The University of Idaho doesn’t win a lot of football games.  But, when they trotted out these new cheerleader outfits for the 2008 season, alumni got as uptight as the string ties on the more well-endowed cheer girls.

The first problem the University of Idaho Vandals cheerleaders caused was when the UI logo was sewn into their panties.  You would think that the fans would be happy that the Vandals football team finally won, but they weren’t; the victory was apparently tainted by the logo on the undergarments.

So, the squad trotted out these new halter style cheerleader uniforms and again were hit with complaints from fans and alumni.

An editorial in the school newspaper said:

Jaws dropped at the Vandal football game on Sept. 6, and it wasn’t because the football team finally won a game.  It was because of the dress of the cheerleaders. There was an uproar about the taste level of the Vandal spirit squad’s uniforms with laced-up details and low cut halter-tops that didn’t seem to provide much support.

“There were a number of complaints after the Idaho State game from parents and alumni and community members that the uniforms were not appropriate,” Bruce Pitman, vice provost of student affairs, told The Argonaut.  “We talked about options and alternatives and decided that we needed to replace the uniforms that were used with other uniforms that would be more comfortable.  To be fair, there were a number of fans who liked them.”

The scrapped uniforms cost $4,200, and while the cheerleaders waited for their new uniforms to arrive, they wore football jerseys and volleyball shorts which were certainly less revealing, but kind of hot in their own right.

Cassie Helm is our kind of woman.  As published in a recent edition of Maxim Magazine, it was announced that Helm resigned as the University of Idaho cheerleading coach in protest over all the fuss about the Idaho cheerleading uniforms.  “What’s the big deal,” said Helm.

We’ll let the readers of College Football Sidelines judge on their own.

The new Idaho cheerleader uniforms

The Idaho cheerleader uniforms that started the controversy.