Dept. of Disastrous Design

This was too funny not to share. As if they weren't getting enough press about their premier journalism alumna, The Oregonian today reported that the Idaho Vandals football team is removing the letter "I" from the seat of their players' pants, after a 70-0 loss to the Arizona Wildcats. The caption was Dept. of Disastrous Design. I found the original article here. Other blogs were even more creative. I couldn't find a photo of the awkward pants, though.

Apparently, no one realized how the logo placement in the center of the players' butts would look once the pants were on. Just imagine...

The school athletic director said that there was 'miscommunication with equipment supplier Nike over the placement of the logo'. It was supposed to be higher up, closer to the belt line. Nike says they signed off on it, so they're all still 'negotiating' over the problem.

Meanwhile, the Vandals' pants will be logoless for the game today with Idaho State. I'm not sure how they are going to accomplish that. Anyway, I hope the lack of a logo stops the losing 'streak'.

Update: The change in seat design apparently helped. They won 42-27.