Yoga pants? I would be embarased.

I like that the Rose Bowl shows the band halftime shows. No other broadcast does.

oskidunker said:

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Yoga pants? I would be embarased.

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Some Nike marketing exec decreed it, and thus it was done

I was just saying this. Truly awful. It's embarrassing.

I thought all band uniforms were horrible.

Still old school tv showing schools marching bands at halftime. Almost like stepping into a time machine

Wiscy band getting an aerobic workout high stepping and playing at the same time. That's a real band. Those kids are breathing hard.

Mikeman said:

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Still old school tv showing schools marching bands at halftime. Almost like stepping into a time machine

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You prefer the Stanford interpretation?

Hmm, no, just glad tv shows part of the halftime show, old enough to remember Stanford band wearing red blazers with golf hats. Old enough to watching 1959 Rose Bowl on tv.

oskidunker said:

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You prefer the Stanford interpretation?

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I like that they've shown the bands every year including the lost/dark years when furd played in this game, just because it exposed furd's band (and general lameness) to the whole country.

The football team uniforms looked the best I've seen on an Oregon team in years.

So of course the band unis have to be hideous.

Because, Oregon.

Uncle Phil now trying to break into the lucrative marching band uniform market. Close observers will probably notice Duck Band sporting new unis at least three times a season.

Bad news is, Cal Band is up for new uniforms and, before you say it could never happen here, our football team went Nike for several years.

Get ready for blue and gold yoga pants! Cool stripe/swoosh down the sides!

The Oregon helmets were weird. It looked like the chrome playing started coming off during the game.

Someone posted they thought the Oregon football unis were the best they'd seen in a while? That's nuts.....at least to me. You know, it used to be when you were channel surfing or watching various highlights, that you knew what teams were being shown by the unis. That's still true of Ohio State, Wisconsin, Bama, Tennessee, $C (one of the few positives involved with $C football) and UCla. And for the most part it's true of Cal. But if you channel surf looking for Oregon, good luck because you don't know from one week to the next what they're wearing. Although I think I have it down pretty well now......if the uni is dark and ugly, it's likely Oregon.

It's almost as if Oregon has no idea what their school colors are. On occasion they have worn some cool all green unis which actually look pretty good. But whatever it was they wore yesterday, that was butt ugly.

So it's no surprise that their band unis look like pajamas as well. In contrast, Wisconsin's band was well dressed, inspirational, and a huge contrast to the Oregon band. I see it sort of like the story of how Cal Band changed from their older, boring style to the Ohio State model after being totally outclassed by tOSUmb in an early '50s Rose Bowl, and which has served them well ever since they made the switch.

The Oregon Band had absolutely no snap and energy. The Wisconsin Band had energy, looked good, and totally blew away the Oregon Band's halftime show.

I also thought that the version of the anthem Oregon did sounded like it was a lullaby for a dead baby. Musically they sounded OK, but my gosh, you almost felt like you should be crying until the last few stanzas of the song. They got bailed out by they flyover which is always inspiring.

As for Cal Band looking to get new uniforms, I would expect them to once again go the classy route, as they have done ever since they decided to pattern themselves after the Ohio State Band.

I understand that they are patterned after the's.

Oregon band uniforms remind me of leisure suits in the '70s. Ten or twenty years from now, those band members will look back and say, "What were they thinking?".

TomBear said:

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Someone posted they thought the Oregon football unis were the best they'd seen in a while? That's nuts.....at least to me. You know, it used to be when you were channel surfing or watching various highlights, that you knew what teams were being shown by the unis. That's still true of Ohio State, Wisconsin, Bama, Tennessee, $C (one of the few positives involved with $C football) and UCla. And for the most part it's true of Cal. But if you channel surf looking for Oregon, good luck because you don't know from one week to the next what they're wearing. Although I think I have it down pretty well now......if the uni is dark and ugly, it's likely Oregon.

It's almost as if Oregon has no idea what their school colors are. On occasion they have worn some cool all green unis which actually look pretty good. But whatever it was they wore yesterday, that was butt ugly.

So it's no surprise that their band unis look like pajamas as well. In contrast, Wisconsin's band was well dressed, inspirational, and a huge contrast to the Oregon band. I see it sort of like the story of how Cal Band changed from their older, boring style to the Ohio State model after being totally outclassed by tOSUmb in an early '50s Rose Bowl, and which has served them well ever since they made the switch.

The Oregon Band had absolutely no snap and energy. The Wisconsin Band had energy, looked good, and totally blew away the Oregon Band's halftime show.

I also thought that the version of the anthem Oregon did sounded like it was a lullaby for a dead baby. Musically they sounded OK, but my gosh, you almost felt like you should be crying until the last few stanzas of the song. They got bailed out by they flyover which is always inspiring.

As for Cal Band looking to get new uniforms, I would expect them to once again go the classy route, as they have done ever since they decided to pattern themselves after the Ohio State Band.

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I completely agree that the Oregon band uniforms were ugly. But since they were designed by Nike, that's no surprise. Has Nike ever designed a classy, good-looking uniform of any kind?

Band smack, love it! Did you see the awful W logo Wisconsin had? *** was that?

HearstMining said:

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Oregon band uniforms remind me of leisure suits in the '70s. Ten or twenty years from now, those band members will look back and say, "What were they thinking?".

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And the answer will be: "Whatever Nike told us to think."

Nike has a larger contract with Washington than it does with Oregon.

Washington is adidas now . . .