I'm hopeul this will last just one season.

It seems strange that something like the officials' uniform would be something anyone would really get up in arms about, but the old look was "timeless," as someone said, and that's a perfect description.

If comfort and usability were the ideas, they could have accomplished that in the same style without making them look like Rollerball rejects.

Now I am even more confused.

The SI article said they'd wear the knickers for warm weather and those black sweat pants for cold weather. Why??

Nobody gets cold from wearing knickers, especially with under amour or similar tights.

Let's not peg the "old fogie-o-meter"
 

I remember when teams went to colored facemasks instead of gray, shiny material for pants, numbers on the sides of the pants, white shoes, multicolored jerseys with stripes on the sides etc. We all got used to them and now watch NFL Films games from 1980 and realize how different things were style-wise.

I expect there will be some tweaking of the uniform but that the basic design will remain. How many teams have changed uniforms in the last ten years? Bills, Bucs, Giants, Jets, Cowboys (once in a while), 49ers, Rams, Bengals, Chargers, Patriots, Broncos, Seahawks, Cardinals and sometimes the Redkins (all white). Usually, the self proclaimed 'old schoolers' initially squawked but everybody got used to it and went with it. I don't see a difference here.

This a good crack
 

"They should be riding on a horse at Saratoga," one spectator cracked Thursday while watching the officials oversee a practice session.

After seeing that photo, I'm wishing we could wear black shorts for scrimmages and sub-varsity. We're still in white.

I haven't logged on in a while, but had to come back to see what's going on with these new uniforms. I thought maybe they were just for pre-season, but am a bit shocked to see that they'll be used full-time.

I agree with the jockey comment, though!

What on earth have they done?!?!? Those look horrible (to say the least)!!!

I don't think anyone, old school or otherwise, really cared much about teams' uniform changes other than the fans of the particular team -- unless the unis were really outlandish. I'm not a Rams fan, but I didn't like the Rams change a few years ago, since I liked the Rams' uniform. But that wasn't a style thing, rather, the color.

I can deal with the shirt change. If they left everything else alone, that would be fine. Going to sweat pants.

I assume from your name that you haven't worked many games in Wyoming during a mid october blizzard?? If Carhart would come out with a white knicker it would be fine with me for that time of year LOL :D

What I don't like is the numbering and the black pocket.

But overall, the thing I didn't like when watching the game the other night was that the officials blended in so that they were harder to pick out, at least on screen.

Perhaps this is part of what they were looking for, since the officials should be noticed as little as possible, but as someone who watches the officials as much as the players, I found it difficult. The officials and the Eagles' players (in white uniforms with black and green) looked somewhat similar to me on screen. Enough so that I did not like it at all.

Does Wyoming now have an NFL franchise?

We're not talking about 1955 or even 1985. With UA cold gear and a good pair of knickers (Honigs elite), what exactly can you wear, regardless of color, that's going to keep you any warmer on that part of your body Besides that, what exactly do the sweatpants here do that the knickers don't? The real warmth is going to come from the tights of some sort, UA or long underwear. You do know there are ~flannel or windblocker lined knickers, don't you?

I know its hard to believe that Texas has cold weather (though, I'll conceed blizzard conditions would be pushing it a bit), but we do, especially in the panhandle area. I've been outdoors in blistering cold conditions for various things dressed lighter in the legs than I described above (usually, just jeans), and have never had problems with my legs getting cold. Since we can only wear a shirt over, say, a UA cold gear top, yes, I can understand blizzard conditions being a ***** up top, and with the hands and feet as they are hard to keep wrapped up well, but I'm having a hard time with the legs.

Maybe I'm just different than everyone.

I think the new uniforms look like something you'd expect to see a soccer ref wearing.

Oy Vey
 

http://espn-att.starwave.com/photo/2...a_refs_195.jpg http://tinyurl.com/jmknf

These things look like a freaking Futbol uniform. The sky is falling, the sky is falling!!!!!!!!

I saw them up close last night. They are silky and shiney and the only thing I could think of to say was "I hope your horse wins"

Absolutely hideous.

(But I'd sure love to wear one one day)