Alternate Throwback Uniforms for Indiana Game
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I agree including the white shoes in this uniform is a head scratcher. The only time I can remember PSU wearing white shoes was the 1979 Sugar Bowl and was the first time we played for the de-facto, undisputed national championship - and we lost that game. Even the video clip and poster refer to that game - so why include the white shoes??? This is the kind of dumb thing I would expect from our esteemed administrative "leaders" and BOT - not CJF and his staff.UGH! We wore white shoes for the only time in the 79' Sugar Bowl. How did that work out?
Somebody with a twitter account go ahead and tweet this discussion to CJF and see if you get a response.
The official color of Penn State Athletics is Navy (Pantone 282), while the official color for the university at large is PSU Dark Blue (Pantone 287).
Best guess: someone was in favor of featuring white shoes and they backed into the "Hey 1979!" explanation.
MMII. Just had a heart attack.I blame that loss on the gray facemasks rather than the white shoes. Just sayin'.
I could be on board with this concept for one game.
It looks like Paterno started switching to dark navy sometime during the late 60s.
Ted Kwalick senior year 1968. The Jersey is clearly a Roal Blue while the helmet stripe & number are Navy.
Here's Ted in the Away Whites
It looks like by 1969, both the jerseys & helmet decorations were navy.
Mike Reid senior season 1969 on the left
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It's indisputable that we wore white shoes in the 1979 Sugar Bowl, so why is including it in the throwbacks a head scratcher? Every indication in the videos and in the poster indicates that the throwback includes white shoes because that's what we wore in the 1979 Sugar Bowl. While it's true we lost that game (something I'm sure Penn State was aware of when designing the unis), we also lost big games with gray facemasks, blue pant stripes, and numbers on the helmet from time to time. I'm a bit confused why it's a "dumb thing" to include them, to be honest.
Make your stamp CJF. Players seem to love it so another good move by Franklin.
Just got a phone call from the same buddy. Now he says he remembers putting on the blue and white stockings for the Cotton Bowl in Jan. '72. He said he hated them because they always slid down.
I am not a fan of that at all. Just don't like it, also, did the Football team ever actually wear pink and black?
I know the baseball team did but isn't there a question as to whether the football team ever did?
And I blame that game on Barry Krause! The nerve of him fighting harder than our OL and figuring out our 3 trick plays. How did he guess we were going to run up the middle again and again?!I blame that loss on the gray facemasks rather than the white shoes. Just sayin'.
The only color representation that I have ever seen of a football uniform with pink and black is on that poster with the 'history' of the uniforms. It was an all white, button down jersey with a black collar and small pink letters (PSC FC) on the front.
Well, up the middle on 3rd and 4th. From the half-yard line. If Fitzkee had turned to his left instead of running parallel to the goal line on 2nd, he would have scored. And it sure looked like Suhey scored on 3rd down.
Krause made an outstanding play on 4th. He deserves all the accolades he has received for that play.
And after that, we had 12 men on the field after Bama shanked that punt, so there's that, too.
Common denominator? Gray facemasks. Don't even bother me with any other "factors"!
Bama doesn't struggle to get young recruits. These uniforms are more similar to what they have (numbers on helmets, gray face masks, stripes on pants).
So I like where your head's at.
Some call them traditionalists, most call them jobots.
The only thing "goofy" about that game was the play calling. PSU could have won with no shoes.
I like the numbers on the helmets. Really though, I couldn't care less. Basically, it's just laundry.
Love everything about it. Especially how the kids who are actually wearing them seem to love it as well, not fans with beer bellies watching on TV.
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No, Joe was an expert at losing to the "Bear". Watch the replay of the Sugar Bowl where PSU marched down the field mostly with outside running and then getting stuffed four times up the middle at the goal line. Or watch PSU march down the field for the win only to play for a field goal that was blocked for another loss. I believe the year was 1985.
That's interesting to hear Justin King say that when he was a player, they used to fight the coaches to try and get stripes put back on the pants.
That's true, except for the pesky facts that it was 1989 and Bear Bryant died in 1983.
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