Nebraska Football To Get Shiny New Gloves

by Jon Johnston on Jun 22, 2011 1:10 PM CDT in 2011 Nebraska Huskers Football

Earlier today @NUEquipment on twitter revealed Nebraska players will be getting new Adidas gloves this season.

I'm not one to get all giddy about equipment, and I'm not going all giddy this time either. It's the old man "Get Off My Lawn" attitude.

My take - if these help cut down on holding calls, false starts, and don't cause reason for players to autograph them and sell them to boosters, then hooray!!!!! We have shiny new things for the players!!!!!

2011 Adidas Nebraska Blackshirt Gloves

For the record, the first time a defensive player puts their hands together like this and doesn't throw the bones after a great tackle, all of these things need to be thrown away and replaced with welder's gloves - just because.... (I referenced "get off my lawn" what the hell else do you want?)

2011 Addidas Gloves for the offense!

My take? They'll fit right in with the Wisconsin jerseys no matter what they're wearing. Result - fewer holding calls. And the shiny material will bend the light around receivers, making it difficult for the defense to find them!

Win win win!

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These look bad ass.

Will they help our receivers catch the ball?

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by nateforchiefs on Jun 22, 2011 1:19 PM CDT reply actions

????

Oh. My. Gay. WTF, over? You know it’s a 15 yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty to flash these things to the camera, right? Why would you give a kid these and expect him not to ever get penalties?

by TN'sForNE on Jun 22, 2011 1:39 PM CDT reply actions

I can attest to this

We got “Block O” gloves before the Mich game last year or the year before. And it didn’t matter if the camera was on the guy or not… if he put his hands together and formed a “Block O” with the gloves, he got a flag. I think Tressel had the guys throw them away before the bowl game. (However, a lot of them probably ended up on ebay. I keed. I keed.)

I’d start a campaign to get rid of the gloves if I was you guys.

by NC_Buckeye on Jun 22, 2011 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions

That wasn't hard at all.

Take a gander at this article in The Lantern (tOSU student newspaper).
http://www.thelantern.com/sports/unsportsmanlike-penalties-frustrate-buckeyes-1.1797373

by NC_Buckeye on Jun 22, 2011 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions

It’s a 15 yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty IF you’re an ohio state player. I saw at least one or two occurences where Oregon players do the O with their hands…and everyone on the planet saw mark ingram flash the gray alabama gloves after each of his 5741329 TDs

by Fake Pelini on Jun 22, 2011 2:00 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions