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Scarlet or White Jersey's on Jan. 7th.

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Will the Buckeyes go with the Scarlet or White Jersey's on Jan. 7th.

  • Scarlet

    Votes: 214 79.9%

  • White

    Votes: 54 20.1%
  • Total voters
    268
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osubux5600;1032735; said:
...LSU will wear its traditional white jerseys ... the Tigers will now get to wear their traditional "home" white jerseys for the contest....
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Since you Buckeye people are so into football tradition and history, I thought some of y'all might be curious to know why wearing our white jerseys during home games is considered "traditional."

This is how the LSU Athletic Dept. explains it:

"The tradition originated when LSU won its first national championship in 1958. Head coach Paul Dietzel had a habit of tinkering with the uniform every year. In 1958, he chose to wear white jerseys for LSU?s home games, and the Tigers subsequently won the national championship. A superstitious man, Dietzel didn?t change the uniform after that season."

Look at LSU's uniform in 1958, as worn by Billy Cannon in these photos below. Notice how it's pretty much the exact same jersey that we wear today, 49 years later. The only major difference is that the numbers (on the shoulders) are above the stripes on the current jersey and below the stripes on the 1958 jersey. In other words, we still pretty much wear the exact same jersey worn by the 1958 team that won LSU's first national championship.

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JohnLSU;1036217; said:
Since you Buckeye people are so into football tradition and history...
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Here's a great piece by the Columbus Dispatch (2006) that traces the history of Ohio State's uniforms, and shows some examples of what it looked like over the years. It also explains how Ohio State choose scarlet and gray in the first place.
The Columbus Dispatch - Local/State

After 10 years (1957 to 1967) of looking similar to Nebraska and constantly changing the color of the helmet, the legendary 1968 Buckeye team adopted the uniforms and the helmet that are basically the same as those that Ohio State wears today.
 
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Wells4Heisman;1040410; said:
Can you send me a link to a Boeckman patched jersey?

Would be appreciated greatly.
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Wells4Heisman;1040413; said:
Sadly, I'm guessing HangonSloopy.com isn't going to carry the jerseys due to last years circumstances.... They had a ton of them left over and they sold them for $20 a piece....

Hopefully I'm wrong.
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Boeckman jerseys or all jerseys?

And if its all of them I'll be watching as well.
 
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Buckeye message is clear - scarlet wins over purple

toledoblade.com -- OSU vs. LSU: How they stack up beyond the gridiron

"Invariably when people are shown samples like scarlet red, you get the dynamism, energy, you get power, so it's always a forceful color," she said by phone from the Seattle area.

Pairing that with gray, which represents sturdiness and rock-solid dependability, makes a great combination for a sports team, she said.

LSU's mix of purple and gold, on the other hand, sends a message that is less clear.

Purple is a complex color that's not easily understood, and gold can connote glitz and elitism.
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