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Related: About this forumMaryland to wear Star-Bangled Banner uniforms
Maryland, which today announced a 10-year partnership extension with Under Armour, will wear football uniforms inspired by the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Baltimore and the writing of The Star-Spangled Banner when it hosts West Virginia at Byrd Stadium on Saturday at noon.
That is to say the Terps will wear uniforms with the cursive script of Francis Scott Keys poem Defence of Fort McHenry, which later became our national anthem, emblazoned on its helmets and jersey sleeves. Key composed the poem after watching American troops defend Fort McHenry against the British Royal Navys bombardment on the night of Sept. 13, 1814, during the War of 1812.
Marylands helmets will feature an outline of the star-shaped Fort McHenry and an image of the flag that flew through the night during the Battle of Baltimore. According to the school release, the 15-star and 15-stripe flag is the only flag in American history in which the blue field is touching a red stripe. The uniforms highlight this detail with red and blue stripes on the helmet, shoulders, pant legs and socks.
Maryland captains will wear red belts as American military captains did during the Battle of Baltimore, and players names will be replaced by the word TRIUMPH on the back of their jerseys. The teams base layers will include the phrase Conquer We Must, which was included in Keys Defence of Fort McHenry, but left out of The Star-Spangled Banner.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/wp/2014/09/09/marylands-helmets-and-uniforms-will-feature-the-lyrics-to-the-star-spangled-banner/
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Maryland to wear Star-Bangled Banner uniforms (Original Post)
JonLP24
Sep 2014
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And so begins the annual battle between Maryland and Oregon to see who can produce
hughee99
Sep 2014
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Scuba
(53,475 posts)1. Oh dear.
Not what the B1G was expecting.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)3. Silly Scuba.
West Virginia is in the Big XII (or IX or whatever).
Scuba
(53,475 posts)5. Yeah, but the Terrapins are now in the B1G school where tradition matters ...
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)7. I completely forgot about that.
What a colossal Charlie Foxtrot.
Iggo
(47,561 posts)2. I giggle at flag worshippers who disrespect the flag.
And then I move on.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)4. I thought you weren't allowed to have non-name player names?
caraher
(6,278 posts)6. For Maryland, bad Under Armor uniforms IS tradition!
Surely we haven't forgotten this:
hughee99
(16,113 posts)8. And so begins the annual battle between Maryland and Oregon to see who can produce
the most vomit-inducing uniform of the season.