was really excited to see this helmet as it was the only one in the initial roll out that didn't have the god awful Beaver tail stripe on it. Now in this video there it is, ruining the look of the classic Golden Gophers look. Sad and Disappointing.
Those helmets are awesome
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I'm surprised there hasn't been a comment that the team should spend more time trying to win and less time worrying about the uniforms.
I'm surprised there hasn't been a comment that the team should spend more time trying to win and less time worrying about the uniforms.
Good point. Its hard to believe that people think this way. Maybe I'm wrong but its unlikely that our starting WRs are sewing the jerseys while the D-line paints the helmets.
Why is everyone always up in arms with the oar on the helmet? People just looking to complain about something? Sounds like my father. It's on the uniforms for the rest of the season, let it go.
Everyone? Not everyone is.
Why? Because it has nothing to do with the University of Minnesota.
Complain about something? Selling your soul and whoring your University out may be OK for Mark Coyle, but it isn't for some posters on this board.
It bothers some people. Let it go.
Everyone? Not everyone is.
Why? Because it has nothing to do with the University of Minnesota.
Complain about something? Selling your soul and whoring your University out may be OK for Mark Coyle, but it isn't for some posters on this board.
It bothers some people. Let it go.
There's gotta be a reason that having so many uniform combinations is quite important to Coach Fleck and other College Head Coaches.
Exactly correct.
Though, the Chrome helmet does NOT have the beaver tail/oar.
4 posts out of 19 mentioned that they didn't like the helmet to various degrees.
That equates to :Why is everyone always up in arms with the oar on the helmet?
There's gotta be a reason that having so many uniform combinations is quite important to Coach Fleck and other College Head Coaches.
Don't get why people are upset by it. Don't get why people are upset that other people are upset by it either.
Just want the Gophers to win.
Oh and have player's names on the back of the uniforms; for both teams. Always.
So guess I do care a little about the unis.
People must have a different definition of "up in arms" and "upset" than I do. Simply stating you don't like something is not "up in arms" or make the person stating the opinion "upset" as far as I'm concerned. But maybe that is just me.
Others have mentioned this a lot regarding the oars on the helmets: It is Fleck's thing. It isn't the University. To me it makes it a very odd thing to put so prominently on the uniforms. As an old history major I often see things through the lens of how I feel it will be remembered in the future. Where will the Fleck coaching tenure lead? Huge success followed by immediate departure for a "better" job? Flame out and firing? Eventual program stability at an underwhelming perennial 7-5 to 8-4 team? Scandal followed by firing? Sustained success and climb up to regular contender for conference and national championships, with a statue of Fleck out front of TCF Bank Stadium and a 35+ year tenure at MN? Someday everyone will look back at these Fleck-oars on the helmets and remember something. There is a very large possibility those memories will comment on how silly those oars were. I of course could be wrong. But that is why I don't like them. that doesn't make me up in arms or upset. I also mentioned the reflective helmets. It seems like many other schools have phased in, and are now phasing out similar helmets. They aren't unique or cutting edge anymore, in my opinion. I probably would have liked them much more if they had been introduced back when Oregon first used them. Now it just seems tired and old - johnny come lately stuff. That doesn't mean I am a Grinch about uniform combos and doing unique things. Just the opposite. I love variety and combos. I just happen to not be a huge fan of our uniforms now. Not being a fan of the uniforms doesn't mean I don't identify with recruits, or don't like change. It also doesn't make me pick up a pitchfork to join a mob.
Why is everyone always up in arms with the oar on the helmet? People just looking to complain about something? Sounds like my father. It's on the uniforms for the rest of the season, let it go.
Actually, it kind of does;
U of M Rugby captain John Adams had heard Sioux boys yell "ski-yoo!" when they won canoe races on Lake Pepin. He incorrectly interpreted that phrase as the Sioux word for victory, or exultation and suggested it as a cheer for the University rugby team. A co-captain added the "mah" to make it rhyme with "rah" and created "Ski-U-Mah!" The slogan has been used to cheer on the Minnesota Golden Gophers athletics teams, and was written into the lyrics of University songs including the "Minnesota Rouser", "Go Gopher Victory", "Minnesota Fight" and "Minnesota March".
Everyone? Not everyone is.
Why? Because it has nothing to do with the University of Minnesota.
Complain about something? Selling your soul and whoring your University out may be OK for Mark Coyle, but it isn't for some posters on this board.
It bothers some people. Let it go.