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Huge Dan Marino fan here, but I have never noticed that towel? Was that a one time thing?

That Marino towel is pretty ricockulous…but its Marino and gets a reprieve for the garishness.

Now for the main point…Interesting uni-related link on the Chicago Tribune’s Red Eye newspaper site about the Bears orange alternate uniform that they are wearing for todays game against the 49ers (Just like last year when Vasher brought back the fg attempt 108 yards) and his distaste for the practice of orange bears uniforms. He does not bring up the fact that the Bears indeed have worn orange uniforms under Papa Bear Halas, but he does bring up the very good point of the purpose of them: $$$. Especially because of the fact that NFL licensed unis with blue numbers and white numbers (was brought up in the comments section last week). You may need to sign up with email address to watch it, I am not sure because I am already signed up for it. The interesting thing is that the survey on the side is pretty much split down the middle, about 50.5 to 48.5 to the side of dislike. I personally have no issue with them since they are I believe 1-1 with them, won link and lost the year before on link to the Cowboys, even though they are the two different versions that are sold, with the cowboys game featuring link and the niners game featuring true original alternates. Hopefully they go 2-1 in orange and 2-0 in orange alternates. Go Bears!

dorsett was likely wearing a tear-away jersey in that pic. i remember him (and a lot of other RBs) getting a lot of flack back in the day for wearing them. critics tought that the tear-aways allowed them to get cheap yardage. this reminds me of the other controversy surrounding tony: the pronunciation of his name. when he was at pitt, everyone pronounced it ‘dors-it’, but sometime after being drafted by the HATED dallas cowboys, he wanted it to be pronounced ‘dor-sett’. i attened the pitt-urtgers game and i am happy to say that tony is still actively raising $$$ for pitt and that the public address guy at heinz field announced his name using the pre-dallas pronunciation.

anyway, the official colors of pitt in the 70s and 80s were ‘old gold’ and ‘royal blue’. old gold was basically yellow. i can’t remember exactly when, but the gold changed to a slightly more mustard-y color sometime in the 80s before the colors finally changed to what they are today.

also at the pitt-rutgers game and i noticed that throwback script pitt gear is all over the place, especially among the younger fans. i had a pitt script hoodie in my younger days and i am thinking about getting another…

Paul, congrats on the Newsday piece. I kinda like the reference to us as “thread-heads”.

Dude, I’m a regular so I get the Homer Simpson comment. A casual reader, though, could get a severely wrong impression.

Is it just me, or does every old time football photo look less like the carefully choreographed game we see today and more like a bar room brawl from an western film?

… or a Miami game.

Excellent article, Paul. You better watch out—you’re getting famous. Also interesting to see how much the number (of hits) has jumped from the exposure. Maybe you need to be mentioning the Ditch the B**** campaign every day in the ticker!

The Pitt archive is fantastic. It’s always fun to look at old-timey unis. Just think—fifty years from now, the future Thread-heads will be gawking at the garish striping and piping that are so prevalent in unis today. That’s a scary thought—our generation of unis being known as the Era of Blatant Branding. Unless the uni of the future is made of just one huge 3D swoosh and nothing else—then they will probably look back nostalgically on the early 2000s when unis ‘only’ had one swoosh per piece.

I noticed something when I went to the Minnesota State-North Dakota game a couple nights ago. Ignore the fact that our school’s colors are purple and yellow. Check out the link. Nike on their breezers, the knees of their socks and the link. Compound that with link, and it’s basically a Nike commercial on ice. The NCAA may not be fans of the Sioux, but Nike sure loves them.
And I couldn’t find a picture, but the goalie doesn’t wear the socks, but rather grey sweatpants under his leg pads.

I dont normally like a color like orange, but the Bears look good for the 2nd year in a row in their alt oranges uni’s

Watching a preview for the Bengals-Falcons game, Chad Johnson was shown wearing his full uniform, however his name plate read “Ocho Cinco”. It looked like it might be removeable though, so I honestly doubt you’ll see it during the game. How many times have you seen a warm-up specific nameplate?

^Update^ They just showed Carson Palmer ripping the “Ocho Cinco” nameplate off of Chad just before the game started.

Watching the Tiants-Texans game (Titans wearing their powder blue jerseys with the dark blue pants). I couldn’t help but notice that much-maligned Titans corner Adam “Pac-Man” Jones has “P. Jones” on the back of his jersey. Knowing how strict the league is with its uniform regulations, I’m surprised they don’t make him wear “A. Jones.”

Here it is, THE OCHO CINCO!

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[quote comment=”17354″]Anyone else think the ref’s uni’s are fading a bit… they look kina brownish[/quote]

If that’s the Jax/Philly game, I saw the Jax coaching staff with some black shirts/etc which seemed to show a bit brown in the low, bright sunlight.

BTW, for fans of teal, forest and such (guilty), Jacksonville and Philadelphia are playing today, as close as the NFL will get you to that look.

However, the Jags picked their “What, Us Teal?” kit today. We’ve mentioned it before, but is it officially the least use of a primary jersey color in an NFL uniform? Even the Raiders’ white uniform has plenty of noticable black on them.

Great info on Pitt, the thing that stood out to me is Dan Marino’s facemask in that pic. Congrats for the site and all the pub it is getting. I like(Dan) in these face masks, link The double bar top from his early days.

A little off topic but I remember some discussion of pink hats at Fenway and Busch Stadium a few weeks ago. Open at your own risk!!

Hey everyone, I fixed Chad Johnson’s jersey for accuracy

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I was waiting for someone to point out that “ocho cinco” is not chad johnson’s number. Turns out the number in question for the bengals today was “dos”…aka how many points they lost by.

Congrats on the article, paul!

[quote comment=”17347″]Minna, you mean something link? I for one would love to see Adam Wainwright try to throw a curve in one of those…

I don’t think we’re too far off, though. Two more bits of Nike ads I found: link and link.[/quote]

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH! It’s like my worst nightmare come true! Well, ok, not quite, but that is horrifying. I am breaking out in cold sweats as I stare at that thing. Thanks a lot, Mr. from Queens.

To make matters worse, I think the woman is Asian. Great way to represent the sister-hood, lady. At least it’s not pink.

what kind of shirt is Vinatieri wearing link?

it has a white stripe down the sleeve and i haven’t seen that around before.

[quote comment=”17390″][quote comment=”17386″]On a similar note, does anybody know if there has ever been a significant alteration done to the Packer uni? I’m too lazy to look it up. Thanks, guys.[/quote]

Based upon the link site, nothing too major since link (when the site begins its history of NFL unis). Don’t know when they fixed on this basic design, though.[/quote]

Thanks, Jon, for the quick response. Great site, but a bit disappointing. I wanted to see, oh, maybe eggplant in their past. Maybe that’s one reason their uni is so iconic—they haven’t signigicantly altered it.

this website-link covers in timeline form all the changes to Packers uniforms. Unfortunately there’s very few pics. I love that the Packers were Acme in the beginning. Oh, and sorry for not having correctly as a link. I just don’t understand anymore how to make it work so I don’t care. This site lists the changes with pictures.

forgot the link link

Am I the only Cowboy fan that hates their uni’s? I have never understood the lighter shade of blue in the socks and jersey striping/numbers and light blue pants with the white jersey. The colors don’t match the helmets. The only year they looked good was 1995. Examples link and link. Click on the white Cowboys jersey for a larger view.

So what’s the deal with all the gray showing up on NFL sidelines?

Here are the second-half hats
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And the new stocking hats
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Having the same style hat isn’t enough, now they have to be the same color?

[quote comment=”17389″]what kind of shirt is Vinatieri wearing link?

it has a white stripe down the sleeve and i haven’t seen that around before.[/quote]

Kinda looks like an UnderArmour “Snow Shirt”. It’s a mixture of their Cold Gear (lined) with the Heat Gear along the sides of the torso and underarms for ventilation.

I was at the Indiana/Michigan State game and noticed a few of the MSU players were wearing stripped belts of dark green and white. #4, a WR, had one hanging down almost to his knee. I’m looking for a picture.

[quote comment=”17394″][quote comment=”17392″]As I recall, back in the 1940s or so, the Packers wore BLUE jerseys with a yellow or gold shoulder yoke. Apparently, there were no riots in Green Bay when the jerseys were changed to dark green ….[/quote]

People, people: Once again, I ask that you please look at the “Links” section running down the right column of this page — it contains the answers to many of your questions, including this one.[/quote]

Woo-hoo! I’ve been chastised by The Master. That’s even better than getting a shout-out. Mea culpa for the posting, but at least I got a couple of good websites out of it. Thanks, guys.

[quote comment=”17405″]Am I the only Cowboy fan that hates their uni’s? [/quote]

Yes.

[quote comment=”17351″]Did anyone happen to catch a picture of the Washington State kicker last night? Abdollmohammadi. Longest name I think I’ve ever seen. He literally had two or three letters on each sleeve.[/quote]

Yeah, he is the back up kicker. But Doba finally got sick of putting up with Little Langley’s horrible kicking so they put him in. Didn’t do too bad of a job. Also, did anyone see the punter in that game? a new pac-10 record. WSU’s Bumpus became first pac-10 player to punt and return a punt in a game. WSU’s only punter they traveled got sick and had to go to the hospital. So they’re punter returner became their punter as well. He did an alright job.

[quote comment=”17397″]I’m surprised nobody made a comment about Dan Marino wearing Puma shoes while everybody else seems to be wearing adidas.

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I know it’s late, but that may be one of the most appropriate Ace Ventura references ever.

[quote comment=”17385″]AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH! It’s like my worst nightmare come true! Well, ok, not quite, but that is horrifying. I am breaking out in cold sweats as I stare at that thing. Thanks a lot, Mr. from Queens.

To make matters worse, I think the woman is Asian. Great way to represent the sister-hood, lady. At least it’s not pink.[/quote]

First of all, just Mike, never Mister. My students call me Mr, and they suck. Second, assuming you’re Asian from your post (which I don’t think is overly drawn), Asia ia a big place. Lots of people come from there. No need to let one idiot ruin it for the rest of you (excluding Kim Jong Il).

[quote comment=”17410″]As much as i hate Nike, i do like rutgers Unis. Classic and simple, why cant UMich keep this template

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Joe RU had some fantastic uniforms back in the late 1990s when I was there — terrible football team, but the best uniforms I’ve ever seen. Red jerseys with white numerals and black shadows at home; for a while they had block digits just like the 49ers’ throwbacks, and in other years they used spiffy curved numerals that I [i]really[/i] with they would bring back.

They didn’t have the word “RUTGERS” splashed across the front, either; just a little logo with an armored knight on a horse. They don’t use that logo much anymore.

Unfortunately the 0-11 record they put up while wearing them ensures that there will be very few pictures of the jerseys on the internet!

And Minna, you’re Asian? I always assumed you were from one of the Nordic countries, being from Minnesota and having your name spelled with two N’s rather than the “Mina” used in Japan. The latter is my darling’s name and she’ll have my head if she ever reads Uni Watch and sees it in print… but she never does!

(Will this board take Chinese characters? For example, 美奈)

Greetings,
Just a few comments/questions on the Dorsett helmet. I believe the helmet in the photo is also a MacGregor, as you mentioned is the chin strap. The helmet appears to be a MacGregor model MH 100, a clear shell which had the paint, strips and decals applied to the inside of the helmet while the merit stickers were applied to the exterior. (Check HelmetHut.com for full description on clear shell helmets.)
I have a question for anyone who may know why Dorsett wore a Wilson logo on the front bumper of his MacGregor helmet in his Senior season, at the Sugar Bowl ? (Perhaps there was some sort of an unwritten/ illegal endorsement deal for the future Heisman winner???)
The star merit stickers seem to be from his Freshman and maybe Sophomore seasons because Pitt changed to a Panther merit sticker soon after that. The Panther merit stickers appeared in two colors, mustard with a blue panther or blue with a mustard panther. Not quite sure but mustard with blue panther seems to prevelant for the offense (Dorsett and Marino) while the blue with mustard seemed prevelant for defense (Hugh Green). Let me know if anyone has any ideas.

Here is a photo showing Wilson’s non-wrap-around nose bumper – from a HelmetHut Ken Stabler reproduction:

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Regarding Dorsetts merit stickers, I doubt he’d have carry-overs from other years. More likely they represent offense versus special teams acheivements.