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I have a question for anyone who may know why Dorsett wore a Wilson logo on the front bumper of his MacGregor helmet in his Senior season, at the Sugar Bowl ? (Perhaps there was some sort of an unwritten/ illegal endorsement deal for the future Heisman winner???)

I don’t know for sure, but here is a guess on the Wilson front bumper – those MacGregor helmets didn’t have a wide front bumper like modern helmets, just a small rubber bumper like old suspension helmets. Dorsett might have wanted a longer bumper, or needed one for a nose injury, so the equipment manager might have used a Wilson bumper. Those Wilson bumpers did not wrap around the padding like a Riddell bumper and could be added under the face mask mounting screws. Just a thought.

dorsett was likely wearing a tear-away jersey in that pic. i remember him (and a lot of other RBs) getting a lot of flack back in the day for wearing them. critics tought that the tear-aways allowed them to get cheap yardage. this reminds me of the other controversy surrounding tony: the pronunciation of his name. when he was at pitt, everyone pronounced it ‘dors-it’, but sometime after being drafted by the HATED dallas cowboys, he wanted it to be pronounced ‘dor-sett’.

i attened the pitt-urtgers game and i am happy to say that tony is still actively raising $$$ for pitt and that the public address guy at heinz field announced his name using the pre-dallas pronunciation.

anyway, the official colors of pitt in the 70s and 80s were ‘old gold’ and ‘royal blue’. old gold was basically yellow. i can’t remember exactly when, but the gold changed to a slightly more mustard-y color sometime in the 80s before the colors finally changed to what they are today.

also at the pitt-rutgers game and i noticed that throwback script pitt gear is all over the place, especially among the younger fans. i had a pitt script hoodie in my younger days and i am thinking about getting another…

They changed between 1976 and 1980. I’m trying very hard to find out exactly when.

As much as i hate Nike, i do like rutgers Unis. Classic and simple, why cant UMich keep this template

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Joe RU had some fantastic uniforms back in the late 1990s when I was there — terrible football team, but the best uniforms I’ve ever seen. Red jerseys with white numerals and black shadows at home; for a while they had block digits just like the 49ers’ throwbacks, and in other years they used spiffy curved numerals that I [i]really[/i] with they would bring back.

They didn’t have the word “RUTGERS” splashed across the front, either; just a little logo with an armored knight on a horse. They don’t use that logo much anymore.

Unfortunately the 0-11 record they put up while wearing them ensures that there will be very few pictures of the jerseys on the internet!

And Minna, you’re Asian? I always assumed you were from one of the Nordic countries, being from Minnesota and having your name spelled with two N’s rather than the “Mina” used in Japan. The latter is my darling’s name and she’ll have my head if she ever reads Uni Watch and sees it in print… but she never does!

(Will this board take Chinese characters? For example, 美奈)

Minna H said:

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH! It’s like my worst nightmare come true! Well, ok, not quite, but that is horrifying. I am breaking out in cold sweats as I stare at that thing. Thanks a lot, Mr. from Queens.

To make matters worse, I think the woman is Asian. Great way to represent the sister-hood, lady. At least it’s not pink.

First of all, just Mike, never Mister. My students call me Mr, and they suck. Second, assuming you’re Asian from your post (which I don’t think is overly drawn), Asia ia a big place. Lots of people come from there. No need to let one idiot ruin it for the rest of you (excluding Kim Jong Il).

Ok, just Mike. Yeah, Asia is a big place, but there aren’t many of us on this side of the ocean, especially in MN. It just makes me cringe ever-so-slightly to see one acting stupidly. Except for Kim Jong Il—he is a race unto himself. I believe he is an actual alien.

I’m surprised nobody made a comment about Dan Marino wearing Puma shoes while everybody else seems to be wearing adidas.

Laces Out Dan!

I know it’s late, but that may be one of the most appropriate Ace Ventura references ever.

Minna H said:

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH! It’s like my worst nightmare come true! Well, ok, not quite, but that is horrifying. I am breaking out in cold sweats as I stare at that thing. Thanks a lot, Mr. from Queens.

To make matters worse, I think the woman is Asian. Great way to represent the sister-hood, lady. At least it’s not pink.

First of all, just Mike, never Mister. My students call me Mr, and they suck. Second, assuming you’re Asian from your post (which I don’t think is overly drawn), Asia ia a big place. Lots of people come from there. No need to let one idiot ruin it for the rest of you (excluding Kim Jong Il).

I was at the Indiana/Michigan State game and noticed a few of the MSU players were wearing stripped belts of dark green and white. #4, a WR, had one hanging down almost to his knee. I’m looking for a picture.

This a trendy thing among HS and college players(generally flashy players like WRs and RBs)

It’s just a colored belt with white tape over it.
Some guys do it to their facemasks too.