Poll: Georgia’s Nike Pro Combat unis, love ‘em or hate ‘em?
I had to step away from work fairly quickly this past Saturday, not long after I posted my practice update. That update, of course, included a brief report on the new Nike Pro Combat uniforms Georgia is going to wear in the opener against Boise State.
Well, it wasn’t until late Sunday that I got to review what some of the reaction was to that piece. There seemed to be more than a few folks bothered by me using the phrase “generally negative” to describe fan reaction to the new uniforms. A few people, in comments on the blog, asked me to what poll was I referring and accused me of just trying to “stir up trouble” between UGA and its fans without having any real data to support it.
Loading ...So let’s clear this up. My determination was based on the reactions I was getting directly via email, Twitter and Facebook. In fact, those reactions were so decidedly negative that I actually tweeted to ask if there was anybody out there who actually liked the uniforms. Only then did I hear a couple of positive comments, and then they were still few.
But, of course, that is far from scientific. So short of hiring Gallup or some kind of market research company, I figured I’d just throw it out there to the masses this morning with a raw (but still unscientific) poll. So be sure to click one of the selections to the left and check back to see the results.
What do I think? I think I actually like them. I mean, it’s only for one game, right? And the players love them. I tend fall on Mark Richt’s side when it comes to this being something you do for the players and not so much the fans.
In the meantime, just so you have it to reference, following is most everything I got after practice Saturday from players and coaches talking about the uniforms. After this, I plan to retire from writing about uniforms (well at least for about 10 days or so).
LB CHRISTIAN ROBINSON:
“I like them. We’re going to look good!”
“About the third quarter it’s not going to matter because it’s going to wear off and it’s going to matter who’s playing the best. It’s exciting for us to put something new on, but it won’t matter come the third or fourth quarter.
“It really is for the team. I loved the black jerseys when we had them. That was one of the reasons I came here. That was probably the most excited I’ve ever been watching them run out [in 2007]. I was in the end zone right when they broke them out and it was awesome.
“New jerseys excite the team a little bit. It’s something new that you haven’t worn before. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime thing for some of these guys. I might never get to wear the black jerseys again, so it was a once-in-a-lifetime-thing. Again, halfway though the game it’s not going to matter.
“I do like tradition. But I think one game out of the year you can do something new. It’s not like we’re changing our whole style for the whole season. It’s one game. If it’s upsetting somebody that bad, I’m sorry.”
WR TAVARRES KING:
“I love them. I think they’re awesome. We’ve still got to play so it’s not a magic potion or anything. But I love what Nike has done for us. We’re blessed to have those uniforms. I’m excited about them.
“It’s 2011, you know. You’ve got to have a little swag!”
GEORGIA COACH MARK RICHT:
“Well, I think that Nike did a great job of trying to capture a lot of the tradition of Georgia football. Some things are very subtle that the fans may not be able to see but the players can see. . . . I don’t know if the story that’s behind it is going to be released but when it is you’ll be able to read what Nike was thinking when it produced everything.
“But when the players saw it, they liked it and that’s the big thing, that they like it. And it’s a special game. It’s not what we would call a traditional uniform but it’s not a traditional game either. That’s kind of why we did it.
“I think we’re due. We’re due.
“Yeah, I think there are a lot of people that just don’t want to get away from that and I don’t blame them. That’s the reason we’re sticking it out there two weeks in advance, so everybody can get over it. I doubt we’ll do any surprise uniforms anymore. At least everybody’s got time to digest it. If everybodk just thinks about what’s most important and that’s playing the game, I think we’ll all be fine.”
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609 comments Add your comment
Heidi Klum
August 22nd, 2011
6:18 pm
Very nice job of accessorizing this outfit with the silver gloves, the silver slippers, and the silver cap, along with the black belt, the black collar, and the black sleeve.
Exquisite!
Grambling State
August 22nd, 2011
6:20 pm
Actually
Ruby slippers would look great with these sissy uniforms
First Street Lenny !
August 22nd, 2011
6:23 pm
Love the uniforms. Diifferent times means diffrent measures thats whats wrong now. Quit living in the past! Hershel is gone and so is Dooley. Its a new day with differnt kids. FLorida has plenty of uniforms and they have been winning and beating us with them. Mark Richt Do Da Damn Thang !
Energy Vampire
August 22nd, 2011
6:26 pm
I guess it’s do anything to take the fans’ mind off of just how bad this football team is.
F. Sinkwich
August 22nd, 2011
6:31 pm
I can understand some of you doing the hate thing on the unis based on that picture above of a gay looking GT/Florida/BS fan dummy wearing the colors.
Do a YouTube thing on the Nike video of the new unis.
They look pretty good. Remember, it’s just one game.
UGAKev
August 22nd, 2011
6:43 pm
Sinkwich, Also the uniform the players wear have black sleeves and socks that really make the uniform look even better. I love the uniform..For those that hate the uniform , guess what! It doesn’t really matter what you think! We are about to start a new tradition in Athens called winning championships. We got bigger fish to fry in Athens then some of you old farts worrying about what we wear.
Jerito07
August 22nd, 2011
6:43 pm
So many haters its a shame.
Grambling State
August 22nd, 2011
6:47 pm
The same people who like these uniforms are the same butt kissers who would stand up at a company meeting cheering frantically after their boss anounces a pay cut is a good thing
Kool-aid drinkers
Hmmm....
August 22nd, 2011
6:51 pm
They actually….look really really good. Epic fail on ur Mark Bradley. People will never be pleased.
Hmmm....
August 22nd, 2011
6:52 pm
on your part*
Mary Marutski
August 22nd, 2011
7:01 pm
Clown costumes for the Athens clowns.
See how the crowd laughs after the dawgtards lose big.
Malcolm X
August 22nd, 2011
7:06 pm
Yeah, they need a big red nose and floppy shoes to go with these
LOL
August 22nd, 2011
7:06 pm
I hated Techs new look last…..6-7 season. I really think the Dawg fans feel the same bout this uni…..only one worse is the BLACK-out uni’s u guys wore gainst Bama. Lokk what that got ya.
Doubting Thomas
August 22nd, 2011
7:07 pm
Not enough Kool-Aid in the world for these homers.
me be likin
August 22nd, 2011
7:18 pm
does it have a place to store the WIC card and the switchblade?
KYDawg
August 22nd, 2011
7:18 pm
Of course the Techsters are gonna hate the uniforms. I like them compared to those horrible bug uniforms.
Techster
August 22nd, 2011
7:22 pm
KYDawg is right on. You guys beat us hands down. Just listen to the playground management / public housing majors rave about them! Tech can’t touch these things.
Sharkman
August 22nd, 2011
7:30 pm
They suck! Uniforms don’t win games, hard work does! CMR, bless your heart, get it through your head dude, schemes don’t win games, YOU DO!
FACTS
August 22nd, 2011
7:30 pm
UGA fans, let’s be realistic about this, if Oregon can wear 5 or 6 different uniforms like this during last season & come up 1 game shy of being National Champs. I don’t see what one one game in a different uniform will make, if our boys are the real deal this year & end up playing for the Sears trophy in JAN 2012 who will remember…..get a life people…football is almost here !!!!!!!!!!!!
Lloyd Brown
August 22nd, 2011
7:43 pm
UGA new uni’s are UGH-LY
As they say on Project Runway, in fashion one day you’re in… one day you are out. Kiss the one auf wiesdesen Heidi!!!
1980 tradition
August 22nd, 2011
7:45 pm
Richt..”Nike did a great job of trying to capture a lot of the tradition of Georgia football”…What tradition? Georgia won the 1980 National Champship…ain’t peed a drop since then….tradition…. lol
Caleb King is A JOKE!!!!
August 22nd, 2011
7:48 pm
Caleb King is a Joke – He will end up being a TACKLING DUMMY!!!!! Wish him no success!!!!
Go Boise STATE
August 22nd, 2011
7:50 pm
GO BOISE STATE – Destroy the weakling GA BULLDOGS – the class Clowns in their new uniforms!!!!
WDE
August 22nd, 2011
7:51 pm
@1980 tradition there is something we haven’t done since 1980 your overlooking …. been on probation you forgot to mention that troll boy.
GoDawgs
August 22nd, 2011
7:51 pm
I don’t think the uniforms are bad. I don’t know what people were expecting from Nike when the majority of Oregon’s uniforms are ugly. I was happy with the red on red and the plainness of them. The only thing really ugly about the uniform is the overly gigantic red stripe on the helmet. I love the silver helmet without the stripe and would love to see us wear it more maybe for a throwback look at homecoming to match the older alumni cheerleaders on the sideline with the red block G on it.
WDE
August 22nd, 2011
7:52 pm
@Go Boise STATE newsflash butt clown but I’ve seen the uniform your bunch will be wearing and as much as I’m not a fan of ours yours really really blow.
1980 tradition
August 22nd, 2011
7:52 pm
WDE…1980…just sayin cheese boy
Lloyd Brown
August 22nd, 2011
7:54 pm
These uniforms are just Mutt-ugly!!!
Grambling State
August 22nd, 2011
7:54 pm
Its real simple
Only 22% liked these horrible uniforms
13% Dont care which means they didnt think they looked good enough to care
So 78% dont like them
Those who love them are your nut jobs of society anyway and would have thought they looked good if they were green or pink.
They just get mad at anything negative that is said about UGA.
Just like those people who think their little johny-be-good who cannot throw a ball 5 yards will be playing on Sundays
WDE
August 22nd, 2011
8:07 pm
@1980 tradition by the way how many times has your bunch been on probation since 1980 anyway?
cadawg
August 22nd, 2011
8:07 pm
don’t like the width of the stripe on the helmet (or the fact that it extends to the face mask), but otherwise i think it’s fine. they’re pretty sleek, and look much better in the video on the athletic dept’s website than in the still shots.
GoDawgs
August 22nd, 2011
8:10 pm
Also I am so tired of our fans being so fickle and teeter-tottery. We blow up crap more than a version of the real housewives reality show. What the players wear is not going to win or lose a game. How well we are prepared and execute those plans will. Sometimes I am embarrassed to admit I am a Georgia fan because of our fan base being so fickle as well as the most intoxicated trash talking group I’ve seen from any SEC group on gamedays as a whole.
1980 tradition
August 22nd, 2011
8:11 pm
WDE… 1980…just saying
WDE
August 22nd, 2011
8:14 pm
@1980 tradition….. probation….just saying
1980 tradition
August 22nd, 2011
8:15 pm
WDE……1980….just saying
1980 tradition
August 22nd, 2011
8:22 pm
Ok WDE…Georgia has the best team to not be on probation since 1980…happy now? They also ain’t done jack squat since 1980…mad now?
WDE
August 22nd, 2011
8:23 pm
@1980 tradition….. probation….just saying
1980 tradition
August 22nd, 2011
8:29 pm
WDE.. Get something original…good luck to that non probation, rich tradition football team…lol…..
Dawg89
August 22nd, 2011
8:46 pm
Get over the uniforms! Who cares? I agree that every once in a while it’s cool.
Mobile Dawg
August 22nd, 2011
8:47 pm
Are we finally tired of talking about the uniforms?
Mobile Dawg
August 22nd, 2011
8:48 pm
Well, I guess that answers that question.
bwkdawg
August 22nd, 2011
8:52 pm
Hey Chip,
I enjoy reading your stories and do so daily, but can we plese make this the last story about the uniforms.
AltamahaDawg
August 22nd, 2011
8:55 pm
Go check our my homeboys at Bulldawg illustrated, and read some practice updates.
Also check out Pooles article on what the offense needs to do. WARNING: let your interest in things that sound like my take be your guide if you really want to read this one or not.
AltamahaDawg
August 22nd, 2011
8:57 pm
all bwkdawg’s homeboys (and girls) too, Good timing neighbor.
Buglover
August 22nd, 2011
9:00 pm
Who cares if you’re winning?
Mobile Dawg
August 22nd, 2011
9:00 pm
I take it it’s not narrated by Thomas Brown huh?
AltamahaDawg
August 22nd, 2011
9:03 pm
You are correct sir.
AltamahaDawg
August 22nd, 2011
9:05 pm
I don’t think they are in the office at 3:30 in the morning.
Mobile Dawg
August 22nd, 2011
9:05 pm
I suspect he holds down some sort of job as a supervisor on the night shift somewhere. How else could he blog all night long?
AltamahaDawg
August 22nd, 2011
9:12 pm
Murray Poole is very well known around these parts. He’s the Golden Isles version of Towers, Ching, Weisner. Very Knowledgeable as far as the Dawgs go.