Very disappointing Adidas clothing

[Achowalogan]

Watching the press conference today it was easy, very easy, to notice the different shades of blue screen printing on Adidas apparel.

Also have noticed different shades of blue fabric.


The mixed shades of blue on game day when the team is on the sideline looks terrible….

This on a team striving for consistency and a high standard…

…some one who is well paid for this crappy apparel appearance should be fired immediately….they have had months to get this right.

There is such a thing as corporate graphic guidelines and they need to be followed.

 

[BCS PSU]

Watching the press conference today it was easy, very easy, to notice the different shades of blue screen printing on Adidas apparel.

Also have noticed different shades of blue fabric.


The mixed shades of blue on game day when the team is on the sideline looks terrible….

This on a team striving for consistency and a high standard…

…some one who is well paid for this crappy apparel appearance should be fired immediately….they have had months to get this right.

There is such a thing as corporate graphic guidelines and they need to be followed.

I noticed last week that the blue numbers definitely are a lighter shade of blue, which I like. As far as the merchandise, it's fine. Unlike back in the 90s when Nike made stuff that looked different and unique for its teams, both Nike and Adidas now just make the same styles for their schools, so the new stuff really isn't unique as to each school.

 

[BobPSU92]

But, $300 MM.

 

[NEPA Lion]

It's been done before.

 

[LionJim]

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It's been done before.

Isn’t that Dex Very?

 

[NEPA Lion]

Isn’t that Dex Very?

Ted Kwalick

 

[WDLion]

Isn’t that Dex Very?

Looks like Ted Kwalick to me.

 

[step.eng69]

Looks like Ted Kwalick to me.

It's Ted Kwalick....scanned for picture.

 

[step.eng69]

Looks like Ted Kwalick to me.

It's Ted Kwalick....scaned for picture.

 

[BCS PSU]

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It's been done before.

That's what the blue numbers look like now, which I like.

 

[Bosco2]

Watching the press conference today it was easy, very easy, to notice the different shades of blue screen printing on Adidas apparel.

Also have noticed different shades of blue fabric.


The mixed shades of blue on game day when the team is on the sideline looks terrible….

This on a team striving for consistency and a high standard…

…some one who is well paid for this crappy apparel appearance should be fired immediately….they have had months to get this right.

There is such a thing as corporate graphic guidelines and they need to be followed.

Geez

 

[LionJim]

Looks like Ted Kwalick to me.

Thanks. Of course it’s Kwalick. My second guess had been Lenny Moore.

 

[MtNittany]

I haven't bought anything licensed by either/both PSU or the ncaa since 2011. I have had some stuff gifted to me that I wear.

Family Clothesline has some good, reasonably priced, non-licensed stuff. So does the CCP on Temu.

 

[Nitt1300]

 

[LionJim]

Isn’t that Dex Very?

In case people don’t know about Dex Very:

Dexter Very - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[94LionsFan]

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It's been done before.

These pics — esp the second — bring to mind MASH (the movie).

 

[Bosco2]

Thanks. Of course it’s Kwalick. My second guess had been Lenny Moore.

That’s odd.

 

[LionJim]

That’s odd.

Do I need to spell out that I was joking? I knew it was Kwalick from the get-go. (Very’s last year was 1912.)

 

[bbrown]

Watching the press conference today it was easy, very easy, to notice the different shades of blue screen printing on Adidas apparel.

Also have noticed different shades of blue fabric.


The mixed shades of blue on game day when the team is on the sideline looks terrible….

This on a team striving for consistency and a high standard…

…some one who is well paid for this crappy apparel appearance should be fired immediately….they have had months to get this right.

There is such a thing as corporate graphic guidelines and they need to be followed.

We have not always used the same Pantone 282 Blue. Pantone Blue 287 is used for the Nittany Shield Branding.
Or just go back and watch some of the teams from the 80's, 90's and 70's. All used varying shades of Blue. I think some of the 70's team used a lighter, more blue, less purple version.

 

[Bosco2]

Do I need to spell out that I was joking? I knew it was Kwalick from the get-go. (Very’s last year was 1912.)

You got me there🫢My sarcasm radar usually works better than that.

 

[LionJim]

You got me there🫢

Sorry if I came off as snarky.

 

[manatree]

Yep, Paterno changed the color from royal blue to navy. Eventually the other sports fell in line. I know that even until recently if you dug deep enough, the official blue for the University was still a royal blue while the Athletics was navy. That’s why so many people freaked out when Penn State released the new logo as everyone thought it was the wrong blue. The last time I went poking through the PSU publicity guidelines, I couldn’t find any mention of royal.

The Kwalick photo others have posted is from November 1968. The jersey is still royal while the helmet stripe and TV numbers are navy. This picture of Reid is from October of 1969 and the navy switch is complete.




Here’s a pic at West Point from October 1958 and it looks all royal to me.

 

[SleepyLion]

Do I need to spell out that I was joking? I knew it was Kwalick from the get-go. (Very’s last year was 1912.)

but that is according to Wikipedia. are we sure it is accurate? maybe his last year was 2191.

 

[ChiTownLionPSU]

My HS physics teacher thought Penn State's colors were black and white.

 

[Connorpozlee]

Watching the press conference today it was easy, very easy, to notice the different shades of blue screen printing on Adidas apparel.

Also have noticed different shades of blue fabric.


The mixed shades of blue on game day when the team is on the sideline looks terrible….

This on a team striving for consistency and a high standard…

…some one who is well paid for this crappy apparel appearance should be fired immediately….they have had months to get this right.

There is such a thing as corporate graphic guidelines and they need to be followed.

When we’re at the point of bitching about the laundry, I have to assume a national championship is on the horizon!!!!

 

[BobPSU92]

Cut the crap! Pink and black!

(Wasn’t that a student cheer back in the day?)

 

[LionJim]

but that is according to Wikipedia. are we sure it is accurate? maybe his last year was 2191.

I’ll trust Wikipedia on this one. People’s heads were much more pointy in 2191, plus they had three eyes.

 

[PSU Mike]

I’ll trust Wikipedia on this one. People’s heads were much more pointy in 2191, plus they had three eyes.

I wouldn’t call them pointy, more like faceted …

 

[LionJim]

I wouldn’t call them pointy, more like faceted …

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Attaboy. 15/10.

 

[LionJim]

Yep, Paterno changed the color from royal blue to navy. Eventually the other sports fell in line. I know that even until recently if you dug deep enough, the official blue for the University was still a royal blue while the Athletics was navy. That’s why so many people freaked out when Penn State released the new logo as everyone thought it was the wrong blue. The last time I went poking through the PSU publicity guidelines, I couldn’t find any mention of royal.

The Kwalick photo others have posted is from November 1968. The jersey is still royal while the helmet stripe and TV numbers are navy. This picture of Reid is from October of 1969 and the navy switch is complete.

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Here’s a pic at West Point from October 1958 and it looks all royal to me.

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Army’s #24 is Pete Dawkins. Or George Meade, one or the other.

 

[LionJim]

In case people don’t know about Dex Very:

Dexter Very - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

My Beam Hall roommate briefly dated Very’s granddaughter (a lovely girl, lovely person) and he told me that when Very (at around 85 years old) shook his hand he knew that he had been a hell of a football player.

 

[WDLion]

Army’s #24 is Pete Dawkins. Or George Meade, one or the other.

I think it's Grant.

 

[PSU Mike]

Army’s #24 is Pete Dawkins. Or George Meade, one or the other.

Class of 1840.

 

[LionJim]

I think it's Grant.

Grant was #18.

 

[MadChill]

Isn’t that Dex Very?

The picture is definitely of Ted Kwalick, right after he recovered an Army on-side kick. What made the recovery even more exciting was that the referees were still sorting out the scrum trying to determine who recovered the kick, while almost totally un-noticed, Ted was scooting down the sideline. Here's the play:

 

[Catch1lion]

My Beam Hall roommate briefly dated Very’s granddaughter (a lovely girl, lovely person) and he told me that when Very (at around 85 years old) shook his hand he knew that he had been a hell of a football player.

Johnny U, and Chuck Bednarik had the most gnarly hands of any FB player I've met. Big, strong hands with bent and arthritic fingers formed from their years of play.