FSU's New Uniforms (one game only)
Do you like them? I have to say that I do.
Also, color is identical to current FSU uniforms. It's just that the lighting the pictures were shot under was off.
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Love 'em
All of the gear looks fantastic. Would love to get my hands on a jersey or one of those black helmets.
I like the jerseys except for the gold stuff on the shoulder pads. Looks like a spirograph.
The pants are ok. The feather on the side looks like a bit much but I can deal.
The helmets are growing on me. I love how the part of the spear that is usually white has a bit of a gold tint.
The gloves that form the Seminole head when the hands are together are awesome.
Glad these are just for one game though, we have great uniforms.
They should just use garnet threading for the shoulders
Not a fan of the gold either. And they could be used in the future.
yeah the gold on the sleeves mimmicks the feathers on Oregon's unis...
I knew I’ve been talking too much crap about how bad Oregon’s unis are.
They look good
We might lose but at least we will look good as we go down. SMILE
What lesson?
Wear a black helmet and Brandon Spikes will gouge your eyes out?
Let me clarify...
The jersey may not be well represented, but it looks more red than Garnet.
It’s all a bit too cartoonish/video gamish to me, like the Adrian Peterson commercial.
If we were going to change, why not a throwback?
+1 on a throwback.
Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness - and there's a big difference.
- Ty Cobb
Sorry I keep going back to review...
I’ve never really been a big fan of the feathers on the Basketball unis, so I can’t say I’m really feeling it hear either.
Maybe I’m too traditional here, but I don’t see anybody trying to screw with Notre Dame, Bama, or USC’s uniforms, and it looks like we’re going the way of Oregon, or VT.
Eveything looks great, except the helmet, that kind of ruins it.
Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness - and there's a big difference.
- Ty Cobb
Thank you Nike and Florida State
I always used to wonder “If Batman were an FSU fan, what would he wear?”
by MattDNole on Nov 5, 2009 3:20 PM EST reply actions 5 recs
Don't know
Con- The numbering seems off. The color is definitely not garnet. I do not understand why they made the helmet black. what the hell is the thing on the shoulder pads.
Pro- Gloves, shoes, belt and pants look cool.
Your right, the garnet looks off.
Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness - and there's a big difference.
- Ty Cobb
It's the lighting. Uni's are in fact garnet and not red
According to those who have seen them in person.
Ponder sportin the sexy look
http://all-access.cbssports.com/player.html?code=fsu&media=149881
Still looks more red to me :/
Proud supporter and student of The Florida State University
I want an authentic jersey now!
I love em! I thinks the logo on the palms of the glove is hot too!
I'll take.......Noles4TheWin
The shoes and gloves are bad ass. The rest is kind of meh, whatever.
I like how they finally got black helmets after the blackouts. They should have had black helmets for the blackout. The black uniforms with gold helmets looked like sh!t.
kind of UFL'ish
I like ’em more than most of the other options, never really been a fan of our uniforms.
the ghost of stokes, camp, lugo strikes TB-sept 2009
by CubFanRaysaddict on Nov 5, 2009 3:24 PM EST reply actions
agree
The helmet is sweet, the rest of the uni is just ok for me. not really feeling the jersey or pants. Sweet gloves!
It's not just for one game
The article said they could be used at the school’s discretion after Nov. 21. Maybe save it for rain games, since it’s “technology” is most effective in rainy conditions.
I agree the garnet looks off, but it’s probably the camera (hopefully). Are we the first to wear these in an official game? Is Oregon wearing them on Nov. 21?
Ohio State is wearing some similar ones for Michigan. I think ours look better than theirs. They will have white helmets for some reason.
Ours have not been revealed yet. The one that was posted on twitter was just a mock-up. They will be revealed on Sunday November 15th.
Are we wearing the new uniform or Maryland?
The colors are red, black and white…..hmmmmm, I thought we were garnet and gold. And the feathers look like Atlanta Falcons wings…
Just kind of weird to me. Great cleats, gloves though. I like the helmet but love our traditional helmet
Not feeling them
Hate the white pants because of that black box on the thighs. Hate black helmets. Our domes should always be gold. The gold in the jerseys is too understated, almost not showing up at all IMO. The feathers on the pants look like something a kid would put on his custom created team in Madden.
I know they go underneath
They just look like something out of Marvel Comics. What is the point of the black box?
by osceolafan850 on Nov 5, 2009 4:18 PM EST up reply actions
Read teh disriptions...
Its a shell for the padding cells on the thigh as the thighs are the most impacted part of the body in football. Giving the thighs added protection above the padding cells alone and considerable more protection then current thigh pads.
I Love
The gloves..I need a pair to walk around campus with to make myself look/feel cool
"He who becomes a beast rids the pain of being man"
then i'd have to find a parking spot on campus
we all know how that goes
"He who becomes a beast rids the pain of being man"
If we whip UMD 60-0
Well, first of all that would only happen in an alternate reality where we play defense. Nevertheless, IF we destroy UMD i think these new unis will get a warmer reception. I believe someone mentioned the Falcons? Thats what i see.
Everyone is missing the point.
This new technology will make this years “fastest team ever” even faster, and we will look really cool as we chase down the opposing teams receivers for the last 60 yards.
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by FrankDNole on Nov 5, 2009 3:32 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
Or maybe it's so many years later after our defens allows Maryland their greatest offensive
performance of the season, we can say “that wasn’t us”.
It's all about football. Susan plays in the Lingerie Football League and you can watch the Lingerie Football League Friday nights, usually at 10PM eastern time, on your local MyTV network affiliate, but in selected markets on your CW network affiliate.
Or be sure to set your Tivo’s or DVR Recorders to the L.F.L. (Lingerie Football League) every Friday night at 10:00 pm (EST) on your local MyTV or CW affiliate.
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Some cities like Orlando are too prude to show it. It is usually on the MyTV affiliate. Orlando is scheduled to get their own team in Sept. 2010.
If you don’t get it on tv, they have live streaming but it cost $8, which I wouldn’t pay. You can go here and watch some video clips and see some pictures
http://www.lflus.com/
Me and some buddies have already talked about going to watch a game one of these Friday nights in Ft. Lauderdale and telling our significant others that we are going to high school football game. They serve alcohol and from what I hear it’s a blast and these ladies really hit each other .
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Halftime Show?
I’m wondering what the halftime show is like.
I’m also wondering if they’d be willing to come play a few snaps for an FSU halftime show—you know like the pop warner kids that come out at the Champs Bowl. It just might get some fans back in the stands.
At least they don't say "unconquered"....
The uniforms don’t look bad, my previous comments have more to do with it replacing our traditional uni, than on the looks of the uniform itself.
another indication of how far we've fallen
big time college football programs don’t do this. As someone else mentioned….looks like arena league. why do you think Oregon can’t get over the hump? It’s those uniforms. And I know the arguments for it. Yes, this is the entertainment industry. and Nike is paying us something. and young kids think it’s cool. But I think that you ultimately turn off the older fans by tacitly admitting we need gimmicks to be competitive.
I read that post too
but do we really try to emulate OSU? they’re feeling pretty desperate right now themselves. Course I suppose you could start to say the same about Pete Carroll’s Trojans
That kinda looks like the Falcons away jersey...
"If lessons were learned in defeat, our team is getting a great education." -Murray Warmath
UF, Miami, and Virginia Tech all did this in 2004 I think. The uniforms had one sleeve that was a different color.
I wouldn’t read too much into this.
Well, I doubt UF does it again.
But I don’t think we want to be in the same uni boat with VT and miami.
My point is this is not some last ditch move to stay in the CFB spotlight. Plenty of programs do it.
it does seem to be teams trying to get there, get back or realizing they're slipping
would put OSU and 04 UF in that category. As Uncensored said….would be nice to see list.
Good call, hopefully this will be a one-time thing
and we can move on with our already awesome unis.
I don't think it's just "fashion statement" as you seem to be getting at.
It’s Nike Pro Combat, nyuyya!!
It is an advancement in technology and Nike has allowed us to be on the cutting edge along with 9 other universities.
Just for a moment forget about the colors, the feathers, or the design and focus on the technological breakthrough. The colors, the feathers, and the design can all be changed eventually. It’s the technology that we need to evaluate and and we are a beta site for what could eventually become the future NCAA material standard.
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I’m glad, and a bit surprised, that Nike still considers Florida State when looking to do something like this.
by 38Noles on Nov 5, 2009 4:01 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I don't buy the superstition over uniforms holding a team back.
I have a hard time making the correlation between performance and the color or style of uniform. Hell Tennessee played in black practice jerseys on Halloween and had an out of body experience performance wise. The gimmicks and uniform changes are completely profit driven and have no bearing on whether or not we’ll play better or think we’ll play better. I’m sure Bill’s will have t-shirts or something. Seminoles.com will have some type of auction bidding off game worn or replica equipment from the special edition uniform, much money will be made from this and Nike will continue to support our program in the future. Personally I’m indifferent and seriously don’t believe this is a bad thing in any way shape or form. But like I said, that’s just me.
Not a fan, looks like our traditional jersey had a three-way with the Arizona Cardinals jersey and the Oregon jersey
and this is the bastard product.
Though I really like the gloves (former WR, I’m biased), shoes, and undershirt.
Co-conductor of the "Kirby Smart for DC 2010" Train!!!!
by NoleThruandThru on Nov 5, 2009 3:43 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Ponder Twitter
I thought it was a little weird having the announcement come from Ponder’s twitter account:
“Check out the NIKE uniforms.” Tweet link
Anyone think the NCAA might see this as an indirect endorsement and step in? I think they’re blurring the line using his account. Maybe I’m overreacting.
by KoKo the Monkey (T-Bone) on Nov 5, 2009 3:50 PM EST reply actions
I don't know, The NCAA is known for reaching
Didn’t Matt Leinart get in trouble for saying “Sportscenter is up next” a few years back?
Whatever.
Looks like the Atlanta Falcons.
Give me FSU uniforms circa 1993. Golder helmets, brighter garnets, better peformance.
+1
"Fifty percent of the teams in country got beat last week" -BB
Florida State Football will never accept falling in the bottom half
I'm feeling the black helmets and cleats.
The red uniforms look like crap though. Its funny that none of the captions mention that they are garnet colored, but they do say how everything that is black is black.
by noles 4 life u dig? on Nov 5, 2009 3:58 PM EST reply actions
was really hoping that it was going to be an updated Seminole head logo. Am i the only person who thinks it is extremely outdated? looks like a hairdo straight out of 1970
Is this a Buc-a-Nole?
"If lessons were learned in defeat, our team is getting a great education." -Murray Warmath
My biggest fear, believe me.
The primary reason I didn’t just refer to the uniforms as “fug” below and move on. But the kids get what they want. Except for Buc-a-Nole. I draw the line at Buc-a-Nole. Maybe it’s his fierce emo angst. Instead of a decorated warrior, he looks like a spoiled teenager who’s father just took away his car keys because he went a little too far experimenting with his sister’s make-up. Buc-a-Nole needs a haircut and some identity counseling.
what is that?!
"Fifty percent of the teams in country got beat last week" -BB
Florida State Football will never accept falling in the bottom half
You don't mess with the Indian Head Logo, them's fighting words.
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I think he retired 2 years ago.
MH, you know that is his face right…not just a coincidence.
That old man was super cool, one my fave classes I took.
Dotcom doesn't like the uniforms
The guy homers on us left and right but new uniforms are just too much for him?
Hey Dot,
If you hadn’t spent the last decade of your life brainwashing Nole fans, FSU wouldn’t have to do bull**** like this.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m just taking a shot at that putz (if you can believe it). I couldn’t care less (we need to win in any form of dress), though I will say I hope we don’t permanently stray from a design that just happens to already be the best-looking uniform in college football. Please no spiderwebs and feathers on a permanent basis. Agree with others that this may have been a blown opportunity at a retro look. As I say though, not losing sleep either way. I hope the kids/recruits like them. Whatever they want is fine with me.
I'm in the miniority.
Don’t like them. The helmets pushed me overboard, but I’m not huge on the rest. It just looks too gimmicky. I hate gimmicky. It’s like the 17th hole at Sawgrass. Fashionable, but it’s more for attention than anything else.
"I have come that you may have life, and life to the max"
I'm liking it.
Those helmets are slick, I want one!
Technology
Spetman’s comment in the article says that we will keep the new technology and pair it with our traditional uniforms for next year… get to keep the best part about them
Not liking it
I don’t like them. Looks too red and I don’t like the black or the feather. Maybe these are an acquired taste.
Where are the black authentic FSU basketball shorts?
That’s what we need.
I’m mixed on these. Now, if they had done digital FSU camo uniforms, I’d be all about it.
I'm never against anything that supports the troops so I guess this is also an acceptable reason to wear camo
Generally though, I think it’s a bad idea. Too bad they don’t have pictures in that article.
Wait just a minute...
Look at that mystery hand doing its best chameleon impression to blend in with the camo pants.
I like it as well
I think it’ll look good on the field, and each player wears their uniform differently, they’ll all have fun with it I suspect.
The gloves are SICK
The Helmet is nice, Not used to seeing us play in a helmet that isn’t gold but we’ll see how that goes. Also interesting that the facemask is black and not garnet or gold.
I like the fact that we’re in all garnet. with everything else being an accent color. The basic scheme of the uniform is garnet and black.
The cleats are also sick. Obviously there isn’t much gold to be found in the uniform whatsoever.
Overall I think this looks good and we should be happy to be selected out of 9 universities. And new Nike technology is a BIG BIG deal, they spend millions each year in research and development, this shouldn’t be taken lightly. Our players, in this throwaway of a season will be some of the first players to ever wear use this technology in a game and it could very well revolutionize the equipment used in CFB as Frank D alluded to above.
I don't know if you're being sarcastic or not
But honestly yes, it just might.
no, I really thought it might...I'm sure the kids will like this, and
hopefully the coaches can use it, “we’re one of only 9 schools that Nike wanted to do this”…apparently some say the Nike sponsorship is a big deal compared to others? I don’t know.
Yeah Nike helps although Under Armour has made huge strides in recent years.
Nike is still considered the best of the best and has the strongest brand out of any athletic apparel company. This gives us a little extra to mention. I’ve heard its all Oregon talks about at all lol. Although if ever there were a University that overdoes uniforms . . . oregon is it.
We have some of the best colors in Sports
I mean—you clearly can tell its a woman’s college
So with that being said—why do they always f*ck up the uniform for “special uniform day”
Like, why weren’t we wearing the Black Helmets with THE BLACK JERSERY’s?
I’ve really enjoyed the uni’s that came with the field update—and I think that the black jersey’s were outstanding; Its just, know when to use the black helmet; f*ck—even bring in a garnet helmet…
Just stop messing up the color combo’s on “Nike makes bank” games
I read elsewhere that the color is indeed garnet, are identical to our present garnet jerseys, and the reason they look red is due to improper lighting.
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I read elsewhere that the color is indeed garnet, that the color is identical to our present garnet jerseys, and the reason they look red is due to improper lighting.
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No thanks!
We already have the best jerseys in college football, no need to change them. If they have to wear them for one game, fine whatever … but getting rid of our real unis would suck beyond all known forms of suckage.
yeah i just hope it wins us some recruits
but i don’t like the best helmet in college football being changed at all
by garnetandgold on Nov 5, 2009 5:31 PM EST up reply actions
Didn't LaGarrette Blount
Say that one of the reasons he dropped FSU was because of our jerseys? Really??? And signed with Oregon?
Yes
I do remember hearing that was part of is reasoning for choosing Oregon over FSU. Wouldn’t say it was the main reason but I guess it was a factor.
He may have said that but there were some other reasons.
I remember hearing that he really wanted to return kickoffs, and we weren’t willing to promise that. Also, he was supposedly worried about competition from Pressley.
Tons of kids love those Oregon jerseys.
It is kind of cool that you can play in every game for 4 years and never wear the same uni combination more than once. But it would be a whole lot cooler if the different combinations didn’t look like crap.
Frankly, these new unis look like garbage
Nike better pay FSU handsomely for the players having to wear this crap…
What about tradition?
Im not against doing something different every now and again with our jerseys, even though we never seem to do well, but i sincerely hope that these dont become our new uniforms. You never see schools with steeped tradition where the uniforms are changed. USC, Mich, ND, Nebraska, Okla, Texas! All of these schools wouldn dream of changing their beloved uniforms. It represents them, and where they have been and doesnt need to change. Our Colors and Uni’s are just as classic and recognizable, and represent the tradition in our program. Change the coaching staff (JA,CTC), not our Uni’s.
But, Im down for one or two games, but not permanently and btw, the gloves, helmet, and cleats are so sick! and Im happy to see all garnet again, its one of my all-time favorite FSU jersey combos.
The "technology" will be the norm in a few years
Not sure if the design will stay, but get used to the new uniform types
I like
The gloves are sweet, cleats and I always like the feather down the pants especially the baseketball shorts. Black helmet might will grow on me, still think the Golden dome with spear is the best in Football. The under garments dont bother me and he did say the camera and lighting messed with the colors so we will have to wait until gameday to see what they really look like
Not bad
A little too much black. I like the pants. Recruits like this sort of thing so I’m not sure why anyone would have a problem with it. It’s only one game.
by Dent Street Nole on Nov 5, 2009 7:15 PM EST reply actions
As long as we don't go full on Oregon I'm okay with it.
I’d also like to see us sport a throwback uni/helmet. Some of those 70’s helmets were pretty cool, especially the one with the outline of the state of Florida with “STATE” written inside.
by Dent Street Nole on Nov 5, 2009 7:35 PM EST reply actions
Like it.
I like the all garnet look, and I actually like the feather (like it on the B-ball unis, too). I don’t like the black helmet, though I like the idea behind it (to honor Osceola, whose name literally translates “Black Drink Singer”), but I think it would have been cooler to use a garnet helmet to go with the all-garnet uni … just as long as they kept the spear.
I wouldn’t mind a new uni once Bobby leaves. When did we start using our current uni? Did it come with Bobby? It’s not like we’ve been using our current uni for 100 years like some of the older football programs. This uni seems to well thought out, and isn’t just a bunch of random lines and shapes like most of the new unis … except for the weird gold threading on the shoulders. We can do without that.
Our uniforms
Have had minor changes throughout Bowden’s tenure. One thing I can think of is the detail around the neck on the jersey and the sleeves. Also the Nike logo location has changed. Most of the rest of the uniform has remained unchanged. We have used the same helmet design since 1976. Here’s all of the helmets we have had and the story behind them.
I like
Black uniforms and Gold Helments. I also like the gold pants, garnet jerseys and gold helmets. I’m not too sure I like the all garnet thing. I don’t like the feathers too much either. Tomahawks and Spears—yes. Feathers, maybe for the cheerleaders. I like the gloves and shoes.
What I really want to know is if Dustin Hopkins will get a special pair of new gold-colored shoes.
I mostly like them, but there's a huge asterisk next to them if the color looks more red than garnet...
in these photos, they sure as hell look like the wrong red. And the gold isn’t exactly right either. Not sure how the photos- clearly professionally shot- plus the mock-up comp of the uniform on the player, could both be so off.
Not a fan of the black helmets. I think our garnet & gold colors, when done right, are some of the sharpest in college football. But black isn’t one of our main colors and it takes away from the G&G. And I don’t really like it featured so dominantly on our helmet… If it was a once a year thing, cool. But otherwise, not a fan.
Not a fan.
"I'm falling apart, I'm barely breathing, With a broken heart thats still beating, In the pain is the healing, in Your Name I find meaning, So I'm holdin' on.. holdin' on to you."
i like it for the most part
i love our normal jerseys from a life long fan stand point, but for a one game, change of look type thing i like, the helmet is nice black is always cool, the gloves and cleats are flashy so the players will like that, and i love the feather on the pants, our basketball shorts are the coolest out there imo because of the feather, so i like that, the only thing im “ehh” about is the gold on the shoulders, its kinda pointless looking.
what i like more though is a win, so as long as that comes, then wear whatever haha.
"theres two types of people in this world, those who CARRY a spear and those who FEAR the spear"-James Coley
Old people who are afraid of change will hate these...
…but I LOVE them!
True, there is nothing wrong with our current uniform and those will not disappear because of this, but I like a little change of pace. They have a neat futuristic appeal to them and players/recruits will like it.
Oh, and those gloves are hands-down (no pun intended) the coolest that I’ve ever seen. I wish that I wore gloves just so that I could buy some of those :o)
I like the new uniform system
It if can improve our performance, especially in rain, I’m all for them. I would have rather kept a gold helmet, but if they wanted to be different, I would have like a white helmet. The gloves are awesome. I think our WRs should wear these all the time…
"If lessons were learned in defeat, our team is getting a great education." -Murray Warmath
The shoulder embroidery
belongs on the couch pillows in my grandmother’s living room and the cleats are straight out of Dorothy’s Wizard of Oz closet. The helmet’s tough though.
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