Uniform changes are ridiculous. NCAA needs to set a Uniform code.

[bamabelle1991]

Just what college football needs is another NCAA rule that won't be enforced.

As long as Alabama keeps it traditional, I don't give a rat's rear end what other teams wear--especially when we don't play them on a regular basis.

ETA: If you are reading Twitter today, the consensus of current and former Bama football players is they think the Oregon uniforms are sick. It's an AGE thing, folks.

 

[Dakotatider]

As long as it's not Bama..I don't really care..Other schools can look as ridiculous as they wanna..

But if there helmets distract and cause problems with our team. I want to have someones head. That should be stopped. What are they going to have next. Have bird feathers on the damn helmets?

 

[DiamondDust]

But if there helmets distract and cause problems with our team. I want to have someones head. That should be stopped. What are they going to have next. Have bird feathers on the damn helmets?

If a team is distracted by a helmet, they've got far bigger problems.

 

[Dakotatider]

If a team is distracted by a helmet, they've got far bigger problems.

If they are more worried by that. I agree. But if it has bad glare causing the line of sight problem for the QB's or the receivers that should changed.

 

[DiamondDust]

If they are more worried by that. I agree. But if it has bad glare causing the line of sight problem for the QB's or the receivers that should changed.

The same could be said about a team wearing mostly white in a snowy situation. I doubt many would call for rule changes in that regard.

 

[Dallas4Bama]

The attention factor. It's been said multiple times... teams do the crazy uniforms because high school players love them. They couldn't care less what older fans think.

Lucky for us winning is still popular even with the high school players.

 

[DiamondDust]

Lucky for us winning is still popular even with the high school players.

Agreed. Oregon gets away with better than others because they were pretty much at the ground level. Everyone else, Maryland and Under Armour, are in a copycat mode to get attention to their programs.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

Like the NFL, college football is moving strongly toward promoting more speed. And thus a lot of essential equipment (like knee pads, butt pads, and in some cases, thigh pads) either aren't worn or there's a thin piece of material on just to say that you have one on. Shorter, tighter the pants, the faster you can move. *shrug*

Seems like that might help on a fast break also...

 

[MDBSnare]

OK, flame away - but I think the chrome helmets look pretty cool!

 

[WMack4Bama]

The attention factor. It's been said multiple times... teams do the crazy uniforms because high school players love them. They couldn't care less what older fans think.

Exhibit A

 

[WMack4Bama]

Seems like that might help on a fast break also...

Having been in both situations, trust me, my preference is looser shorts in basketball. The tight ones were VERY constricting and uncomfortable. In football, the pants were so tight that it was like I barely had anything on. Not even noticeable. Basketball, though, I (and everybody else in the gym) was well aware. Not the business, man.

 

[Tide Rev]

Flame away if needed but I think if a college recruit chooses a school solely based on the school's uniforms, I would think we would not want them.

 

[jeremy]

I think the Oregon helmets and the uniforms are getting ridiculous. NCAA or the Conferences need to agree on a Uniform code. Like

• You are only allowed 2 home and 2 away jerseys. as well as helmets
• The Helmets cannot have glare, like the Rose bowl helmets, it can be a disadvantage.

What say you?

I dont understand why people get so bothered by this. Its not your team. Why do you care what someone else does? Its just a uniform.

 

[Tide Rev]

I dont understand why people get so bothered by this. Its not your team. Why do you care what someone else does? Its just a uniform.

Consider this...if you play Boise on the blue field and they wear blue helmets, blue jerseys, and blue pants on the blue field, that seems to create an advantage for them. For me, it is all about the principle of things.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

Having been in both situations, trust me, my preference is looser shorts in basketball. The tight ones were VERY constricting and uncomfortable. In football, the pants were so tight that it was like I barely had anything on. Not even noticeable. Basketball, though, I (and everybody else in the gym) was well aware. Not the business, man.

I haven't played football since HS, but the uniforms back in the Stone Age were constrictive. OTOH, I played basketball weekly until a few years ago. I naturally wasn't in short shorts then. However, I did try a pair of the knee-length shorts for kicks and found all the extra fabric very distracting. However, that's just my take - and I'm old...

 

[DiamondDust]

Consider this...if you play Boise on the blue field and they wear blue helmets, blue jerseys, and blue pants on the blue field, that seems to create an advantage for them. For me, it is all about the principle of things.

It's only an advantage if you get yourself believing it's an advantage. A uniform has never won a game for a team.

 

[Crimson Cat]

OK, flame away - but I think the chrome helmets look pretty cool!

I agree...but you gotta wonder about the glare! They just don't seem to go with the rest of the uni to well either. But I'm guessing that changes as the game goes on and the light reflection changes?

As long as it doesn't create an advantage of any kind, I have no problem with it...

 

[Mystical]

I think the Oregon helmets and the uniforms are getting ridiculous. NCAA or the Conferences need to agree on a Uniform code. Like

• You are only allowed 2 home and 2 away jerseys. as well as helmets
• The Helmets cannot have glare, like the Rose bowl helmets, it can be a disadvantage.

What say you?

"you darn kids get off my lawn!"

 

[Tide Rev]

It's only an advantage if you get yourself believing it's an advantage. A uniform has never won a game for a team.

Not trying to argue but just wondering...would you say the same thing about the cowbells in Starkville?

 

[jeremy]

Consider this...if you play Boise on the blue field and they wear blue helmets, blue jerseys, and blue pants on the blue field, that seems to create an advantage for them. For me, it is all about the principle of things.

Several teams have green uniforms and play on green grass. Its never been an issue before. Boise also never plays any decent teams at home.