Nike and Oregon have teamed up once again to create a disgusting uni. The uniforms were unveiled yesterday, on campus at the University of Oregon.
Nike once-again bastardized the traditional colors of the Ducks, but they do have titanium belt loops, so there's that. Oregon's coaching staff says the uniforms are a recruiting tool and the kids love it...and I'm not saying they don't, but that doesn't change the fact that they look like buffoons.I'll compare it to my own fashion when I was a Freshman in college- I wore a pair of Deon Sanders Nike cross trainers (black, white, red, gold) with red jeans and a sweater vest to class every now and again. I thought it looked great...it didn't. Not only did I not look great, I looked like a clown. But, I was missing the stretch wig and red nose...The Ducks have their own version of the stretch wig and nose with the wings emblazoned on their shoulders and the platinum-finish, carbon fiber pattern-dipped helmet with electrical tape down the center.
Welcome to clown college- Now in Eugene, OR.
16 comments:
Awful.
I've never understood why they need so many unis. So they have 5 distinct ones? And endless combos?
I'm glad West Lafayette is far from Oregon.
That baseball uniform makes the guy look like a jockey
Dowd,
You did look good with that combo in college, don't kid yourself. Looking at the mascot, I have a question. Can anyone tell me when ducks became reptile/amphibian super heroes?
The mascot has to move away from looking like Donald Duck because the Disney people keep bugging them for royalty money. Or so I've heard.
The helmet is okay, not great. The uniforms are a bit much. But then again, if you team was known as the Ducks, wouldn't you have a little bit of a chip on your shoulder? A fighting duck does not instill much fear into me; not nearly as much as an angry beaver.
The pressure is on now - we are going to look awfully silly going to Oregon and getting thumped by an arena-league team.
Speaking of uni's, why can't the Boilers rock black pants? The monochrome look is awesome at home.
Also, can we ditch the ridiculous choo-choo logo and just go with the slanted Block P?!
Quick photo commentary:
1)Player group shot: Are those "game faces" or "You're effing kidding," faces?
2) Baseball shot: Bad dresser, but he did a great job riding Mine That Bird.
3) Hotties shot: Discussion minutes earlier at the sorority: "Stupid? No, Pledge Buffy, you look totally hot - we're ALL wearing those to the game - honest."
What happened to the color-shifting helmets Oregon planned for last season?
Is that a houndstooth helmet?
Bear Bryant is rolling over in his grave.
Why have endless uniform designs? Because they can. Nike's founder is an Oregon Alum, so he blesses his alma mater with an endless supply of athletic gear. The fact that he is bastardizing his own school, I guess the beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I used to hate their eyesore uniforms, but have grown to like them, at least the last incarnation anyway. The wings on the jerseys are a bit much for me personally, but I think the helmet is cool.
Iowa had wings on their jerseys a wile back...it looked dumb too...and the Iowa Barnstormers had some sort of win on their jerseys; pretty similar.
Ross, the chroma-flare helmet is still one of their options. The problem with that, the chrome and the carbon fiber pattern is that they'd all have to be one-game helmets. Chroma flare is very expensive and takes a bunch of steps to apply. The chrome finish has to be perfect or it looks lousy and the dip process by which they apply the carbon pattern is one which they take the entire helmet and submerge it in water...the "skin" sticks to all surfaces and bends according to the piece.
Paul, what's this about an angry beaver?
Those Oregon chicks would totally put down any beavers. In fact they sit on beavers. Their repressed, angry beavers. Drooling wet, angry beavers. Oh Oregon, so much to love.
I don't think last year's uniforms looked bad at all. I kind of liked them, actually.
chicks with six packs are gross.
I disagree. Chicks with six packs are awesome! Especially if they are for me. I'll take any beer, but I really like Tecate in the can. Oh, and tight tummies are just fine by me too. Even those ones pictured who want their rival beavers to go down! Damn I miss college sometimes... ;-)
Anon and acacia got the beaver reference. Thanks to both of you, except I wonder about acacia taking Tecate in the can. Usually, I just drink it.
Zing!
Nice!!!
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