SaintLouBrave22
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I liked them, but after last night, will we ever see them again is the real question...
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Black out impressions...
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Bradleyguy10
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What rule did I break? Just curious.
Out of Balance
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I thought it was a cool idea at first and got excited about it. But then after 2nd, 3rd and 4th thoughts (I think too much, it's a curse) - we ask our biggest rival to wear their home uniforms in our placeUniforms that they win in
Good post BU Rick
Not sure about now much the playing in their home uniforms played more than just them being pumped to play BU:doubt: But I am not at all happy with giving up OUR COLOR's on OUR HOME COURT at ALL, EVER:!: Just another form of lost, distraction and bad idea, to go ago with so many this year
STOP THE GIMMICKS AND JUST PLAY BALL, WIN:!: Now you know one DC
Virtually every team in the NHL has a third jersey, as do quite a few teams in the MLB, NBA, college, heck even the bears have 3 different jerseys (White, Blue, and Orange). Having a third jersey is very common and fans do seem to like that, especially in hockey where fans always look really hard to find leaks about their teams new alternate uniforms.
I'm with you DC, I really liked the black uniforms. Talking to one of the student managers before the game, he said that they were trying to be able to bring them to St. Louis in case they have two "road" games in a row but that would be up to the schools admins and most importantly the MVC.
SaintLouBrave22
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See..now this I guess I just don't understand...
If the opposing team is wearing white, why should it matter whether we're in the red or black?
I can see the point of us being at home bc ISU had to change their uniforms, BUT that makes no sense if we're the road team.
Apparently the MVC would have to approve us wearing them because they are not our standard uniform. I didn't think it would matter but I guess it does. Also I believe that Bradley's hierarchy would have to approve it because black isn't one of our schools colors or something and it has to do with Bradley's image which is why they had to get permission for last night from BU.
That is kind of what I took all that to mean. To me if you are the road team, as long as your jerseys don't blend in the with home white jerseys, it shouldn't matter what color you wear.
That's a nice idea, but I don't know of any conference that has allowed a team to wear their "alternate" jersey in the conference tournament, and also I don't think the NCAA has ever allowed it in postseason play. So I think this is the last time we will see them this year.
CubbieBear
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Must have used the (zero ) halftime entertainment money to buy new uniforms:roll: My wife isn't a big basketball fan, but likes to watch the crowd and halftime show--but none last night:evil:
Ya, like I said before, Notre Dame has 4 jerseys and we are all worried about 3? A lot of teams have at least 3 jerseys. Throw in throwbacks and holiday jerseys some NBA teams have 5 or more jerseys.
Just clarifying on this cause I'm not sure. The Illini obviously have the blue and the orange jerseys both. I'm not sure which one is officially their alternate, I think a long time ago blue was road, but now the official road is orange, but either way they could not where the alternate one in the postseason?
ImAStowellMan
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On the surface, I thought it was great. Uniforms looked slick, crowd got into it and responded well, both big positives.
But once you think about it a little more, you realize Kirk's point in his column was a good one. This was nothing more than a cheap gimmick to get people in the seats. Which is a little more understandable for say... the BracketBuster game against a mostly unknown Drexel team, but the fact that we needed to pull this against our arch-rival and a team that is tied with us for third place in the Valley is borderline pathetic.
But once you think about it a little more, you realize Kirk's point in his column was a good one. This was nothing more than a cheap gimmick to get people in the seats. Which is a little more understandable for say... the BracketBuster game against a mostly unknown Drexel team, but the fact that we needed to pull this against our arch-rival and a team that is tied with us for third place in the Valley is borderline pathetic.
I'm not sure about this. When I was in high school, against our arch-rival we had a black out, even though black wasn't in our colors. We didn't get black uniforms, but still. We new the stands would be full anyway, especially compared to regular games, but we still thought it was a cool idea to get the crowd into the game and pumped up a little more. Not that they wouldn't have already, just a little something extra special for a big game. I think a lot of people would have been there for the ISU game anyway, and I thought it was a great promotion. If you can add a little extra to a rivalry game, why not? I wouldn't be as pumped for a blackout against Drexel, I was pumped because it was a blackout for ISU, much like the whiteout against a big opponent (MSU) was better than the one for Creighton. Bradley and Creighton while competing for spots, were not overly exciting teams this year to the casual fan. BU-ISU is always exciting no matter what.
In other words it was to emphasize how big the game was, more than try to create interest from scratch.
Black uniforms. Remove all the seats so EVERYONE has to stand up. Play the fight song more often. Get a new scoreboard. New mascot. New logo.
It's all whistling past the graveyard.
What we really need to return to the glory days are new cheerleader outfits! Oh ... and just maybe a horse or two inside so we can play with the big boys.
It's all whistling past the graveyard.
What we really need to return to the glory days are new cheerleader outfits! Oh ... and just maybe a horse or two inside so we can play with the big boys.
Bradleyguy10
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Bring the field house back and play in it.
Dallas Brave
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yes, and as we go back to being a tradition-rich program, let's get rid of te 3 point arc, the electronic scoreboard, long shorts, and bring Cincy, Memphis and OK St back into the league.
I liked the black uni's. They looked good on TV. I say keep them and use them from time-to-time.
My pro baseball team (Atlanta Braves) has an alternate red jersey for Sunday home games, Wessler is just being an old lets not do anything different _art, it just gave him something else to write and complain about, I thought this team was about the players and fans and most thought it was great.
BradleyBrave
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I was originally against them. While I am not totally sold on them, I didn't think they looked bad. I am against wearing them at home though. Home is for white uniforms.
Also, rather than black, I wonder if they would consider alternative gray uniforms for the road as well? Those are closer to the traditional 'red and white' IMO.
