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If you look at 1:49 / 1:50 at #41 you will get an idea of what it will look like when they do match.
I don't know if it is a new jersey or just the lighting/shadow, but #41 has matching helmet, jersey numbers, and pants.
Optical illusion or not, it looks pretty good . . .
#41 is freshman Brian Cole is so its possible he doesn't have an old jersey to wear and is simply wearing his new jersey to practice.
August 8th, 2015 at 10:13 AM ^
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August 8th, 2015 at 10:45 AM ^
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August 8th, 2015 at 10:53 AM ^
I hope you are right and it is a brand new official game jersey (perhaps because they did not have an old jersey w/ #41?) and not just the lighting/shadow.
It looks much better when the helmet, jersey, and pants all match, regardless of which tint of "maize" it is.
That does not seem to be too much to ask for when you are, you know, the program with the top freaking apparel deal in the whole country.
And it's all subjective, but I think these look worse than the 'highlighter' maize Brian hates so much.
Watched the '97 season in review on B1G Network last night, and what Wodson et al. wore was a lot closer to what we had last season than to these orangey gold unis. I'm an '05 grad, so not such a youngun' anymore, but these don't look like Michigan colors to me. I feel like we're now indistinguishable from Cal and West Virginia, and that wasn't the case before.
Seems like we went brighter in the mid-90s. Look at the 93 Rose Bowl and you will see the same color we are wearing now.
I also like the brighter yellow myself. But what I like even more is when the helmets, jerseys, and pants all match and we don't look like a middle school team wearing somebody else's hand-me-downs.
You can see the difference in maize color from Harbaugh and whoever that is standing behind him.
August 8th, 2015 at 12:33 PM ^
I'd also like to see move away from the block M a return to the MICHIGAN on front of the helmet. Obviously all of these seemingly small aspects of the uniform are on Hackett's radar. Please add this to the list.
I'm glad you pointed that out. I like MICHIGAN much better there. Sometimes less is more.
Wouldn't a M be less than "MICHIGAN"?
You know what I meant.
When is the last time the uniforms were this "maize" color? Can't recall going back to 1997...
August 8th, 2015 at 11:45 PM ^
Not in 41 years, at least. Maybe in the '40s.
August 8th, 2015 at 11:44 PM ^
(sigh) If maize is "school bus yellow," just shoot me now and put me out of my misery. 41 years after graduating and I don't recognize the uniform pants I've seen every year. (sigh) I guess every generation just has to move on and get out of the way. Everything comes to an end. All is change.
How many times am I going to watch this today?
I've already overanalyzed every micro-second of this, 3 times over.
The "woooof" face Rudock makes when he releases the ball is much better and more confident than than Morris' and therefore he will start.
August 8th, 2015 at 11:59 AM ^
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August 8th, 2015 at 10:05 AM ^
He almost looks like he could outgrow the TE position.
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It definitely appears he will be a tight end this year.
Kid has the size and speed to play right away! Can't wait to watch him grow at Michigan!
Don't look now, but the Maize pants have returned.....
Antonio Whitfield (#18) sighting at 1:36!
All 5'4" and 160 pounds of him. :-)
I'd love to see a video chronicling the football life of these walk-ons who never see the field on gameday yet stay year after year and presumably put in all the work others do. It's a part of the program I only rarely hear about.
It depends on the perspective . . . on the one hand it sucks, on the other hand rich Alumni pay thousands of $$'s on the "Michigan Experience" just to get to experience it for a couple of days.
I know I'd like to do it.
The thing that fascinates me is just that -- the perspective these guys have.
Most must know it's unlikely they'll see the field during a game. Maybe for a play or two during a blowout. But most likely not.
But for the love of the game they do it. They put in their workouts, they show up for the practices, they hustle and fill their role on the scout and practice squads. If someone grew tired of it they'd just quietly drop away and we'd likely never know. Yet many stay for the full time, year after year.
I applaud them. And I think it would make an interesting subject for a short documentary on the football life just outside the spotlight. Follow them through a fall camp, interview them and hear first-hand their perspective, film them during gameday dressed and waiting for that moment when their name is called.
In a sense, yes ... but without the Hollywood feel-good finish.
Plus, that was Notre Dame ... and I can't bring myself to admit they even exist. ;-)
August 8th, 2015 at 11:48 PM ^
Donnie Warner.
August 8th, 2015 at 10:58 AM ^
What is especially interesting is that most of these guys are good enough to play at a lower level. Hence the dilemma . . . sit on the bench for a glamour program like Michigan, or start and actually play for some obscure D2 or D3 program?
Don - they do it for the chicks.
Harbaugh will just shoot them down with his spit.
August 8th, 2015 at 12:30 PM ^
A maize submarine....
#theBeatleshaditwrong
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He's a Redshirt Junior which means he is a Senior in School (4th year).