I guess I missed that we re-signed. I thought we were due up in 2018. Hard to believe we did another contract and only doubled our previous contract. I'll never understand how we aren't a bigger deal for apparel. Big school, some success, and fans spread out over the country. I guess splitting a small state takes away the fringe that the big schools get.
Ditch the grey stuff, especially the jerseys - can't even read the number from half way up in the stands. That fad is over.
Something like Baylor or Oregon is gimmicky, but in absolutely no way can you consider Oklahoma State's stuff gimmicky. The key to a successful uniform is a clean modern look that doesn't try to do too much.I actually liked the red facemask -- I loved the red/white/white of the Kansas game. I would favor that as a "permanent" change, particularly if we ditch the non-school color jerseys and pants. I just hate non-white monochromatic looks. It looks like a leotard, not a football uniform.
No reason we should ever wear an element that is not cardinal, gold, or white. Ever. You can do enough and plenty of cool things with just those three SCHOOL colors if you want to.
I would not say that Oklahoma State's uniforms are "clean" whatsoever, and they mix-and-match odd combinations and alternatives so often, as well.
This is a clean, classic Oklahoma State...
Which they do sometimes in their new set, yes...
But you see a lot of gimmicky "sheriff" nonsense from them, too...
Gray is not a school color of theirs, and the little "wing" stripes on their shoulders are stupid.
I will shut up if we trend more towards the first sort, but I imagine it is probably going to be a mixture of both (at least) if not having some gimmicky base set with way too many alternatives.
Haha...sorry. Uniforms are kind of like religion and politics, get into trouble either way, and can't make everyone happy.
Looks perfect, however they probably would never go with it because it looks great.
Just to try to prove I am not a complete stick in the mud (though I am)...
I really like our current basketball uniforms and the tapered "funnel cloud" stripes on the shorts. Somebody put together a few concepts on using that same thing on our football uniforms...
http://i.imgur.com/4t71HCj.png
I thought that would be a nice compromise -- get away from the USC comparisons, but retain a cleaner look with a modern twist to it (such as some of the OSU combinations above), build around a cool concept related to our Cyclone origins, and build some consistency between football and basketball. I think that would be cool and likely rather unique among our peers.
You could mix-and-match combinations, add helmet colors, and mix facemask colors from there.
Even if not that exactly, I think involving that stripe pattern would be neat.
