HopewellJones

The red helmet and horns on the red jersey lacking white...while the numbers and pants stripes do...that's one of those inconsistencies that just drives me absolutely crazy. Really dig the home uniform. I've always had an inexplicable soft spot for TV numbers being slightly different from main numbers. Kinda ironic, given my gripes on consistency lol.

The “mountains” on the shoulders are driving me up the wall. They only look like mountains on the blue jersey. Otherwise my first impression is lightning bolts. So close but so far. So frustrating.

Bolts on the shoulders. Just blows my mind that nobody in the entire process thought “umm maybe we shouldn’t take a design element from our biggest rival.” Like how? I know it’s supposed to be a mountain. But it only comes across as a mountain on the blue jersey, with the white snow on top. Should’ve kept the white on top on the orange jersey too.

"H-Town and tough" lololololol Like oh, this is H-town AND tough?? thanks for letting me know!"

When is the official reveal? Surprised we haven't seen the full set yet.

Absolutely cannot believe we're seeing new, non-throwback NFL Nike jerseys with block numbers. Gotta love it.

HUGE upgrade for the Lions. The gray numbers were so dingy. All I wanted was white numbers, nix the WCF patch, and don't do anything too crazy. Success! Not a fan of the black jersey - but it's so awesome that they kept black out of the main jerseys.

I actually kinda like the monolulu blue. Monochrome can be okay but there NEEDS to be pants stripes. The Lions all-white is so awful, but would at least be palatable with pants stripes. I will never understand the appeal of teams dressed in yoga pants. I mean never.

Very insightful and interesting, thank you!

"Club de Hockey Canadien." The official/original team name is French, and there is no 'M' in that name. That makes it a little different for me, especially with how long they've been around. But yeah those other examples irk me. Especially the Falcons. The logo is literally a Falcon...does it really need to be shaped like an F? It'd be one thing if they were the Frankfurt Falcons or something, and the F was representing the locale name. In that case, the logo would represent the full team name - F for Frankfurt, and a depiction of a falcon for..Falcons. The way it is now just seems redundant and doesn't strike me as clever at all. For the record I actually like the Falcons logo. Just the whole "the falcon is shaped like an F because falcon starts with F" seems dumb. Same thing with that Grizzlies logo. I mean...the identifier is with the animal mascot. Do Memphis fans really brand themselves around the first letter of the word "grizzlies?" Do they ever refer to the team as the "Gs?" Make that an M to include the locale name, and I'd be into it.

The Orca logo sucks solely because it uses the initial of the team name and not the locale. That's one of my biggest pet peeves, just drives me crazy. Imagine if Michigan used a 'W' as their primary logo.

Monolulu Blue

Agreed. I love the all-blue, but wish they didn't wear it as much. Now they've become the "Big Game Blues." I absolutely loved the Rose Bowl uniforms with the white socks and sleeves (not to mention the shoulder patches). That's classic Michigan right there.

The away looks: White-Blue-Blue White-Maize-White White-Maize-Maize White-White-White White-White-Blue

Yeah, Jersey-Pants-Socks/Sleeves. I know the average fan doesn't really notice socks and accessories, but most people here do. And they make a big difference in aesthetic. The blue jersey/pants combo definitely has a different feel when they wear maize socks and sleeves with it. Wearing the maize pants with maize socks just looks bad. But anyway yeah it seems as though they very deliberately tried not to repeat any uniform combos until the very end. Blue-Blue-Blue Blue-Blue-White Blue-Blue-Maize Blue-Maize-Maize Blue-Maize-White Blue-Maize-Blue

Looking back, I didn't realize how many different combinations Michigan wore. 11 different combinations to start the season. Wasn't until Ohio State that they repeated a combination (all blue). Week 1: Blue-Maize-Blue Week 2: Blue-Maize-White Week 3: Blue-Blue-Blue Week 4: Blue-Maize-Maize Week 5: White-Maize-White Week 6: White-White-White Week 7: Blue-Blue-Maize Week 8: White-Blue-Blue Week 9: Blue-Blue-White Week 10: White-Maize-Maize Week 11: White-White-Blue

They straight up look like bottles of ketchup. I know this is the least unique opinion on here, but it needs to be said again...JFC I cannot wrap my head around people thinking monochrome jersey-pants-socks looks good. How do you see anything other than pajamas, leggings, or unitards? I mean it just looks SO dumb. And I actually don't mind mono jersey+pants. But contrasting socks make all the difference. I'd actually like the Cardinals uniforms if they had white socks.

I just noticed the "Mich1Gan" helmet bumper...I think that's new...and real dumb.

Never thought they'd bring back the shoulder patches! That pumps me up. I'm definitely biased here, but man Michigan has the best uniforms in all of football. The classic home speaks for itself. I was born in the 90s but I remember seeing pictures of the white, striped pants from the 70s and thinking they looked great. So happy Harbaugh brought those back. That seems to be an unpopular opinion, but the reason I like it is because of color balance. Maize/Blue are pretty equally represented in the home uniform. With maize pants and a white jersey, the classic away uniform is too maize-heavy. The striping on the 70s all-white keeps the balance between maize and blue pretty equal. Also I love how the stripes mimic the back of the helmet. The switch to Jordan was a perfect update; a custom font that isn't obnoxious, helmet bumpers changing from white to blue (keeps the home uniforms strictly maize and blue), but most importantly - fixing the shade of maize! The highlighter yellow was awful - the new one is perfect. And this is probably another unpopular opinion but I like the all-blue home alternate a lot. With two different jerseys and three different pants, I think they do an excellent job of mixing up combos while still looking like Michigan. Definitely some combinations I don't love, like white jersey/blue pants, but if it's enough to scratch their itch for alternates, I'm cool with it.

Notre Dame wearing white pants...weird.

Lions and Cardinals just prove to me how badly a wordmark within/as a stripe can ruin a uniform.

Michigan in all blue, with maize socks and sleeves. Kinda whacky. Don't love it, don't hate it. Also, black trim works for Indiana.

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2 shades of blue and 2 shades of silver...1 shade of each on the dark uniform.