{"id":21866,"date":"2013-08-08T10:00:58","date_gmt":"2013-08-08T14:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=21866"},"modified":"2013-08-08T10:00:58","modified_gmt":"2013-08-08T14:00:58","slug":"yale-now-has-a-better-penn-state-jersey-than-penn-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2013\/08\/yale-now-has-a-better-penn-state-jersey-than-penn-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Yale now has a better Penn State jersey than Penn State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, two of my posts with highest traffic were about the Yale football uniforms. I was pleased they restored <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2012\/09\/yale-football-helmet-goes-retro-y-no-longer-outlined.html\">the traditional Y to the helmet<\/a>, but not thrilled that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2012\/10\/yale-adds-merit-stickers-to-football-helmets.html\">they added merit decals<\/a>. This year, Uni-Watch got ahead of me and posted the video below. he changes keep coming and it is a mixed bag:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yalealumnimagazine.com\/blog_posts\/1512\">Fall (football) fashion preview<\/a> &#8211; <em>Yale Alumni Magazine<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CB6-X0XBK6c\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>GOOD: The Y-Dog logo has been removed from the sleeve, so Yale now has a better Penn State jersey than Penn State, right? Other than the thicker block numbers, the new Bulldogs jerseys have the same trim and nearly the same color as the pre-2011 Penn State jerseys. <\/p>\n<p>BAD: The striping has been significantly changed &#8212; gone are the two blue stripes on the helmet, pants and socks. In the place of the classic double-stripes, some weird none stripe thing that Nike has been doing since the awful Denver Broncos redesign of 1997.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, this is &#8220;fixing what isn&#8217;t broken&#8221; which is the trend in football uniforms of late. It is quite unnecessary, especially for an Ivy League program where merchandising is a non-issue.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, for the third season in a row, the Penn State uniform has been altered:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>It&#39;s time for Football Season !! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23PSU&amp;src=hash\">#PSU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23WeAre&amp;src=hash\">#WeAre<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/Ve7jle8zY5\">pic.twitter.com\/Ve7jle8zY5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donovan Smith (@DSmith_76) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DSmith_76\/statuses\/358656346167590912\">July 20, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;big&#8221; change is the &#8220;chipmunk&#8221; logo is now in the middle of the neckline. Combined with the Nike swoosh and the BigTen logo, it gets pretty crowded. I could take or leave the chipmunk, but the &#8220;B1G&#8221; is just aesthetically bad right there, a conference-mandated patch by the way. We all know the Nike swoosh isn&#8217;t going anywhere unless Penn State finds another outfitter.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, I would prefer a return to the jerseys they wore through 2010 with the contrasting trim on the neckline and sleeves &#8212; the new Yale jersey. In 2011, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2011\/02\/and-for-no-reason-penn-state-football-uniforms-are-being-modified.html\">Guido D&#8217;Elia claimed to be behind the change<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2011\/04\/new-penn-state-football-jerseys-are-official.html\">but he may have been lying<\/a>. Additionally, names are going to be retained on the back of the jersey because <strong>Coach Bill O&#8217;Brien<\/strong> wants everybody to know the names of the players who chose to be a part of the program during this difficult era. I won&#8217;t argue that reasoning.<\/p>\n<p>Now, at least neither of the great blue and white football programs have gone the Oregon or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2012\/08\/maryland-has-a-new-flag-uniform-meh-let-me-know-when-uva-or-virginia-tech-get-one.html\">Maryland<\/a> route&#8230;yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The two great blue and white football programs, Penn State and Yale, have changed their uniforms and the results are mixed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,110],"tags":[259,1352,1360,1841,1965],"class_list":["post-21866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-penn-state-football","category-yale","tag-best-of-2013","tag-penn-state","tag-penn-state-football","tag-uniforms-and-logos","tag-yale-bulldogs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Yale now has a better Penn State jersey than Penn State - William F. 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