Iowa: the Hawkeye Museum State

I don’t know what to do with the distinct honor of being the first post. I guess I’ll just note that the new ION helmet from yesterday seems to have that extended chin/face protector like on the Riddell Revolution. I’m in a contract law class right now so i can’t link pics, but you can easily find them on yesterdays front page. Also, on Thursday night, LSU faces off against VT. One thing i have noticed is that each of these teams uses the 4 point low chin strap hook ups. The only time a player uses the high hookup is on a revolution helmet, or if they have a 6 point hook up. Someone please do the research, I find it very interesting that they are the only teams that do this.

Also, on Thursday night, LSU faces off against VT.

VT plays ECU this saturday and then they go off to LSU on the next thursday..

Hi, I’m Alex Keith, President of Old Spice Marketing.

Carl Weathers is great!

I love the Cedar Rapids Bunnies uniform in Neil Bergers slideshow. That’s an awesome slideshow, good job Neil.

As far as DeAngelo Hall’s message goes, if you’re going to do something that ridiculous, you better back it up. Chad Johnson had 5 receptions for 83 yards and a TD against him in a preseason game.

how do you jpg. a pic?

I was in Dunkin’ Donuts this morning, and one kid working at the counter had a New Era sticker on the brim of his DD visor, which was neither made by New Era, nor was it the 7 1/2 size fitted the sticker said it was.

I KNOW I’m not the only one who doesn’t get this fashion at all.

Not exactly sports uni-related, but thought it was worth a share.

As a former marching band geek, I appreciate the shot of that sharp-lookin’ Iowa uni!

just a reminder:

the Canucks unveil their uniforms today at 3:30EST..

I’m thinking the Bengals’ jerseys are just in “preseason form.” None of the orange nameplates wandered down into the orange last season. Rudi Johnson’s nameplate was all on the orange last year. This year, not so much. Carson Palmer’s nameplate was all on the orange last week. This week, not so much.

The 40th anniversary patch has also failed to make it onto the jerseys so far.

I’m hoping the equipment staff gets it together for the season opener next monday. As for the curved yoke and inconsistent stripes, their loss is just an unfortunate byproduct of custom tailoring. The lack of uniformity in the uniforms is annoying.

I remember hearing about Adrian Beltre not wearing a cup. Other than catcher, third base is probably the most dangerous place to not wear one.

Cups were pretty much a rule as catchers when I was younger. My coaches wouldn’t let us get behind the plate without them. I usually wore one later on when I moved from catcher to second (or short, or OF), but occasionally I just ditched the cup, because they just aren’t all that comfortable.

I wear one very time I play hockey though, that’s for sure.

While playing legion ball, a kid standing on deck received a foul ball right in the happy place. He ended up going to the emergency room. He was one of those who didn’t understand why you would wear a cup if you were not catching. After that, EVERYONE on the team wore one.

I think that if you put on baseball pants every day for 15-20 years and wore a cup while playing, that it would feel uncomfortable to wear ball pants without a cup. I play slow-pitch, and I can’t put on ball pants without a cup on and feel right.

I have heard that the vast majority of football players do not wear cups. Seems crazy to me. However, if an OF dives for a ball, a lot of times the cup will move over and hit your most sensitive spots. Maybe football players don’t wear them for that reason.

While listening to the Royals/Tigers game last night (Tues 08/28), the announcers said that Royals OF Joey Gathright had some sort of eye irritation. He did not start, but he pinch hit in the 7th or 8th inning and they said he was wearing his regular glasses and not his contacts. Alas, it was not on TV in KC, so no pics.

Our Little League does a “cup check” at every game. It’s hilarious to see all the kids hitting the “happy place” with both fists then shouting “CUP CHECK COMPLETE!!”

Ahh Waikato. I’m pretty sure they have the best link in all of rugby. Anyone else have any opinions on that?
link may have the second best (black of course…).

For worst, I think link link…and I’m not sure there’s any debate about link. How fucking horrendous. Ughhhh.

Those USA Basketball unis have some issues

1: Players aren’t wearing their normal numbers.

2: The USA logo over the name plate is serious overkill and very oldfashioned.

3: The swoosh is on the front!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! :(

The numbers are different because of the limits on numbers for international play. Check out the original dream team: Jordan 9, Bird 7, etc., etc..

I was poiting out those Bengal uniform inconsistencies to my wife the last time they were on TV. She rolled her eyes and told me to “Go tell that Uni Something about it.”

[quote comment=”137823″][quote comment=”137781″]Also, on Thursday night, LSU faces off against VT.

VT plays ECU this saturday and then they go off to LSU on the next thursday..[/quote]

Does VT have a virtual monopoly on Thursday nights? I never understood why they always play then…[/quote]

They like it, most of the power conference teams won’t do it, the Big Ten flatly refuses to play on Thursday (I know, Michigan and Minnesota did once, but it was thing).

Its a great way to get on TV, and is probably a carry over from the Big East, which always plays weekday games. Since Tech is usually good, and since they fill Lane Stadium up on Thursdays (alot of teams can’t) they can do it whenever they want for the most part. It winds up being a pretty big advantage for them. Just ask Clemson.

[quote comment=”137834″][quote comment=”137823″][quote comment=”137781″]Also, on Thursday night, LSU faces off against VT.

VT plays ECU this saturday and then they go off to LSU on the next thursday..[/quote]

Does VT have a virtual monopoly on Thursday nights? I never understood why they always play then…[/quote]

They like it, most of the power conference teams won’t do it, the Big Ten flatly refuses to play on Thursday (I know, Michigan and Minnesota did once, but it was thing).

Its a great way to get on TV, and is probably a carry over from the Big East, which always plays weekday games. Since Tech is usually good, and since they fill Lane Stadium up on Thursdays (alot of teams can’t) they can do it whenever they want for the most part. It winds up being a pretty big advantage for them. Just ask Clemson.[/quote]

Michigan and Minnesota played on a Friday night because the Twins had a playoff game in the dome on Saturday. Lloyd Carr was, as usual, a disagreeable grouch about moving the game. I think he wanted to move the game to Ann Arbor.

[quote comment=”137837″][quote comment=”137834″][quote comment=”137823″][quote comment=”137781″]Also, on Thursday night, LSU faces off against VT.

VT plays ECU this saturday and then they go off to LSU on the next thursday..[/quote]

Does VT have a virtual monopoly on Thursday nights? I never understood why they always play then…[/quote]

They like it, most of the power conference teams won’t do it, the Big Ten flatly refuses to play on Thursday (I know, Michigan and Minnesota did once, but it was thing).

Its a great way to get on TV, and is probably a carry over from the Big East, which always plays weekday games. Since Tech is usually good, and since they fill Lane Stadium up on Thursdays (alot of teams can’t) they can do it whenever they want for the most part. It winds up being a pretty big advantage for them. Just ask Clemson.[/quote]

Michigan and Minnesota played on a Friday night because the Twins had a playoff game in the dome on Saturday. Lloyd Carr was, as usual, a disagreeable grouch about moving the game. I think he wanted to move the game to Ann Arbor.[/quote]

Right it was Friday not Thursday, it was a few years ago. Carr was a real baby about it too. Moreover,Paterno simply said that there was no way Penn State was playing on a weeknight in Minnesota the last time it looked like the Twins were going to make the playoffs, it wound up not being an issue though.

Map manufacturers sometimes put small, phony streets onto their maps

I worked for a small publishing house in the late ’70’s and one of the authors intentionally out two phony facts into his book to catch plagiarizers. And then he sued Trivial Pursuit for using one of his bogus facts without permission.

[quote comment=”137841″]Map manufacturers sometimes put small, phony streets onto their maps

I worked for a small publishing house in the late ’70’s and one of the authors intentionally out two phony facts into his book to catch plagiarizers. And then he sued Trivial Pursuit for using one of his bogus facts without permission.[/quote]
In the biz, they’re called ‘map-traps’.

Saw link story about the Univ. of Montana Grizzlies getting new uniforms for the upcoming season, but there’s no pictures.

Anyone might know where to look at those?

[quote comment=”137842″]In international competition you must wear numbers 1-15 though. That’s why “normal” numbers might not be issued.

No, the only permissible numbers are 4-15. 1-3 aren’t permitted because they are used for referee’s signals.[/quote]

That’s right…my mistake. That’s what I get for trying to do a little work instead of focusing all thoughts and effort on UniWatch. Won’t happen again…I promise.

I spent two glorious days in the UniWatch homeland – Brooklyn – watching the AVP beach volleyball tournament. And can I just say that I have no problem with this kind of swoosh-related logo creep.
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The swoosh kinda looks like a tilde above the A in her name.

When I moved to catcher in Little League, I’ll never forget my coach pulling me aside with the bag of miscellaneous team equipment in it. He told me there was something besides the pads and mask I had to wear. He reached deep into the bag and pulled out an old cup with multiple holes in it, no jock or anything. I had to situate it around the goods for the game until I could get my own. But I tell ya, it didn’t take long before I knew why I was wearing it behind the plate.

[quote comment=”137823″][quote comment=”137781″]Also, on Thursday night, LSU faces off against VT.

VT plays ECU this saturday and then they go off to LSU on the next thursday..[/quote]

Does VT have a virtual monopoly on Thursday nights? I never understood why they always play then…[/quote]
They aren’t playing LSU then!

Regarding the whole cup issue, I remember reading in SI a few years ago that Torri Hunter does not believe in wearing them either.

[quote comment=”137855″]When I moved to catcher in Little League, I’ll never forget my coach pulling me aside with the bag of miscellaneous team equipment in it. He told me there was something besides the pads and mask I had to wear. He reached deep into the bag and pulled out an old cup with multiple holes in it, no jock or anything. I had to situate it around the goods for the game until I could get my own. But I tell ya, it didn’t take long before I knew why I was wearing it behind the plate.[/quote]

link.
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I remember having to go through the same thing. I still remember having to share the cup but we wore link outside our pants with the link.

[quote comment=”137853″]I spent two glorious days in the UniWatch homeland – Brooklyn – watching the AVP beach volleyball tournament. And can I just say that I have no problem with this kind of swoosh-related logo creep.
link

The swoosh kinda looks like a tilde above the A in her name.[/quote]
That’s one heck of a tight body, and ass. Oh yeah, I saw the welcomed swoosh too.

[quote comment=”137864″][quote comment=”137852″][quote comment=”137834″]

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I still like night games, even though it does go against the college football tradition.[/quote]

Since when are night games against tradition? Those noon games are the worst thing especially for the college students[/quote]

I believe in college football, “tradition” equals whatever the Big Ten used to do.

I’m wearing a cup in my cubicle as we speak…

I completely agree with the being used to wearing a cup with baseball pants idea. I always wore one when I was younger (especially since I was an infielder), and now that I’m playing slow-pitch, I’m wearing one again. No way I’m taking a chance. I know too many ex-teammates that got jacked up with a wayward ball.

None of the other guys on my team wear one. I just don’t get it. Even my friend’s husband (our 3B) just kind of shrugs his wife off when she tries to get him to wear a cup.

[quote comment=”137850″][quote comment=”137790″]about the protective cups: I heard on TV from a few NFL players that some generally don’t wear them because they get in the way. In a sport that has so much contact, I couldn’t believe this. Could it be true?[/quote]

When I played QB or RB in high school, I always wore a cup…because the contact could come from anywhere. (Often lineman or LBs coming in toward the lower parts of the body).

When I played DB or WR, I didn’t wear one. Less risk of getting hit there. You figure a DB is DOING the hitting, so isn’t probably gonig to take one in the boys…and a WR is getting hit higher, usually.[/quote]

I was a lineman when I played, and I never wore a cup. I always found one to be VERY restrictive and uncomfortable during play. It simply got in the way.

However, there was one incident during practice. I was playing center that day and one of our coaches was demonstrating to one of our QBs how you need to “get under” center. Y’know, really get your hands “in there”. Well, Coach Young showed him alright. He slapped his top hand and in the process gave “the boys” a good smack. I wanted to curl up in a ball and pass out, but I still had work to do…..I had to snap the ball.

Not a fun day.

I’ve heard that because so many players in the NFL leave their protective cups off, a lot of those injuries where “he’s down and holding his leg, this can’t be good”, then two plays later it’s “And he’s back out on the field, what a miracle”, is because of this uniform exclusion and the contact of said game.

If somebody has already posted this, I apologize. I didn’t read everyone’s posts.

[quote comment=”137873″]We often discuss supplementing sports equipment in other uniforms for other indutries…Speaking of which, I was just in an elevator in my office building and the DHL delivery woman had on a pair of Franklin batting gloves! The only thing that could have made it sweeter was if they were Red and Yellow to match the DHL shirt/logo, as opposed to Marron and Black. I was too excited to ask her why she wears them, but I will get the full scoop next time I am in the elevator with her!

Probably tough to get them in Red and Yellow, I can’t think of any pro ball teams that were that combo! Any thoughts on this?[/quote]

Not too tough to get.

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[quote comment=”137832″]I was poiting out those Bengal uniform inconsistencies to my wife the last time they were on TV. She rolled her eyes and told me to “Go tell that Uni Something about it.”[/quote]

HA! I get that from my wife too, all the time…she’s also threatened bodily harm if I ever mention how much I hate baggy MLB uniforms ever again….

[quote comment=”137876″][quote comment=”137850″][quote comment=”137790″]about the protective cups: I heard on TV from a few NFL players that some generally don’t wear them because they get in the way. In a sport that has so much contact, I couldn’t believe this. Could it be true?[/quote]

When I played QB or RB in high school, I always wore a cup…because the contact could come from anywhere. (Often lineman or LBs coming in toward the lower parts of the body).

When I played DB or WR, I didn’t wear one. Less risk of getting hit there. You figure a DB is DOING the hitting, so isn’t probably gonig to take one in the boys…and a WR is getting hit higher, usually.[/quote]

I was a lineman when I played, and I never wore a cup. I always found one to be VERY restrictive and uncomfortable during play. It simply got in the way.

However, there was one incident during practice. I was playing center that day and one of our coaches was demonstrating to one of our QBs how you need to “get under” center. Y’know, really get your hands “in there”. Well, Coach Young showed him alright. He slapped his top hand and in the process gave “the boys” a good smack. I wanted to curl up in a ball and pass out, but I still had work to do…..I had to snap the ball.

Not a fun day.[/quote]

When I played JV ball, I was a back-up QB. I didn’t get along with the starting center. He would bring the ball back, as hard as he could, point first (instead of sideways, so I could grip the ball.) I guess he was trying to break my fingers or jam them or something. He and the guard (his best friend) got a real laugh out of it everytime he did it.

I’d finally had enough, one day. I knew he didn’t wear a cup (when you’re that close, you know…unfortunately). So I called Down, Set, and pulled my hands out of the way on HUT. He brought the ball up, point first and impaled himself.

I saw his butt kind of pop up, then he slowly fell forward onto his face, like a fallen tree. It was hilarious. I just said, “my bad. Thought I’d called it on ‘set'”

Needless to say, he never brought that ball up point first again.

Paul-

I’ve had a post eaten twice. Can you fish it out?

Thanks

I played linebacker and left tackle for my entire high school career and into college never wearing a cup and only paid for it once or twice on interception returns. Basically one hard block, one tackle, or one sprint and that cup is cutting into the side of your leg or in places far worse.

My husband and I taught martial arts for ten years. Before any student was allowed into the sparring ring, we did the cup check with link They learned real quick to answer honestly. My husband said the hardest he was ever hit in his “happy place” was by a 85 lb girl. He was wearing a cup and it still rocked his world. He said it was pretty hard to look like a macho sensei (wow, spanish and japanese in one sentence) with tears in his eyes!

[quote comment=”137814″]I think that if you put on baseball pants every day for 15-20 years and wore a cup while playing, that it would feel uncomfortable to wear ball pants without a cup. I play slow-pitch, and I can’t put on ball pants without a cup on and feel right.

I have heard that the vast majority of football players do not wear cups. Seems crazy to me. However, if an OF dives for a ball, a lot of times the cup will move over and hit your most sensitive spots. Maybe football players don’t wear them for that reason.[/quote]

I know i could never wear a cup while playing football. It’s WAY too uncomfortable and restricting. I tried one back in like 6th grade when i started playing football and i ditched it after one day. I’m a soph in college now, still playing and i can say even with all the contact, i’ve never needed one. Yeah, you can take a shot there occasionally but it’s never like taking a fastball or line drive to the groin so most guys dont play with one.

[quote comment=”137903″]When I was about four or five years old, my oldest brother was playing Little League baseball and had to wear a cup (league checked, and he was a catcher). Being the naive girl that I was, I thought that they wore a cup so they wouldn’t have to leave to go pee during the game…since you know, they never left the field to go to the bathroom, I just figured they peed in the cup and that was that.[/quote]
I love that reasoning. Wouldn’t it be great if that were the case!

[quote comment=”137884″]I disagree by saying that trademark law has gone too far. The team has been using the exact same color scheme in those stripes for over 90 years. That color scheme in those stripes is registered as a trademark. It’s no surprise that a sports team sells clothing in their color schemes. Normally, that’d be ok. If you sell a navy blue t-shirt with some white in it in the Bronx, the Yankees can’t really complain. If you sell a white shirt with navy blue pinstripes, you might have an issue.

And that’s the key here, I’d argue. The color scheme with the stripes being in the same order shows that the source of the goods comes from the team and nobody else can sell it. It’s really a very narrow trademark, but marks are used to show the source of the goods is the same company.[/quote]

So anything that is based on the German flag is a trademark violation of that jersey? I don’t buy it…

[quote comment=”137868″][quote comment=”137853″]I spent two glorious days in the UniWatch homeland – Brooklyn – watching the AVP beach volleyball tournament. And can I just say that I have no problem with this kind of swoosh-related logo creep.
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The swoosh kinda looks like a tilde above the A in her name.[/quote]
That’s one heck of a tight body, and ass. Oh yeah, I saw the welcomed swoosh too.[/quote]
I honestly never noticed any logo creep the first time I saw that photo! Bravo!

Isn’t the Tony Stewart thing just a joke for their TV commercials? Does he actually wear those underarm patches during races?

[quote comment=”137907″][quote comment=”137864″][quote comment=”137852″][quote comment=”137834″]

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I still like night games, even though it does go against the college football tradition.[/quote]

Since when are night games against tradition? Those noon games are the worst thing especially for the college students[/quote]

I Whole-heartedly disagree. I like noon starts. You get up to tailgate at 7am after being out all night, go to game or keep tailgating and listen to it on the radio, leave after the game is over, take nap (maybe), then party saturday night. Plus it’s tradition. GO Gophers.[/quote]

See you are a Big Ten fan, while I live in the South and am SEC where our big game are always night games or later afternoon. So we agree to disagree

[quote comment=”137882″][quote comment=”137838″][quote comment=”137833″][quote comment=”137823″][quote comment=”137781″]Also, on Thursday night, LSU faces off against VT.

VT plays ECU this saturday and then they go off to LSU on the next thursday..[/quote]

Does VT have a virtual monopoly on Thursday nights? I never understood why they always play then…[/quote]
It used to be that Louisville would play every day of the week but Saturday, seemed like.[/quote]

The short answer is that it is totally a way for non-bcs conference teams to get on national tv.

It turned into a tradition a Virginia Tech. The Big East uses it to showcase its teams because on Saturday nobody is going to watch Rutgers play South Florida no matter how dood they are. Pitt plays three or four weekday games this year, if they didn’t they likely would not be on TV at all, and thats a real quick way to kill your program.[/quote]

And ESPN has agreements with leaues ACC, Big East, Mountain West…to show Thursday night games. (And I think Conf USA or the MAC have a Wed package, as well).

If the “worldwide leader” is going to give your conference $$ for weeknight games…you take it.

I just wish the Terps had a an off week before their Thursday nighter. They have to travel to Miami to play Florida International…and then turn around, come home, and have 5 days to prep for WVU…that blows.[/quote]

I love and hate ESPN in equal amounts at the same time. The money they bring to the table is good, and since I would watch college football 24/7 I really like weekday games, so long as Penn State doesn’t have to play them.

The flip side is they dictate what games/teams/confrences are important, and college football, more than any other sport, is heavily influenced by this. If you are on the outside looling in at this, it is a tough if not impossible hurdle to overcome.

“(sorry, Bobby Hill, your card got botched during trimming and will have to be done over next week)”

That boy(‘s card) ain’t right.

This from today’s SF Chronicle about the Niners uniforms…

The 49ers are considering playing all of the 2007 season in 1980s throwback jerseys and pants as a tribute to former coach and administrator Bill Walsh, who died July 30. “We’re in the process of looking at our uniform,” coach Mike Nolan said. “I’ll leave it alone at that.”

Oh please, let it be true!

[quote comment=”137796″]RE Red Faber’s caps, the one pictured in the second link is the cap the White Sox wore in the 1917 World Series. They wore link because of WWI. And, of course, to sell as throwbacks to championship starved fans, which thankfully was fixed in 2005.[/quote]

2005? I thought the White Sox fixed it in 1919!

[quote comment=”137935″]I was in Chicago for the World Series the year the White Sox won. (I’m not a Chicago fan) so I asked ‘the people’ of Chi-Town if they were excited at all about the White Sox, they were, but a lot of them wished it were the Cubs. A taxi driver said it was a Bears/Cubs town, but he was a huge Blackhawks fan and cursed about their management. As per the White Sox in the World Series, the city was electric..but not as electric as it was last night when the Cubs beat the Brewers. 2 games up, and we are almost in September..[/quote]
You didn’t go to the right part of town! If you had been on the southside you would have seen how wired this town was! Cubs fans, on the other hand, are very passe. If they beat the Brewers, great, if not, Oh well! For Sox fans, a tight pennant race like this is a matter of life and death!

Anyways, Paul, about managers wearing a cup, I think it can be assumed that Ozzie Guillen doesn’t wear one. The reason I say this is because in his first home game in 2004 the White Sox had the “Venezuelan Connection” throw out a first pitch to Ozzie (that would be Chico Carasuell (forgive my spelling) and Luis Apparicio), when asked about it by reporters Ozzie said “Well, I hope they don’t bounce it, I’m not wearing a cup.”

[quote comment=”137798″]Oh, and on the subject of protective cups…

I play baseball in an adult league, and wear a cup when I pitch. Just about everyone on the team doesn’t get it. I just can’t set foot on a baseball field without one on.[/quote]
When I was in high school I remember there was a girl in little league who was really good. She was about a foot taller than everyone else and she played catcher. During their championship game the opposing coach handed a rule book to to the umpire which was opened to the page that stated the catcher must wear a cup to participate in competition. Well, the coach did this on purpose because he knew the girl didn’t wear a cup, and they didn’t have one available because she had been the only catcher the whole year. She she couldn’t play catcher in the championship game.

In my opinion it was kind of a stupid move by the coach, and kind of a dumb rule to begin with. (not a dumb rule that a catcher has to wear a cup, but dumb because she is a girl!) It was revised the next year. In conclusion, I am pretty sure they make supporters for girls/women… in which I don’t understand. Any females out there want to explain that to me.

[quote comment=”137793″]how do you jpg. a pic?[/quote]
If I knew the answer to this, I would’ve posted it for this guy by now. I notice a lot of pics posted on here are stand alone pics, which makes a quicker download. correct? How do you get a pic from a site to make it so it doesn’t take 13 seconds to view the full image?

[quote comment=”137943″]Interesting angle on worst jerseys in this article:
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Unlike your typical “Worst Jersey” article, this one explores the worst jerseys fans ever bought for themselves.

I actually own a NY Giants Danny Kannell jersey but I bought it on ebay to wear as a joke at my Fantasy football draft.[/quote]
I’m not a big jersey purchaser, but I do value my SF Giants-Darryl Strawberry T-Shirt.

[quote comment=”137916″]Isn’t the Tony Stewart thing just a joke for their TV commercials? Does he actually wear those underarm patches during races?[/quote]

I honestly don’t know if Stewart has worn those patches on his fire suit. He only drives the #33 Old Spice car in the Busch Series. I just recently notices the commercials. I’m thinking if he did have them on the fire suit they’d probably have started right around the Chicago race in July
the #33 car has 5 different drivers and 4 different sponsors so there is only 1 more race with Tony hopefully he’ll win and we’ll find out

Guilty as Charged
Fan of the left turn series*(with 2 weekends or right and left)

[quote comment=”137953″]I can’t wait to see the Caribous jersey membership card. I wonder if there will be any unique ideas left for year two. Unless the switch is made to jersey fronts or some other idea.[/quote]

Paul’s admonition made me realize I hadn’t ponied up yet. Stupid work keeping me from what really matters: Uni Watch. Yes, I am the man requesting the greatest jersey of all time for my card. I too am waiting to see what this will look like…

[quote comment=”137834″][quote comment=”137823″][quote comment=”137781″]Also, on Thursday night, LSU faces off against VT.

VT plays ECU this saturday and then they go off to LSU on the next thursday..[/quote]

Does VT have a virtual monopoly on Thursday nights? I never understood why they always play then…[/quote]

They like it, most of the power conference teams won’t do it, the Big Ten flatly refuses to play on Thursday (I know, Michigan and Minnesota did once, but it was thing).

Its a great way to get on TV, and is probably a carry over from the Big East, which always plays weekday games. Since Tech is usually good, and since they fill Lane Stadium up on Thursdays (alot of teams can’t) they can do it whenever they want for the most part. It winds up being a pretty big advantage for them. Just ask Clemson.[/quote]

The Mountain West used to do it a lot, but stopped in part because faculty hated it. Students treat it like a 4-day weekend, and Thursday-Friday classes become lost causes.

[quote comment=”137961″][quote comment=”137953″]I can’t wait to see the Caribous jersey membership card. I wonder if there will be any unique ideas left for year two. Unless the switch is made to jersey fronts or some other idea.[/quote]

I think with this group, there will be no shortage of new ideas.

But let’s not forget those fine individuals who went with the official Uni Watch colors. They are the real individuals. The whole group of ’em.[/quote]
So you’re saying if I requested colors other than these uniwatch colors, my money will by accepted but not appreciated? real nice.

[quote comment=”137964″][quote comment=”137961″][quote comment=”137953″]I can’t wait to see the Caribous jersey membership card. I wonder if there will be any unique ideas left for year two. Unless the switch is made to jersey fronts or some other idea.[/quote]

I think with this group, there will be no shortage of new ideas.

But let’s not forget those fine individuals who went with the official Uni Watch colors. They are the real individuals. The whole group of ’em.[/quote]
So you’re saying if I requested colors other than these uniwatch colors, my money will by accepted but not appreciated? real nice.[/quote]

Nope. The exact opposite, actually. We get too carried away with the card designs and forget that everyone supports the site.

[quote comment=”137970″][quote comment=”137965″]A couple of days ago, I remember seeing a screencap of what was supposedly the Leafs new jersey, but I can’t find it to share the awfulness with my brother. Does anyone have it? Much thanks.[/quote]

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Absolutely terrible, just like I remembered. Thank you, kind sir

[quote comment=”137904″][quote comment=”137903″]When I was about four or five years old, my oldest brother was playing Little League baseball and had to wear a cup (league checked, and he was a catcher). Being the naive girl that I was, I thought that they wore a cup so they wouldn’t have to leave to go pee during the game…since you know, they never left the field to go to the bathroom, I just figured they peed in the cup and that was that.[/quote]
I love that reasoning. Wouldn’t it be great if that were the case![/quote]

Embarassingly enough, when I was about 9 years old, I was playing little league I tested this theory. I really needed to go, and the game was only an inning from being over, so I figured if I went, it would just be held in the cup, I soon found out how wrong I was. My white pants were covered in pee. My mother was mortified.

On another note, I was a catcher for baseball, lineman in highschool and college football, and an umpire for baseball and softball, and through all of my teen years, and up to now in my mid twentys I still have not worn a cup. They are just way to uncomfortable for me. In college as a center I had an occasional mishap, but it was better than the constant uncomfort.

[quote comment=”137950″][quote comment=”137793″]how do you jpg. a pic?[/quote]
If I knew the answer to this, I would’ve posted it for this guy by now. I notice a lot of pics posted on here are stand alone pics, which makes a quicker download. correct? How do you get a pic from a site to make it so it doesn’t take 13 seconds to view the full image?[/quote]

Well, if the image you want to show is online, all you have to do is left click on the image, and select “View Image.” In most cases, this will load the image only. Then, you copy the URL of the image, put it in the link tags, and submit your post.

As for the original question, JPEG is just one of the many encoding formats for digital images. Almost all images are either JPEG and GIF, because they work universally. For Uni Watch images, you are probably stuck with whatever format the website chooses.

[quote comment=”137944″][quote comment=”137798″]Oh, and on the subject of protective cups…

I play baseball in an adult league, and wear a cup when I pitch. Just about everyone on the team doesn’t get it. I just can’t set foot on a baseball field without one on.[/quote]
When I was in high school I remember there was a girl in little league who was really good. She was about a foot taller than everyone else and she played catcher. During their championship game the opposing coach handed a rule book to to the umpire which was opened to the page that stated the catcher must wear a cup to participate in competition. Well, the coach did this on purpose because he knew the girl didn’t wear a cup, and they didn’t have one available because she had been the only catcher the whole year. She she couldn’t play catcher in the championship game.

In my opinion it was kind of a stupid move by the coach, and kind of a dumb rule to begin with. (not a dumb rule that a catcher has to wear a cup, but dumb because she is a girl!) It was revised the next year. In conclusion, I am pretty sure they make supporters for girls/women… in which I don’t understand. Any females out there want to explain that to me.[/quote]

There is a type of protector that girls can wear. It’s usually built into compression shorts and isn’t solid. More along the lines of firm padding. I can tell you from experience as a fast pitch catcher that it hurts like hell to get hit there. It may not do as much damage as to the men, but the pain is still horrible.

[quote comment=”137972″][quote comment=”137970″][quote comment=”137965″]A couple of days ago, I remember seeing a screencap of what was supposedly the Leafs new jersey, but I can’t find it to share the awfulness with my brother. Does anyone have it? Much thanks.[/quote]

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Absolutely terrible, just like I remembered. Thank you, kind sir[/quote]

The worst part is CBC uses the word jersey, not sweater. uggggggggggggggh.

[quote comment=”137790″]about the protective cups: I heard on TV from a few NFL players that some generally don’t wear them because they get in the way. In a sport that has so much contact, I couldn’t believe this. Could it be true?[/quote]

Some of my college friends played in the NFL, and it’s absolutely true. Few if any players wear a cup. They will wear a jock strap, but no cup. there will be some players who do wear a cup, and they are usually pretty noticeable. I think there was a punter for the Raiders who did, Jeff Gossett perhaps?

Cup conversation (cont.)

Yes, always wore a cup while catching. Was slightly uncomfortable but a whole lot better than the alternative.

The sport that I had to design some padding for was an unusual one. I was a springboard diver in college (1m and 3m) and trust me when I tell you that there is no pain worse on the planet than smacking your link on water from 4 or 5 meters up (adding the jump to the board). I ended up purchasing a used link and sewed in a little padding for my practice suits.

Since when are night games against tradition?

Since college football predates lights at stadiums…

There’s nothing wrong with night games (at least before winter, which is more an NFL problem), but it would be nice if starting times were more standard instead of television pushing them all over the clock.

This may be a link to wear a cup in football.

Below from today’s San Francisco Chronicle, link.

The 49ers are considering playing all of the 2007 season in 1980s throwback jerseys and pants as a tribute to former coach and administrator Bill Walsh, who died July 30. “We’re in the process of looking at our uniform,” coach Mike Nolan said. “I’ll leave it alone at that.”

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The worst part is CBC uses the word jersey, not sweater. uggggggggggggggh.[/quote]

They’re no longer sweaters. They haven’t been sweaters since they stopped making them out of wool.

You can watch the Canucks sweater unveiling live on there website.

[quote comment=”137954″][quote comment=”137916″]Isn’t the Tony Stewart thing just a joke for their TV commercials? Does he actually wear those underarm patches during races?[/quote]

I honestly don’t know if Stewart has worn those patches on his fire suit. He only drives the #33 Old Spice car in the Busch Series. I just recently notices the commercials. I’m thinking if he did have them on the fire suit they’d probably have started right around the Chicago race in July
the #33 car has 5 different drivers and 4 different sponsors so there is only 1 more race with Tony hopefully he’ll win and we’ll find out

Guilty as Charged
Fan of the left turn series*(with 2 weekends or right and left)[/quote]

I’m not 100% sure, but I’m pretty sure that the armpit thing is just a clever commercial.

You can’t ever tell completely when your talking about advertising and NASCAR. :0)

Incidently, and this is not a plug, nor is this my website, but, if your interested, this website has the scores of pretty much every college football game played in the last 110 years.

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WTF!!?!?!? My post was eaten….let’s try that again:

[quote comment=”137849″]Saw link story about the Univ. of Montana Grizzlies getting new uniforms for the upcoming season, but there’s no pictures.

Anyone might know where to look at those?[/quote]
**ATTENTION ScottyJ in WV**
University of Montana football jerseys:
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Personally, I really like them. But I also like the stripes on the shoulders (much more that stripes that go completely around the sleeve.

Someone is asleep at the switch over there at yahoo.

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Its not like he signed with the dodgers last minute..

[quote comment=”138008″]Short-notice invitation: Scott Turner and I are heading up to Binghamton tomorrow to catch a B-Mets game. If there are any Binghamton-area readers who’d like to say hello, we’ll should be stopping by Sharkey’s (corner of Clinton and Glenwood) for beer and spiedies in the late afternoon. Probably be there roughly from 4:30 to 6:00.

If anyone can’t make it to Sharkey’s but wants to join us at the game, e-mail me and I’ll tell you how to find us.[/quote]
Man if I didn’t live 9 hrs south I’d be all over that. Enjoy those Spiedies, I have to order the sauce on the web.

The Canucks’ home jerseys say “Vancouver” on them. Just in case their fans forgot where they are?

[quote comment=”138026″][quote comment=”138013″]You can watch the Canucks sweater unveiling live on there website.[/quote]

NO! NO! NO! They added a radially-arched VANCOUVER above the Orca whale. It looks terrible![/quote]

First of all I hate the orca. But, that being said, if they had just left the ‘VANCOUVER’ off the front they would have been great. And why is it so freaking huge?!!?

yeah….the new Vancouver uni’s are a disappointment…and the stripe around the bottom of the sweater doesn’t follow the line of the sweater

Anybody have any idea what’s on the front of link You can see the Devils logo on the shoulder, and it looks like a Devils jersey, and who’s the team in the backround? My guess is an exhibition game.

Though I’m born, raised and still live in San Diego, the Canucks are my favorite team in all of sports. I’m devastated right now. The “Vancouver” is terrible.

[quote comment=”138036″]Anybody have any idea what’s on the front of link You can see the Devils logo on the shoulder, and it looks like a Devils jersey, and who’s the team in the backround? My guess is an exhibition game.[/quote]
That would be the Devil’s old AHL affiliate the Albany River Rats

Screencaps up here link

And the “Vancouver” wordmark is a throwback to their WHL days when the jersey just said “CANUCKS” (radially arched) with their number beneath.
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[quote comment=”138039″]Any pics of the Canucks jerseys out there yet?[/quote]

small, but link.

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[quote comment=”138041″][quote comment=”138036″]Anybody have any idea what’s on the front of link You can see the Devils logo on the shoulder, and it looks like a Devils jersey, and who’s the team in the backround? My guess is an exhibition game.[/quote]
That would be the Devil’s old AHL affiliate the Albany River Rats[/quote]

The team in the back is the Rochester Americans.

I’ll weigh in here too…

I played center for three years in HS and two in college. I never wore a cup. I can remember ONE incident where that was a problem. I was a junior in Spring practice and a freshman QB put his hands too far up in there and I smacked myself pretty good on the snap. Next play, the whole OL Ole’ blocked for said young QB. When he got out from under the whole D-Line, I set him straight.

[quote comment=”138052″]I’ll weigh in here too…

I played center for three years in HS and two in college. I never wore a cup. I can remember ONE incident where that was a problem. I was a junior in Spring practice and a freshman QB put his hands too far up in there and I smacked myself pretty good on the snap. Next play, the whole OL Ole’ blocked for said young QB. When he got out from under the whole D-Line, I set him straight.[/quote]

waiting for the “and today that QB is..”

[quote comment=”138042″]There was a photoshop job someone posted a few weeks ago that actually fairly closely resembles these jerseys. The “Vancouver” is just completely unecessary and doesn’t look good at all.[/quote]

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[quote comment=”138042″]There was a photoshop job someone posted a few weeks ago that actually fairly closely resembles these jerseys. The “Vancouver” is just completely unecessary and doesn’t look good at all.[/quote]

Maybe they’re just trying to distract from the whale.

I’m probably in the minority, but I kind of like the new Canucks gear. Like someone said before, no useless piping, no half sleeve-stripes, no apron strings, good color combo. I don’t even really mind the wordmark.

I haven’t seen the back, though. Is there a different colored “Ree-Box” on the back of the neck with the logo?

How come when NHL teams debut their uniforms, the players never have helmets on? Isn’t that part of the uniform? I mean, are the home Vancouver helmets going to be green or blue? I’m assuming blue, but who knows?

I’m probably in the minority, but I kind of like the new Canucks gear. Like someone said before, no useless piping, no half sleeve-stripes, no apron strings, good color combo. I don’t even really mind the wordmark.

I haven’t seen the back, though. Is there a different colored “Ree-Box” on the back of the neck with the logo?

No, it’s a traditional look in the back. The number font is the Canadian Olympic font from 2006.

But for the “VANCOUVER” wordmark, would people find it better?

[quote comment=”138065″]I’m probably in the minority, but I kind of like the new Canucks gear. Like someone said before, no useless piping, no half sleeve-stripes, no apron strings, good color combo. I don’t even really mind the wordmark.

I haven’t seen the back, though. Is there a different colored “Ree-Box” on the back of the neck with the logo?[/quote]

I’m with you…the logo is not great, but it looks like a jersey should. Nice colors and patches on the shoulders. I don’t dislike the workdmark either. It could have been link link worse.

Isn’t it sad that at this point we are just happy when something doesn’t completely suck?

[quote comment=”138074″][quote comment=”138065″]I’m probably in the minority, but I kind of like the new Canucks gear. Like someone said before, no useless piping, no half sleeve-stripes, no apron strings, good color combo. I don’t even really mind the wordmark.

I haven’t seen the back, though. Is there a different colored “Ree-Box” on the back of the neck with the logo?[/quote]

I’m with you…the logo is not great, but it looks like a jersey should. Nice colors and patches on the shoulders. I don’t dislike the workdmark either. It could have been link link worse.

Isn’t it sad that at this point we are just happy when something doesn’t completely suck?[/quote]

I have to agree here…If you don’t know what they looked like in the early 80’s…then I wouldn’t complain here.

[quote comment=”138076″]I think once we get through the 13-year old’s “OMFG – they are the suxxors LOL!!1!1!!” comments on other message boards (some of the comments on canucks.com are a bit out there – as are on the ones one nhllogos.blogspot.com) – most people will find the uniform good – the colours work – there is no trendy vertical striping – or apron effect – no half-stripes – and the wordmark is a throwback – which is fine.

I notice the shoulder patches are updated slightly – the stick is bigger – and at more of an angle than the old one. It’s also on the pants…[/quote]

Well said….

[quote comment=”138072″]I’m probably in the minority, but I kind of like the new Canucks gear. Like someone said before, no useless piping, no half sleeve-stripes, no apron strings, good color combo. I don’t even really mind the wordmark.

I haven’t seen the back, though. Is there a different colored “Ree-Box” on the back of the neck with the logo?

No, it’s a traditional look in the back. The number font is the Canadian Olympic font from 2006.

But for the “VANCOUVER” wordmark, would people find it better?[/quote]
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Sorry, I meant to link link of Team Canada.

i’m assuming that the Canucks number and nameplate fonts are the same as their third throwback that they’ve worn the last couple of seasons, which is completely different from the hideous team canada nike swift font and the all star game last year.

Here is some info on the link 4th question down

[quote comment=”138095″][quote comment=”138089″]i’m assuming that the Canucks number and nameplate fonts are the same as their third throwback that they’ve worn the last couple of seasons, which is completely different from the hideous team canada nike swift font and the all star game last year.[/quote]

The numbers and nameplate fonts are different than the third throwbacks last year. The numbers and letters are thinner (the nameplate is essentially a smaller version of the “Vancouver” wordmark. link. You can sort of see it link.[/quote]

oh you’re right, that’s too bad about the numbers, but could be worse.

Good article here:

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about how Tom Nalen of the Broncos likes to wear previously worn shoes of a teammate and that he never washed his practice uniform while at Boston College.

I love late games personally. I live out on the West Coast and I love watching a good day of football capped off with USC at around 5 pm.

[quote comment=”137924″]Woke up and turned on computer. There’s my Uni Watch homepage with Hawkeye stuff all over it. Not the way for Uni Watch member and Iowa State Cyclone to start the day.[/quote]

Amen to that. Plus, one picture shows Troy Davis getting stuffed (bottom center). When does the Douglas/Nelson wing of the museum open?

I could never wear a cup when I played football, lacrosse, or goalie in soccer. Football was never a problem, and I can’t think of ANYONE I played with who ever wore one. In lax, the defense and goalies wore them, because they were frequently pelted with shots; midfielders ran too much for even the most comfortable of cups. Soccer wasn’t a big deal, since a soccer ball is big enough to usually hit something else on your body before it hits your junk. Cleats though…

Oh, and has anybody mentioned that it’s bloody hot for the boys? I couldn’t imagine wearing a cup when I was doing 2-a-days in HS in Miami during July and August. They’d boil…

[quote comment=”138112″][quote comment=”138036″]Anybody have any idea what’s on the front of link You can see the Devils logo on the shoulder, and it looks like a Devils jersey, and who’s the team in the backround? My guess is an exhibition game.[/quote]

that would be the Albany River Rats the Devils AHL Affiliate[/quote]

The Rats were a long time Devils affiliate, but are now Carolina’s top club.

Watching PTI tonight and Michael Wilbon was sporting a link (old photo, I know). The trademark symbol under the “s” totally disrupts what would be a fine logo.

This, to me is a bigger irritant than the Majestic logo on the sleeve. Both are unnecessary, but the Majestic logo isn’t embedded in the team’s logo.

[quote comment=”138136″]Oh, and has anybody mentioned that it’s bloody hot for the boys? I couldn’t imagine wearing a cup when I was doing 2-a-days in HS in Miami during July and August. They’d boil…[/quote]
Man I’d forgotten about baseball in the south. Your junk sweats like nobody’s business in a cup.

Nice to see that the Cedar Rapids Bunnies uni display has been corrected (at my suggestion) from 1907 (which could not have been correct)to 1920’s. They have great stuff and they do want to get it right.

One of the first things my highschool coach told us every season was to never wear a cup while playing football. According to him, if you got hit the right way, the cup could pinch part of your testicle and that, obviously, would feel real bad.

Wow, it seems like everyone’s completely split on the Canucks jersey. I personally liked it immediately. It’s pretty old school, and a breath of fresh air from all of the super flashy designs that most teams went with. I also like the “Vancouver”, for what that’s worth…nobody complains when the Yankees have “New York” on their jerseys…

[quote comment=”138163″][quote comment=”138158″]Wow, it seems like everyone’s completely split on the Canucks jersey. I personally liked it immediately. It’s pretty old school, and a breath of fresh air from all of the super flashy designs that most teams went with. I also like the “Vancouver”, for what that’s worth…nobody complains when the Yankees have “New York” on their jerseys…[/quote]

I also like the Canucks’ jerseys, but I don’t think you can compare them to the Yankees’ jerseys. The Yankees don’t have the interlocking NY and “NEW YORK” on the jersey at the same time.[/quote]

The Yankees also only have “NEW YORK” on their road jersey. The Canucks put the “VANCOUVER” on both jerseys.

Just to throw it out there (and risk a backlash), would it be as bad if the home jersey said “CANUCKS” instead of “VANCOUVER”? Personally, I think the type is too big, but the change to nickname on the home jersey might make it a bit more palateable. What do you guys think?

On the day that Paul puts up yet another link to the engorged E that has been haunting Mark DeRosa this year, I’m proud to announce that during the Brewers-Cubs game right now, his home jersey is fixed! And it didn’t even take 5 months.

See there you are totally wrong.

It depends…

You can watch college football from 11:30 in the morning until midnight (much later if Hawaii is playing, which is just frigging fantastic), and there are always be at least two games on because of the staggered start times. Most weekends there are at least three, (three!), games that start at or after 10:00. On Saturdays, even without pay-per-view, you can see between 20 and 30 games.

If you like vegging out all day watching all those games, that’s great. If you primarily follow one team, though, you’re better off knowing when they’re going to play, rather than having it vary at television’s whim. This matters even more if you’re actually going to the game.

With the NFL you get usually only get two games with a one o’clock start (75% of the league is playing though). In Pittsburgh, you only get one game while the Steelers play, because the other network just shows paid programming. After the 1:00 start your best case scenario is choice of two games at four, followed by one (usually crappy) game at eight. On Sunday your best hope is for five televised games, which are pretty much all on at the same time.

There’ll be three games in the afternoon (or two if blackout rules kick in), since only one network has the doubleheader. More importantly, if the only game I really care about is the one my team is playing, the other stuff doesn’t matter. And if I’m a season ticket holder, I’d just as soon they always started home games at the same time.

[quote comment=”138168″]Just to throw it out there (and risk a backlash), would it be as bad if the home jersey said “CANUCKS” instead of “VANCOUVER”? Personally, I think the type is too big, but the change to nickname on the home jersey might make it a bit more palateable. What do you guys think?[/quote]

I will disagree. Having any wordmark there doesn’t work IMHO. A hockey sweater should have either a big distinct logo (Bruins, Red Wings, Blackhawks, Penguins, heck, even the Panthers) or the word (Rangers) – not both.

Federer always dresses like the epitome of class and cool. (SEE: trousers and blazer at Wimbledon.)

Tonight at the USO?

black polo. black shorts. black socks. black shoes. black headband.

Bjorn Borg, he of the classic Nordic cool—where are you?

[quote comment=”137935″]I was in Chicago for the World Series the year the White Sox won. (I’m not a Chicago fan) so I asked ‘the people’ of Chi-Town if they were excited at all about the White Sox, they were, but a lot of them wished it were the Cubs. A taxi driver said it was a Bears/Cubs town, but he was a huge Blackhawks fan and cursed about their management. As per the White Sox in the World Series, the city was electric..but not as electric as it was last night when the Cubs beat the Brewers. 2 games up, and we are almost in September..[/quote]

You obviously weren’t in attendance at the World Series parade.

Regarding those Canucks sweaters: reminds me of those old Blues sweaters from about 20 years ago: you know, the ones with the huge “Blues” wordmark above the musical note. Those looked bad; didn’t the people who designed the new Vancouver sweaters learn **anything** from St. Louis?

“A taxi driver said it was a Bears/Cubs town, but he was a huge Blackhawks fan and cursed about their management.”

*sigh* I’m a New Yorker who grew up to be a huge Blackhawks fan…It saddens me to read and see how poorly managed the Hawks are. I mean, I cannot believe in the 21st century that there is still an owner who does not allow his team on TV because he (foolishly) believes TV exposure holds down game attendance….Idiot.

[quote comment=”138233″]The problem with the new jersey cut is horizontal stripes at the bottom of the jersey look strange because of the link
On the white jersey they should color the area below the stripe the same color as the pants so it doesn’t look as stupid.[/quote]
Upon more looking at that picture coloring the bottom of the jersey blue would just make it look shorter, not better. So the only obvious choice is to get rid of the stupid wavy hemline.

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Upon more looking at that picture coloring the bottom of the jersey blue would just make it look shorter, not better. So the only obvious choice is to get rid of the stupid wavy hemline.[/quote]

But you don’t wanna mess with the SYSTEM, man. :V

I’m not disappointed at all. This isn’t anywhere NEAR the ugliest jersey in the league, everything’s good about it but that wordmark, and the wordmark definitely doesn’t plunge it down past the halloween yellow Flying V jerseys. Personally, I’m hoping that an NBA Ball-style backlash takes place and the RBK EDGE Uniform System gets binned, and then maybe they’d rethink the VANCOUVER on the new one. As it is now, it’s alright, and I’m sure the wordmark won’t look as horrible once we’re used to it.

Florida’s half-sleeve stripes, on the other hand…

Reason # 2234343 to wear a cup.

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