Sunday Open Thread

Why, oh why, did the Saints wear the black pants with the black jerseys again last night? I know they did this toward the end of the season (they actually wore the black pants on the road as well, which was why I was shocked when they wore the gold pants with the white shirts at the HOF Game). This is the NFL, not high school. Get rid of the black pants!

I’ve never been a fan of the sleeve link. Just looks wrong. Leave the sleeve blank. Put a logo on it. Stripes are good, too. No caps, though.

It IS indeed, Western Kentucky University, in Bowling Green Ky, my sister’s alma mater. Pretty uninspired uniforms.

[quote comment=”133959″]But considering that the WKU Hilltoppers symbol is a red towel, what can they do?[/quote]

that’s pretty tough to work with.

[quote comment=”133960″][quote comment=”133959″]But considering that the WKU Hilltoppers symbol is a red towel, what can they do?[/quote]

that’s pretty tough to work with.[/quote]
They should incorporate the Corvette somehow, since the GM plant where they are made is also in Bowling Green.

Here’s my submission for the “new” WKU home football uniforms

[quote comment=”133966″]ok i give, how do u post a link?[/quote]

Hit the button above the text box entitled…wait for it…wait for it…”Link”

Hello Pantonistas. My name is ThresherK, and…

…I don’t look good in hats. More specifically, in this post-JFK era, I don’t look good in baseball caps.

A ballcap doesn’t go well with the shape of my head or face. I can’t describe it any other way. (And this is my own opinion, not the result of an intervention.)

Therefore, I feel like I’m missing out on things. I only wear caps to baseball games (Expos tricolour, now appearing in stands for the Harrisburg Senators and Vermont LakeMonsters all over the northeast), sun protection, or when my brother-in-law & family are in town. (They’re transplants to Texas near Round Rocks, and have given me a couple nice caps.)

Without going into specifics, or skull-altering bone surgery, should I simply accept this limitation, or ignore it?

Thanx in advance,

Man, Brady Quinn looks like a dork with that HUGE orange Riddell Revolution helmet. I nominate ‘The Great Pumpkin’ as a new nickname.

Of course, the king of Dorky is still Peyton Manning, with that big white bulbous Colts helmet.

I really hate those helmets, in case you couldn’t tell. They would look somewhat better if they A) reconfigured the facemask and B) got rid of those stupid, stupid earholes in favor of circles like a normal helmet.

[quote comment=”133970″]Hello Pantonistas. My name is ThresherK, and…

…I don’t look good in hats. More specifically, in this post-JFK era, I don’t look good in baseball caps.

A ballcap doesn’t go well with the shape of my head or face. I can’t describe it any other way. (And this is my own opinion, not the result of an intervention.)

Therefore, I feel like I’m missing out on things. I only wear caps to baseball games (Expos tricolour, now appearing in stands for the Harrisburg Senators and Vermont LakeMonsters all over the northeast), sun protection, or when my brother-in-law & family are in town. (They’re transplants to Texas near Round Rocks, and have given me a couple nice caps.)

Without going into specifics, or skull-altering bone surgery, should I simply accept this limitation, or ignore it?

Thanx in advance,[/quote]

What kind of hat are you wearing? Fitted or adjustable. Structured or unstructured? Maybe you should pay attention to the maker and stick with a brand you like. Me? I like the Twins (maker no the team) cotton unstructured.

[quote comment=”133974″][quote comment=”133970″]
(They’re transplants to Texas near Round Rocks, and have given me a couple nice caps.)
[/quote]

Actually, there’s only one “round rock” in that suburb of Austin, Texas. Hence, it’s called Round Rock.[/quote]

Oops. Of course.

[quote comment=”133952″]Why, oh why, did the Saints wear the black pants with the black jerseys again last night? I know they did this toward the end of the season (they actually wore the black pants on the road as well, which was why I was shocked when they wore the gold pants with the white shirts at the HOF Game). This is the NFL, not high school. Get rid of the black pants![/quote]

I disagree! Of course. I like the monochromatic look, for the most part (teal Seattle is an exception), and I especially like link. It is sleek-looking with a hint of danger. Love it.

Russell definatly makes some cheap and Ugly uni’s…

I’m sure it has come up, but the LLWS uniforms are BUTT ugly. What is up with those sleeve/underarm stripes?

So with the LLWS unis… I figured out all but one…

link – Purdue
link – UVA
link – Kansas
link – Oregon (but a definate upgrade from anything Oregon related)
link – Florida State
link – Rice
link – UCLA
link – ??

So who’s New England supposed to be?

[quote comment=”133983″][quote comment=”133952″]Why, oh why, did the Saints wear the black pants with the black jerseys again last night? I know they did this toward the end of the season (they actually wore the black pants on the road as well, which was why I was shocked when they wore the gold pants with the white shirts at the HOF Game). This is the NFL, not high school. Get rid of the black pants![/quote]

I disagree! Of course. I like the monochromatic look, for the most part (teal Seattle is an exception), and I especially like link. It is sleek-looking with a hint of danger. Love it.[/quote]

Minna- how is it that I knew your link was going to be about the all blacks?

I mean D-backs

[quote comment=”133974″][quote comment=”133970″]
(They’re transplants to Texas near Round Rocks, and have given me a couple nice caps.)
[/quote]

Actually, there’s only one “round rock” in that suburb of Austin, Texas. Hence, it’s called Round Rock.[/quote]

Nice neighborhood like that, you’d think they could afford to buy another rock.

[quote comment=”133961″]As a fellow who has broadcast ‘Toppers games (during my tenure at Arkansas State), a big BOOOOOOOOO! to those home men’s basketball unis. White numbers on gray (or “off-white”) uniforms??? How ya gonna tell the players even with a scorecard? Yechh![/quote]

wow, and i thought i had a hard time with gold numbers on white during a football game. i feel for ya, man. that blows!

Not entirely uniform related but I’m watching the Little League World Series coverage right now and Gary Thorne appears to have something on the collar of his polo shirt. Not gonna lie, it looks like bird crap.

Speaking of the LLWS uniforms, what is that X on everybody’s undershirt? It must be a brand I don’t recognize.

I haven’t seen an american team with it, but during Canada’s game at the LLWS yesterday (or the day before) they showed some parents with what looked like homemade team shirts. Then they showed the backside and you could see a 5 inch tall Russel logo on the back of every shirt…

I think it was one of the largest logo’s I’ve seen on a shirt in a while..

Russell equals thick durable oxford sweatshirts…never will be anyting but a terrific cut and sew organization…but in light of the crap Reebok and Nike produces this ain’t such a bad thing…

I think it’s a Russell brand compression undershirt. At the end of the sleeve (can’t remember if it’s right or left) there is a Russell “R” logo.

[quote comment=”134052″]Not entirely uniform related but I’m watching the Little League World Series coverage right now and Gary Thorne appears to have something on the collar of his polo shirt. Not gonna lie, it looks like bird crap.[/quote]
It’s actually a big ESPN pin signifying that they’re using “robo cameras,” on the collar of his shirt. They were talking about it during the broadcast and how this is the first year that they used the robo camera at the LLWS.

Colorado Rockies wearing their “Jetsons” vests today. They are the worst in MLB, in my opinion.

The New England LLWS unis look a bit like UMass colors witht he deep red, thats my guess, cause BU and BC are brighter reds

File this under small world- the football player on the left in the Western Kentucky photo played for me years ago on a jv soccer team in Georgia. I always knew the kid was going places. Just never thought he would be modeling Russell athletic gear.

looks like the link work, but it opens to an empty page for me. sorry all

[quote comment=”134001″]So with the LLWS unis… I figured out all but one…

link – Purdue
link – UVA
link – Kansas
link – Oregon (but a definate upgrade from anything Oregon related)
link – Florida State
link – Rice
link – UCLA
link – ??

So who’s New England supposed to be?[/quote]

I would say the Red Sox.

New England LLWS unis: Harvard, perhaps?

Here’s a column suggestion, if you guys take such a thing: Can you guys do a paragraph or two on how the new synthetic 5950 caps are holding up this season? There are a number of players (pitchers, mostly) that are in the “one hat all year” brigade, and it seems like some of the hats are starting to look odd.

Take Luis Vizcaino; the brim of his cap is actually starting to get shiny, it’s soaked up so much sweat this season. Anyone else noticing this? I’ve noticed that, despite New Era’s claims on the hat’s seweat wicking ability, you still see salt stains and other telltale signs of well-worn caps.

For the hell of it, I bought one of the new 5950s this past spring; it’s a comfy fit, but a bit boxy. I’m just curious how the hat is going to react as I break it in (even if that break in includes wearing it in a downpour). What have you folks seen there?

all black ravens unis======URP.

[quote comment=”133983″][quote comment=”133952″]Why, oh why, did the Saints wear the black pants with the black jerseys again last night? I know they did this toward the end of the season (they actually wore the black pants on the road as well, which was why I was shocked when they wore the gold pants with the white shirts at the HOF Game). This is the NFL, not high school. Get rid of the black pants![/quote]

I disagree! Of course. I like the monochromatic look, for the most part (teal Seattle is an exception), and I especially like link. It is sleek-looking with a hint of danger. Love it.[/quote]

IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP.

Why don’t you buy some black leotard pants for a 75 pound bantam team and make them look tough.

I am a lifelong Saints fan and they generally had pretty nice unis through the years. Even the adoption of the p*ss-poor “Vegas Gold” over Old Gold was livable. But the Black Pants STINK !!!
especially w/o the Stripes to break up the arobic leotard look.

The Ravens are All_Black tonight and they ALSO look like crap.

The look doesn’t belong on an NFL Team, and probably don’t belng on an NCAA team.

Even Colorado Buffs are wising up and using gold pants now.

[quote comment=”134074″]Does anyone know why the Browns went back to those aweful brown socks last night? If you’re going old school, wear the striped socks! And I think the Saints look great in the black britches. The Chargers completely screwed up. Old school or new, but not THAT!!![/quote]

My guess is that the Browns are following a recent NFL trend among players, which is a solid-color sock covering most of the leg, with a hint of white showing at the ankle, and then a black shoe. You see this look with the Bucs, Saints, Seahawks, and I think Eagles…and now the Browns.

Gotta disagree on the Saints all-black. TERRIBLE, especially with stripe-less pants. High school look, all the way.

Totally agree on the Chargers’ new look. Like the white helmet, but pick ONE shade of blue, please. And how about having actual shoulder stripes, too, instead of the hybrid thing they’ve created.

[quote comment=”134133″]I’m sick of the Saints and Ravens wearing all black! The Ravens are worse with the black helmets, too. Disgusting! And I wish the Vikings would throw those damn purple pants into the Mississippi River![/quote]

SAINTS BLACK PANTS ARE AWFUL !!!

The black pants look as good as Aaron Brooks played for the last five years.

AWFUL !!!

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CHARGERS NEW UNIS ….

The numbering trim is WAY too busy. Simplify it but keep the modern font, which appears to have some relation to the lightning bolts.

The lightning bolts moves to the side of the shoulders actually looks pretty good.

The Navy blue pants are way Too Dark with the White jerseys.

What if they wore White pants with the White jerseys? Or to really modernize the “throwback”, where the Yellow/Gold pants with the White jerseys?

They would look like he 1960s-1973 Chargers, but with the updated numbers and trim. That would be unique.

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Vikings Unis ….

Just like they say in fashion, brown is the new black, and The Vikings are the new Bengals.

Both are a Hopeless carnival and mess of stripes and busyness where class and tradition and even a little simplicity would beter serve the universe.

[quote comment=”134025″]I am begining to appreceate the red on the D-back[/quote]
Being from an area where rattlesnakes are rare, I looked up the ‘diamondback’ [wanted to see what’s up] “The color pattern generally consists of a dusty looking gray-brown ground color, but it may also be pinkish brown, brick red, yellowish, pinkish or chalky white.”
–I love the brick red. That’s a pretty cool link you can actually see the red diamonds on his back.

[quote comment=”134016″][quote comment=”133983″][quote comment=”133952″]Why, oh why, did the Saints wear the black pants with the black jerseys again last night? I know they did this toward the end of the season (they actually wore the black pants on the road as well, which was why I was shocked when they wore the gold pants with the white shirts at the HOF Game). This is the NFL, not high school. Get rid of the black pants![/quote]

I disagree! Of course. I like the monochromatic look, for the most part (teal Seattle is an exception), and I especially like link. It is sleek-looking with a hint of danger. Love it.[/quote]

Minna- how is it that I knew your link was going to be about the all blacks?[/quote]

Dan K., maybe because they are my all-time favorite team?

Tape, I know rugby and football are completely different–I just couldn’t resist the opportunity to gratuitously link to my favorite team.

To the black haters out there–I don’t care what you say–the Ravens looked hot tonight. If they would only wear black socks instead of white, then they would be ideal.

Can’t disagree about the Vikings “purple” pants, though. They have to go.

I’m not sure how much this has been talked about as of late, so I may be out of the loop, but I just noticed that the WNBA is still using the new link that the NBA players rejected at mid-season last year. I also remember there being a mild up-roar ’round these parts that if the new ball were to actually stay then what would become of all the team logos that used the older ball design. While none of the teams have changed their logos in lieu of the new ball, the league itself has been using it for all of it’s link as well as on the logo for the WNBA Finals. Like I said, I don’t know if this has been brought up at all, so I apologize if this is old news.

[quote comment=”134090″][quote comment=”134052″]Not entirely uniform related but I’m watching the Little League World Series coverage right now and Gary Thorne appears to have something on the collar of his polo shirt. Not gonna lie, it looks like bird crap.[/quote]
It’s actually a big ESPN pin signifying that they’re using “robo cameras,” on the collar of his shirt. They were talking about it during the broadcast and how this is the first year that they used the robo camera at the LLWS.[/quote]

Um, seriously? You need a huge ass pin on your announcer’s collar to signify you have a special camera set up? That’s beyond stupid.

[quote comment=”134107″]I’m thinking the NE LLWS unis might be Harvard colors, but that’s just a guess. It’s not an exact match.[/quote]

I think Harvard too…although UMass is a possibiity as well.

Someone help. For many years i have wondered why the Don Corryell Chargers (late 70’s-early 80’s) wore their white uniforms at home?

There was no “heat factor” (miami in the early season) or “jinx factor” (cowboys) or “re-jinx” factor (eagles/redskins forcing the cowboys to wear their dark unis on the road)

If someone could answer this for me I will dance at your wedding/funeral/barmitzvah etc.

Western Kentucky University is moving towards promoting itself as “WKU”. (A la “USC”, “UCLA”, “UNLV”, et al). The university studied and found out that they are the only entity (collegiate or company) that uses the WKU letters. Whereas, there are a lot of “Western” colleges (Western Illinois, Western Michigan, etc) that all regionally refer to the themselves as “Western.” The university wants to establish its own unique identity by capitalizing on the fact that there is only one WKU. Thus, you have the unis as seen — especially the basketball fronts. (FYI — I learned all of this as new member to the university’s Alumni Board). GO TOPS!