New ND TECHFIT Jerseys

[ACamp1900]

 

[dshans]

I can't figure why swimmers shave their body either...if you think it helps...cool i guess.

Join me and Sherman in Professor Peabody's Wayback Machine for a quick trip. I was a swimmer in my youth. Once I was old enough for body hair to become an issue of any appreciable degree, I decided that doing 5 more pull ups and 10 more 25 yard sprints was a better approach to "shaving" my times.

Some of my teammates took the razor route. The only advantage I saw was that they could play "stubble wars" as a form of flirting by rubbing legs with girls on the team.

I've always admired Mark Spitz who won seven gold medals in the 1972 Munich Olympics. He kept the hair on his head, upper lip, legs and armpits intact.

Mark Spitz is quoted as saying, "When I went to the Olympics, I had every intention of shaving the mustache off, but I realized I was getting so many comments about it—and everybody was talking about it—that I decided to keep it. I had some fun with a Russian coach who asked me if my mustache slowed me down. I said, 'No, as a matter of fact, it deflects water away from my mouth, allows my rear end to rise and make me bullet-shaped in the water, and that's what had allowed me to swim so great.' He's translating as fast as he can for the other coaches, and the following year every Russian male swimmer had a mustache."

It's a psychological ploy. Psych move, if you will. If shaving makes you feel faster, perhaps it will do so for reasons other than fluid mechanics. If it intimidates opponents, so much the better.

If a unitard uniform helps performance on the field I'll swallow my "fashion" opinions and accept it.

 

[GreatGolson]

I know this may seem blasphamous to some of the more "traditionalists" but id kinda like them to have a different design, not as crazy as the Pro Combat, but something a little different, maybe like a different ND logo on the sleeve or something cool on the pants, itd just be a nice little change of pace.
Also did anyone catch the FL vs Lsu game? I really liked the orange jersyes florida was wearing, although it seems that half the teams in florida wear orange, (miami, dolphins, gators)

 

[kmoose]

Speaking of DC, I have a question maybe someone can answer. We know he has the speed,and for the most part has been able to stay healthy. Why are we not using him on some option plays? I think If we could get that running it would open up an extra dimension to our offense.

I think Brian Kelly is the only one who can really answer that question. But I would bet that it has alot to do with the play of the backup QBs, and the fear of Crist taking a big hit and getting knocked out of the game.

 

[GoingGreen]

Are these things our new jerseys, or are we only wearing them this Saturday?

 

[ShamrockOnHelmet]

All three of those last posts are just egregious.

The only time I like straying away from the Blue/White/Green uniforms is for uniforms to replicate past teams,

Umm, yeah, the Irish actually wore a shamrock on the helmet back in the 60's. So much for "egregious".

 

[phgreek]

Join me and Sherman in Professor Peabody's Wayback Machine for a quick trip. I was a swimmer in my youth. Once I was old enough for body hair to become an issue of any appreciable degree, I decided that doing 5 more pull ups and 10 more 25 yard sprints was a better approach to "shaving" my times.

Some of my teammates took the razor route. The only advantage I saw was that they could play "stubble wars" as a form of flirting by rubbing legs with girls on the team.

I've always admired Mark Spitz who won seven gold medals in the 1972 Munich Olympics. He kept the hair on his head, upper lip, legs and armpits intact.

Mark Spitz is quoted as saying, "When I went to the Olympics, I had every intention of shaving the mustache off, but I realized I was getting so many comments about it—and everybody was talking about it—that I decided to keep it. I had some fun with a Russian coach who asked me if my mustache slowed me down. I said, 'No, as a matter of fact, it deflects water away from my mouth, allows my rear end to rise and make me bullet-shaped in the water, and that's what had allowed me to swim so great.' He's translating as fast as he can for the other coaches, and the following year every Russian male swimmer had a mustache."

It's a psychological ploy. Psych move, if you will. If shaving makes you feel faster, perhaps it will do so for reasons other than fluid mechanics. If it intimidates opponents, so much the better.

If a unitard uniform helps performance on the field I'll swallow my "fashion" opinions and accept it.

precisley...well said...if they beat utah and SC...I'll swear it was the techfit...but "for reasons other than fluid mechanics"...

 

[IrishInColumbus]

Umm, yeah, the Irish actually wore a shamrock on the helmet back in the 60's. So much for "egregious".

I'm well aware. that's why I said if they wanted to honor a past team (1966, for example) then to it with a completely replicated uniform look like what they did in 2007 for the 1977 team. It was very cool to see.

To just throw the shamrock on again would be unfathomably tacky.

 

[Dizzyphil]

My Avatar shows the guys in the new jerseys....


Diz

 

[GreatGolson]

can i get a link to that pic dizzyphil?

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

I just wish they'd add some navy blue to the shoulder logo.

Don't know why, but the current home shoulder logo really irks me.

 

[Irish4Life09]

I think Brian Kelly is the only one who can really answer that question. But I would bet that it has alot to do with the play of the backup QBs, and the fear of Crist taking a big hit and getting knocked out of the game.

that was my guess as well.

 

[dshans]

To just throw the shamrock on again would be unfathomably tacky.

Not, in my (never humble) opinion, if done subtly and tastefully. A small shamrock on the front or back of the helmet would be sweet. On the side below the ear hole would be nice, too.

On the other hand it would add time (and a twist) to painting the helmets in simple, solid gilt. Give the student volunteers a break! Prepping and painting a solid color is a whole lot simpler than having to then add a decal or air brush a shamrock once the gold paint has dried.

Tradition, at times, has it's advantage. What to do, what to do? Oy!*


*What can I say? My father, son of Irish-Catholic immigrants, grew up in an area peopled as well by European, Jewish immigrants. We all absorbed. And supported.

 

[IrishInColumbus]

I'm sorry, but no. The helmet is just perfect.

 

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

I wouldn't mess with the helmets. I would like to see more green jersey or even green become the actual home jersey.

 

[phgreek]

Pretty soon we are going to have Chris Stewart in a Blue Speedo with a Gold Interlocking ND on it... when will the madness end.

...Stop that...there are just some things you can't "unsee"

 

[dshans]

...Stop that...there are just some things you can't "unsee"

The brain behind my eyes is burning! I'm embarrassed by photos of my skinny-runt-*** wearing the speedo du jour while I was a swimmer. Unwelcome images (thankfully brief – pun neutral) of a hulk like Stewart in similar garb is disturbing. And not in a "happy" way.

 

[IrishGiant]

With these new uniforms we can easily pick up 2 or 3 extra wins that we would have never gotten otherwise! (sarcasm) As a 6-2 245 lb male I am getting a little sick of this move to wearing body condoms. First the NHL with their tube top with baby bib jerseys, now ND. Whats next nipple patches for the NBA?

 

[PANDFAN]

i just hope we don't come out there and drop a lot of passes/fumble like we did against BC some years ago when we brought out the green jerseys....the players said that they were made of a different material and it was very slippery...hope this isn't the case

 

[lookingdeadred]

green pants and or a shamrock on the lid?

green pants and or a shamrock on the lid?

Not just no, but HELL NO!

I love ND's unis, and I would never mess with the home setup. I do think they could do something interesting for an away game. Green pants, numbers, and maybe a shamrock on the helmet for one game. Something like that, which was only for one game, wouldn't bother me. I know I'm going to get shat on for this post, but I think it would be cool.

 

[theclassickiller]

Not, in my (never humble) opinion, if done subtly and tastefully. A small shamrock on the front or back of the helmet would be sweet. On the side below the ear hole would be nice, too.

On the other hand it would add time (and a twist) to painting the helmets in simple, solid gilt. Give the student volunteers a break! Prepping and painting a solid color is a whole lot simpler than having to then add a decal or air brush a shamrock once the gold paint has dried.

Tradition, at times, has it's advantage. What to do, what to do? Oy!

Don't mess with the helmet. Unless it's a throwback or some incredibly special occasion (e.g. a national championship?) we have to own our gold helmets.

Think about it:

How many gold helmet teams are there in college football?

But the golden helmets really only mean one team.

We own the golden helmet and we should treat it as the most sacred tradition we have.

 

[jmurphy75]

Adidas Techfit Compression Jersey
Don't know if anyone saw this yet

 

[NeuteredDoomer]

Can't say I'm totally sold on the power web technology claims (discussed at about 8:30 in the video link above), but the tighter jerseys seem to make some sense.

 

[PANDFAN]

Adidas Techfit Compression Jersey
Don't know if anyone saw this yet

isn't this what the thread is about?

 

[IrishInColumbus]

I think he meant all of the videos explaining the advantages of the jersey. The guy in that video was wayyyy too excited.

 

[JDAtlanta]

I would like a small shamrock on the "V-neck". Plain sleeves. Adidas can put a small logo on the sleeve collars.

 

[IrishinSyria]

Looks good to me. If we can take advantage of new technology to get a lighter jersey that's hard to grab onto and keeps pads in place, we'd be crazy not to use it.

I don't buy all of Adidas' claims (especially the 5% boost to power, unless they're talking about their whole system of compression wear and not just the jersey) but I also don't doubt that lighter and tighter is good for the football field.

 

[Honey Nut Irish]

These new jerseys are sick. Maybe Dane won't have to rock the girl sleeves anymore.

 

[PANDFAN]

These new jerseys are sick. Maybe Dane won't have to rock the girl sleeves anymore.

that's to show the guns off!

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

These new jerseys are sick. Maybe Dane won't have to rock the girl sleeves anymore.

Dayne's shoulder pads really do drive me crazy for whatever reason.