Alabama "cardinal"

KrimsonNinja

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Alright.

I'm sticking with Alabama Crimson Tide. 'Alabama Cardinal Tide' and 'Alabama Pantone (PMS) 201 Tide' don't roll off the tongue very well.
 

theBIGyowski

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All the braggarts running rampant around here...

I might have to dust off some of my old stories, ahem...
Sorry...just trying to give some insider info on the Crimson color we had from Nike when I was there. The main point was that Nike did not have a Crimson color before becoming our official uniform provider for athletics...and that they created that specific color just for us. It was only a little later that they started using it for the officially licensed stuff sold in stores.

As for the helmets...they are Riddell...I think...so it could very well be a different shade of red or Crimson than the jerseys.
 

Tidetwin

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Sorry...just trying to give some insider info on the Crimson color we had from Nike when I was there. The main point was that Nike did not have a Crimson color before becoming our official uniform provider for athletics...and that they created that specific color just for us. It was only a little later that they started using it for the officially licensed stuff sold in stores.

As for the helmets...they are Riddell...I think...so it could very well be a different shade of red or Crimson than the jerseys.
From my limited and obscured vantage point the jerseys and helmets haven't matched for years.
 

GrayTide

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IIRC, the old UT orange was more of a creamsicle, pale orange. It seems starting in the fulmer years the orange became more of a bright, Halloween orange.
 

Go Bama

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There's too much yellow in UT orange. It's almost yellow with a tint of orange.

Texas has by far the best orange color.

I haven't noticed a change in Bama's crimson, but the first time I saw them play in home jerseys was in '72.
 

4BamanMex

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I worked at Russell in screen printing department in the 70's. All I know was when we printed on white, we used Cardinal. I remember the tear away jerseys because of how many times you would print the running back's numbers.
 

TIDE-HSV

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I worked at Russell in screen printing department in the 70's. All I know was when we printed on white, we used Cardinal. I remember the tear away jerseys because of how many times you would print the running back's numbers.
I kinda liked the idea behind the tearaways. I think a case can be made that you shouldn't be able to tackle a guy by grabbing cloth...
 

CullmanTide

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Jan 7, 2008
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There's too much yellow in UT orange. It's almost yellow with a tint of orange.

Texas has by far the best orange color.

I haven't noticed a change in Bama's crimson, but the first time I saw them play in home jerseys was in '72.
I dislike any orange but at least Texas had the decency to burn it.
 

JIB

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Reggie White from the 1980s.

Some Clausen from a decade ago.

Definitely looks different. They must have added urine into the dye.
 

CrimsonSEC

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I kinda liked the idea behind the tearaways. I think a case can be made that you shouldn't be able to tackle a guy by grabbing cloth...
Makes me think of Johnny Musso crossing the goal line with a shredded jersey barely still covering his shoulder pads.
 

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