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Lyke states navy blue and Vegas gold are history
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By going to colors that aren’t really the schools colors for starters. Pretty damn unique
And going to the past by making them as close to the wonderful Buddy Hackett era.
Unbelievable this crowd at Pitt
Incredible
Can’t wait til the next rebrand unveiling in 2022.
Why are you guys so negative?
It’s the script, the blue, and the General uniform design. And I think you know that that is what was always meant by “retro”, even if it wasn’t the exact shade worn during the best years.
Then there are two or three people here that over and over and over and over and over must say what they know to be the “real school colors”. It’s Navy and old gold it’s navy and old gold it’s navy and old gold. Really...do you really want colors that most people have never seen? It’s that good for branding??
Those were more than a half century ago. So it’s no longer even a fun tidbit.
Time to win in these....roll forward....and never look back.
I’m not. Just messing around. I kind of like them. I like the yellow hoops unis this year more then new ones but no big deal.
Numbers in front of football jersey seem too big but again, just nit picking.
Who cares?
Occasionally I hit the "show hidden content" prompt to see how the IGNORED crowd is doing.
Just IGNORE them. Their families do.
New yellow hoops jersey with script Panthers would've been Pitt's best jersey ever.
That’s the best news I’ve heard all day. I can stomach almost anything that isn’t navy and beige.
Pitt has worn similar shades of blue and gold in the past, go look at pictures from the Paul Martha/Mike Ditka era.
Disagree. I like yellow ones this year much better.
We are all allowed our opinions. Not a huge deal in grand scheme of things.
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They'll be seeing me at games in navy for a while longer. Too many decent newer navy shirts with script logo to toss. Heck i still have a few nice things with the block logo too. Mostly grass cutting fare but still. It's all well and good for these guys to change up the look every couple years to distract from mediocre performances on the field, but there's only so much discretionary coin I'll drop for boring .500 and sub. 500 teams.
These could have looked worse though, and I saw no repeat of the atrocious white on white football unis (hopefully), so that's something anyway.
These could have looked worse though, and I saw no repeat of the atrocious white on white football unis (hopefully), so that's something anyway.
Bama changing from Crimson to Cherry Red
Michigan from Blue to light blue
Texas from Burnt Orange to Orange Orange.
Get it
The schools colors are navy and old gold
let me first say, if the recruits like these unis that works for me.
And I like Heather demanding we separate ourselves from others.
But Pitt is a traditional school with a long history. i wish the unis had a bit more traditional look, with white numbers and grey facemasks.
i wont buy this stuff, but as I mentioned, if this appeals to recruits that trumps all for me.
BTW...I agree with Zelda...this years basketball unis were damn near perfect.
And I like Heather demanding we separate ourselves from others.
But Pitt is a traditional school with a long history. i wish the unis had a bit more traditional look, with white numbers and grey facemasks.
i wont buy this stuff, but as I mentioned, if this appeals to recruits that trumps all for me.
BTW...I agree with Zelda...this years basketball unis were damn near perfect.
If that's Heather's way of burying the Pederson and Barnes years, then I'm all for it.
I'm curious as to how much, if any, input the current student athlete had in the final products. Hopefully they like them!
Right because they will be around for so long and kids never change.
Great programs have commitment to tradition and don’t change every 5 yrs
They have school colors and they honor them and stick with them.
Too bad Pitt can’t ever figure that out.
No, I don’t get it. The schools you referenced have been those colors on the field for at least 50 years. Pitt has NOT been “navy and old gold” for at least 50 years. How you can relate that to PITT is beyond me. Let’s see pics of all these great moments in Navy and old gold.
Again...as a cute tidbit to say once when people are fighting between Vegas Dino cat and Bright script, yeah kind of a cool mention. But over and over when no one relates to that scheme modern day makes no sense.
Edit: I did see it on the field once....Ditka in the legend race!
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Nike and Lyke hit a grand slam with these colors.
The football pants are phenominal.
The jerseys are ok. First look at the numbers didn't win me over but looking at them a few times later....i'm coming around.
The football pants are phenominal.
The jerseys are ok. First look at the numbers didn't win me over but looking at them a few times later....i'm coming around.
And the school’s campus is in Oakland - but that hasn’t stopped you from suggesting repeatedly that the school would be better off moving to a less urban environment to give the “campus” feel that you prefer, right?
Yes, I get that, but since Pitt changes frequently, you'd at least hope that student athletes like them.
1)Actually, it was 1973. 46 years.
2) And, if they haven't been seen in that long, isn't it time to bring back the traditional, official colors?
3) Heather herself is not forever. She will be history sooner or later. The next AD may be a traditionalist. And, more of the fans who (wrongly) associate the light blue and mustard with Pitt's success will be gone every year.
4) I don't really care what colors she wants to sell. But it is fun watching you younger guys get your knickers in a twist over something that happens fairly often most places.
There is truth to this. ND, Navy, and GT also wear Navy and Gold. WVU wears Navy and Yellow. Cal wears Navy and Yellow. PSU wears Navy. Duquesne and RMU wear Navy. There's just no uniqueness to it. Kansas and possibly Ole Miss are the only FBS schools that wear Royal Blue and there are no Royal/Yellow combos.
I was hoping Paul "sit down in front" would hate them. Must be the reason that everyone I show these new unis to that isn't associated with Pitt loves them.
Exactly. Look at non pantherlair tweets and hands down people are raving how sweet they are
And we have to follow this trend...why? I’m pretty sure the whole purpose of what Heather Lyke was doing with the uniforms was to make us unique and stand out, which she has done with flying colors. Didn’t she say her inspiration to change the look was after she saw that’s Georgia Tech and Notre Dame had almost identical gold colors?
That’s like saying the Pens are blue instead of black and gold. Every time they roll out a new alternate or stadium jersey people aren’t wishing they are blue.
So much more that contributed to their modern identity happened post uniform change (in both cases)
Seriously, who cares? I keep hearing about old gold and navy. That's history, been gone a long, long time. You can't even find a good color picture of any uniform in the "real school colors".
LOVE IT! Glad the DULL colors are gone! I guess the school colors HAVE CHANGED! GREAT!
