I love how people jump through hoops to prove with a study what has been so thoroughly disproven by the actual practice. After all, if "study shows in sports, red is winningest color," we can just do a study more germane to New England football and declare "Study shows that for New England Patriots, real dark blue is winningest color."
It baffles me that anybody could prefer the old unis, and thank God, they'll never be brought back, except on nostalgia days. I have a certain affection for Pat Patriot, but it surprises me how often you see that logo among the icons here, and even the memorobilia still sold for the team.
I would EXPECT some nostalgia, but I would think the pure unadulterated poor design of that original logo, and the original uniform, would have helped the transition process.
Like the other guy here who called them "loser" uniforms, I see the old logo and think of Earl Campbell stomping all over us, or an offensive lineman scoring a TD on us in the SB (by the way THAT is the source of my having no sympathy for whiners who don't want Vrabel scoring on them today,) or I think of losing 52-0 to the Miami Dolphins. I think of those decades of wondering if we could squeek into the playoffs, or on good years, thinking what a great run it is to win the division 3 years running or something.
You can say "classic" until you're blue in the face. I still think boring. I'm in my 40s, and I don't think "ooooh the league has a history" when I see the Colts' uniforms, I think "so let's see you guys play Villanova this week, right?"
They look dated and static. Of course, as we all know, fans will always love the past, even if the present is better. Somewhere in Broncosland, there are fans who wish the dumb looking horse poking out of the "D" is better than the mean cyberhorse. There are probably even fans who wish the goofy cartoon horse that preceded that one would come back. Hell, I've seen people on here using the three-cornered hat logo as an avatar. Or should I say avatard.
It's 2008 people... Pat Patriot is a nice statement that you really really swear to God watched the team before they were good, and I suspect that's a secret motive for public love of Pat Patriot ("look at me, I'm not a bandwagon guy!") There's history of course, and loyalty, blah blah blah. But from the standpoint of what looks good, the old unis just don't.
PFnV