College Football Uniforms - 2017 Season

[Sk2k]

12 hours ago, GeauxColonels said:

Has Adidas ever put out literature explaining the purpose of the pattern in the fabric?

I genuinely want to see what they would say. Imagine the buzzwords

[SmackNCheese]

1 hour ago, Sk2k said:

I genuinely want to see what they would say. Imagine the buzzwords

I believe they claim it to be a difference in materials. The "shockweb" elements of the jersey (darker parts) are supposedly made of either a stronger material or a more flexible material than the rest of the jersey (I cant remember which way it is.) Anyways apparently they material is dyed or otherwise colorized with the same color but one of the fabric types is naturally darker/absorbs it differently.

 

This could easily be circumvented by noting the disparity between the two textiles for each color and lightening/darkening the shades as necessary between fabric types before stitching the uniforms together. (For example, there is less of a difference in red than there is in, say, blue ) But then we wouldn't all notice the pattern and remember that whatever team we're watching is an Adidas team literally every time we see them. It's Lavar Ball marketing.

[BlazerBlaze]

19 hours ago, Power_Ranger_Rick said:

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Looks like they're announcing Zika nights under the lights. 

[pianoknight]

9 hours ago, Power_Ranger_Rick said:

I believe they claim it to be a difference in materials. The "shockweb" elements of the jersey (darker parts) are supposedly made of either a stronger material or a more flexible material than the rest of the jersey (I cant remember which way it is.) Anyways apparently they material is dyed or otherwise colorized with the same color but one of the fabric types is naturally darker/absorbs it differently.

 

This could easily be circumvented by noting the disparity between the two textiles for each color and lightening/darkening the shades as necessary between fabric types before stitching the uniforms together. (For example, there is less of a difference in red than there is in, say, blue ) But then we wouldn't all notice the pattern and remember that whatever team we're watching is an Adidas team literally every time we see them. It's Lavar Ball marketing.

 

Nebraska gets off easy because of the red not showing Adidas' stupidity as much as other colors.  UCLA's tire treads were especially bad. 

[MJWalker45]

I'm surprised we haven't seen the CFL style jerseys start coming in this years. For a team like Miami, the cut Edmonton uses would fit their stripe pattern almost perfectly. 

[Fresno St. Alum]

Nebraska is showing us all of their college football dominants has been washed away since Tom Osborne retired.

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[MJWalker45]

Green shouldn't be worn as many times as orange.

[Clintau24]

Orange should always be the primary color for Miami. Green is a great option to mix it up for them. Much like Michigan and the white or maize pants. Use them both and mix it up every now and then. 

[Cardsblues02]

I dont get it adidas... That black uniform is so gross.

[Germanshepherd]

New WKU Uniforms. Generic Nike Templated garbage as usual. 

[Germanshepherd]

And these were actually pretty good looks from their past that Nike/WKU could've used. 

[TheRicSlick]

The bland uniforms really clash with the chrome helmet.

 

Not a fan.

[jerrylawless3]

Is it me, or is this a Frankenstein jersey of different Nike templates? It has the collar of the Vapor Untouchable, but the other seams don't match, and there are mesh portions that don't exist on the VU template.

[walkerws]

I think some of the issues is it's heavily photoshopped. It does look strangely patched up though. 

[H11K]

1 hour ago, Germanshepherd said:

New WKU Uniforms. Generic Nike Templated garbage as usual. 

WKU or UNLV?

[Clintau24]

2 hours ago, jerrylawless3 said:

Is it me, or is this a Frankenstein jersey of different Nike templates? It has the collar of the Vapor Untouchable, but the other seams don't match, and there are mesh portions that don't exist on the VU template.

 

As Jerry and I discussed on Twitter, this template WKU is using is a hybrid of the Vapor Untouchable and Mach Speed. It's called the Vapor Pro, per the Nike catalogs. It has the same collar as the VU, but the bottom portion has mesh seams similar to the MS.

 

It'll be used a lot for mostly lower levels and high schools. 

[VikingsNotMinnesota]

5 hours ago, Germanshepherd said:

And these were actually pretty good looks from their past that Nike/WKU could've used. 

 

WKU never needed to move away from these in the first place. Overall meh, really lateral movement with generic jerseys and pants. Wish they didn't have those chrome helmets though.

[ZipperClub]

5 hours ago, Germanshepherd said:

And these were actually pretty good looks from their past that Nike/WKU could've used. 

 

 

That is the absolute worst place to stick a team motto.

[4_tattoos]

7 hours ago, Clintau24 said:

Orange should always be the primary color for Miami. Green is a great option to mix it up for them. Much like Michigan and the white or maize pants. Use them both and mix it up every now and then. 

Didn't the early 2000's Canes wear green more often than orange? I know they didn't introduce a set of orange pants for the "Dorsey uniforms" until like their final year in the Big East. Between 2000 and 2003 I seem to remember them wearing green over white or green over green at home games more often than they did orange over white. Their road set was white over green until they added the orange pants option. Don't recall them ever going all white with that set of uniforms. Could be wrong about that though.