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re: White helmet, Purple jerseys, white pants

Posted on 10/14/16 at 8:32 am to
Posted by GeauxTigerTM
Member since Sep 2006
30596 posts
Posted on 10/14/16 at 8:32 am to
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I like the White, Purple, White... but i do think the stripe pattern needs to be matched on the helmet and pants


This.

I'm a uniform nerd and this has been a problem for nearly 20 years, in that LSU has allowed the pants to have additional striping but does not have the jersey or helmet striping match.

Back in the 1980's, the uniforms were just three stripes. Helmet and pants matched and the jersey was the reverse.



Sometimes in the late 90's I think they added additional striping to the pants but did not fix the helmet to match. Pants started added a gold stripe in-between the purple and white so instead of three stripes there's five.



Strangely, the only time the bother to fix this is for the alternate we're wearing this Saturday. finally the helmet and pants match...but they wait until they're white to do it. But, the jerseys are still three stripes...



I did this quickly last year. to show what the jersey would look like with that additional thin stripe when purple...



All that being said, I agree. LSU's gold/white/gold has become iconic and should always remain the main uniform for us. However, just as there has been tweaks even to this uniform over the years, there needs to be another one...and that's to either go back to the simple three stripes on all pieces or move all pieces to the five stripes. Seems it would be a simple fix and I'm not quote sure why they've never done it.
Posted by atltiger6487
Member since May 2011
18165 posts
Posted on 10/14/16 at 10:53 am to
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I'm a uniform nerd and this has been a problem for nearly 20 years, in that LSU has allowed the pants to have additional striping but does not have the jersey or helmet striping match.


GeauxTigerTM: Like you, I'm a uniform nerd. Loved your post. I also am bugged by the pants stripes not matching the helmet. Never understood why that doesn't get fixed.

Two other big beefs I have with the current uniform:

1. Badly mismatched shades of purple between jersey and helmet. Not even close.

Notice it was a perfect match in the Hodson photo, but not anymore.

2. The current shoulder stripes look more like suspenders and are too much on top of the shoulder. Again, the Hodson pick shows the shoulder stripes more on the sleeve. Yes, I realize this is partially caused by the new jersey designs, which basically have no sleeves at all, but still.

Plus, the shoulder stripes seem thicker than in the Hodson photo.

Does anyone in the athletic department pay any attention at all to these details? Serious question.
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