For one time a year I don't mind these. I actually kind of like the tops. The bottoms are fine. I like last year's use of the old school "L". I really wish they would use the old gold helmets from last year without the LSU and Tiger head, just the helmet and the purple stirpe or purple numerals. Make it a more true retro uni.
The block "L" is old school LSU. Have you all seen the letter jackets or in my dad's case the letter sweaters? They have the block "L". Go look back at old coaching photos or baseball photos and you'll see the block "L". It is historic LSU. The current LSU uniform with more of the canary gold color and UCLA shoulder stripes came around 1958 when Paul Dietzel made the change from the old gold and purple. I really liked the Nike Pro Combat uniforms that were used against Arkansas in 2009 with the exception of the stripes on the pants and the helmet. I really wish they would take all logos off of the old gold helmet used in 2009. Either leave just the single purple stripe or add purple numbers on the sides.
That's what I was thinking. Every school is different. Not every school needs to have the same jersey design for the last 100 years. I like seeing what Oregon comes out with every year although I might not like each design. Getting the players and students involved is definitely a cool thing and I can see how it can bring some pride to what they wear and who they play for.
Yeah, new uniforms are interesting, and gives us Duck fans something to argue about amongst ourselves, really it just adds to the fun. That is not the point though. It is all about recruiting. From a Sports Illustrated article. ....Knight graduated from Oregon, but so much of his spending in Eugene is not about education. It isn't even really about athletics, because let's face it: After you spend your first $100 million or so, you probably have all the jockstraps and barbells you need. No, most of Knight's spending is about recruiting. He spends to excess in order to impress high school kids. In the mixed-up world of the NCAA, schools can spend $50 million on gold-plated mouthpiece holders, but if they give a kid $1,000 to pay his mom's mortgage, it's a violation. Knight has poured tens of millions of dollars into what amounts to makeup and jewelry for the athletic department. Consider the size and cost of new academic-support buildings at three big-time schools: Miami, under construction now: 30,000 square feet, $13.6 million. Michigan, completed in the winter of 2006: 38,000 square feet, $12 million. Oregon: 37,000 square feet, $41.7 million. Actually, that $41.7 million is a university estimate of how much the building cost. Knight paid for it himself and wouldn't say. The school may not even know. What do you get for your extra $28 million? According to The Oregonian, the center features a three-story atrium, a 113-seat auditorium, "a room of bronze athlete-award statues commissioned by a Spanish artist whose sculptures are featured at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland" and a three-story-high etched steel mosaic of Albert Einstein. Naturally, it's not just any three-story-high etched steel mosaic of Albert Einstein. It is made out of thousands of photos of Oregon athletes taken by a photographer who followed them for a year. Do high school kids really choose a college because of this stuff? Hello? Have you ever met a high school kid? What 18-year-old wouldn't love having vents in his locker to dry his pads after practice? Ten years ago, Oregon noticed that kids would visit Eugene just to see the facilities, even if they weren't going to sign with the Ducks. Oregon kept spending, players kept visiting, and eventually the athletes started to come.
And here they are: Photo Gallery: LSU's 2011 Nike Pro Combat System Of Dress Uniforms - LSUsports.net - The Official Web Site of LSU Tigers Athletics Could be worse. Sure, could be better, but definitely could be worse.
Different from the original photo leak you think? These look ok, if we destroy auburn I will like them better.
I really like how they have tiger stripes on the helmets and numbers , but its not like the Bengals its a different shade of white and purple .
