Get with the Program

I always thought princeton copied the “winged” helmet design from Michigan, not the other way around.

1897, no helmets. That’s hardcore!

Stupid question coming: What’s a gaiter?

RE: Referee’s beret… I don’t think it’s a beret so much as a “Jeff Cap”

RE: Norcross High School. Yesterday someone mentioned St. Joe’s Prep here in Philly. I was unable to find a photo, but the uni’s are the same. Just replace the blue with Maroon. And unless my eyes deceive me, those uniforms come from Oregon.

The thing I love from link from above is while the refs are wearing the berets, and the ‘skins appear to be in throwbacks, the Colts lineman #79 is wearing Reebok Pumps. I think that was the same style that Art Donovan used to wear…

Soccer club’s shirt logo reads link>The Referee’s a Wanker

Maybe I’m a traditionalist – I am not particularly fond of having numbers on the front of hockey jerseys. I just think they look weird. I know it is a lot more common in NCAA college hockey, but I prefer just seeing the logo on the front and that’s it.

Baseball, basketball and football on the other hand, must be mandatory!

Thanks, Paul, for the look into the football art at Michigan. The art-deco style on some of the program covers is just treeeeeeeemendous! Man, I wish all schools and pro clubs would use it for their covers.

I don’t usually adhere to the “that’s very cool” school of commenting, but… That’s very cool. The design of the 1917 vs. Cornell program is just amazing.

Hey Paul…i assume you know of this site, the helmet project. It has all historical helmets throughout history as best as the webmaster can compile. He alreay had Michigans numbered, winged helmets in his collection.

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OMG! My bad! That should read Boston University, not Boston College! I apologize to all for my obvious brain-fart.

[quote comment=”8897″][quote comment=”8892″][quote comment=”8889″]Maybe I’m a traditionalist – I am not particularly fond of having numbers on the front of hockey jerseys. I just think they look weird. I know it is a lot more common in NCAA college hockey, but I prefer just seeing the logo on the front and that’s it.

Baseball, basketball and football on the other hand, must be mandatory![/quote]

Generally I agree with you, I’m not a big fan of numbers on the front of hockey jerseys either, but on the right looking link, it can look pretty classy.[/quote]

Buffalo’s new jersey hardly have the history that Boston College does. Personally, the numbers are for sleeves and back. Hockey doesn’t need more numbers on the jersey, especially on the front.[/quote]

Don’t misunderstand me… I, do not condone the Sabre’s unis in any way shape or form, as I noted in no uncertain terms link. I’m simply stating that a number CAN look good on the front of a hockey jersey – just not on Buffalo’s.

[quote comment=”8883″]Side note: I just noticed the tracker on the side of the page.
CLASSIC!!!!!! Shows just what one can do with an IP address without malice intended!!

Fantastic job!![/quote]
Everyone act normal. *Someone* just made an appearance.

[quote comment=”8902″][quote comment=”8883″]Side note: I just noticed the tracker on the side of the page.
CLASSIC!!!!!! Shows just what one can do with an IP address without malice intended!!

Fantastic job!![/quote]
Everyone act normal. *Someone* just made an appearance.[/quote]

Well hello Phil!!!

wow…
so much to comment on today…

1927: Whose knicker-clad leg is that in the foreground — the ref’s?

looks like a member of the chain gang
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1932 and 1933: In the early 1930s, the programs started featuring photography, giving us a much more realistic view of the uniforms and helmets.

these sweaters…
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a few years back i tried to have one custom done for my high school… expensive! 3-400 bucks (translation 1 mitchell and ness jersey)

1937 and 1938: Bizarre series. According to the exhibit text: “San Francisco artist Michael Kady’s ‘Kid’ cover for the 1937 Michigan State program proved so popular with U of M football fans he was invited to do a whole series for the 1938 programs [here’s another]. Kady’s own son served as the model for the Norman Rockwell-style paintings.”

this series
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reminds me of this series
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[quote comment=”8890″][quote comment=”8883″]Side note: I just noticed the tracker on the side of the page.
CLASSIC!!!!!! Shows just what one can do with an IP address without malice intended!!

Fantastic job!![/quote]

Is nice! I like!! [/Borat][/quote]

if i remember correct stormy, you either work or have a connections with a wnba team. so not only do you like the wnba, but you are a borat fan? that is killer!!! sascha baron cohen- a comedic genius and the most underrated in the world. cant wait for his movie to come out in november!
in the meantime, an article for you…
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[quote comment=”8883″]Side note: I just noticed the tracker on the side of the page.
CLASSIC!!!!!! Shows just what one can do with an IP address without malice intended!!

Fantastic job!![/quote]

I saw this show up yesterday and laughed my ass off when I saw the “Visits From Nike” counter. And low and behold, we have spotted one of the enemies already today!!!

Sorry. Screw up on my part.

The Worldwide Leader has a scrolling preview of all the big college games this weekend. Their pic for Auburn has the Russell uni even though they are now the U. of UnderArmour. The others seem to be up to date.

[quote comment=”8913″]One more time

link[/quote]

Wonderful O-h!

The leg in the 1927 picture appears to be from a member of the chain gang.

[quote comment=”8917″][quote comment=”8913″]One more time

link[/quote]

Wonderful O-h![/quote]

I-O!

[quote comment=”8906″]sascha baron cohen- a comedic genius and the most underrated in the world. cant wait for his movie to come out in november![/quote]

You won’t be disappointed. It’s awesome

[quote comment=”8918″]Everyone complains about how bad the Nike uniforms, undershirts, etc. (incidentally, if someone from Nike is here, go screw yourself), but UnderArmour is just as bad. They have taken classy looks from Maryland, Texas Tech, and Auburn, to name a few, and screwed them up royally as well.[/quote]

UA’s claim to fame initially was that any player using their product bought it themselves. They didn’t have any paid endorsers and therefore the players used it because it was the best product at the time. Then, the dollar signs in their eyes got huge and now they only seem to want to compete heads up with Nike. Including but not limited to random piping.

New Balance isn’t looking that much better in my eyes. Anyone remember the “endorsed by no one” shirts? link

Side note: Under Armour is now in
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[quote comment=”8917″][quote comment=”8913″]One more time

link[/quote]

Wonderful O-h![/quote]

here’s an I-O from Cincinnati! Go Bucks!

I just noticed during Sportscenter that the Rangers have cut the big “T” logo into the grass (or painted) on the batter’s eye.

How long have they been doing this? It’s new to me.

It looks great, though.

And notice in that first Auburn picture, all of the Russell Athletic logos have been photoshopped out, as all those shots are from 2005.

link shows that link are the same as link, only colored differently. Note the jagged edge by the armpit and the insert over the shoulder, it matches SC’s seam between the link. I think link are SC’s template as well.

Why in the world was Jake Delhomme wearing link on real grass last weekend?!

[quote comment=”8898″]OMG! My bad! That should read Boston University, not Boston College! I apologize to all for my obvious brain-fart.[/quote]

AAARRRRGGGGHHHHHH! Thanks for the apology, but confusing BU/BC is NOT COOL!!! It’s like mixing up Michigan/Michigan State . . . or, or, I don’t know what!!

BTW, I think the Terriers were undefeated (or maybe 1 loss) in those sweaters last season!

Really cool uni related news out of Bruins camp (and no, I’m not going to say that they got rid of Pooh bear)

Reading through the daily training camp blog on the team website, I read that Hannu Toivonen is going to be wearing a link replica mask!!

If you got to this page: Bruins Video on the top right hand corner, there are video links. Click on the one that says “Expectations High in Bruins Camp”, and at 1:51 you can see the mask in Hannu’s locker above his right shoulder.

How great is that mask?!

Lets try that again

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[quote comment=”8946″]As a hockey fan/player/official, there is no better hockey to watch for sheer passion than the Beanpot tournament every year – aside from the great hockey, usually you get great Unis. Of course, BU jerseys look classic, but I’ve always liked BC as well. Even though they don’t play in that tourney – I like Maine and UNH too. Understated – good color schemes – just nice unis.[/quote]
I love the UNH unis. Of course, I’m a little biased. That’s where I went to college.

[quote comment=”8948″]Maybe I’m weird – but the new Sabres jersey isn’t half as repulsive to me as I thought it would be – I like it better than the new (Disney doesn’t own us anymore, so please no more Mighty) Ducks unis.

Opinion question – since it’s time to start thinking pucks again – what NHL uni (other than the Sabres and Ducks) needs a major overhaul?[/quote]

Needed or not the Stars are in the last year of this design. Reportedly based on the switch to the slim fit sweater.

[quote comment=”8951″][quote comment=”8946″]As a hockey fan/player/official, there is no better hockey to watch for sheer passion than the Beanpot tournament every year – aside from the great hockey, usually you get great Unis. Of course, BU jerseys look classic, but I’ve always liked BC as well. Even though they don’t play in that tourney – I like Maine and UNH too. Understated – good color schemes – just nice unis.[/quote]

I couldn’t agree more . . even though we have a running joke about Northeastern’s uniforms. It seems they change EVERY Year!! Actually I think the Maine jerseys (the home ones) were mentioned as one of the classiest designs in College Hockey.

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I still think these are better!
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But I might be biased[/quote]

Had to see the latest Northeastern jersey – that dual-colored “N” is rather obnoxious…. a friend of mine went to UNH and when I told her I was a hockey nut, she gave me a personalized UNH jersey as a present – nicest gift anyone’s gotten me in a long time.

[quote comment=”8928″]Not football related, but found this pic today in an SI baseball gallery: link

It would appear that the ‘P’ on the batting helmet is a raised logo similar to the Japanese WBC helmets.

The link doesn’t show batting helmets.
I don’t recall reading anything here before, but have other MLB teams ever used a style like this?[/quote]

Johnny should be holding meetings with Pedro with the sleeves cut like that. (You may say that it is just the way the picture is “cut and pasted” but I did a quick google image search and you can see the cut in a couple of his baseball cards).

the nike uniforms that the high schools have are purchased by the schools i believe. i know that nike has a site where you can design and purchase team uniforms from a certain number of templates. i dont remember the website but i am still looking

[quote comment=”8960″]the nike uniforms that the high schools have are purchased by the schools i believe. i know that nike has a site where you can design and purchase team uniforms from a certain number of templates. i dont remember the website but i am still looking[/quote]

link allows you to design uniforms

[quote comment=”8959″][quote comment=”8925″][quote comment=”8906″]sascha baron cohen- a comedic genius and the most underrated in the world. cant wait for his movie to come out in november![/quote]

You won’t be disappointed. It’s awesome[/quote]

how did you get to see it? movie festival? the trailers on youtube are hilarious…

i’ve been trying to explain the whole ali g/borat/bruno thing to my buddies. they just dont seem to get it. when the movie releases im not sure if i want to get them drunk before the movie or let them have a go at it sober…[/quote]

i just saw the trailer last night in the theatre, and it was hysterical. the man’s a genius.

NHL uniforms in need of a makeover:

Dallas, for sure
Washington, for sure
Tampa Bay could use a new typeface

and someone needs to tell thr flyers to get rid ofthe black sweater…orange/white all the way.

my beloved penguins would make me a happy man by going back to the late 80s/early 90s duds, but it won’t happen.

[quote comment=”8920″][quote comment=”8916″][quote comment=”8878″]A shout out to MetsfanAZ, who (in yesterday’s comment section) requested the Mets’statistics in their pinstripe/blue hat combination. The Mets are
6-4 with that combo–does not include the two ’86 throwback victories. (Incidentally, they are 3-1 with pinstripe/blue-black caps.)[/quote]
Thanks Gregg, I think what this says more than anything is that in 70ish home games so far they should wear their “home” uni more often.[/quote]

Agreed. And this, given that the pinstripes are still their “official” home uniform. Sure it is. And while I’m on my rant…I can take the black uniforms, and I can take the white uniforms. What I can’t take is the pinstriped uniforms worn with black sleeves and the black/blue hats. That just rubs me the wrong freakin’ way.[/quote]

October is right around the corner, and the Mets did not wear the blue hat neither in 1999 not in 2000. I know MLB premeires their new jackets and sweatshirts in the playoffs (and I know the Mets hate to pair the blue hat with the black jacket), but I’d love to see the Mets in blue this postseason.

Perhaps a cause someone here will take up.

those jerseys were not truly orange… more like a reddish orange…

either way, they beat the black the flyers wear at home now…

Ugh… now I’m doing it. Must be Friday.

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[quote comment=”8976″][quote comment=”8974″][quote comment=”8948″]Opinion question – since it’s time to start thinking pucks again – what NHL uni (other than the Sabres and Ducks) needs a major overhaul?[/quote]

Ugh… definately link (what the hell is a Blue Jacket, anyway?). I also hate link (but maybe partly because I’m a Red Wings fan) and link — but the Canucks’ alternates with link are pretty classy…[/quote]

It’s the third cousin, twice removed, of the Yellow Jacket.

I really don’t know what it is either, but I still think it’s cool name.[/quote]

Amazingly, it’s a Civil War reference…I know, I know, we are officially out of ideas.

[quote comment=”8945″][quote comment=”8898″]OMG! My bad! That should read Boston University, not Boston College! I apologize to all for my obvious brain-fart.[/quote]

AAARRRRGGGGHHHHHH! Thanks for the apology, but confusing BU/BC is NOT COOL!!! It’s like mixing up Michigan/Michigan State . . . or, or, I don’t know what!!

BTW, I think the Terriers were undefeated (or maybe 1 loss) in those sweaters last season![/quote]

I wasn’t confused by them. Rather, I was writing a report for work while reading UniWatch. I went back to the report, which deals with a donation to a local Community College, and accidentally wrote “college” instead of “university” when I swapped back to UniWatch. I mean, any school who produce players like John Cullen, Mike Eruzione, Shawn McEachern, Chris Drury, and 15-year man Rick DiPietro should never be confused with BC.

Again, I apologize for the glaring error!

[quote comment=”8898″]

I wasn’t confused by them. Rather, I was writing a report for work while reading UniWatch. I went back to the report, which deals with a donation to a local Community College, and accidentally wrote “college” instead of “university” when I swapped back to UniWatch. I mean, any school who produce players like John Cullen, Mike Eruzione, Shawn McEachern, Chris Drury, and 15-year man Rick DiPietro should never be confused with BC.

Again, I apologize for the glaring error![/quote]

For invoking the name of Shawn McEachern (the fastest guy I’ve ever seen in person on a pair of CCMs) you are hereby forgiven.

In all fairness thought a couple of BC guys have turned out okay (Leetch, Guerin)

[quote comment=”8979″]Amazingly, it’s a Civil War reference…I know, I know, we are officially out of ideas.[/quote]

I wondered if maybe it was something along those lines, but dismissed it… at least they didn’t try to use some sort of link to really make it link.

TexTech had used a link before UA screwed that up.

Notice that the New Balance unis are worn by link. Bad karma for New Balance, or conspiracy by a scared supplier?

Best college hockey uni has to be the NoDak Fighting Sioux (and I say that as a Denver fan).

NHL unis that need replacement:
– Columbus (looks like an explosion in a flag factory); and
– San Jose (no teal in hockey!).

The U of C beat Michagan in 1897 (21-12) and in 1900 (15-6). Go Maroons!

[quote comment=”8985″]
No need to be skeptical. Every hit to this website is logged by IP address. Every hit that matches Nike’s IP addresses (which I have) is counted and displayed under Visits From Nike.

It’s legit.[/quote]

I’m sorry I doubted you, John.

Kinda frightening that someone in Beaverton has that much time on his hands, though. (although I’ve been in and out of the blog all-day, so people in glass houses . . . yadda, yadda, yadda . . .)

Hey Paul, on the topic of that picture you found of mike piazza wearing the hockey style mask. I remember when that happend. Must have been about 4 or 5 years ago. The game before he was hit by the backswing of a Braves batter and was pretty bloody. The Backswing hit him right around the temple/ear area which is the place with the least amount of protection on the old style masks, and one of the most heavily padded areas on the hockey style masks. I couldnt find a picture of Piazza all bloody, but im sure it does exist.

[quote comment=”8974″][quote comment=”8948″]Opinion question – since it’s time to start thinking pucks again – what NHL uni (other than the Sabres and Ducks) needs a major overhaul?[/quote]

Ugh… definately link (what the hell is a Blue Jacket, anyway?). I also hate link (but maybe partly because I’m a Red Wings fan) and link — but the Canucks’ alternates with link are pretty classy…[/quote]
The reason they are called the Blue Jackets is because Columbus is the city where the BLUE JACKETS that the Union wore during the Civil War were manufactured. It’s can be a very cool name if they only incorporated something of Civil War into the jersey/logo, but I guess in this politically correct world they wouldn’t allow something warlike in public view.

[quote comment=”8996″]The reason they are called the Blue Jackets is because Columbus is the city where the BLUE JACKETS that the Union wore during the Civil War were manufactured.[/quote]

Ah, finally an explaination I understand. Still don’t think I agree that it’s the best possible name for a 21st-century hockey team, but at least I get it now.

[quote comment=”8948″]Opinion question – since it’s time to start thinking pucks again – what NHL uni needs a major overhaul?[/quote]

A whole bunch can do much better. As I’ve said here before, I hate the Devils jerseys only because when your name is reminiscent of hellfire and demons, link demonstrates a total lack of creativity.

I don’t think enough teams use green, but thoselink are weak. Especially that third jersey. Yuck.

I hate the link. No Indian politicking, I just don’t like it. I know it’s classic, but so are monarchies and despotism.

link need to wake up and figure out something fresh and new. This was never good in the first place, let’s not settle for mediocrity.

I usually don’t fuss much about older jerseys, but the link are pathetic compared to these beauties: link,link.

Totally agree about the link. Change the name back to the Millionaires and link. I think this was also link

As I heard someone mention a while back (pre-blog?), I concur that the teams from Buffalo should stop using a fucking Buffalo in the logo. The link. Or, link (though I dig the number on the front). You want a buffalo in your logo? Become the Buffalo Buffaloes and get it over with.

I simply don’t like link. Don’t know why, really. I like the logo, but something bugs me about it.

I’ll probably be crucified for saying this here, but that link is awesome. I don’t like the shiny silver bits, but those are some cool jerseys.

Sorry for the long post, but hockey never gets its due so I had to get it out of my system. If most of these links are broken, I hope Ek just deletes the whole post like nothing ever happened.

CBJ’s right shoulder patch is a Civil War hat…

[quote comment=”9001″][quote comment=”8948″]Opinion question – since it’s time to start thinking pucks again – what NHL uni needs a major overhaul?[/quote]

A whole bunch can do much better. As I’ve said here before, I hate the Devils jerseys only because when your name is reminiscent of hellfire and demons, link demonstrates a total lack of creativity.

I don’t think enough teams use green, but thoselink are weak. Especially that third jersey. Yuck.

I hate the link. No Indian politicking, I just don’t like it. I know it’s classic, but so are monarchies and despotism.

link need to wake up and figure out something fresh and new. This was never good in the first place, let’s not settle for mediocrity.

I usually don’t fuss much about older jerseys, but the link are pathetic compared to these beauties: link,link.

Totally agree about the link. Change the name back to the Millionaires and link. I think this was also link

As I heard someone mention a while back (pre-blog?), I concur that the teams from Buffalo should stop using a fucking Buffalo in the logo. The link. Or, link (though I dig the number on the front). You want a buffalo in your logo? Become the Buffalo Buffaloes and get it over with.

I simply don’t like link. Don’t know why, really. I like the logo, but something bugs me about it.

I’ll probably be crucified for saying this here, but that link is awesome. I don’t like the shiny silver bits, but those are some cool jerseys.

Sorry for the long post, but hockey never gets its due so I had to get it out of my system. If most of these links are broken, I hope Ek just deletes the whole post like nothing ever happened.[/quote]
Agreed about not enough hockey!!

The old Sabres logo was self-explanatory a Buffalo over two crossed swords, or sabres as it were link

The Canucks have looked much link

How’s this for link?

[quote comment=”8999″]The counter seems to be slightly deceptive. Everytime you try to look at a new page, it counts as a “visit.” So looking at comments on one post, going back to the homepage, viewing another post’s comments, etc. , all count as a unique visit.

But I guess it is confirming that Nike is indeed looking at everything.[/quote]
I don’t know what’s “deceptive” about it.

The counter counts you once a day in the Unique Visits and counts every time you load a page in Page Views. So if you refresh the homepage 20 times today, it will count it once in Unique Visits and 20 times in Page Views.

As for the Nike count… It wouldn’t make much sense to show “Unique Visits” for them because it would basically only register 1 per day. Their entire office accesses this site from the same IP range. I’m more interested in how many times they check this site per day, as I’m sure most other people are.

Understand the difference?

Not uni-specific but nothing beats the Providence University “Skating Friar” So old school and simple it’s wonderful, despite the fact that the team wearing it rarely is wonderful. Wow that’s a run-on sentence.

The thing that kills me about the whole Nike hatemail after the USA Today article is that a group of people who sit around and discuss uniforms all day probably buy a lot of athletic equipment so you shouldn’t piss them off.

I’m sure the guy didn’t know it would be found out that he works for Nike. I’ve always liked Nike products, sure there are ugly things I would never wear, but most of their products are good. For a while, they were the only company making tennis shoes I could wear that wouldn’t fall apart after a few weeks.

Do other companies also monitor this site, like Reebok or Under Armour?

[quote comment=”8948″]Maybe I’m weird – but the new Sabres jersey isn’t half as repulsive to me as I thought it would be – I like it better than the new (Disney doesn’t own us anymore, so please no more Mighty) Ducks unis.

Opinion question – since it’s time to start thinking pucks again – what NHL uni (other than the Sabres and Ducks) needs a major overhaul?[/quote]

You’re right. I thought the buffaslug would look awful, but the uniforms are actually acceptable otherwise. I haven’t seen them on a player yet, though.

I’m going through the list of last season’s unforms, and some thoughts:

Atlanta needs to do something. They’ve had the same boring uniforms for a while, and the logo is totally ineffective. I’ll leave what exactly to do with it up to the Reebok designers.

The Red Wings have the most perfect, un-screwed-around with designs in the league. Keep it that way.

I’m tired of the current Kings design. This might be the only team in sports that I give permission to use (royal) purple, but they still don’t do it right.

I’m not a fan of the Canadiens third jersey, the white with a blue stripe. The other two are great, however.

The Devils should come up with something fresh. A new logo, and/or a black alternate (as overused as it is)?

The Islanders need to get as far away from the pumpkin uniforms as possible. Burn them alongside the Cap’n whatever-his-name-was ones.

I like the Ottawa white uniforms, but not the red or black ones. The profile senator logo is far superior. And the random black wave reminds me of the mid-90s Cleveland Cavs unform.

I like the newer Coyotes design, as well as the old one, although Paul described it as his least favorite hockey uniform ever. Maybe they could do a throwback to that one this year, their 10th anniversary of the move to Phoenix.

I agree with an earlier poster that the Sharks need major help. The teal needs to be thrown out, in addition to the boring logo. Maybe the shark equivalent of the Florida Panther’s logo, with huge teeth in the foreground.

I don’t like the Capitals. Period. Do something.

Well, that’s all in my humble opinion. Uniforms at link

The Blue Jackets have had a civil war-themed alternate logo. I am not sure if they use it anymore though…

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[quote comment=”9001″][quote comment=”8948″]I hate the link. No Indian politicking, I just don’t like it. I know it’s classic, but so are monarchies and despotism.

[quote comment=”9016″]The Blue Jackets have had a civil war-themed alternate logo. I am not sure if they use it anymore though…

link

Not on their uniforms, but they’ve kept “Stinger” as the team mascot. I guess he’s a bluejacket (a yellowjacket with blue skin?) ;-)
The earlier post about the Union jackets being produced here is correct. I think I also read that because Ohio contributed a lot of soldiers to the Union and the jackets were made here, that a lot of Ohio soldiers were referred to as “Bluejackets”. But I might be wrong about that though.

[quote comment=”8960″]the nike uniforms that the high schools have are purchased by the schools i believe. i know that nike has a site where you can design and purchase team uniforms from a certain number of templates. i dont remember the website but i am still looking[/quote]
My school Don Bosco Prep is sponsored so we get all of our stuff for free and last year we were sponsered by Nike and we had a great jersey but this year we’re sponsored by RBK and they ruined our classic jersey design heres the link im lookin for pic of the new now, i was just surprised that Nike didnt ruin our jerseys but RBK did.

[quote comment=”9026″][quote comment=”8960″]the nike uniforms that the high schools have are purchased by the schools i believe. i know that nike has a site where you can design and purchase team uniforms from a certain number of templates. i dont remember the website but i am still looking[/quote]
My school Don Bosco Prep is sponsored so we get all of our stuff for free and last year we were sponsered by Nike and we had a great jersey but this year we’re sponsored by RBK and they ruined our classic jersey design heres the link im lookin for pic of the new now, i was just surprised that Nike didnt ruin our jerseys but RBK did.[/quote]

link for you. Conveniently, in this particular game, they’re playing a one-sleave-y team….

Gameday just had a segment/puff piece on Oregon’s unis. Where was PL?! Couldn’t they sit down with their ESPN brethren?

Anyway there are apparently 384 possible color combos. Something like 2 helmets x 2 shoes x 2 sokcs x 3 tops x 4 pants x 4 belts?

found a few more awesome uni pics in the mlblogs

Ozzie Smith with as far as I can tell real stirrups- link

and I’d say Casey Jones link

[quote comment=”8986″][quote comment=”8979″]Amazingly, it’s a Civil War reference…I know, I know, we are officially out of ideas.[/quote]

I wondered if maybe it was something along those lines, but dismissed it… at least they didn’t try to use some sort of link to really make it link.[/quote]

Good point, Andy… I’ve frequently wasted my time thinking about this, myself: I can see the whole Ol’ Miss thing as the birhtplace of the rebellion…. but what the f**k has Las Vegas rebelled against? Good taste?

[quote comment=”8989″][quote comment=”8987″][quote comment=”8985″]According to the tracker, there are now 25 view by Nike.[/quote]

Yeah, I’m a little skeptical of that . . .

What’s the methodology for actually tracking that? Posters with nike.com e-mail domains?? I’m probably being to webmaster specific and not Uni-specific today, so I’ll stop now.[/quote]
No need to be skeptical. Every hit to this website is logged by IP address. Every hit that matches Nike’s IP addresses (which I have) is counted and displayed under Visits From Nike.

It’s legit.[/quote]
Do those Nike visit pre-date Paul’s USAToday interview ?

[quote comment=”9032″](Oregon has) apparently 384 possible color combos. Something like 2 helmets x 2 shoes x 2 socks x 3 tops x 4 pants x 4 belts?[/quote]

Unless someone gets the idea to wear 2 different color shoes, or two different color socks, at once. Of course, that’s as unimaginable as 2 different…color…sleeves.

[quote comment=”9025″][quote comment=”9001″][quote comment=”8948″]Opinion question – since it’s time to start thinking pucks again – what NHL uni needs a major overhaul?[/quote]

A whole bunch can do much better. As I’ve said here before, I hate the Devils jerseys only because when your name is reminiscent of hellfire and demons, link demonstrates a total lack of creativity.

The New Jersey Devils were not named after “The Devil”, but were named after the legendary Jersey Devil that is said to inhabit the swamps of the Meadowlands. The Jersey Devil is supposed to be a ferocious, bigfoot-type creature that is tied to the specific lore of New Jersey. I imagine that’s why they name the team after it.[/quote][/quote]

Close, not the Meadowlands, but the New Jersey PineBarrens, a bit to the south and west in the southern portion of the state.

1927 – Just a guess, but I would say the leg (and shadow) are Feilding Yost’s. He retired after the 1926 season. In addition, he was the one who built Michigan Stadium and this was the inaugural game.