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Oregon outdoes themselves, yet again. Do they hire a 3rd grade art class to come up with these concepts?

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DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Jun 24, 2009 1:18 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

It was an exciting press conference

and wtf…they have wings on their shoulder pads. Is it possible to buy a TV set that will block all images of these uniforms?

by The JuggerNitt on Jun 24, 2009 1:39 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Wings?

I thought they were duck feathers. Ug-ly.

"The sea was angry that day, my friends." G. Costanza

by NJ lion on Jun 24, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ill make my car

have wings and fly away

For the glory

by lionalum05 on Jun 25, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

BAHAHAHAAHA

WINGS ON THE SHOULDERS!!! HAHAHA

We should get a poll together for which Oregon uniform looks the worst, because this one is as bad if not worse than their previous ones.

The lettering font has to be the absolute worst design I’ve ever seen on a football jersey. And who the hell puts embedded lines in football helmets (watch the video for the silver helmet)? Nike really has Oregon bent over a stump squealing like a pig, and my guess is they probably enjoy all these uniform changes. My favorite part is where he describes the uniforms as keeping them warm when it’s cold, cool when it’s hot, and dry when it’s wet (and I was waiting for clean when it’s dirty, but it didn’t come). Is that not part of football? You’re toughened by the environment you play in. You take that pain or difficulty and turn it into power, and wear the grass and mud stains with pride, because you know you’ve given it everything you’ve got.

by dawsonPSU10 on Jun 24, 2009 1:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

The Iowa game will make me reconsider "toughen out the conditions" philosophies

I’m all for keeping the athletes as comfortable as possible (without of course babying them).

and yeah, their silver/white uniform looks the best, but has that ridiculous dimpling effect on the helmet/numbers/logos. Also, doesn’t really use their colors.

by The JuggerNitt on Jun 24, 2009 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Aaargh

Bad memories of Penn State players huddled up between boxes to stay warm. Stupid hellhole Iowa.

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Jun 24, 2009 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Although

The cold wasn’t the problem (MSU game, anyone?), it was that cursed wind that seemingly blew out of the northern wastes.

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Jun 24, 2009 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah I was just going to point that out

Cold is one thing, they all sucked it up for Mich. St., but the conditions at Iowa were extreme with the 20+ mph winds, which I wouldn’t ever say they should just “tough out”. I agree with JNitt there that they shouldn’t have been left at Iowa to “toughen out the conditions”, but that was an exception to that rule since it was extreme cold with the wind (I think I remember them displaying the wind chill as in the single digits or below), especially in a hell-hole like Iowa.

by dawsonPSU10 on Jun 24, 2009 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think they had sideline heaters at the MSU game, though

I remember commenting about learning the lesson. Also, even though MSU was cold and snowing, I think Iowa was colder (especially with the windchill)

by The JuggerNitt on Jun 24, 2009 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

If I hear one more thing about that phuquing wind

I’ma ..I don’t know what I’ll do. But saying ‘wind’ for anything other than Zug rides or speaks upon it makes us sound like a bunch of pansies.

Poor judgment, first and foremost, cost us that game.

When I say to a kid, ‘Hey, get ready to get knocked on your rear end,’ I also tell him, ‘Learn. Learn why you got knocked on your rear end. --Joseph Vincent Paterno

by jtothep on Jun 25, 2009 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

no offense

to rambler or juggs btw. You guys are pretty cool pansies.

When I say to a kid, ‘Hey, get ready to get knocked on your rear end,’ I also tell him, ‘Learn. Learn why you got knocked on your rear end. --Joseph Vincent Paterno

by jtothep on Jun 25, 2009 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No, you're completely right, judgement cost us the game

but the wind chill and gusts (is that better than saying wind?) didn’t help things at all. And not having heaters on the sideline was also an example of poor judgment.

by dawsonPSU10 on Jun 25, 2009 12:55 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I prefer “frigid blasts of Iowa cold like a curse from Saruman himself” to “wind”.

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Jun 25, 2009 1:50 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My question

Is that guy wearing a 5, or an upside-down 2?

(The wings write their own jokes…)

"...You know, Reemer, someday I'm gonna own a big sports bar."

by IcersGuy on Jun 24, 2009 2:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

FWIW

They are an improvement. If you are interested in a slightly more in depth discussion of the issue, try this blog.

"I honestly think the "Spread HD" is going to work pretty well, and we’ll be just fine this year". - 8-27-2008

by jesse. on Jun 24, 2009 2:20 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I think I am the only person outside of Eugene

Who actually digs their uniforms. I know I must be on crack.

by STU Boy on Jun 24, 2009 2:58 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

It takes a lot of balls to say that on a Penn State blog.

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Jun 24, 2009 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

that

was one the funnier things ive read all day.

We are not normal...WE are Legends...We are PENN STATE!

by hawaiipennstatefan on Jun 24, 2009 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think the helmets are goofy

But the uniforms are nice.

by PaJoe on Jun 24, 2009 3:18 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

The numbers look

like circa 1984(?) Chicago White Sox. Why don’t they just go with ComicSans.

The urine colored jersey are killer. Saves us all the work filling bags and tossing them.

What, no room for wings and faux diamond plate on the shoulders. Major cop out.

One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's

by rahpsu92 on Jun 24, 2009 3:25 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I think it's funny

On the east coast you have a team with the plainest uniforms in football, 3000 miles away you have a team with uniforms that look like something out of a mardis gras parade.

From jesse’s link

You say these colors have nothing to do with Oregon or its heritage? Dude, this football program hasn’t had anything to do with Oregon’s heritage in a long time. Just dig the look and be glad it doesn’t have a cape or something.

Somewhere there’s a Nike marketing guy stroking his chin wondering if capes are allowed by the NCAA.

"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.

by millzners on Jun 24, 2009 4:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I think what is funnier

is that both schools are early members of the Nike invasion of college football. Oregon got the complete makeover, Penn State got a little swoosh on the chest that people bitch about.

by The JuggerNitt on Jun 24, 2009 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Little swooshes - how gaudy!

"The sea was angry that day, my friends." G. Costanza

by NJ lion on Jun 24, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

One of the funniest posts ever!

“We’re just beginning to scratch the surface of what’s possible here, people.”
LSU Freak is a photoshop king

"The sea was angry that day, my friends." G. Costanza

by NJ lion on Jun 25, 2009 8:03 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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