Comments on: Clothes Call: Piping or no piping, Michigan? http://btn.com/2012/10/06/clothes-call-piping-or-no-piping-michigan/ BTN.com is the official Big Ten sports site of TV's Big Ten Network. Tue, 21 May 2013 02:20:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Steve Perryman http://btn.com/2012/10/06/clothes-call-piping-or-no-piping-michigan/#comment-79858 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 02:32:03 +0000 http://btn.com/?p=73675#comment-79858 The biggest reason for the issue is personal preference. The jerseys that have piping above the name are the new adidas techfit jerseys. The uniforms with the piping under the name are not the techfit jerseys. So players wear the jerseys that they feel most comfortable in. Marcus Robinson and everyone else in this photo are not wearing techfit jerseys. Why Robinson doesn’t have any piping on the back, I have an idea, but am not sure… I think the piping is there, but the nameplate is covering it up. Everyone has piping on the front of their jerseys, but not everyone has the piping on the back.

Another difference that you might notice is a small block M above the name plate on the techfit jerseys, while there is no block M on the other uniforms.

If you look at photos from last year, Michigan had the same issue with their road jerseys. The piping was inconsistent from jersey to jersey because of personnal preference. But last year it was even more distinguishable because the piping wasn’t even close to the same. Look at some pics. Specifically, David Molk wore the techfit jersey all year long while most of the team changed to the other option of uniform.

]]> By: Mike Altese http://btn.com/2012/10/06/clothes-call-piping-or-no-piping-michigan/#comment-79100 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:04:34 +0000 http://btn.com/?p=73675#comment-79100 I think the piping on Toussaint’s jersey was actually above his name as well – so there is a 3rd option…

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