Guest Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Love Oklahoma's identity. Shoes, socks, helmet finish, visor tabs. Classy, clean look. Crimson pants would only add to it. Good looking team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgiff17 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Slow college uniform discussion night...bama and Oklahoma give us some hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddball Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Oklahoma vs. Alabama is an awful uni matchup. Looks like a Spring Game.Oklahoma doesn't have maroon/red/whatever color that is, pants?!Straight out, you have horrible tastes. It's one of the best matchups of the year. No unnecessary piping, no unnecessary black, no unnecessary volt, no unnecessary and crappy matte helmets, no grey, no oversized logos. It looks like a football game and not some company PR campaign designed by a moron who had no clue on what looks good. What football should look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowld Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Oklahoma has one of the best identities in all of college ball. Alabama on the other hand has some strange purpleish colored helmets that look horrible in the doom and clash with the jersey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolvikings Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Oklahoma vs. Alabama is an awful uni matchup. Looks like a Spring Game.Oklahoma doesn't have maroon/red/whatever color that is, pants?!Really?This is the best uniform match up of any bowl game I've seen this year. And its not even close.But it does make you wonder how these teams managed to get into the Sugar Bowl while wearing those uniforms. Aren't we told over and over that in 2014 its absolutely necessary for a college football team to dress their players up in a revolving parade of ridiculous clown outfits? How else can you attract recruits? Hmmm... this is vexing, huh? http://dstewartpaint.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPDesign Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Oklahoma has one of the best identities in all of college ball. Alabama on the other hand has some strange purpleish colored helmets that look horrible in the doom and clash with the jerseyIt is interesting how much better OU's helmet looks when placed side by side Alabama's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Oklahoma has one of the best identities in all of college ball. Alabama on the other hand has some strange purpleish colored helmets that look horrible in the doom and clash with the jerseyIt is interesting how much better OU's helmet looks when placed side by side Alabama'sAlabama's helmet is the standard Cardinal/Crimson helmet color from Riddell. The dome lighting makes some of them (older ones) have a purple tinge. But I agree that OU's candy finish looks fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFallenHaveRisen Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 People called the Fiesta Bowl a spring game and not the Sugar Bowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderbread Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 People called the Fiesta Bowl a spring game and not the Sugar Bowl because they are actually wearing their school colors, rather than wearing black to be fly and fresh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFallenHaveRisen Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 People called the Fiesta Bowl a spring game and not the Sugar Bowl because they are actually wearing their school colors, rather than wearing black to be fly and freshDoesn't make them look less identical to each other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaydre1019 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Oklahoma vs. Alabama is an awful uni matchup. Looks like a Spring Game.Oklahoma doesn't have maroon/red/whatever color that is, pants?! Really?This is the best uniform match up of any bowl game I've seen this year. And its not even close.But it does make you wonder how these teams managed to get into the Sugar Bowl while wearing those uniforms. Aren't we told over and over that in 2014 its absolutely necessary for a college football team to dress their players up in a revolving parade of ridiculous clown outfits? How else can you attract recruits? Hmmm... this is vexing, huh?Well bamas uniforms are similar to what Oregon wore this year and are one of nikes newest templates. So you can actually still make an argument.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeFrank Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Oklahoma vs. Alabama is an awful uni matchup. Looks like a Spring Game.Oklahoma doesn't have maroon/red/whatever color that is, pants?! Really?This is the best uniform match up of any bowl game I've seen this year. And its not even close.But it does make you wonder how these teams managed to get into the Sugar Bowl while wearing those uniforms. Aren't we told over and over that in 2014 its absolutely necessary for a college football team to dress their players up in a revolving parade of ridiculous clown outfits? How else can you attract recruits? Hmmm... this is vexing, huh?You know very well that the idea of schools NEEDING to have new, cool uniforms does not apply to the Cream of the SEC Crop, and other top tier schools. LSU, OU, Bama, Texas, Florida are such premier football schools, with stories histories, coaches who are recruiting geniuses, and so forth. We all know that the advantage of having chrome and GFGS and all the rest is mostly for schools that don't have this advantage. Basically everyone else. concepts: washington football (2017) ... nfl (2013) ... yikes potd 10/20/12 origin story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPDesign Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 What it comes down to is this: every school needs to identify their "point of difference" when recruiting. For teams like OU, Bama, etc. it's winning games, being a part of a storied tradition, playing in big games, etc. For other schools who cannot boast of such things you have to create a reason to come there. Whether that's facilities, uniforms, "friendly" hosts, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Plus it doesn't hurt that the gear the players get (sweats, shoes, shirts etc.) is the same at Alabama and Oregon. So maybe Alabama and the other "traditional" powers don't use uniforms as a tactic but they use free Nike stuff as one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy MidGrady Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 What it comes down to is this: every school needs to identify their "point of difference" when recruiting. For teams like OU, Bama, etc. it's winning games, being a part of a storied tradition, playing in big games, etc. For other schools who cannot boast of such things you have to create a reason to come there. Whether that's facilities, uniforms, "friendly" hosts, etc.Thank you I don't get why it's so hard for people to understand this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guest23 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 What it comes down to is this: every school needs to identify their "point of difference" when recruiting. For teams like OU, Bama, etc. it's winning games, being a part of a storied tradition, playing in big games, etc. For other schools who cannot boast of such things you have to create a reason to come there. Whether that's facilities, uniforms, "friendly" hosts, etc.Thank you I don't get why it's so hard for people to understand this.Uniforms are one of lower points of getting recruits to sign. Here's a rough ranking of key factors in recruiting:Coaching Staff and and their track record of getting players drafted. This also requires the ability to pay top dollar for coaches and assistants. Media Exposure Facilities Alumni/Booster Support and their Connections Other college perks (housing, training table, athlete friendly majors, personal tutors etc.) UniformsWhat everyone seems to forget is that top to bottom phil knight invested a boatload of money to make oregon a top flight program across all areas. The only thing that the duck program lacked was a multi-decade tradition of winning which he has now created from the ground up. On the other hand you have schools like maryland that have the same level of access to cutting edge uniforms but are lacking in all of the other areas which is evident by their inability to win and attract top tier talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolvikings Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 What it comes down to is this: every school needs to identify their "point of difference" when recruiting. For teams like OU, Bama, etc. it's winning games, being a part of a storied tradition, playing in big games, etc. For other schools who cannot boast of such things you have to create a reason to come there. Whether that's facilities, uniforms, "friendly" hosts, etc.Thank you I don't get why it's so hard for people to understand this.Uniforms are one of lower points of getting recruits to sign. Here's a rough ranking of key factors in recruiting:Coaching Staff and and their track record of getting players drafted. This also requires the ability to pay top dollar for coaches and assistants. Media Exposure Facilities Alumni/Booster Support and their Connections Other college perks (housing, training table, athlete friendly majors, personal tutors etc.) UniformsWhat everyone seems to forget is that top to bottom phil knight invested a boatload of money to make oregon a top flight program across all areas. The only thing that the duck program lacked was a multi-decade tradition of winning which he has now created from the ground up. On the other hand you have schools like maryland that have the same level of access to cutting edge uniforms but are lacking in all of the other areas which is evident by their inability to win and attract top tier talent.That's a pretty decent line up, although I'd put uniforms lower than 6th, with campus location, tradition, and probably a few other things falling in between. http://dstewartpaint.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderbread Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 but also a lot of colleges have similar boosters, college perks, facilities, media exposure, and to a degree can have similar successes, so to some uniforms might be that difference maker for some, I'm not saying it's a good reason to have these uniforms but it is a reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lights Out Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 People called the Fiesta Bowl a spring game and not the Sugar Bowl They both looked like spring games. Just because one of the matchups featured traditional uniforms doesn't mean that matchup wasn't just as similar and dull. POTD: 2/4/12 3/4/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaydre1019 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 but also a lot of colleges have similar boosters, college perks, facilities, media exposure, and to a degree can have similar successes, so to some uniforms might be that difference maker for some, I'm not saying it's a good reason to have these uniforms but it is a reasonA lot of the bigger programs have great facilities but NO ONE compares to Oregon. And it's not even close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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