Week 6 Uniforms for Pitt game

[CuseLegacy]

Stritzingers Dad.

 

[IthacaMatt]

Yea, i get it, the dead horse and all, but everytime i see them, they get worse. Especially over the last couple years where teams have recaptured their colors, look, and lettering.

Didn't want to spoil the party last week , but our uniforms are atrocious. Looking at the Clemson Orange for contrast, our Orange somewhere along the way became burnt Orange. The font and design on the side of the pants is laughable. Our best look is orange, blue, orange...but the home team controls, i get it.

I think the Orange helmets are great, and I am a moldy old fan of the 90s look.

 

[OburgOrange]

Stritzingers Dad.

Platinum pants ?

 

[Ish88888]

I think the Orange helmets are great, and I am a moldy old fan of the 90s look.

I would take the 90s look in a heartbeat. Remember the college fb uniform arms war about 10 years ago with all the nike looks for Oregon, VT, etc. Thats gone and teams are back to original looks, bold, bog numbers, and school colors.

 

[UnknownOrange]

*looks up uniform reveal threads from 2014 to present*

*cut, copy, & paste*

 

[HtownOrange]

What are we complaining about? At least it's not platinum.

I thought platinum was the new orange.

 

[CNY in Miami]

I think the uniforms look great, just win.

 

[tipphill]

Yea, i get it, the dead horse and all, but everytime i see them, they get worse. Especially over the last couple years where teams have recaptured their colors, look, and lettering.

Didn't want to spoil the party last week , but our uniforms are atrocious. Looking at the Clemson Orange for contrast, our Orange somewhere along the way became burnt Orange. The font and design on the side of the pants is laughable. Our best look is orange, blue, orange...but the home team controls, i get it.

the only ones halfway decent are the all white

 

[Chris02M]

I try to stay out the debate but the uniforms are fine , obviously the traditional combos should be used most times but with Nike they like the mix and match option. Hopefully the all platinum gray are retired as that is the only combo I despise

 

[Bayside44]

If they fixed the numbers and the piping (and gave us lax and hoop orange) this could be fine.

 

[nzm136]

I try to stay out the debate but the uniforms are fine , obviously the traditional combos should be used most times but with Nike they like the mix and match option. Hopefully the all platinum gray are retired as that is the only combo I despise

The problem is I like uniforms that look nice, irrespective of what half baked idea Nike “likes” to shove down our throats.

Catering to the ever-changing wishes of 16 year olds is how you destroy any brand identity, while simultaneously looking like a clown brigade. It’s a short term fix at best, but it creates a long term problem. Our ‘cool factor’ isn’t being Oregon. There is already an Oregon, and they will always Oregon better than we can Oregon. Our ‘cool factor’ is being Syracuse. We have a visuallly appealing color scheme that we’ve used during periods of great success. It’s something that transcends time and looks sharp, something that looks ‘Syracuse,’ and something upon which we can build a bridge between past success, the present, and the future.

Big pads, poor film quality, and differences in Jersey fits aside, highlights from the 1980’s and the 1990’s look like they could be happening today. The uniforms still look good. The stupid ‘edgy’ uniform combos that we’ve been wearing over the last X years look, at best, poor, and they will probably never be more in style than they are now. In other words, they will almost certainly never look better than they do now.

Additionally, the modern, edgy designs don’t look obviously “Syracuse.” That lack of identity makes it harder for a kid to think about playing for SU, and imagine being the next McNab, Harrison, McPherson, Freeny, and so on. And, that history is what separates us from schools like UConn and Rutgers. Why downplay it?

There’s a reason why schools like Alabama don’t change their uniforms. Adults need to make decisions, not 16-25 year olds.

 

[Chris02M]

The problem is I like uniforms that look nice, irrespective of what half baked idea Nike “likes” to shove down our throats.

Catering to the ever-changing wishes of 16 year olds is how you destroy any brand identity, while simultaneously looking like a clown brigade. It’s a short term fix at best, but it creates a long term problem. Our ‘cool factor’ isn’t being Oregon. There is already an Oregon, and they will always Oregon better than we can Oregon. Our ‘cool factor’ is being Syracuse. We have a visuallly appealing color scheme that we’ve used during periods of great success. It’s something that transcends time and looks sharp, something that looks ‘Syracuse,’ and something upon which we can build a bridge between past success, the present, and the future.

Big pads, poor film quality, and differences in Jersey fits aside, highlights from the 1980’s and the 1990’s look like they could be happening today. The uniforms still look good. The stupid ‘edgy’ uniform combos that we’ve been wearing over the last X years look, at best, poor, and they will probably never be more in style than they are now. In other words, they will almost certainly never look better than they do now.

Additionally, the modern, edgy designs don’t look obviously “Syracuse.” That lack of identity makes it harder for a kid to think about playing for SU, and imagine being the next McNab, Harrison, McPherson, Freeny, and so on. And, that history is what separates us from schools like UConn and Rutgers. Why downplay it?

There’s a reason why schools like Alabama don’t change their uniforms. Adults need to make decisions, not 16-25 year olds.

Brand identity isn't destroyed, we wear the traditional color combos most of the time still .

 

[nzm136]

Brand identity isn't destroyed, we wear the traditional color combos most of the time still .

1. We absolutely do NOT wear o-b-o or o-w-o most of the time.
2. Creating a look that isn’t consistent absolutely does destroy brand identity. That’s why companies don’t change logos and package designs every week/month/year.