September 30th, 2022 at 2:43 PM ^
Edit: oops, accidental post
September 30th, 2022 at 4:40 PM ^
Dystopian, burned-pants Harbaugh is the best Harbaugh.
September 30th, 2022 at 4:59 PM ^
Didn’t Harbaugh say “a lesser man wouldn’t have survived”, or similar?
September 30th, 2022 at 7:53 PM ^
I don't remember that quote, but there was a lot of discussion about just rubbing some dirt on it and carrying on.
September 30th, 2022 at 1:02 PM ^
I like the look. Big fan of the shoes, anyone know if that style is sold anywhere?
September 30th, 2022 at 2:00 PM ^
The team doesn't wear Nike cleats, so I'm not 100% sure they even exist in that colorway. It could, however, be a low-top version of the Jordan 1's they released in the Michigan colorway.
September 30th, 2022 at 3:12 PM ^
I could have sworn I’ve seen Mike Sainristil wearing some plain Nike cleats.
September 30th, 2022 at 3:42 PM ^
Apologies, but embed does nothing but spin currently, and the screen shots are too big for upload.
Looks like quite a few wear Nike… Sainristil, Harrell, Moten in the links here. I like Sainristil’s!
https://images.rivals.com/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto,t_large/izzsd2jxyerm3j1ikbir
September 30th, 2022 at 5:57 PM ^
Those are Jordan 1s in the second picture - and it looks like Dunk Low cleats (which I have never seen) in the first picture.
September 30th, 2022 at 1:05 PM ^
Cleaner than the Board of Health.
September 30th, 2022 at 1:07 PM ^
My hope is that each of the three sets of pants gets used at least once on the road.
I say that because blue is now a regular feature, and the maize duds looked good last year and they're back to stay again, but I still really like the white as an option.
(Also, note the "white accessories" remark, to which I am indifferent on the face. But it highlights something that is actually one of the most significant uniform features since they changed the paint consistency of the helmet--the use of colored accessories in volume. When they use the maize accessories with maize pants home or away the look is spectacular).
September 30th, 2022 at 2:38 PM ^
I will always maintain that pairing a bright color with another different bright color is a bad look. Maize pants with white tops has always been something that bothered me about the away jerseys from my time as a youth watching Michigan football.
The blue pants are a great pairing with the white tops. The white pants are not as cool but still work. Maize and white makes absolutely no sense.
September 30th, 2022 at 5:49 PM ^
Tradition aside, I very much agree.
September 30th, 2022 at 4:06 PM ^
I really enjoyed the maize look from JJ last saturday. Maize pants, maize socks, maize shoes. Thought it looked really smooth.
September 30th, 2022 at 9:19 PM ^
I'm not saying I'd like it, but I'd like to see it.
Home jerseys with maize base layers, bands, up top (to contrast the blue jersey)...and blue socks, bands, etc. below the waist (to contrast the maize pants).
Let's just try it on, see how it feels, don't have to wear it out the store.
September 30th, 2022 at 1:08 PM ^
If memory serves we are something like 3-1 in these uniforms. The only loss being Georgia, a neutral site game.
wins, I believe, were Wisconsin, Maryland, and Iowa.
September 30th, 2022 at 1:33 PM ^
Michigan wore home blue jerseys against Georgia. The white-over-blue combination is currently undefeated.
The other defeat last season was white-over-maize, worn at MSU, but Michigan also beat PSU in that combo.
September 30th, 2022 at 2:39 PM ^
They may have beaten PSU in that combo but they played pretty poorly while doing it.
September 30th, 2022 at 9:19 PM ^
Now do Iowa.
September 30th, 2022 at 1:14 PM ^
I really like these but would love to see a version with a small maize stripe down the sides like they do with the white pants.
September 30th, 2022 at 2:40 PM ^
The stripe is blue/maize/blue & it looks fine on the white pants. I think a stripe on the maize or blue pants would look bad.
October 1st, 2022 at 9:14 AM ^
No stripe, but a bright maize block M on the blue pants would look great.
September 30th, 2022 at 1:17 PM ^
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Love these uni's!!
September 30th, 2022 at 1:21 PM ^
If it ain’t broke….
September 30th, 2022 at 1:23 PM ^
I personally think the blue pant uniforms are a gimmick that’s now overstayed it’s welcome. They were fun during last season especially because it was a player-driven culture shift that led to the confidence to win some of the toughest games. But the uniforms themselves are not that sharp and they feel like a lazy way to “add variety”. Hopefully they only use the blue pants once in the season, use the white pants once in the season, and then stick with the classic blue on Maize and white on Maize that have defined Michigan football uniforms forever (don’t mention adidas).
It would be cool if someone at the school could team up with Jordan brand to actually create a third jersey combo that relied on school history and tradition but also added some modern flairs that the team could use once a season. Plenty of other college teams are able to create a new Jersey that’s fresh, attractive, but doesn’t sacrifice the “look” of their team.
September 30th, 2022 at 1:36 PM ^
It's the all white that's the gimmick. Worn for a very short time in the 70s. It made its reappearance and now can go away. At least the blue pants are brand new. And they look sharp.
September 30th, 2022 at 2:54 PM ^
I agree the all white uni is also a gimmick, hence why I said they should wear it a maximum of one time in a season. The blue pants are bland and look mismatched. They are not the same hue as either the numbering or the helmet and it makes the jersey look like a poorly constructed mishmash. It screams “oh this is new let’s just throw it together”. It doesn’t look all that good. It’s better than all Maize though so you’ve got to give it that.
September 30th, 2022 at 1:23 PM ^
This is what we wore in the B1G championship game so I’m all for it
October 1st, 2022 at 9:16 AM ^
And on the road where we took over Camp Randall with attitude and won.
September 30th, 2022 at 1:26 PM ^
I love that look
September 30th, 2022 at 1:26 PM ^
Not everything "old school" is great just because it's old school. When I first started watching Michigan football as an early elementary school kid in the late 1980s, I never liked the white jersey / maize pants combo, and that was before I ever knew how much better the blue pants looked. I like them as a permanent choice.
October 1st, 2022 at 9:20 AM ^
Yes. Ask yourself how many times you paired white with bright yellow for anything. Those colors in the same proportions do not go together at all.
September 30th, 2022 at 1:40 PM ^
YES!!! Thank heavens Michigan finally tried the blue pants for away-games last year. They look better than the age-old maize pants. From now on, UM road games should always = blue pants.
#GoBlue
September 30th, 2022 at 1:53 PM ^
Let them wear white shoes. They'll look faster.
September 30th, 2022 at 2:04 PM ^
Love the look, blue socks though would look better.
September 30th, 2022 at 2:16 PM ^
Logged in to post the same. Would love to see it with blue socks.
September 30th, 2022 at 9:31 PM ^
Have they done blue pants with maize socks yet? That would be sharp imo.
September 30th, 2022 at 2:16 PM ^
It's one thing to go w/blue pants, but why are they the wrong shade of blue? Compare the pants to the helmet, which is much more our traditional shade of navy blue (and goes better w/maize).
October 1st, 2022 at 9:22 AM ^
Might be the fault of the helmet. I'm done with the dull matte dark blue. Bring back the proper gloss blue.
September 30th, 2022 at 2:31 PM ^
Favorite road combo
September 30th, 2022 at 2:45 PM ^
Blue pants worked at Camp Randall last year, should work at Kinnick this year.
Go Blue!!
September 30th, 2022 at 2:47 PM ^
This is a Good Look.
And I believe in the magic of the blue 👖
September 30th, 2022 at 2:51 PM ^
It is after Labor Day…
September 30th, 2022 at 2:57 PM ^
Love the look, though I would prefer blue socks.
September 30th, 2022 at 3:41 PM ^
For a moment, I thought we were confirming that WE should - collectively - wear blue pants tomorrow, and I was here to say that mine are being dry cleaned, but if it all possible, I will wear blue underwear that is in fact blue, not blue because of something that happened.
Imagine how relieved I was that I have no such requirement tomorrow.
September 30th, 2022 at 4:26 PM ^
Yes, wear blue jeans. Blue jeans are, to quote Neil Diamond, forever. 👍
September 30th, 2022 at 5:08 PM ^
Or, to quote David Bowie, "...is Heaven any sweeter than Blue Jean?"
September 30th, 2022 at 5:46 PM ^
Talented guy, very. A bit weird at times, but entertaining nevertheless. Thanks for the reminder!
September 30th, 2022 at 3:42 PM ^
Just use this uniform all the time