Southern Miss is currently Adidas. Most popular shoe with that age group, so I am happy it is on the jerseys. Also the most comfortable shoe for me, so bonus cool points to them.
Previous to that were our Russell years. I understand from our equipment folks the gear was the best jersey product. But man, that's embarrassing to be running out in Russell at our level.
Previous to that, and for a long time, we were Nike. I also understand Nike jersey products did not hold up for crap, but the designs were cool.
Before that, I do not know if it was by contract or just colleges getting what shoes they wanted, but we rocked Pony some back in the day.

What has your school used? What is your favorite ones?

That's exactly how I feel. Adidas is better quality but makes some odd aesthetic choices. I'm not a fan of the weird font face we use for the numerals on the jersey. I believe we went from Nike to Adidas in 2014 or so.

The Cajuns Adidas football uniforms look too baggy for my liking.

(11-04-2026 08:57 PM)EigenEagle Wrote:  That's exactly how I feel. Adidas is better quality but makes some odd aesthetic choices. I'm not a fan of the weird font face we use for the numerals on the jersey. I believe we went from Nike to Adidas in 2014 or so.

The font change was done by the equipment staff, idk if the coaching staff had any major influence.

We started with Nike everything for Football in 2000 season and switched to Adidas during the last season or 2 under Monken (TK era). The very 1st alternative jersey the GA National Guard camo were Nike, but when we did the GA Teachers' College throwback in 2013 those were Adidas.

Prior to Nike, we had Wilson uniforms with Reebok shoes and stuff; and each athletic program had separate contracts with different vendors. Baseball - Munzo; Basketball the Rock etc.

ODU is with Under Armor. I like the look of our uniforms especially since we started reincorporating the light blue (Hudson Blue as it’s known to Monarchs). No idea how it stacks up quality wise, I don’t think I’ve owned any Under Armor gear myself

(11-04-2026 09:34 PM)Big Buds Wrote:  The Cajuns Adidas football uniforms look too baggy for my liking.

Get in the weight room!

(11-06-2026 04:17 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  ODU is with Under Armor. I like the look of our uniforms especially since we started reincorporating the light blue (Hudson Blue as it’s known to Monarchs). No idea how it stacks up quality wise, I don’t think I’ve owned any Under Armor gear myself

That light blue is a good looking addition!

JMU has been with Nike since we switched from Russell in 2005. I've always been pretty happy with how our uniforms have looked, though I don't consider myself an expert on athletic fashion.

I heard a rumor from someone at JMU that we could change to Jumpman, but that's still ultimately just a Nike product. I'm not sure there's much of a difference.

(11-04-2026 08:19 PM)Eagle in the gym Wrote:  Southern Miss is currently Adidas. Most popular shoe with that age group, so I am happy it is on the jerseys. Also the most comfortable shoe for me, so bonus cool points to them.
Previous to that were our Russell years. I understand from our equipment folks the gear was the best jersey product. But man, that's embarrassing to be running out in Russell at our level.
Previous to that, and for a long time, we were Nike. I also understand Nike jersey products did not hold up for crap, but the designs were cool.
Before that, I do not know if it was by contract or just colleges getting what shoes they wanted, but we rocked Pony some back in the day.

What has your school used? What is your favorite ones?

Most everyone wears Adidas, with a few exceptions:
App, Marshall & JMU are Nike
ODU, Coastal & GAST are Under Armor

In uniform appearance I have always favored the KISS principle.

I despise the Oregon Ducks' uni choices, although sometimes they accidently wear decent looking unis. Look at long-time power programs like Penn State and Alabama and others like them. They don't feel the need to be "inspired" by wearing clown outfits on Saturdays.

(11-09-2026 08:08 AM)GS99-00 Wrote:  

(11-04-2026 08:19 PM)Eagle in the gym Wrote:  Southern Miss is currently Adidas. Most popular shoe with that age group, so I am happy it is on the jerseys. Also the most comfortable shoe for me, so bonus cool points to them.
Previous to that were our Russell years. I understand from our equipment folks the gear was the best jersey product. But man, that's embarrassing to be running out in Russell at our level.
Previous to that, and for a long time, we were Nike. I also understand Nike jersey products did not hold up for crap, but the designs were cool.
Before that, I do not know if it was by contract or just colleges getting what shoes they wanted, but we rocked Pony some back in the day.

What has your school used? What is your favorite ones?

Most everyone wears Adidas, with a few exceptions:
App, Marshall & JMU are Nike
ODU, Coastal & GAST are Under Armor

Which makes us the only Adidas school in the Sun Belt East

(11-09-2026 09:17 AM)TrueBlueDrew Wrote:  

(11-09-2026 08:08 AM)GS99-00 Wrote:  

(11-04-2026 08:19 PM)Eagle in the gym Wrote:  Southern Miss is currently Adidas. Most popular shoe with that age group, so I am happy it is on the jerseys. Also the most comfortable shoe for me, so bonus cool points to them.
Previous to that were our Russell years. I understand from our equipment folks the gear was the best jersey product. But man, that's embarrassing to be running out in Russell at our level.
Previous to that, and for a long time, we were Nike. I also understand Nike jersey products did not hold up for crap, but the designs were cool.
Before that, I do not know if it was by contract or just colleges getting what shoes they wanted, but we rocked Pony some back in the day.

What has your school used? What is your favorite ones?

Most everyone wears Adidas, with a few exceptions:
App, Marshall & JMU are Nike
ODU, Coastal & GAST are Under Armor

Which makes us the only Adidas school in the Sun Belt East

Yep, currently, we all know how fluid these deals can be....

I grew up a Nike guy. My high school football team wore Nike, I liked their clothes and designs, and I feel like they've always been the majority supplier of college sports.

ODU was Nike when I was a student, but it was very apparent that we didn't have much of a say in design. Football had 2 uniforms sets off the bat with a black alt getting added. Bobby Wilder was allergic to Hudson blue for some reason so our uniforms were always Navy and Silver (then the aforementioned black which is not even one of our colors...). And even then, it was just a color-swapped Miami uniform. Basketball was fine but I felt like we always just wore the base template and never really had fun designs.

Kent Bazemore's agent for UA to sign him on the promise that Steph Curry would be brought on board, which neither Kent nor Steph knew about lol, but it turned out to work and both of them were signed, with Curry being their face of the NBA for a while. From what I had heard at the time, Nike was offering ODU less than what UA was offering Baze's HIGH SCHOOL in terms of an apparel contract. It was a no-brainer, and now UA sponsors all of ODU athletics, not just Football and basketball.

I really like what ODU and UA have been able to do together. From the basic boring designs that Bobby Wilder's teams wore to the classic, simple yet cleat designs that Rahne's teams have worn, and basketball as well. All other sports that wear UA have looked great, so I can't complain. I think we either just re-upped our contract or are about to soon? Another ODU fan can correct me.

But if we're being completely honest, I miss Nike. I know they were stingy with our budget and UA has given us the world, but Nike is the standard for a reason. I look at schools in-state like JMU, VT, UVA, etc and how good of a job Nike has done with their uniforms. But until then, I am perfectly happy with UA

UA has done very well with ODU.

Who told you the kids like adidas more than Nike though?

(11-09-2026 07:00 PM)Fatalisk Wrote:  UA has done very well with ODU.

Who told you the kids like adidas more than Nike though?

Purchasing data by age groupings

(11-09-2026 07:05 PM)Eagle in the gym Wrote:  

(11-09-2026 07:00 PM)Fatalisk Wrote:  UA has done very well with ODU.

Who told you the kids like adidas more than Nike though?

Purchasing data by age groupings

I do think Adidas has made strides in the recent years. But man were their football and basketball uniforms atrocious for a while. I'm not necessesarily talking designs (but some were pretty bad too) but that weird jersey that would hug the player and would just look weird:




And don't get me started on basketball. I can't believe schools were okay with these lol