College Football Uniforms 2011 SEASON

[DPV713]

The black won't get to me unless there's any black on the uniforms. The helmet as a whole is growing on me.

[Foxxtrot44]

On a scale of "Ooo" to "Ugh" (muy scientific) I'll give these a "Meh" until I see the full uniform. There's potential here...but both good and bad.

[gdu]

Well, Minnesota has released their new helmets. I could have done without the black facemask and whatnot. I don't mind Minnesota jumping on the matte bandwagon, it was only a matter of time before the B1G got involved. I really like the SKI-U-MAH on the neck bumper. Hopefully the black doesn't overpower the uniforms.

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I don't think the facemask is black. Just maroon but darker because of the material

It's black.

[Sapphire]

Those lids are fantastic. I was afraid the black would ruin it, but it somehow complements it imo... Hoping that there aren't black unis though.

[TGroce]

with Nike at the helm, I can't see them not having a black uni at their disposal

[Tony Wonder]

Cincinnati will go with the white tops for the Liberty Bowl:

[capitalcanuck]

im sorry the Cincy wordmark always looks like duct taped on

[scottysprings]

Those Cinci uniforms are horrid up-close. What a horrible look.

[thespleenenator]

Those Cinci uniforms are horrid up-close. What a horrible look.

Why is that running back making a sparkling palm tree with his hand on your avatar?

[Kevin W.]

Those Cinci uniforms are horrid up-close. What a horrible look.

Why is that running back making a sparkling palm tree with his hand on your avatar?

That's not what he's doing...

[drdougfresh]

Considering how sharp maroon, gold, and black look together IMO, I think this Minnesota look could work. The amount of black on the helmets tells me there's going to be some amount of it on the uniforms-- a black alt wouldn't be the end of the world. After all, it's hard to be worse than this:

[thespleenenator]

Those Cinci uniforms are horrid up-close. What a horrible look.

Why is that running back making a sparkling palm tree with his hand on your avatar?

That's not what he's doing...

No, REALLY?

[elliott]

Really no need to be a sarcastic jerk about other people's avatars bud, especially when your avatar/sig is chock full of obscure anime references. I remember when I was in 6th grade....

[TheOldRoman]

Considering how sharp maroon, gold, and black look together IMO, I think this Minnesota look could work. The amount of black on the helmets tells me there's going to be some amount of it on the uniforms-- a black alt wouldn't be the end of the world. After all, it's hard to be worse than this:

Maroon, yellow and black look terrible together. Maroon is far too close to black. You either have to go with maroon numbers on a black jersey (which would look really dreary and bad) or the maroon disappears against the black. And if the new Nike jerseys actually are better than the above, it will only be because those Apex ones swapped out the school color yellow for gold while also having black.

[oldschoolvikings]

Those lids are fantastic. I was afraid the black would ruin it, but it somehow complements it imo... Hoping that there aren't black unis though.

This is Nike we're talking about. When they get ahold of a school (excepting the top 1%... like tOSU or USC) their number one goal is to promote themselves. The school's history is secondary at best.

In other words, the chances that Nike doesn't drag out one of their tired, uninspired black uniforms is close to zero.

[spottedbadger]

Brett Bielema said Wisconsin would be wearing modified uniforms for the Rose Bowl, and he said they wouldnt be wearing red pants as they did last year and have in past Rose Bowls. Whether modified actually means anything other than a Rose Bowl patch we will see. Possible he was just poking fun at Oregon with all their uniform nonsense.

FWIW, UW wide receiver AJ Jordan tweeted some time ago that they were going to wear "new" uniforms for the Rose Bowl. It looks like Adidas might have cooked up something special for their game against Nike.

[Kevin W.]

Those lids are fantastic. I was afraid the black would ruin it, but it somehow complements it imo... Hoping that there aren't black unis though.

This is Nike we're talking about. When they get ahold of a school (excepting the top 1%... like tOSU or USC) their number one goal is to promote themselves. The school's history is secondary at best.

In other words, the chances that Nike doesn't drag out one of their tired, uninspired black uniforms is close to zero.

Well, to be fair to Nike, not all of the schools that have gotten new uniforms lately have gotten black alts. Baylor, Arizona, Boise State, Washington State, Michigan State, Arkansas, etc. etc.

[AnythingChicago]

Cincinnati will go with the white tops for the Liberty Bowl:

I wonder if they'll go with the white helmets and pants like they did in the 2010 Sugar Bowl. My guess is no considering the beat-down they took to Florida in that bowl. My guess is that they'll go with a black helmet and white pants, and Vandy will go black on black with the gold helmet.

[thespleenenator]

Those lids are fantastic. I was afraid the black would ruin it, but it somehow complements it imo... Hoping that there aren't black unis though.

This is Nike we're talking about. When they get ahold of a school (excepting the top 1%... like tOSU or USC) their number one goal is to promote themselves. The school's history is secondary at best.

In other words, the chances that Nike doesn't drag out one of their tired, uninspired black uniforms is close to zero.

Ummmmmmmm..... what?

[andrewharrington]

Maroon, yellow and black look terrible together. Maroon is far too close to black. You either have to go with maroon numbers on a black jersey (which would look really dreary and bad) or the maroon disappears against the black. And if the new Nike jerseys actually are better than the above, it will only be because those Apex ones swapped out the school color yellow for gold while also having black.

I think almost any color scheme can be worked into a good design, this one included. In large quantities, yes, the black and maroon blend together and don't look so hot (we saw this effect with the black sleeves on Michigan State's dark green Pro Combat jerseys), but black is a valid trim color when paired with yellow and maroon. Minnesota's old helmet logo, which had a yellow M with a black outline would have been perfect on this helmet (I don't know why they insist on using the double outline version). Pair that with yellow numbers with a black outline, and you have the bones of a great set. Not my first choice, but you can definitely make it work.