You may have noticed that last Thursday’s ESPN column included a brief mention of John Maxymuk’s Uniform Numbers of the NFL: All-Time Rosters, Facts and Figures (which came out about a year and a half ago, but I just became aware of it last month). It’s a great book, stuffed to the gills with uni-numerical arcana. Among the tidbits:
• Zero and double-zero been worn more often than you might think — 21 different players have worn them.
• The All America Football Conference (the rival league where the 49ers and Browns first played, before they were folded into the NFL) had its own uni numbering system. Centers wore 20s, guards wore 30s, tackles wore 40s, ends wore 50s, quarterbacks wore 60s, fullbacks wore 70s, halfbacks wore 80s and 90s, and numbers below 20 weren’t used at all. When the Niners and Browns entered the NFL, they had to redo their numbering schemes, which explains Marion Motley’s radically different uni numbers here and here.
• Mike Michalske wore nine different numbers during his time with the Packers: 19, 24, 28, 30, 31, 33, 36, 40, and 63.
• When John Madden coached the Raiders, he personally assigned uni numbers to his players, because “I’ve always felt you can put a number on a person that tells about that person.”
• Paul Brown only coached one pro player with a single-digit uni number: Monk Williams, who wore No. 6 for two games in 1968. Even after Brown had left the Browns, no Cleveland player wore a single-digit number until 1977.
• Karl Mecklenburg of the Broncos wore No. 77 throughout his 12-year career — except on Nov. 22nd, 1992, when he wore 97.
Like all sports books, this one may need frequent updating. When the book was published in early 2005, for example, Joe Nedney was one of five different players who’d managed to wear the same number with six different teams (No. 6, which he’d worn with the Panthers, Cards, Titans, Dolphins, Broncos, and Raiders). Since then, he’s broken the record by wearing it for a seventh team, the Niners.
Still, such minor bits of obsolescence put only the teeniest dent in the book’s excellence. Highly recommended.
Bumper Scar: Interesting note from longtime Uni Watch supporter and Helmet Hut impresario Curtis Worrell:
Over the years Riddell has slowly been forced to eliminate their brand from the outside of the helmet. First they lost the black “R” that used to appear on the right side rear, then they lost using both the front and back bumpers at the same time [the rear bumper now usually carries the team name, and now I’ve been told by an inside source that they cannot use the rear bumper at all — they’re stuck with the tiny front bumper. From the games I have seen, it sure looks like the truth.
The NFL really clamps down on this stuff, while licensing fees go up. It’s amazing what they make the equipment managers do — if a player uses a different brand shoulder pad, they must cover the brand name, in case the jersey gets pulled down over the pad (which of course does happen frequently). You should do a story on what the NFL makes these teams and equipment providers do — I’d shoot myself! We [at Helmet Hut] have been in many locker rooms talking with the guys, and they want to pull their hair out. Actually, many of them have no hair anyways.
As you might imagine, I don’t have much sympathy for Riddell just because they can’t plaster their brand name all over the helmet (especially since they still get to brand the chinstrap). But I’m intrigued by the idea of asking an equipment manager about all this stuff. Stay tuned.
Uni Watch News Ticker: Unprecedented MLB moves last night in commemoration of 9/11: As usual, the Mets wore first responder caps, but so did their Monday-night opponents, the Marlins, marking the first time that the caps have been worn by a team other than the Amazins. Meanwhile, all other MLB teams wore American flag cap patches (umpires, too), which I believe is the first time since 2001 that such patches have been worn on a day other than Opening Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, or Labor Day. Some of the patches looked like they’d been applied a bit haphazardly, but apparently there were no debacles like this … Meanwhile, over in Pittsburgh, the Pirates debuted their memorial patch for Pittsburgh Mayor Bob O’Connor, who died last weekend. … Surprising development last night in Washington, where the Redskins wore black cleats (and also became the seventh Week 1 team to wear white at home). … Nick McAlister notes that Chester Taylor appeared to have something written on his uni numbers. I didn’t actually see the game — did anyone else get a good look at this? … Yesterday’s Comments section included a short discussion about the special commemorative balls that were used for the games in Cleveland and Arizona. That prompted a note from a source at Wilson, who writes: “Just a little info: Teams are allowed to create a ball for any special event, as long as the NFL approves. The logo must go on the valve panel for any of these events, unless it is an NFL-sponsored event (the Super Bowl, e.g.). We’ll do special footballs for the Thanksgiving Day games, the AFC and NFC Championships, and of course the Super Bowl.” … Latest diacritical discoveries by Jeremy Brahm here and here. … Got my first sheet of Uni Watch postage stamps yesterday, and holy shit do they look cool. … Was Ohio State DE Jay Richardson wearing a QB’s play-calling wristband on his belt last Saturday? (Good catch by John Boerger.) … When Hamas captured power in the Palestinian elections last winter, I noticed that party loyalists were wearing official Hamas baseball caps (additional photos here, here, here, here, and here). Eight months later, NPR’s All Things Considered show ran a commentary about the baseball caps yesterday. The audio file is available here. … Speaking of caps: Got a great note yesterday from reader Rob Tate, as follows: “After Wilfredo Ledezma was pulled in the 5th inning of Friday’s Tigers/Twins game, they kept showing shots of him in the dugout. He started playing his cap, folding it like a rally cap, then messing up the brim, and then in the next shot he’d torn the brim off the cap and was working on de-threading the cap by chewing on it. Tigers announcers Mario Impemba and Rod Allen had commentary on it.” Alas, the MLB.TV game video is from the Twins’ broadcast, not the Tigers’, and the Minnesota folks didn’t show Ledezma’s antics. Anyone else catch this? … The horror, the horror.
Maybe Taylor had “God I hate these fugly things” written on his jersey.
I hadn’t actually been so down on the Vikes look… but last night I really got a good look at them, and UGH.
Looks like red paint from the field on Chester Taylor’s numbers. I doubt he actually had anything written on there.
Note quite a uni note, but it looks like the NFL and Wilson have redesigned the game ball. Instead of just “NFL” on the ball, they’ve put a gold NFL shield on on side, and “National Football League” in gold block print on the other side. They’ve also rebranded the ball as “The Duke”, apparently to honor the memory of Wellington Mara…
I like purple and thought everyone was just bashing the Vikings because some people don’t like the color. Yesterday was the first time I saw the Vikings in action. It was horrible. I wanted them to lose just cause they looked stupid.
A girl wearing purple…perfecty acceptable. A 300 pound lineman wearing so much purple while playing football…hideous.
I Really dig Maroin Motley’s Chucks.
[quote comment=”8431″]A girl wearing purple…perfecty acceptable. A 300 pound lineman wearing so much purple while playing football…hideous.[/quote]
I couldn’t have said it better myself.
I found one member of the Vikings who looks good in purple
link
I like the Redskins color scheme and I like the white-on-white look, so I had high hopes that they’d look spiffy last night. Alas, the leg striping link and it didn’t look so hot.
Hey, don’t fault the good people of Minnesota for link Actually, the new unis, awful as they may be, seem more royal blue than purple.
[quote comment=”8434″]I found one member of the Vikings who looks good in purple
link[/quote]
and she has friends!!! 4 other TEAMS of friends…
link
I noticed a bunch of the ravens defensive players were using these in their game Sunday. Here’s a shot of link with a QB cheat sheet thingy on his belt.
After viewing the pic again Ray Ray has one on his wrist too. I guess the Ravens D is either getting pretty complicated or they frequently change the verbage so other teams don’t catch on.
The NFL ball has been branded “The Duke” for a very long time. That’s nothing new.
Here’s a link of an old ball.
Sorry for the multiple posts, but it was used from ’41-’70.
I don’t think it was paint on chester taylor’s numbers last night. it was visible on the first play of the game and was definitely something written in black ink. the picture above must have been from later in the game when the text got smudged.
old ball
link
new ball
link
A couple of the Packers both had the QB play sheets on their belts as well. link and link both wore them as they were being throttled by my beloved Bears.
link
I don’t have a picture but I believe Joe Gibbs had a pentagon-shaped flag patch on the side of his Redskins “R” cap on the sidelines.
[quote comment=”8436″][quote comment=”8434″]I found one member of the Vikings who looks good in purple
link[/quote]
and she has friends!!! 4 other TEAMS of friends…
link
Does anyone else see the humor in when you click on the link for the 4 groups of friends, the page loads up, with the cheerleader’s pics in it, but the loading bar is a football. when it is ready to go, it reads “100% inflated” too funny for me
[quote comment=”8436″][quote comment=”8434″]I found one member of the Vikings who looks good in purple
link[/quote]
and she has friends!!! 4 other TEAMS of friends…
link
there are others out there…
link
[quote comment=”8447″]
Does anyone else see the humor in when you click on the link for the 4 groups of friends, the page loads up, with the cheerleader’s pics in it, but the loading bar is a football. when it is ready to go, it reads “100% inflated” too funny for me[/quote]
im still getting over the iowa quarterback tandem of tate and manson from yesterday!
Kinda related to what we were talking about yesterday with the link
Also anyone catch the new trend? I noticed, besides the obvious Chad Johnson, Shawne Merriman & Clinton Portis sporting a version of the mohawk…can’t find any pictures right now though
Speaking of purple horrors, the sideline reporter for the Ohio State game last week was wearing a purple and brown striped shirt!
[quote comment=”8446″]I don’t have a picture but I believe Joe Gibbs had a pentagon-shaped flag patch on the side of his Redskins “R” cap on the sidelines.[/quote]
Yeah he was, i was at the game and they were selling them as commemorative Sept 11 caps. they were $25.
Couple other notes on the game:
-The Vkings Unis may have looked badly on TV, they looked HORRIBLE in person, in particular that weird little leg stripey on the thigh
-The ‘refs’ who hold the first down markers were wearing white sneakers, it looked rediculously jerry seinfeldish, they should switch to black like their on-field counterparts.
The link for used purple gym shorts (the one with the shout-out to Paul) ended. Winning bid was $8.00. I kept this on my watch list because they’re TCU purple, but later realized XL won’t fit me anyway. The sad part is I briefly considered buying used gym shorts on eBay.
I think Chester Taylor’s “writing” may have been the strap from his shoulder pads coming up from underneath. Some of them have belts with holes to tighten them around the player’s torso. I think some paint may have rub on his number causing a raised effect.
Also, I think the umpires wore first responder caps for the Mets/Marlins game.
[quote comment=”8446″]I don’t have a picture but I believe Joe Gibbs had a pentagon-shaped flag patch on the side of his Redskins “R” cap on the sidelines.[/quote]
proof :
link and click the for the video highlights and go to 1:11 and you will see a guy with a black hat congratulating Moss and he has the same patch. :D
link
The Yankees also wore first responder caps after 9/11/01; sorry, a cursory search hasn’t yet turned up game pictures.
Sorry for the multiple postings today, but work is a little slow today, but I didn’t knowlink made appearances in the NFL
Chuck Taylor
Did anyone else notice during the Manning Bowl that many of the Giants had the “NY” logo on the front bumper of the helmets instead of the Riddell? There were still some players who had the standard Riddell, others had the NY.
link
link
[quote comment=”8459″][quote comment=”8446″]I don’t have a picture but I believe Joe Gibbs had a pentagon-shaped flag patch on the side of his Redskins “R” cap on the sidelines.[/quote]
proof :
link and click the for the video highlights and go to 1:11 and you will see a guy with a black hat congratulating Moss and he has the same patch. :D[/quote]
Nice spot. Here’s a link.
don’t forget one of the more famous 00 wears:
the Great Nate Scarborough. RIP Michael Conrad.
[quote comment=”8464″]Did anyone else notice during the Manning Bowl that many of the Giants had the “NY” logo on the front bumper of the helmets instead of the Riddell? There were still some players who had the standard Riddell, others had the NY.
link
link[/quote]
You can only wear “Riddell” if it’s a Riddell helmet. Players who wear Schutt or Adams helmets have to wear a team wordmark, or just leave the bumper blank, because Schutt and Adams aren’t official NFL licensees.
[quote comment=”8444″]old ball
link
new ball
link
Maybe, there’s a grace period or something, but shouldn’t the commissioner signature be Goodell’s now, rather than Paul Tagliabue?
[quote comment=”8434″]I found one member of the Vikings who looks good in purple
link[/quote]
Amen brother… and that Mariah is also rockin’ the purple dress.. Say what you will about that crazy chick, she still dress like she was in High School, God Bless her! :)
[quote comment=”8462″]link made appearances in the NFL[/quote]
Those shoes are the coolest part of that photo. Long live the Chuck Taylors.
[quote comment=”8470″][quote comment=”8444″]old ball
link
new ball
link
Maybe, there’s a grace period or something, but shouldn’t the commissioner signature be Goodell’s now, rather than Paul Tagliabue?[/quote]
The new footballs do have Goodell’s signature on it. In fact Madden and Michaels made a huge deal about it during the Pitt-Miami game when they had Goodell in the booth. Something about the first football to bear his signature fell off the tee. I don’t know I fell asleep in the middle it was such a boring interview.
[quote comment=”8463″]Chuck Taylor[/quote]
Oh yeah, happened all the time in that era (early 50’s). I don’t have the time at the moment, but the field for the 1934 NFL title game was so frozen over that the Giants sent their equipment manager uptown to Columbia Univ. to borrow all the Chuck Taylors’ he could hold.
the Famous Sneaker Game– read up on it, great reading.
[quote comment=”8474″][quote comment=”8463″]Chuck Taylor[/quote]
Oh yeah, happened all the time in that era (early 50’s). I don’t have the time at the moment, but the field for the 1934 NFL title game was so frozen over that the Giants sent their equipment manager uptown to Columbia Univ. to borrow all the Chuck Taylors’ he could hold.
the Famous Sneaker Game– read up on it, great reading.[/quote]
I meant to say: don’t have time to post a picture, but apparently i have time for multiple posts.. NOTE: webmaste, can we conjur up an edit button so we can correct our grammar?
[quote comment=”8470″][quote comment=”8444″]old ball
link
new ball
link
Maybe, there’s a grace period or something, but shouldn’t the commissioner signature be Goodell’s now, rather than Paul Tagliabue?[/quote]
That press release is from March of 2006, when Tagliabue was still the commissioner. The new balls do have Goodells’ signature; on Thursday’s opening night game between Miami and Pittsburgh, they made a point of zooming in on the ball and showing Goodell’s name. Madden and Michaels also presented him with the kickoff ball, since it was the first “Goodell ball” used in a game.
[quote comment=”8476″][quote comment=”8470″][quote comment=”8444″]old ball
link
new ball
link
Maybe, there’s a grace period or something, but shouldn’t the commissioner signature be Goodell’s now, rather than Paul Tagliabue?[/quote]
That press release is from March of 2006, when Tagliabue was still the commissioner. The new balls do have Goodells’ signature; on Thursday’s opening night game between Miami and Pittsburgh, they made a point of zooming in on the ball and showing Goodell’s name. Madden and Michaels also presented him with the kickoff ball, since it was the first “Goodell ball” used in a game.[/quote]
from one of the games this weekend:
one of the broadcasters stated that the nfl had to place and order to wilson for game balls, even with the knowledge that tagliabue was a lame duck commisioner. they ordered 5000 of the “new” tagliabue balls in the even that a new commisioner hadnt been chosen as of last thursday night.
when goodell was selected as commish, i assume they placed an immediate rush order enough to satisfy practice and games for at least the 1st 2 weeks, and the remainder of the order to be delivered as completed. the 5000 tagliabue balls were then to be donated to high schools with an emphasis on gulf coast high schools whose football programs were affected by hurricane katrina. it may have been during the eagles-texans broadcast…
Someone claimed on one of the other threads that the Redskins have gone all-burgundy. Now, I’m not a Washington fan, but I can’t recall them ever doing this. Does anyone know for sure whether they have? And if so, are there any pictures floating around?
On a related note, how soon before the Chiefs go all-red? Herm Edwards introduced the all-green look on the Jets; I wouldn’t be surprised to see him do it with the Chiefs. link an idea of what it woud look like. McFarlane toys released an all-red Priest Holmes variant, then quickly pulled it off the shelves when they realized that the Chiefs had never worn an all-red uni. Herm may very well make it a reality this year……
The other night on ESPN Sean Salisbury, as easily annoyed by him as I am, made a point, he claimed that the new Vikings unis are worth 2 losses this year.
[quote comment=”8479″]Someone claimed on one of the other threads that the Redskins have gone all-burgundy. Now, I’m not a Washington fan, but I can’t recall them ever doing this. Does anyone know for sure whether they have? And if so, are there any pictures floating around?
I’m pretty sure the ‘Skins have never gone all-burgundy because the people in the front office there have a sense of style (or at least a sense of tradition). Just think about how nasty they’d look covered entirely in dark, shiny burgundy.
Here’s what my college team looks like, just to give you the idea…link
One more thing: I absolutely love Clinton Portis, but the man seriously needs to tuck his shirt in. It’s a travesty, I say!
whoops…my part of the comment starts at the second paragraph. sorry about that. the first paragraph is a quote of “Mr. Met”
Oregon should have to wear all 48 of their possible combos over the next 4 years as punishment. Just wait until the break out the white helmet/yellow jersey/green pant look, or green helmet/black jersey/yellow pant look. Good lord.
On the discussion about monochromes, didn’t the Bucs attempt to wear orange on orange back when they had the old style. I think the players vetoed Sam Wyche on this in 1995. Anyone else recall this?
Anyone catch link last night?
After looking at all of those pictures of Joe Nedney, I noticed he doesn’t seem to wear a soccer cleat on his kicking foot or both. Just normal link on link.
[quote comment=”8482″][quote comment=”8479″]Someone claimed on one of the other threads that the Redskins have gone all-burgundy. Now, I’m not a Washington fan, but I can’t recall them ever doing this. Does anyone know for sure whether they have? And if so, are there any pictures floating around?
I’m pretty sure the ‘Skins have never gone all-burgundy because the people in the front office there have a sense of style (or at least a sense of tradition). Just think about how nasty they’d look covered entirely in dark, shiny burgundy.
Here’s what my college team looks like, just to give you the idea…link
One more thing: I absolutely love Clinton Portis, but the man seriously needs to tuck his shirt in. It’s a travesty, I say![/quote]
Mr. Met, it was me who posted yesterday about the monochrome Redskins uniforms. An image can be seen link
Even though purple is horrible – man, Mariah Carey could wear link every day and I would not get tired of it.
Curious on the NCAA ball rules. There were balls used in Texas that had the Ohio State Logo on them. link at Michigan
Another post to petition for the creation of ShoeWatch!
link and link are the only two players I’ve seen wearing the new link.
link and link were sporting an interesting link by Nike that I haven’t link. I first saw Tomlinson link and thought they might be a link, then I noticed Merrimanlink! I think they look link, very link. Here’s a link.
Anyone know the scoop on them or where to get ’em?
Yeah, the link doesn’t go the pic.
What is going on with those stupid sideline shirts that some of the coaches and trainers are wearing in the NFL. I was watching the Steelers-Dolphins game on Thursday and their shirt was white in the front, Black sleeves, and the back was half black and half gold. that is ugly. i noticed on some of the other teams sidelines.
Sorry, I noticed “Merriman wearing the same thing.”
They actually kinda look like various pairs of the link. But not link.
[quote comment=”8489″]Curious on the NCAA ball rules. There were balls used in Texas that had the Ohio State Logo on them. link at Michigan[/quote]
I think the offense gets to choose the ball they use, which I’m sure is a nightmare for ball boys.
Can anybody tell me what cleat 93 is wearing in the back of link?
Does Nike try to coordinate what the Oregon fans wear to the game with what the team wears on the field? Like the Penn State White Out, will there be a Diamond Plate Out? Or you on your ticket it tells you what shirt/paints combo to wear? North end of the stadium, dark green shirts with neon yellow pants; south end dark green shirts with white pants. Then some people on the home side at the 50 will have to wear white shirts to form a giant O, while on the other side, the white-shirted fans form a giant swoosh.
Or possibly two-sided shirts for the folks in the end zone. When Oregon’s kicking your way, you wear it dark green side out, but at the end of the quarter, you turn it inside out to show the neon yellow side.
[quote comment=”8437″]
I noticed in this photo Jay Richardson is wearing an Underarmour forearm sleeve with its logo blacked out.
[quote comment=”8494″][quote comment=”8489″]Curious on the NCAA ball rules. There were balls used in Texas that had the Ohio State Logo on them. link at Michigan[/quote]
I think the offense gets to choose the ball they use, which I’m sure is a nightmare for ball boys.[/quote]
Each College in NCAA can use their own balls that they bring to each game. I know when i played college ball(i was a center, so i got to see them alot) we switched balls when each o took the field. some schools like the Nike balls, some like wilson, so each brings which one they want. If you look, there is usully a ball boy for team A on team B’s sideline, he has the balls for Team A incase the ref on that side of the field needs to swith the ball out.
Am I the only one who thinks that the phrase “commemorative balls” should be some kind of porn lifetime achievement award?
[quote comment=”8482″]Here’s what my college team looks like, just to give you the idea…link[/quote]
As much as I hate the way the crimson-on-crimson looks, It’s still infinitely better than the link they had during the link era.
And sorry to bring this back up, but I was unable to post this yesterday…
To all the mathemeticians who were trying to figure out whether the 8th or the 17th was actually closer to the “halfway to St. Patrick’s Day” mark: it’s kind of hard to run a promotion on the 17th when the team’s 2000 miles away. (The Cubs might be able to pull off something like that, though.)
[quote comment=”8474″][quote comment=”8463″]Chuck Taylor[/quote]
Oh yeah, happened all the time in that era (early 50’s). I don’t have the time at the moment, but the field for the 1934 NFL title game was so frozen over that the Giants sent their equipment manager uptown to Columbia Univ. to borrow all the Chuck Taylors’ he could hold.
the Famous Sneaker Game– read up on it, great reading.[/quote]
Apologies in advance for the long post and I acknowledge in advance that this is totally illegal and dangerous.
I played my senior year of football in Anchorage, Alaska and even though the season is only 8 games long, (3 more in the playoffs if you go all the way), and starts in mid-August the last 2 games of the playoffs are often played in temps below zero. In addition it’s nothing to have a couple of feet of snow by then and when they clear the link it often packs down into one big sheet of ice. (the pic is the new fieldturf installed a couple years ago. We used to play on link. Anyhow, one of my teammates went to a local tire shop and got the bottom of his cleats link for traction on the turf.
Riff,
TO and Marvin Harrison also wear the Jordan Mach III cleat, Tomlinson and Merriman are wearing a cleated version of the Free Trainer 7.0 with reinforced leather uppers and panels, and #93 is wearing the Air Zoom Blade II.
I noticed that Steve McNair and Chris McAllister’s small “C” on their nameplates were not only in different spots, but are different styles. I’ll look into this some more and try and get answers!!!
link
link
Those Indiana uniforms are also seen on Oklahoma
Even the Oregon link looks hideous.
[quote comment=”8507″]Those Indiana uniforms are also seen on Oklahoma[/quote]
There are suttle differences between the Oklahoma and Indiana Unis. Oklahoma has white facemasks and Indiana uses red, plus the Okies always wear white pants, never a red on red combo. Otherwise they are pretty much the same except that Indiana wears Addidas and Oklahoma wears Nike…
I believe about 2 years back though, Indiana only wore white pants and had white facemasks…so at that time they had basically the same Uni.
[quote comment=”8509″]There are suttle differences between the Oklahoma and Indiana Unis. Oklahoma has white facemasks and Indiana uses red, plus the Okies always wear white pants, never a red on red combo. Otherwise they are pretty much the same except that Indiana wears Addidas and Oklahoma wears Nike…
I believe about 2 years back though, Indiana only wore white pants and had white facemasks…so at that time they had basically the same Uni.[/quote]
Yep. Here’s a picture showing the link. This picture also shows the only other real difference: there’s an IU logo on the pants.
Man, first we steal their football unis, then we steal their basketball coach?
[quote comment=”8509″][quote comment=”8507″]Those Indiana uniforms are also seen on Oklahoma[/quote]
There are suttle differences between the Oklahoma and Indiana Unis. Oklahoma has white facemasks and Indiana uses red, plus the Okies always wear white pants, never a red on red combo. Otherwise they are pretty much the same except that Indiana wears Addidas and Oklahoma wears Nike…
I believe about 2 years back though, Indiana only wore white pants and had white facemasks…so at that time they had basically the same Uni.[/quote]
Here are some pics:
link
link
link
regarding the Browns alternate “retro†uniform that was mentioned in Paul’s NFL preview column. The NFL store appears to have them in stock.
link…
So, no “Browns†nameplate and no “AL†logo on the sleeve. BUT, the numbers appear to remain on the shoulders, which is not retro but was introduced in 1999. Hopefully the stripes will be true stripes and go all the way around the sleeve. To complete the look, it looks like they will have thinner pant stripes. Hopefully they will have stripes on the brown socks as well. Can a retro uniform be retro if it is not true to the past?
Why can’t teams do what OSU did this year: keep the stripes on tight jerseys and have the numbers over the sleeves and jerseys?
link
There’s the link again.
First Response Hat,
The Twins and Tigers wore the hat on Memorial Day.
[quote comment=”8487″][quote comment=”8482″][quote comment=”8479″]Someone claimed on one of the other threads that the Redskins have gone all-burgundy. Now, I’m not a Washington fan, but I can’t recall them ever doing this. Does anyone know for sure whether they have? And if so, are there any pictures floating around?
I’m pretty sure the ‘Skins have never gone all-burgundy because the people in the front office there have a sense of style (or at least a sense of tradition). Just think about how nasty they’d look covered entirely in dark, shiny burgundy.
Here’s what my college team looks like, just to give you the idea…link
One more thing: I absolutely love Clinton Portis, but the man seriously needs to tuck his shirt in. It’s a travesty, I say![/quote]
Mr. Met, it was me who posted yesterday about the monochrome Redskins uniforms. An image can be seen link[/quote]
Not only does that horrible. I can’t belive that the people on this site think that it looks good!
Also, does everyone here have to puple bash? The vikings obviously look hideous, but with those unis they would look bad in any color. As a Ravens fan (who’s never been that fond of the number font), I think they look sharp. I admit though, I would prefer to be wearing a blue BALTIMORE Colts jersey on sundays.
It is common for players other than the qb to wear the ‘wrist coach’, as you can simply place a blank piece of paper in the sleeve to keep track of something other than offensive plays; for instance, on defense it could be used to keep track of different audibles, as well as different blitzes or stunts for the line or the linebackers. Most likely the wearer would be the playcaller in the huddle, as #97 likely would be.
[quote comment=”8515″]First Response Hat,
The Twins and Tigers wore the hat on Memorial Day.[/quote]
No, I’m pretty sure they wore armed forces insignias on their hats, not first response.
[quote comment=”8486″]Anyone catch link last night?.[/quote]
My roommate made the observation that he looked like one of the Martians from “Mars Attacks”, which I thought was pretty accurate.
link vs. Mars Attacks
[quote comment=”8523″]link vs. Mars Attacks[/quote]
Sorry. link
[quote comment=”8524″][quote comment=”8523″]link vs. Mars Attacks[/quote]
Sorry. link[/quote]
Did you see Shawne Merriman is the latest NFLer to rock the “Frohawk”?
[quote comment=”8502″]Am I the only one who thinks that the phrase “commemorative balls” should be some kind of porn lifetime achievement award?[/quote]
Still chuckling on this one…too funny…thanks
[quote comment=”8505″]Riff,
TO and Marvin Harrison also wear the Jordan Mach III cleat, Tomlinson and Merriman are wearing a cleated version of the Free Trainer 7.0 with reinforced leather uppers and panels, and #93 is wearing the Air Zoom Blade II.[/quote]
jason taylor had a nice pair of orange mach iii’s as well, although the only official members of the jordan brand stable are marvin and ahman. have you also noticed that when TO wears his air zoom super bad’s, he doesnt secure the velcro closures? also, on “is it the shoes”, TO mentioned he wanted a cleated version of the aj iii, his favorite. my all time favorite, the aj iv, is less than spectacular as a cleat when andruw jones wears it…
is this a person, or the real life version of fox sports nfl sunday robot graphic?
link
ooh! black and yellow zoom vick iii’s!
link
[quote comment=”8528″]is this a person, or the real life version of fox sports nfl sunday robot graphic?
link
Todd, how long until they change the diamonds in that design into little swooshes? It’s pretty close already.
“he’d torn the brim off the cap and was working on de-threading the cap by chewing on it.”
Who was the D-Rays pitcher that tore his hat apart in the dugout last year against the Sox? I remember seeing it on NESN after he had been taken out of the game.
And sorry to bring this back up, but I was unable to post this yesterday…
To all the mathemeticians who were trying to figure out whether the 8th or the 17th was actually closer to the “halfway to St. Patrick’s Day†mark: it’s kind of hard to run a promotion on the 17th when the team’s 2000 miles away. (The Cubs might be able to pull off something like that, though.)
I believe why bother? was the point being made.
GSH
[quote comment=”8505″]Riff,
TO and Marvin Harrison also wear the Jordan Mach III cleat, Tomlinson and Merriman are wearing a cleated version of the Free Trainer 7.0 with reinforced leather uppers and panels, and #93 is wearing the Air Zoom Blade II.[/quote]
As Todd K. said, T.O. definitely was wearing the link with the ankle strap undone.
link is definitely not wearing the link or the link. Notice how the black accent goes all the way around the toe. I looks kinda like the toe detail on the link. (I own a pair, that’s why it looked so wierd to me.)
[quote comment=”8533″]
I believe why bother? was the point being made.[/quote]
Why? Well, typically speaking, people in Chicago are generally thinking about football in September and basball’s an afterthought. A little extra incentive to put asses in the seats doesn’t hurt, especially on the South Side.
Because of the large Irish-American population, St. Patrick’s Day is a major event. Unfortunately, it’s in March when the team is playing in Arizona.
Do they need to do this? These past couple years, probably not, but why not bring in Irish bands, Irish dancers, have the team wear green and auction off the uniforms for charity? People seem to enjoy it. Besides, I think the unis look really good.
And that’s a hell of a lot more on this subject than a Cubs fan really should be writing.
[quote comment=”8501″][quote comment=”8494″][quote comment=”8489″]Curious on the NCAA ball rules. There were balls used in Texas that had the Ohio State Logo on them. link at Michigan[/quote]
I think the offense gets to choose the ball they use, which I’m sure is a nightmare for ball boys.[/quote]
Each College in NCAA can use their own balls that they bring to each game. I know when i played college ball(i was a center, so i got to see them alot) we switched balls when each o took the field. some schools like the Nike balls, some like wilson, so each brings which one they want. If you look, there is usully a ball boy for team A on team B’s sideline, he has the balls for Team A incase the ref on that side of the field needs to swith the ball out.[/quote]
that answers that. thanks for the info.
On the topic of the AAFC and old-time Browns, I always loved seeing old pictures of Otto Graham wearing #60 as opposed to his more familiar and retired #14. This is one of my favorite photos. (Notice the lineman “blocking” in the background…and the Chucks)
link
A little off topic-But am I the only one that is severly annoyed by ESPN’s new ‘scoreboard’ on the bottom center for it’s NFL broadcasts? What happened to the tried and true corner box? If it ain’t broke don’t fix it!!! Do you guys like it?
[quote comment=”8537″]On the topic of the AAFC and old-time Browns, I always loved seeing old pictures of Otto Graham wearing #60 as opposed to his more familiar and retired #14. This is one of my favorite photos. (Notice the lineman “blocking” in the background…and the Chucks)
link[/quote]
See the stripes on the white shirt? They are the REVERSE of the stripes on the brown shirt. On the current shirts, the stripes on the white shirt, while still brown-orange-brown-orange-brown, are all the same width. On the old shirt, the middle brown stripe is thick!!! This lasted into the Jim Brown era.
[quote comment=”8539″][quote comment=”8537″]On the topic of the AAFC and old-time Browns, I always loved seeing old pictures of Otto Graham wearing #60 as opposed to his more familiar and retired #14. This is one of my favorite photos. (Notice the lineman “blocking” in the background…and the Chucks)
link[/quote]
See the stripes on the white shirt? They are the REVERSE of the stripes on the brown shirt. On the current shirts, the stripes on the white shirt, while still brown-orange-brown-orange-brown, are all the same width. On the old shirt, the middle brown stripe is thick!!! This lasted into the Jim Brown era.[/quote]
Wow. As a Browns fan and uni-centric person, I never noticed that subtlety.
Good One.
[quote comment=”8538″]A little off topic-But am I the only one that is severly annoyed by ESPN’s new ‘scoreboard’ on the bottom center for it’s NFL broadcasts? What happened to the tried and true corner box? If it ain’t broke don’t fix it!!! Do you guys like it?[/quote]
I’ve never been a fan of the bug in the upper corner. I prefer it at the bottom of the screen.
That being said, I wish it was in the corner rather than dead center. But overall, I’d say I like it at the bottom of the screen.
[quote comment=”8531″][quote comment=”8528″]is this a person, or the real life version of fox sports nfl sunday robot graphic?
link
Todd, how long until they change the diamonds in that design into little swooshes? It’s pretty close already.[/quote]
Quiet, man! Don’t give them any ideas!
“Even after Brown had left the Browns, no Cleveland player wore a single-digit number until 1977.”
No Cincinnati Bengals player wore a single-digit number from 1968 until 1984 when Boomer Esaison donned #7.
[quote comment=”8544″][quote comment=”8531″][quote comment=”8528″]is this a person, or the real life version of fox sports nfl sunday robot graphic?
link
Todd, how long until they change the diamonds in that design into little swooshes? It’s pretty close already.[/quote]
Quiet, man! Don’t give them any ideas![/quote]
Hold on….You mean to tell me that link will get a pitcher in trouble but link is somehow okay? I know, apples and oranges but still. Everytime I see that Oregon get up I feel like I got kicked in my commemorative balls.
i thought that chester taylor had “lobos” on the 9. not sure what was written on the 2. saw it the first time they showed him on tv.
I think some of the new tv info boxes (all descendents of the original Fox Box) are placed just so idiot local tv sports guys can’t supersize the picture (blow it up) for their newscasts … a/la the George Michael Sports Machine.
Boy that looks like crap on a good TV set.
[quote comment=”8538″]A little off topic-But am I the only one that is severly annoyed by ESPN’s new ‘scoreboard’ on the bottom center for it’s NFL broadcasts? What happened to the tried and true corner box? If it ain’t broke don’t fix it!!! Do you guys like it?[/quote]
I happen to like it. It’s clean, doesn’t get in the way of the TV time, which is in a different spot on every TV ever made. It probably saves the techie guys the work of switching sides all the time. And, it is so much better than the Fox bar, which I never thought looked right.
Paul McAnulty had a bit of a uni snafu going on tonight.
link
[quote comment=”8487″]Mr. Met, it was me who posted yesterday about the monochrome Redskins uniforms. An image can be seen link[/quote]
Wow. Just…. wow.
Alright. I can’t take it any longer. I have to admit it. I really like the new Nike “Briscoe High” commercials. Apparently, they’re going to play a full schedule. New commercial every week which shows highlights from that week’s fictional game. They’re following Briscoe High through the playoffs, where they’ll obviously win it all.
It’s clever and fresh and the unis aren’t awful, at least not yet.
Agreed, John. I think those commercials are great! It’s so funny to see those NFLers acting like high schoolers (which isn’t far from the truth in some cases). My favorite parts are Steve Young the paperboy and token fan in the stands, Dion Sanders as dad, and Matt Leinart “the new guy” on the sidelines with a clipboard. Classic. Good to seen the great Don Shula coaching again too.
Good lord, there are some stupid redskins fans….and they’re all on the extremeskins.com message boards. It makes me feel bad associating myself with them under the title of “Redskins Fan”. I don’t even know why someone would take the time to actually photoshop a monochrome horror like that (or why they were allowed to have photoshop in the first place).
I posted the pic of the Indiana U uniform earlier which started a little debate on the similarities between our unis and Oklahoma’s. In 2004, our uniforms were virtually identical to OU’s, which annoyed the heck out of me because whenever they’d show OU on sportscenter, I’d get confused and wonder why they would be showing IU highlights, only to realize there was an “OU” on the helmet. Last year, coach Terry Hoeppner changed it to the Crimson-Crimson unis, and I’m assuming it’s because of the similarity to the OU unis. Also, I guess he thought our guys looked meaner in all crimson…a noble thought, but an unfortunate sacrifice of aesthetics. Still beats those unis they made Randle El wear…
I was pleasantly surprised to read some discussion about Indiana University’s football uniforms. Of the possible combinations they have, the only one I don’t like is crimson-on-crimson.
I say “crimson” specifically because up until 2001 or 2002, IU’s athletic teams were a mishmash of different shades of red and a multitude of IU logos, including the hideous logo. The new AD dictated that all IU teams adopt the same logo and color scheme and had a design firm produce an updated “IU”. It’s the only good thing this AD did, as he generally left the whole athletics department a mess when he left.
In general, all of IU’s teams today have a clean, classic look. For proof, go link. Fortunately, the team switched from Nike to adidas just in time.
I have been distressed to see, however, some black sneaking in as a trim color. The school’s colors are cream and crimson. It should stay that way.
Go Hoosiers!
[quote comment=”8552″]Alright. I can’t take it any longer. I have to admit it. I really like the new Nike “Briscoe High” commercials. Apparently, they’re going to play a full schedule. New commercial every week which shows highlights from that week’s fictional game. They’re following Briscoe High through the playoffs, where they’ll obviously win it all.
It’s clever and fresh and the unis aren’t awful, at least not yet.[/quote]
The thing that makes me laugh the most is when the mascot takes off his mask and it’s Lee Corso underneath. Oh man. Considering his whole mascot head spiel, how fitting is that?
[quote comment=”8554″]Good lord, there are some stupid redskins fans….and they’re all on the extremeskins.com message boards. It makes me feel bad associating myself with them under the title of “Redskins Fan”. I don’t even know why someone would take the time to actually photoshop a monochrome horror like that (or why they were allowed to have photoshop in the first place).[/quote]
I thought the same thing when I saw the picture. I swear I don’t recall the Redskins using that uniform in a game. Not that I am calling out Richard, the guy who posted the picture, but what looks to be a photoshopped picture is not the same as having them wear it in a game.
Which leads me to ask this question: Have the Redkins ever worn an all-burgundy uni in a game? In all my years of watching football I can’t say I have ever seen a picture of a game where they have.
re: AAFC
Otto Graham wore 60 at QB before switching to 14.
link
re: Briscoe
Funny that an all star squad of guys monsterously bigger than the other team (as visible in the handshake scene) needs a last-minute halfback option hail-mary to win. Perhaps Vick/Leinart is the new QB controversy…
[quote comment=”8557″][quote comment=”8552″]Alright. I can’t take it any longer. I have to admit it. I really like the new Nike “Briscoe High” commercials. Apparently, they’re going to play a full schedule. New commercial every week which shows highlights from that week’s fictional game. They’re following Briscoe High through the playoffs, where they’ll obviously win it all.
It’s clever and fresh and the unis aren’t awful, at least not yet.[/quote]
The thing that makes me laugh the most is when the mascot takes off his mask and it’s Lee Corso underneath. Oh man. Considering his whole mascot head spiel, how fitting is that?[/quote]
You know, I was thinking about that today, about how I liked them too. But then I saw something i hated, and i didn’t get a picture of it, and hopefully someone can find one. If you look, their uni’s do not look bad, classic, but they have a stupid white side panel that runs almost horizontal. look close, you’ll see it.
on another note, any one see the arby’s com. where the kid is at bat, and he is thinkin arbys? he is rockin some sweet socks there, true sturups.
I, too, like the high school commercial. It’s fresh; it’s funny; it has Troy Polamalu link. ‘Nough said.
As for the Vikes, I was watching the game with my mom, and she said, “I thought the Vikings wore purple. What happened? Those are blue.” Of course, that was enough for me to launch a diatribe about the ugly new uniforms. I even cited this site, but to no avail. She cared not a whit about random striping–just that the unis were not purple.
[quote comment=”8560″][quote comment=”8557″][quote comment=”8552″]Alright. I can’t take it any longer. I have to admit it. I really like the new Nike “Briscoe High” commercials. Apparently, they’re going to play a full schedule. New commercial every week which shows highlights from that week’s fictional game. They’re following Briscoe High through the playoffs, where they’ll obviously win it all.
It’s clever and fresh and the unis aren’t awful, at least not yet.[/quote]
The thing that makes me laugh the most is when the mascot takes off his mask and it’s Lee Corso underneath. Oh man. Considering his whole mascot head spiel, how fitting is that?[/quote]
You know, I was thinking about that today, about how I liked them too. But then I saw something i hated, and i didn’t get a picture of it, and hopefully someone can find one. If you look, their uni’s do not look bad, classic, but they have a stupid white side panel that runs almost horizontal. look close, you’ll see it.
here is a link with a pic, link close
[quote comment=”8558″][quote comment=”8554″]Good lord, there are some stupid redskins fans….and they’re all on the extremeskins.com message boards. It makes me feel bad associating myself with them under the title of “Redskins Fan”. I don’t even know why someone would take the time to actually photoshop a monochrome horror like that (or why they were allowed to have photoshop in the first place).[/quote]
I thought the same thing when I saw the picture. I swear I don’t recall the Redskins using that uniform in a game. Not that I am calling out Richard, the guy who posted the picture, but what looks to be a photoshopped picture is not the same as having them wear it in a game.
Which leads me to ask this question: Have the Redkins ever worn an all-burgundy uni in a game? In all my years of watching football I can’t say I have ever seen a picture of a game where they have.[/quote]
Not taking the calling out, but I have a feeling that those were actually worn during a game in the Steve Spurrier era. The only reason I say that is because why would the Redskins have rookies wear them for their trading card shoot (which is what the message board was discussing) without wanting to wear them in a game?
Glad we can all discuss this civily.
[quote comment=”8563″]Not taking the calling out, but I have a feeling that those were actually worn during a game in the Steve Spurrier era. The only reason I say that is because why would the Redskins have rookies wear them for their trading card shoot (which is what the message board was discussing) without wanting to wear them in a game?
Glad we can all discuss this civily.[/quote]
I remember a Monday Night game where the Redskins wore the all-white uni, and Madden and Michaels made a big fuss about the Redskins not wearing their burgundy pants. They were talking about how they believed that was the first time the Redskins had gone all white (which I don’t think is correct; I recall seeing a picture from the first Joe Gibbs era where a player, and unfortunately I can’t recall who, was wearing an all-white uni).
What bothers me is that I clearly remember this, yet I can’t recall them ever wearing an all-burgundy uni……
I should amend my last comment to include that the Monday Night game in question was during the Spurrier era. So I wouldn’t be surprised if they went all-burgundy during the Spurrier era as well; all I’m saying is that I can’t ever recall them doing it. And I watch a lot of games.
First off, defenders wearing qb wrist bands either on their wrists or on their belt is not a new thing at all. In fact players at all levels are doing this very thing. It helps with two minute defense, and getting complicated blitzes in quicker.
Secondlt, yes Joe Gibbs had a pentagon shapped flag on his hat, no doubt because the pentagon is in D.C.
Hi all!
Very like it!
We enjoyed visiting your website very much. We enjoyed visiting your website very much.
Another links here:
[url=http://ephedra-on.blogspot.com/]EPHEDRA[/url] ephedra-on.blogspot.com ephedra
Ciao!
salute!
Great site. Keep doing.
We enjoyed visiting your website very much. Tomorrow I shall return again.
My links here:
[url=http://ativan.butkel1.org/]ativan[/url] link ativan
See ya!
hello there!
I bookmark your site, best greetings.
We enjoyed visiting your website very much. We enjoyed visiting your website very much.
Try this – very useful:
[url=http://lexapro.butkel1.org/]lexapro[/url] link lexapro
Aufiderzein!
Hi
Great site. Keep doing.
I like it a lot! Good work, keep it up. Here a lot of helpful information.
Sponsored links:
[url=http://ativan.butkel1.org/]ativan[/url] link ativan
See ya!
good day!
Many interesting information.
Very much interesting site. Here a lot of helpful information.
My links here:
[url=http://lorcet.butkel1.org/]lorcet[/url] link lorcet
Buy!
link
link
link