[Eucalyptus72]

The pant stripe is definitely too wide but I don't see any black design elements in the throwback unis for Saturday.  The rest of it looks pretty close to the originals.  Here's hoping the team finds a way to surprise everyone and pull off a big upset like the 70s Rose Bowls. 

Well, I don't remember either the 71 or 72 Rose Bowl uniforms having a Pac-12 patch or a Nike swoosh.

Interesting to me that even with the basic design elements of the old uniforms the overall look remains modern. It just doesn't look like those Rose Bowl teams. Little things matter here, probably the width of the leg stripe but also things like overall shininess of the helmet and material, the exact placement of the helmet S, width of arm-cuff, and cut.


p.s. A weird but irrelevant observation. Apparently to watch this ad for the coming game on the official site, one has to watch another ad first. Very annoying. That isn't the case on the twitter feed.

Those are valid points. I got to thinking about the evolution of the helmet S and here's a review of when things changed...

https://www.helmethistory.com/stanford.html

Tomorrow's throwback helmets somehow look pretty different from the '71 and '72 ones. Something about placement, but the size of the S also might be different.

[Eucalyptus72]

The pant stripe is definitely too wide but I don't see any black design elements in the throwback unis for Saturday.  The rest of it looks pretty close to the originals.  Here's hoping the team finds a way to surprise everyone and pull off a big upset like the 70s Rose Bowls. 

Well, I don't remember either the 71 or 72 Rose Bowl uniforms having a Pac-12 patch or a Nike swoosh.

Interesting to me that even with the basic design elements of the old uniforms the overall look remains modern. It just doesn't look like those Rose Bowl teams. Little things matter here, probably the width of the leg stripe but also things like overall shininess of the helmet and material, the exact placement of the helmet S, width of arm-cuff, and cut.


p.s. A weird but irrelevant observation. Apparently to watch this ad for the coming game on the official site, one has to watch another ad first. Very annoying. That isn't the case on the twitter feed.

Those are valid points. I got to thinking about the evolution of the helmet S and here's a review of when things changed...

https://www.helmethistory.com/stanford.html

Tomorrow's throwback helmets somehow look pretty different from the '71 and '72 ones. Something about placement, but the size of the S also might be different.