I can’t claim to know much more about Maryland football than what I’ve read from Patrick Guthrie here on BaltimoreSportsReport.com. While writing for the BSR last night, I had the Maryland game on ESPN 3 on my second monitor here at our headquarters. By headquarters I mean my desk in the living room, and yes I have two monitors hooked up to my computer because I’m cool like that.
As I watched the Terps line up against the Hurricanes I couldn’t help but think that they look damn good in their new uniforms. I know a lot of people have called them ugly or busy or stupid or nasty or anything negative because we’ve become so used to plain, boring uniforms. Like Miami’s.
To me, Maryland’s new uniforms represent not only a new beginning under Head Coach Randy Edsall, but a futuristic look and new style in sports uniforms. I think in years down the road we’ll look back and laugh at the old style or featureless jerseys. The throwbacks will be the plain color uniforms and paints with a simple logo on the helmet and sleeve.
Maybe my love for Maryland’s new look has more to do with my obsession with Under Armour, a Maryland company that I not only take pride in for creating something local, but for also creating something that is revolutionary and of extraordinary high quality. I’m not being paid by Under Armour to write this, but I think that their story of going from a small sports apparel company to a world-wide phenomenon that has completely changed their industry is truly remarkable. This small company has Nike panicking about their failure to adapt to a changing industry. And yeah, all of that has happened right here in Baltimore. It’s a story not much different than that of our corporate sponsor, GableSigns, which began with a passion and love for art and design and started as a small business in a garage. Today GableSigns’ work can be seen around the world and their state-of-the-art facility happens to be just down the street from Under Armour’s headquarters. Quite fitting.
I’m glad that Maryland is the first to take the leap in this evolving look. What better location than the birthplace of the company that changed it all?
Zach Wilt is the Founding Editor of BaltimoreSportsReport.com. You can follow him on Twitter @zamwi or send him an email: zach@baltimoresportsreport.com.
Zach, I want to sample what you’re smoking.
They look sharp if you’re playing Arena football or Thunder ball.
Zach , I want some of that stuff also, I haven’t seen color mixtures like this since my college days in the sixties , oh what great times we had.
If you remember the sixties, you weren’t there!
Your right , I’m just going by what my friends told me,,,,,,,,,,,
How can Lebron James see the Maryland uniforms looking through all of those tatoos on his body.
“the best athletic apparel company in the world”?
I think I just saw your credibility fly out the window
DC, you still living in the 60’s too? Under Armour is taking over, buddy. You still rocking your “Members Only” jacket?
dc, not sure where the author stated that Under Armour was the “best” anywhere in the article, but having said that, I would say that right now they are.
UA has the big guys scratching their heads and trying to catch up. They’ve cornered a market and companies like Nike and Addidas are imitating their stuff.
Imitation is the best form of flattery yet kids, weekend warriors, and pro athletes are reaching for UA more and more.
Like Carl alluded to, are you the same guy who said “cable tv will NEVER work”.
Why not try being slightly ahead of the curve, for once.
Zach, I’m with you, buddy – I think this is wave of the future, and really promotes a little Maryland pride! Don’t listen to all the old men here complaining (I’m a young 58 myself, bud) – I like the damn unis, and want more of them along with the wins!
Yeah I get it. It’s the Maryland State Flag. It looks great as a flag. Or as a court jester’s outfit. Or maybe a crash-test dummy helmet or a NASCAR decal. But not a football uniform. There’s just not enough surface area on a football helmet to fully conain two complex patterns without it looking too “busy.” …Maybe if they zoomed-out a little, so you could actually see the boundary of the pattern, that would help.
The uniforms look sharp. They are all decked out in UA. Kevin Plank must be proud.
I think they are pretty sweet too
Sweet/Badass UA rocked our Terps out…and accomplished more buzz than anything short of prostitutes and ponzi schemes!! Go Terps…GO UA!!!
Wow!! Looks like someone had a rough ride in a taxi and threw up the state Flag!! Hey look, they shocked a lot of people and got tons of press for the Uni’s so I think they get the last laugh here, that was smart. Personally I adhere to the “less is more theory” when it comes to design, I like one symbol and corresponding colors but if they win that goes out the window and people will embrace it. Winning makes anything cool regardless of taste or common sense.
I cannot totally take your point,but by and large i think yours is reasonable.
I am also a football fan, this is a good article on American football, great writing, I like their uniforms, football uniforms intended to buy some. Thanks for information.