Fashion Police--What is Up With Cal's Uniforms?
by BearsNecessity on Oct 9, 2008 4:08 AM PDT
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Prints much as we love Cal football and enjoy it, we must as always gripe gripe gripe (and don't worry, you haven't seen the last of drunken Cal fan!). I do have a complaint to register, and it has nothing do with football. It has to do with fashion.
Masculinity dropping...dropping...
Once upon a time, the Buffalo Bills had the most beautiful color scheme in all of football. Red, white and blue. I have no idea why the hell they decided to mess with this scheme, but five years ago they moved from these beauties...
To these monstrosities.
via www.emqb.com
If this wasn't a subtle gesture that the Bills are being moved to Canada with these dry maple leaf postmodern themes present here, I don't know what is.
Well, the Cal Golden Bears are headed this way, for better or for worse. It started in 2006 when we debuted those garish gold uniforms for primetime games, as if somehow we mysteriously played better wearing gold. It had nothing to do with the players on the field stepping up for these big night games, it was clearly the jerseys that pushed us over the edge!
Then we started sporting new jerseys this year that looked so close to the Michigan schemes, you'd swear we debuted them only to confuse the Spartans as to who they were playing. Nothing wrong with them from a seminal standpoint, but it just seemed like a marketing thing, to sell as many variations of our jerseys as possible. There didn't seem to be anything wrong with the old duds, why ruin a good thing?
One may ask, "WHY SO MANY DAMNED JERSEYS ARRRGH THIS IS ANNOYING." One word: Teen douchnozzles.
Teen douchenozzles, happy to hop on the Tedford bandwagon and sport all things Cal who are the real culprits. They will desperately hit on girls at their high school party sporting their Pain Train jerseys, being like "OH F LOOK AT ME." This will leave said girl to reflect "Wow, I'm never going to Cal" and deprive nerdy undergrads of one less female. Then they'll end up at Sac State and further poison our reputation by their Painful Train antics. Thanks a lot, teen douchenozzle.
This is not a teen douchenozzle.
I guess the question is whether you like the bells and whistles as a sideshow to the game. Although I despise SC for many things, I have to appreciate the fact that they play in pretty much two uniforms and keep things simple without all the bells and whistles of alternate uniforms. Of course this is the same reason I want to take a sledgehammer to the SC band for playing their fight song on every single play. They are steeped in tradition, not bothered by trivialities like time or circumstance.
But perhaps as Golden Bear fans, we should be prepared to hold ourselves to a new vision of prosperity, where gold and blue uniforms can stand on equal footing with blue and white and gold and white. Where we can always find new and equally shocking ways to surprise our fanbase in our dress attire. Where we can embrace change and realize that this evolution of jerseys is only naturally thematic to the evolution of man. Perhaps this is the allegory Tedford is trying to spread for us.
Or perhaps he's just embracing us for the day when we're wearing these helmets.
After the jump, decide which uniforms you like the least!
Jersey A: Gold jerseys, blue pants.
Jersey B: White jerseys and pants.
Jersey C: White jerseys and gold pants
Jersey D: Blue jerseys and pants.
Jersey E: Blue jerseys and white pants.
Rank the five jersey schemes you've seen so far from favorite to least favorite.
Note: Actually, I guess it's seven, we're probably going back to traditional white and blue for Arizona and we'll see blue and gold sometime this year--you can guess what they'll look like from the photos above. Rank them if you think it's fitting.
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A-E-D-C-B.
A good or obscure analogy is the US Men’s national soccer team. Nike’s always changing their uniform from hideous to permanently-etched-on-my-retinas. But compare that to Brazil’s universally recognizable uniforms, which are simple, consistent, AND popular. Surprise, the popularity of the laundry depends on the team more than anything else.
Now, I do appreciate that Oregon always has wacky uniforms (which look great in those pictures of Patrick Chung getting stiff-armed by Marshawn in Beastmode, or Oregon paintraining a football out of bounds at the 1…OOOOOH!!!! burnnnnnn!!!!! Wait, this is a Cal blog, no Duck fans will see this) but unless Cal is that extreme, so that the uniforms are an act unto themselves, then I think it’s better to just keep it simple. Establish tradition and all that.
I know at least 1 faux Duck fan who will see this.
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HEY NOW
Dammit you.
Talkin shit behind the back of The VD Special.
DIE YOU WILL AGAINST UCLA THIS WEEKEND
The Artist Formerly Known as OrState GoBeavs
by The VD Special on Oct 9, 2008 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
At least we never tried to pay cab drivers with pot
Oh wait…shoot…
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by The VD Special on Oct 9, 2008 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Pot will become a very valuable currency with the way things are going.
It's spelled "S-h-u-f-a-i-l"
I’m investing all my money into weed.
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Penn State is well known for never changing unis. Just thought I’d throw it out.
But, I do quite enjoy the gold uniforms. Just seeing our team wear them gets me pumped.
And, as mentioned previously, the UCLA game is the Joe Roth Memorial Game, so count on those awesome throwback jerseys (see Danzig’s avatar).
A D E B C
I like the new helmet more than anything else, even though the old helmet was sweet and simple and didn’t need changing.
pooh-pooh all blues
I like the old-school Joe Roth jerseys
All Whites are better thant W/G
I like B/W and G/B.
I’m holding out for B/G!
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay...in his prime...like 3 years ago.
Also
when criticizing said jerseys…
I’m not sure I’d put a picture of cheerleaders wearing them given that:
everyguywasundressingthemwithhiseyes.
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay...in his prime...like 3 years ago.
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I’m disturbed that you are here to sex me. I’m already here to sex myself, and I’m a one The Maharg kind of guy. Sorry to burst your bubble.
It’s times like this I wish they’d never discovered CougCenterium.
A D B E C
The white jerseys with gold pants look hideous . . . I don’t mind a couple unis but no gold pants please.
Also:
Bears I disagree with you on the “Michigan” look. I just don’t see enough of a resemblance to indicate that it’s a copy (intended or not). The blues and golds/yellows are different and notably Mich has its numbers on the sleeves. Perhaps Nike is the problem. They’re probably just letting the 10 year old kids in India that make the unis (at wage rates of 5 cents a day) decide color schemes for all Nike unis . . . well at least for the Oregon ones.
"You can have the alimony. But I want some pussy payments!" - Chris Rock
I'm also not a fan of red, white and blue . . .
does that disqualify me from being a presidential candidate in the future? My platform will be to change America’s colors!
"You can have the alimony. But I want some pussy payments!" - Chris Rock
When I’m elected President, I promise to put a chicken in every pot and change the colors to Blue And Gold! Also, forget this Bald Eagle thing. It’s Golden Bear all the way now!
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"A chicken in every pot"
WTF???
"You can have the alimony. But I want some pussy payments!" - Chris Rock
No, I like chicken . . .
just not pots.
"You can have the alimony. But I want some pussy payments!" - Chris Rock
by oaktownmario on Oct 9, 2008 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
No, it makes you a Candian.
Please collect your green card and new citizenship papers. You will be deported within the hour. Aye?
by BearsNecessity on Oct 9, 2008 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
B C A E D
My favorite jerseys this year are the white ones. The blue and gold are okay, but they’re rather plain. I like that the white tops have the numbers outlined in gold, just like our previous jerseys did. I miss the stripes going down the sides of the jerseys and the outlines on the numbers. Without them, the jerseys look too plain. I loved the throwback jerseys from last year’s Joe Roth game, tough. I hope we wear them again against UCLA this year.
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B D A E C
White jersey/white pants is the best uniform we’ve had all year, by far. I don’t particularly like any of the other ones. The white pants with the blue jersey was not a good idea; nor was the combination of the gold pants with the white jersey. And for some reason, the gold jersey/blue pants look doesn’t look as good in this year’s uniform as it did with the previous uniform. Still waiting for the blue jersey/gold pants look — that might be good.
Go Bears!
I will light myself on fire if they wear white on white at Arizona again.
I didn’t and never will like white on gold. I didn’t like blue on white at first but it grew on me as the game wore on. Maybe we’ll see blue on gold for fUCLA. fUCLA isn’t worthy of being on the same field as the Joe Roth throwbacks, so save those for Oregon, stanfUrd, or $C next year. I hope we never see gold on gold.
Im not so sure about the blue jersey/gold pants.
Generally, the pants are the base color. It’s more important for the base color to be the darker color to stablize the top color. Thats why people generally wear slacks that are either grey, black or jeans that are a dark blue color. So, having the pants here be a brighter color (i.e. yellow) compared to the jersey could end poorly.
People generally have hated on the white top with yellow pants for this very reasons. And thats with a white top,w hich goes with EVERYTHING ever. As compared to a colored top (even if its a fairly dark blue).
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what's wrong with khaki pants?
and any colored shirt (white, navy, green, striped). I like that combo. I think it’s tacky to wear a blazer though with that ensemble. Sometimes the darker pants are too fancy for my type of work and jeans are too casual.
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay...in his prime...like 3 years ago.
Well, OK, I left out one key thing. I was comparing a submissive color to a dominant color. Khakis are generally either dark color or light color, but not a bright color. There aren’t too many yellow khaki or red khakis out there, yknow?
So, to have a dominant color (yellow) on the pants can be disconcerting. With the white, it was moderately OK, because white works with everything. But to have it with the blue would be less so. We’ll see.
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Most Oregon fans actually liked the ASU combination, that had the yellow pants. Black top, Yellow pants.
It's spelled "S-h-u-f-a-i-l"
You just liked it because you won a game that meant something
Fuck the ducks for getting Gameday twice last year. Spoiled kids
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by The VD Special on Oct 9, 2008 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Here you go JShufelt. This should please everyone here
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by The VD Special on Oct 9, 2008 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
And just in case you didn't like that one hahahahahaha
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by The VD Special on Oct 9, 2008 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Are you talking about your football players or you?
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Thank God I just lost my last 10 bucks in the stock market!
This other attorney down the hall comes to me today a few moments ago and says he’s lost 25K from his retirement just today. I didn’t say it, but I was thinking “I look forward to the day when I have 25K, let alone enough money to lose 25K and not be wildly upset about it!”
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I lost $5,000 from my retirement fund over the last quarter. When I saw that, I was pissed. But I’m young, and I have/had a very aggressive portfolio.
It's spelled "S-h-u-f-a-i-l"
I've lost 15k in the past three weeks
JUST SAYIN’
Still happy over the fact that the Nets signed Ryan Anderson. Now if only they can sign Leon Powe after this year...
by yellow fever on Oct 10, 2008 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions
incidentally
While we (me) are here showing off our big fancy portfolios, I’d be curious to know how much danzig’s down. Just as a frame of reference. Don’t have to say if you don’t want to, man.
Still happy over the fact that the Nets signed Ryan Anderson. Now if only they can sign Leon Powe after this year...
by yellow fever on Oct 10, 2008 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions
A B E C D
I think Blue over Gold is going to look pretty good, though.
I wonder if they’ll attempt the ever tricky Gold/Gold by the end of the season?
It would look awful for a day game.
And as of now we don’t have any night games on the schedule.
Go Bears!
by RollOnYouBears667 on Oct 9, 2008 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe we could petition to use it during USC. That’d be like the most painful thing to watch on TV ever.
by BearsNecessity on Oct 9, 2008 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
A D B C E
I expect Gold on Gold in the Oregon game.
by JohnnyCalifornia on Oct 9, 2008 11:43 AM PDT reply actions
A B D No and No
Gold jerseys with the blue pants is actually a fairly clean look.
All white: sure why not?
All blue: kinda ick but I’ll live
White/Gold, Blue/White: Stop it. Now.
I support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
forgot a point
my biggest issue with the white pants is there’s no gold in there anywhere. Throw some gold piping on the streakys then maaaaybe, but let’s just not even bother. On a better looking note, my gf’s #8 in the dance team photo.
I support Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
can I get #31's number?
Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay...in his prime...like 3 years ago.
There actually is gold piping on the pants. You can see it faintly here, running down the leg to the bottom of the pants:
The main page at http://www.mybearterritory.com/ has pictures of Longshore and Riley where they are more visible.
I like all of them except white shirt/yellow pants…those just look stupid. But that’s really more of a fashion rule than anything about tradition.
I think the gold jersey/blue pants looks great.
Yeah crazy that I hated those things when they first came out, and now they’re one of my favorites because they made these alternatives. Thanks Cal athletics!
by BearsNecessity on Oct 9, 2008 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I like gold tops and blue pants. All blue is sharp too.
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I think that someday the “mustard” jerseys of ‘06 and ’07 should be given “throwback” status in 10-20 years. We’re undefeated in those jerseys. That’s gotta be worthy enough for throwback status.
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Please don’t tell me you attribute our victories to those jerseys.
by BearsNecessity on Oct 9, 2008 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I hate the monochrome thing
Navy tops with yellow trim, yellow pants with blue trim. Helmet with bear paw logo ca. 1982.
Best. Uniform. Ever.
Go Bears!
No mix-and-match colors
Seriously, I like either solid blue-blue, white-white, or gold-gold…….but the other combinations are pretty ugly, except maybe blue pants-gold shirt.
I left my heart at the Durant Food Court
The frustrating thing to me
is that I think in 2006 we had it right
I like the all whites on the road, the blue jersey and yellow pants at home, and the yellow jerseys and blue pants for particularly big games at home.
Why is this right?
The all-whites are a unique road look, and we have been using it since 2004.
The blue-and-yellow is the classic look
The yellow jerseys look phenomenal, especially for twilight games (the 2007 Cal-Tennessee game at Memorial was the single best reason to get an HDTV ever. The 2006 UCLA and Oregon games were similarly great.)
Get rid of the white pants at home, the white-yellow road combo, and all of the slashes. I do kinda like the new helmet. Get rid of the all blues.
And I think that just once, on the road, we need to try the yellow-yellow combo.
Yellow yellow combo? Those are drastic measures my friends.
by BearsNecessity on Oct 10, 2008 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Can you really be friends with somebody who demands the yellow yellow combo? You can’t reason with people like that!
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I just figure that if you are going to go outside of the three decent looks, you might as well go bold.
West Virginia did the the all yellow last year, and yes, it looked ridiculous, but their yellow was considerably darker and uglier than our yellow (or gold if you must call it that)
by Tedfordisgod on Oct 12, 2008 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
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