WestCoastBias Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 13 hours ago, stumpygremlin said: I know that, which goes back to my point about the "OSU" Oregon State jerseys. I said that they should say "OREGON STATE" or "BEAVERS", and not "OSU", since there are two OSU's that have black and orange as their colors. Oregon State doesn't need to do that because their name is OSU, it doesn't matter at all if there's other OSU's 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjarvie Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 On 12/6/2023 at 6:34 PM, WestCoastBias said: Oregon State doesn't need to do that because their name is OSU, it doesn't matter at all if there's other OSU's Ignorant thinking. Look, let's call a spade a spade, not everyone who watches sports is as deep into it as we are. Having OSU, while simplifying the uniform, is pretty dumb. Those casual fans don't know the difference between Ohio State, Oklahoma State, and Oregon State. They just see OSU and will ask who the opposing team is playing. Be simple and straight forward and put the school name or nickname on the jersey. It's not that hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoastBias Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 3 hours ago, mjarvie said: Ignorant thinking. Look, let's call a spade a spade, not everyone who watches sports is as deep into it as we are. Having OSU, while simplifying the uniform, is pretty dumb. Those casual fans don't know the difference between Ohio State, Oklahoma State, and Oregon State. They just see OSU and will ask who the opposing team is playing. Be simple and straight forward and put the school name or nickname on the jersey. It's not that hard. These were Oregon State's previous jerseys, which they wore all throughout March Madness on their Elite Eight run, with an insanely small Oregon State which in my opinion is worse than a OSU that may or may not confuse casual fans. Above are the womens team's jerseys which is what the mens team should do too. But there is nothing wrong or "ignorant" with the mens team Oregon State using their acronym either, casual fans be damned. I'm sure the baseball team does just fine with casual fans using OSU. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 The three OSUs, ranked by popularity/recognizability, IMO: 1. Ohio State 2. Oklahoma State 3. Oregon State 1 Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoastBias Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 6 hours ago, McCall said: The three OSUs, ranked by popularity/recognizability, IMO: 1. Ohio State 2. Oklahoma State 3. Oregon State No need to gate keep the use of OSU, they're all in different parts of the country so it doesn't really matter. In the PNW, if you say OSU it's Oregon State not Oklahoma State or Ohio State. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDmo Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 59 minutes ago, WestCoastBias said: No need to gate keep the use of OSU, they're all in different parts of the country so it doesn't really matter. In the PNW, if you say OSU it's Oregon State not Oklahoma State or Ohio State. Was gonna say this. You ask anyone out west who OSU is and it's Oregon State. It's a regional term like soda/pop/coke 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoastBias Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 5 hours ago, BigDmo said: Was gonna say this. You ask anyone out west who OSU is and it's Oregon State. It's a regional term like soda/pop/coke Exactly. Michigan State uses "State" on their uniforms and that's what people in Michigan call the them, just like in Mississippi "State" is Mississippi State and they use it on their uniforms too. Both MSU's and both use "State" because that's their regional brand. As much as college athletics want to be national brands they never will be to the extent that an acronym or shortened name is solely associated to one school. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Section30 Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 On 12/10/2023 at 10:11 PM, WestCoastBias said: As much as college athletics want to be national brands they never will be to the extent that an acronym or shortened name is solely associated to one school. One notable exception to this rule would be Bama Quote Minnesota Amateur Hockey League MAHL Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 On 12/10/2023 at 10:11 PM, WestCoastBias said: As much as college athletics want to be national brands they never will be to the extent that an acronym or shortened name is solely associated to one school. LSU Cal UK UNLV OU, MU, KU BYU UCLA UGA FSU Ole Miss TCU 2 Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoastBias Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 6 hours ago, McCall said: LSU Cal UK UNLV OU, MU, KU BYU UCLA UGA FSU Ole Miss TCU You think people really know all those? Most people don't even know that Cal is UC Berkeley. MU... Michigan? Missouri? Montana? There's a lot of M states, you think someone out West or in the NE knows MU means Missouri? Where I'm from people think FSU is Fresno State (which also is referred to as State locally), I doubt many know UGA too or what an Ole Miss is. Once again acronyms are regional, we know them because we live in a sports bubble but a lot of regular people don't know college sports off the top of their head like they do the NFL, MLB, or NBA. I'll give you LSU, UCLA, BYU, and maybe TCU and UNLV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 9 hours ago, WestCoastBias said: You think people really know all those? Most people don't even know that Cal is UC Berkeley. MU... Michigan? Missouri? Montana? There's a lot of M states, you think someone out West or in the NE knows MU means Missouri? Where I'm from people think FSU is Fresno State (which also is referred to as State locally), I doubt many know UGA too or what an Ole Miss is. Once again acronyms are regional, we know them because we live in a sports bubble but a lot of regular people don't know college sports off the top of their head like they do the NFL, MLB, or NBA. I'll give you LSU, UCLA, BYU, and maybe TCU and UNLV. Yes. Because not everyone is a west coast shut-in who ignores the rest of the country. Missouri is the only M state that goes by MU. Since they're all "University of", the others are UM. The Big 8 schools flipped the letters (MU, KU, OU, NU, CU), so yes, it's very distinctive as to who they are. And I guarantee you none of the others are confusing, either. Ole Miss is no school other than Mississippi. You are purposely applying your own ignorance to the entire country. Anybody who is a casual fan of college sports will get these pretty quickly. You need to look past your own name. My only assumption is that you're either an outlier or an agitator intentionally trying to create a false narrative to justify your unsubstantiated claims. My money's on the latter. 2 2 Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoastBias Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 4 hours ago, McCall said: Yes. Because not everyone is a west coast shut-in who ignores the rest of the country. Missouri is the only M state that goes by MU. Since they're all "University of", the others are UM. The Big 8 schools flipped the letters (MU, KU, OU, NU, CU), so yes, it's very distinctive as to who they are. And I guarantee you none of the others are confusing, either. Ole Miss is no school other than Mississippi. You are purposely applying your own ignorance to the entire country. Anybody who is a casual fan of college sports will get these pretty quickly. You need to look past your own name. My only assumption is that you're either an outlier or an agitator intentionally trying to create a false narrative to justify your unsubstantiated claims. My money's on the latter. It's not about being a west coast shut in or ignorant. It's about regionality, the majority of universities serve their regions. That's what started this debate in the first place. I advocated for it being fine for Oregon State to use OSU on their uniforms even though there are other OSU's because that's their regional name. So if Missouri wants to put MU on their uniforms than that's fine but that doesn't mean people outside of that region will necessarily know which M university it is, same as the OSU situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 6 minutes ago, WestCoastBias said: It's not about being a west coast shut in or ignorant. It's about regionality, the majority of universities serve their regions. That's what started this debate in the first place. I advocated for it being fine for Oregon State to use OSU on their uniforms even though there are other OSU's because that's their regional name. So if Missouri wants to put MU on their uniforms than that's fine but that doesn't mean people outside of that region will necessarily know which M university it is, same as the OSU situation. And my list was in response to the quoted statement by you. Which is your own personal view. Many view them through a national lense that you may not, yet you still made a blanket statement. For all you know, you may very well be the exception in regards to college fans and their understanding of school acronyms and abbreviations. But you made this statement of absolution anyway. Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upperV03 Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Famous Oklahoma State alum, Gary Payton: In all seriousness, this is a dumb discussion. Oregon State has been wearing OSU on their uniforms for a long time. Their greatest, most famous player^ wore OSU on his chest during his time at the school. Before he got there, it was pretty much what all of their uniforms had on them. Nowadays they almost always have at least one uniform with it. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoastBias Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 15 minutes ago, McCall said: And my list was in response to the quoted statement by you. Which is your own personal view. Many view them through a national lense that you may not, yet you still made a blanket statement. For all you know, you may very well be the exception in regards to college fans and their understanding of school acronyms and abbreviations. But you made this statement of absolution anyway. Yeah and I replied that those on that list may not be as absolute as you think because of the regionality of college athletics and universities themselves. You and I may know them but we spend our time debating on a sports uniforms website. Regular sports fans that only watch the big matchups or March Madness (which is the example used that started this debate on why OSU shouldn't use OSU on their uniforms) most likely do not. You chalked that up to my ignorance and that people on the West Coast are shut ins but the reality is that most people just don't share our niche interest in this sort of thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoastBias Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 22 minutes ago, upperV03 said: In all seriousness, this is a dumb discussion I agree but some people on here want their gotcha moment and keep pointless debates going. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fouhy12 Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Butler debuted grey jerseys today. 2 Quote fouhy12's NFL Concepts 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Nevermind. 1 Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hormone Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Sorry if it’s been discussed, not a huge basketball guy, but I saw Miami had some type of throwback/fauxback and fanatics listed it as yellow and I thought it was just bad lighting, but they are wearing them today. They are almost a gold. Even the scorebug for them is gold as well as the player accessories like undershirts. I thought they were aiming for a cream or vintage look, but I’d say these are more khaki/vegas gold. What is the story behind these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalktoChuck Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Miami's football team used green and gold instead of green and orange during the 50s and 60s. I imagine the basketball team did as well., or at least a combination of green/gold/orange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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