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Let's petition Irsay to bring back striped socks and white shoes. Maybe blue pants too.

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Aren't white shoes against the league rules I remember Peyton getting fined for wearing them to honor Unitas

In 2002, the Colts wore white shoes. When Unitas passed away, Peyton said he was going to wear black high tops. The league told him it would be a large fine if he did that so he backed off. The Colts switched to black shoes in 2004, but now the league has pretty much opened it up to black, white or even team colors so it really doesn't matter any longer. Just the brand needs to be Under Armour on the shoes I believe.

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In 2002, the Colts wore white shoes. When Unitas passed away, Peyton said he was going to wear black high tops. The league told him it would be a large fine if he did that so he backed off. The Colts switched to black shoes in 2004, but now the league has pretty much opened it up to black, white or even team colors so it really doesn't matter any longer. Just the brand needs to be Under Armour on the shoes I believe.

I think the Unitas deal had more to do with Johnny's family's wishes that a Raven wear high tops . In that case , it was Chris Redmond from Louisville, who went to the same school, and Unitas had a relationship with. Things were different in 2002, and if it was today, they would probably have been happy with Chris or Peyton wearing them. The moving stuff hit a peak in 2006, and really quieted after the 2012 Super Bowl. They even put Colts instead of Indy on the score board.

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I think the Unitas deal had more to do with Johnny's family's wishes that a Raven wear high tops . In that case , it was Chris Redmond from Louisville, who went to the same school, and Unitas had a relationship with. Things were different in 2002, and if it was today, they would probably have been happy with Chris or Peyton wearing them. The moving stuff hit a peak in 2006, and really quieted after the 2012 Super Bowl. They even put Colts instead of Indy on the score board.

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You know it's the offseason (way before the draft and way before camp) when we talk uniforms.

 

I think the Colts uni's are great the way they are.   I did like the throwback uni's every once in a while with the dark blue helmet.  

 

I don't want to become the Jaguars or Broncos, with 38 different styles of uniforms.  I like us, who we are. 

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If my memory is correct....the Colts wore the blue pants with white away jerseys for a few games in '94-95 (around that time)....and lost every game in them. Thus they were retired. I liked the blue facemasks though. The gray ones look too bland to me.

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