BAND STRUTS NEW STYLE.Byline: Mark Baker The Register-Guard It wasn't Michigan's "Big House," it was the Ducks' house. And in the Ducks' house - Autzen Stadium The stadium is tucked between the Willamette River and Coburg Hills. The uniquely shaped bowl blends in with the wooded Eugene landscape. The shape also allows for unique acoustics, making it one of the loudest stadiums in NCAA Football for its capacity. - Nike rules. The University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. football team has been wearing Nike's specially designed uniforms since 1999 and received brand new duds this year. And the UO cheerleaders Notable cheerleaders
But the Oregon Marching Band The Oregon Marching Band(OMB) is the marching band for the University of Oregon. At over 240 members, the are the largest student group on campus and perform at home football games. The OMB marches a corps style, but with a more military band instrumentation. ? Yes, it's a trifecta tri·fec·ta n. A system of betting in which the bettor must pick the first three winners in the correct sequence. Also called triple. [tri- + (per)fecta.] this football season. And it would be safe to say that no marching band Noun 1. marching band - a band that marches (as in a parade) and plays music at the same time band - instrumentalists not including string players in college football history has appeared wearing anything close to what the UO band wore Saturday as it took the field before Oregon's historic win over Michigan. "Horrible," said Miguel Vidal of Portland, a 2003 Michigan graduate wearing the school's maize and blue colors, as he watched the band line up to perform. "The helmet ... it ... it ... I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. ... it doesn't give me a good impression." Most Duck fans, and band members themselves, seemed to like the new uniforms, though. "I like 'em," said Ricky Smith, 46, of Vida. "I think it's Eugene all over. We're just ahead of our time at Oregon. The rest of intercollegiate athletics has to catch up to us." And why not like them? After all, they're free. The UO is in the first year of a new contract with Nike that calls for the athletic apparel company, run by UO alum Phil Knight This article is about the co-founder of Nike, Inc.. For the guitarist of Shihad, see Phil Knight (musician). Philip H. Knight (born February 24, 1938) is the co-founder and former CEO of Nike, Inc.. , to provide $1.6 million of products to the university's athletic department during the 2003-04 school year, according to documents recently released by the university. "It was time to redo To reverse an undo operation. See undo. our Nike contract this past year and part of that was cheerleader uniforms and band uniforms," said Greg Graziano, marketing manager for the UO athletic department. The last time the marching band got new uniforms was for the 1995 Rose Bowl. Those, however, were traditional band uniforms and they replaced what the UO called the "Spanish matador matador In bullfighting, the principal performer, who works the capes and attempts to dispatch the bull with a sword thrust between the shoulder blades. Most of the techniques used by modern matadors were established in the 1910s by Juan Belmonte (b. 1894–d. " look of the 1980s. The new Nike band uniforms have been "top secret" for months, said Todd Van Horne, creative director of apparel for Nike. Rumors have been swirling around town, around the state, as to what they would look like. Storm troopers from Star Wars? Bikers? The uniforms were created to match the UO's current "irreverent" image created by Nike, Van Horne said. The helmets are the same color as the football team's, but have a half-shell look reminiscent of a "biker" helmet. Or maybe something from World War I, Vidal said. "Oregon football has made such a great presence," Van Horne said. "It's all part of the brand statement we're trying to create. The brand statement that the band was making (before) didn't match." The green suits include overalls and a jacket with the "lightning" yellow trim worn by the football Ducks. And the 240 band members even have numbers on their yellow shoulder patches. "I like the change," said Todd Zimbelman, the band's director. "I like the cut of the jacket and the color scheme." Specially designed marching band shoes are part of the package, too, but they haven't arrived yet, Zimbelman said. So Nike sent black basketball shoes for everyone to wear at the Michigan game, he said. "They're functional, they're practical and they're stylish," said Ruxton Schuh, a saxophone player in the band said of the new uniforms. "And they coincide really well with the image the university is trying to go for right now." Nike also has delivered new sweat pants and tops, vests, turtlenecks, backpacks and polo shirts, among other items, to the band, Zimbelman said, so band members can have the appropriate outfit for whatever occasion - alumni functions, fund-raisers, tailgaters, you name it. They all carry Nike's logo, the ubiquitous "swoosh swoosh v. swooshed, swoosh·ing, swoosh·es v.intr. 1. To move with or make a rushing sound. 2. To flow or swirl copiously. v.tr. ." "They've standardized all of our options to match the look and feel of the university right now," Zimbelman said. Band member Antesa Jensen thought the new uniforms might even have had something to do with Oregon's win over Michigan on Saturday. "And they look really slick," she said. Wolverine wolverine or glutton, largest member of the weasel family, Gulo gulo, found in the northern parts of North America and Eurasia, usually in high mountains near the timberline or in tundra. fans weren't buying that. "They're just awful," Beverly Bercaw of Troy, Mich., said. CAPTION(S): The Oregon Marching Band takes the field with their new uniforms on Saturday to encourage the Ducks' eventual win over Michigan. |
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