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I remember when Paul covered them and there was some concern over the safety aspect or how long they would last if they helmets hit eachother and chip. But it is a cool model and I could see more schools doing it. I'd be interested to see how the decals stay on since the Gameday Skinz is essentially a vinyl material?

Did Houston decide they were going to use the Texas Tech helmet from like 2012? I swear it looks like it.

EDIT: Its from 2014 and they are as.... interesting as I remember.

4 minutes ago, DCarp1231 said:

 

and I hope we get players wearing #0 too

#0 & #00 is a dream. I love it in the college football, I think the NFL may as well open up the number thing so it can happen

4 hours ago, NH4 said:

Tennessee is debuting orange helmets 

 

Not even a Tennessee fan but the floating Orange helmet on the orange background is perfect. That may be my new phone screen saver.

1 hour ago, Old School Fool said:

I'm surprised nobody pointed out that the Timberwolves City jersey will have a different pattern on the front for every player. Also, check out the laughable explanation for the colors on the front...

 

 

 

I thought it was based off a mural?

24 minutes ago, heavybass said:

Oh no.
 

 

The visors are perfect. These are a solid 10/10

Part of me hopes that when adidas drops new kits for 2023, LAFC adjusts their kits so the crest is on one side and the adidas logo is on the other, because it'll get all bunched up once the star is added on .

Vandy is wearing balck helmets with the black “v” in a star. Doesn’t look bad but wish they went some kind of contrast on it.

11 hours ago, MJWalker45 said:

I think it'll still be green and black unless they get a third shirt this year. But a dark green kit and a light green kit would be a good idea. 

Austin does have all the traits being the Celtic of MLS. Green homes, green always, green thirds. I think it would be fun if they embraced that.

4 hours ago, shstpt1 said:

 

this will look bad…

If Denver had an alterate white jersey that had orange side panels then sure. But this?!?! No. Gross. I would much rather them have orange pants because it would have navy panels to match it.

3 hours ago, NH4 said:

Tennessee going all black for Halloween weekend 

 

Unpopular Opinion: the white helmets looked better on this et, modified decals and all.

1 hour ago, fouhy12 said:

Oh yes.

 

 

14 hours ago, DG_ThenNowForever said:

The Chargers are in their bonus uniform with different colors from the rest of their set that everyone but need seems to love.

The Chargers are currently POWDER BLUE and YELLOW. They sometimes wear white pants. THIER NAVY AND ROYAL SETS ARE ALTS THAT ARE WORN ONCE A YEAR AT MOST EACH. They were in their standard set.

When are the Pats going to wear their grey pants they supposedly have but just haven't confirmed yet?

I'll be more interested if the USWNT gets new kits for the 2023 Womens World Cup. Considering it happens about 7.5 - 8 months after this coming one, it'll be interesting to see if they get an exclusive kit for that or if they roll over the '22 set. Same for the teams that are Nike sponsored who made the Men's Cup.

23 hours ago, Magic Dynasty said:

 

Florida-Missouri looked great today. 

Make the helmet script black then yes.

3 hours ago, jn8 said:

Thank you for saying this. My body is physically pained whenever I have to hear someone at work talking about the “Hawkeye” game. I know it’s the same thing, but it just feels wrong. They’re Iowa. That’s how my brain sees it as correct. I have no valid reason for saying so, but it’s reassuring to see that someone else’s opinion can validate my own.  

AS an Iowan, I use both. I think there is a context to it, but yes, I do refer to the Iowa games mostly as Iowa, unless talking about the ISU/Iowa game, then I usually say Hawkeyes.

If there were any teams who should keep their alternate helmet, the Bengals, Cowboys, Atlanta, New England & Carolina. Those seem to be the ones that have been regarded as perfect fits for each team. The rest seem incredibly unnecessary in comparison to these ones. 

The black ones aren't bad, they are very middle of the road at this point. But the white and yellow are going to be hard to look at.

23 minutes ago, Red Wolf said:

 

Don't worry, there's a worse conference matchup for Arkansas in the near future.

Including Alabama, 3 teams will have essentially the same exact look, barring a few different quirks in between. That's gotta be a record in a conference right?

10 hours ago, DouglasQuaid said:

They should've went with something like this (rough mockup):

There was a Lions concept I saw on IG the other day that was similar to this, except the stripe was not on the shoulders it was only on the sleeve, which would look nicer to me.

5 hours ago, Carolingian Steamroller said:

I miss these:

 

I wouldn't mind seeing the navy/white/navy stripe (and it's other inverses) being used on a sleeve stripe/cap IF they decide to go back to these. That or integrate something more traditional in.

9 hours ago, Digby said:

First photo I’ve seen of the actual printing on the USA kit. Legitimately looks like a sketchy bootleg job by the print shop down the street. Just so many confounding decisions with this whole set.

 

 

What really bad about it, especially for the WNT is that the Gold FIFA badge that they have is awkwardly put on the other side of the crest, so it isn't entirely uniform now. They really should have moved the crest to one side and had the swoosh on the other.

You know, Auburn would be the one who if they were to do some kind of alternate uniform, or even a jersey, that orange would work. There is a historic precedent for it, its a SCHOOL color, it would be such an easy thing to do. Kinda upset that they won't do it, because I think many would prefer to see orange over a non-school color alt.

I think something that is bothering me is that there are 3 kits that have the centered crest, the US set, the home Croatia and the Home Qatar. But on the latter of the two, it is with the Nike swoosh either above or below it, where as the US set has them on the sleeves, which makes the jersey itself look really barren.  I get it's a template choice but it just seems really odd to me that wasn't applied to other teams as well.