💬 Bama's Unis Are the Worst!

[bama alum]

The worst, Jerry! According to kids who like the flash of places like Oregon and Maryland...

I've never seen a uni slam a QB like Derrick Thomas or a run through the barner's D like ...ANY RB in the last six years.

Polled recruits rank Alabama’s uniforms the worst in college football

Polled recruits rank Alabama’s uniforms the worst in college football

Michael Wayne Bratton | 1 HOUR AGO


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While most die-hard SEC fans love the tradition and pageantry of college football, young recruits typically fall into a different category. Prospects identity more with flash, sleekness and style, thus Oregon’s many alternate uniforms that occasionally burn the eye upon viewing.

The contrast in styles between schools like Alabama and Penn State are stark between Oregon, TCU and Baylor, so it should come as no surprise that those schools landed on different spectrums of a recent poll conducted by Pick Six Previews. The post goes into great detail on their survey and is really worth checking out for any jersey/recruiting junkies.

PSP polled 100 FBS football recruits, none of which were currently committed to a school, to ask a few questions including: favorite apparel brands, uniform’s importance in their interest of a school, which school has the best uniforms and which school has the worst uniforms.

Here are the results of the last two questions:

We surveyed 100 D1 recruits about uniforms — here are the votes for Best and Worst: https://t.co/eiC13g6hNN pic.twitter.com/prM5lhX0EL

— Pick Six Previews (@PickSixPreviews) May 24, 2016



Interestingly enough, only one SEC school made the top of either category and it was Alabama with the worst uniforms in college football. This strengthens the argument that elite prospects wisely don’t consider uniform when it comes to picking a school, as Alabama has recruited the top class each of the last six years and are likely to compete for another top class this season.

While Alabama may be dominating the SEC landscape on the field, at least fans of other schools can take solace in the fact they don’t look good doing it.

 

[BAMAneck]

Did they add THE rings to our uniforms? If not we have been mis represented, I think !

 

[rammerjammer]

This doesn't surprise me at all. I think kids that are recruited and come to UA buy into the system and come to love and respect the tradition that is part of the uniform. Penn St is much the same way. Granted they are trying to rebuild their image, they are in the same boat.

 

[TerryP]

From the article cited in the link:

First, we asked: “Uniforms have a great impact on my perception of a team.” The recruits could answer 'Very True', 'Moderately True', 'Moderately False', 'Very False', or 'N/A'. Only 11 out of 100 prospects responded 'Very False', while 72 responded either 'Moderately True' or 'Very True'. Next we asked: “A school’s uniform will impact my college decision.” The results were: 'Very True' (7), 'Moderately True' (26), 'Moderately False' (24), and 'Very False' (31). To be honest, I expected even more 'Very False' responses than there were. I imagine most prospects place education, winning tradition, and other criteria much higher than uniform design—if they had a checklist, there probably wouldn’t even be a box for “uniforms” because it sounds so shallow and meaningless. However, considering there are many schools that check the same boxes, appearance and perception could become the main differentiators. For example, 12 ACC schools are ranked within 70 spots of each other in the 2016 US News National University Undergraduate Rankings. Similarly, six ACC teams finished with seven or eight wins in 2015.
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Which in turn makes these two articles "shallow and meaningless."

There is not a lot of separation between the majority of Power 5 teams, and most of them offer a similar overall package in terms of academics, competent coaching, and, to some degree, program history. At the very least, there are multiple options within each category (i.e. Football Blue Blood, Academic, etc.).
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But, there is a lot of separation even within Power 5 teams. A LOT.

 

[BamaFan334]

I wonder if our Championship rings are the worst in the country?

 

[bama alum]

I wonder if our Championship rings are the worst in the country?

(side note)

Coach Sarah Patterson delivered the keynote address at our high school's graduation last night. She talked about success, determination, and so forth. Then she mentioned what really drove her - besides her rings, which she then flashed (yeah, she was wearing a couple of them! ), was her ability to work with students and make them better people.

Coach Saban has mentioned that over and over again. I guess his success rate is one of the worst, too. :sarcasm:

 

[sean]

our uniforms.....national championships.....kind of a tradition thing.

if you want flash, go somewhere else. if you want hardware (or bling as they might call it), then come to 'BAMA.

if you have to have some flashy, brightly-colored uniform, and a different one for each game, it seems, to get recruits, then you're doing it wrong.

i never knew chrome was a color of any of the major, division 1 colleges. but apparently oregon and a few others have taken to using chrome on their helmets. really? to me that's about as idiotic as a school that does a "black-out" when black isn't even one of their colors.....i'm looking at you, tennessee.

 

[#80]

BS

 

[PhillyGirl]

I'll take flashy rings over flashy uniforms ..

 

[riz]

How will we ever get any croots?

 

[jdpas29]

i'm glad our Unis don't look like Tecmo Bowl or whatever...

 

[Crimson&WhiteGecko]

Birds of a feather flock together.

Universities recruit kids based on their M/O. Let the uniform squads keep doing it, it just thins out the heard for the ones understand that the chrome grille loses all it's flash when getting ran over or chasing the flash.

Besides, 2 minutes into the 4th quarter the only fashion statement that matters is the strut from the other guy after making his ass quit.