TDG Pictures from the Gopher Football Uniform Unveiling
by GopherNation on Jan 20, 2012 9:49 PM CST
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PrintA fun little event down at TCF Bank Stadium and I got a few pics of the uniforms. First a few thoughts on the uniforms...
- Kill was asked if he had any input into the design of the uniforms and he said he didn't really care except that it had to include tradition.
- I love the brick in the maroon numbers.
- I am not sure which combination I like the most. I like a lot of the unique features on the gold jerseys but I prefer the more traditional maroon and white ones. I think the maroon jerseys look the best, but I think I like the maroon pants as well. I'm just not sure I would like to see them together. White jersey and maroon pants are probably my favorite, the most classic look.
- The gold jerseys have "MINNESOTA" on the back instead of a last name, that I think is pretty cool.
- In addition to the uniforms, coach Kill stressed how much further along the team is from a strength and conditioning standpoint than they were a year ago. Mike Rallis looked it, his arms were huge.
- Gray told me that the have been spending much more time on the team's nutrition as well as working hard in the weight room.
- As I'm sure you have seen, there are a ton of pics available on the Gopher's official site.
- I am so glad that they got rid of the piping down the side, that is probably the best thing in all of this.
More pics after the jump
MarQueis in the gold jersey and Keanon sporting the unique #4 which was the inspiration for the rest of the numbering. The font used for jersey numbers and other text comes from the jerseys Minnesota players wore during their national championship season in 1940.
Gray and Cooper looking pretty tough (in spite of being male models for the day)
Did I mention that Rallis's arms are huge?
Stoudermire answering way more questions about returning to the team than he was about the new uniforms.
A close up of Gray's #5 on the shoulder. You can see the brick pattern pretty well in this pic.
Ed Olson doesn't appear to jovial in this pic but he was having a pretty good time.
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I wish more of the pics showed them with the helmets (the offical ones more than yours since obviously you have no control)
I think the all Maroon and all white especially look a lot better with the helmet, as does the gold tops with maroon bottoms.
Just say no
To white pants. And jerseys too I guess.
Otherwise, love it.
I would favor the all-whites
with those bad-ass helmets….
Really?
That is interesting…I did not know that.
I like them anyway.
The maroon with gold numbering is growing on me too. As time passes, they are all sort of growing on me. Once you get past the initial letdown of them not being exciting, they start to look bad-ass…especially with the helmets…how many days until spring ball? I’m dying for my Gopher football fix…I only have so many old fuzzy (pre-HDTV!) DVD’s of Barber/Maroney running over defenses to watch…
I'm deeply apathetic. That's the best possible scenario in the football uniform world of 2012.
I have zero complaints. They look just fine.
front V
what the heck is with that stupid shiny scribble along the front of the neckline?
I don’t have an issue with the jerseys… but they’re kind of boring for what I was hoping. Especially with what Nike was doing with teams like Boise
REPORTER: What do you think is happening to the team?
MICHAEL RAY RICHARDSON: The ship be sinking.
REPORTER: How far can it sink?
MICHAEL RAY RICHARDSON: Sky's the limit.
by uofmike on Jan 21, 2012 3:23 AM CST via Android app reply actions
It’s an interesting topic, I read a story recently where there were lots of interviews with players re: recruiting, there were tons of kids who said the uniforms at e.g. Oregon and Okla St were a huge recruiting advantage. I bet their fans didn’t like them at first, but now they love them because they help get players who get wins.
I'm feverished, or the way you want to spell it
by plinytheelder on Jan 21, 2012 8:31 AM CST up reply actions
Yeah, I remember reading something about this before the Rose Bowl.
About how Oregon made a conscious decision to abandon traditional uniforms and instead to try and just be as cool as possible to appeal to 18 year old players since they knew if they started winning the boosters and other fans would learn to like it eventually and it seems to have worked pretty well, although I’m glad Minnesota didn’t take it that far with the new uniforms since so many schools are trying to do it now I’m not sure how well it would work if you jumped on the bandwagon now.
I always thought
they should have made it an open contest for players or maybe players and fans to design
REPORTER: What do you think is happening to the team?
MICHAEL RAY RICHARDSON: The ship be sinking.
REPORTER: How far can it sink?
MICHAEL RAY RICHARDSON: Sky's the limit.
by uofmike on Jan 21, 2012 12:44 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
I like
Its a new twist on traditional uniforms. I wish they would roll out the old 60’s style helmets with the #‘s on them for a game or two. But in general I am happy with them. Nothing gaudy or too futuristic. We will look back on these days of new fancy uniforms and laugh at how ridiculous they looked. Kind of like the baseball uniforms of the late 70’s early 80’s for many teams. They look stupid when you look back at them. Especially the White Sux, I think they even wore shorts for a period of time….like beer league softball LOL
I'm all like whatever.
I guess I like the gold tops with maroon pants because at least that’s unique. I don’t care for maroon tops and gold pants because that’s USC. The white doesn’t look too bad.
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