Press Release on New Ford Turf

by **NavyCrimson** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 2:41 pm

Good point soccermom - really miss the diamond "M" & the other lettering using that style! That's our history for sure.

by **SMUFan** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 3:36 pm

East Coast Mustang wrote:WTF? New uniforms? Why arent we freaking out about this? What's going on? Colors? Are we going back to blue (I hope)? Anyone have pics? Any kind of scoop? That was like seven consecutive questions. No black uniforms, por favor.

New uniforms. Red and white, from what I'm told. Sadly, no blues have been ordered, but thankfully, no black uniforms have been ordered, either.

I'm with those who think that reviving something close to the plain royal blues from the Pony Express years, SMU would sell a ton of them. Even if the school has some contractual obligation to adidas to go with those stretchy uniforms that apparently are the 2011 style, go with the royal blue, small block lettering and numbers, and those suckers will sell. Surely the marketing department can explain that to Steve-O.

Oh - never mind.

by **NavyCrimson** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:00 pm

I guess they can't even make it crimson either - our real school color? (sarcasm)

by **Junior** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 9:18 pm

blue would have been a good choice.

by **NavyCrimson** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 12:40 am

Agree. Beats 'fire engine' red which I'm afraid they'll be.

by **PonyKai** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 8:03 am

Better than that garbage black that made us look exactly like Maryland from 50 feet away.

by **lwjr** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 9:55 am

SMUFan wrote:
East Coast Mustang wrote:WTF? New uniforms? Why arent we freaking out about this? What's going on? Colors? Are we going back to blue (I hope)? Anyone have pics? Any kind of scoop? That was like seven consecutive questions. No black uniforms, por favor.

New uniforms. Red and white, from what I'm told. Sadly, no blues have been ordered, but thankfully, no black uniforms have been ordered, either.

I'm with those who think that reviving something close to the plain royal blues from the Pony Express years, SMU would sell a ton of them. Even if the school has some contractual obligation to adidas to go with those stretchy uniforms that apparently are the 2011 style, go with the royal blue, small block lettering and numbers, and those suckers will sell. Surely the marketing department can explain that to Steve-O.

Oh - never mind.

What marketing department? (more sarcasm)

by **ozfan** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:25 pm

lwjr wrote:
SMUFan wrote:
East Coast Mustang wrote:WTF? New uniforms? Why arent we freaking out about this? What's going on? Colors? Are we going back to blue (I hope)? Anyone have pics? Any kind of scoop? That was like seven consecutive questions. No black uniforms, por favor.

New uniforms. Red and white, from what I'm told. Sadly, no blues have been ordered, but thankfully, no black uniforms have been ordered, either.

I'm with those who think that reviving something close to the plain royal blues from the Pony Express years, SMU would sell a ton of them. Even if the school has some contractual obligation to adidas to go with those stretchy uniforms that apparently are the 2011 style, go with the royal blue, small block lettering and numbers, and those suckers will sell. Surely the marketing department can explain that to Steve-O.

Oh - never mind.

What marketing department? (more sarcasm)

I am an old guy who likes tradition. The team colors used for the first 50 years was red helmets and and plain red jerseys with white pants(after the change from moleskins in 48) in the school colors

Marketing is not being carried out, but most on this board would not like the types (the average common non degree citizen) you would get as fans if true community marketing was properly carried out.

by **NavyCrimson** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 12:24 am

Just another reason to have one or two "retro' unis & helmets one or two games annually.

by **smudubs** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:07 am

Personally I don't care what they wear as long as they win. And keep in mind, our "tradition" for the life of the kids we are recruiting now is a long suffering tradition of losing. I for one think we should hope to get passed that.

by **lwjr** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:22 am

smudubs wrote:Personally I don't care what they wear as long as they win. And keep in mind, our "tradition" for the life of the kids we are recruiting now is a long suffering tradition of losing. I for one think we should hope to get passed that.

I understand your point, but traditions is what makes college football so great

by **smudubs** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 12:41 pm

lwjr wrote:
smudubs wrote:Personally I don't care what they wear as long as they win. And keep in mind, our "tradition" for the life of the kids we are recruiting now is a long suffering tradition of losing. I for one think we should hope to get passed that.

I understand your point, but traditions is what makes college football so great

I completely agree that tradition is what makes college football great. But traditional powers like Notre Dame, Michigan, Ohio State, and UT don't have to rebrand themselves. We have had two winning seasons in 25 years. What ever we have to do to create interest in the younger generation, I am all for it. I really believe that is what this coaching staff is doing. They are recruiting a lot of kids who know nothing about the program and are trying to build a new tradition. We are moving beyond those pre-death penalty days.

by **Junior** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:37 pm

I assume that all this can change depending on which opponent we are honoring on a given week.

by **GoRedGoBlue** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 5:36 pm

East Coast Mustang wrote:I think those new endzones look awesome....cant wait for the UTEP game

Cant read it

by **GiddyUp** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 6:40 pm

smudubs wrote:Personally I don't care what they wear as long as they win. And keep in mind, our "tradition" for the life of the kids we are recruiting now is a long suffering tradition of losing. I for one think we should hope to get passed that.

A+