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more plain like it used to be but with the newer materials.

Incidentally, I don’t like the sheen of the new materials, the orange doesnt look as deep as it used to.

and the purple just looks absolutely god awful

Players need to learn to give 100 percent every week no matter who they are playing or what color uniforms they are wearing. I think Dabo is right when he says you have the same routine no matter if you win or lose or who you are playing. IMO, changing the uniforms changes the routine, and that is not a good thing. Also, the team looks like a bunch of idiots if they change the uniform and then get whipped. See our game against VT in 2007, or UGA against bama in Athens in 2008 for examples.

Like you, I am somewhat partial to the orange britches, but they need to put them up for about two years and then only pull them out about once every two years, and certainly no more than once a year.

I could give a fuck what uni’s we wear….As a Ford man, I’m partial to 80’s tradition of orange jerseys/white pants for home games, white on white for road games, and all orange for big games. But hey, purple IS an official color for us, and if the seniors want to incorporate it, I think it should be up to them. Ultimately, we need to get back to smashmouth, hard-nosed football fundamentals…we do that and it won’t matter what the team wears.

At least they have not had the cojones to change the helmet color. It would provoke a justified riot.

And though I am only a mere recent Tiger convert (’04) and went to school during the late Tammy years when the Purple on Purple came out, I can understand why someone would be up in arms about it all. Though I know it does sell to the players, and recruits, just as much as the stadium does. I do like how Dabo has moved us back into a more traditional unifrom style though, the larger paw and the striped pant leg. Oh and the white on white look is awesome in my opinion.

As well, isn’t that a picture of Yusef Kelly up top? I don’t know who Keith Kelly is

I expect this stuff at Tnet.

There is no magic to what colors you wear. And no, the magical orange pants didn’t lose their mojo because of somebody screwing up after the magical Danny Ford.

Those pictures a few posts up show that purple IS a traditional color. That’s just how it is. Although some people don’t like it, that does not change the fact.

So when you say say FUCK PURPLE UNIS, you are saying FUCK CLEMSON’s TRADITIONAL SCHOOL COLOR because purple is a school color, even if you don’t like it.

Tradition didn’t start with Danny Ford and the uniforms the team wore at that time.

But, everyone has there own preferences. We can say whatever we want because the people who choose the colors aren’t posting on this board.

Orange and White plain and simple.
I have always had the theory, once team start changing uniforms and messing with the designs, they’re trying to reinvent themselves and trying to change the losing tradition into a new and improved tradition (I.E. Tampa Bay Bucs, Seattle Seahawks) Look how many time Maryland has changed just their helmets. Since 1977 they have changed the helmets 5 times, Wake Forest, 6 times and if you look at a team that has been traditionally bad, Rutgers they have change their helmet 8 time since 1977 all 3 school are making up for their lack of winning. If Clemson wants to rekindle the old POWER tradition of the Tigers during the 1980’s, then go back to the 1980’s look, and operate like a team that have maintained a real winning tradition. No gimmicks, all purple uniforms or helmets stickers are for little kids and high school. Hell if I had it my way every school would either look like Bama, Penn St or Ohio St.

I dislike the white on white because it is so plain. I actually prefer the white on purple for road games but I understand the issues that you guys that have been around longer than me would have with it. I have no quarrels with the purple and I think it looks great as long as it is not over-worn. I do like that Dabo enlarged the tiger paw on the helmet because it was so damn small before, as well as the more basic pants. I think there is a fine line and we are not crossing it.

I feel comparing us to Oregon is way over the top. We do not have 6 different helmets to wear.

yeah I am happy Dabo went back to the large paw, I guess CTB reason for the small paw was; so it wouldn’t interfere with putting on the achievement stickers. that’s a crock, back in the day the team had both the large paw and achievement stickers.

So I wholeheartedly cosign this post.

From a purely recruit and player angle they love this stuff. Alternate colors, alternate helmets, pro combat uniforms and gloves. All of it gets eaten up by recruits on season and offseason visits.

Getting to wear different combinations is something current players love. That’s why when they get to pick they always go with a different look. When recruits walk into Dabo’s office or the equipment room you better believe that Clemson, just like every other school has got 2-5 different helmet combos set up and in the equipment room they’ve got a ton of uni combos as well.

Nike, Under Armor, Reebok etc have hit on a player friendly movement that splits from what fans want. For every fan that complained about Pro Combat, Purple uniforms etc there is a recruit or current player that thought those things were badass.

It boils down to who you want to please/impress more; players or fans. Its going to be players. We’ve seen USC (the multicolored sleeves), Ohio State (pro combat) and Texas (pro combat) adjust their look at times in recent years. It is hear to stay, just hope you win in them.

discussions like this one. I frequently see folks saying “do you think _ fanbase ever talks about this garbage?” You think because Gamecock fans debate it, that it must be borderline homosexual to talk about.

The ones with the traditional simple uniforms dont because the higher-ups wouldnt dare change them and suffer the wrath of the fanbase. If Bama switched to an A and an elephant on the helmet their fans would go apeshit. If Penn State put their Nittany Lion logo on the helmet they’d go apeshit. Uniforms are your identity, and with Clemson’s brand that doesnt get represented enough nationwide, you risk losing any visual brand gains you achieved in your better days of football.

Georgia fans do debate whether to wear black the same way we do orange. They once wore red pants and may again, but its the silver britches that they identify with traditionally. If they started wearing only black or red pants, they’d go nuts.

LSU fans would have a fit if they wore only purple jerseys at home. They wore the white homes during the 1958 national title season and that tradition was lost over the years, but was brought back a decade ago. Now if you made them switch they’d raise hell.

Just because you argue about it doesnt mean other teams fans dont either. If you all see where this story has been linked across the country, you’ll see most of our opposing fans think we should be in the orange and white, and ditch the purple.

For me, there was nothing better than the white on white uniforms. At that time in Tiger football history, they were an intimidating team. Additionally, teams did not look forward to playing in the Valley and suite up for a 1:00pm EST kickoff. Sadly, that has not been the case in recent years (side bar: I know TV determines the game times these days, but I really liked the 1:00p kickoffs – I am probably in the minority on that one).
Bottom line, when you are good you do not have to rely on outlandish uniform combinations to get you fired up to play or recruit for that matter. Unfortunately, in the last decade the Tigers had to rely on such superficial things as motivation because their coach had no clue how to prepare/motivate his team – all the while, the Wake Forests, NC States and UVAs of the world were passing the Tigers by (referring to the Tommy Boy era, not Dabo)