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Post by tablealgebra on Aug 7, 2024 19:46:35 GMT -5
Which I took, and take, as a personal affront. IIRC, they lost while wearing them, too. So why stop at black? Why not Michigan State green, or Illinois orange? I love the deep purple Northwestern uses; how about purple? Age and the inflexibility that comes therein. I'm pretty done with the ageist comments (there was a boomer one back there as well). If you don't have any better arguments than "you're old", then you're not winning the argument AND you're being awful. |
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Post by tablealgebra on Aug 7, 2024 19:49:53 GMT -5
I'm not "acting like it would be a personal affront". I would actually take it as a personal affront. An affront to the 140 some year tradition and history of UW sports. You can have your opinion. This is mine. I'm Team robtearle. Not that I have a dog in this fight, but I have had these online discussions for 30 years now regarding UT's burnt orange and white. It's amazing to me how many people admire an Oregon style approach to the school uniforms. Nothing against Oregon, because it's a signature for them now, but I have no desire to see my school emulate it. Citing professional teams, which is a completely different dynamic, or the Houston Cougars, which is desperately trying to galvanize neutral observers to follow the team in a city dominated by UT, A&M and even LSU, by copying the most iconic uniforms the city has ever known, is not compelling to me when it comes to a university with a tradition of holding up its colors as a central part of its identity, which Wisconsin does. It's less like the Milwaukee Bucks changing their uniform, and more like the Yankees moving away from pinstripes, or the Dallas Cowboys replacing the star on their helmet with a caricature of a cowboy. Every school can do what they want for their own reasons. When Phil Knight donates over a billion dollars to your athletic department and then wants multiple colorful uniforms for merchandising purposes, it's at least understandable that the colors and style of the uniform becomes a lot less sacrosanct. I'm a little more flexible when it comes to volleyball uniforms, because I don't think they're quite the signature look that the football uniforms create, but I'm still uncomfortable with adding colors that aren't part of the official identity of the school just to freshen up the look. Darrell Royal had a great quote one time when asked about changing up the uniforms, "Hell no I'm not going to candy them up. These are work clothes." I would absolutely hate to see the Badgers in black uniforms. But other colleges have stretched their color palette without breaking it. Black is not in Northwestern's color palette and they use it all the time, for example. What kills me is when pro teams make new colors that are nowhere near their colors. |
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Post by SportyBucky on Aug 7, 2024 19:53:23 GMT -5
Age and the inflexibility that comes therein. Age has absolutely nothing to do with it. I'd have objected to black jerseys (or green or purple) every bit as strongly when I was a UW student in the late 1970s. The difference is then nobody would have ever even suggested such a thing. The old are the last to know. |
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Post by SportyBucky on Aug 7, 2024 19:54:07 GMT -5
Age and the inflexibility that comes therein. I'm pretty done with the ageist comments (there was a boomer one back there as well). If you don't have any better arguments than "you're old", then you're not winning the argument AND you're being awful. Not an argument as much as an observation. |
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Post by badgerguru on Aug 7, 2024 19:59:17 GMT -5
this just belongs in here
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Post by Pepperjack on Aug 7, 2024 20:00:46 GMT -5
this just belongs in here Saige is back on the court!! |
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Post by tablealgebra on Aug 7, 2024 20:12:17 GMT -5
I'm pretty done with the ageist comments (there was a boomer one back there as well). If you don't have any better arguments than "you're old", then you're not winning the argument AND you're being awful. Not an argument as much as an observation. When you talk with the elders in your family do you also casually observe how old they are? It's not an "observation", it's a mean comment and your unwillingness to admit that is pretty cowardly. |
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Post by robtearle on Aug 7, 2024 20:36:48 GMT -5
Age has absolutely nothing to do with it. I'd have objected to black jerseys (or green or purple) every bit as strongly when I was a UW student in the late 1970s. The difference is then nobody would have ever even suggested such a thing. The old are the last to know. Age has absolutely nothing to do with it. I'd have objected to black jerseys (or green or purple) every bit as strongly when I was a UW student in the late 1970s. The difference is then nobody would have ever even suggested such a thing. |
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Post by buckypete on Aug 7, 2024 20:58:47 GMT -5
I'm colorblind as all heck, so I find this conversation even more comical since I have no idea what they're wearing in the first place; I cheer for the team that has either a "W" or the word "Wisconsin" on it. But you kids have fun.
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Post by Pepperjack on Aug 7, 2024 21:26:19 GMT -5
I'm colorblind as all heck, so I find this conversation even more comical since I have no idea what they're wearing in the first place; I cheer for the team that has either a "W" or the word "Wisconsin" on it. But you kids have fun. Personally Iām ignoring the whole conversation š Iām sure the players have a major say on the uniforms |
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Post by SportyBucky on Aug 7, 2024 22:14:44 GMT -5
Not an argument as much as an observation. When you talk with the elders in your family do you also casually observe how old they are? It's not an "observation", it's a mean comment and your unwillingness to admit that is pretty cowardly. Admit the ravages of age? Of course it is neither a secret nor a mystery to those with whom I associate. Things called mirrors, DLs, and other markers of time that shouldn't be ignored. Markers like being stuck in the past and rueing change. I appreciate your concern for my sage elder but trust we are good, bless your heart. ā¤ļøš„¹ |
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Post by SportyBucky on Aug 7, 2024 22:16:28 GMT -5
The old are the last to know. Age has absolutely nothing to do with it. I'd have objected to black jerseys (or green or purple) every bit as strongly when I was a UW student in the late 1970s. The difference is then nobody would have ever even suggested such a thing. Such blasphemy! To be clear I couldn't care less but find it so amusing that some are so mired in tradition and the past they can't see past it to simply know the women in the team likely love it. š¤·āāļø |
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Post by robtearle on Aug 7, 2024 22:47:25 GMT -5
Age has absolutely nothing to do with it. I'd have objected to black jerseys (or green or purple) every bit as strongly when I was a UW student in the late 1970s. The difference is then nobody would have ever even suggested such a thing. Such blasphemy! To be clear I couldn't care less but find it so amusing that some are so mired in tradition and the past they can't see past it to simply know the women in the team likely love it. š¤·āāļø Love which? The green, or the purple? |
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Post by badgerbreath on Aug 7, 2024 23:18:34 GMT -5
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Post by honeybadger88 on Aug 7, 2024 23:41:58 GMT -5
Looks like Devyn, Sarah and Julia have been named captains.
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