First look at new uni. It's for the Egg Bowl

gtowndawg

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godlluB

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Wow, somebody must have invested literally minutes of work to come up with that. Uniform itself looks ok, nothing special, but it looks like they photoshopped the helmet on "Tyler Russell"'s head crooked.
 

gtowndawg

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FYI. It came from the Adidas twitter feed earlier.

still want to see a video.
 

BigMotherTucker

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Ok... I've looked at he pic and watched the video a few times.

Things I don't like:
The gold... I know why it's there.. I love honoring the egg. Maybe it's a bit much.. I don't know.

Things I like:
The hail state on the chest
Mississippi down the leg
The sleekness of his new series of tech fit (I hope our regular unis have this)
I even dig the shoes.

Overall though... Dissapoined we didn't have a full uni overhaul. This just isn't enough change from our last egg bowl home uni.
 
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I don't like the "Hail State" on the front. If Ole Miss wore jerseys that said "Hoddy Toddy" on the front of them, people on this board would rip them 24/7.

Replace Hail State with "State" and I am all for them
 

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I think someone owes Adidas an apology at least for the video made for us was every bit as quality as the Tennessee one actually completely identical. To add I think the shoes are an awesome touch
 

patdog

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Completely disagree. We've done a very good job of branding Hail State the last few years, especially for the Egg Bowl and this is just one more reinforcement of that.
 

uptowndawg

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The lettering looks like they were ironed on at the local trophy shop

Maybe because they don't have some type of border around them. And the gold should have just been a one time thing but it's been 3 years and we can't seem to let that dumb idea go.

And not really a gripe... but when did football pants stop having belts? Have I just never noticed that before?
 

Shamoan

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i dont yet know about the mississippi state down the leg yet...ill have to see more pics with somebody not jumping around like a fool to better form an opinion. the positive is that we have finally lost the helmet and shoulder stripe. i would consider these unis a small step froward, but we still have a long way to go. also, considering the season is only a few days away, why get our hopes up with specialty unis to only have to wear our worse bookmark unis for a nationally televised game right around the corner
 

ckDOG

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Here's a thought, Adidas: show us our regular 17ing uniforms.

We don't wear these for another 3 months. I don't give a ****.
 

The Peeper

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First thoughts. Helmet, shoes/socks are fine by themselves. Why doesn't the pants color match the shirt? Waaaaay to cluttered for me, i.e. too many logos, 4 from adidas, 2 M States, an adidas, an SEC, a Hail State, and thats not counting the Mississippi State on the pants legs, gloves and the helmet.
 
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I don't like the "Hail State" on the front. If Ole Miss wore jerseys that said "Hoddy Toddy" on the front of them, people on this board would rip them 24/7.

Replace Hail State with "State" and I am all for them
I agree about the Hail State and I appreciate you explaining exactly what is totally wrong about it. I don't like the gold or the gloves, but I'm fine with the lettering on the pants. Generally, though, I'd rather just wear our regular uniforms for the Egg Bowl. When the marketeers get ahold of a tradition, they tend to limit it forever to its glorious past. To me, the greatness of the Egg Bowl is the next game coming up. If we ever stop playing the Egg Bowl, pick that time to carve a statue of its history. Don't use the players to make it a characteriture of its former self. If I want entertainment from the past, I'll watch TCM or go to a burlesque show.
 

121Josey

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Nice socks and tattoos. I don't like "Bulldogs" in white on the back. Clashes with the gold.
 

00Dawg

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Yeah, it does. Horrific, even. Several things that could've been done better here, and while I get the hype for alternate unis these days, count me in the boat of people who want to see the regular ones fixed far more.
 
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Completely disagree. We've done a very good job of branding Hail State the last few years, especially for the Egg Bowl and this is just one more reinforcement of that.

But if "Hail State" is our brand then we have seriously screwed up because what we ARE is THE Mississippi State Bulldogs. A catch phrase like "The Real Thing" has been very powerful for CocaCola, but I don't think "Hail State" (which is just a catch phrase, not a brand) has any chance of duplicating or even sniffing that magic from the New York of the South. It actually is a lot like "Hotty Toddy" or however it's spelled. So are we starting a phrase war with our rival?
 

Hail State

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If y'all truly cant see and understand what we're doing with "Hail State", then you can't see ten feet in front of your own face. I really do understand why some say we are the worst fan base in the league.
 

was21

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I simply don't understand a special uniform for OM. It is actually a tribute to them that we do it. So far we've had two special uniforms, one for Om and the other one for A&M. We got our asses kicked in both games. It ends up with egg on your face when it backfires, and it usually does.
 

was21

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Both. And what you might want to do has nothing to do with you would do.