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wrong color purple but still better than that crap we wore the past few years.
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Are those metallic silver shinny pants
I want the unis from the 90s that when you watched the cats on tv they looked like the jerseys were almost black
Quote from: pc5k on August 19, 2010, 09:57:46 PMI want the unis from the 90s that when you watched the cats on tv they looked like the jerseys were almost black That was your crappy TV, bro.
Old-Style Uni Making a Return August 29, 2010 By Mark Janssen Coach LHC Bill Snyder has a batch of old-school in his makeup, and part of that personality is coming back to this year's team. That Dallas Cowboy-look to Kansas State's uniform of Snyder's first 17 seasons is making a return in 2010. In Snyder's first visit with then-equipment manager Shorty Kleinau in 1989, the new coach made it clear that he wanted an "America's Team" look. "It had a clean, modern look, yet not too modern," said Kleinau of his visit 20-plus years ago. "Coach wanted a uniform look that the country could identify with and a logo that would sustain itself over time." Snyder's teams were sharp to the eye, won oodles of games on Saturday, and the Powercat brand is now one of the most identifiable nation-wide. While coach Ron Prince went another way in terms of uniform in his three seasons, Snyder made quick work in getting his uniform look back. Uniforms had already been ordered for the 2009 season, but beginning on Sept. 4 when the Wildcats take the field against UCLA, the Wildcats will have that 1989-2006 design. Current equipment manager Chuck Hall said, "Coach wanted to go back to that first look, but we have added a Powercat to the base of the `V' of the neck, and from last year we've added the two white stripes on the sleeve like the Cowboys have." Other modest changes this year include a shinier pant ... more silver ... to the dullish gray of recent years. In 1988 under coach Stan Parrish, like Prince did in 2008, K-State wore a purple over purple uniform on occasion. To that, in his first tenure and again today, Snyder gave, and gives, a quick, "That one isn't going to make it." Also not making it in 1989 was the lighter shade of purple that K-State was using with its uniforms. Nike representatives initially told Snyder that the company could not go any deeper in color but then developed the "New Orchid" purple that is used today. Kansas State has an all-school deal with Nike - thanks in large part to Coach Snyder's long-term relationship with the company - while the men's and women's basketball programs have "Nike Elite" status. For the total department, K-State earns over $1 million in retail value of Nike equipment, which is dispersed among all of its teams. Every October, Hall mulls over the K-State designed Nike catalog, ordering football gear for the following season. That's everything from uniforms, to rain gear, to a collection of polos - some for nonconference games and a new design for Big 12 games - to a variety of caps, hats, visors and " ... absolutely everything that we will be wearing next year." Once the season begins, that exact gear that the Wildcat coaching staff wears will be offered to the public in a variety of retail stores. It's with the general public that Nike hopes to recoup its generosity with its "Elite" programs. Of picking the colors and designs, Hall quips, "I'm considered an equipment manager, but also a trend setter in what we're going to wear." At Louisville from 2001-2008 as equipment manager, Hall said he had to "think a little outside the box" to get a brand would be recognized for a non-BCS institution. At K-State, he says, "Our brand is in place. The Powercat is who we are. We are purple and white. Our Powercat is like the white helmet at Penn State." Hall estimates that it costs $2,000 to outfit a football player for the season. That's between $240 and $350 per helmet, $300 for pads, $250 for the jersey and pants, six to eight pair of shoes for each player at $50 per pair, and then throw in the hundreds of t-shirts, warm-ups, and on and on. Wait .. six to eight pair of shoes per player? "We rotate game shoes about every third game," said Hall. "They are so light in weight, when you get a 300-pounder on them three to four hours a day, or receiver making sharp cuts on them, they just don't last that long. The worst thing we can do as a staff is make our athletes try to compete with feet that hurt." Hall said there is a normal rotation of demoting a game shoe to a practice shoe before retiring it permanently. Hall, who says he probably has 1,500 pair of shoes on hand, says that a 12-spike molded shoe is the norm, but K-State does have a collection of seven-stud spikes for the rare game played on natural grass. While Hall says that Nike is the brand of choice for all wearing the Powercat brand, he adds that there's honestly not a choice. "With our contract with Nike, there are no exceptions," Hall said. "But, their product is the best in the world. Kids don't complain. Kids want to wear the `Swoosh.'"
Informative article. Really curious how the new/old unis will look. I'm cool with a new twist on the old unifroms, kinda like Ohio State's uniforms. But, I really don't want to go back to (pretty much) the exact same unis from the 90s.
Snyder made quick work in getting his uniform look back. Uniforms had already been ordered for the 2009 season, but beginning on Sept. 4 when the Wildcats take the field against UCLA, the Wildcats will have that 1989-2006 design.
From today's K-State Sports Extra:(I know it's old news, but I found some of this interesting. Also, has it been discussed how much Janssen is dominating GPC, Kellis, and I hate to say it, but even Meek lately? Janssen has been putting out 4-5 quality articles to every one written by all the other K-State sports "sources" the past few weeks.)
The are very few things I care less about than jerseys. I honestly couldnt describe the differences between 1993, 2005, or now.
