Sunday Open Thread (kinda late, sorry)

In the Jaguars-Titans game, the Jags are wearing their “official” home unis (green shirts, white pants), while the Titans are wearing the white pants with their white shirts (first time I’ve seen that since their ’02 home opener against the Eagles). Could it be that the Titans are going to follow the lead of the Seahawks, wearing all blue at home and all white on the road?

Niners in their retro alts today. Word is #16 will be behind center, too—-just win, baby.

No self-respecting gladiator would be caught dead wearing that boxer’s faux-armor in the Colosseum … he’d rather fall on his own sword, wearing only his birthday suit, right in front of the Vestal Virgins.

[quote comment=”19234″]The 49ers need to ditch their current uniforms and go back to the basics.

Current uni is way too busy.

Their real uniform is classic. Maybe have thinner pant stripes, like older days (pre pre-montana).[/quote]

You mean like when they wore silver-gray helmets and pants?

Watching the Bears/Dolphins tilt, and CBS just had a close-up of Benson from Chicago — his “C” decal on his right side has been torn and it looks like the top half of the C is now a spike sticking up! No screen grab, tho…

[quote comment=”19234″]The 49ers need to ditch their current uniforms and go back to the basics.

Current uni is way too busy.

Their real uniform is classic. Maybe have thinner pant stripes, like older days (pre pre-montana).[/quote]

Really, all they need to do is what so many other teams need to do — get rid of that damn black drop-shadow. Does that ever look good? EVER???

[quote comment=”19238″]Here is a link to the picture of Ced Bensons C coming off!!

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As a Bears fan, that decal reminds me of an upside-down question mark, as for their play against the Dolphins today: “what the hell happened???!” Just awful.

Try eBay. I’m not sure what they do with the shirts, exactly, but eBay would probably be your best bet.

Personally? I wouldn’t want a shirt like that. If they won, definitly. Get him an AL Champions shirt instead.

muahaha! The white jerseys strike again in the Redskins-Cowboys series.

[quote comment=”19252″][quote comment=”19247″]Try eBay. I’m not sure what they do with the shirts, exactly, but eBay would probably be your best bet.

Personally? I wouldn’t want a shirt like that. If they won, definitly. Get him an AL Champions shirt instead.[/quote]

A lot of that sort of merch gets sent to third world countries to clothe the poor. I’m sure there’s someone in Sub-Saharan Africa that thinks the Bills have won 4 Superbowls.[/quote]

also you tend to find those when the series goes to a 7th game and they have to print up both in case either team wins. but the tigers got whooped and i dont know if they printed any because there was no circumstance where they were close to winning the serieis

I think he meant that someone in sub-saharan Africa probably has 4 different bills championship shirts, not 1 single 4 championsihps shirt, but either way the comment, although humorous, has been made before and is pretty unoriginal

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on behalf of mets fans, let me say to niners fans, welcome to the ditch the black campaign :)

and in response to my name is not earl, here’s to saying a prayer no one follows any lead the seahawks take as far as uniforms go.

why is this not working? damn, this is anoying.

[quote comment=”19260″]NYC marathon today – Lance Armstrong apparently doesn’t require a race number.

He actually did have a number, 1002. I assume that all high profile Oprah/P. Diddy-types get special treatment like a cool bib.

2:50…not bad lance!

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[quote comment=”19235″][quote comment=”19234″]The 49ers need to ditch their current uniforms and go back to the basics.

Current uni is way too busy.

Their real uniform is classic. Maybe have thinner pant stripes, like older days (pre pre-montana).[/quote]

You mean like when they wore silver-gray helmets and pants?[/quote]

No, the ones in about 1970 or so. The only difference in the Montana era is the stripes on the pants. If my link doesn’t work, it is the late John Brodie era.

So. I got to see the falling ‘C’ on Cedric Benson’s helmet. I got to see the Vikes wearing their least-offensive unis (all white with random purple striping). I got to see the ‘Niners old-timey unis. I got to see the impressive Ed Hochuli ripple underneath those ridiculous windbreaker unis the refs wore today. I got to see *sigh* Troy Polamalu and his flowing locks of hair. This is all good.

Do you know what I did not get to see today? The team for whom I was rooting get a win. That pretty much wipes out the aforementioned pleasures in one fell swoop, proving that a win triumphs aesthetic beauty (or, in the case of the falling C, aeshetic folly) every time.

You know what is worse than slimy political ads during the game? Christmas ads during the game. Ahhhhh! And they start earlier and earlier each year. Before you know it, they will be on all-year round. I don’t know how I can like the Wild! uniform when I hate Christmas so much, but I do. If I never saw another Christmas ad, it would be too soon.

Bah, humbug.
—Scrooge

[quote comment=”19264″]on behalf of mets fans, let me say to niners fans, welcome to the ditch the black campaign :)

and in response to my name is not earl, here’s to saying a prayer no one follows any lead the seahawks take as far as uniforms go.[/quote]

I realize I’m running the risk of sounding a little “swishy” here (not that there’s anything wrong with that), but I prefer the new 49ers unis, if for no other reason that they do a better job of link the link than the “throwbacks”.

That’s just gross.

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Bah, humbug.
—Scrooge[/quote]

Dear Minna Scrooge,

After checking the Wild! (yes, I included the exclamation mark) website, here’s how their jerseys are described versus each team, and where they played. Since the start of the season, they have worn:

11-04-06: greens vs. Nashville (loss)
11-02-06: alts vs. Canucks (win)
10-29-06: whites @ Avalanche (loss)
10-27-06: greens vs. Ducks (win)
10-25-06: alts vs. Kings (win)
10-21-06: whites @ Sharks (win)
10-20-06: whites @ Ducks (loss)
10-18-06: whites @ Kings (win)
10-14-06: greens vs. Blue Jackets (shutout win)
10-12-06: greens vs. Capitals (win)
10-10-06: greens vs. Canucks (win)
10-07-06: alts vs. Predators (win)
10-05-06: greens vs. Avalanche (win)

No whites at home yet to date. :o)

Teebz Cratchit, your loyal employee

[quote comment=”19308″][quote comment=”19292″]
Bah, humbug.
—Scrooge[/quote]

Dear Minna Scrooge,

After checking the Wild! (yes, I included the exclamation mark) website, here’s how their jerseys are described versus each team, and where they played. Since the start of the season, they have worn:

11-04-06: greens vs. Nashville (loss)
11-02-06: alts vs. Canucks (win)
10-29-06: whites @ Avalanche (loss)
10-27-06: greens vs. Ducks (win)
10-25-06: alts vs. Kings (win)
10-21-06: whites @ Sharks (win)
10-20-06: whites @ Ducks (loss)
10-18-06: whites @ Kings (win)
10-14-06: greens vs. Blue Jackets (shutout win)
10-12-06: greens vs. Capitals (win)
10-10-06: greens vs. Canucks (win)
10-07-06: alts vs. Predators (win)
10-05-06: greens vs. Avalanche (win)

No whites at home yet to date. :o)

Teebz Cratchit, your loyal employee[/quote]

They are wearing white at home for 2 games this season. They had the exact two listed on their site with the alternate jersey schedule, but now that they’ve got Target as a sponsor for the “Red Jersey Nights”, they re-wrote the page and it no longer mentions which 2 games will be white.

Rest assured, it’s 2 games, and neither has occurred yet this season.

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Rest assured, it’s 2 games, and neither has occurred yet this season.[/quote]

Thanks, Natron.

Now I just need some owner to grab a hold of his cajoles and make white the home color of his team in the playoffs. :o)

[quote comment=”19315″][quote comment=”19309″][quote comment=”19305″]Red hoody for Bill tonight in NE. New development?[/quote]
The one hoody he had worn for the last year or so he chopped the sleeves off of…and then he realized (after his sons pot wore off) that he would need the sleeves back in the frozen north and had to ask bob for an extra one…[/quote]

I thought he at least wore khakis. he’s got blue warmup pants on! Slob.[/quote]

I’m looking through other game pics…he always wears those crappy baggy warmups with an oversized hoody…worst dressed coach in the league…And the league loves him! But when (I think nolan?) wanted to wear a suit on the sidelines the NFL freaked out about it not being “Official NFL Sideline Equipment.”

Maybe if they sew a giant NFL logo and a giant rbk logo on the back of a suit coat and give it some funny striping…and make it shiney like the refs new outfits the NFL will like it?

[quote comment=”19277″][quote comment=”19268″]He actually did have a number, 1002. I assume that all high profile Oprah/P. Diddy-types get special treatment like a cool bib.

2:50…not bad lance![/quote]

Actually, link. You were looking at his 40k finish on that other graph. For some reason, though the AP is reporting this final time, Armstrong’s official site (lancearmstrong.com) has it as 2:59:35. Shave off a second, Lance? Come on…[/quote]

Lance was a competitive triathlete in his teenage years before focusing on cycling. I don’t know how his swimming is these days, but he could be a major threat in the IronMan if he decided to do it.

[quote comment=”19308″][quote comment=”19292″]
Bah, humbug.
—Scrooge[/quote]

Dear Minna Scrooge,

After checking the Wild! (yes, I included the exclamation mark) website, here’s how their jerseys are described versus each team, and where they played. Since the start of the season, they have worn:

11-04-06: greens vs. Nashville (loss)
11-02-06: alts vs. Canucks (win)
10-29-06: whites @ Avalanche (loss)
10-27-06: greens vs. Ducks (win)
10-25-06: alts vs. Kings (win)
10-21-06: whites @ Sharks (win)
10-20-06: whites @ Ducks (loss)
10-18-06: whites @ Kings (win)
10-14-06: greens vs. Blue Jackets (shutout win)
10-12-06: greens vs. Capitals (win)
10-10-06: greens vs. Canucks (win)
10-07-06: alts vs. Predators (win)
10-05-06: greens vs. Avalanche (win)

No whites at home yet to date. :o)

Teebz Cratchit, your loyal employee[/quote]

Dear Tiny Teebz, the Wild! were wearing the reds, not the whites, which I see are the alternates. That clears that up. Thanks, Tiny Teebz. I knew I could count on you.

Minna E. Scrooge.

Ok. I messed it all up. Teebz, man, I meant that I saw them wear green one home game and red the other. See, my hatred of Christmas is so strong, I balked at putting those two colors in the same paragraph.

Joe O., you made me laugh heartily at your rip on Belichick. Thanks. His red hoodie did look new, though.

Micah, I am the biggest booster of black ever (except for the Mets, of course), but I think all the hate on black is amusing. That’s what we do here–nitpick. That said, go black!

Minna E. Scrooge

[quote comment=”19284″]pretty cool that lance chose that number.
10/02 is the date he was diagnosed with cancer.

It’s on just about every piece of apparel he puts out. thanks nike, for making a marketing gimmick out of something horrible.[/quote]

Sorry, BJ, but very wrong. 10/2 was not his number for the marathon, simply the screenprinted graphic on his shirt. His safetypinned number paper on his stomach is what’s in question. On it, it simply says “LANCE” no 4924 or anything that he was randomly assigned when he checked in.

So, yes, it’s a Nike funded promotion. No, it’s not a gimmick. I think Lance is the largest benefactor to cancer research maybe in history. After having worked for Nike, I’m sure a portion of the 10/2 sales go to his foundation.

I guess my point is this: Don’t knock an honorable cause.

re: Lance

It’s cool they issued him 1002 as an official number in the records, but he didn’t wear the number. The race tag says “LANCE” and the t-shirt is a Nike 10/2 print. I probably should have emphasized that point when I posted the picture.

Personally, I think link are the best pants the 49ers have had.

Also, thanks for the correction Dave and TD.

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Any of you black-haters like the 49ers’ throwbacks from 1994? Rutgers also wore this exact jersey immediately after that; I think it’s one of the best looks in football.

The white jersey is expecially cleaner-looking than what they’ve got now. link

[quote comment=”19324″]Maybe if they sew a giant NFL logo and a giant rbk logo on the back of a suit coat and give it some funny striping…and make it shiney like the refs new outfits the NFL will like it?[/quote]

I’m pretty sure you could somehow, somehow, tastefully throw a Reebock logo and an NFL league crest onto a suit jacket.

[quote comment=”19228″]In the Jaguars-Titans game, the Jags are wearing their “official” home unis (green shirts, white pants), while the Titans are wearing the white pants with their white shirts (first time I’ve seen that since their ’02 home opener against the Eagles). Could it be that the Titans are going to follow the lead of the Seahawks, wearing all blue at home and all white on the road?[/quote]

I like the Titans’ all white look.

[quote comment=”19242″][quote comment=”19234″]The 49ers need to ditch their current uniforms and go back to the basics.

Current uni is way too busy.[/quote]

Agreed. A lot of people thought the addition of black was a great thing. I disagree. There was nothing wrong with the old look and adding black is usually never a good thing.[/quote]

I really like the current Niners uniforms.

Nothing is wrong with them.