Wisconsin Badger Football Jersey

[Gothamite]

And the Big Ten patch was not used on those jerseys.

It's not on my rough mockup, but it sure looks like the Big Ten patch is on the jersey in the black and white photo. I don't know why it would be on the replica - replicas usually have fewer patches than authentics, not more.

We'll see when and if the University is able to provide better photos.

[Joshawaggie]

wow, those are hideous. It looks like they had extra big "W"'s laying around, and just slapped them on the shoulders.

[BlueSky]

Reminded me of these hideous things. Perhaps the only jersey logo ever visible from space.

[daschuck77]

Reminded me of these hideous things. Perhaps the only jersey logo ever visible from space.

Too funny!

[PackerBadger]

Bumpty bump bump.

Well, in the last year we've seen a replica jersey surface on eBay:

And today's Paul Lukas column on Page 2, focusing on one-offs, includes this entry:

1995: On Sept. 2, the Wisconsin football team takes the field wearing a new white-sleeved jersey for the home-opener game against Colorado. When the Badgers lose 43-7, the new jerseys get scapegoated as the source of the team's poor performance, and they're forever banished from Madison.

He also includes this (very rough) mockup I made:

and this rare (if small) color photo:

A guy over on Uniwatch has been in contact with the Wisconsin equipment manager, who promises to help find pics. I'll post them as soon as they surface....

They would look better as road jerseys -- i.e. white body and red sleeves. (Like the Cowboys alt on which this was based.)

Still, when you get embarrassed at home on national TV by 36, you're not likely to keep around reminders of that.

[Old School Fool]

Reminded me of these hideous things. Perhaps the only jersey logo ever visible from space.

Those Patriots uniforms ruled, especially the "grass pattern" fabric and grey helmet facemask from '93.

[illwauk]

actually, I recall it was 95 and they looked sharp but I remember the beatdown CU dished out. too bad, as I'd rather still have the double W's than still look like Nebraska.

I'm sorry, but this is gettin' right up there with the Michigan/Princeton helmet thing for me. It's simply a generic look that both teams have a long history of using.

But yea... I remember this game. Mostly because I turned it off at halftime.

[Gothamite]

Bumping again, because a new photo has surfaced (courtesy of Johnny O on the Uni Watch board):

[tajmccall]

Awesome. I remember seeing these in the paper 15 years ago and always thought they were interesting.

[Gothamite]

Me, too.

I missed that game - it was the year after I left Wisconsin. But I would have been happy if they kept it, and I hate the Motion-sickness W.

[swilson160]

The Ws look thrown on as an afterthought. What they SHOULD have done:

Move the Motion Ws to the lower sleeve.

Move the sleeve numbers to the shoulder.

Add New York Jets-style stripes to the shoulders (colored white sleeve, red stripe, white stripe, red jersey), except the stripes should go all the way around, not cut off halfway.

Change the font to the Motion W font that the basketball team uses:

THAT would make this look fantastic. As it is, it looks thrown together and like patchwork.

[STL FANATIC]

The "Motion W font" is Aachen, or something very closely related.

I'm not entirely sure the W is Aachen, but the typeface they use in basketball that is clearly supposed to relate to the Motion W is Aachen (or again, something related).

[darkhaha]

I think if you got rid of the big goofy Ws, these would actually be pretty cool...

[PackerBadger]

The font is called Badger, but if you confuse "Badger" and "Aachen," no one will blame you.

I think swilson160 is on to something. However, as long as a coach who is part of the Alvarez regime is there, they will keep their Nebraska-via-Walmart ripoffs. Only when they start losing more than they win, people start coming to Camp Randall dressed as empty seats (or as Skip Caray used to call them, "partial sellouts" occur) and someone comes in to clean house will Wisconsin ever get an original-looking uniform.

For that matter, a ripoff of the new/old 49ers look (minus the gold, natch) would look better.

[Gothamite]

The Motion font is ugly. Almost as ugly as the logo itself, although it has the advantage of actually being balanced. Rather than spread it, I'd like to see it contained in the hopes that it'll die off on its own.

I think if you got rid of the big goofy Ws, these would actually be pretty cool...

Heck, I think they'd be near-perfect.

FWIW, that 1995 jersey wouldn't be legal anymore - apparently NCAA rules now prohibit colored jerseys from incorporating large amounts of white (thank you, BYU, for screwing everything up with your bibs).

[buckeyenut]

I have been looking for that old BIG TEN logo/patch for such a long time. Does anyone happen to have it?

Being a Buckeyes fan, and a fan of the Big Ten I am mixed about those jerseys. They are a change for what I am used to seeing for Wisconsin, and I kind of like them, probably just because they are so different. But I really like the set they have now, it's simple and classic. But I wouldn't mind seeing those once in awhile.

[Perfect Zero]

If I like the jersey, does this mean I go to design hell? I actually think they look pretty sharp.

[jtthasportfreak]

I bought that jersey at my first work 14 years ago. All the aspects about the jersey was the same except for these changes; white numbers on the front only with red heat seal inside the number outlining it on the front and back with red sleeve numbers with white heat seal bordering it on the inside. So since I was 18 at the time and very impressionable, my co-worker kept calling them "W"ussy Badgers and I took the numbers off and put them on other blank jerseys, like the old Sens Road and the Ohio Glory Home jerseys

[Gothamite]

I have been looking for that old BIG TEN logo/patch for such a long time. Does anyone happen to have it?

Well, I have a better picture of it (click for larger):

[whitedawg22]

Reminded me of these hideous things. Perhaps the only jersey logo ever visible from space.

Those Patriots uniforms ruled, especially the "grass pattern" fabric and grey helmet facemask from '93.

The Patriots never had both the "grass pattern" fabric and the grey facemask at the same time. As you alluded, the only year they had the grey facemask was 1993, but they had a plain blue fabric, no enormous shoulder Elvis, and different numbers then. Here's the look: