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Paakaa10
07-20-2011, 08:20 PM
Another college football season looms on the horizon, and once again Nike has partnered with a select number of NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision schools to create Pro Combat uniform system designs.

There are nine schools which will be wearing Pro Combat uniforms this upcoming season:


:Oregon: -- September 3rd versus LSU at Cowboys Stadium
:Boise_State: and :Georgia: -- September 3rd at the Georgia Dome
:Michigan_State: -- October 15th versus Michigan at Spartan Stadium
:LSU: -- October 22nd versus Auburn at Tiger Stadium
:Ohio_State: -- October 29th versus Wisconsin at Ohio Stadium
:Stanford: -- November 27th versus Notre Dame at Stanford Stadium
:Army: and :Navy: -- December 10th at FedEx Field


No date was given for a reveal of the uniforms, but last year's Pro Combat uniforms were unveiled in a special presentation on September 1st, 2010.

Though fans of EA SPORTS NCAA Football likely need no reminder, here are the schools who have previously been featured in the Pro Combat uniform system:

2010
:Alabama::Boise_State::Florida::Miami::Ohio_State:
:Oregon_State::Pitt::TCU::Virginia_Tech::West_Virg inia:
http://blog.griffinyorkkrause.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/lineup_high_res.jpg

2009
:Florida::Florida_State::LSU::Miami::Missouri:
:Ohio_State::Oklahoma::TCU::Texas::Virginia_Tech:
http://www.thefightingwannstaches.com/wp-content/uploads/2009_pro_combat-e1282101961727.jpg

SmoothPancakes
07-20-2011, 08:30 PM
I'm looking forward to seeing the Army-Navy Pro Combats.

And they really need to start getting some different teams involved, or at least trying to. It's like looking at a carbon copy of teams every year.

Paakaa10
07-20-2011, 08:43 PM
I'm looking forward to seeing the Army-Navy Pro Combats.

Considering the name Pro Combat, it's about time the service universities got in on the action!


And they really need to start getting some different teams involved, or at least trying to. It's like looking at a carbon copy of teams every year.

I agree. It's funny to see a program like :Ohio_State:--which is a "traditional" program in my mind--as the only school which has submitted to Pro Combat designs all three years. I know the fans have typically been unhappy with the uniform designs as well.


It's also unclear as to whether or not :Oregon: will be getting a new Pro Combat design or whether they will simply be wearing the uniforms they had for the BCS National Championship Game against :Auburn:. The news release I read seemed to imply that the 2011 Pro Combat system debuted in that game. Given Oregon's uniform history, however, it wouldn't surprise me to see yet another design.

OptionMasta
07-20-2011, 08:54 PM
Aren't all of Oregon's uniforms essentially Nike Pro Combat?

Paakaa10
07-20-2011, 08:57 PM
Aren't all of Oregon's uniforms essentially Nike Pro Combat?

I kind of felt the same way, but apparently they've not been officially acknowledged in the yearly Pro Combat Uniform System until this year. Nike certainly does a lot of experimentation with Oregon anyway.

Paakaa10
07-20-2011, 09:03 PM
And for anyone curious about having the conference breakdown spelled out for them with regards to Pro Combat teams:


SEC -- 4 (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, LSU)
ACC -- 3 (Florida State, Miami, Virginia Tech)
Big XII -- 3 (Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas)
Pac-10/12 -- 3 (Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford)
Big East -- 2 (Pittsburgh, West Virginia)
Big Ten -- 2 (Michigan State, Ohio State)
Independent -- 2 (Army, Navy)
MWC -- 2 (Boise State 2011, TCU)
WAC -- 1 (Boise State 2010)
C-USA -- 0
MAC -- 0
Sun Belt -- 0

cjg225
07-20-2011, 09:08 PM
THANK GOD Penn State does not participate in this... though I'm really ticked that we took the off-color trim off of our uni tops. They make such a big difference, aesthetically.

OptionMasta
07-20-2011, 09:13 PM
THANK GOD Penn State does not participate in this... though I'm really ticked that we took the off-color trim off of our uni tops. They make such a big difference, aesthetically.

This is classic. God forbid the team spices things up a bit with a little different uniform option for one game of the season. I know there would be plenty of heart attacks in State College. Nike would probably just put numbers on the helmet or something of that nature to avoid going all crazy and stuff.

I do agree that a lot of them suck, though. And PSU has awesome uniforms.

As for Oregon I think they wear them all the time but aren't acknowledged as such.

Paakaa10
07-20-2011, 09:24 PM
"Group pictures" of the previous Pro Combat Uniform System designs:

2010
http://blog.griffinyorkkrause.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/lineup_high_res.jpg
L to R: :TCU: :Alabama: :Miami: :West_Virginia: :Boise_State: :Oregon_State: :Ohio_State: :Pitt: :Florida: :Virginia_Tech:

2009
http://www.thefightingwannstaches.com/wp-content/uploads/2009_pro_combat-e1282101961727.jpg
L to R: :Miami: :TCU: :Virginia_Tech: :Oklahoma: :Florida: :Texas: :LSU: :Ohio_State: :Missouri: :Florida_State:

ram29jackson
07-20-2011, 09:32 PM
THANK GOD Penn State does not participate in this... though I'm really ticked that we took the off-color trim off of our uni tops. They make such a big difference, aesthetically.

but all they are doing is going back 20 years as opposed to something new..but frankly, I like the mono look..the neck ring was kind of clownish..they are now much more old school than theyve been in a while haha

Paakaa10
07-20-2011, 10:02 PM
After comparing the 2009 "class" of Pro Combats to the 2010 versions, I think the uniform system generally works better when the designers are putting together "team color" jerseys. There's a lot of "blah" to the 2009 group because so many were white uniforms. By contrast, team colors dominated the system landscape in 2010 and made for better work.

Hopefully--with most of the 2011 Pro Combat uniforms set to be worn as home jerseys--team colors will be best-represented once again.

cjg225
07-21-2011, 07:52 AM
but all they are doing is going back 20 years as opposed to something new..but frankly, I like the mono look..the neck ring was kind of clownish..they are now much more old school than theyve been in a while haha
More like 30-ish years. There are photos going back into the early-mid 80s that show the white trim. And the trim was for practical reasons as much as anything else. But taking the trim off, especially from the home unis, makes a HUGE difference, I think. Without the white neck trim, the unis lose some "class." They look like $10 Dick's Sporting Goods practice uniforms.

And I know that they're technically more "old-school" now, but that isn't what I want. I want simple uniforms that are aesthetically pleasing, and, to me, the unis we've had my entire life were better than the new ones, even based on something as simple as off-color neck trim.

OptionMasta
07-21-2011, 04:05 PM
After comparing the 2009 "class" of Pro Combats to the 2010 versions, I think the uniform system generally works better when the designers are putting together "team color" jerseys. There's a lot of "blah" to the 2009 group because so many were white uniforms. By contrast, team colors dominated the system landscape in 2010 and made for better work.

Hopefully--with most of the 2011 Pro Combat uniforms set to be worn as home jerseys--team colors will be best-represented once again.

Maybe the best exception to that was WVU. They had a really nice away jersey that they wore for the Brawl last year.

Paakaa10
07-21-2011, 07:22 PM
Maybe the best exception to that was WVU. They had a really nice away jersey that they wore for the Brawl last year.

Yeah, I'm a fan of the WVU Pro Combat from last year. Much better white uniform than what Florida got.

I also like when the Pro Combat uniforms are on the field at the same time, like Boise State-Virginia Tech to start last season or the Backyard Brawl between WVU and Pitt towards the end of the year. Glad to see that Boise State-Georgia and Army-Navy will be Pro Combat "showdowns" this year.

OptionMasta
07-21-2011, 09:25 PM
I think that's pretty cool too. I was pumped about the Brawl until the results came in! :(

bdoughty
07-21-2011, 10:11 PM
Ugh, Nike should be banned from making new uniforms. Too many of them are just butt freaking ugly.


Now this is just a rumor but there are some Georgia folks saying that this is what the "top secret" pro combat unis will look like for Georgia/BSU.

http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab75/andycapps614/procombatunis.jpg

SmoothPancakes
07-21-2011, 10:22 PM
What the hell is that? :sick:

bdoughty
07-21-2011, 10:31 PM
What the hell is that? :sick:

Apparently it was Nike's first time using the Teambuilder feature. For helmet they chose "reverse Braveheart."

OptionMasta
07-22-2011, 02:07 AM
That would probably be the worst helmet ever worn on a college football field.

SmoothPancakes
07-22-2011, 02:17 AM
That would probably be the worst helmet ever worn on a college football field.

I would have to agree completely.

Paakaa10
07-22-2011, 08:52 PM
Ugh, Nike should be banned from making new uniforms. Too many of them are just butt freaking ugly.

Now this is just a rumor but there are some Georgia folks saying that this is what the "top secret" pro combat unis will look like for Georgia/BSU.

I scoured my copy of the 2011-2012 NCAA Football rulebook today looking for something prohibiting a multi-colored facemask from being worn on the field of play; unfortunately, I came up empty.

Kudos to the Nike designer for "thinking outside the box"--as much as I hate that saying--since I've never heard of or seen a facemask of multiple colors before this "leaked" photo. That said, there's a reason we haven't seen it before; because it looks pretty dumb.

And the more I look at that "leaked" picture, the more I start to see this:
http://consoletard.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/god-of-war-3-walkthrough-logo-big-kratos-eye.jpg

bdoughty
07-22-2011, 09:39 PM
Nice catch with the GOW image.

Keep in mind it is still a rumor but stupider things ave come true (i.e. Legends and Leaders).

Paakaa10
07-22-2011, 09:54 PM
Nice catch with the GOW image.

Keep in mind it is still a rumor but stupider things ave come true (i.e. Legends and Leaders).

All of the Pro Combat stuff is taken with a grain of salt until the official release event for me. The "templates" are so easy to get your hands on, as we saw a few months back with the "leaked" NFL re-designs. Anyone with a decent version of a photo editing program can throw everyone off.

I will say this though; if that Georgia "leak" is fake, kudos to the people who orchestrated it for printing it out and taking a photo of it to make it look more authentic than just leaking an image file of the design. Definitely makes the skeptics think twice about calling it a forgery.

Buckeyes551
07-22-2011, 10:00 PM
Keep in mind it is still a rumor but stupider things ave come true (i.e. Legends and Leaders).

Don't remind me :fp:

OSUCowboyofMD
07-23-2011, 01:55 AM
If the players like it, they wear it. The customer is always right ;) and btw Nike's gotta get the smaller school in there too!

How is Adidas and UA gonna compete with these?

bdoughty
07-23-2011, 02:49 AM
Maryland has some Under Armour unis that would make Nike proud (the color scheme does not help). They have the new South Carolina Unis that look nice. Love the Wounded Warrior Project but most of the unis were a bit of an eyesore.


As for Adidas I like some of the color options A&M has been using. Can't think of anything to wild off the top of my head outside of the throwback unis for the Mich/ND game. ND looks good but the Michigan unis I would pass on.

http://counterkicks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/adidas-football-2011-college-retro-jerseys-michigan-notre-dame-under-the-lights-uniform.jpg


It is nice to support a team that does not feel the need to change it's uniform every few years. I am more of a traditionalist and even the OU Pro combat unis looked good since they were not outrageous and more of a throwback.

SmoothPancakes
07-23-2011, 04:44 AM
Yeah, those Michigan/Notre Dame throwbacks need to do exactly that, be thrown back. Ugly.

ussr8219
07-30-2011, 02:08 PM
what happened to football? what is this now a fashion show? wheres all the tradition and old school? i need old old school unis. not something made by a desighner in Milan. michigans are sweet. ND so so. better than oregans BCS UNIS.

JeffHCross
07-30-2011, 04:53 PM
Kudos to the Nike designer for "thinking outside the box"Thinking outside the box only deserves kudos when it's a good idea, bud. :sick:

bdoughty
07-30-2011, 05:18 PM
Every time Nike releases a new set of uniforms, this movie gets repeated in my head. In the 70's this stuff was genius as it attracted the much adorned free loving hippie market.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOuI0rXrOmA

PeteyKirch
08-01-2011, 03:34 PM
Rutgers is apparently getting Pro Combat Uniforms for 2012, so I can't wait for next year.

ram29jackson
08-01-2011, 06:18 PM
Every time Nike releases a new set of uniforms, this movie gets repeated in my head. In the 70's this stuff was genius as it attracted the much adorned free loving hippie market.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOuI0rXrOmA

dude lol how old are you ? this movie didnt have anything to with or attracting any free love hippy market...it came out in the mid/late 70s and had more of a trendy disco theme..aside from being a cheesy cult favorite years later haha...and Dr J was in it, along with Norm Nixon and Kareem..the free love hippie market was the 60s and white people, not 70s disco era black people...and i'm just rambling off stuff for fun, not trying to insult you for posting this if thats the way it looks.

ram29jackson
08-01-2011, 07:11 PM
what happened to football? what is this now a fashion show? wheres all the tradition and old school? i need old old school unis. not something made by a desighner in Milan. michigans are sweet. ND so so. better than oregans BCS UNIS.

I dont get it ?... you realize ND is actually doing a version of an old school uni and michigans are fake embellishments dont you ? it should be the other way around

bdoughty
08-01-2011, 07:58 PM
dude lol how old are you ? this movie didnt have anything to with or attracting any free love hippy market...it came out in the mid/late 70s and had more of a trendy disco theme..aside from being a cheesy cult favorite years later haha...and Dr J was in it, along with Norm Nixon and Kareem..the free love hippie market was the 60s and white people, not 70s disco era black people...and i'm just rambling off stuff for fun, not trying to insult you for posting this if thats the way it looks.

I am in my late 30's and have seen the movie numerous times. Jonathan Winters and Stockard Channing were also in it. The movie was based on astrology and the team was made up of all players born under the Pisces. So replace my comment of hippies with moonbats. :fp:

Paakaa10
08-01-2011, 08:35 PM
http://images.instagram.com/media/2011/07/31/2797dfe4b3bf419abc27ebf3e7e82537_7.jpg

Courtesy of an RT from @SolidVerbal on Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/SolidVerbal/status/97892272309415936).


...they broke these Oregon jerseys out at the NikeTown opening in Las Vegas today.

baseballplyrmvp
08-01-2011, 09:23 PM
so whats the difference between these and oregon's normal unis?

morsdraconis
08-01-2011, 10:36 PM
Small subtle differences. Like most of the Pro Combat Uniforms, not enough to really be worthwhile.

At least WVU's looked different.

ram29jackson
08-02-2011, 05:18 AM
I am in my late 30's and have seen the movie numerous times. Jonathan Winters and Stockard Channing were also in it. The movie was based on astrology and the team was made up of all players born under the Pisces. So replace my comment of hippies with moonbats. :fp:

Naahh it was just the cheesy disco era, and it was still the thing for people to ask " so,..whats your sign?"

I never heard the slang moonbat LOL. It was just a silly movie thats now a cult favorite with the basketball lovers crowd.
...and now they are starting to get creative with basketball courts too. Back in the 70s though, I think wichita State had one that was almost entirely black....?

Paakaa10
08-20-2011, 12:15 PM
Georgia's Pro Combat Uniforms from @SportsCenter:

http://i56.twitgoo.com/24ot4eg.png

Link: http://twitgoo.com/2nsr3t

EDIT:
Man... can't say I'm a fan of this design. The helmet is interesting, but the jersey and pants are so blah. Some of the Pro Combat uniforms are criticized--and rightly so--for trying to do too much, but this isn't doing enough to justify making a big deal about it.

Paakaa10
08-20-2011, 12:29 PM
More photos of the Georgia Pro Combat from Facebook:
http://pursuitofperfection10.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/1.jpg
http://pursuitofperfection10.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/2.jpg
http://pursuitofperfection10.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/3.jpg
http://pursuitofperfection10.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/4.jpg
http://pursuitofperfection10.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/5.jpg
http://pursuitofperfection10.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/6.jpg
http://pursuitofperfection10.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/7.jpg
http://pursuitofperfection10.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/8.jpg

Paakaa10
08-20-2011, 03:27 PM
Official uniform release site through Georgia is here: http://www.georgiadogs.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/082011aad.html

More photographs and a video.

bdoughty
08-20-2011, 03:43 PM
Wow that leaked photo was pretty darn close.

Someone please stop NIKE.

ram29jackson
08-20-2011, 04:18 PM
The Georgia Bulldogs are ready to jump all over the 2011 season in their new Nike Pro Combat uniforms. The red and black represents their ruthless style of play, and the silver is a nod to their last national championship season

the quote from the description from the Nike Site LOL what a joke, it represents nothing. We just couldnt come up with anything better to say..the silver is a nod to a past championship season..so what ? its just a big red blob with a silver helmet ..it represents and defines nothing..at least the helmet is interesting though

JeffHCross
08-20-2011, 05:37 PM
http://pursuitofperfection10.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/4.jpgWatch out, Dawgs, that might be considered a gang sign.

ram29jackson
08-21-2011, 03:06 AM
Well there is already a Bulldogs gang in fresno..so there may well be one in Georgia..?

JeffHCross
08-21-2011, 07:48 AM
I was talking about the fact that some teams got penalized last year for making their school's logo with the gloves, because the referees inexplicably thought it was a gang sign.

ram29jackson
08-21-2011, 04:34 PM
I was talking about the fact that some teams got penalized last year for making their school's logo with the gloves, because the referees inexplicably thought it was a gang sign.

LOL doesnt make what I said any less true or amusing....but you would think it was basic to know, the guys may show off their gloves. Soon, they wont be allowed to do anything but smile after a TD

jaymo76
08-22-2011, 01:31 AM
Official uniform release site through Georgia is here: http://www.georgiadogs.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/082011aad.html

More photographs and a video.

Those unis are just wrong on so many levels.

OptionMasta
08-22-2011, 12:20 PM
Quick congratulations to Nike on this one. They took a school that has one of the best uniforms in college football and gave it the worst uniform ever for a day. That's no small feat.

jaymo76
08-22-2011, 07:48 PM
Quick congratulations to Nike on this one. They took a school that has one of the best uniforms in college football and gave it the worst uniform ever for a day. That's no small feat.

+1000

ram29jackson
08-23-2011, 12:09 AM
I Couldnt help it..I would have just inverted the colors

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/7074/ggeog23.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/199/ggeog23.png/)

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baseballplyrmvp
08-23-2011, 08:49 PM
http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/1294/georgia.jpg

imo, if they got rid of the red stripe on the helmet and facemask, and made it solid silver w/ a solid black facemask, kept the red jersey, but put it with their black pants, that'd be a bad ass uni.

nike, though, needs to stop letting a 5 year old design their pro combat unis.

bdoughty
08-23-2011, 11:41 PM
Oh Under Armour, why must you follow in Nikes shoes? How do you make already butt ugly uniforms even more butt ugly. Sorry Terps fans, if there are any here but it is true.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/terps/bal-maryland-football-new-uniforms-pg,0,2227618.photogallery

http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/24156338/31479048

http://www.cbssports.com/images/collegefootball/glipr.jpeg

http://www.cbssports.com/images/collegefootball/MarylandUnis.png


The best part was a little zing by SBnation.
http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/2011/8/23/2379312/maryland-uniform-show-ignores-basic-rules-of-runway-modeling

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/692629/Picture_178.png

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/692633/Picture_199.png

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/692641/Picture_179.png

JeffHCross
08-24-2011, 08:15 PM
Hideous.

I am now even less of a Maryland fan than I ever was before.

baseballplyrmvp
08-24-2011, 09:41 PM
the orange ones look like miami's

ram29jackson
08-25-2011, 04:37 PM
the orange ones look like miami's

thats red actually, its just a bad picture

ram29jackson
08-25-2011, 04:42 PM
any 12 year old can use team-builder to design the New Oregon combat Uni's...again, lime green means *** disco 1980s LOL it doesnt mean ready for football action

http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/660/neworegonnikeprocombatu.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/808/neworegonnikeprocombatu.jpg/)

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in honor of the new Oregon uni's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIgZ7gMze7A&ob=av2e

ram29jackson
08-25-2011, 04:45 PM
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/6444/54103929.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/231/54103929.jpg/)

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Paakaa10
09-03-2011, 11:58 PM
Just noticed that the official Pro Combat 2011 site is live: http://www.nike.com/nikeos/p/usnikefootball/en_US/procombat2011

Only Oregon, Boise State, and Georgia can be viewed officially so far. It's been said through various sources that the rest will be revealed around the middle of this month.

Paakaa10
09-05-2011, 07:38 PM
According to this forum thread--http://boards.sportslogos.net/index.php?showtopic=82531--this may be the 2011 Nike Pro Combat uniform for :LSU::

http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/7272/imageocp.jpg
http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/3614/imagetfj.jpg
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/5188/imagejtw.jpg
http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/4796/imageygy.jpg

JBHuskers
09-13-2011, 10:14 AM
It's so hard to keep up with these so my apologies if these were already posted, but CBSSports just posted the Pro Combats for Army and Navy, I really like em.

http://eye-on-collegefootball.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/24156338/31951059?ttag=gen10_on_all_fb_na_txt_0001

http://eye-on-collegefootball.blogs.cbssports.com/images/collegefootball/NABD_RIVALRIES_ARMY_HELMETS_0444.jpg

http://eye-on-collegefootball.blogs.cbssports.com/images/collegefootball/NABD_RIVALRIES_NAVY_HELMETS_0463.jpg

http://eye-on-collegefootball.blogs.cbssports.com/images/collegefootball/NABD_RIVALRIES_ARMY_0325.jpg

http://eye-on-collegefootball.blogs.cbssports.com/images/collegefootball/NABD_RIVALRIES_NAVY_0138.jpg

http://eye-on-collegefootball.blogs.cbssports.com/images/collegefootball/NABD_RIVALRIES_ARMY_0339.jpg

http://eye-on-collegefootball.blogs.cbssports.com/images/collegefootball/NABD_RIVALRIES_NAVY_0130.jpg

http://eye-on-collegefootball.blogs.cbssports.com/images/collegefootball/NABD_RIVALRIES_ARMY_0332.jpg

http://eye-on-collegefootball.blogs.cbssports.com/images/collegefootball/NABD_RIVALRIES_NAVY_0151.jpg

SmoothPancakes
09-13-2011, 10:25 AM
Yeah, you're good. Only place they've been posted is by cdj and myself in the Uniforms wishlist thread. I like the jersey, pants, gloves, and shoes. The helmet's not bad, but I don't really care for the stripe. I would have preferred either a solid white or solid gold helmet. I am still trying to figure out what is with the hard-on that Nike has for helmets with the stripe down the middle.

On a related note, I'm going to have to have a chat with my boss sometime over the next couple months and see if he can get me hooked up with this Navy jersey, and if possible a pair of the gloves. That'd be awesome to add to my Navy football collection.

JBHuskers
09-13-2011, 10:32 AM
I specifically love the jerseys.

steelerfan
09-13-2011, 11:11 AM
That Navy helmet is sweet!

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AustinWolv
09-13-2011, 12:20 PM
Thank God the Army and Navy ones don't look like Oregon-wannabe jerseys (like the Michigan St ones do).

The Navy helmet is great. I like the Army uniform better though.

JBHuskers
09-13-2011, 01:14 PM
Thank God the Army and Navy ones don't look like Oregon-wannabe jerseys (like the Michigan St ones do).

The Navy helmet is great. I like the Army uniform better though.

What do you think of the Michigan ones with the M on the front...I like those.

DariusLock
09-13-2011, 02:55 PM
I love how Army's cleats/socks look like combat boots....'effin sweet.

SmoothPancakes
09-13-2011, 03:09 PM
I love how Army's cleats/socks look like combat boots....'effin sweet.

Yeah, that was one thing I mentioned in the NCAA 13 uniform thread. Definitely like the combat boots appearance with the cleats.

bdoughty
09-13-2011, 03:19 PM
Those look pretty good but like SP mentioned, not a big fan of the stripe on the helmet.

JBHuskers
09-13-2011, 03:32 PM
I really dig Stanford's Pro Combats also, the only thing I don't like are the gloves. Logos on the insides gloves are just silly IMO.

AustinWolv
09-13-2011, 03:33 PM
What do you think of the Michigan ones with the M on the front...I like those.
Kinda weird in that I didn't really like them in press conference photos, but during that game I thought they looked pretty good. Really like the M on the front with the small player number, the stripes = eh........thought the helmet with the small player number was pretty good too.

AustinWolv
09-13-2011, 03:35 PM
I really dig Stanford's Pro Combats also, the only thing I don't like are the gloves. Logos on the insides gloves are just silly IMO.
The matte black helmets are awesome. The rest of the jersey? Eh.

SmoothPancakes
09-13-2011, 03:36 PM
Those look pretty good but like SP mentioned, not a big fan of the stripe on the helmet.

Yeah, I was hoping they were going to leave the solid gold helmet alone, but the white helmet with the anchor, that's grown on me throughout the day and hell, I might have to see if I can get hooked up with one to add to my regular gold Navy helmet I have (and try to get hooked up with a jersey and the gloves :D). But that stripe, I just don't like. Solid white I would have been perfectly fine with, but that stripe just looks bad. I don't know what it is with Nike and a big stripe down the middle of every single one of their Pro Combat helmets, but I don't like it on the Navy helmet.

ram29jackson
09-13-2011, 06:30 PM
nothing interesting or unique or mind blowing about Army- Navy. They obviously didnt want negative feedback so they hardly did anything new or creative to them ... i wouldnt mind a fan replica of the Michigan uni's but only cause the sleeves would be longer with more stripes than the actual jersey

morsdraconis
09-13-2011, 06:51 PM
nothing interesting or unique or mind blowing about Army- Navy. They obviously didnt want negative feedback so they hardly did anything new or creative to them ... i wouldnt mind a fan replica of the Michigan uni's but only cause the sleeves would be longer with more stripes than the actual jersey

No. That's a good thing. Those are two excellently done uniforms by Nike this time around. When the uniform looks like someone puked on a sheet of paper to get the color scheme, it's definitely not a good thing that it's unique. I have a great disdain for most of the Pro Combat uniforms that Nike has come out with. Even the WVU one, I wasn't really all that fond of. It was, more than anything, just cool that Nike actually did one for us instead of doing, yet another of the same 5 schools that they've done since they've started doing these.

Most of the Nike Pro Combat uniforms look like something a twelve year old made in art class, with no real understanding of color usage, logo usage, or anything else resembling someone that's even taken a freakin' art class, much less actually looked at the finished product with a straight face.

SmoothPancakes
09-13-2011, 07:06 PM
No. That's a good thing. Those are two excellently done uniforms by Nike this time around. When the uniform looks like someone puked on a sheet of paper to get the color scheme, it's definitely not a good thing that it's unique. I have a great disdain for most of the Pro Combat uniforms that Nike has come out with. Even the WVU one, I wasn't really all that fond of. It was, more than anything, just cool that Nike actually did one for us instead of doing, yet another of the same 5 schools that they've done since they've started doing these.

Most of the Nike Pro Combat uniforms look like something a twelve year old made in art class, with no real understanding of color usage, logo usage, or anything else resembling someone that's even taken a freakin' art class, much less actually looked at the finished product with a straight face.

Amen. 90% of the Pro Combats over the years, I think were ugly as hell. Thank god Nike didn't try to pull some Oregon bull with the Army and Navy uniforms.

AustinWolv
09-13-2011, 09:01 PM
I have a great disdain for most of the Pro Combat uniforms that Nike has come out with. 90% of the Pro Combats over the years, I think were ugly as hell. Thank god Nike didn't try to pull some Oregon bull with the Army and Navy uniforms.
:+1: here also.

Speaking of, I just got around to starting to watch the Oregon/LSU game on DVR..........fucking A, the Oregon highlighter yellow on those uniforms is horrid. They look like a cheap semi-pro team that some pre-teen designed the uniforms. The only good thing is the matte black helmets. Those were embarrassing to look at, but go figure that a school with no real tradition have to gimmick their way to it with crappy uniforms.

JeffHCross
09-13-2011, 10:05 PM
Yeah, you're good. Only place they've been posted is by cdj and myself in the Uniforms wishlist thread. I like the jersey, pants, gloves, and shoes. The helmet's not bad, but I don't really care for the stripe. I would have preferred either a solid white or solid gold helmet. I am still trying to figure out what is with the hard-on that Nike has for helmets with the stripe down the middle.Well, whatever it is, I share it with them. I do not care for helmets without stripes, unless the helmet has no logos at all. I will admit that some helmets look just fine without a stripe, but if given the choice, I greatly prefer a stripe.

I don't remember whose helmet it was, but just this weekend I commented that some school's helmet didn't look quite right, and it would have looked a lot better with a simple stripe.

EDIT: Now, that being said, I do like Navy's solid gold helmet. If they're going to do logos on a white helmet, I'm glad they put a stripe. But I do agree with you that my preference would have been to keep the normal gold helmet.


nothing interesting or unique or mind blowing about Army- Navy. They obviously didnt want negative feedback so they hardly did anything new or creative to them ...When you're talking about two schools representing our armed services, not mucking around with them is a good thing. The Army uniform ... I don't like the similarity of the font to the new TCU uniform. But the Navy uniform is gorgeous.

JBHuskers
10-13-2011, 03:26 PM
I dig these, especially the helmet.

http://i54.twitgoo.com/ajmonq.png

bdoughty
10-13-2011, 03:27 PM
They are okay, I don;t see why they need the Spartans on the back of the jersey in black, it is unreadable. Should have gone with gold or white.

JBHuskers
10-13-2011, 03:41 PM
They are okay, I don;t see why they need the Spartans on the back of the jersey in black, it is unreadable. Should have gone with gold or white.

Maybe it's reflective tape :D

AustinWolv
10-13-2011, 04:33 PM
I don't get the gold since gold isn't in their colors. Don't think it ever has been. Reeks of Oregonish influence. Oh yeah.....Nike.

ram29jackson
10-13-2011, 05:55 PM
They are okay, I don;t see why they need the Spartans on the back of the jersey in black, it is unreadable. Should have gone with gold or white.

its not really for the fan in that case, its for the player..but its not really needed either LOL

ram29jackson
10-13-2011, 06:01 PM
I don't get the gold since gold isn't in their colors. Don't think it ever has been. Reeks of Oregonish influence. Oh yeah.....Nike.

i'm sure..aside from artistic license..its because real Spartans soldiers helmets werent green...either gold or silver i'm guessing

bdoughty
10-13-2011, 06:24 PM
i'm sure..aside from artistic license..its because real Spartans soldiers helmets werent green...either gold or silver i'm guessing

Gold? That would be way too heavy and generally Armour in those days were made of bronze or iron. You tend to not send soldiers out to a war wearing your most precious metals. Sometime they do not make it back.

ram29jackson
10-13-2011, 07:52 PM
Gold? That would be way too heavy and generally Armour in those days were made of bronze or iron. You tend to not send soldiers out to a war wearing your most precious metals. Sometime they do not make it back.

i'm aware of what real gold is, you are taking it too literally. you can paint things gold as well, and alot of what I have read said they did have gold and silver inlays depending on helmet..the point ultimately being, gold is not a reach when talking about a Spartan soldier..but then again, a shiny bronze would be more creative and interesting