JMU To Wear Black Jerseys

[93henfan]

Can we have a rule that fans of the same team can't have the same avatar? I'm so confused...

That's easy for schools with small fanbases, but you really start to hamstring posters from the larger fanbases being restricted in their choices just because they have a lot of company in rooting for their school of choice. Shame on you for restricting other people's freedoms.

I had my avatar before 89Hen and bluehenbillk did, so they can stick it.

[ODUalum11]

ODU is gonna have a blackout for its CAA home opener against UMass. Obviously the team will be wearing black and then the school bookstore will be selling t-shirts for that particular game.

HOWEVER, I think its gonna fail on epic proportions since a good amount of ODU fans on Monarchnation aren't too crazy about the idea.

[bluehenbillk]

For all you UD fans decrying breaking from tradition you should buckle your seatbelts. I have it on good knowledge that either later this year or for a game next year UD will not be wearing their traditional uniforms & going with a one-game only "special" look. If you didn't hear the Keeler show after the Navy game he revealed that they UA threw the idea out for UD to wear camoulfage(sp) jerseys in Annapolis - that didn't happen but most likely opened the door...

[ODUalum11]

For all you UD fans decrying breaking from tradition you should buckle your seatbelts. I have it on good knowledge that either later this year or for a game next year UD will not be wearing their traditional uniforms & going with a one-game only "special" look. If you didn't hear the Keeler show after the Navy game he revealed that they UA threw the idea out for UD to wear camoulfage(sp) jerseys in Annapolis - that didn't happen but most likely opened the door...

I'm all for these "one-game 'special' look" promotions or whatever you want to call them. It's one game where you break away from the same old look. Personally I don't know why fans are so against the procombat uniforms for example.

[CAA Flagship]

ODU is gonna have a blackout for its CAA home opener against UMass. Obviously the team will be wearing black and then the school bookstore will be selling t-shirts for that particular game.

HOWEVER, I think its gonna fail on epic proportions since a good amount of ODU fans on Monarchnation aren't too crazy about the idea.

Great. Now I have an excuse to wear my Tom Petty / J Geils Band black concert T-shirt that has been in the back of my closet since the early 80's (Spectrum in Philly).

[CAA Flagship]

For all you UD fans decrying breaking from tradition you should buckle your seatbelts. I have it on good knowledge that either later this year or for a game next year UD will not be wearing their traditional uniforms & going with a one-game only "special" look. If you didn't hear the Keeler show after the Navy game he revealed that they UA threw the idea out for UD to wear camoulfage(sp) jerseys in Annapolis - that didn't happen but most likely opened the door...

I'm all for these "one-game 'special' look" promotions or whatever you want to call them. It's one game where you break away from the same old look. Personally I don't know why fans are so against the procombat uniforms for example.

Throw-backs are one thing. Throw-ups are another. Take away the tradition in college football and you have nothing but the UFL, USFL, WFL, NFL Europe, XFL, etc.

[ODUalum11]

I'm all for these "one-game 'special' look" promotions or whatever you want to call them. It's one game where you break away from the same old look. Personally I don't know why fans are so against the procombat uniforms for example.

Throw-backs are one thing. Throw-ups are another. Take away the tradition in college football and you have nothing but the UFL, USFL, WFL, NFL Europe, XFL, etc.

I get your point and agree to some extent. However IMO, today's society and in particular college athletics is all about marketing and making money. Are a majority of Oregon's jerseys hideous? Yes, but does it get them noticed? No question. Same thing with Maryland's uniforms a couple weeks ago with their flag uniforms or whatever you want to call them. It got the Maryland football program noticed and some national attention. There was actually an article in the sarasota herald tribune down here in Sarasota, Florida on Maryland's uniforms yesterday morning on the front page of the newspaper and this we almost a good week and half after they wore them. To some athletic programs any little idea like UM's flag uniforms is critical in getting some publicity. I also think its another way to get fans excited for the game. Like I said over on monarchnation I get the whole point of tradition and thats one of the reasons I enjoy college football more than the NFL actually but I like ideas like this. Its good to see something original. I guess when I look back on it I should have been a marketing major in college.

[Grizalltheway]

I'm all for these "one-game 'special' look" promotions or whatever you want to call them. It's one game where you break away from the same old look. Personally I don't know why fans are so against the procombat uniforms for example.

Throw-backs are one thing. Throw-ups are another. Take away the tradition in college football and you have nothing but the UFL, USFL, WFL, NFL Europe, XFL, etc.

Exactly big difference between these:



and these:

[GrizFanStuckInUtah]

Throw-backs are one thing. Throw-ups are another. Take away the tradition in college football and you have nothing but the UFL, USFL, WFL, NFL Europe, XFL, etc.

Exactly big difference between these:



and these:

The throwbacks above are ugly as hell but still cool in a wierd way. The black one's are just plain fugly and should be burned.

[∞∞∞]

This is one of the best uniforms I've ever seen.

This is one of the worst uniforms I've ever seen.

[Grizalltheway]

This is one of the worst uniforms I've ever seen.

Who axed you, butterfly boy?

[∞∞∞]

Who axed you, butterfly boy?

I quote failed. See my edit.

[youngterrier]

I guess I'm weird because I like Montana's black jerseys (though I prefer their traditional ones)

[Grizalltheway]

Who axed you, butterfly boy?

I quote failed. See my edit.

Okay, now your opinion is valid.

Honestly, if we had had a night game on Halloween, the black and orange ones would be passable. Other than that...

[CAA Flagship]

Regarding uniforms changes, I'm drawing the line at school colors. Several schools have been broadening the use of their trim or secondary color in recent years. Clemson's purple, Miami's green, Maryland's yellow, etc. I don't have a problem with this since the color was part of their package. But when I see Miami basketball, Virginia Tech basketball or football, or Duke basketball wearing black, I just .
So we will host UMass for the first and likely only time and we will have a "black out". I wonder how many UMass fans will forever think our school color is black. Recognition is important too. If I say Alabama Football, what is the first image that comes to your mind? Same for Michigan, Oklahoma, Auburn, Texas, USC, UCLA, Penn St? Now when I say Oregon, Oklahoma St., TCU, what do you think? My mind races through several images until I settle on "they're a mess".

[pantherrob82]

As far as black jerseys go, I like JMU's.

[youngterrier]

Regarding uniforms changes, I'm drawing the line at school colors. Several schools have been broadening the use of their trim or secondary color in recent years. Clemson's purple, Miami's green, Maryland's yellow, etc. I don't have a problem with this since the color was part of their package. But when I see Miami basketball, Virginia Tech basketball or football, or Duke basketball wearing black, I just .
So we will host UMass for the first and likely only time and we will have a "black out". I wonder how many UMass fans will forever think our school color is black. Recognition is important too. If I say Alabama Football, what is the first image that comes to your mind? Same for Michigan, Oklahoma, Auburn, Texas, USC, UCLA, Penn St? Now when I say Oregon, Oklahoma St., TCU, what do you think? My mind races through several images until I settle on "they're a mess".

to Michigan's credit....they could pull out a black out because the blue is a similar color, when I was younger I thought they were black anyway

[ODUalum11]

If I say Alabama Football, what is the first image that comes to your mind? Same for Michigan, Oklahoma, Auburn, Texas, USC, UCLA, Penn St?


Now when I say Oregon, Oklahoma St., TCU, what do you think?

The difference between the first group of schools you mentioned and the second group is that the first group has had decades of nationally-recognized tradition that is linked to their uniforms. They don't need to change their uniforms to get noticed nationally. Everybody knows who they are. However when you mention TCU, the other OSU and Oregon not so much. Everybody knows the famous crimson uniforms and helmet numbers that is Alabama, everybody knows the plain jerseys that are Penn State and so on.

Do you think anybody was talking about Maryland football outside of Maryland a couple weeks ago? No, but ever since their first game against Miami people can't seem to stop talking about them and we saw the same thing with Oregon starting a couple years ago.

[CAA Flagship]

Regarding uniforms changes, I'm drawing the line at school colors. Several schools have been broadening the use of their trim or secondary color in recent years. Clemson's purple, Miami's green, Maryland's yellow, etc. I don't have a problem with this since the color was part of their package. But when I see Miami basketball, Virginia Tech basketball or football, or Duke basketball wearing black, I just .
So we will host UMass for the first and likely only time and we will have a "black out". I wonder how many UMass fans will forever think our school color is black. Recognition is important too. If I say Alabama Football, what is the first image that comes to your mind? Same for Michigan, Oklahoma, Auburn, Texas, USC, UCLA, Penn St? Now when I say Oregon, Oklahoma St., TCU, what do you think? My mind races through several images until I settle on "they're a mess".

to Michigan's credit....they could pull out a black out because the blue is a similar color, when I was younger I thought they were black anyway

If you had said that you think the Yankees wear black hats, I would understand. But if you thought Michigan was black, I say you had a sh*tty TV.

[GrizFanStuckInUtah]

if we had had a night game on Halloween, the black and orange ones would be passable. Other than that...

[CAA Flagship]

If I say Alabama Football, what is the first image that comes to your mind? Same for Michigan, Oklahoma, Auburn, Texas, USC, UCLA, Penn St?


Now when I say Oregon, Oklahoma St., TCU, what do you think?

The difference between the first group of schools you mentioned and the second group is that the first group has had decades of nationally-recognized tradition that is linked to their uniforms. They don't need to change their uniforms to get noticed nationally. Everybody knows who they are. However when you mention TCU, the other OSU and Oregon not so much. Everybody knows the famous crimson uniforms and helmet numbers that is Alabama, everybody knows the plain jerseys that are Penn State and so on.

Do you think anybody was talking about Maryland football outside of Maryland a couple weeks ago? No, but ever since their first game against Miami people can't seem to stop talking about them and we saw the same thing with Oregon starting a couple years ago.

A lot of people talked about mullet haircuts when they were "popular". How is that holding up in history? Talk is cheap. What may be good today may look horrendous tomorrow. So to keep up, you will have to constantly change and keep the fireplace going to continually burn the pictures of the past.

[ODUalum11]

The difference between the first group of schools you mentioned and the second group is that the first group has had decades of nationally-recognized tradition that is linked to their uniforms. They don't need to change their uniforms to get noticed nationally. Everybody knows who they are. However when you mention TCU, the other OSU and Oregon not so much. Everybody knows the famous crimson uniforms and helmet numbers that is Alabama, everybody knows the plain jerseys that are Penn State and so on.

Do you think anybody was talking about Maryland football outside of Maryland a couple weeks ago? No, but ever since their first game against Miami people can't seem to stop talking about them and we saw the same thing with Oregon starting a couple years ago.

A lot of people talked about mullet haircuts when they were "popular". How is that holding up in history? Talk is cheap. What may be good today may look horrendous tomorrow. So to keep up, you will have to constantly change and keep the fireplace going to continually burn the pictures of the past.

Thats why you see Oregon constantly changing their uniforms and even schools like Maryland, TCU, Okie State still sticking toward their traditional uniforms. I'm not saying these schools have to stick with their obscure uniforms but 1 game getting noticed can go a long way. Again, just look at Maryland. I remember leading up to the BCS national championship game last year fans were constantly talking about what possible design Oregon will have for the title game. In one sense, college football is almost becoming a fashion show and if a design becomes outdated I'm sure schools will change it. Like you said for example, the mullet haircut isn't popular anymore.

[BDKJMU]

It seems to be about split on the JMU board. A lot of people are saying it should be a non homecoming night game, which I agree with. Homecoming is for your school colors.
http://boards.caazone.com/showthread.ph ... To-Be-Worn" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[ODUalum11]

It seems to be about split on the JMU board. A lot of people are saying it should be a non homecoming night game, which I agree with. Homecoming is for your school colors.
http://boards.caazone.com/showthread.ph ... To-Be-Worn" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Its about a 80/20 against on ODU's board.