OT - General College Football - Pg 87 Sandusky Guilty

[PkrsBcksGphsMqt]

We have the Badgers thread but I figured we could use a general (err Gophers ) thread, especially with games starting this week. Big games this week (other than UW/UNLV Thursday which I can't wait to watch to see what Russel Wilson can do) include #3 Oregon @ #4 LSU, #5 Boise State @ Georgia #19, as well as a variety of other decent/interesting match ups. It will be interesting to see how LSU plays with their current controversy and it's always interesting when Boise State has to play a premiere BCS team on the road.

Now for the inevitable gopher portion of this post

I'll be L.A. for the Minnesota/USC game Saturday. Pat Forde has picked the Gophers as his upset win of the week!:

Minnesota (36) will shock USC. Yes, even in the Coliseum. The Dash is a believer in new Gophers coach Jerry Kill, and he will rev up the running game behind dual-threat quarterback MarQueis Gray. The Trojans were soft last year against the run (141 yards per game and a fat 4.4 yards per carry). Kickoff is early Los Angeles time (12:30 p.m.). If Minnesota gets off to a fast start and controls the ball, look out.

That would make for an epic trip to L.A. but I'm not holding my breath. I'm fully expecting a 3 td beat down.

[Flames24Rulz]

I hope that happens too, but good luck with that.

[SheedsWeed]

That #3 Oregon - #4 LSU game should be great.

[Kerb Hohl]

[trwi7]

I'm normally a fan of the new uniforms and helmets that teams come up with but those are awful.

[PkrsBcksGphsMqt]

I kind of like them just based on that picture. Maybe i'll change my mind when I see them on the field. I like middle of the facemask being red to match the helmet stripe down the top. The rest of the facemask should be silver to also coordinate with the rest of the helmet.

[PkrsBcksGphsMqt]

Also, no matter what the "special" uniforms look like, it's a huge recruiting tool. Recruits love that ****.

[BUCKnation]

Also, no matter what the "special" uniforms look like, it's a huge recruiting tool. Recruits love that ****.

ahhh, no wonder the badgers rarely get a big recruit. They havent had a cool, new, specialized jersey in years besides that crappy throwback once in awhile

[Kerb Hohl]

Most of Nike's teams that aren't too classic to change got rebranded with a "3 headed monster", meaning 3 helmets of different colors with jersey variations, etc. Not as wild as Oregon's (for most). The pro combat like Georgia's come out for big games. Maryland has some wild pro combat ones.

On my phone and too lazy but read the ESPN UniWatch article.



EDIT: I forgot Maryland is like the main Under Armour school. Scratch that Nike comment.

[El Duderino]

Also, no matter what the "special" uniforms look like, it's a huge recruiting tool. Recruits love that ****.

ahhh, no wonder the badgers rarely get a big recruit. They havent had a cool, new, specialized jersey in years besides that crappy throwback once in awhile

Unlike many here, i'm glad the Badgers don't go around making fairly drastic changes to their uniforms each year like Oregon and many other teams do.

I much prefer schools who keep a long standing tradition look to their uniforms like say Alabama, Ohio St., Penn St., Nebraska, Michigan, Tennessee, LSU, USC, etc. Some of these other college football teams and some NFL teams IMO start looking more like arena league teams with their uniforms, and then on top of that they change those uniforms nearly every season.

When it comes to the most recognizable uniforms in sports, it's almost always those ones that teams have changed very little or nothing at all over a long length of time. Be it the Yankees, Celtics, Packers, Cowboys, Alabama, Michigan, Penn St, or many other schools/uniforms of that ilk, it's largely their tradition, simplicity, and lack of change which makes their uniforms so recognizable vs teams who are regularly changing their uniforms, often enough pretty drastically to look socalled flashy.

[DelaneyRudd]

Most of Nike's teams that aren't too classic to change got rebranded with a "3 headed monster", meaning 3 helmets of different colors with jersey variations, etc. Not as wild as Oregon's (for most). The pro combat like Georgia's come out for big games. Maryland has some wild pro combat ones.

On my phone and too lazy but read the ESPN UniWatch article.



EDIT: I forgot Maryland is like the main Under Armour school. Scratch that Nike comment.

Utah is the main Under Armour school.

Besides Auburn

[chuckleslove]

Also, no matter what the "special" uniforms look like, it's a huge recruiting tool. Recruits love that ****.

ahhh, no wonder the badgers rarely get a big recruit. They havent had a cool, new, specialized jersey in years besides that crappy throwback once in awhile

Unlike many here, i'm glad the Badgers don't go around making fairly drastic changes to their uniforms each year like Oregon and many other teams do.

I much prefer schools who keep a long standing tradition look to their uniforms like say Alabama, Ohio St., Penn St., Nebraska, Michigan, Tennessee, LSU, USC, etc. Some of these other college football teams and some NFL teams IMO start looking more like arena league teams with their uniforms, and then on top of that they change those uniforms nearly every season.

When it comes to the most recognizable uniforms in sports, it's almost always those ones that teams have changed very little or nothing at all over a long length of time. Be it the Yankees, Celtics, Packers, Cowboys, Alabama, Michigan, Penn St, or many other schools/uniforms of that ilk, it's largely their tradition, simplicity, and lack of change which makes their uniforms so recognizable vs teams who are regularly changing their uniforms, often enough pretty drastically to look socalled flashy.

I agree, there is something to be said about the traditional uniforms, I don't want the Badgers to change theirs.

[BUCKnation]

Also, no matter what the "special" uniforms look like, it's a huge recruiting tool. Recruits love that ****.

ahhh, no wonder the badgers rarely get a big recruit. They havent had a cool, new, specialized jersey in years besides that crappy throwback once in awhile

Unlike many here, i'm glad the Badgers don't go around making fairly drastic changes to their uniforms each year like Oregon and many other teams do.

I much prefer schools who keep a long standing tradition look to their uniforms like say Alabama, Ohio St., Penn St., Nebraska, Michigan, Tennessee, LSU, USC, etc. Some of these other college football teams and some NFL teams IMO start looking more like arena league teams with their uniforms, and then on top of that they change those uniforms nearly every season.

When it comes to the most recognizable uniforms in sports, it's almost always those ones that teams have changed very little or nothing at all over a long length of time. Be it the Yankees, Celtics, Packers, Cowboys, Alabama, Michigan, Penn St, or many other schools/uniforms of that ilk, it's largely their tradition, simplicity, and lack of change which makes their uniforms so recognizable vs teams who are regularly changing their uniforms, often enough pretty drastically to look socalled flashy.

dont get me wrong i love the traditionalist jerseys, but every once in awhile it would be cool to throw out a flashy uniform. If only to get the players hyped a bit

[trwi7]

I wish the Badgers would wear red pants on the road and I wish they would wear red pants and red jerseys at home on occasion. I liked those when they did that against Washington State in 2007.

[El Duderino]

I wish the Badgers would wear red pants on the road and I wish they would wear red pants and red jerseys at home on occasion. I liked those when they did that against Washington State in 2007.

I don't care for the red on red, but did like the red pants like they wore in the Rose Bowl vs Stanford.

[ReasonablySober]

If you like sports blogs or good writing in general, I highly recommend checking out Spencer Hall on Every Day Should be Sunday. This should win some kind of award and blows away anything Lupica or Reilly have done in decades.

[Mags FTW]

This Baylor - TCU game is gonna be good.

[Mags FTW]

This Baylor - TCU game is gonna be good.

[Ayt]

This Baylor - TCU game is gonna be good.

I took the over on the 150 O/U for this game.

[Flames24Rulz]

TCU's defense looks, um, not very good.