NU Alternate/Throwback Unis for Illinois

[Redux]

This is a spectacular throwback, anyone who disagrees is a commie.

 

[mnhusker]

Those helmets are our punishment for going 0-6.....looks like a jockstrap 

I agree.  Looks like they have a pair of "whitey tighties"on his head....

Well I kinda liked the helmet but this perspective is kinda hard to get past, and it cracked me up.

 

[ZRod]

I kind of like it. Helmet doesn't look great in the shadows, but I'll reserve judgment until we see them on the field.

 

[jsneb83]

If we don't have an N on the helmet and we lose to Illinois, does it count as a Nebraska loss this year?

What if it's our only win this year?

 

[Swiv3D]

Also this

 

[StPaulHusker]

Also this

They are doing this so our blood doesn’t show on their uniforms

 

[irafreak]

What if it's our only win this year?

Then these become THE official uniform for next year....until we lose. Then it was just a coincidence.

 

[The Dude]

I kind of like the leatherheads, but I never pretended to be a fashionista.  Well, one time I pretended to be a fashionista.

 

[JJ Husker]

Perfect season to burn this gawd awful design. WTF is wrong with Adidas? Is the goal to get uglier at every attempt?

 

[Mierin]

The problem I have with the helmet is it could be used for any team that’s been around a long time.

It should be related specifically to Nebraska. I’d much rather they go nerdy and have a corn helmet than have a bland helmet they could’ve made for any team.

That or do another design with an N on it. 

 

[JJ Husker]

Perfect season to burn this gawd awful design. WTF is wrong with Adidas? Is the goal to get uglier at every attempt?

Actually these aren’t terrible or ugly but there is just nothing special or very unique about them. The helmet is kind of growing on me. And I am just not a fan of that number font even though I know why they used it. They do look better than most of the previous attempts.

 

[Making Chimichangas]

I don't think think the unis are that bad.  Actually, I think the jersey is kinda badass.  As others have stated, not too enthralled with the helmet.

 

[Thurston from Pender]

In the deed the glory.

How great is that?

 

[HerbieHancock]

It's like they overthink this every year. 

 

[Mierin]

I don't think think the unis are that bad.  Actually, I think the jersey is kinda badass.  As others have stated, not too enthralled with the helmet.

I'm ok with the jerseys. The look of the helmet isn't fugly or anything - it just doesn't have anything to do with Nebraska other than Nebraska has played football a long time. Maybe it will look cool from a distance though.

This helmet is from a different era than they spoke of (could've been used as a WWII era replica). Although I'm not sure if it would've looked good.

Here is the actual 1918 football team and I can't really tell what the helmets look like (or even which team is Nebraska and which is Notre Dame):

I guess I should be happy they didn't go with brown pants. This is late 1920s. What I haven't found a photo of is a Nebraska team ever wearing a helmet like the alternate helmet. Maybe they just thought all white would look boring so they added some gray to it.