Utes to get new uniforms for inaugural Pac-12 season
by JazzyUte on Jul 29, 2011 10:03 PM MDT
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PrintSince it's the season of change, Utah football will also change its looks. The program will have new duds for their first season of Pac-12 play.
Though they've yet to be officially released, Conroy Black has uploaded what appears to be the new uniforms as his profile picture.
Not a dramatic change from what we've seen the last few years. The uniforms appear to match the helmet color, which hasn't been the case lately, while white doesn't appear nearly as pronounced as it was in the past.
Overall, I think it's a much sleeker look, but I still wish they would drop the all-reds. They look like pajamas to me. When the red tops were paired with the white pants last year, I thought it was the perfect look and I'm hopeful the team rolls that combination out this season.
Not shown, of course, are the road uniforms and the ones that'll be used for this year's blackout.
What are your thoughts?
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Heres my comment:
Hopefully the new uniform gives ole conroy the ability to cover his man this year cause he had trouble doing that last season..
Agreed
He should probably get a new number too.
by Utah-UCLA alum on Jul 30, 2011 12:17 AM MDT up reply actions
So very true...
Great speed… Cover skills? eh…
by BetterasIgetolder on Jul 30, 2011 11:01 AM MDT up reply actions
Have to disagree about the solid red home uniforms. I LOVE them! I was pretty disappointed last year, actually, when they experimented with the two tone. Personally, I think the home solid red and the away solid white (like that worn in the Sugar Bowl) looks unique, memorable, professional, and striking—especially in HD. It’s almost as though it automatically draws your eye. I’m sure I won’t get my wish on this, but I hope they never go two tone in either home or away games. Love the solid look!
Thanks for posting the pics! (love the blog)
Thanks! I guess we'll have to agree to disagree...
Our uniforms remind me of Fresno State’s and I’ve never, ever liked Fresno’s uniforms.
To me, they seem kind of bush-league.
These are better, of course, but I still wish we’d go with the white pants.
Oops! I meant I couldn't agree more with DallasUte!!
by UtesFootball on Jul 30, 2011 1:28 AM MDT up reply actions
I agree with DallasUte too
The all reds and all whites are the only way to go. I dislike the two-tone look as well.
I love the white pants at home
I hope they keep us all happy and mix it up with all red some games, red top-white pants others, but I really hope the players wishes win out and they wear black pants (home or away) at some point other than the blackout.
Maybe it's because I had to work reeeaaallly late tonight, but...
I’m tired of these gimmicky, disposable unis that change every 2 to 3 years. They all end up being ironically generic. From what I gather, unis can be a big recruiting deal, but I’d much rather see Utah find a nice traditional, yet unique get up and stick with it. Like I’ve said a couple of times before, I think it would be neat if Utah went back to the dirty khaki/canvas colored bottoms from the forties/fifties and simple tops with those “boomerang” stripe things from the current/last uni on the shoulders. I’m not a fan of all red or all white and I think the canvas bottoms would be an immediate team trademark and unique as hell. Plus, the earthtone color fits our American Indian heritage and our hardworking image.
While I’m pontificating, I’ll also make mention of how I miss our old drum and feather. The new feathers look sorta cartoony and I dug the smaller, thinner inner black circle in the drum.
by -FeloniousMonk on Jul 29, 2011 11:22 PM MDT reply actions
I think you worked late tonight...
New recruits are interested in uniform updates and options. Additionally fans are interested and excited about new unis. If you have noticed in the last couple of years uniforms have become quite the attention grabber. Thanks in most part to Nike’s Pro Combat campaign. I would relate it to a car…a 1960 Ferrari is quite cool, but I still think I would prefer the latest and greatest Ferrari that just rolled off the lot. It is exciting and always improved, at least for the most part!
by UtesFootball on Jul 30, 2011 1:21 AM MDT up reply actions
LOL, I get what you're saying, but your Ferrari analogy is flawed.
Classic autos tend to appreciate and there are few who will take the latest and greatest 458 Italia over a 250 GTO or turn down a Lambo Miura for even an Aventador. :)
Anyway, I suppose I just want Utah to build a little tradition. I don’t see recruits turning down USC, ‘bama, LSU or Penn State because of the unis. If it’s all about branding nowadays, Utah needs to establish and maintain a signature look instead of following the trends. Our generic uni changes keep us closer to Boise State than they move us nearer USC, UCLA and Stanford.
by -FeloniousMonk on Jul 30, 2011 9:08 AM MDT up reply actions
I never was one for analogies!
But I think I would still take the 458 italia! Wow factor!
by UtesFootball on Jul 30, 2011 12:43 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
But your analogy is flawed.
if the 458 italia were still produced the same way today as it was when it was originally produced then nobody would want the old or the new.
Now the old one is rare with increased value. The new one is in style with increased value.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St Larry soon would be there. -Maji Man
No, cars like the Ferrari 250 GTO, Lambo Miura and Ford GT-40...
are desirable for more than just rarity or performance. There’s an inherent beauty in their form that still captivates fifty years on. Besides, modern supercars already start, brand new, at 250 to 500 K. It remains to be seen if the 458 Italia will not only retain value, but also appreciate tenfold. If the history of other relatively recent supercars, such as the Countach, Testarossa and Diablo are any indication, the answer is no.
Besides, I made no analogy.
by -FeloniousMonk on Jul 30, 2011 1:57 PM MDT up reply actions
Uniforms are all about style...
Not rarity! You want to look good on the field, tv, marketing etc. Granted notre dame, USC, and a select few other programs can keep the classic look because it pays homage to the storied programs they are. I’m a die hard ute for life, but the fact of the matter is they are not notre dame. They need to keep up with the latest and greatest trends. Bottom line the utes need to look good, and an occassional uni upgrade does no harm. Especially if it means we don’t end up with khaki bottoms! I’m sorry but that would not look good in the least bit.
by UtesFootball on Jul 30, 2011 4:07 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Of course, style is subjective...
too bad the “upgrades” you speak of usually translates into a generic look that strives only to keep up with the current trends. Innovation is awesome; status quo, not so much. The uniform above is great TO ME because it’s a Ute uniform, but everyone who isn’t a Ute fan just sees another modern football uniform. Houston could wear that uni. Paint it blue and BSU could rock it. There’s nothing special about it and certainly nothing that says “Utah Ute”.
by -FeloniousMonk on Jul 30, 2011 4:56 PM MDT up reply actions
Agreed, but gimmick is subjective too
I think the old khacki would be a gimmick. Of course, if done right, I might like it for a while. It would be important to keep in style no matter what is done.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St Larry soon would be there. -Maji Man
What do you think of LSU's purple and gold, then?
Is that gimmicky? Or do those colors fit the school’s and the state’s heritage? How about UCLA’s powder blue and gold? How about Texas’s burnt orange? Color’s come to represent whatever we want them to represent; all it takes is time. Here in Utah, red is us, blue be them; but before that, red was us and only royal blue was them. Navy blue was Utah State. BYU changed that in a decade. The bastards!
by -FeloniousMonk on Jul 31, 2011 1:08 AM MDT up reply actions
Felonious...
Finally we agree on something! They are bastards! Still disagree with the khakis though! Last I checked all those universities use those color schemes because those are the school colors. I have never received a memo about the utes adapting khaki as one of their colors!
by UtesFootball on Jul 31, 2011 10:15 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
True!
My point was that colors (even ugly colors) eventually become part of tradition and stop being a “gimmick”.
Anyway, it was just an idea on what Utah could do is they wanted a unique, “traditional” look because, outside of adding a new accent color, there’s not much a school can do with crimson, white and black to set themselves apart.
by -FeloniousMonk on Aug 1, 2011 11:22 AM MDT up reply actions
If they made the same 250 GTO for 50 years The beauty would be lost to a stale boredom. If the only difference between the gto of 50 years ago and one built today was age, then the old car would not appreciate. Nobody would want the old one and they would be bored with the new.
You did use an analogy. Jazzy, you, and I used an analogy between a car and a uniform. Each with an individual twist.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St Larry soon would be there. -Maji Man
Jazzy's in on this?
Anyway, I made no analogy between car and football uniform because it isn’t apt. Outside of Russia, India, the Checker cab, the Mini Cooper (before BMW bought them), Jeep (the Wrangler has been sporting essentially the same basic design since WWII) and a few others, car design changes for many practical reasons. The Ferrari 250 GTO itself is a design that couldn’t live much past the sixties, but it represents a design archetype that has continued to live on in many more recent front-engined, rear-wheel drive sports cars… man, I must really be working too much to take this so seriously. :) Time for some Zs.
by -FeloniousMonk on Jul 31, 2011 1:00 AM MDT up reply actions
Nike's Pro Combat???
Nike doesn’t make Utah’s unis, Under Armour does. Wounded Warrior Project
by SEC_fans_are_delusional on Aug 1, 2011 7:00 AM MDT up reply actions
canvas bottoms?
Not sure I would dig that look. Sometimes color schemes die for a reason.
I love the solid red or solid white look. Reminds me of some great games.
Utah v Oregon st
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=IR5lN9W8fs0
Utah v TDS
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=ryDzRPOy8N8
Utah v Bama
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=Nam1F73LUQQ
Utah v UCLA
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=FRR5fv0PXXQ
by RunninUtes30 on Jul 30, 2011 9:30 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Yep, but they also sometimes come back for a reason. Everything's cyclical.
Honestly, I think Utah would be ahead of the curve. It could be the next big look! Joking there, but there are many teams looking to distinguish themselves through unique looks and color combos. I sense a growing weariness with monochromatic schemes and I personally think it’s a look that’s been played out. (Disclaimer: I do have a background in design.) We’re already seeing a shifting trend toward gray, whether as a dominant color or as an accent, with Oregon, WSU, BSU and others. I think a khaki/dirty canvas color fits Utah well and could be our “gray”. At the very least, Utah would like no one else, and that’s valuable in its own right.
by -FeloniousMonk on Jul 30, 2011 9:53 AM MDT up reply actions
Agree with the monochrome issue
I like providing some different options like oregon. Grey accent is nice but I don’t think we should use it. We are already leaning to black accent and there is a unspoken color limit.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St Larry soon would be there. -Maji Man
The white pants - Red shirts - classic
Felonious and I had this debate a few weeks ago and I know where he comes from and I agree to a point. I’m in the camp that says let’s get a classic look and stay with it; as was pointed out ND, Michigan, Penn State, USC, Alabama don’t lose recruits because of their unis. There is a lot to be said for tradition – especially if its a winning tradition.
"It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word" - Andrew Jackson
Always happy to see new uniforms!
I like the new look! The new unis may not be too different than our older set, but I like the slight modification.
I for one am a fan of the solid red from head to toe. I don’t know why, but I just imagine the all red to be a little more dominating and bold. Same goes for the all white away jerseys. Maybe I’m not old school enough, but I really have no interest in the red jersey/white pants approach or vice versa. Solid is what catches my eye! Would LOVE to see a possible alternate white helmet, or even a black helmet for the blackout game!
Disappointed
I agree these look like PJ’s. We need to pick a shade of red and stick to it. If we’re going to have all red, then tone down the hue a little. This is scarlet, not crimson
Crimson is a strong, bright, deep red color. It is originally the color of the dye produced from a scale insect, Kermes vermilio, but the name is now also used in general as a generic term for those slightly bluish-red colors that are between red and rose; besides crimson itself, these colors include carmine, raspberry, ruddy, ruby, amaranth, and cerise.
Scarlet is a bright red color with a hue that is somewhat toward the orange. It is redder than vermilion. It is a pure chroma on the color wheel one-fourth of the way between red and orange. Traditionally, scarlet is the color of flame. It may also refer to the color of the blood of a living person.
I hope we at least get alternate helmets to break up the red.
True and, worse still, these new ones remind me of high school unis.
I went to West Jordan high, and back then we had unis styled after the Steelers (colors excepted), but with our own unique and creative helmet logo. It was great! In a sea of hackneyed copycats, we stood out and looked sharp. At some point after that, WJ’s unis have become more generic and they replaced that neat logo with a Jacksonville Jaguar ripoff. Meanwhile, our rival Bingham, has stuck, more or less, with their traditional signature look, and it’s hard not to notice the divergence in success between the two schools.
Point is, tradition matters in both high school and college sports and the most powerful branding tool a university has is its own tradition. Just ask Alabama or Penn State or LSU or Michigan; all of which, not coincidentally, land on the top ten uni lists with a Gibraltar-like regularity.
by -FeloniousMonk on Jul 30, 2011 9:29 AM MDT up reply actions
Funny you should say...
I played for Bingham Dave Peck’s first year and he had us put the uni’s together. (It’s kind of nice thinking that I could go to a homecoming game, wear my old jersey, and fit right in) He wanted something to use long term and was leaning towards something similar to the Tennessee Titans uni’s (pretty new at the time), but I’ve always loved the clean, classic look of PSU. So I lobbied the troops and those are what we came up with. We decided against names on the back to try and push the importance of the team and originally had our numbers on the side if the helmet instead of the symbol they have now.
As to the new Utah uni’s, I still like clean and classic and hope that Utah will find something with those qualities and stick with it. If they decide this is it, stick with it. However, color is critical and I disagree with the khaki idea. Khaki is blah and fit for old men hanging in a home. Stick with Red and ALWAYS wear white pants. (That’s the one thing I lost out on in high school). Home: Red top, White bottom. Away: White top, White bottom.
by BetterasIgetolder on Jul 30, 2011 10:54 AM MDT up reply actions
The khaki I'm taking about ain't no Dockers, washed-out tan...
I mean real khaki, the color of old yellowed and dirty canvas. That’s the color of the working man from the early part of the last century. Guys who worked high steel and smelters.
I like the white bottoms, but they just seem a little too slick to me. Always have. Still, I prefer white, or even black, bottoms over red. Red pants are cheesy.
by -FeloniousMonk on Jul 30, 2011 11:00 AM MDT up reply actions
I play football for WJHS
Go utes!
by utahman13 on Jul 30, 2011 3:37 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Maybe its the jersey
My quarrel is that the red jersey seems like a practice jersey, very bland. The all red may not be bad if they did more, if they would do something that made the jersey look more Ute and less like just a color tons of colleges use.
Great...
Unless they update the uni on NCAA 12, this will drive me freaking insane while playing! Anyway, love the solid look. Would love to see alternate helmets too!
by Classless Ute on Jul 30, 2011 9:58 AM MDT via mobile reply actions
Stop Pretending, Ute Fans
We don’t really have a “classic” look to go back to, like BYU, Michigan, Notre Dame, etc. We should embrace that, and enjoy the freedom that comes with it.
Yes, they’re somewhat generic, but so what. They’re new, and they’re cool. The ‘08-’10 looked like a poor man’s South Carolina(which are UA, extremely similar to Utah’s, but way cooler, IMO). And I HATED the leg stripes. Can’t tell if they changed those or not, from this photo.
Love the All-Red
And all you people criticizing the all-red look should be burned at the stake for heresy!
No classic look?
Your history with Utah must only begin in 2004.
by -FeloniousMonk on Jul 30, 2011 10:51 AM MDT up reply actions
Oh yeah?
What is it, then? White pants, red jerseys, with stripes around the sleeves? I’ve got news for you: that’s about a generic as it gets.
I’m talking Michigan, USC, Florida State: A classic, one-of-a-kind look.
How is "white pants, red jerseys" any different from 'bama's and Okie's hallowed look?
Or, for that matter, UM’s “maize and blue”, or SC’s combo, or PSU’s?
Besides, as I’ve already stated ad nauseum—literally, in fact, because even I’m sick of reading my own ideas—I’d like to see Utah return to the forties look. There’s history and tradition here, don’t kid yourself or discount our heritage. It certainly doesn’t begin and end with “all red”. And that’s another bone of contention: many of us prefer “crimson” to “red” anyway. Personally, I dug it when we had differing shades of crimson between our helmet and unis. That was something unique, and I’ll always prefer unique to monochromatic.
by -FeloniousMonk on Jul 30, 2011 11:44 AM MDT up reply actions
Others outside of Utah disagree with you...
Check out this link http://tinyurl.com/6fdkvkw and you’ll see that our current (or at least before this version) are in the class of those other classic looks.
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Black Helmets
Is this is the year that we finally get black helmets for the blackout?
I personally like the crimson helmet with the black jersey.
It’s interesting and has a natural “tension”. Monochromatic anything is uninspired and boring. Just like those salesmen you still run into from time to time who insist upon wearing a monochromatic shirt and tie combo: boring and so ninties. :)
by -FeloniousMonk on Jul 30, 2011 10:54 AM MDT up reply actions
Felonious...
You are the only one that likes the red helmet with the black jerseys, or even the khaki idea Talk about your experience in design or whatever you want, but it looks tacky! Im just glad that you aren’t on a design team for under armour. At least I hope!
by UtesFootball on Jul 30, 2011 4:12 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Innovation is always sneered at, at first...
ask Oregon. Generic status quo design is easy, but does nothing to advance anything of value.
by -FeloniousMonk on Jul 30, 2011 4:59 PM MDT up reply actions
LOL
I think by “tension” and “innovation”, he means using colors that don’t match or are completely outmoded.
I take it you still wear monochromatic shirts and ties.
by -FeloniousMonk on Jul 31, 2011 12:26 AM MDT up reply actions
Judging by your sense of style...
I think you mean burlap. ;)
by -FeloniousMonk on Jul 31, 2011 10:17 AM MDT up reply actions
The red helmets with black jerseys look too San Diego State to me.
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No black helmets would be a let down!
It is now becoming the norm across division 1 to have an alternate jersey and helmet. This year should be the year they bust out the black helmets!
by UtesFootball on Jul 30, 2011 1:02 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
That would be awesome
White helmets, black helmets – I bet Under Armor will be even more generous now that Utah’s much more visible. Utah’s now in a pretty unique position with Under Armour: a western school, in a major conference, that isn’t with Nike, and is willing to experiment.
Good point BCS Busted!
Under armour would be absolutely foolish to not capitalize on Utahs unique circumstances! I say bring on the experimentation as long as it’s not brown Camo. (I loved the idea of the wounded warrior project, but the Camo should have at least been gray or something!)
by UtesFootball on Jul 31, 2011 10:22 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Agree with Jazzyute
the unis look sleeker and also just look cool. I really can’t wait to see the alt jerseys for the blackout
by montanajagsfan on Jul 30, 2011 11:40 AM MDT reply actions
Retro Unis
I think that it would be really cool, if for just this year,the Utes and Buffaloes went to a retro uniforms that the teams were wearing the last time that they played back in the 60s, this year, to help highlight that they were once fierce rivals and that with this new conference are being able to renew that rival from this year onward.
I love that idea.
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by daedalus17 on Jul 30, 2011 11:09 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Oregon is way overboard.
It would be cool though to have some sweet grey pants with the red or the white jerseys. Something like the throwbacks Ohio State wore last year in one of their home games. I think canvas would not look as good as a medium grey. Grey helmets with the normal drum and feather or a straight up block u with the blackout unison would be sweet. I think tradition is awesome, but why not have some extra options for big time games. I like the idea of throwbacks for the Buffs game. That would be bombtown.
by dantheutahman on Jul 30, 2011 3:16 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Nothin' like a change of uniforms to make us all fashion experts...
You’ve all turned into Tim Gunn!
LOL! In my defense,
I was overworked and underslept. Still, that’s barely a valid excuse. Time to act like a man and go shoot some firearms at some fireworks and see if I can’t set a canyon on fire!
by -FeloniousMonk on Jul 31, 2011 10:16 AM MDT up reply actions
I like the all red uniforms
It just looks better and much more intimidating to me. Maybe you should have a poll or something and find out what is liked more.
Did the Utes have un-PC unis ever?
I like the idea of throwbacks, but did they ever have the Redskins name on the uniforms? That would create confusion and have a negative effect on our cooperative relationship with the Ute Tribe.
Yes & No....
In the 50s, no, there was nothing un-PC about Utah’s uniforms. They were red with a cream-like pants color.
Here is a colored photo of the uniforms from the 50s. You can’t make out the pants, but the pants were the color that’s been described a few times in this post.
Other full uniform pictures from the 50s:
Utah’s helmet in the 50s was red with no decals on either side.
However, this was their uniform in 1969:
I don’t know when the Indian was added to the uniform – but it happened sometime in the 60s. Obviously something like that today would not fly. It didn’t last long as, in the mid-70s, they dropped the Indian.
This photo is from the 1974 season, the season before Utah adopted the Drum & Feather that they still use on the helmets today. You can see that the Indian has actually been replaced by the Block U in a circle – not to be confused with the Drum & Feather, of course.
A year later, Utah added the D&F to its helmet and still kept the large U in the circle on each shoulder.
By the late 70s, Utah had dropped the U on the shoulders and replaced it with multi-colored (it appears to be black-white-red) stripes:
Just for fun, here’s their roadies in the mid-80s:
By the late 80s, the stripes on the shoulders were wider and only white/red:
Notice throughout this entire stretch, Utah football had white pants for their home uniforms. That changed in the 1992 season, when they adopted red pants:
This was Utah’s uniform in 1996, you can see it still continues the red-on-red:
For the most part, they’ve stuck with the red/red combination since that ’92 season. There have been times where they mixed it up, but not near the consistency seen from the 1960s to the early 90s.
If there is a classic Utah uniform, it’s the red/white mix.
Something the Utes broke out for the first time in a long time last season:
And it looked damn good!
Red w/white pants is awesome!
I remember hoping for the combo’s return at the Pitt game last year.
Pleasantly surprised, was I, the very next week when they took the field vs. UNLV wearing that very combo.
Sure...
Utah’s so concerned with political correctness that it won’t even put the drum and feather logo on the field turf or anything permanent on the campus. I’m sure they’d decide to do throwback “redskin” jerseys out of the blue.
BYU fan here
I think the Utes’ unis have come a long way. They have evolved really well into crisp, even intimidating, looking uniforms that match the way Utah comes ready to play week-in and week-out. I grew up in Fresno and I think the Utes’ unis are WAAAY better than Fresno State’s. They’ll look good playing and beating a lot of Pac-12 foes.
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For one, I don’t get the big deal on the red on red. I do like red on white better, but red on red isn’t terrible. As for the khaki idea- unique, but it would be unique because it would be ugly. But that’s just me. oh and Felonious and Utahman13- GO JAGS!
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Yes...
I have never understood the fascination with the red/red look.
As you said, it doesn’t look bad… but it pales compared to the red/white.
Red/white simply looks more BCS-level. Red/red looks more Boise State level… a mid-major trying to look like they’re big time.
by TomahawkRed on Aug 3, 2011 2:42 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
These are the khaki pants Felonious is talking about
1959:
1962:
I actually kind of get it. But I don’t know if it would work with modern uniform materials. It seems like they would be shiny and weird, and they wouldn’t quite look like the old ones did.
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Thanks for the pics!
I’ve been meaning to get around to it.
by -FeloniousMonk on Aug 1, 2011 11:15 AM MDT up reply actions
True, maybe, but you can't tell me the Niners unis aren't pretty cool...
and I’m definitely not a 49ers fan.
There are some materials out now that are more matte, less sheen.
by -FeloniousMonk on Aug 1, 2011 11:14 AM MDT up reply actions
From someone who had to play in black unis in the hot, hot sun...
it ain’t fun. I have a negative bias towards them out of personal experience. But, then again, most of the time the Utes will playing in much cooler environs, so I suppose it’s moot and comes down to a matter of aesthetics. Still, as a digger of the unique, I can’t help but like the khaki look and think that it’s in keeping with our geographic location, American Indian heritage and working man’s philosophy. That all, of course, hinges on it being khaki/dirty canvas color and NOT football-uniform “gold”.
Bottomline, no matter what the unis look like, they’ll still be filled by a Ute, and that’s all that really matters. It’s the team that makes the uniform/image, not the other way around. I’ll cheer ‘em on regardless, even if they’re wearing all red jumpsuits with LED sequins, gold conchos and rawhide fringe… vomit-inducing as that would be.
by -FeloniousMonk on Aug 1, 2011 1:08 PM MDT up reply actions
That would actually be cool.
I wouldn’t mind looking like the Niners.
Heck, introduce a gold alternate helmet to cap that Niner look!
am i the only one....
who thinks Conroy looks like a stormtrooper in this picture, minus the helmet of course.?
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by BigBenSportsGuy on Aug 1, 2011 10:50 AM MDT reply actions
Love the all red
I always thought that the red shirts and white pants looked tacky. Keep the all reds Utes!
I can see why people don't like the red/white look...
It does represent the worst stretch of football in program history. They played awful in those uniforms.
They changed to the white pants sometime in the 1960s. This is from 1964:
And by the 70s, it was the consistent look:
So, let’s just say Utah changed to the white pants in 1964, through that stretch, they went 141-166-1 throughout a near-30 year stretch. That put them 80th in college football over that span.
Now, with red/red, Utah football is 156-73 – that’s 17th best in college football over the last 19 years.
And now we can all see clearly the power of pants color.
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Which would at least partially explain the win/loss record
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In the 1964 picture.....
first of all, I love the cheerleaders uniforms. They look like they are on their way to a math lecture.
Second, i wonder if number 80 is the father of Brandon Davies? Anyone else see the resemblance?
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by BigBenSportsGuy on Aug 2, 2011 10:16 AM MDT up reply actions
To be released on Saturday...
DesNews is reporting the school will officially release the new unis this Saturday.
The main difference
in the new unis is the numbers.
They have gone from the rounded “Steelers” type look to traditional block.
Much much better, as I have always identified the number style as the biggest reason to change.
Numbers & Stripes
Glad they updated the numbers. Sad to still see the stripes…stupid and very Division II. I could go either way with the solid red or the white pants, red tops. What I absolutely hate is the red pants/white top away configuration. Solid whites look sooooo much better.
by Patrick Campbell on Aug 8, 2011 1:58 PM MDT reply actions
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