Jack Trice throw backs

CYKOFAN

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Unless our everyday uniforms are changing why care? It would be cool but why all the boners?

I think if the uni's are really sharp and designed a lot like the uni Jack Trice wore (like what we've seen here on this thread), it could become a huge deal for us. Having JT enrolled at ISU that long ago is something we can be proud of considering the era, and his sacrifice and the kind of guy he was is something that needs to be remembered and honored annually. In some ways it's even a more compelling story than Jackie Robinson (and I'm a huge Dodger fan so that's not easy for me to say). Having the game on national TV would be huge in getting his story out there and a way to honor Jack's memory, and of course it couldn't hurt interest in ISU among recruits. I also think those jerseys would sell like crazy. Looks to me like a Jack Trice game each year would be a win-win situation.
 

klamath632

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I hope this is for real, and I hope that the words "I WILL" are somewhere in the design.
 

heitclone

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I think this is great idea but generally throwback uni's from that long ago end up being just awful looking. That said, I'd much rather have them than the XFL alts that you see these days.
 

The_Architect

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Count me in as one that would be dissapointed to wear these against Iowa and not Texas on NATIONAL TV. Can't complain too much though because they are SICK!
 

19210

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I hope this is for real, and I hope that the words "I WILL" are somewhere in the design.

Or put his number on the helmet instead of the "I" they are going to use. Kind of like baseball does for Jackie Robinson. I know in football you couldn't have all the players with the same number, but I'm assuming you might be able to all have the same number on the helmet, not sure. Or maybe the team could put Trice for the name plates instead of their own names for one game to show unity and respect for Jack. The replicas that they sell should have his number with Trice on the back.
 

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The Iowa/Iowa State game is on Fox Sports 1 correct? That is as national as ESPN (technically). All Comcast/Xfinity users will have it.
"Fox says its new sports cable network will launch Aug. 17. The network said Tuesday that Fox Sports 1, converted from Speed TV, will be in 90 million homes."
 

clonefromNE

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Correct, but does ISU v Iowa have as much national appeal as the Texas game? The audience for the cyhawk game is very much a state/regionally appealing game.

I'm pumped if this happens at all. Is fan fest when they would announce this, or media day?
 

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