.  They've been pretty crazy the last 6-7 years.  Coincidentally, in the same timespan, they've had 3 conference titles and 3 divisional titles.   Before that?  2001, 2000, 1994.   3 in a 14 year span.

Kind of sounds like Syracuse pre-2008.   Where Oregon rebranded, they found success. Cranking up on some of the creative aspects doesn't have to hurt tradition, it can really help re-establish it.  Those 44 undershirts the team had a few years ago were fantastic.  They honored the tradition of SU while adding a sleek look.  Don't really see the problem there.  It can be an opportunity to start anew, which SU Football has had to do since Robinson was fired.  Some see it as an opportunity to propel, some see it as a slap in the face.   I'm sure it can be successful both ways.
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