What is your opinion of the pants after wearing them?

[Rich]

Originally Posted by IAUMP

This is not a fully accurate statement. I spoke to Todd Tharp, Head of Officials in Iowa, before the season and he stated that the black pants are authorized for inclement weather and bad fields. This was also made very clear in the online rules meeting. Therefore, we are only authorized to where the knickers unless the weather/fields are bad.

Who gets to decide if the weather is inclement? The crew chief? Well, then, it could rain every Friday night. Pants it is.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by BuckeyeRef

My crew will wear them all year. Good weather or bad. I'm old school and think the knickers look better.

What does the rest of your crew think?

[BuckeyeRef]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

What does the rest of your crew think?

Entire crew is in agreement.

[Texas Aggie]

That's fine -- there's no accounting for tastes. My goal in this topic was to eliminate any myths about the pants by getting actual experiences. There's nothing wrong with favoring the knickers but I think too many thought they would be hot or not look good. I think they look terrific, especially with the wider stripes and, dare I say it, shoes with white on them.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BuckeyeRef

Entire crew is in agreement.

Well maybe you can take up the rest of the inventory of the vendors. They really need help getting rid of those pants.

Peace

[Tom.OH]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Well maybe you can take up the rest of the inventory of the vendors. They really need help getting rid of those pants.

Peace

Honigs has knickers on sale real cheap.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Tom.OH

Honigs has knickers on sale real cheap.

They will be free in a few months.

They told me they cannot give those things away and this was early August when I had that conversation. That is over a 50% mark down if I remember.

Peace

[Rich]

I have some Northwestern stripe socks I'll never wear again. Maybe I should try to sell them.

The knickers have already been tossed in a pile to be discarded after the season. Tomorrow will be a wonderful night for the lightweight pants. High of 72, which means it will be in the mid 60s by kickoff and probably in the low 60s/upper 50s by the end of the game.

[umpirebob71]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

I have some Northwestern stripe socks I'll never wear again. Maybe I should try to sell them.

The knickers have already been tossed in a pile to be discarded after the season. Tomorrow will be a wonderful night for the lightweight pants. High of 72, which means it will be in the mid 60s by kickoff and probably in the low 60s/upper 50s by the end of the game.

I have eight pair of northwestern stripes that still have the tags on them.

[Texas Aggie]

We're still stuck - at least this year - with knickers being the "default." My crew wears black pants and we'll probably wear them all year for varsity, but subvarsity we work with a bunch of guys and coordinating a uniform is all but out of the question.

So next question: what states/orgs have gone black pants always or as the default?

[Rich]

Originally Posted by umpirebob71

I have eight pair of northwestern stripes that still have the tags on them.

I think I have 4 or 5.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

So next question: what states/orgs have gone black pants always or as the default?

Like I said this is a crew decision. There is no default for us. We can only wear black pants or knickers for varsity "night" games.

Peace

[Reffing Rev.]

Its so nice to watch Michigan and Notre Dame and see knickers...I wonder why we got ride of those hats? & I wonder how long it took Nebraska to catch up...

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Reffing Rev.

Its so nice to watch Michigan and Notre Dame and see knickers...I wonder why we got ride of those hats? & I wonder how long it took Nebraska to catch up...

You can have the knickers, but I want me one of those lids!



The poor R had to wear a boring black hat with piping.