BlackBolt3 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 I don't know why, but I've always liked what Louisville does with their chrome helmets. It's very inexplicable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aawagner011 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 IMO, Louisville has been chipping away at a great identity over the years. It started with the weird alternate helmets, then they introduced the custom font (not the end of the world, but the drop shadow was nice and somewhat unique to UL in this day and age), and then they completely dropped the best part...the stripes. Now the chrome is out of control and half the time they've got an angry chicken on their helmets with that old English name font or it's something goofy like tonal red logos on chrome black or fake shiny wings on the sleeves. Yuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H11K Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 3 hours ago, djam2410 said: Pretty funny that they used this template for the official photo ; the official jersey is actually using the Mach Speed cut Tweet with video here: This is what I mentioned a couple days ago, not exactly spot on, but it was close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoknight Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 I give Arizona props for doing this while playing Hawaii, since the ship is still submerged at the memorial at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu. 5th in NAT. TITLES | 2nd in CONF. TITLES | 5th in HEISMAN | 7th in DRAFTS | 8th in ALL-AMER | 7th in WINS | 4th in BOWLS | 1st in SELLOUTS | 1st GAMEDAY SIGN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSU151 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 I like that uniform...Arizona's traditional navy/white/red helmet stripe really needs to be on it though. It would make that helmet look 10000x better, and would good tie-in to the remembrance. Smart is believing half of what you hear. Genius is knowing which half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coogrfan Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Am I the only one who thinks these Arizona uni's are in bad taste? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont care Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 2 minutes ago, coogrfan said: Am I the only one who thinks these Arizona uni's are in bad taste? How? It's in rememberence of a tragity that occurred to a ship that had there name and is at a place where the ship remains as a memorial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coogrfan Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 5 minutes ago, dont care said: How? It's in rememberence of a tragity that occurred to a ship that had there name and is at a place where the ship remains as a memorial. It just seems wrong to me to use the deaths of close to 1200 Americans as an excuse to roll out a new cfb uni. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aawagner011 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Missouri is wearing black/yellow/black against Georgia like they seem to every time it's played at their home stadium. They also have 15,000 tickets left unsold for what is arguably the best home game on their schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H11K Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 35 minutes ago, coogrfan said: It just seems wrong to me to use the deaths of close to 1200 Americans as an excuse to roll out a new cfb uni. The point isn't to roll out a new uni. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coogrfan Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 46 minutes ago, H11K said: The point isn't to roll out a new uni. Then why not just add a patch or a decal to their existing jerseys/helmets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSU151 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 1 hour ago, coogrfan said: It just seems wrong to me to use the deaths of close to 1200 Americans as an excuse to roll out a new cfb uni. Not to get into a rigorous debate, but Memorial Day unis kind of do the same thing in baseball. Smart is believing half of what you hear. Genius is knowing which half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brave-Bird 08 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 The Arizona uniforms will only be in bad taste if they go down... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botiger Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 2 hours ago, dont care said: How? It's in rememberence of a tragity that occurred to a ship that had there name and is at a place where the ship remains as a memorial. It wasn't the USS University of Arizona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upperV03 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 2 hours ago, coogrfan said: It just seems wrong to me to use the deaths of close to 1200 Americans as an excuse to roll out a new cfb uni. If they were to sell the jerseys and make a profit off of them, then I would agree that it would be an extremely poor move by the University. But considering the reason they are wearing the uniforms, to honor the 75th anniversary of the USS Arizona and the tragic events of Pearl Harbor, I am almost certain they won't. Now with that in mind, I don't think wearing these uniforms is in poor taste at all and I think it's a nice tribute to the ship and to all of those who lost their lives on that unfortunate day. I agree that maybe a simple decal or patch would've accomplished the same goal, but I don't think they should be scrutinized for going the extra mile and designing a uniform that is meant to have the same purpose just on a larger scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBGKon Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 1 hour ago, Botiger said: It wasn't the USS University of Arizona. No but the University of Arizona represents the state of Arizona for which the state was the namesake of the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coogrfan Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Fair points. Houston's uni for tonight's game at Cincinnati. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicfurth Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 1 hour ago, coogrfan said: Fair points. Houston's uni for tonight's game at Cincinnati. Great looking game. Houston may currently be my favorite red-white team, aesthetically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoknight Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 In Arizona's defense, it's not as egregious as some of the more random "tributes" where a team like Tulsa slaps stars and stripes all over because it's the third game in October or whatever. This is much less contrived. 5th in NAT. TITLES | 2nd in CONF. TITLES | 5th in HEISMAN | 7th in DRAFTS | 8th in ALL-AMER | 7th in WINS | 4th in BOWLS | 1st in SELLOUTS | 1st GAMEDAY SIGN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamptonlantavegas Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 East vs West Carolina like it's 1999 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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