(12-01-2020 10:15 AM)slhNavy91 Wrote: [ -> ]Click through to video
Those are creative....?
Kinda just wish both would wear their classic unis for this classic game.
The alt unis are fun, but when on the bigger stage wear your traditional ones. That goes for every team.
I like the Navy unis they wore vs Memphis.
(12-01-2020 10:27 AM)Poseidon Wrote: [ -> ] (12-01-2020 10:15 AM)slhNavy91 Wrote: [ -> ]Click through to video
Those are creative....?
Kinda just wish both would wear their classic unis for this classic game.
The alt unis are fun, but when on the bigger stage wear your traditional ones. That goes for every team.
I like the Navy unis they wore vs Memphis.
The classic look is the classic look.
With a lot of teams not wearing the same thing twice over a season, I like our path of classic home/classic away for eleven games out of the year, and then annual specials for as many as 10-11 million viewers for America's Game and Bowl.
For recruiting and merchandise sales...this hits better than a mid-year game on CBSSN.
I like being able to tell at a glance what Army-Navy highlight I'm looking at, too
I like what Under Armour does with us for this one special per year. (Nike did well before, too, but the attention to detail from our near-neighbors is another level.)
- 175th anniversary commemoration. USNA had big plans for 175th all year, largely derailed by COVID
- The marble evokes the rotunda of Bancroft Hall and John Paul Jones' crypt under the Chapel and the rest of the chapel.
- The gold details work for me.
- "I have not yet begun to fight" for JPJ, where we've previously emphasized "Don't Give up the Ship"
Helmet looks like a cheap bathroom counter.
(12-01-2020 11:42 AM)rath v2.0 Wrote: [ -> ]Helmet looks like a cheap bathroom counter.
Looks like the fake marble I see at a lot of chinese takeout joints.
(12-01-2020 11:48 AM)Chappy Wrote: [ -> ] (12-01-2020 11:42 AM)rath v2.0 Wrote: [ -> ]Helmet looks like a cheap bathroom counter.
Looks like the fake marble I see at a lot of chinese takeout joints.
Well, it evokes the crypt of John Paul Jones.
Or you can hate America. Your choice.
(12-01-2020 10:50 AM)slhNavy91 Wrote: [ -> ] (12-01-2020 10:27 AM)Poseidon Wrote: [ -> ] (12-01-2020 10:15 AM)slhNavy91 Wrote: [ -> ]Click through to video
Those are creative....?
Kinda just wish both would wear their classic unis for this classic game.
The alt unis are fun, but when on the bigger stage wear your traditional ones. That goes for every team.
I like the Navy unis they wore vs Memphis.
The classic look is the classic look.
With a lot of teams not wearing the same thing twice over a season, I like our path of classic home/classic away for eleven games out of the year, and then annual specials for as many as 10-11 million viewers for America's Game and Bowl.
For recruiting and merchandise sales...this hits better than a mid-year game on CBSSN.
I like being able to tell at a glance what Army-Navy highlight I'm looking at, too
I like what Under Armour does with us for this one special per year. (Nike did well before, too, but the attention to detail from our near-neighbors is another level.)
- 175th anniversary commemoration. USNA had big plans for 175th all year, largely derailed by COVID
- The marble evokes the rotunda of Bancroft Hall and John Paul Jones' crypt under the Chapel and the rest of the chapel.
- The gold details work for me.
- "I have not yet begun to fight" for JPJ, where we've previously emphasized "Don't Give up the Ship"
I've always been very impressed by the strong emphasis on history and tradition by my brothers and sisters in the Navy, truly, no one does it better. Those are great and the website and merch are first class.
Happy 175th sir.
Beat Army!
The Army unis look incredible
(12-01-2020 12:37 PM)slhNavy91 Wrote: [ -> ] (12-01-2020 11:48 AM)Chappy Wrote: [ -> ] (12-01-2020 11:42 AM)rath v2.0 Wrote: [ -> ]Helmet looks like a cheap bathroom counter.
Looks like the fake marble I see at a lot of chinese takeout joints.
Well, it evokes the crypt of John Paul Jones.
Or you can hate America. Your choice.
Not sure what America has to do with Led Zepplin but whatevs
(12-01-2020 11:48 AM)Chappy Wrote: [ -> ] (12-01-2020 11:42 AM)rath v2.0 Wrote: [ -> ]Helmet looks like a cheap bathroom counter.
Looks like the fake marble I see at a lot of chinese takeout joints.
I used to work at a Chinese place, and I've gotta say... You're spot on lol
(12-01-2020 12:37 PM)slhNavy91 Wrote: [ -> ] (12-01-2020 11:48 AM)Chappy Wrote: [ -> ] (12-01-2020 11:42 AM)rath v2.0 Wrote: [ -> ]Helmet looks like a cheap bathroom counter.
Looks like the fake marble I see at a lot of chinese takeout joints.
Well, it evokes the crypt of John Paul Jones.
Or you can hate America. Your choice.
Honestly I didn't take his comment as a dig, I just thought it was an accurate assessment lol
(12-01-2020 12:37 PM)slhNavy91 Wrote: [ -> ] (12-01-2020 11:48 AM)Chappy Wrote: [ -> ] (12-01-2020 11:42 AM)rath v2.0 Wrote: [ -> ]Helmet looks like a cheap bathroom counter.
Looks like the fake marble I see at a lot of chinese takeout joints.
Well, it evokes the crypt of John Paul Jones.
Or you can hate America. Your choice.
lol, valid.
It's not my favorite from this series, but I like that you guys keep mixing it up.
(12-01-2020 02:09 PM)Nameless Wrote: [ -> ] (12-01-2020 12:37 PM)slhNavy91 Wrote: [ -> ] (12-01-2020 11:48 AM)Chappy Wrote: [ -> ] (12-01-2020 11:42 AM)rath v2.0 Wrote: [ -> ]Helmet looks like a cheap bathroom counter.
Looks like the fake marble I see at a lot of chinese takeout joints.
Well, it evokes the crypt of John Paul Jones.
Or you can hate America. Your choice.
Honestly I didn't take his comment as a dig, I just thought it was an accurate assessment lol
He must not have been to the right Chinese restaurants!
I maintain that I can love America and still say it reminds me of the fake marble. Of course, uniforms made of real marble would present new problems of their own.
(12-01-2020 04:05 PM)Chappy Wrote: [ -> ]I maintain that I can love America and still say it reminds me of the fake marble. Of course, uniforms made of real marble would present new problems of their own.
The 'Murica was a joke.
As PuddlePirate's links highlight, JPJ himself left the nascent nation and led Catherine the Great's Navy in the Crimean War - he was a bit of a prickly bastard who didn't feel he got enuff respeck.
I don't think I've ever played the 'Murica card in seriousness on this board.
Following up your second point though -- yeah, especially the helmets.
(12-01-2020 10:15 AM)slhNavy91 Wrote: [ -> ]Click through to video
The guy on the lower right looks a bit like the Star Wars "R2-D2."
(12-01-2020 12:37 PM)slhNavy91 Wrote: [ -> ] (12-01-2020 11:48 AM)Chappy Wrote: [ -> ] (12-01-2020 11:42 AM)rath v2.0 Wrote: [ -> ]Helmet looks like a cheap bathroom counter.
Looks like the fake marble I see at a lot of chinese takeout joints.
Well, it evokes the crypt of John Paul Jones.
Or you can hate America. Your choice.
I kind of like these new uniforms
A lot of folks are just having some fun joking about them.