Univ. of Oregon is at it again...............

ninerempire25 · 2009-06-23T21:21:15-07:00

Uniform posts are traditionally the refuge of the bored blogger. Oregon, on the other hand, in conjunction with their benevolent corporate overlords at Nike, has a tradition of pushing the boundaries of athletic fashion. The Ducks' last rollout, in 2006, offered no less than 384 possible game-day combinations, at least 380 of them manifestly hideous to most of mainstream America. That day-glo cornucopia somehow failing to satisfy, the Ducks unveiled their newest line today in a press conference that, unfortunately, was less "Paris runway" than "Eugene locker room." But these things sound exciting: • According to Nike, Oregon employs the "fastest-playing uniforms" in college football, which is probably unquantifiable with existing cloth-clocking technology. These duds also mark the deployment of something called "Nike Pro Combat," protective equipment allegedly integrated into the uni pieces themselves. Other new features touted by Nike: A 25 percent reduction in weight, more breathable materials, titanium belt rings, and "carbon textured anti-abrasion shoulder reinforcements," which sounds like it was made up on the spot but actually was probably engineered and market-tested into oblivion. • Players were active in the design process -- Nike sent reps to campus to meet with a few members the team and discuss what was most important to them in a new uniform. They would have skipped the middle man and gone straight to the Ducks' most important recruiting targets, but that would have been a violation or something. • As for the unis themselves: Not bad. Not bad at all. Traditionalists are going to have a lot less to scream about this time around, other than the, uh, duck-wing pattern on the shoulders, introduced in last year's Arizona game (see above) and now a feature of every uniform at the request of the players. Otherwise, the five new looks on display today allow the Ducks to maintain their ability to trot out any one of approximately one godzillion combinations on a given Saturday. The green-on-green home uniforms are the clear winner here; it's a clean modern look that'll pop well in HD. • For all the talk of Thunder Green and Lightning Yellow, the much-maligned highlighter shades are are nowhere to be seen. And one of the away looks introduced actually contains no green or yellow at all, just a white jersey and silver pants in a shade that the Nike rep solemnly referred to as "steel." • The only combination that induced any eyerolling was the black "Lights Out" look, for the simple fact that it exists. (Are we the only ones sick to death of "blackout" jerseys? We're not, are we?) • Details: Even the proprietary Oregon font, "Bellotti Bold" -- of course Oregon has its own proprietary font -- gets a few new tweaks. The shoes were not discussed, but several of the modeling players were wearing black and yellow cleats vaguely (and promisingly) evocative of Dick Tracy. • Highlight of the afternoon: New head coach Chip Kelly being asked about his level of input in the creative process and replying that he needed to "win a couple games" before he would be allowed to mess with team fashion. • Obligatory sign of economic distress: Like 'em or not, you'll have to get used to the new looks, as they're meant to last the team three to four whole years. Does our national deprivation know no bounds? LINK

Jun 23, 2009 at 9:32 PM

YungAce
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the white ones look cool

Jun 23, 2009 at 9:32 PM

StOnEy333
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They're Nike's baby.

Jun 23, 2009 at 9:40 PM

49erfan3252
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Originally posted by StOnEy333:
They're Nike's baby.

yea pretty much. since Nike is based in Oregon. I believe Phil Knight (the Co founder of Nike) also paid for their new Basketball arena as well.

Edit: Not to mention he Graduated from Oregon so it makes even more sense.

[ Edited by 49erfan3252 on Jun 23, 2009 at 21:44:29 ]

Jun 23, 2009 at 9:43 PM

ninerempire25
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Man , the Oregon uni's have been a joke for years. So damn ugly.

They should concentrate more on trying to win the Pac-10 then how they look.

Jun 23, 2009 at 9:44 PM

Hollywood49er
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Originally posted by ninerempire25:
Man , the Oregon uni's have been a joke for years. So damn ugly.

They should concentrate more on trying to win the Pac-10 then how they look.

Jun 23, 2009 at 10:32 PM

Fhysical
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Don't forget their locker room.

Jun 23, 2009 at 11:06 PM

toeknee
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I like how they do crazy s**t

Jun 23, 2009 at 11:08 PM

SunDevilNiner79
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Originally posted by YuNGaCE:
the white ones look cool

i love the white uni's they have. I always think Stormtroopers when I see them though.

Edit: The White unis from 2007 is what I'm talking about.

[ Edited by SunDevilNiner79 on Jun 23, 2009 at 23:09:59 ]

Jun 23, 2009 at 11:12 PM

iohk
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the storm troopers look so sick live

Jun 23, 2009 at 11:58 PM

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VaBeachNiner
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Yet, USC has only had to wear one uniform to rule the Pac-10 and all of college football.

Jun 24, 2009 at 6:03 AM

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TX9R
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Originally posted by VaBeachNiner:
Yet, USC has only had to wear one uniform to rule the Pac-10 and all of college football.

Pac10 maybe, but all of college football

They rule the media and not much else.
As far as the uniform thing it's terrible. College is the one thing left that should have some traditions, uniform being one of them. At least USC keeps it simple, I actually like uni's like Penn State. When did everything go all arena league with uni's?

Jun 24, 2009 at 7:54 AM

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Originally posted by TX9R:
Originally posted by VaBeachNiner:
Yet, USC has only had to wear one uniform to rule the Pac-10 and all of college football.

Pac10 maybe, but all of college football They rule the media and not much else.
As far as the uniform thing it's terrible. College is the one thing left that should have some traditions, uniform being one of them. At least USC keeps it simple, I actually like uni's like Penn State. When did everything go all arena league with uni's?

The Pac-10 is weak. For me, as long as teams with classic uniforms don't change them, then I'm okay with anything else. If Oregon wants to change it up; great, now my HDTV won't look gross when they're playing.

Jun 24, 2009 at 2:51 PM

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SybErkRimInAL
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the little wings are GAY!

Jun 24, 2009 at 9:38 PM

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MaNnY09
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those are sik jerseys...