The Commodores held a press conference to show their 2012 jerseys Wednesday night. They have followed the lead of many other schools and have a helmet, jersey, and pants in all three school colors; Black, Gold, and White. At least in their case, they are a school that features black.
White helmet closeup (cropping courtesy vucommodores.com)
Not too many design elements to get very descriptive about, other than the gold jersey, which has black sleeves and the new anchor logo at the chest on all three. All pants feature the Vanderbilt logo stars on both hips of the pants, all jerseys have the standard SEC patches on the chest and the infamous manufacturer logo.
Gold jersey with black sleeves, black pants
Black helmet, gold jersey, black pants
Several combinations were shown, displaying the new white and black helmets, and the previously used other uniform elements, with some new numbering colors.
Gold Helmet, White Jersey, Gold pants
White helmet, black jersey, white pants
In inordinate volume of combinations was displayed. Though, still, not all of the possibilities.
Black helmet, white jersey, white pants
Gold helmet, white jersey, white pants
All three white elements
Black helmet, white jersey, black pants
Images from the release party courtesy VandyFootball
So, how do you like them? Did you expect Vandy to go crazy? Are you glad to see the restrained look? Do you like having every school color as an option on every piece of the uniform?
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Cheng
Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 23:58I like the new uniforms but I would've just have 1 helmet color. I was always the fan of the gold helmets. Having black and white helmets is a waste of money.
Julia Sydney
Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 07:04Uniform Combinations are nice, i like White helmet, black jersey, white pants.. it show's passion of life..
Jeason Gagnon
Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 09:16Looks like the Vegas Posse logo from the ancient CFL expansion to the states
Jj
Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 09:50White trash fashion show! Anyway, I like the new looks.
Titanole
Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 10:31White trash and Vanderbilt are not two terms that go together. You must be thinking of UT.
patsox
Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 10:22very slick
Joseph Newell
Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 10:45I think they did a good job. The gold jerseys are my least favorite, but still ok. I love the many combinations.....very Oregonesque.
D.C. Swinton
Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 17:35I want to see that anchor logo on one of the helmets. I think that would make these better.
Jimmy
Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 19:17Gotta love Nike, they make any team look sweet. I'm a big Michigan State fan and will admit our uniforms were kinda lame, not cool at all with Reebok. Nike took over in 2000, in 2002 they did a sweet uniform combination that was changed under new coach John L. Smith who was a jack off. In 2010 they re-branded the entire athletic department, the Spartans have a great tough look.
ingmar66
Saturday, July 21, 2012 at 11:38Hahaha! I just love the entrance by escalator, how strange is that? Like you could walk into any shopping mall or department store and meet these guys in full uniform, wearing big bags and being ready to shop till they drop. The uniforms are nice, the number of combinations is simply too much. Stick to two sets of pants and shirts. And one helmet!