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Article on Giants Uniforms and New Facilities

DigitaLx2001 : 7/17/2009 1:30 pm
Really neat article with pictures and such of the new facilities, as well as a discussion about uniforms, from a tour with equipment manager Joe Skiba.

Noteworthy (maybe already common knowledge to some of you?):

- When we are away and wearing blue (like vs Dallas) we will wear the away pants with it
- No red uni's this year; no alternate jersey in 2009 or '10
- In 2011 we will have some crazy throwback jersey yet to be revealed
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Something bothers me about this that no one has mentioned.  
Elisha10 : 7/17/2009 2:55 pm : link
Why would we ware our away pants with the blue jerseys when we are on the road against Dallas or another team. Why do we even need different pants for the home and away uniforms. I hate those skinny little ADIDAS looking stripes on the pants. We had them from 1958-1961 on both white and blue uniforms then switched to the thick stripes in 1962 that we kept on both uniforms until 2005 when for some reason they decided there should be separate pants for home and away uniforms.
Elisha  
adam XLII : 7/17/2009 2:56 pm : link
I like the home pants more, but I think it's cool that we're going to have two slightly different looking blue unis for home and away.
This is a little shoddy photoshop  
adam XLII : 7/17/2009 2:59 pm : link
As the blue looks purpleish... but I think this idea could be pretty sick..


adam,  
GiantFilthy : 7/17/2009 3:01 pm : link
we want Eli to throw like Peyton, not dress like him. Too Indianapolis Colty.
The Red Jerseys are retired!!!!!!!!!!  
GoBlue83 : 7/17/2009 3:01 pm : link
WHOHOO!!!!!!!!!
The Red Lights are not retired....  
doncam : 7/17/2009 3:18 pm : link
I think the red are HOFs.
woo  
DigitaLx2001 : 7/17/2009 3:21 pm : link
first sticky!
I sure wish I could photoshop.  
Curtis in MD : 7/17/2009 3:29 pm : link
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What about a throwback to the last time we had a new stadium?  
MikeinPrescott : 7/17/2009 4:08 pm : link
Those look pretty far out to me by current standards (although I think Eric is right in the '30's unis).

Moment Of Silence  
HopeJ : 7/17/2009 4:16 pm : link
for the red jerseys.
i just bought...  
DigitaLx2001 : 7/17/2009 4:19 pm : link
an "authentic" (cough, cough) red Strahan jersey a few weeks ago. Strahan will always be a Giant so that won't get old, and now the reds are retired... so i'll be a classic a few years down the road. i still win.
That big bic of the locker room above got me thinking...  
Motley Blue : 7/17/2009 4:20 pm : link

I wonder who puts the NY logo on the trash can? I could do that job. I wonder how much that job pays. If I send a resume to the Giants, do I apply for Locker Room Trash Can Stenciler?

I started out putting the stencil on the locker room trash can. Then I move on to helmets. In another year or two, Tom Coughlin is going to make me an assistant to the Special Teams Coach. That's when the big bucks start rolling in.
Motley, I think you just stumbled onto the fact that  
FranknWeezer : 7/17/2009 4:33 pm : link
the Skibas have a job many of us ingrates would kill for.
2011 is also  
TheNeumann64 : 7/17/2009 4:50 pm : link
25 years after 1986. That could be a hint as to the Throwback. People also use "crazy" to mean good, awesome, etc. sometimes too.
haha  
DigitaLx2001 : 7/17/2009 4:57 pm : link
I used the word "crazy" in my OP and people ran with it. As fas as the article, the actual quote was:
Quote:
The Giants will not be wearing any alternates or throwbacks in 2009 or 2010, but they have a doozy of a throwback slated for 2011 — which I can’t describe.


I would tend to believe its not 1986 just because that would be a somewhat expected throwback and most people are familiar with what they look like... but who knows.
Am I the  
TheNeumann64 : 7/17/2009 5:02 pm : link
only one who thinks the throw it back too far when the NFL uses throwbacks? Are there really that many people around right now who remember, and are nostalgic for, jerseys from the 1930's? Why not utilize jerseys people actually remember? I remember when the Eagles wore those yellow and blue jerseys, most of my friends at school in Philly said they much rather would have seen the early 1990's Green (Randall Cunningham-era).
Hmmm  
GoBlue83 : 7/17/2009 5:08 pm : link
the fact that the Giants arean't wearing a throwback in 2009 or 2010, but specifically chose 2011 leads me to believe it will be the 1986 throwback, because 2011 will mark the 25th anniversary of the 1986 jersey/Super Bowl.
It seems like there were a lot more uniform changes during  
Marty in Albany : 7/17/2009 5:11 pm : link
the bad years than during the good years. (If you can't change the players or the coaches, change the uniforms.)
thinking out loud....  
Greg from LI : 7/17/2009 5:18 pm : link
....looking at that big picture of the locker room, it looks like the names in red are Hall of Famers. In the picture, I can read these names - Mel Hein, Frank Gifford, Harry Carson and Roosevelt Brown in red, and Charley Conerly and Ottis Anderson in yellow. Perhaps that's it?
What are the two blue and white globe thingys on white poles  
Marty in Albany : 7/17/2009 5:43 pm : link
that flank the entrance to the locker room in the 2:25 PM posted photo?
ive been wondering  
ITaLiRiCaN : 7/17/2009 5:46 pm : link
the locker room in the stadium is now only used on game days?
Facility looks great  
bois : 7/17/2009 6:17 pm : link
I love the current road uniforms. Best in football, IMO.. best I've ever seen the Giants wear for sure. I prefer the roadies to the home blue now, which was never the case before. Helmets now are excellent too, especially with the white jersey.
I really hope  
Brian T : 7/17/2009 8:54 pm : link
That the throwback is more of the 1980-1999 Jersey....

and NOT the 1930's....specifically...1933...which is more or less the Winged Helmet of the Michigan Wolverines.....just blue and red

and the Jersey that looks like the Montreal Canadiens


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I hate the alt jerseys so much  
Jonny : 7/17/2009 9:53 pm : link
this is very welcome news. Now please kill the white/red away jerseys. Go back to the Fassel or earlier ones, just get rid of the pop warner looking crap they wear now.
Judging from the awful reception the Reds got  
Ten Ton Hammer : 7/18/2009 6:34 am : link
They'd never go to an even worse design if they're smart. 80's throwbacks are a goldmine in waiting.
my favorite unis are the '86  
Life Long Giants Fan : 7/18/2009 10:59 am : link
I didn't mind the red alt unis and I would fine if we did every throwback uni starting with 1925.
What about the socks  
G_V_P 4 MVP : 7/18/2009 11:42 am : link
I would like to see the red socks with the blue top on some of those road game that the blue top is required
Love the current uniforms  
xwreckingxcrewx : 7/18/2009 12:42 pm : link
and would like to see the 1934 uni's as the throwback. I didn't mind the all white uniforms, but gray pants are classic.
Leave the current uniforms the way they are.  
Dave in Hoboken : 7/18/2009 1:23 pm : link
And wear the 1986 throwback once a year at home. That's what I would do.
Marty-  
RodneyHamp : 7/18/2009 1:28 pm : link
those globes look like hand sanitizers.
Marty  
bsh2z : 7/18/2009 1:56 pm : link
I think they are ashtrays! No smoking in the locker room.

This new facility is awesome
The globes are hand sanitizers  
Ten Ton Hammer : 7/18/2009 2:08 pm : link
Loaded with Purel or some such. Seen em before.

LOL ashtrays...that's a throwback. These guys probably cant smoke due to contract issues. I'm sure any self respecting team would put that in there.
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