Bear Down Wildcats

Posted: **Fri Jul 09, 2021 6:43 pm**

Bout freaking time

Posted: **Fri Jul 09, 2021 7:02 pm**

Please be the ones the recruits have been wearing.

Posted: **Fri Jul 09, 2021 7:33 pm**

As close to these as possible please:

Posted: **Sat Jul 10, 2021 10:42 am**

UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 7:33 pm As close to these as possible please:

That's the best football uniform of all time.

Posted: **Sat Jul 10, 2021 12:19 pm**

And this was the best basketball uniform.

Posted: **Sat Jul 10, 2021 2:12 pm**

Can we have those players too?

Posted: **Fri Jul 16, 2021 9:09 am**

Chicat wrote: ↑Sat Jul 10, 2021 12:19 pm And this was the best basketball uniform.

Yep. Those uniforms and Desert Swarm with modern cuts and you're done. That's literally it.

If you want some newish idea, use it as a one off alternate. Keep the classic base.

Posted: **Mon Jul 26, 2021 5:55 pm**

Posted: **Mon Jul 26, 2021 5:57 pm**

Aaabbbooouuuttt Tttiiiimmmeee!!!!

Posted: **Mon Jul 26, 2021 7:04 pm**

Woohoo

Posted: **Mon Jul 26, 2021 9:01 pm**

Alright!

Posted: **Mon Jul 26, 2021 9:29 pm**

Endorse

Posted: **Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:33 am**

Alright, alright, alright!

Posted: **Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:44 am**

About fucking time.

Now, let's get some players that can represent old school.

Posted: **Tue Jul 27, 2021 1:51 pm**

Now do BBall

Posted: **Tue Jul 27, 2021 1:55 pm**

Any helmets spotted yet? Really hope they made the A bigger.

Posted: **Tue Jul 27, 2021 3:35 pm**

Good news, looks like no more red or blue helmets, just white.

Posted: **Tue Jul 27, 2021 4:19 pm**

Helmet stickers!

Posted: **Tue Jul 27, 2021 5:22 pm**

UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 1:55 pm Any helmets spotted yet? Really hope they made the A bigger.

Jedd has a really cool new lid in his office!

Posted: **Tue Jul 27, 2021 5:58 pm**

What happened to the guy who worked in the UA AD as a helmet polisher? He really had some good insights of what's coming up, but I imagine he got in trouble for it.

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2021 12:08 pm**

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2021 12:14 pm**

Irish27 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 12:08 pm

Just 100% the absolute correct decision. There could not be more of a no brainer.

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2021 12:24 pm**

Now fix the basketball ones

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2021 12:43 pm**

Oh fuck yes!!!!

Didn’t see the size of the A on the helmet though.

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2021 12:44 pm**

UofAlum05 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 12:24 pm Now fix the basketball ones

Book only did what he did out of temporary insanity brought on by the gradient.

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2021 12:46 pm**

Look great. Looks like we still have the option of doing all blue and all white if needed.

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2021 1:11 pm**

The helmet A looks plenty big in the first 2 pics…

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2021 1:23 pm**

Fuck yes.

My old high school wrestling coach made us dress up for out of town trips. He said, "You dress like slobs, you wrestle like slobs".

Our uniforms have been shit for years. These look GREAT!!

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2021 1:38 pm**

Seriously, now if you want a modern uniform, do an one off alternate and you're good.

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2021 2:13 pm**

It is remarkable how much better are Uni's look when you use our actual school colors.

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2021 2:43 pm**

Chicat wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 1:11 pm The helmet A looks plenty big in the first 2 pics…

Not as big as the old days, but an improvement.

Those Speed Flex helmets have vents, they can’t be as big as the old days.

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2021 2:50 pm**

Brings a tear to the eye.

Beautiful!

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2021 2:52 pm**

UofAlum05 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 2:13 pm It is remarkable how much better are Uni's look when you use our actual school colors.

We always used our school colors, I don't get why this argument is still out there. The designs and usage just weren't good

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2021 2:53 pm**

wyo-cat wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 2:43 pmThose Speed Flex helmets have vents, they can’t be as big as the old days.

Yeah, I’m not sure how it could get any bigger without having a vent run through the top.

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2021 4:25 pm**

Hope those tweets mean no more red unis. Never liked them.

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2021 5:25 pm**

ASUHATER! wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 2:52 pm
UofAlum05 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 2:13 pm It is remarkable how much better are Uni's look when you use our actual school colors.
We always used our school colors, I don't get why this argument is still out there. The designs and usage just weren't good

It’s the purple stripe on the shoulder of the red and blues that was hideous. That and the font wasn’t good.
The new threads are fantastic.

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2021 5:32 pm**

In re UofA wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 5:25 pm
ASUHATER! wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 2:52 pm
UofAlum05 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 2:13 pm It is remarkable how much better are Uni's look when you use our actual school colors.
We always used our school colors, I don't get why this argument is still out there. The designs and usage just weren't good
It’s the purple stripe on the shoulder of the red and blues that was hideous. That and the font wasn’t good.
The new threads are fantastic.

The blue on the letters was a tad off too. If you see the Blue on the new White Jerseys it is a true Arizona Dark Blue where as the old ones looked more royal blue.

In some ways I'm more excited about the Road Whites. They look really sharp.

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2021 9:29 pm**

Please let this mean no more solid red anything.

Posted: **Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:25 pm**

Carcassdragger wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 1:23 pm Fuck yes.

My old high school wrestling coach made us dress up for out of town trips. He said, "You dress like slobs, you wrestle like slobs".

Our uniforms have been shit for years. These look GREAT!!

That's about the only thing Whackovic did I liked. I thought our guys looked sharp in sport coats. If we hadn't have had to forget everything about those 2 years, it could have become a thing.

Posted: **Thu Aug 05, 2021 5:52 am**

Tell me you're old as shit without telling me you're old as shit.

Posted: **Thu Aug 05, 2021 6:13 am**

azgreg wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 4:25 pm Hope those tweets mean no more red unis. Never liked them.

I'd hope it sets up for a one off unique jersey each year with more red. I like the idea of a classic base with once a year doing something a little different.

Like the USS Arizona gray/red uniforms. Those were pretty awesome.

Posted: **Thu Aug 05, 2021 12:44 pm**

One interesting angle is that it's kind of a big F-You to Nike. For about the last 15 years, the athletic department made noises that inferred the deal with Nike paying for our uniforms meant that their designers got to determine what they looked like, and the university only had marginal input. Either that was never true, and Stoops/RichRod wanted to do anything hoping to appeal to tasteless high school athletes (while Sumlin couldn't care less about anything), or the situation has since changed. In any event, it says the crap Nike came up with in that time was just that...crap. NFL teams' helmets are their symbols, and you also don't often see the Packers wear yellow jerseys, the Bears wear orange, or the Cowboys wear silver. So after 15 years in the wilderness, somebody at UArizona finally understands branding and image, versus trying to market a "new and improved" jersey in a short-term cash-grab.

Posted: **Thu Aug 05, 2021 1:06 pm**

TheCatInTheHat wrote: ↑Thu Aug 05, 2021 12:44 pm One interesting angle is that it's kind of a big F-You to Nike. For about the last 15 years, the athletic department made noises that inferred the deal with Nike paying for our uniforms meant that their designers got to determine what they looked like, and the university only had marginal input. Either that was never true, and Stoops/RichRod wanted to do anything hoping to appeal to tasteless high school athletes (while Sumlin couldn't care less about anything), or the situation has since changed. In any event, it says the crap Nike came up with in that time was just that...crap. NFL teams' helmets are their symbols, and you also don't often see the Packers wear yellow jerseys, the Bears wear orange, or the Cowboys wear silver. So after 15 years in the wilderness, somebody at UArizona finally understands branding and image, versus trying to market a "new and improved" jersey in a short-term cash-grab.

I don't think Nike was to blame. Nike will give "modern" designs, but they're never forced.

Adidas and UA are outfitters too. Frankly, our deal with Nike isn't lucrative enough to give them control like that. It was about us actually being clear what we wanted, and by that, I mean the athletic department, not the coaches. Coaches ultimately don't drive the bus. The AD has to be willing to be direct that we want certain things and are willing to leave the table without them.

Posted: **Thu Aug 05, 2021 1:34 pm**

Spaceman Spiff wrote: ↑Thu Aug 05, 2021 1:06 pm
TheCatInTheHat wrote: ↑Thu Aug 05, 2021 12:44 pm One interesting angle is that it's kind of a big F-You to Nike. For about the last 15 years, the athletic department made noises that inferred the deal with Nike paying for our uniforms meant that their designers got to determine what they looked like, and the university only had marginal input. Either that was never true, and Stoops/RichRod wanted to do anything hoping to appeal to tasteless high school athletes (while Sumlin couldn't care less about anything), or the situation has since changed. In any event, it says the crap Nike came up with in that time was just that...crap. NFL teams' helmets are their symbols, and you also don't often see the Packers wear yellow jerseys, the Bears wear orange, or the Cowboys wear silver. So after 15 years in the wilderness, somebody at UArizona finally understands branding and image, versus trying to market a "new and improved" jersey in a short-term cash-grab.
I don't think Nike was to blame. Nike will give "modern" designs, but they're never forced.

Adidas and UA are outfitters too. Frankly, our deal with Nike isn't lucrative enough to give them control like that. It was about us actually being clear what we wanted, and by that, I mean the athletic department, not the coaches. Coaches ultimately don't drive the bus. The AD has to be willing to be direct that we want certain things and are willing to leave the table without them.

It was Learfield that screwed the pooch on the Uniforms, right?

https://www.learfield.com/partner/arizo ... roperties/

Posted: **Thu Aug 05, 2021 3:53 pm**

Nobody's ever going to come out and say "I am the one who caused something to happen that nobody liked", and ultimately the responsibility is always with the AD & President. But I have heard Byrne and Heeke in radio interviews respond to criticisms of our football uniforms with comments about having their hands tied by our deals and maybe doing something about it down the road. Maybe that's just waiting for the latest 3-year refresh period to expire, but that was about 5 of those in a row. As for the "F-You, Nike", even if the approved uniform versions were ultimately self-inflicted poor choices by geniuses in the athletic department, the alleged cutting-edge brilliance of the designs provided by Nike obviously didn't move anybody, since we're now saying "enough!" and just slapping a swoosh logo on a pre-Nike design.

Posted: **Thu Aug 05, 2021 5:13 pm**

It’s not exactly the Desert Swarm unis, but close.

The old white tops got paired with solid blue pants, no stripes and a block A on the left hip. That combo is gone.

I was a fan of that road combo.

Posted: **Thu Aug 05, 2021 5:29 pm**

Well they aren't supposed to be carbon copies of the desert swarm uniforms anyways

Posted: **Fri Aug 06, 2021 9:47 am**

scumdevils86 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 05, 2021 5:52 am Tell me you're old as shit without telling me you're old as shit.

I can't quite get senior discounts most places, but I appreciate how, a little before my time, people used to dress classy when traveling, movie night, dinner, etc.
I thought it was nice.

Posted: **Fri Aug 06, 2021 10:37 am**

AV8RCAT wrote: ↑Fri Aug 06, 2021 9:47 am
scumdevils86 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 05, 2021 5:52 am Tell me you're old as shit without telling me you're old as shit.
I can't quite get senior discounts most places, but I appreciate how, a little before my time, people used to dress classy when traveling, movie night, dinner, etc.
I thought it was nice.

Amazing watching the old movies and TV shows, and guys are actually wearing suits on planes and in movie theaters, besides church. Me, I only own one suit which I wore once to my daughter's wedding, and haven't worn long pants since March of 2020.

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