Worst Jerseys In The Nation?

"USC Trojans vs Oregon State Beavers "USC has a great-looking jersey but Nike has turned it into perhaps the worst manufactured “jersey.”  As this picture shows, it looks like someone blurred the back shoulders of Nelson Agholor’s jersey or ripped his name off the back, if USC jerseys had names. And then there is that weird dark spot on the stomach perfectly illustrated on No. 16’s jersey that looks awful during night telecasts.

It makes it look like the players are sweating through their jerseys. Is this supposed to appeal to a recruit? The latest in optical illusion jerseys? This is so wrong I don’t even have time to make fun of those signs everyone is holding up in the air.

Does anyone care about the integrity of the uniform?

76 thoughts on “Worst Jerseys In The Nation?

  1. Seriously? When Wolf is sitting around trying to come up with a blog post, THIS passes muster?

  2. Wolf has some MAJOR OCD issues.

    Hey Daily News, HELP!!!!!!, can we get someone new to run this blog, please. The guy is stale and we are long over due for a change

  3. **Does anyone care about the integrity of the uniform?**
    Shouldn’t you be more concerned with integrity of your site?

    • By the way, whatever happened to Reid Silverman this season?….is she safe?….has anyone looked in Wolfies basement?……This may be a Silence of the Lambs moment…

      • Okay, I admit it, I laughed when I read this. Still, as a dad of daughters, that’s creepy….

        • I hear you…. I have two daughters myself…it’s a creepy world out there….thank goodness they are smarter than their father…..

    • In other news,
      UCLA has just recently instituted a change in their Dumbbell English classes. They are now teaching that sentences normally begin with a capitol. (i vs I)

      • The level of the conversation on this blog has persuaded me to spend time elsewhere —but it was fun to tune in and catch your remarks, Larry.

        • It’s not all bad, Michael. There’s a sandbox in the corner where the trolls play, but the rest of the playground is full of some good kids.

          • You’re right….and, believe it or not, I think one of those “good kids’ is Scott himself. He knows how to keep the comments flowing and, when he chooses to get serious, he shows a lot of savvy (for which he gets too little credit). Unfortunately, some of his biggest fans keep playing the part of those cats in the early Warner Brothers’ cartoons—you know, the ones that, when they’re being teased, have little trap doors on their foreheads open up—- and out come the cuckoo birds on springs singing their song….

      • Oh, Larry. Tell me you didn’t…
        harping on someone’s grammar them writing a “capitol” letter? I’m sure you’ll go back and correct that on your post.

    • Rankings are one thing and I am a Bruin. However, when a ranking has the University of Arizona ranked ahead of Tufts and Vanderbilt, it does give one pause to wonder what their criteria might be.

        • But…I do think your uniforms are ugly. Always have…but then I AM biased. No surprise there!

          • Your uniforms in the Prothro years used to be great – probably the very best in the game.

            Now, your kitchen help away threads are just routine and your home shoulder stripes have been reduced to nothing as compared to LSU, which now dominates your style. You just gave it away. Weird.

          • I loved our old uniforms in the Prothro era and even in the McNown era. Adidas has ruined the uniforms and the old stripes. I like the new all-white with the gold helmets, but our old powder blues aren’t what they used to be. Same with the Chargers.

            Thanks for the compliment. We have a lot of schools in the family. I do have an uncle on my mother’s side that went to SC. I went to a lot of games with him. Dad is a Bruin. Have a Stanford sibling and another Bruin (law) sibling. So, we have some coverage.

          • I was raised attending UCLA games in the Coliseum with my Dad, watching guys named Beban, Theotus “Bigfoot” Brown, and Harmon wearing those classic baby blue jerseys, playing against guys named McKay and Simpson wearing the classic cardinal and gold. Miss that classic look. Tired of the shoe companies’ fixation on “new and different.”

          • I was at the Beban Bomb game, sitting on the 50 next to a USC All-America who was my friend’s father. The two best uniforms I had ever seen on the same field, splashed in dirt under an ominous gray sky. I seem to still remember seeing Garret sitting alone on the bench, almost adrift, when it was all over. What a horrible drive home. Losses hurt more then.

          • While I wasn’t at that particular game, I do remember an equally epic moment the year after (?) with Simpson’s last-minute run to break UCLA’s back. I felt the way you did with the Beban bomb game. The rivalry is indeed a unique and great one, and watching those old games today–with those mix of colors–brings back a rush of powerful memories. I’m just glad UCLA has made the rivalry competitive again. 50-0 and 63 to whatever was not fun.

          • Three in a row will be tough for us Trojans. I’m trying to get myself ready for it by rationalizing that a possible victory over the Irish at home the very next weekend will ease the pain.

          • Hey, as Jeff Goldblum famously said in The Big Chill: “I don’t know anyone who could get through the day without two or three juicy rationalizations.” Loyal, longtime fans like you understand that dedication to one’s team is a life-long commitment. Bruin fans suffered through 14 years of mediocrity, so yes, I do suffer from BBS (Battered Bruin Syndrome). I’m trying to rationalize a potential loss to Oregon next weekend–you don’t think the Ducks will be pissed off after fumbling the game away against the Wildcats last night?

          • The Big Chill is definitely one of my favorite flicks. The Goldblum line that always stands out to me comes at the end when he announces to everyone in the kitchen that “We’re never leaving.”

            As far as Oregon goes, I’d probably be worried too. They really gave it away and I think the better team lost. But the Ducks definitely have OL and defense problems. Not good. Mariota can’t overcome everything. You’ll be favored and I don’t know if that is good for you. Should be a very interesting contest and I wouldn’t miss it. You surely owe the Ducks big-time and suddenly it’s looking like the Ducks are ripe. The question becomes, who’s got the worse D? Not really sure yet, but I think it’s Oregon.

          • Exactly. Well, the last time UCLA had a great team was in ’98, and it was our terrible D that kept us out of the NCG. UCLA is 13-3 at the RB under Mora, so the opening line could be quite interesting. I’m going to guess, however, that Oregon will be favored by 2.

          • Fair enough……and as long as we are on the subject of uniforms, I’m not a big fan of the UCLA “blackout” uni’s, or the “Tampon” all white uni’s that they have showcased in recent years……I admit that I am more of a traditionalist…. I like being able to glance at the TV and know who’s playing, as opposed to now, when I can’t tell if it’s Notre Dame, Baylor, Oregon, Nebraska, Maryland, etc……

      • Kobe Troll meat like Trogan can’t possibly perceive even the obvious. You have made so many Trolls look so unbelievably stupid on this board. You must have some Trojan blood from somewhere that supplied you with brains.

  4. Instead of this thread being titled,, Worst Jerseys In The Nation?
    I would think that… Worst Blog In The Nation?…would be more appropriate.

  5. I’m no brown-noser like the Ugly Bucket when it comes to Scott Wolf, but the back shoulder area of some of the SC uniforms is discolored and should be remedied.

    • Great, this time you need to pull two fingers, but at the same time. Careful, it might blow your rug off, or whatever you call that thing on the top of your head

  6. In case you were unaware, #16 (as you refer to him) is WO Tony Nayer. He, along with Conner Sullivan. are the 2 holders on our team for field goals. Unfortunately, Anthony has yet to participate on the field in an an actual game. Sark has been the recipient of a petition from Mr. Nayer for some playing time, but the answer is always the same, “Nay!”
    As an effort to apease the red shirt senior holder, Sark has allowed him to ‘hold’ a Laker sign. The compassion demonstrated by our coaches, again runs amuck.

    • I thought Nayer was a redshirt senior career backup QB? At least, that’s what your media guide says…. perhaps both? Well, I’ll now be rooting for him to get into a game!

      • Nayer, Sullivan, and Tuileta are all WOs and listed as being QBs…actually Sullivan is also listed as a CB on another roster. Holders are not listed as such. The Media Guide contains yet another roster but can’t be relied upon as being up-to-date. I assume the same exists with the UCLA media guide.
        The FG holder last Saturday was a number 14 (Tuileta? but he is yet to see the playing field in any capacity. Sullivan (#18?) was listed as in the participation chart as 1D (whatever that means). I believe that is was he who actually wore the #14. But you are well aware of our proclivities…deflation of footballs, number changing, etc. so that should come as no great surprise. Why can’t life just be simple?

  7. And speaking of uniforms, back in the day SUCLA had a nice baby blue with no markings, and they have progressively gotten darker and darker to a now navy blue.

    Old was better

  8. Wow, Wolf. Maybe Chuck is right…you are one ruthless dude on this post…take no one alive!
    Are you sure you want to mess with Phil Knight?

    • What is going on with head #2?

      …..and you wonder why you never get a pay increase

  9. The answer to the question is, NO. I mean, the statue of McKay with Nike’s on tells anyone who cares that USC only cares about Nike’s money. It won’t be long before USC wears some silly 3rd jersey. You want to impress recruits ? WIN FOOTBALL GAMES AGAINST MEDIOCRE OPPONENTS LIKE BC

  10. USC researchers just developed a new bionic eye to help restore sight inpatients that have a condition called retinitis pigmentosa.

    Which is a better sign of academic success? Actual health improvements that make a real difference being completed by world class researchers, or a troll (trolling a twitter typo form half a decade ago) claiming to know anything about academic excellence?

    You decide.

    • spoken like the sanctimonious d-bag you truly are!
      BTW…re…..”you’re” alter ego, T-Fail,…Do you try to dumb down or is does it come naturally?
      fit Un U $tupid Clowns!

      • TF dumbs down?
        All this bitterness from a guy/gal whose main concern is how much wood a woodchuck chucks if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
        Suave you are not. However I’m sure that comes as no surprise to a smart guy/gal such as yourself.

    • There’s a place at UCLA called the Stein Eye Center; similarly great things are happening there. Academic-based advancements in health breakthroughs don’t wear team colors. UCLA’s Dr. Dennis Slamon (portrayed by Harry Connick Jr. in the television movie Living Proof) invented the breast cancer “miracle drug” herceptin, which literally saved my wife’s life seven years ago when she was diagnosed with HERR-2 Positive breast cancer. Without Herceptin, my wife’s recovery chances would have been 50/50; instead, today she is cancer free. Thank God for both universities.

      • Most cities would love to have one world class medical research facility. LA is lucky to have two. Great story and all the best wishes.

        • I recently changes health insurance and with it had to change some doctors. Two of my specialists are with Keck and they are outstanding. We are lucky to have 2 great medical universities in Los Angeles.

  11. Okay, I’ll bite (just too much good material to pass up):
    1. Remove yourself–just for a moment–from your adoration for your team and school… The combination of cardinal and gold is, well, simply ugly. Do you ever see anyone–outside of USC fans–wearing this gawd-awful combination in public?
    2. Wolf, it’s called a BLURRED PHOTO! The photographer was obviously focusing on the signal boards held up by the players. If this wasn’t such a pathetic comment, it would be funny.
    3. You don’t have the time, Wolf, to look in your media guide to verify that fact that “number 16” is career back-up QB Anthony Neyer?

  12. Color me silly, but isn’t Agholor’s jersey blurry because, um, the camera was focused on career backup QB Nayer (that’s the name of “No. 16”, Wolf), who is holding up the Laker’s sign? By the way, as is aptly stated elsewhere by Larry, throw the kid in a game sometime, Sark. All he wants is to set foot on the field before he graduates (or so I’ve heard).

    • How much can it hurt? Currently the FG snapper and the Long Snapper for punts …for lack of a better word…Suck!
      Asi es la vida.

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