# Vikings fans: How do you like the new uni's? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 28, 2006, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vikings-fans-how-do-you-like-the-new-unis/354604 "2006-04-28T15:35:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vikings-fans-how-do-you-like-the-new-unis/354604/1 "2006-04-28T15:35:59Z")
The vikings unveiled their [new uniforms](http://www.twincitiesminnesotablog.com/2006/04/new_vikings_uni_1.html) yesterday. I kind of like them. I especially like that they went back to the purple pants. I always loved the purple pants. I’m also glad the rumors about getting rid of the horns on the helmet weren’t true. They changed them a little but they’re still horns. I was a little worried but I think they look pretty sharp. Other opinions? A uniform change got the Broncos a couple of rings. can lighting strike twice? ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vikings-fans-how-do-you-like-the-new-unis/354604/2 "2006-04-28T15:41:28Z")
Most uniform changes wind up irritating me, and this change is no exception. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vikings-fans-how-do-you-like-the-new-unis/354604/3 "2006-04-28T15:51:45Z")
Remember how Norm Greene overhauled the North Stars’ unis right before he moved the team to Texas? I’m just sayin. I really don’t like the new uniforms, but they’re not as bad as Denver’s. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vikings-fans-how-do-you-like-the-new-unis/354604/4 "2006-04-28T15:54:16Z")
Yanno, I dunno. They’re alright, I guess. They’re not horrible. I guess I’m mostly divided about the movement in the NFL as a whole to go to CFL-type looking uniforms. Not that I’m against updates, it’s just that all of these new uniforms don’t really look like NFL teams. I gotta think about who I’m watching now, and I’d more likely think it was the CFL playing if I caught a quick glance. So yeah, there’s a part of me that’s traditionalist enough that I mourn the loss of the old uniforms. I’m not wild about the San Francisco Buccaneers playing the Seattle Jaguars, if you know what I mean. I think that in the whole transition to new uniforms, teams have lost some of their individuality, their instant identification. I don’t instantly know who’s playing anymore; half the time I have to look at the scoreboard. Perhaps I just miss the teams of my youth. Perhaps I’m an old codger now, yelling at the kids to get offa my lawn. The new uniforms’ll work; they’re not bad. But I won’t be rushing out to buy one. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vikings-fans-how-do-you-like-the-new-unis/354604/5 "2006-04-28T16:32:30Z")
I would never have even noticed that the uniforms had changed. Of course, I live in New England. But still, it’s not a \*dramatic \*change, is it? ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vikings-fans-how-do-you-like-the-new-unis/354604/6 "2006-04-28T19:01:49Z")
> [@Snickers](#): > > I guess I’m mostly divided about the movement in the NFL as a whole to go to CFL-type looking uniforms. What have you got against the CFL? For instance Montreal’s jersies are very [nice](http://www.boutiquealouettes.com/Main.cfm?p=100&categorie_ID=10&l=En&site=0) 😃 As for the Vikings, at least they didn’t mess with the helmet. The horns are classic. The rest of their unis are “meh” to me both before and after the change. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vikings-fans-how-do-you-like-the-new-unis/354604/7 "2006-04-28T20:51:08Z")
Nothing. Nothing at all. The CFL is a perfectly fine, stand up organization. One whose players I used to be able to tell apart from those of the NFL at a glance. Sadly, due to the NFL co-opting of CFL uniform design, this is something that’s harder and harder to do. I’m sad that the NFL is losing its individuality, and I’m sad that the teams that comprise the NFL are becoming more and more cookie-cutter. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vikings-fans-how-do-you-like-the-new-unis/354604/8 "2006-04-28T20:54:02Z")
\My eyes! The goggles! They do nothing! Anyway. The Tampa orange might have been godawful, but you knew immediately who was playing, dammit. ---
**Author:** ![usar\_jag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f0a364/32.png) [@usar\_jag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usar_jag)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vikings-fans-how-do-you-like-the-new-unis/354604/9 "2006-04-28T21:25:22Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > Other opinions? A uniform change got the Broncos a couple of rings. can lighting strike twice? The uniforms are much better than they could have ended up. I saw some artist renditions that made the uniforms look like rejected Baltimore Ravens uniforms. That was god-awful. Overall, I think the new design is OK–the changes were on the subtle side. I’m not sure about the new helmet logo. Supposedly the horns are supposed to look 3-D, but I haven’t seen a good picture of the new helmet. As to the uniform changes getting you a couple of rings, good luck with that. Te Broncos got their rings through talent and chop blocking. ---
**Author:** ![usar\_jag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f0a364/32.png) [@usar\_jag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usar_jag)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vikings-fans-how-do-you-like-the-new-unis/354604/10 "2006-04-28T21:26:42Z")
Crap. I forgot to add that as part of the uniform change, black shoes are madatory. You can tell Bud Grant was on the uniform design committee. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vikings-fans-how-do-you-like-the-new-unis/354604/11 "2006-04-28T21:45:04Z")
> [@zamboniracer](#): > > What have you got against the CFL? For instance Montreal’s jersies are very [nice](http://www.boutiquealouettes.com/Main.cfm?p=100&categorie_ID=10&l=En&site=0) 😃 > . With all of that red, white and blue, you’d think it was an American team. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vikings-fans-how-do-you-like-the-new-unis/354604/12 "2006-04-28T22:00:51Z")
Mike Wilbon on _Pardon the Interruption_ just said that the new unis look way too much like his alma mater, Northwestern’s. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vikings-fans-how-do-you-like-the-new-unis/354604/13 "2006-04-28T23:06:10Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > With all of that red, white and blue, you’d think it was an American team. I don’t think Americans are American enough to justify that as a football uniform! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harriet_the_Spry)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vikings-fans-how-do-you-like-the-new-unis/354604/14 "2006-04-28T23:53:24Z")
From the OP’s link “They haven’t messed with the horns on the helmut [sic].” Have they messed with the horns on the Ole or the Lars? [/Minnesota humor] ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vikings-fans-how-do-you-like-the-new-unis/354604/15 "2006-04-29T01:09:04Z")
I always thought the NFC Norris was great in that it’s uniforms were as consistent and traditional as any in any sport. The Vikings had to go and screw it up. The new unis aren’t terrible and the purple pants are totally OK with me, but that dumb looking horn running down the leg looks utterly retarded. The silly swoosh the Broncos employ _still_ looks lame nearly a decade later. Also, has there ever been anything dumber than a lame fashion show motif replete with awkward players under confetti and flashbulbs?