Naval Academy road unis in Poinsettia Bowl

[larrypep]

Today the Naval Academy played San Diego State in the Poinsettia Bowl, and while I haven't really been following the Naval Academy this season, their road uniform caught my eye today, especially the red/gold/blue field in the shoulder area - I thought it looked really sharp. Is this what they've been wearing all season?

[Kevin W.]

No, that is not their usual road uniform.

[See Red]

It's what they typically wear against Army. I can't speak to how often they're worn otherwise, but I know they didn't wear them when they visited Colorado Springs to play Air Force this year. I much prefer their normal road uniforms, but these aren't terrible.

[Red Wolf]

It's what they typically wear against Army. I can't speak to how often they're worn otherwise, but I know they didn't wear them when they visited Colorado Springs to play Air Force this year. I much prefer their normal road uniforms, but these aren't terrible.

I recall them wearing them (or another similar special uniform) against Wake Forest in a bowl a couple years back. I think Wake wore gold jerseys. It wasn't good.

[The Imperfect]

I, too, really noticed how great the uniform looked on them. Just enough to modernize a relatively classic striping design, and the colors really give it an armed forces field, though it felt more Marines to me than the Naval Academy.

[illwauk]

I, too, really noticed how great the uniform looked on them. Just enough to modernize a relatively classic striping design, and the colors really give it an armed forces field, though it felt more Marines to me than the Naval Academy.

Well the Marines are part of the Navy. In fact, if these are the unis I'm thinking of (the ones they wore against Army a couple years back when Army wore digi-camo), the pants are based on what the Marines actually wear.

[fkaKrock5cent]

This from the resident Navy Fan:

No, it's not the usual away uniform.Thisis. They only wear the "Marine Set" for Army Navy (Alternating between a white jersey and a blue jersey every year)and for post season bowl games. The stripe is the same one that's on the Marine's uniforms.

I'm in favor of these being the full time away uniforms and keeping the traditional blues for home games.

[tBBP]

The term you're all looking for is "blood stripe". The shoulder treatment is evocative of service dress epaulets. And as a ground-pounding grunt, I think these Middie uniforms look mighty sharp.

Also nice is how the naval crest is on one sleeve; the Marine emblem on the other.

[hawk36]

I agree they look great. Like the Aztecs look too. Touch of gold on the helmet is really nice. Aztecs wordmark though simply doesn't work on the helmet. The stylized "A", larger, would be perfect. Like this older version without the Aztecs, just the A

[omnivore]

That Marine uniform is quite nice. I like that they mix it up a bit.

[BrandMooreArt]

". . . and so i says to Reggie, i says, i says, ay look mang if you aint gonna bring back muh blue-rays then i dont owe you that 20 no mo"

[Gfonk04]

Personally, I'm not a fan of the red, or the EGA (Marine Corps emblem) on the uniform. I know, I know, the Marines are part of the DoN (the Department of the Navy), and about 15 to 17% of each graduating class earns a commission in the Corps, but I think it overly complicates Navy's classic, clean look and I have some philosophical differences with using it too.

The Navy's colors have long been Blue and Gold, and the Navy Alma Mater, sung at every game and by freshman students every evening is "Navy Blue and Gold." And I think the insertion of red (or, scarlet, in Marine-speak) is just an unnecessary way to muddle up an otherwise simple, clean, timeless look.

Using the EGA, I think, is like using the Naval Officers' crest on the uniform. The Navy anchor that's on there now is the Midshipman's cap insignia, by the way. Marines put a great deal of stock in earning the EGA, and putting it on the uniform of the football team is a bit premature for students, IMHO. And, technically, all the students at the Academy, wherever they go after graduating (or wherever some of them came from as enlisted personnel before), are in the Navy during their time at the Academy.

If, however, the school insists using the EGA, the corresponding Naval symbol that should appear on the uniform should be either the Naval Officer's crest or the "ACE," the "Anchor, Constitution and Eagle" found on the Department of the Navy Seal and the new navy working uniforms. But using the EGA would be like using the Officers' Crest, or pilot's wings, or the Heisman logo on their uniforms, it's a symbol of something those particular people haven't earned (although most of them will eventually). It may seem silly in a civilian atmosphere, but it's important in the military.

It sounds like I'm in the minority on the boards, but as someone with a vested interesting in all things USNA, I'm just not a fan, either aesthetically or philosophically.

{/soapbox]

[oddball]

I don't particularly care for them at all. I think as someone pointed out, it muddles up a clean design. If they want to salute the Marines, then do it for one home game against the likes of VMI or Furman, but don't ruin a good uniform vs Army or in a bowl game.

[illwauk]

I agree they look great. Like the Aztecs look too. Touch of gold on the helmet is really nice. Aztecs wordmark though simply doesn't work on the helmet. The stylized "A", larger, would be perfect. Like this older version without the Aztecs, just the A

I just realized how rare it is seeing a college monogram that refers to the nickname rather than the school itself. The only other instance of this that I can think of is UCLA's occasional use of the Red Sox's B... mainly on their baseball caps.

[larrypep]

OK, I've searched all over, I really want a Navy road jersey in the Marine decoration. Anyone have a lead on that?

[GriffinM6]

The design is based on a Naval Soldier/officer uniform.My friend has the blue version of the jersey,and he told me why it was like that.