when will we get to see the new digs ... trying to work my inside sources on the team but i have not gotten any info yet ...

will it be spring ? or fall ? i sure hope the team likes them

i heard spring

Follow this twitter for news. they say spring:

https://twitter.com/CalFootballEQ

Also, they mention...no BFBS and we're getting rid of white helmets

I have a feeling that Dykes is the type of guy that will bring back a little bit of an old school feel to the unis. Last couple of years have been a mixed bag.

I like the original Gold jerseys and blue pants that we brought out against Tennessee at home.

Otherwise, would love to see the Russell White era unis come back into the fold. Very classic look

pretty sure the CALfootballEQ guy said itll be classic on twitter

CalBearinLA;842079019 said:

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Also, they mention...no BFBS and we're getting rid of white helmets

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That sounds promising.

going4roses;842078989 said:

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when will we get to see the new digs ... trying to work my inside sources on the team but i have not gotten any info yet ...
will it be spring ? or fall ? i sure hope the team likes them

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...Joe Roth / Chuck Muncie style uni's...royal blue and gold with the logo "C"...GB Packers and SF 'Niners lookalikes.

:beer:

RollOn;842079038 said:

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I have a feeling that Dykes is the type of guy that will bring back a little bit of an old school feel to the unis. Last couple of years have been a mixed bag.

I like the original Gold jerseys and blue pants that we brought out against Tennessee at home.

Otherwise, would love to see [COLOR="Blue"]the Russell White era unis [/COLOR]come back into the fold. Very classic look

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That look ("less is more", Michigan-like) would be so easy to do ....but I bet Cal would still find a way to screw it up.

The current unis were cool when they Italy came out but after a year or two they got ugly pretty fast. I figure no matter what, the new uniforms will be an improvement.

I don't know what I'm more excited for. New uniforms or to see the first spring depth chart.

Someone posted a drawing on Twitter a month ago. Cant seem to find it but if I recall, it was rumored they are going to be yellow (not Gold) and look like Georgia Tech's uniforms.

You guys are going to be disappointed. The uniforms are for the kids on the team, not the fans, and the kids don't care about classic. I'd guess they'll be going in an Oregon-like direction.

CalBearinLA;842079019 said:

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Follow this twitter for news. they say spring:

https://twitter.com/CalFootballEQ

Also, they mention...no BFBS and we're getting rid of white helmets

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I'll probably kick myself after the answer,but what is BFBS?

maxer;842079146 said:

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You guys are going to be disappointed. The uniforms are for the kids on the team, not the fans, and the kids don't care about classic. I'd guess they'll be going in an Oregon-like direction.

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Im fine with that. Whatever helps them win. I dont care how ugly our uniforms are (we could wear pink uniforms for all I care).. as long as we win.

BTW, last time our team wore pink, we upset UCLA. Just sayin...

LOL I was waiting for someone else to ask...glad I'm not the only one.

maxer;842079146 said:

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You guys are going to be disappointed. The uniforms are for the kids on the team, not the fans, and the kids don't care about classic.

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And that attitude is exactly why our uniforms suck. It should be at least partially about the fans, right? Players cycle through the program, but fans are asked to keep coming back. Fans buy jerseys, etc.

Also, IMO it can't just be about the players. Uniforms are also meant to represent the University, and their appearance reflects on the tone the school is trying to set and the message it is trying to deliver about itself and its sports teams. Oregon wishes to deliver the message that their university is hip and modern, and that is reflected in their uniforms. On the other end of the spectrum, Notre Dame is trying to deliver the message that their university (and football program) is storied and timeless and that is also reflected in their uniforms. A program can be successful with either approach (as last season proves).

I would argue that Cal, in all respects other than uniforms, is closer to the Notre Dame side of things than Oregon's. It's the oldest university on the west coast, the campus and stadium are "classic collegiate" in every respect, and we have an old-school marching band. The Oregon-type uniforms just don't fit in this environment, and because of that environment can never go as far as Oregon does in being cutting-edge, so we basically get a bunch of half-measures with updating the uniforms. It gives the impression of an old-school type program desperately reaching at something hip and modern, but not getting there. I say we should go back to the classic uniform style, because it fits with everything else that is traditional about the Cal football experience. If we want to be like Oregon, then we need to go all-in with it: new cutting-edge stadium, band, mascot, etc. (but I don't think the fans and donors would support that).

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I'll probably kick myself after the answer,but what is BFBS?

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A term coined by the Uni Watch blog (the blog that is obsessively nerdy about sports uniforms):

http://www.uniwatchblog.com/

It stands for "Black For Black's Sake," intended to describe the trend among teams to add black to their uniforms even though it's not part of the color scheme. For example, Stanford's black jerseys.

maxer;842079146 said:

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You guys are going to be disappointed. The uniforms are for the kids on the team, not the fans, and the kids don't care about classic. I'd guess they'll be going in an Oregon-like direction.

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Perhaps. Though Coach Dykes was quoted shortly after his hiring saying that we'd go back to a simpler look.

oskihasahearton;842079055 said:

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...Joe Roth / Chuck Muncie style uni's...royal blue and gold with the logo "C"...GB Packers and SF 'Niners lookalikes.

:beer:

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Yeah!

CalBearinLA;842079019 said:

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Follow this twitter for news. they say spring:

https://twitter.com/CalFootballEQ

Also, they mention...no BFBS and we're getting rid of white helmets

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I made sure to pester them about this, and they specifically said no black. So happy.

sycasey;842079163 said:

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A term coined by the Uni Watch blog (the blog that is obsessively nerdy about sports uniforms):

http://www.uniwatchblog.com/

It stands for "Black For Black's Sake," intended to describe the trend among teams to add black to their uniforms even though it's not part of the color scheme. For example, Stanford's black jerseys.

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Sycasey, are you a member?

grandmastapoop;842079170 said:

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Perhaps. Though Coach Dykes was quoted shortly after his hiring saying that we'd go back to a simpler look.

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I sure hope so.


[RIP Brent Woodall #31]

BAyers3;842079186 said:

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Sycasey, are you a member?

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I've posted once or twice, but not regularly. I tend to come back and read the blog every week or so.

sycasey;842079198 said:

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I've posted once or twice, but not regularly. I tend to come back and read the blog every week or so.

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Aww, I was hoping you were another Cal fan who "gets it".

sycasey;842079162 said:

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And that attitude is exactly why our uniforms suck. It should be at least partially about the fans, right? Players cycle through the program, but fans are asked to keep coming back. Fans buy jerseys, etc.

Also, IMO it can't just be about the players. Uniforms are also meant to represent the University, and their appearance reflects on the tone the school is trying to set and the message it is trying to deliver about itself and its sports teams. Oregon wishes to deliver the message that their university is hip and modern, and that is reflected in their uniforms. On the other end of the spectrum, Notre Dame is trying to deliver the message that their university (and football program) is storied and timeless and that is also reflected in their uniforms. A program can be successful with either approach (as last season proves).

I would argue that Cal, in all respects other than uniforms, is closer to the Notre Dame side of things than Oregon's. It's the oldest university on the west coast, the campus and stadium are "classic collegiate" in every respect, and we have an old-school marching band. The Oregon-type uniforms just don't fit in this environment, and because of that environment can never go as far as Oregon does in being cutting-edge, so we basically get a bunch of half-measures with updating the uniforms. It gives the impression of an old-school type program desperately reaching at something hip and modern, but not getting there. I say we should go back to the classic uniform style, because it fits with everything else that is traditional about the Cal football experience. If we want to be like Oregon, then we need to go all-in with it: new cutting-edge stadium, band, mascot, etc. (but I don't think the fans and donors would support that).

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Very nice post. I suspect that the new unis will be a lot less busy than the recent ones, and I'm fine with that.

maxer;842079146 said:

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You guys are going to be disappointed. The uniforms are for the kids on the team, not the fans, and the kids don't care about classic. I'd guess they'll be going in an Oregon-like direction.

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if you read the EQ twitter...they say the look is classic and not going in an Oregon-like direction.


so we are not going to be disappointed in that sense

I'm hearing that CAL could be getting (3) Uni's.
1. Home Uni's.
2. Away Uni's.
3. Grey Uni's.
Don't kill me for the Grey's, but that's what I'm hearing. Just sayin.:acclaim:

cal2014deca;842079212 said:

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I'm hearing that CAL could be getting (3) Uni's.
1. Home Uni's.
2. Away Uni's.
3. Grey Uni's.
Don't kill me for the Grey's, but that's what I'm hearing. Just sayin.:acclaim:

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I'd prefer grey to black I guess.

sycasey;842079162 said:

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If we want to be like Oregon, then we need to go all-in with it: new cutting-edge stadium, band, mascot, etc. (but I don't think the fans and donors would support that).

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Imagine if someone agreed to write Cal Athletics a huge check in exchange for us doing just that. Replace the stadium with something new built out by Golden Gate Fields, replace Oski with a Cal version of Oregon's short-lived "Roboduck", replace the band with some dubstep DJ, and replace the uniforms with something futuristic and crazy like Oregon's.

DBear;842079192 said:

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I sure hope so.


[RIP Brent Woodall #31]

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Hope not that, specifically. White on yellow is awful.

Yellow is for canaries and cowards. One of the changes I hope to see will be a return to a real gold.....the classic Cal gold, not fools gold, not yellow, but the gold that was used in the '40s, '50s, and early '60s.....a dark, deep, and strong gold. Notre Dame returned to a real gold this year, and I hope we do the same in the coming season!

BAyers3;842079203 said:

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Aww, I was hoping you were another Cal fan who "gets it".

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Well, hopefully I still do! Hah.

I have been reading Uni Watch for some time, but just don't have the time to get really deep into it like some people obviously do. Compared to most sports fans I probably do "get it" in terms of being interested in and caring about uniform design.

Joe Roth jerseys were my favorite, if we could give those a modern touch that would be awesome!

pnaidu;842079246 said:

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Joe Roth jerseys were my favorite, if we could give those a modern touch that would be awesome!

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The arguments between the brighter Royal Blue (Roth Era) and the darker Yale Blue (Modern Era) would never end.

The arguments between Yellow vs. Gold is never-ending as well.

Good luck with that one, lol.

Our Domicile;842079249 said:

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The arguments between the brighter Royal Blue (Roth Era) and the darker Yale Blue (Modern Era) would never end.

The arguments between Yellow vs. Gold is never-ending as well.

Good luck with that one, lol.

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The important part of all uniform argument is that at the end you tell the kids to get off your lawn. :cheer

Check out the Golden State Warriors' latest uniforms - featuring skintight short-sleeved jerseys. (Unfortunately, that's not a joke)