With the introduction of the black I agree.
Back with the gold jersey/silver txt and silver pants it was.... interesting.
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2014 Official Uniform Thread
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With the introduction of the black I agree.
Back with the gold jersey/silver txt and silver pants it was.... interesting.
Look at post #563. You're looking at it. Already done.
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what % of games in all sports has silver been used in your lifetime?
Hawk Uniform had silver numbers
We had this jersey in the 80's/90's, although I can't find an exact date. It has a silver stripe though the shoulder stripes and the numbers. We also had a gold variant
We wear silver in Basketball for big games
The band has Silver in their uniforms
The university logo has silver
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Hawk Uniform had silver numbers
We had this jersey in the 80's/90's, although I can't find an exact date. It has a silver stripe though the shoulder stripes and the numbers. We also had a gold variant
We wear silver in Basketball for big games
The band has Silver in their uniforms
The university logo has silver
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Hawk Uniform had silver numbers
We had this jersey in the 80's/90's, although I can't find an exact date. It has a silver stripe though the shoulder stripes and the numbers. We also had a gold variant
We wear silver in Basketball for big games
The band has Silver in their uniforms
The university logo has silver
Yeah but those are all ugly.
There you go. You are the angry and hostile guy. Let it all out, brother.
I hear our new red and green unis are gonna be sick.
I have to agree with Tini here. Although, I don't think we need a drastic change, a change is needed. Whether some of you want to believe it or not, this stuff matters to kids, unfortunately. From what I've heard we will see changes next year but nothing over the top. I think that is a good balance.
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Silver ore mined from Alma Colorado. Lore around the use of black in CU's uniform is based on the fact that silver ore is often black. The black color of CU's uniform is a tribute to Colorado's mining history and the ore that was extracted from our mountains.
This silver ore literally helped put Colorado on the map, as statehood has its roots tied to the mineral wealth that was discovered by the state's pioneers.
Much of Colorado's silver ore was put on trains and shipped out of state to be refined. Every time CU puts on black, it is honoring thousands of early miners who toiled below the surface in the darkened mine shafts with picks, hammers, and dynamite to earn their living.
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Silver ore mined from Alma Colorado. Lore around the use of black in CU's uniform is based on the fact that silver ore is often black. The black color of CU's uniform is a tribute to Colorado's mining history and the ore that was extracted from our mountains.
This silver ore literally helped put Colorado on the map, as statehood has its roots tied to the mineral wealth that was discovered by the state's pioneers.
Much of Colorado's silver ore was put on trains and shipped out of state to be refined. Every time CU puts on black, it is honoring thousands of early miners who toiled below the surface in the darkened mine shafts with picks, hammers, and dynamite to earn their living.
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Silver ore mined from Alma Colorado. Lore around the use of black in CU's uniform is based on the fact that silver ore is often black. The black color of CU's uniform is a tribute to Colorado's mining history and the ore that was extracted from our mountains.
This silver ore literally helped put Colorado on the map, as statehood has its roots tied to the mineral wealth that was discovered by the state's pioneers.
Much of Colorado's silver ore was put on trains and shipped out of state to be refined. Every time CU puts on black, it is honoring thousands of early miners who toiled below the surface in the darkened mine shafts with picks, hammers, and dynamite to earn their living.
Sounds like they just wanted to use black, and found a story to explain it.
Better story than the 85% of the rest of CFB that just adopted black within the past 5 years. I'm looking at you Neb and Oregon
I always had heard that with the emergence of TV, the gold/silver uni combo looked muted and muddled on screen and they needed a color to break it up. Insert black. Cool that they found a way to incorporate it into the mineral history of the other two colors though.
Yep. Silver and gold is problematic at best without the insertion of another color, and they worked backwards from there.
Works fine for me.
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The kind of person who takes exception to the color of silver ore are assholes, just like those who make the bison instead of buffalo argument.
My highschool produces a lot of d1 athletes every year...when I played football (2008-2012) all the kids who were getting college offers talked about uniforms about 60% of the time. Uniforms can really help or really hurt chances of picking up some kids..
And schools like Baylor and Oregon and other places that have a ton of alternate uni's *got a lot more attention*. I don't think it would hurt us to add some flair in our uniforms.
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And schools like Baylor and Oregon and other places that have a ton of alternate uni's *got a lot more attention*. I don't think it would hurt us to add some flair in our uniforms.
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This is the best of the most recent options, IMO.
Sad but true. The real question is . . . does flourescent gold or silver exist?
I wonder if the marketing research people at Nike know this....
I can see to get some initial attention from a recruit, but I doubt Alabama has lost too many because of their 1950's uniforms..
Why would you use Alabama of all schools as an example?
It's about it being cool to your peers. The uniforms garner attention and kids look up to the teams that change things up. Alabama doesn't need to **** around with it, Oregon did, Baylor does, UW does, even UCLA does. I think it is something you need to do if you aren't currently a powerhouse or 'hip'
Because I wanted to.
You do see why it'd a bad example though, right?