Throwback to the 2012 Uniform Release
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Wow, they were awful back then and somehow look even worse now.
These unis could’ve worked if Rutgers were allowed to mix and match. But Nike didn’t allow Flood to do that, which was why that always went All Salmon, All White, or All Black.
I mostly don't care about uniforms. But those salmon ones made it extremely difficult to read the numbers in the stadium. Which was annoying. Who designs uniforms with hard to read numbering? And who accepts them?
I just threw up in my mouth
If memory serves me correct, wasn’t Gregg behind this? Or at least supporting it.?
If memory serves me correct, wasn’t Gregg behind this? Or at least supporting it.?
The 2006 unis do it for me. I really don't care for the font of our current uniforms.
Click here for an example of the 2006 home unis...
2006 road.... https://www.nj.com/resizer/v2/https...84f642a4873b890538f36f2&width=1280&quality=90
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Those battlescarred helmets were great and should be used on occasion. They were specially made by Hydro Graphics, Inc. (HGI).
True story ...
I once had my account banned on this very message board forum by the previous ownership/management (who totally never played favorites) because I posted a photoshop of Schiano coaching in red pajamas in my signature file and refused to take it down. The forum intelligentsia at the time had a meltdown because nobody was allowed to make fun of our Salmon Jammies.
Also, the Hog Boys loved our chrome helmets ...
I once had my account banned on this very message board forum by the previous ownership/management (who totally never played favorites) because I posted a photoshop of Schiano coaching in red pajamas in my signature file and refused to take it down. The forum intelligentsia at the time had a meltdown because nobody was allowed to make fun of our Salmon Jammies.
Also, the Hog Boys loved our chrome helmets ...
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I always liked the idea of the old school pat patriot uniforms repurposed with a Betsy Ross block R on the helmet. The scarlet knight on horseback and the revolutionary war era soldiers are conflicting too many different time periods for me 
. Rutgers’/New Jersey’s historical significance is not something many can claim in college sports.
. Rutgers’/New Jersey’s historical significance is not something many can claim in college sports.I honestly like the 2019 Adidas uniforms the best.
Clean and classic Big 10:
Clean and classic Big 10:
The all whites with chrome did not suck.
Anything with that salmon color sucked.
Anyone remember the foolish argument that the uniforms used the official Pantone color defined in some official Rutgers style guide? There were 2 things wrong with that..
1) The color was chosen for print purposes because a bright scarlet red on bright white paper is unreadable.. same for bright white lettering on bright scarlet red on signage.
2) the silver/gray score marks on the shoulders and numbers and letters serve to BLEND the gray and red thereby making the salmon look.. and that doesn't even consider the color of the light from the sun, clouds or stadium lights. But this si why the all-whites worked... the silver/gray was dark enough to see against the bright white.. and even if it blended a little bit it still showed as white.
As for "approval" of the unis... contracts for support from Nike were probably mostly to blame. There has to be some pressure to change things, shake things up.. sell more new and different "official" products. We might have more say in the matter with Adidas... though I suspect there is competition among the big Ten's many red and white schools to not have too-similar looking colors and uniforms. Any conflicts probably go the way of the more valuable contract.. more valuable to Addidas.
Anything with that salmon color sucked.
Anyone remember the foolish argument that the uniforms used the official Pantone color defined in some official Rutgers style guide? There were 2 things wrong with that..
1) The color was chosen for print purposes because a bright scarlet red on bright white paper is unreadable.. same for bright white lettering on bright scarlet red on signage.
2) the silver/gray score marks on the shoulders and numbers and letters serve to BLEND the gray and red thereby making the salmon look.. and that doesn't even consider the color of the light from the sun, clouds or stadium lights. But this si why the all-whites worked... the silver/gray was dark enough to see against the bright white.. and even if it blended a little bit it still showed as white.
As for "approval" of the unis... contracts for support from Nike were probably mostly to blame. There has to be some pressure to change things, shake things up.. sell more new and different "official" products. We might have more say in the matter with Adidas... though I suspect there is competition among the big Ten's many red and white schools to not have too-similar looking colors and uniforms. Any conflicts probably go the way of the more valuable contract.. more valuable to Addidas.
- Big Ten
- Nike: 50% (Illinois, Iowa, MSU, Minnesota, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, Purdue, USC)
- Jordan: 11.1% (Michigan, UCLA)
- Adidas: 22.2% (Indiana, Nebraska, Rutgers, Washington)
- Under Armour: 16.7% (Maryland, Northwestern, Wisconsin)
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The chrome helmets were cheesy as hell. The only uniform combo that was acceptable in that era was the white ones with white helmets.
Those are my favorite as well, but I do like how the RUTGERS across the front on the current jerseys is at least the same font as the block R. I wish we could have that wordmark with the old block numbers from 2006.
My eyesight was much better 12 yrs. ago and I still couldn't read the numbers.
That is true. But this pro Nike place would’ve gone APE
!!! if it was Adidas who made those unis.