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Grey was a nice neutral color during the Hayden Fry years. He went back to the Doak Walker era with red helmets, and sometimes red, sometimes blue jerseys. He replaced the khaki pants with grey.

OK, let's go with red helmets, blue jerseys, and black pants with stripes on the sides of blue-red-blue.

PlanoStang wrote:Grey was a nice neutral color during the Hayden Fry years. He went back to the Doak Walker era with red helmets, and sometimes red, sometimes blue jerseys. He replaced the khaki pants with grey.

OK, let's go with red helmets, blue jerseys, and black pants with stripes on the sides of blue-red-blue.

Don't talk about the Hayden Fry era or Dutch will call you a loser.

Dutch wrote:my wife put it best regarding people who complain about uniforms, and reminisce on the "good OLD days". they're losers. why? b/c winners are still in the "good days". winners don't need to worry about trivial crap like what color their pants or shirts are, or what stripes are on their uniforms. they're too busy enjoying the game, winning, and having fun.

The problem around here is everyone has such a loser mentality. we're winning more now than we have in a long time. it's about time you guys all started acting like it and quit this nonsense.

for the record, she's a lifelong husker fan, and everyone i've talked to in nebraska doesn't give a flip about the fact that for ONE GAME, against Wisconsin this season, the huskers are wearing all black unis. no one. most, including generations older than me in their 50's, 60's & even 80's, don't care. as long as they win the game. why? b/c they're winners.

Act as if.

I totally disagree w/your/her theory. Don't know how anyone thinks those of us who want our school to be true to our school's colors are losers. In fact, I think if you don't care that makes you a loser. I get that kids want to wear certain colors, but does that mean a school changes it's colors to please 18 yr olds? I disagree w/that philosophy. IMO athletes don't need to be empowered that way. Oh, and by the way, SMU was winning during the Pony Express blue uniform days....black had absolutely NOTHING to do with the talent on the field.

Of we're winning, I don't care what we wear. I prefer blue, but I complain about other things.

White just looks better with red and blue, not black, tan, or grey.

I can match colors better than Ralph Lauren.

I'll be glad when the season starts. Then we'll be able to complain about something a little more meaningful than jerseys.

Actually, we will complain more once we see them on the players.

I agree with Dutch to a certain point. This debate is silly but what my take from everyone is that they just want SMU to wear the actual colors of the school. I am sure the black uniforms will show up in some form during the season, that is fine. Hopefully they will look better than the Adidas version and the school will not make up some bull story they are honoring the opposing team.

Lets get the season started and play some ball

GO MUSTANGS, BEAT THE BEARS

Oh, I'm sure we'll discuss our record in white vs. blue jerseys/helmets/cleats/shoulder pads/protective cups, etc.

"Oh, I'm sure we'll discuss our record in white vs. blue jerseys/helmets/cleats/shoulder pads/protective cups, etc."


We didn't lose a game in blue jerseys last season!

I understand that this is debate is never going to end no matter how many times it gets addressed. I realize that during our "glory years" we wore blue jerseys and this is what people on this board remember the most, but in relation to SMU football history this period lasted no more than a decade. When you look at SMU's football history we have worn red much more than blue. I just don't understand what is so bad about wearing red. We wore red throughout the 30's, 40's, and 50's, and then for most of the 70's including Ron Meyer's first few years on the hilltop. I also seem to remember wearing blue after we came back from the DP and throughout most of the 90's and how did that work out for us. Yes I hated the jerseys we wore under Bennett and say what you want, but when we went 6-6, which I know isn;t great, but at the time was the best team we had post DP and we wore red. Then when June came here blue didn't work out and we switched to red and what do you know, we go to 3 straight bowl games. I think we need to get over it if we stick with the red. Lets stick with what is currently working for us and deal with wearing red. Heck lets just look at all the greats that came from SMU (Doak, Rote, Meredith, Gregg, Barry, Sanders, and Robinson) and the majority of them were seen wearing the red uni's. I hope we stick with red, but really the only thing I care about is keeping the white helmets.

The only thing I care about is winnin.

Dutch wrote:my wife put it best regarding people who complain about uniforms, and reminisce on the "good OLD days". they're losers. why? b/c winners are still in the "good days". winners don't need to worry about trivial crap like what color their pants or shirts are, or what stripes are on their uniforms. they're too busy enjoying the game, winning, and having fun.

The problem around here is everyone has such a loser mentality. we're winning more now than we have in a long time. it's about time you guys all started acting like it and quit this nonsense.

for the record, she's a lifelong husker fan, and everyone i've talked to in nebraska doesn't give a flip about the fact that for ONE GAME, against Wisconsin this season, the huskers are wearing all black unis. no one. most, including generations older than me in their 50's, 60's & even 80's, don't care. as long as they win the game. why? b/c they're winners.

Act as if.

Funny, considering black jerseys at Nebraska are as much of a tradition and steeped in symbolism as the "12th Man" is at A&M. The SMU equivalent would be all our players wearing PonyExpress throwbacks or the number 23.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackshirt ... n_football)

Bring these back without the stripe:

Rayburn wrote:Bring these back without the stripe:

I like the simple clean look of the jerseys with "SMU" big and bold on the front. Nike did it once they could do it again. I guess Jones has a facination for stripes on the jerseys.