Folks it's time to upgrade the uniforms

Discussion in 'On The Field' started by sphinx, Mar 15, 2015.

  1. 2003TexasGrad

    2003TexasGrad Son of a Motherless Goat

    The uniforms wont make the team better. Dumb.
     
  2. Mesohorny

    Mesohorny 1,000+ Posts

    Wtf are you talking abt? A few posters here are saying uniform changes might be something to consider and you're acting as if a consensus has been reached among all Longhorn fans.

    And if you aren't aware, Bellmont has a hard time hearing what the fans want.
     
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  3. blonthang

    blonthang 2,500+ Posts

    Bellmont couldn't hear what is "said" on this board if it were announced from Godzillatron.
     
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  4. IvanDiabloHorn

    IvanDiabloHorn 1,000+ Posts

    Royal probably made the biggest change in our uniforms when he put the longhorns on the sides of our helmets in 1961. Pretty racy back then when most helmets were bland, see Penn State and Alabama. Today, I cannot imagine Texas helmets without the Longhorn symbols. Royal also had tear away jerseys and darkened our uniforms colors. Royal made improvements to the uniforms, not clown uniforms. The metallic helmets were clownish and didn't go with the uniforms.
    I have yet to see better uniforms than the 1983 uniforms. Hard to improve on them.
    If there is a change that would improve the uniforms, I don't have a problem. Our colors are orange white and gray, not black or any other color. I prefer Royal's darker orange color, looks better than clown orange.
    Changes should be like Royal putting the longhorn symbols on the helmets, or Aker's 1983 uniforms not some clown show like Oregon or Maryland. Our uniform's should be class, not a neon art show.
     
  5. OldHippie

    OldHippie 2,500+ Posts

    Come on, you people! Oregon and Baylor have been the hot teams recently, so UT should change the primary school color from burnt orange to the Oregon and Baylor green. Green equals a winning team. Duh! And trolls are usually depicted as green, so sphinx should be pleased as well.
     
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  6. WorsterMan

    WorsterMan SEC here we come!!

    I too like the 1977 uniform Akers brought on (or 1983 if you prefer). I could live with that.
     
  7. blonthang

    blonthang 2,500+ Posts

    For those too young to have seen them in person, Earl made these look gooooooood:

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  8. blonthang

    blonthang 2,500+ Posts

    I didn't recall, but it looks like DKR had already added stripes to sleeves and socks (bigger bands on the socks than the Akers) and I guess Akers only trimmed the sock stripes to match the sleeves and added the pant stripes.

    Simple, sleek, also like the non-glossy cotton-type fabrics.

    But, hell, Earl would have looked good running the ball in Daisy Dukes and a Hawaiian shirt.

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  9. WorsterMan

    WorsterMan SEC here we come!!

    AND - no TEXAS on the front of the jersey. We don't need that - people know who we are.
     
  10. blonthang

    blonthang 2,500+ Posts

    WorsterMan, not only no TEXAS, but no other emblems or crap like Nike, Big XII, etc., or mini Bevos on the hip front.

    Finally, and for those youngun's who also like the Stormtrooper Whites, this artist's rendition is the only one I can find right off hand of Earl in whites for 1977.

    Looks like Earl (due his nagging hamstring injury from 1976) frequently wore "sanitaries" (anti-embolism stockings, not sure how high they went, but betting they went from toe to hip, or even were similar to "panty hose" to totally engulf his legs and keep his muscles snug to the bone) may have been prescient for his time, with those covering even the sock stripes making his uni presage the Stormtroopers:

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  11. IvanDiabloHorn

    IvanDiabloHorn 1,000+ Posts

    Yes, looking at Earl, the 1977 uniforms were damn good. I agree with getting the Texas and Nike swooshes off the uniforms and darken the orange color. I wouldn't mind at all using the 1977 (or 1983) home uniforms in 2015.
     
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  12. WorsterMan

    WorsterMan SEC here we come!!

    Damn that is such a fine painting of the Tyler Rose I think vs. aggy in 1977 but might have been SMU.

    THAT is the road white uniform we need right there!
     
  13. WorsterMan

    WorsterMan SEC here we come!!

    I don't know what you did, but that is such an awesome color photo of Earl against I think ou 1977... I was at that game to see McBath and Aune go out and McEachern inserted. I believe it was OG Ingraham told McEachern, when he entered the huddle, to hand the ball to Earl and get the hell outta of the way.
     
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  14. Sangre Naranjada

    Sangre Naranjada 10,000+ Posts

    No, that painting is from the game against SMU, and what is perhaps my favorite photo of Earl EVER!
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  15. blonthang

    blonthang 2,500+ Posts

    Sangre,

    Yeah, man, I THOUGHT that image looked all too familiar. Before photoshopping, the real thing. A Statesman photographer took that pic and they made a poster out of it and distributed it free the next week in Austin. Remember the context as well, Texas had gone from a previous year 5-5-1 and this preseason unranked to home wins over Boston College 44-0, Virginia 68-0, and Rice 72-15 to rocket to No. 2. This photo was from the next game at SMU, that of course Texas won, but bigger news that afternoon was the preseason MNC favorite and No. 1 Meatchicken Wolverines (who looked like they were going to go undefeated all the way to the Rose Bowl and win it all) had just gone down to Minnesota. MINNEFREAKINSOTA!!!!!

    We all knew what that meant, Texas was going to be No.1 going into the TexasOU game with OU top 5 as well. O M G. Welllll, me and my buddies were riding around North Austin listening to the end of the Texas game (a pretty Saturday afternoon, the beer was cold though) and we all agreed: "We got to get down to the Drag."

    Which we did, the first ones there across from the CoOp, 6-packs in hand, hollering at passing cars "HEY, show us your Horns!! We're No. 1!" Yeah, we all were young once. Didn't take too long the Drag became one big old parking lot of Longhorn fans, horns honking, beer flowing. This party repeated with the best after Earl was awarded the Heisman and the Tower was lit with the number "1" for him (or did they light it with "20"? Hell, too many beers to remember exactly). From19th (now MLK) street at I35 down 19th to the Drag and up the Drag to MHMR (52nd street?) a very slowly moving parking lot of honking cars.

    Aside from the guy who drove his massive dump truck around full of fans including the guy with the huge Texas flag, the most memorable event was at the parking lot next to the steakhouse/hamburger joint (was that a Nighthawk?). A couple of Austin PD officers were standing, discussing a fender bender of a Jeep with a couple of young ladies, who apparently were driving the Jeep. I don't recall exactly how good looking they were, but I do remember they were topless (Austin City Council had recently voted to make it allowable for females to go topless as a non-offense, and these hotties were taking advantage of American Democracy in work at its best!). The cops were just going about their business as if giving a speeding ticket to a 65-year old grandmother. Right.

    So, perhaps some of my favoritism towards the 1977 unis is colored by events surrounding them, but still my faves.

    P.S., WorsterMan, I can't take credit for that artistic work of the photo of McEachern handing off (and getting out of the way) of Earl, just found it on the web ---- b/t/w, that No. 73 is one Mr. Rick Ingraham holding up his end of the deal, tossing off a dirt burgler defender to give Earl all the little gap he needed.
     
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  16. blonthang

    blonthang 2,500+ Posts

    It just came to me something regarding Earl's stockings/socks.

    I'm guessing the trainers realized that if he put the anti-embolism stockings on first, then the over-the-calf socks, with the slickness of the stockings in short order the socks would probably slip and sag and both look crappy and distract Earl.

    By putting the socks on first, then the stockings, the stockings would hold the socks in place.

    Might also explain the 1977 TexasOU photo; looks like Earl only has on ONE leg of those stockings, his right, covering his sock on that leg only. I'm guessing it was his right leg that he had nagging hammies with in 1976. Other times of 1977 they probably just had him put the stockings on both legs for insurance.

    But it also gave that cool "Stormtrooper" effect --- remember, this was the Fall of 1977, Star Wars was released in May 1977. So there was that as well.

    The Force was strong with young Earl Campbell.
     
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  17. Longbomb

    Longbomb 500+ Posts

    Don't feed the trolls.
     
  18. Firefly

    Firefly 25+ Posts

    I love the TEXAS on the jerseys....what I want to see is us return to earls face mask...now that is badass Texas...he was the last to wear the ol t-bar
     
  19. snek

    snek 500+ Posts

    I am going to have some Thai Massaman Curry today for lunch. My mouth is watering just thinking about it. So delicious!!!

    What are y'all eating today for lunch, maybe even for dinner?
     
  20. meadowlark

    meadowlark 100+ Posts

    i sincerely feel that coach strong is contemplating a few uniform updates / tweaks upon the forthcoming horizon. he is indeed fully aware that TEXAS, is at times ultra conservative in regards to our iconic football uniforms. actually, i think that the changes started with the new metallic helmet logo addition.....
     
  21. IvanDiabloHorn

    IvanDiabloHorn 1,000+ Posts

    The metallic helmet looked like crap and will always be associated with 59 yards of offense in a terrible bowl loss. Kind of like our black basketball uniforms.
     
  22. Detective Shilala

    Detective Shilala 2,500+ Posts

    The metallic longhorn on the helmet added nothing. And the oft-broken rule of design is that if it not adding anything, its taking away.

    I am going to keep pitching the idea of our exact same helmets except in matte white until someone agrees, though. =D
    IMO a matte orange longhorn on a matte white helmet would look very cool. They'd still be "work clothes" and the matte look is the opposite of candying them up.
     
  23. TEAMme

    TEAMme 25+ Posts

  24. TX10sfan

    TX10sfan 100+ Posts

    Uniforms don't matter if you win. Has Bama gone all crazy with new unis? Nope.

    I did like the slight changes they made for the Pro Combat unis in 2009 but going "Oregon" is a horrible idea.
     
  25. WorsterMan

    WorsterMan SEC here we come!!

    I am confident this program will not go "Oregon".
     
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  26. Texanne

    Texanne 5,000+ Posts

    No, it's not. The uniforms do not need to change. Players' attitudes need to change.
     
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  27. ViperHorn

    ViperHorn 10,000+ Posts

    Forget deleting the Swoosh as it is a contractual requirement of the provider (if Texas goes adidas or Under Amour their logo's will replace the swoosh). I didn't care for the TEXAS on the front when they added it, but I have gotten used to it. Before most of you were born, the only jersey the school name was on was the jersey the player's official picture was taken. sand aggy had the most unusual as they used big 3-D numbers on the picture jersey
     
  28. BevoJoe

    BevoJoe 10,000+ Posts

    That's how I remember the Texas' unis from the late 50's and 60's. I wouldn't mind removing the name, the TEXAS on the front, and the numbers and stripes on the sleeves.
     
  29. nashhorn

    nashhorn 5,000+ Posts

    I remember khaki colored pants, when was that? Read it was to hide the ball. It was sometime in wishbone era as I remember.
     
  30. Hook 'Em Danno

    Hook 'Em Danno 1,000+ Posts

    Tricked up unis have, and always will be, a gimmick designed to get attention (and generate revenue)--see, e.g. Baylor and, to some extent, Oregon. An occasional tweak here and there is one thing (i.e., metallic longhorn, numbers below the logo from time to time to acknowledge the past); but an overhaul is another. Don't tamper with greatness and, most of all, don't mess with Texas. That is all.
     

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