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dear chuck- re: when did black become a school color

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the answer to that is 1971 - when jack lengyel added two 1/2" black stripes on the
sides of the young thundering herd's game pants and two black stripes on the helmets
in honor of the 75 who died November 14, 1970.

I think it is more than fitting to continue that tribute.
 
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the answer to that is 1971 - when jack lengyel added two 1/2" black stripes on the
sides of the young thundering herd's game pants and two black stripes on the helmets
in honor of the 75 who died November 14, 1970.

I think it is more than fitting to continue that tribute.
you know I think these colors are okay. However, I hope we don't totally abandon the Green and white uniforms
 
the answer to that is 1971 - when jack lengyel added two 1/2" black stripes on the
sides of the young thundering herd's game pants and two black stripes on the helmets
in honor of the 75 who died November 14, 1970.

I think it is more than fitting to continue that tribute.


Do you really believe this is the impetus for having black uniform pieces in 2017. Lol.
 
Relating MU slowly adding black as a third color in the mid-2010s to a black stripe added in 1971 is unrealistic. And it does not explain the use of the color in other sports.

Remember, MU has also used yellow (late Sonny era), and Silver (Chaump era) as third colors. Explain those.

I suspect that this whole era of goofy uniform variations every week is already starting to burn itself out. Oregon/Nike has run out of ideas and everybody else will too soon.
 
Football isn't the only sport that has used different colors. The Herd basketball uniforms had gold in them around the same time as the football team....And during the Huckabay years, the unis featured dark green stripes and lettering trimmed in light green.
 
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Why we have abandoned the kelly green jerseys and white pants combo for home games is beyond me. The green pants with black stripe or whatever it is, that we have now are hideous.

I still say wear the 71 team unis once a year around Nov. 14th, those were awesome!
 
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Chuck and the d people need to stop b!tching. The black and green looks really good together. With that said we had yellow and silver unis at one time so stfu
 
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Relating MU slowly adding black as a third color in the mid-2010s to a black stripe added in 1971 is unrealistic. And it does not explain the use of the color in other sports.

Remember, MU has also used yellow (late Sonny era), and Silver (Chaump era) as third colors. Explain those.

I suspect that this whole era of goofy uniform variations every week is already starting to burn itself out. Oregon/Nike has run out of ideas and everybody else will too soon.

Remember when you said that black wasn't an official color but that white was? Then, remember when an official link showed you to be entirely wrong?

Now, you're doubling down on your incorrect foolishness?
 
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are we the only fan base in america that complains about our uniforms this much? who cares, you don't think it looks good? I hate that for you but guess what, a lot of people like the uniforms. This is part of growing up and being an adult, you don't always get your way.
 
Personally I think the uni combs this year have been the best in years. Especially this one worn at NC State.

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Wow 429 who peed in your Wheaties?
Telling another poster to “stfu”. Come on 429 remember this is a place full of opinions good, bad, and otherwise but “stfu”! You don’t need to post that. Just saying. I read a lot of what I think are good posts from you and do not recall you responding in this way.
 
Why does this thread continuously come up? Hell let’s change school colors to pink and chartreuse- something no other college team has. Then add black to it.
 
Why does this thread continuously come up? Hell let’s change school colors to pink and chartreuse- something no other college team has. Then add black to it.


Seems like the team is doing well since Chuck's gotta dig up an old .doc file and change a few words and send it in.
 
Our uniforms looked the best in 2013. Wish we'd go back to those.
 
I like the use of black as an accent, I think the current uni's are pretty sweet, especially when compared to stuff we've had in the past (like the old white mesh road jerseys).

I don't like black uniforms though, because that's a fad that was old when Ohio did it in 2011, made worse because we just use it to flog the plane crash.
 
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