Posted April 6, 200619 yr I know most around here don't like Ohio State, but at least most would admit our uniforms are some of the best in football. Or used to be anyway... Where the f*** is the grey!? Georgia called, they want their unis back. *disgusted* No word on the road jerseys yet. These suck though.
April 6, 200619 yr Wow, I hope the alumni give this hell and some how it gets changed. Their previous uniforms were some of the best/most classic in football. Yuck. My father is going to be outraged.
April 6, 200619 yr Those are just red. The New york giants now look more like ohio state with their red jerseys
April 6, 200619 yr The old tOSU uniforms pwned - these unis, not so much. It's too bad because the Michigan-tOSU was always one of the best looking games of the year.
April 12, 200619 yr Fans (as expected) speak out: Ohio State football fans are seeing red this week, thanks to a slight change in the school's football uniforms. The school introduced a new uniform that features slightly different stripes on the sleeves and changes the pattern (to scarlet-white-black from scarlet-white-black-gray). The sleeve is also slightly longer. Reaction has been swift and strong, according to Wednesday's Columbus Dispatch, which said that it received 734 votes in a poll on its Web site, topping the prevous record of 433 for a question on same-sex marriage (and more than the usual 100-200 responses). The newspaper said 79 percent of fans responding were against the new uniform. "I can't believe this is happening. I can't even concentrate on typing this message because I'm so angry," one fan wrote into the newspaper. Another compared the change to "New Coke." Ohio State noted that it isn't the first time the uniform had changed. Woody Hayes won three national titles (1954, '57 and '68) with three different uniforms. Ohio State wore uniforms without gray on them for 10 seasons in the mid-'50s. Former coaches Earle Bruce and John Cooper also changed uniform styles slightly, both told the Dispatch. There was little outcry. "I don't know that jerseys ever lost a football game," Bruce told the Dispatch. Head coach Jim Tressel was surprised at the reaction. "If you put three jerseys up over the last 10 years, I'm not sure which one we're going out there in," Tressel told the Dispatch. "Probably in the last 20 years, we've had four or five different stripings and pipings and all that kind of thing." Ohio State's uniform pants were slightly shinier last season, thanks to a new fabric. Ohio State's uniforms are made by Nike, causing some fans to accuse the school of changing to sell more uniforms. Ohio State has a six-year, $11.4 million deal with Nike. School officials said no, and that Nike didn't push for the change. "In our case, we're going to sell jerseys regardless," athletics department spokesman Steve Snapp told the Dispatch. "We don't have to change our jersey to increase sales." http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?i...e=ESPNHeadlines
April 12, 200619 yr Author "I can't believe this is happening. I can't even concentrate on typing this message because I'm so angry," one fan wrote into the newspaper. And this fan ensures that the "Every story about OSU fans has at least one quote that makes us sound like total losers" streak stays alive at 476 stories.
April 12, 200619 yr "I can't believe this is happening. I can't even concentrate on typing this message because I'm so angry," one fan wrote into the newspaper. And this fan ensures that the "Every story about OSU fans has at least one quote that makes us sound like total losers" streak stays alive at 476 stories. Exactly. Open up the letters to the editor every Sunday to read SOME loser complaining about "not enough Buckeye coverage" even when the sports aren't in season. That being said, the jerseys are still too different and look TOO much like Goergia's, as compared to the classic design.
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