Black Alabama Jersey on Rolltide.com

tattooguy21 · Sep 18, 2013

calm down people. i was as panicked as you when i first saw it.....here's an update...

"But you shouldn't worry; for starters, black numbers on a black jersey would make the numerals impossible to read -- and a violation of NCAA rules (as well as all common sense). For another, the school has told student newspaper the Crimson White that it's "working on getting the text corrected" on the site listing."

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...-selling-but-likely-not-wearing-black-jerseys

formersoldier71 · Sep 19, 2013

"I don't really feel like it's my place to change the image and tradition of what people expect when Alabama runs out the tunnel," Saban said Thursday on his weekly radio show. "Everybody expects to see Alabama a certain way. It's a tradition that a lot of guys played here, a lot of coaches coached here.

"All that stuff, and I'm going to change that? So Nike can sell more shirts? I don't really care about that."

http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2013/09/black_jerseys_at_alabama_nick.html

TideMan09 · Sep 20, 2013

formersoldier71 said:
http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2013/09/black_jerseys_at_alabama_nick.html

Coach Saban understands what our "Tradition" truly mean to Bama Football & isn't the type HC that would rock the boat when it comes to the situation, had Coach Price stayed on as our HC, I have no doubts we'd tried alternate Uni's like he did at Washington St, he's the type personality, that would wanna change of Tradition & start his own at Bama..Thank God for "Destiny"..LOL

Crimson1967 · Sep 20, 2013

While I wouldn't want the team to wear this (and it looks like they won't), the shirt in and of itself isn't bad. I wouldn't buy one due to the price and because I'm not wild about the color black.

FWIW, about half of my Bama shirts have grey as a primary color.

Loved coach's "To heck with Nike" comment. Not many coaches would have the guts to say that. He may go to Texas, but he'll never get the Oregon gig.

bamafaninOhiO · Sep 20, 2013

Crimson1967 said:
While I wouldn't want the team to wear this (and it looks like they won't), the shirt in and of itself isn't bad. I wouldn't buy one due to the price and because I'm not wild about the color black.

FWIW, about half of my Bama shirts have grey as a primary color.

Loved coach's "To heck with Nike" comment. Not many coaches would have the guts to say that. He may go to Texas, but he'll never get the Oregon gig.

He isnt going to Texas. I dont think he'd want to deal with the arrogance of the school administration, or the longhorn network, or the big12 conference...

Coach Saban has a pretty solid thing going right now at Alabama, he has the opportunity to do things no one has ever done... I just dont see him givng it away for what Texas can offer. Money won't be an object, because you'd see us handing over a blank check if necessary....

CrimSonami · Sep 20, 2013

formersoldier71 said:
http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2013/09/black_jerseys_at_alabama_nick.html

:biggrin2: Thanks Coach!

RTR!!!

uafootball92 · Sep 21, 2013

Am I missing something? This is the caption on the link first posted, "The Crimson Tide are built for hard-hitting, fast-paced gridiron action, and we know that's exactly why you love them. Promote your Alabama gear to a level that'll proudly flaunt your team's skills and your own team dedication with this special-edition Nike Limited jersey. It features strategic mesh ventilation, embroidered graphics and a tackle twill player number. Congratulations, you just upped your status to Ultimate Alabama Fan!"

No black out game mentioned?

rolltideallday · Sep 21, 2013

Post 82 of this thread is someone quoting the university saying they were working on changing the wording. Originally it mentioned us wearing them for a game.

uafootball92 said:
Am I missing something? This is the caption on the link first posted, "The Crimson Tide are built for hard-hitting, fast-paced gridiron action, and we know that's exactly why you love them. Promote your Alabama gear to a level that'll proudly flaunt your team's skills and your own team dedication with this special-edition Nike Limited jersey. It features strategic mesh ventilation, embroidered graphics and a tackle twill player number. Congratulations, you just upped your status to Ultimate Alabama Fan!"

No black out game mentioned?

JBama_in_PCOLA · Sep 21, 2013

rolltideallday said:
Post 82 of this thread is someone quoting the university saying they were working on changing the wording. Originally it mentioned us wearing them for a game.

Yeah they need to because initially I thought they were wearing them based on that wording which I figured later that they didn't mean that.

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oregonbltzkrieg · Sep 22, 2013

bamafaninOhiO said:
Its a tradition thing.

Our uniform is one of the sports icons, and I for one dont want to see it change, at all. I dont want us to even remotely be associated with the oregon ducks annual fashion show, who have to have a warehouse to store all thier different uniforms.

Both teams have unique but different marketing approaches. Alabama sells tradition. Oregon sells cutting edge. Some recruits prefer the former, some the latter. If Oregon can snag a few extra recruits who think it's cool to wear different uniforms and helmets every week, then it's just another marketing tool to sell the team on a national scale.

AngryEwok · Sep 22, 2013

Disregarding whether or not it was ever intended for the Crimson Tide, it scares me that some of you guys think this thing is in any way attractive...

CajunCrimson · Sep 22, 2013

oregonbltzkrieg said:
Both teams have unique but different marketing approaches. Alabama sells tradition. Oregon sells cutting edge. Some recruits prefer the former, some the latter. If Oregon can snag a few extra recruits who think it's cool to wear different uniforms and helmets every week, then it's just another marketing tool to sell the team on a national scale.

I think the Chip Kelly experiment in the NFL will be short lived. They already have figured out how to stop it. You will recruit 2-3 star kids looking to pile up stats....and in College it works. But the won't pile up huge amounts of draft picks. High end Recruits look past weird Uni's and Arena Football......

Don't think Bama sells tradition. They sell NFL and Championships. When we tried to sell Tradition, it failed. That's why teams like Michigan, Nebraska, Teaxa, Oklahoma, and up until last year Notre Dame have struggled...

You have to sell Now. Not sure if dressing up like an Arena team helps you with elite talent on a consistent basis.

AngryEwok · Sep 22, 2013

CajunCrimson said:
Don't think Bama sells tradition.

I was here when we had a couple of coaches named Mike. Tradition is all we could sell. Saban is not immortal... Rome fell and someday the Tide will be second or third best in the division and we fans will have our Tradition and little else to be proud of.

TooBama · Sep 22, 2013

colbysullivan said:
i think the whole team should wear the black jerseys. Then the other team couldn't hit us all game

brilliant!!

oregonbltzkrieg · Sep 22, 2013

CajunCrimson said:
I think the Chip Kelly experiment in the NFL will be short lived. They already have figured out how to stop it. You will recruit 2-3 star kids looking to pile up stats....and in College it works. But the won't pile up huge amounts of draft picks. High end Recruits look past weird Uni's and Arena Football......

Have to give it time to work. Replacing Vick with Matt Barkley would help speed it along. Looks like the Eagle's have poor defense, not necessarily poor offense.

B1GTide · Sep 22, 2013

oregonbltzkrieg said:
Have to give it time to work. Replacing Vick with Matt Barkley would help speed it along. Looks like the Eagle's have poor defense, not necessarily poor offense.

Vick seems like the perfect QB for his offense, but he is a turnover machine. I would love to see what he can do with someone like Manziel.

RTR91 · Sep 22, 2013

oregonbltzkrieg said:
Have to give it time to work. Replacing Vick with Matt Barkley would help speed it along. Looks like the Eagle's have poor defense, not necessarily poor offense.

I don't see Barkley as a good fit. Kelly should hope to be able to draft Bridgewater, Boyd, Marriota or Manziel in May. Let them - even Marriota - sit a year behind Vick and they'll be good to go.

thetideinmd · Sep 22, 2013

IF the TIDE takes the field in black jerseys, I may finally be done with college football.

Tide Rev · Sep 22, 2013

thetideinmd said:
IF the TIDE takes the field in black jerseys, I may finally be done with college football.

You will not be alone because I will be with you. Coach said it would not happen so I believe him.

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