Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[walkenvol]

I've got manual warn locks on my 93 f150. I like it that way

I’ve got manual warn locks on my ‘68 Jeepster Comando half cab - those hubs had staying power remaining on the market so long

 

[R0CKYT0P 16]

A condition on switching to Adidas should be this: We are Pantone 151C. That is the only shade of Orange that should ever be used for any apparel.

Pantone 151c - Google Search

lol, Are you old enough to remember Adidas uniforms across all sports? I have never seen so many different shades of “Pantone 151C”.

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

NASA’s Perseverance rover has discovered a strange rock in Mars’ Jezero Crater covered with tiny, round lumps that resemble a nest of spider eggs

Uhoh, is our future timeline Terminator or Aliens?
Or an awful mashup?

I tried to upload a picture but it was blocked
I am going into hiding before they find me. Good luck VN!

 

[rockytop25]

$200 million and the college face of the brand…

I’d wear Goodfellows” brand from Target for that..

Geez. Gotta find ways to pay these freaking kids

I don’t get it. People complain that we don’t have the $$ to keep up with this or that school, then when we actually try and get a deal that will help us with that, it’s not good enough.

If we’re winning nobody will care that we are wearing Adidas

 

[rikberry31]

Yeah I had really hard time finding anything adidas that I wanted to wear too.

Truly how much official provider merch does the average fan own. I would guess it isn't as much as other branded gear. I don't think I own one Nike item and I have a ton.

 

[rikberry31]

@Enki, you need this.

I'm good friends with the fella that drives that bus, Bus 17. He practically runs me off the road every morning, thanks Doug.

 

[rikberry31]

Then everyone is going to be wearing adidas and Nike gear at the same time again and it will be AGITATING.

Everybody will be wearing everything anyway. I got Russell gear that is collecting Social Security that I wear sometimes.

 

[rikberry31]

Listen ive signed off on Bike, Russell, Keds, all of them. But ill be damned if we use the same ****ing crap that South Carolina douchebags use.

Yeah, we want Nike, Alabubba gear. If we are looking to wear a uni that isn't manufactured by a company supplying unis to some team we hate, the we will have to make them ourselves.

 

[rikberry31]

I remember when only the best players on our junior high team got Bike helmets.

I got a Wilson that had the protection just like the helmets that were sold in the Sears Catalog

EDIT: prolly why I’m the way I am now…mass concussions

Yeah, the pretty boys got the Bikes.

 

[Volsdeep4]

Lol what’s the deal with former wr’s taking shots at us
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Did he also play baseball for us?

 

[rikberry31]

All this fashion talk is wearing me out. Bottom line: WE ARE WEARING BRIGHT PANTONE 151. I think that pretty much violates all known fashion rules, so style is moot. I don't care if Christian Dior or that kid that made his own shirt produced our gear, were not going to win any fashion awards.
Personally I love it, I always have an excuse to clash.

 

[rikberry31]

I squeeze my honey directly from the bees, so it's easier just to put butter in after.

That is not honey. Honey is dehydrated, aged nectar and bee spit.

 

[Volbucky]

I’m just amazed grown men are so distraught with what their favorite football team is wearing. Always been odd to me. That Chad uniform boy is cringy

 

[Jackcrevol]

I’m just amazed grown men are so distraught with what their favorite football team is wearing. Always been odd to me. That Chad uniform boy is cringy

control the controllables. we have so much power and authority to exact change as fans

 

[jave36]

I was in Bentonville and was surprised by how much I liked it.

Northwest Arkansas is a really nice area that defies the otherwise well-deserve stereotype of Arkansas lol

 

[Jackcrevol]

Northwest Arkansas is a really nice area that defies the otherwise well-deserve stereotype of Arkansas lol

Arkansas is definitely something. So is West Virginia.

 

[jave36]

I’m just amazed grown men are so distraught with what their favorite football team is wearing. Always been odd to me. That Chad uniform boy is cringy

Ha, every time people on here have super strong takes on uniforms, I'm perplexed. Didn't realize so many grown men football fans were also fashionistos.

 

[rikberry31]

I watched my not so little girl graduate with a 97 GPA this afternoon. I didn't graduate high school, I went back for my GED after dropping out. I couldn't be prouder. High school is over, I shook the hands of many if her high school friends this evening......... And it hit me, most of them for the last time.

Felipe will be going to Tennessee Tech engineering school soon. Salvador and Ryan to the Army National Guard. Brooklyn to ETSU, many others elsewhere. My little girl will be seeking her teaching degree this fall......... I'm not ready........ But she is.

In the space of two months my daughter was married and left and my boy left for the Army. The house was instantly silent. We went from my house filled (half of them I didn't know) and my frig empty to silent and plenty to eat. It was a weird time.

 

[JCVol00]

Did he also play baseball for us?

Nope, hell he hardly even played football for us

 

[Johnny Majors]

I learned to drive on a 77 F100.

I spent a lot of time in the back of a '76 getting firewood.

 

[rikberry31]

Ha, every time people on here have super strong takes on uniforms, I'm perplexed. Didn't realize so many grown men football fans were also fashionistos.

Any male (or female to a lesser extent) who is overly concerned with their appearance makes me nervous. I don't trust them. They can't be taken at face value.
As far as Tennessee fans, We are wearing freaking orange for Judas Priest sake, a garish color that is made to make hunters stand out.
When you think of Tennessee you should think of unfashionable, uncouth, giant orange monsters reeking havoc across the countryside (Adidas, Russell Athletic, Champion, etc.)
You should not think of a Russian ballet troupe in cod pieces performing the Nutcracker. (Nike, Reebok, etc.)

 

[rikberry31]

is there a walmart there?

Does a yeti sh!t in the woods?

 

[therickbol]

Agreed and I definitely came around to the Nike font.

Nike has twice the revenue of adidas which is historically a global brand. There’s a reason for that. I hope we don’t switch.

"The" reason for that is much more capital infusion, marketing and fostering brand loyalty. Which by the tone of so many UT fans they obviously do at an elite level. "The" reason is not that Nike has a product that is twice as good as Addidas. If people would be sheep less often then Nike would still be a massive brand but it would be much more in line with other brands. Props to their marketing people. They are elite.

 

[therickbol]

I don’t get it. People complain that we don’t have the $$ to keep up with this or that school, then when we actually try and get a deal that will help us with that, it’s not good enough.

If we’re winning nobody will care that we are wearing Adidas

 

[LaagerVol]

I remember when only the best players on our junior high team got Bike helmets.

I got a Wilson that had the protection just like the helmets that were sold in the Sears Catalog

EDIT: prolly why I’m the way I am now…mass concussions

My team was only the skill players or players whose family was a certain class (iykyk, especially us small town folk) within the community got the good “air” helmets. OL/DL was out of luck unless your parents were in that class. Mine weren’t lol.