06 Ohio State new uniforms

[anthonypacino]

I just found out they have got new uni's this year. I am not sure if I like them or not, the one they have been wearing forever was designed by Woody Hayes, They were one of the few "old time" schools that haven't screwed around with the classic look.http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e84/anthonypacino/1419.jpg

[anthonypacino]

for those that don't notice, the Buckeye stripe is gone and the numbers are not on the shoulders anymore, nothing too drastic (OU Ducks, MSU) but they kinda look like Nebraska unis to me now, not enough grey.

[Crowpointer]

One of the first sports books I ever read was Buckeye about Woody Hayes and the OSU machine. My friend gave it to me as a B day present when I was a kid (since his parents were OSU alumns.) The only thing Woody might hate more than uniform changes would be "that team from up north"

[B-Love]

Is that Woody yelling at Markbreit?? I didn't know Jerry was a College ref. I know that was a usualy channel or ascension back then but I never remember seeing him on a college field.

[B-Love]

Cool, Gradishar is in the photo too.

[KipCorrington25]

He didn't like Clemson either.

[anthonypacino]

One of the first sports books I ever read was Buckeye about Woody Hayes and the OSU machine. My friend gave it to me as a B day present when I was a kid (since his parents were OSU alumns.) The only thing Woody might hate more than uniform changes would be "that team from up north"
Awesome! On a recruiting trip to Michigan once one of his coaches noticed that they were running low on gas and asked Woody if they should pull over and fill up, Woody said "Hell no! I won't give this state a cent of my money." Legend has it that they pushed the car to the first gas station they found in Ohio.

[Billy Clyde Puckett]

Is that Woody yelling at Markbreit?? I didn't know Jerry was a College ref. I know that was a usualy channel or ascension back then but I never remember seeing him on a college field.

Jerry Markbreit was also a ref at the 1966 - Michigan State - Notre Dame Tie Game.

[anthonypacino]

Jerry Markbreit was also a ref at the 1966 - Michigan State - Notre Dame Tie Game.
ND wanted Ara's head for that game...

[Billy Clyde Puckett]

ND wanted Ara's head for that game...

I was there. MSU used local High School players as ushers. I was stationed about the 35 yard line above the ND Bench The list of players in that game is amazing.

[anthonypacino]

I was there. MSU used local High School players as ushers. I was stationed about the 35 yard line above the ND Bench The list of players in that game is amazing.That is so cool, If I ever get the chance to meet you, you will have to hit me in the head to get me to stop talking your ear off. Wasn't the crowd real bad at that game? I know Bubba Smith almost killed one of the ND QB's that game.

[Billy Clyde Puckett]

There is a book called The Biggest Game of All Time that is a great read. Very slanted to ND (Written by an ND grad), but still very interesting. Nick Eddy fell at the train station and was hurt. Hannraty got hurt early. For MSU - Bob Apisa and Clinton Jones were hurt.

Lots of changes to recruiting, TV coverage and football racial issues were changed because of that game.

I'll buy you a beer if you can tell me what Bob Apisa does these days - never tried to look it up on the internet, so don't know if is there.

[Crushaholic]

for those that don't notice, the Buckeye stripe is gone and the numbers are not on the shoulders anymore, nothing too drastic (OU Ducks, MSU) but they kinda look like Nebraska unis to me now, not enough grey.

That's what I noticed. I'm not an Ohio State fan, but how can you just eliminate the distinctiveness of the uniform and make it look like any other team that wears red? I would be mad if I was a fan...

[anthonypacino]

I like Nike as the supplier, I wish they still did the NFL, I don't care for alot of the REEBOK stuff they come out with. But Nike is going to far trying to change everyone's jersey. Last season when a few teams sports the opposite color on one sleeve looked strange, and those all yellow for the Ducks was a bad idea as well, MSU had those goofey ones with white stripes on the torso part when Charles Rogers was still there. I hope if fan outcry is big enough and sales for the replicas tank they will switch back.

[TexanBob]

Is that Woody yelling at Markbreit??

Yup. That's ol' Notbreit himself. Even back in his college days, he drove head coaches crazy. Granted, with Woody, it wouldn't have taken much.

[anthonypacino]

There is a book called The Biggest Game of All Time that is a great read. Very slanted to ND (Written by an ND grad), but still very interesting. Nick Eddy fell at the train station and was hurt. Hannraty got hurt early. For MSU - Bob Apisa and Clinton Jones were hurt.

Lots of changes to recruiting, TV coverage and football racial issues were changed because of that game.

I'll buy you a beer if you can tell me what Bob Apisa does these days - never tried to look it up on the internet, so don't know if is there.
He became a actor! He was on Hawaii-50 and in the movie Courage Under Fire

[Billy Clyde Puckett]

He became a actor! He was on Hawaii-50 and in the movie Courage Under Fire

I owe you a beer. He was also Tom Selleck's body guard and has been in quite a few movies - mostly as a thug sneaking off into the shadows.

[Crowpointer]

Buckeyes fans uniformly disdain jersey changesESPN.com news services


Ohio State football fans are seeing red this week, thanks to a slight change in the school's football uniforms.

The school introduced a new uniform that features slightly different stripes on the sleeves and changes the pattern (to scarlet-white-black from scarlet-white-black-gray). The sleeve is also slightly longer.

Reaction has been swift and strong, according to Wednesday's Columbus Dispatch, which said that it received 734 votes in a poll on its Web site, topping the prevous record of 433 for a question on same-sex marriage (and more than the usual 100-200 responses).

The newspaper said 79 percent of fans responding were against the new uniform.

"I can't believe this is happening. I can't even concentrate on typing this message because I'm so angry," one fan wrote into the newspaper. Another compared the change to "New Coke."

Ohio State noted that it isn't the first time the uniform had changed. Woody Hayes won three national titles (1954, '57 and '68) with three different uniforms. Ohio State wore uniforms without gray on them for 10 seasons in the mid-'50s.

Former coaches Earl Bruce and John Cooper also changed uniform styles slightly, both told the Dispatch. There was little outcry.

"I don't know that jerseys ever lost a football game," Bruce told the Dispatch.

Head coach Jim Tressel was surprised at the reaction.

"If you put three jerseys up over the last 10 years, I'm not sure which one we're going out there in," Tressel told the Dispatch. "Probably in the last 20 years, we've had four or five different stripings and pipings and all that kind of thing."

Ohio State's uniform pants were slightly shiner last season, thanks to a new fabric.

Ohio State's uniforms are made by Nike, causing some fans to accuse the school of changing to sell more uniforms. Ohio State has a six-year, $11.4 million deal with Nike. School officials said no, and that Nike didn't push for the change.

"In our case, we're going to sell jerseys regardless," athletics department spokesman Steve Snapp told the Dispatch. "We don't have to change our jersey to increase sales."

[Dr. Broncenstein]

for those that don't notice, the Buckeye stripe is gone and the numbers are not on the shoulders anymore, nothing too drastic (OU Ducks, MSU) but they kinda look like Nebraska unis to me now, not enough ghey.

fixed it for you...

[anthonypacino]

Buckeyes fans uniformly disdain jersey changesESPN.com news services


Ohio State football fans are seeing red this week, thanks to a slight change in the school's football uniforms.

The school introduced a new uniform that features slightly different stripes on the sleeves and changes the pattern (to scarlet-white-black from scarlet-white-black-gray). The sleeve is also slightly longer.

Reaction has been swift and strong, according to Wednesday's Columbus Dispatch, which said that it received 734 votes in a poll on its Web site, topping the prevous record of 433 for a question on same-sex marriage (and more than the usual 100-200 responses).

The newspaper said 79 percent of fans responding were against the new uniform.

"I can't believe this is happening. I can't even concentrate on typing this message because I'm so angry," one fan wrote into the newspaper. Another compared the change to "New Coke."

Ohio State noted that it isn't the first time the uniform had changed. Woody Hayes won three national titles (1954, '57 and '68) with three different uniforms. Ohio State wore uniforms without gray on them for 10 seasons in the mid-'50s.

Former coaches Earl Bruce and John Cooper also changed uniform styles slightly, both told the Dispatch. There was little outcry.

"I don't know that jerseys ever lost a football game," Bruce told the Dispatch.

Head coach Jim Tressel was surprised at the reaction.

"If you put three jerseys up over the last 10 years, I'm not sure which one we're going out there in," Tressel told the Dispatch. "Probably in the last 20 years, we've had four or five different stripings and pipings and all that kind of thing."

Ohio State's uniform pants were slightly shiner last season, thanks to a new fabric.

Ohio State's uniforms are made by Nike, causing some fans to accuse the school of changing to sell more uniforms. Ohio State has a six-year, $11.4 million deal with Nike. School officials said no, and that Nike didn't push for the change.

"In our case, we're going to sell jerseys regardless," athletics department spokesman Steve Snapp told the Dispatch. "We don't have to change our jersey to increase sales."
Most of those changes were very subtle, like the size of the numbers and I think in 68 the sleeve numbers were black. But as a whole the uni's have remained pretty much the same.

[Crowpointer]

Most of those changes were very subtle, like the size of the numbers and I think in 68 the sleeve numbers were black. But as a whole the uni's have remained pretty much the same.
These are from 1955 on Heisman winner Hop Along Cassidy. You're right ,they look last years stripes to me.

[anthonypacino]

These are from 1955 on Heisman winner Hop Along Cassidy. You're right ,they look last years stripes to me.
awesome find!
but yeah, the stripes are the same. The obvious changes from this to last years's are the sleeves are shorter now, they now have numbers on the shoulders, a OSU patch on the collar. The NFL,NBA,MLB does enough with screwing around with tradition and tearing down historic and traditional stadiums. College was one of the last places left.

[elpasojoe]

The new uniforms are fine AP, now just Ted Ginn Jr. into a Bronco uniform next year.

[anthonypacino]

The new uniforms are fine AP, now just Ted Ginn Jr. into a Bronco uniform next year.
On Madden maybe, but for that ot happen in real life we would have to lose every game this year...

[gadlaw]

I had the choice of looking at the new Ohio State Uniform or the new cheerleaders for the Chiefs. I clicked on the Ohio State Uniform thread. I just realized what I did. Football over hot chicks. Man, how sick is that?

[gadlaw]

My mistake. Saw the pictures, :thumbsdow The uniforms were better looking. Best part of that thread was the link to Bronco cheerleader pics.

[anthonypacino]

My mistake. Saw the pictures, :thumbsdow The uniforms were better looking. Best part of that thread was the link to Bronco cheerleader pics.
yeah those chicks would make a train take a dirt road.