Virginia's Bowl Game Uniform...A Prototype For Syracuse?
by Sean Keeley on Jan 2, 2012 11:15 AM EST
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When the Virginia Cavaliers took the field against the Auburn Tigers over the weekend in the Chick-Fil-A Bowl, Syracuse Orange fans couldn't help but notice.
Here was a team wearing an orange helmet, orange jersey and blue pants, leaving Syracuse fans to wonder if its a page out of a book we should be reading as well.
We've wondered aloud if the days of the orange jersey were returning and considering Virginia will be on the docket in a few years, it certainly doesn't make sense for them to get all the orange-y fun.
So, what did you think Orange fans? Is this the kind of look SU should be going for? White pants instead? Blue numbers instead of white?
You know how I feel. We're joining a conference where Virginia, Miami, Clemson and Virginia Tech have all been known to wear orange. It seems a little silly that the team actually called the Orange wouldn't feature that color when playing them.
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Its obvious blue is an accent color is on the way out.....
to be replaced by white and grey/silver as evidenced in the Bball and Lacrosse Unis. That being said, I could see the new uniform incorporating the White/silver/grey….For example, in your pic above, #39 would be the same except the pants would be road grey/silver where there is blue (like in baseball).
I like it,
But it needs more white. I’d rather have more white than blue.
Born in '87, Orange fan since '86
I guess I made a twitter, follow @StealthTurkey
Just. Don't. Change.
Things are fine.
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If anything
Given the # of teams with orange, all the more reason for us to stick with the good unis.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those look awful. I think DOCTOR Gross’ de-blueing of SU will continue and eventually SU will wear orange football jerseys. Hopefully they’ll wear white pants with them.
orange jerseys are okay
but not with orange pants. There’s no way for all-orange football uniforms to not look silly.
Yet, the basketball Orange uniforms look good.
It seems like the basketball road uniforms are a different shade then those all Orange football uniforms and maybe that what make the difference.
by Gregory Tuers on Jan 2, 2012 12:36 PM EST up reply actions
They wear shorts.
Plus, everyone tends to match in hoops.
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Indeed. Everyone has to match in hoops
It’s an NCAA rule
by Brian Walden on Jan 2, 2012 3:50 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
What made our Orange jersey look like crap
was the blue numbers and those hideous stripes on the shoulders. Not enough contrast between the dark orange and the dark blue. Looked like something off the rack from Walmart.
I like the idea of white pants with orange accents to go with an orange jersey and white numbers. I’m also for matte helmets. Those things make it look like you mean bid-ness.
I'm torn.
I like the thought of a good orange jersey, but blue should still play a part. The only thing blue in the court now is the bullshit carrier logo. The BBall unis only have blue in the block stripe down dies of shorts, and the road unis have the collar. So the helmet goes to a white S? I think orange jersey for home, white for road, with orange/syracuse across front above #, silver gray numbers. both blue and white pants with the multicolor blocks down the sides. Just not the awful white SU helmets of the bill Hurley era.
by Dave Dixon on Jan 2, 2012 12:34 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
I like these Virginia unis.
I actually noticed these uniforms when the game aired and it made me think why we don’t have something like it. I mean, Nike is our uniform provider as well, and they seem to be providing all of their other schools with innovative and creative uniform sets except us. I even thought Baylor’s uniforms in their bowl game would work for us. Just change the green to oranage, and the gold to blue.
Two more quick points. First, I don’t understand the attachment to any Syracuse uniform and/or blue as an accent color. We are not Alabama, Auburn, or Penn St. Those teams have built a reputation on their traditional and simple uniforms that haven’t changed in generations. I don’t think Syracuse has used the same uniform for more than 5 straight years in a long time. And when Syracuse football had greats like Davis and Brown, and won the national title, the team wore white jerseys. Not blue. I’m not saying I dislike our current sets, but we should embrace the fact that we don’t have a standard look that we must stick to. Let’s get something a little more creative to help us stand out, and something that potential recruits will think is “cool”.
Second, even if we keep the uniforms substantially the same, I don’t understand why there isn’t at least an orange alternate jersey. Like I said, I like the current sets. I think that Doc Gross finally got it right after beginning to tinker with them in 2005. Still, we need an orange alternate, with white numbers, and either white or orange pants. We could at the very least use it like Notre Dame does the green jersey. Putting them on for big games to generate buzz or something. I mean, we are the Orange.
see Reyes era...
I’ve mentioned before, the orange alternates in the Reyes era were nicey. Any uni with shoulder stripes looks assey. See LSU, old miss, etc
by Dave Dixon on Jan 2, 2012 2:07 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Love the UVA unis! I would like to see SU wear something similar. Fans that can't see the difference between the UVA orange and the debacle orange SU unis must be color blind.
Change is OK so everyone relax about going back to the old SU unis or keeping them the same, they are nothing special. Future recruits do like to see some new gear, it might not make their decision for them it does catch their eye.
Uniform discussions
Are really worthless. I don’t want to talk about accents and stripes and sequins and lace or whatever other clothing decorations you want to talk about.
All the AD needs to do is make sure we are (a) not newsworthy for looking stupid AND (b) worth purchasing to wear with pride.
Beyond that… having a “care” about whether there is this or that coloring is kind of silly. Which is why I default to… DON’T CHANGE. It’s not broken.
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Yeah it is kinda silly to worry about uniform colors except that "alternate" uniforms are a huge trend for most teams lately. So yeah SU's unis aren't "bad" so they should never change.
Except that most schools are getting at least some press for the alternate uniforms.Kinda the reason the Nike Combat unis are “leaked” online and why they had pretty much a fashion show to debut the new designs every year. But yeah SU shouldn’t try to get in on any of that, let’s stay the course. It can’t hurt to bring some sort of interest to SU football and this is an easy way, might not do a ton to take the stink off of a terrible football team but it can’t hurt is what I am saying.
"If Gerry played at Notre Dame he'd probably average 25 a game for four years because that's what he gets when he comes here."-JB
by theNYsportsguy on Jan 2, 2012 8:29 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
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