History Lesson

You keep digging up all these cool sites to browse through I am never going to get any work done!

I’ve seen a short sleeve version (maybe just cut off) of the Gator’s undershirt peeking out from under shoulder pads for at least a couple of seasons now. Don’t know if it’s the exact same shirt, but it’s definitely orange and blue gator skin.

That guys website has a section with summaries of college bowl games complete with highlites of significant plays. I’m getting fired today for sure.

Thought I would share this with the commUNIty, got my first glimpse of the Adidas University of Cincinnati men’s basketball unis this morning. link is a link to a gallery from last night’s preseason game. Correct me if I am wrong, but that doesn’t look like a typical three-stripe template to me. Remember, N*ke/Jordan dumped the ‘Cats when they dumped Huggins. Thoughts on the new look?

Aug. 12, 1950 – N.Y. Giants 20, Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) 6

Aug. 8, 1961 – Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) 38, Buffalo Bills 21

Well done, Buffalo, well done.

Hey did you notice in this link how the team facing the colts has that nice star pattern on the shoulders??

[quote comment=”18362″]Hey did you notice in this link how the team facing the colts has that nice star pattern on the shoulders??[/quote]
Those are the College Allstars. Great sight! I’ll have to take that link home, there’s no way I can continue to browse thru it at the orifice.

If anyone can get a screen grab from SportsCenter this morning, they had a pretty good recap of the Bell #4 fiasco … it was on around 8:45 or so Mountain Time this morning, so whenever that translates ….

Frank

Haven’t seen this posted on your site yet, but link basketball has link. They’re Nike outfitted, but they haven’t gone the route of the other link.

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What do you think?

Also… a craigslist find… old link, check out the pinstripes!

The link kicked off today, and the MLB players are predictably wearing a link on their hats, and unfortunetly also wearing the link of a link on their link (which they’ve done in previous years). Paul–like the sweet color of that decal on the Mets’ technicolor helmet?

Re the Auerbach patch. The black is needless, and the font is generic. I’d have gone with link, which loses the black and uses the font that was on Celtics jerseys when Red started the whole thing.

[quote comment=”18385″]Re the Auerbach patch. The black is needless, and the font is generic. I’d have gone with link, which loses the black and uses the font that was on Celtics jerseys when Red started the whole thing.[/quote]

Aside from the generic font (which needs to be rectified, I was imagining some sort of script) I think the patch is perfect. The black is a sign of mourning, which makes a lot of sense given the situation. The rest is simple, the way Red would have wanted it. Nothing extravagent. To bad it didn’t inspire the Celtics to play like Red would have wanted them to.

[quote comment=”18373″]Regarding shoes with covered logos, there were quite a bit of incidents in the mid 1990’s in soccer. Nike made thier big move into the soccer world and signed players up. But their shoes were the pits, so some players converted various other shoes with Nike swooshes.

It took a couple of years for Nike to start getting it right.[/quote]
Kim, what is it they’ve ‘got right’? how to cause broken metatarsals from lack of protection?

This was in the San Diego Union-Tribune today in the Chargers Notes Section. Byline goes to Kevin Acee:

“The equipment crew said it now has tackle Marcus McNeill’s last name spelled correctly on his throwback jersey. It was NcNeill’s father who noticed the misspelling, with one ‘l’ missing, on the television broadcast of the OCT. 8 game against Pittsburgh.”

I did a quick image search, but couldn’t find a good pic.

“too small” is never a reason to not do something. Besides, everyone on this and the other uniform boards notices.

Uniform designers these days are consistently lazy about small details.

Purple is a mourning color too, but they didn’t include it. If the Celtics come out and say “black serves the mourning-strip purpose,” okay, grand. But there’ve been countless commemorative emblems that haven’t used black.

I just think it rubs wrong to use anything but the Celtics long-time colors.

[quote comment=”18396″]”too small” is never a reason to not do something. Besides, everyone on this and the other uniform boards notices.

Uniform designers these days are consistently lazy about small details.

Purple is a mourning color too, but they didn’t include it. If the Celtics come out and say “black serves the mourning-strip purpose,” okay, grand. But there’ve been countless commemorative emblems that haven’t used black.

I just think it rubs wrong to use anything but the Celtics long-time colors.[/quote]

Purple is a mourning color?

[quote comment=”18396″]”too small” is never a reason to not do something. Besides, everyone on this and the other uniform boards notices.

Uniform designers these days are consistently lazy about small details.

Purple is a mourning color too, but they didn’t include it. If the Celtics come out and say “black serves the mourning-strip purpose,” okay, grand. But there’ve been countless commemorative emblems that haven’t used black.

I just think it rubs wrong to use anything but the Celtics long-time colors.[/quote]

There is black in the Celtics color scheme (and on the alt uniforms). There is a precedent for the Celtics wearing a black memorial patch in the past. The Celtics have also had a history of black sneakers.

So it’s not like the black is an arbitrary decision.

Besides, this should stand out from the green shamrock on the back of the jerseys.

And the only purple that should ever be on a Celtics jersey should come from a torn Lakers jersey.

I’m pretty sure that the link design is supposed to mimick cowboy link..

[quote comment=”18400″][quote comment=”18396″]”too small” is never a reason to not do something. Besides, everyone on this and the other uniform boards notices.

Uniform designers these days are consistently lazy about small details.

Purple is a mourning color too, but they didn’t include it. If the Celtics come out and say “black serves the mourning-strip purpose,” okay, grand. But there’ve been countless commemorative emblems that haven’t used black.

I just think it rubs wrong to use anything but the Celtics long-time colors.[/quote]

Purple is a mourning color?[/quote]
it always makes me cry…

totally unrealatedly, um/osu on the 18th won’t just be the best game of the year in terms of football, but I can’t think of a better game in terms of uniforms. can anyone think of a better uniform matchup that we’ve seen this year?

[quote comment=”18412″]Anyone know what the numbers on the back of this shirt mean?

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65 teams in the tournament, down to 32, 16, 8, 4, then champions.

wonderfully simple shirt link by logo creep

Paul,

How do you link your flickr pictures so that it’s just the picture and nothing else?

[quote comment=”18422″]Paul,

How do you link your flickr pictures so that it’s just the picture and nothing else?[/quote]

If you have Firefox, just right-click and select “View Image,” then just copy the URL from that. I’m not sure if Explorer will let you do that or not.

this is a test, here is my paintbrush link jersey again

[quote comment=”18408″]I agree that the patch should be a permanent fixture on the Celtics jerseys. RED[/quote]

sort of like the GSH on the sleeve of the Bears’ unis for George S. Halas. good idea.

According to the link, the Cards will be sticking with the white helmets

Count me among the guys who think that the black shamrock looks kind of stupid. Mostly, I’m stupefied by the idea of a black shamrock labeled “Red”. I mean, come on. And it’s labeled in green embroidery, making it doubly innacurate.

Why not a red shamrock? It would make a pretty nice permanent addition to the jersey, maybe replacing that otherwise arbitrary new shamrock on the back, below the collar.

From yesterday:

Kris says:
This isn’t really uniform-related, but I’m watching the Boise/Fresno game on ESPN, and Boise St.’s fans alternating blue and orange by stadium section is pretty damn cool.

I was watching that same game and was equally impressed by that . . . until I realized that no one was there and their (empty) seats alternate colors by sections.

[quote comment=”18449″]Count me among the guys who think that the black shamrock looks kind of stupid. Mostly, I’m stupefied by the idea of a black shamrock labeled “Red”. I mean, come on. And it’s labeled in green embroidery, making it doubly innacurate.

Why not a red shamrock? It would make a pretty nice permanent addition to the jersey, maybe replacing that otherwise arbitrary new shamrock on the back, below the collar.[/quote]

Why does everyone have such a hard time comprehending that black is the only appropriate color for mourning a death?

[quote comment=”18449″]Count me among the guys who think that the black shamrock looks kind of stupid. Mostly, I’m stupefied by the idea of a black shamrock labeled “Red”. I mean, come on. And it’s labeled in green embroidery, making it doubly innacurate.

Why not a red shamrock? It would make a pretty nice permanent addition to the jersey, maybe replacing that otherwise arbitrary new shamrock on the back, below the collar.[/quote]
Yeah, yeah! Or..or…or maybe they should posthumously change his first name to Black, and print “Black” on the black shamrock!

[quote comment=”18455″][quote comment=”18410″]totally unrealatedly, um/osu on the 18th won’t just be the best game of the year in terms of football, but I can’t think of a better game in terms of uniforms. can anyone think of a better uniform matchup that we’ve seen this year?[/quote]

I’m just a bit biased, but I’d have to go with UT-OU on that one.[/quote]

Penn State @ Notre Dame

[quote comment=”18444″][quote comment=”18353″]Thought I would share this with the commUNIty, got my first glimpse of the Adidas University of Cincinnati men’s basketball unis this morning. link is a link to a gallery from last night’s preseason game. Correct me if I am wrong, but that doesn’t look like a typical three-stripe template to me. Remember, N*ke/Jordan dumped the ‘Cats when they dumped Huggins. Thoughts on the new look?[/quote]

The adidas design team must be really hard at work on their soccer stuff, since they have to rip off link link link with those stripes near the neckline.

“link (with which we are familiar)”[/quote]

While I love adidas and can’t stand Nike, adidas really does make some ugly college basketball jerseys (outside of Indiana and UCLA).

[quote comment=”18440″]Kieran Darcy gives several shout outs to Uni Watch in his column on Page 2 today. He also seems to agree with the rest of uni nation that the Bucks’ uniforms are much better now that they’ve purged the purple from them.

link

and somehow he manages to totally screw up the uni-points.

how do the warriors, magic, and cavs all score 7’s?
meanwhile the celtics only score a 3 (!?!?) – tying them with the the rockets for second worst uniform after the nuggets?

paul, reach over from your espn cubicle and smack some sense into kieran!

Hey all,

I know this is a bit off topic, but the page on field goals and drop kicks got me thinking about something I saw the other day. I’m a big rugby fan and was looking at some photos from the Heineken Cup tournament a couple of weeks ago and noticed a team from France called Stade Francais wearing what might possibly be the absolute WORST jerseys ever seen in competition. What do you think?

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A better look:
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[quote comment=”18476″]Hey all,

What do you think?

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I always wondered what Diego Maradona would look like roided out and in a rugby uniform

the 1928-1994 flag

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[quote comment=”18483″]Paul-
not uni related all, but somewhat aestheitcally similar…do you pay much attention to countries’ flags, especially when they change them. the south africa comment above popped this into my head, but south africa should be nominated for one of the worst changes in world history (in coming to that conclusion, one obviously needs to ignore the social context of the act)

the 1928-1994 flag

the 1994-present flaglink[/quote]
[quote comment=”18484″]

the 1928-1994 flag

link[/quote]

Hmm, I will respond to this as if we were analyzing a uniform. Old has 5 colors, new has 6 colors. These are both too many colors to start with so they are equal in this regard. As sports fans we get behind our teams 1 or 2 colors when you have 5 or 6 it’s hard to do that. Now let’s get to why the old flag stinks. It a combination of flags from 4 other countries. In sports this would be like Notre Dame wearing a big yellow M on their chest’s cause Michigan students taught them the game of football back in the day. Advantage new flag.

The design of the new flag is original and contains no curved lines, which is usually included in uniforms we don’t like on this site. I am gonna give the advantage to the new flag, it’s only shortcoming being too many colors.

[quote comment=”18476″]Hey all,

I know this is a bit off topic, but the page on field goals and drop kicks got me thinking about something I saw the other day. I’m a big rugby fan and was looking at some photos from the Heineken Cup tournament a couple of weeks ago and noticed a team from France called Stade Francais wearing what might possibly be the absolute WORST jerseys ever seen in competition. What do you think?

link

A better look:
link

yes those jerseys are gross, but that guys face in the first pic is awesome

speaking of rugby jerseys, i personally find these two to be the best link
a) its nice to see a team name thats indicative of its color motiff (new zealand allblacks)
b) despite the awesomeness of the springboks jersey, nike still link to screw it up when they were south africa’s supplier

[quote comment=”18484″]

the 1928-1994 flag

link[/quote]

Hmm, I will respond to this as if we were analyzing a uniform. Old has 5 colors, new has 6 colors. These are both too many colors to start with so they are equal in this regard. As sports fans we get behind our teams 1 or 2 colors when you have 5 or 6 it’s hard to do that. Now let’s get to why the old flag stinks. It a combination of flags from 4 other countries. In sports this would be like Notre Dame wearing a big yellow M on their chest’s cause Michigan students taught them the game of football back in the day. Advantage new flag.

The design of the new flag is original and contains no curved lines, which is usually included in uniforms we don’t like on this site. I am gonna give the advantage to the new flag, it’s only shortcoming being too many colors.[/quote]

i like the analysis perspective, but my counter reaction. there are only 2 countries’ flags present in the old flag (england and holland) In a sports context that is like two colleges merging (im blanking on examples) and combining elements of their colors/uniforms/symbols to form the new schools symbols, or like a team moving and maintaining parts of their old logos emblams (ala the sf giants hat font)
the other two flags are of two of the provinces in south africa (the orange free state and the Transvaal if my memory is correct) This is like marylands uniforms having the same colors as the state flags.

also, in its proper proportions, the middle three flags arent that big

the new flag, uses similar sources for the colors, the 6 colors represent 6 of the primary tribes/languages with southafrica, the horizontal peace sign is meant to stand for equality and progress, and overall is supposed to be optomistic and incredibly symbolic. i dont know if its the colors that rub me the wrong way, or the peace sign design, something just doesnt seem like its an appropriate representation for a nation (instead of looking very close to a rainbowlink

[quote comment=”18433″][quote comment=”18422″]How do you link your flickr pictures so that it’s just the picture and nothing else?[/quote]

Others have already answered this. But, basically, in Firefox you can click-and-hold on pretty much any embedded web image (including an image on a Flickr page), get a pop-up menu, and then choose “View Image.” In Safari, hold Control while clicking on the image and choose either “Open Image in New Window” or “…in New Tab.”[/quote]

This is now old news, being 2 hours old, but you can also click on the link for “different sizes” and below the pic it has the URL in a text box ready to be copied.

[quote comment=”18474″][quote comment=”18440″]Kieran Darcy gives several shout outs to Uni Watch in his column on Page 2 today. He also seems to agree with the rest of uni nation that the Bucks’ uniforms are much better now that they’ve purged the purple from them.

link

and somehow he manages to totally screw up the uni-points.

how do the warriors, magic, and cavs all score 7’s?
meanwhile the celtics only score a 3 (!?!?) – tying them with the the rockets for second worst uniform after the nuggets?

paul, reach over from your espn cubicle and smack some sense into kieran![/quote]

Seriously. It’s good that Kieran Darcy ‘Get’s It’ (or do you have that trademarked now Paul?) through reading and editing your articles, but some of his uniform grades and choices are highly dubious. I believe he is in need of a uniform education. I would prescribe the following to cure his ills: read Uni Watch blog everday for 3 months.

Interesting uniforms for the Trenton Titans from the ECHL:

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Those shoulder designs are….ummm…..different….

[quote comment=”18513″][quote comment=”18475″][quote comment=”18449″]Count me among the guys who think that the black shamrock looks kind of stupid. Mostly, I’m stupefied by the idea of a black shamrock labeled “Red”. I mean, come on. And it’s labeled in green embroidery, making it doubly innacurate.

Why not a red shamrock? It would make a pretty nice permanent addition to the jersey, maybe replacing that otherwise arbitrary new shamrock on the back, below the collar.[/quote]

You my friend need to think about this a little more. Many people on this board have said that the color black is the most appropriate color for mourning a death. Black link have been used before by many sports teams for this purpose. The Minnesotta Twins used link this year for Kirby Puckett and no one said anything about that color not being the correct color for the occasion. The Celtics made the exact right decision with going with black. As has also been said here today, his name is Red. Why would you do a red logo? His name is Red. He is not the color red, big difference. Also, what if this happened for someone named Gray. Gray is a lot more common than Red for a name but would you say that the team messed up with using black and should have used gray instead? Insane!?!?!?!?!?[/quote]
George Washington is dead – is the Washington memorial black?
Abe Lincoln is dead – is the Lincoln memorial black?
Michelangelo is dead – is his memorial Italian stamp black?
Gauss is dead – is the German currency with his picture on it black?
Shakespeare is dead – are any of the Globe theater recreations black?
Bear Bryant is dead – is the Alabama memorial all black?
Dante is dead – is the cover of the Divine Comedy black?
Elvis is dead (maybe) – is Graceland black?

No one will be mourning Red’s death in 30 years, it simply makes more sense to celebrate his life rather than his death. To every person the sweetest sound in any language is their name, so to add a tie in to the color of his name would be pleasing to him.[/quote]

Ok, you obviously don’t understand the diference. When you mourn you wear black, he just died! When you create a “memorial” to someone it usually is erected or created some time after death, so when that is done you can do whatever you want to symbolize their life.

Do you think his family wore red to the funeral because his name was Red? NO, they wore black. Last time I checked none of that stuff you mentioned was done literally days after their deaths.

If the celtics do something in the future it probably won’t be a black shamrock.

sorry. Link didn’t work.

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I’m for the black shamrock, and not because black is my favorite color. Chad G. and others who delineate the difference between mourning and memorial are correct. In this country, black is the accepted color for mourning. Most other examples in sports (if not all) of honoring someone who has died have been black.

When the Celtics want to memorialize Red in the long run, then they can—and should—turn to a different color. To me, a red shamrock would look odd because red (the color) is not associated with mourning in this country.

And guys, let’s all be civil in our disagreement, ok?

Oh, and I like the new South African flag better than the old one.

[quote comment=”18440″]Kieran Darcy gives several shout outs to Uni Watch in his column on Page 2 today. He also seems to agree with the rest of uni nation that the Bucks’ uniforms are much better now that they’ve purged the purple from them.

link
I noticed last night either at halftime or on SportsCenter they flashed up the logos of the teams leading into the highlights and the Bucks logo was the old purple one ESPN didn’t get the memo.

[quote comment=”18514″]Interesting uniforms for the Trenton Titans from the ECHL:

link

link

Those shoulder designs are….ummm…..different….[/quote]

The weird thing to me is the name of the city below the name of the team. It reads “Titans Trenton.” Now, this can’t be the first time a logo has been designed like that, but can anybody think of other examples? (I’d try, but I’m afraid work has left me brain-dead.)

You might want to try Coral Caching stuff on sites you know have bandwidth issues or are unknown.

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[quote comment=”18517″][quote comment=”18513″][quote comment=”18475″][quote comment=”18449″]Count me among the guys who think that the black shamrock looks kind of stupid. Mostly, I’m stupefied by the idea of a black shamrock labeled “Red”. I mean, come on. And it’s labeled in green embroidery, making it doubly innacurate.

Why not a red shamrock? It would make a pretty nice permanent addition to the jersey, maybe replacing that otherwise arbitrary new shamrock on the back, below the collar.[/quote]

You my friend need to think about this a little more. Many people on this board have said that the color black is the most appropriate color for mourning a death. Black link have been used before by many sports teams for this purpose. The Minnesotta Twins used link this year for Kirby Puckett and no one said anything about that color not being the correct color for the occasion. The Celtics made the exact right decision with going with black. As has also been said here today, his name is Red. Why would you do a red logo? His name is Red. He is not the color red, big difference. Also, what if this happened for someone named Gray. Gray is a lot more common than Red for a name but would you say that the team messed up with using black and should have used gray instead? Insane!?!?!?!?!?[/quote]
George Washington is dead – is the Washington memorial black?
Abe Lincoln is dead – is the Lincoln memorial black?
Michelangelo is dead – is his memorial Italian stamp black?
Gauss is dead – is the German currency with his picture on it black?
Shakespeare is dead – are any of the Globe theater recreations black?
Bear Bryant is dead – is the Alabama memorial all black?
Dante is dead – is the cover of the Divine Comedy black?
Elvis is dead (maybe) – is Graceland black?

No one will be mourning Red’s death in 30 years, it simply makes more sense to celebrate his life rather than his death. To every person the sweetest sound in any language is their name, so to add a tie in to the color of his name would be pleasing to him.[/quote]

Ok, you obviously don’t understand the diference. When you mourn you wear black, he just died! When you create a “memorial” to someone it usually is erected or created some time after death, so when that is done you can do whatever you want to symbolize their life.

Do you think his family wore red to the funeral because his name was Red? NO, they wore black. Last time I checked none of that stuff you mentioned was done literally days after their deaths.

If the celtics do something in the future it probably won’t be a black shamrock.[/quote]
I’m not going to name names, but someone doesn’t even know how to spell Celtics or difference. The argument was not about having a patch for a few weeks, it was about a permanent memorial patch (in italics above). A permanent memorial patch is by definition PERMANENT, like the Washington memorial. Mourning is not permanent, it is transitory.

[quote comment=”18542″]
I’m not going to name names, but someone doesn’t even know how to spell Celtics or difference. The argument was not about having a patch for a few weeks, it was about a permanent memorial patch (in italics above). A permanent memorial patch is by definition PERMANENT, like the Washington memorial. Mourning is not permanent, it is transitory.[/quote]

It is highly doubtful that this patch is going to become permanent. I can’t think of any instances where a memorial patch, strip, or other element becomes an official part of the uniform for an extended period of time. So, yes, this patch is for mourning, since it will likely be worn for this year and this year only.

But more importantly, here: let’s be civil. As much as we all love Uni Watch, these discussions aren’t life or death… so no shots at spelling and grammar, and when you quote a person’s comment, you practically are naming them. Let’s chill out!

[quote comment=”18542″][quote comment=”18517″][quote comment=”18513″][quote comment=”18475″][quote comment=”18449″]Count me among the guys who think that the black shamrock looks kind of stupid. Mostly, I’m stupefied by the idea of a black shamrock labeled “Red”. I mean, come on. And it’s labeled in green embroidery, making it doubly innacurate.

Why not a red shamrock? It would make a pretty nice permanent addition to the jersey, maybe replacing that otherwise arbitrary new shamrock on the back, below the collar.[/quote]

You my friend need to think about this a little more. Many people on this board have said that the color black is the most appropriate color for mourning a death. Black link have been used before by many sports teams for this purpose. The Minnesotta Twins used link this year for Kirby Puckett and no one said anything about that color not being the correct color for the occasion. The Celtics made the exact right decision with going with black. As has also been said here today, his name is Red. Why would you do a red logo? His name is Red. He is not the color red, big difference. Also, what if this happened for someone named Gray. Gray is a lot more common than Red for a name but would you say that the team messed up with using black and should have used gray instead? Insane!?!?!?!?!?[/quote]
George Washington is dead – is the Washington memorial black?
Abe Lincoln is dead – is the Lincoln memorial black?
Michelangelo is dead – is his memorial Italian stamp black?
Gauss is dead – is the German currency with his picture on it black?
Shakespeare is dead – are any of the Globe theater recreations black?
Bear Bryant is dead – is the Alabama memorial all black?
Dante is dead – is the cover of the Divine Comedy black?
Elvis is dead (maybe) – is Graceland black?

No one will be mourning Red’s death in 30 years, it simply makes more sense to celebrate his life rather than his death. To every person the sweetest sound in any language is their name, so to add a tie in to the color of his name would be pleasing to him.[/quote]

Ok, you obviously don’t understand the diference. When you mourn you wear black, he just died! When you create a “memorial” to someone it usually is erected or created some time after death, so when that is done you can do whatever you want to symbolize their life.

Do you think his family wore red to the funeral because his name was Red? NO, they wore black. Last time I checked none of that stuff you mentioned was done literally days after their deaths.

If the celtics do something in the future it probably won’t be a black shamrock.[/quote]
I’m not going to name names, but someone doesn’t even know how to spell Celtics or difference. The argument was not about having a patch for a few weeks, it was about a permanent memorial patch (in italics above). A permanent memorial patch is by definition PERMANENT, like the Washington memorial. Mourning is not permanent, it is transitory.[/quote]

OK raul, there I left your name uncapitalized so you can go back and fix it for me. Sorry, I didn’t realize I was writing a term paper. And if you actually read what you were quoting, the topic was about the current black shamrock used on the Celtics uniform to mourn Red Auerbach, which is not a permanent “memorial”.

I am expecting a grade for my grammer shortly.

And to Paul and all the other readers I apologize for the immaturity of this post.

[quote comment=”18547″] I can’t think of any instances where a memorial patch, strip, or other element becomes an official part of the uniform for an extended period of time. So, yes, this patch is for mourning, since it will likely be worn for this year and this year only.
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Chicago Bears’ sleeve memorial comes to mind right away.

[quote comment=”18464″][quote comment=”18455″][quote comment=”18410″]totally unrealatedly, um/osu on the 18th won’t just be the best game of the year in terms of football, but I can’t think of a better game in terms of uniforms. can anyone think of a better uniform matchup that we’ve seen this year?[/quote]

I’m just a bit biased, but I’d have to go with UT-OU on that one.[/quote]

Penn State @ Notre Dame[/quote]

Booooooring.

Best football game of the year for uniforms.
I’ll look at the games this Sunday.
How about Cleveland @ San Diego?
If not then New Orleans @ Tampa Bay/

[quote comment=”18562″][quote comment=”18547″] I can’t think of any instances where a memorial patch, strip, or other element becomes an official part of the uniform for an extended period of time. So, yes, this patch is for mourning, since it will likely be worn for this year and this year only.
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Chicago Bears’ sleeve memorial comes to mind right away.[/quote]

I’m a little surprised the NY Giants didn’t do something permanent after Mara’s death since he was their intern in the 20s or something like that – longer than Halas was with the Bears I think.

[quote comment=”18558″][quote comment=”18449″]Count me among the guys who think that the black shamrock looks kind of stupid. Mostly, I’m stupefied by the idea of a black shamrock labeled “Red”. I mean, come on. And it’s labeled in green embroidery, making it doubly innacurate.

Why not a red shamrock? It would make a pretty nice permanent addition to the jersey, maybe replacing that otherwise arbitrary new shamrock on the back, below the collar.[/quote]
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OK raul, there I left your name uncapitalized so you can go back and fix it for me. Sorry, I didn’t realize I was writing a term paper. And if you actually read what you were quoting, the topic was about the current black shamrock used on the Celtics uniform to mourn Red Auerbach, which is not a permanent “memorial”.

I am expecting a grade for my grammer shortly.

And to Paul and all the other readers I apologize for the immaturity of this post.[/quote]
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I don’t see the word “mourning” in the original post we are talking about, I do see the word “permanent”

[quote comment=”18547″]It is highly doubtful that this patch is going to become permanent. I can’t think of any instances where a memorial patch, strip, or other element becomes an official part of the uniform for an extended period of time. So, yes, this patch is for mourning, since it will likely be worn for this year and this year only.[/quote]The bears have been wearing GSH for linkthan link link and it is in team colors, not black.

[quote comment=”18580″][quote comment=”18335″]Paul… sorry I wasn’t around yesterday to bust out the double-branded cleat. link.[/quote]

double branded?[/quote]
Reebok tongue and adidas stripes.

[quote comment=”18588″]My bad about the Bears’ commemorative GSH patch, but I doubt the “Red” clover will become a part of the uniform. (Just a hunch, not a criticism)

And in newer news, WVU is wearing Nike sleeves very similar to the link ones noted earlier. No pics up yet…[/quote]

The WVU sleeves do not just look similar to the Michigan ones, but it appears as if they are the Michigan ones. The blue and gold looks awfully link and link.

Well, obviously my plea to be civil (post #94)was ignored. Thanks, Mark Mihalik for adding your plea of civility to mine. We can disagree (and we do, frequently) without resorting to nastiness. One thing I like about this site is the lighthearted kidding that goes on and the community feel. Let’s keep it fun for everyone.

I stand by the black shamrock and this message.

[quote comment=”18596″][quote comment=”18588″]My bad about the Bears’ commemorative GSH patch, but I doubt the “Red” clover will become a part of the uniform. (Just a hunch, not a criticism)

And in newer news, WVU is wearing Nike sleeves very similar to the link ones noted earlier. No pics up yet…[/quote]

The WVU sleeves do not just look similar to the Michigan ones, but it appears as if they are the Michigan ones. The blue and gold looks awfully link and link.[/quote]

It doesn’t look like Nike puts any school branding on those shirts (at least the ones without the “culture” stuff–gator skins and spears and what not), so for all intensive purposes, they likely are just a stock blue and yellow baselayer. However, if you check out the Nike link, they actually have a “Midwest Gold” instead of maize… this could be a product photo goof, but I’m guessing that Nike made the shirts you see tonight specifically for WVU.

Check them out–link all together looks ridiculous, but I have to say it looks better than link.

Uni-related due to all the Tiger “D” discussion..
plus the fact “D” can also stand for Defense..

Kenny Rogers wins the Gold Glove for pitchers in the AL.

A TIGERS pitcher wins the Gold Glove. Say it out loud with just the right amt of sarcasm.

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Sorry about the immaturity of a couple of my posts earlier Minna…It’s tough to hold back when someone goes grammar nazi on you. But you’re right, I should have held my tongue.[/quote]

Chad G., I understand your feelings about being called out, and I got your back on the black shamrock—I even mentioned you in post #94. I was speaking less of your response than of a few posts before from today and yesterday that led up to your last posting.

To make this uni related, I agree with Mark Mihalik (again!) that the one sleeve of WVU is marginally less ridiculous than the two-sleeve version.

Did anyone notice that after Slaton fumbled on consecutive carries he removed the Nike sleeve he was wearing on his left arm? Kirk Herbstreit just mentioned it now as im typing. He does carry the ball with his left arm. Ill look for some pics.

[quote comment=”18616″]Uni-related due to all the Tiger “D” discussion..
plus the fact “D” can also stand for Defense..

Kenny Rogers wins the Gold Glove for pitchers in the AL.

A TIGERS pitcher wins the Gold Glove. Say it out loud with just the right amt of sarcasm.[/quote]

LOL … actually, I’m more shocked that a Kansas City Royal actually deserved to win an award for something.

(espn.com)

He lost his golden mohawk and now, unless Chad Johnson prevails on appeal, the colorful Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver is going to lose some pesos as well.

The league has fined Johnson $5,000 for wearing “Ocho Cinco” on a Velcro nameplate across the back of his uniform jersey before last Sunday’s loss to the Atlanta Falcons. “Ocho Cinco,” signifying his uniform No. 85, is the name by which Johns

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But back on WVU… they just noted that Slaton’s one sleeve (the marginally less ridiculous one, Minna) was removed. He fumbled, and they mentioned that that might have been the reason, but he was also flexing his wrist…[/quote]

So now he’s sleeveless? Even better! Post a pic when you can.

I just came across a website that seems to have every single sports logo ever used- link Knowing how everyone is here this site has probrably been mentioned before but I never remember it. It doesn’t just have the regular sports leagues, but it seems to have at least 30 leagues for football and leagues for volleyball, roller hockey, lacrosse and other sports. It has team and league logos and has the logos. Just an amazing site though not as good as the one Paul talked about today.

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Well, you definitely are no stranger to great looking jerseys/sweaters then. The tragedy is compounded when you consider the fact that the Briere ambulance struck and killed a man on the way to the hospital. It was nice to see his number retired despite his singular season in the league. Classy move.[/quote]

I’ll second that. Highly classy.

[quote comment=”18625″][quote comment=”18597″]Another note, addressed specifically to Pittsburgh hockey fans (I’m looking at you Bluenoser): Did the spirit of link resurrect itself in the form of Jordan Staal? The Penguins have two very good top lines out there right now. If only they could fill that other glaring link on their team![/quote]
While I am actually a Habs fan Kane I do pay the Pens special attention as Crosby and I both hail from the same part of Canada, (Nova Scotia) and with the impending glory for the Pens,(Crosby,Fleury,Malkin,Staal et al) I think now would be the ideal time for a Jersey overhaul. Some combination of new and old (70’s colors and logo with a modern touch)would be awesome! Michel Briere, one of the lesser known tragedies in all of sports!

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This story reminds me of Troy Archer. Giants DE real promising rookie or two year man died in a auto accident in 1979, right before the Giants were able to luck into LT….. very sad as he was a lone light (along w/ Harry Carson) on some miserable Giants’ teams.

The Buffalo Bills put the link on their “Wall of Fame” in 1992 (the year after they set the NFL single season attendance record).

^^^^ Namath talks about it in his book 12 I believe… forgot to add that sorry