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Old school Uniforms thoughts
Nov 5, 2014, 1:14 PM
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I might be old school(92') but, I'm proud that Clemson hasn't been convinced to change their uniforms to the new age crap! Whether to sell to recruits or not, tradition is much better than a passing fad. Thoughts
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I completely agree.***
Nov 5, 2014, 1:20 PM
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Re: Old school Uniforms thoughts
Nov 5, 2014, 1:24 PM
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I love our tradition ... But I think the time will come for an alternate uniform .... It should be limited to one game per season ... I don't know though.. Should it be a less significant game or for the gamecocks?
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Re: Old school Uniforms thoughts
Nov 5, 2014, 1:25 PM
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We have that already. All purple which I personally like.
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Yea but we need a purple helmet***
Nov 5, 2014, 2:41 PM
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Re: Old school Uniforms thoughts
Nov 5, 2014, 2:50 PM
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Never a purple helmet .....ever.
And our "purple out" doesn't count as an alternate because we've had it a long time ...
I would like to see a matte version of our current helmet ... Or a matte white helmet with an orange paw and orange stripes .... One day
I'll get behind any uniform choice, anyway! Go Tigers!
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There's always these throwbacks that refresh things while
Nov 5, 2014, 1:28 PM
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keeping them tied to our history....
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but that game SUCKED!!***
Nov 5, 2014, 1:52 PM
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Nealon***
Nov 5, 2014, 9:45 PM
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Re: There's always these throwbacks that refresh things while
Nov 5, 2014, 8:17 PM
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I'd love to see some throwbacks with the UCLA stripes and the orange helmet with the white C that resembles the bears logo. Anyone with a picture of those?
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Re: Old school Uniforms thoughts
Nov 5, 2014, 1:29 PM
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My Dad played on the undefeated '48 team so I'd like to see us wear throwback uniforms once a season and I do like mixing in the orange and purple pants and jerseys.
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Re:I like the orange and purple unis...
Nov 5, 2014, 2:24 PM
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I want to put a purple helmet in her
Nov 5, 2014, 2:42 PM
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I mean, on her.
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Gimmick.
Nov 5, 2014, 1:35 PM
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Gimmick-what teams without a defense will need to attract good recruits.
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The most gimmicky team in football may be in the playoffs...
Nov 5, 2014, 1:37 PM
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Orange Blooded [3573]
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That has become their "traditional" uniforms
Nov 5, 2014, 1:50 PM
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Oregon went with splash to get attention and now they are known for that. Maryland is trying to copy it, but they just accomplish the ugly.
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Maryland has no hope...they'll always look like a walking
Nov 5, 2014, 2:01 PM
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McDonalds advertisement. Some of Oregon's unis look pretty awesome. And if they went with a splash to get the attention, did it pay off some years down the road with a playoff birth? WORTH IT!
I like our Unis and really don't care if we never change. But I really don't mind the idea of bringing something different out once in a blue moon. I think next season will be special. I really think we'll be sitting undefeated this time next year...maybe then we'll break out the all orange or something.
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Orange Blooded [3573]
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I'm not knocking them
Nov 5, 2014, 3:56 PM
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I think it was marketing genius. They needed a splash to get on the national scene and it worked for them. Their "gaudy-ness" story is much like the story of how we got the Paw.
In fact, my kid has clothes from 2 schools, Clemson and Oregon. While nobody looks good in highlighter yellow, there are a ton of kids at his school that know about Oregon just because of their brash uniforms.
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Maryland wears UnderArmour.***
Nov 5, 2014, 2:32 PM
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Re: Maryland wears UnderArmour.***
Nov 5, 2014, 2:36 PM
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That's where the "and ua" comes in.
HTH
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Oregon went completely overboard with it tho....
Nov 5, 2014, 2:30 PM
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I believe they currently have in excess of 500 different uniform cobminations from which to choose on gamedays.
Most normal teams like Clemson with three color combinations (excluding the helmet), have nine.
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Re: Old school Uniforms thoughts
Nov 5, 2014, 1:47 PM
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I agree and its funny that with all of the newer looks, a lot of the schools are starting to look the same. Before too long it will be all black uni's vs all white uni's. Either that or metallic vs matte.....
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We would be bucking the trend if we had a purple helmet,
Nov 5, 2014, 2:42 PM
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not a lot of teams wearing those.
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Peters. Purple helmet.
Nov 5, 2014, 1:54 PM
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You make the connection and do the leg work.
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Re: Peters. Purple helmet.
Nov 5, 2014, 3:30 PM
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Which leg, I see 3 of them?
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yourdoinitrite***
Nov 5, 2014, 3:35 PM
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But the paw is no longer on the shoulder pad
Nov 5, 2014, 2:58 PM
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so, it is newfangled.
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Can't see that it would hurt at all to go 1981 throwback,
Nov 5, 2014, 3:18 PM
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minus the tear-away material. I think if you actually put the current jersey beside the early 80's style, you would see a huge difference. I think a lot of people would like that look from time to time.
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Re: Can't see that it would hurt at all to go 1981 throwback,
Nov 5, 2014, 3:21 PM
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ONE IS ORANGE WITH WHITE NUMBERS AND PAWS. THE OTHER IS ORANGE WITH WHITE NUMBERS AND PAWS. HOW MUCH DIFFERENT CAN YOU BE.
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Pony shoes, bro.***
Nov 5, 2014, 3:25 PM
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One change I'd like made to the current uniforms...
Nov 5, 2014, 3:27 PM
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Is a purple stripe on the pants. I love the classic look Dabo has brought back. I think the Orange on white is one of the best uniforms in college football.
I do not like that the White pants only have two Orange stripes. I think there should be a Purple stipe in between. Like the below picture.
I would also like it if Dabo mixed it up a bit more to bust out the purple alternates more frequently. Not like how it was with Tommy Bowden, but one road game a year, we should wear purple pants / white jerseys.
Here is the White pants with a purple stripe, but, on these, it's two purple, one orange. I'd reverse that to make the purple in the middle with the orange on the outsides.
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Orange Blooded [4970]
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I would love for Clemson to have an alternate uniform
Nov 5, 2014, 3:28 PM
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Unfortunately, the old fogeys will fight it tooth and nail.
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since when is '92 old school?
Nov 5, 2014, 3:36 PM
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I take pride in the fact...
Nov 5, 2014, 7:56 PM
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...that we have not given in to this "let's see how cool we can make our unis look while really altering them so much that no one can even make out what the heck is going on" nonsense.
One of many recent examples is Louisville's look vs FSU. The announcers could barely make out the jersey numbers and commented on it during the broadcast. I had to squint to even see the cardinal head on the helmets.
If I ever have to squint to make out the Paw on our helmets, I will go insane. No thanks.
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Purple was never one of our colors
Nov 5, 2014, 8:08 PM
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It was orange and navy blue. We used to wear navy blue basketball uniforms as recently has the 80s. Check out the 86 ball team picture-navy blue unis. Baseball hats and jerseys used to be navy blue. It was like that with all our teams until Hatfield broke out purple against NC state and then the university seemingly just went with it. All my Clemson stuff from the eighties is orange and navy, i.e shirts, jackets, pennants, etc. There was no purple to be found because it was not our color
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Re: Purple was never one of our colors
Nov 5, 2014, 8:15 PM
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The blue in the 80s is actually an enigma. For whatever reason we wore navy even though purple was a school color long before and wore it in the 50s.
My personal thought is the purple was hard to maintain with washes
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For what it's worth, I have a....
Nov 5, 2014, 8:20 PM
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...."Tiger Rag" from the mid-70s, autographed by Bennie Cunningham and Ken Calicutt and others, that is orange with a purple paw. Not navy, but purple. So I think you are correct.
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Find me anything Clemson related before '92
Nov 5, 2014, 8:30 PM
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that incorporates the color purple. I've haven't seen anything and I've been around a while. I might be wrong
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Re: Find me anything Clemson related before '92
Nov 5, 2014, 9:09 PM
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Clemson wore purple jerseys, not pants against California when Ken Hatfield was coach in the early 90s. Last and first time Clemson wore all purple prior to Sat. was in 1939.
I have a button/pin with orange and purple ribbon on it from way back. I think it is from a SC game. I would say it is from the late 60's. Also have a tigerrag with purple paw on it
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Re: Old school Uniforms thoughts
Nov 5, 2014, 9:18 PM
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Some of the new uniforms look good. Some look like pure garbage. I do enjoy watching Oregon wear the new uniform of the week.
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Re: Old school Uniforms thoughts
Nov 5, 2014, 9:43 PM
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Would like to see a retro 80's look like the attached pic. Narrow stripes on the pants, bolder numbers with wider spacing, paws on the pads, numbers on the sleeves.
Another option is all white road unis and helmets with no purple accenting at all---just simple white and orange. Reverse it for home. Orange with white numbers and stripes and no purple at all.
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