Nike unveils Michigan State Pro Combat uniforms

it looks pretty awesome.

Is it right for MSU? I don’t know. Bronze isn’t exactly MSU’s color, but I get the whole “300” reference. It’s just different, and out-of-the-box.

I’m gonna aire on the side of “that uniform is badass”. It still looks cool

But I feel like the same look could have been accomplished by going with a silver that is a little closer to our traditional white uniform.

But aside from the Gold/Bronze I think they look pretty cool. There was an interesting read on grantland.com a couple weeks ago about the impact of Oregon’s uniforms on their program.

Despite the fact that many of us wish they had a more traditional look, supposedly recruits and players love our regular new uniforms.

Remember, this was allegedly an idea Gholston came to Dantonio with. I get why they do these, and all in all this looks pretty good in my opinion, and my guess will be well recieved by people who care about these things a lot more than I do.

that Green and black look damn good together, and the bronze, although not one of our colors, adds some badassery to the whole look

The most important thing is the team likes them and it gives us good publicity. Remember, that Gholston was the one who got this all started and the players had input into the final design.

but black and bronze were our school colors in the 30’s. We also had winged helmets at one time (before Michigan).

This is meant to be a 1-time only wear against UM. It hypes the players, and brings in more money and higher recruits. Plus, I think it’ll look pretty cool on the kickoff when 11 Spartans run down the field to pummel UM’s returner

Think more of the advantages, the “wow” factor, and long-term gains, and less about what is traditional

Green and ……

Bronze?

http://www.msuspartans.com/allaccess/?media=263641

Unless you are a 17 year old, 6’5 270lb defensive lineman that runs like a rabbit and hits like a freight train, no one cares if you think of them. Cousins likes them, Gholston likes them, my guess is that more than a few recruits will like them. They aren’t trying to attract 40 year old 5’10 overweight desk jockeys. The kids like them, and I like winning more than I like losing, so if it helps get players that win, (and it does) I don’t care what they look like. Just win.

Remember the hideous jerseys Mateen and company wore in 2000? Yeah, well short story is they look sweet next to the national championship trophy.

…this will look at the opening kickoff. 11 Spartans running down the field in line, blowing past defenders, and sticking UM’s returner.

You cannot deny that it won’t look incredible. Kind-of wants me to arm them with cloaks, spears and shields as they run.

Total side-thought, but how COOL would it be if Sparty came out with a new costume?? Like coming out with a red cloak and shield/spear to match the pro-combat uniforms? That would look badass.

Someone posted on the photo that Molon Labe means “Come and get them”

This is from Rexrode’s blog update.

UPDATE: For the record, Mark Dantonio likes the uniforms.

    “In this day and age, this is about recruiting, this is about young people,” Dantonio said, “this is about being on the cutting edge of things.”

I agree with the Dantonio quote above. And for me, the important question in recruiting is not what uni you get to wear, but that the players initiated and had direct input in the idea. So all the marketing and hype machine noise (which is considerable) aside, Gholston (and the team) drove the process as I understand it. That’s the unifying component of this for me. Go Green!

Bronze is already on the road jerseys that debuted last season, so I don’t get the angst.

I like the uniforms personally, for one game… then give me back the dark green helmets (the rest can stay). For the rollout though, I also think no one should have seen these until game time with the players coming out of the tunnel. Just like we’re all gawkin’ and checking out the pics, I think a few um folks would have taken a little bit of time to notice… anyhow that’s just my vote, and apparently no one asked me.

There seems to be a few folks upset by the lack of white – I won’t rehash most of what everyone else has said in hopes of soothing those souls. However, I will say one white “tradition” I think we need to get rid of is the “White Outs” at basketball and football games. They are pointless. When any opposing team looks up into the crowd and sees a bunch of people in white shirts, that team could be in their own home arena anywhere—it happens against pennstate, wisco, you name it… fans wearing the team color white are not threatening to schools that also incorporate white into their own uniforms (particularly their away jerseys – even um’s football away jersey is white). Regarding the lack of white in these new jerseys, the darker look is a little more intimidating.
For those of you associated with the Izzone and other student sections, please arrange for people know it’s a Green Day and end the “white outs” – not that many students are listening to that much Billy Jo Armstrong and Trey Cool these days, but there’s gotta be more than those current undergrads who actually know what a bottle of white out is, own one, and have ever used it.

This is essentially a $200,000 gift from Nike, and it is all in our benefit. The fact of the matter is, both the current players and recruits like them. Nike basically gifted us with free marketing and boosted our recruiting.

Mind you, if these were baby pink helmets and lavender pants, I’d be pissed. But they’re sleek. They’re cool. They’ve got a well-thought-out Greek theme. The players like them, and recruits will think they’re pretty badass. It’s a win-win. Who cares if they stray from green-and-white. It’s not permanent!

Just my $0.02