Sunday Open Thread

I’m more of a new school guy. I like Oklahoma’s jersy. But I think it would look better if the pants were white.

How long until we see color-coordinated wrist coaches (the wristbands with the built in playsheet holder). I’ve only seen white and black — that Oklahoma State guy should have worn an orange one around his belt to match :)

Maybe it’s early, but to me it looks like the QB in the snow photo has a prosthetic arm.

i thought Oregon’s whites were incredibly cool, despite the continued fall from former series dominance the game represented for the Huskies.

but what’s up with the green “O” on the ball? does the visiting team bring the footballs for an away game, or is there also a “W” on the other side of that rock? you’d think it would just be a Pac-10 logo.

[quote comment=”159186″]i thought Oregon’s whites were incredibly cool, despite the continued fall from former series dominance the game represented for the Huskies.

but what’s up with the green “O” on the ball? does the visiting team bring the footballs for an away game, or is there also a “W” on the other side of that rock? you’d think it would just be a Pac-10 logo.[/quote]

Every school provides their own game balls. When the home team is on the field, they use home team balls. When the visiting team is on the field, they use the visiting teams balls. Most D-1 schools have their logo stamped onto their footballs. Every quarterback is different, which is why both teams are allowed to use their own balls so they can “work” the ball (via red clay, brushing the leather, etc) to a grip that the QB is comfortable with.

Fausto Carmona apparently forgot to remove the “Diamond Collection” tag that comes on authentic MLB jerseys: link. It’s surprising that players’ jerseys even come with merchandising tags, or that Carmona would have a new jersey at this point in the year.

[quote comment=”159191″]Fausto Carmona apparently forgot to remove the “Diamond Collection” tag that comes on authentic MLB jerseys: link. It’s surprising that players’ jerseys even come with merchandising tags, or that Carmona would have a new jersey at this point in the year.[/quote]

That’s the second time this post-season that Carmona’s tag has been sticking out.

Why are the Indians’ nameplates drop-shadowed, whennothing else is?

Oregon looked exactly like storm troopers.

[quote comment=”159179″]How sweet would a Google tool-bar button for Uniwatch be?

I don’t have the technical know how to pull it off. Anyone?[/quote]

You have to be using the latest version of the toolbar. Go to the search box on the main UW page. Right click, go to the choice that says ‘generate custome search.’ The button will then show on the toolbar.

Vince-

How could you not have the ND picture include the great link???

Texans wearing white at home today with blue pants. Titans going all navy.

I think Oregon’s all whites were great. Very clean. Except for the terrible diamond plate pattern. That will never be cool, no matter what the uniform color.

And also, earlier this week, the NYG’s equipment mgr asked if they were the only team with a contrasting Captain patch. The Dolphin’s whites feature a dark (teal?) C patch.

[quote comment=”159204″]Those Kansas State away unis are the best use of purple in the country, because it is only used to accent the white and grey, instead of mixing purple with other bright colors (red, yellow, green).
PS I’m from California, don’t accuse me of being a fan.[/quote]

Purple is totally cool color and K-State gets points for wearing it in an understated way. At least as far aslinkgoes. Now those basketball threads from last year? That’s another story.

couple things from the Pats/Fins game.

Adeilus (sp?) Thomas wearing one red and one navy glove. red on his right and navy on his left.

Also, if i’m not mistaken, i believe marty booker is wearing navy-accented cleats, which strikes me as odd. They look to be a model of nikes from last year or the year before, i have seen other guys wearing them this year though, strikes me as odd, perhaps even an NFL uni violation for him to not have the same orange accents as everyone else.

[quote comment=”159236″]couple things from the Pats/Fins game.

Adeilus (sp?) Thomas wearing one red and one navy glove. red on his right and navy on his left.

Also, if i’m not mistaken, i believe marty booker is wearing navy-accented cleats, which strikes me as odd. They look to be a model of nikes from last year or the year before, i have seen other guys wearing them this year though, strikes me as odd, perhaps even an NFL uni violation for him to not have the same orange accents as everyone else.[/quote]
Have the Dolphins abandoned green pants at home? I don’t think I have seen this combination all year.

$aban got rid of the green pants and they haven’t been back since.

I was at the Seahawks-Packers link last year…the snow made it one of the best football games I’ve ever been too.

Mike Nolan is wearing slacks and a shirt a tie today. In past road games he’s done this with a reebok pullover over the shirt and tie. I thought he couldn’t wear the suit on the road… is he risking a fine?

[quote comment=”159197″]i don’t think carmona forgot to take off the tag. i’ve noticed his tag like that many games, and I think its been mentioned here before. I’m wondering if its a superstition thing. the other night after he gave up a homerun (i think? or at least a run) he tucked his tag in. at least thats what it looked like on tv.[/quote]

Carmona has had the tag sticking out all season long. He also keeps the hologram stickers on his underbill as well. It has been mentioned here before but I don’t think anyone has gotten the exact reason why he actually does this.

[quote comment=”159195]I know the name is a little ridiculous, however this is a fun website. It displays fans wearing a different, old jersey every day. Its kind of fun to see what players fans still dare to wear in public. Hope you all enjoy it.[/quote]

The fine line between clever and stupid:
Discussing sports uniforms / Discussing replica uniforms.

Anyone who takes pictures of men in bars so they can post them online to show other men is maybe taking a pastime just a little to far.

Can you imagine the exchange after the jersey wearer catches some random guy snapping a photo?

“No… you see.. it’s cool. It’s just that… you’re wearing a Keyshawn Johnson jersey and there’s a blog about guys wearing Keyshawn Johnson jerseys, well, not just Keyshawn Johnson jerseys… but anyway, I was going to post your photo on there because yours is from when… eh… umm… please just beat me up. It’ll be less painful.”

Hey everyone. I’m a huge Damer fan And I was content with their uni’s….They didn’t really “WOW” me, but I loved their socks.

Also, I don’t know why, but really dig when team go all white like Oregon did….even down to the white helmets.

[quote comment=”159189″][quote comment=”159186″]i thought Oregon’s whites were incredibly cool, despite the continued fall from former series dominance the game represented for the Huskies.

but what’s up with the green “O” on the ball? does the visiting team bring the footballs for an away game, or is there also a “W” on the other side of that rock? you’d think it would just be a Pac-10 logo.[/quote]

Every school provides their own game balls. When the home team is on the field, they use home team balls. When the visiting team is on the field, they use the visiting teams balls. Most D-1 schools have their logo stamped onto their footballs. Every quarterback is different, which is why both teams are allowed to use their own balls so they can “work” the ball (via red clay, brushing the leather, etc) to a grip that the QB is comfortable with.[/quote]

Why is it though that Oregon’s game ball had their logo in their colors? 99.9% of the time, the ball has the team logo in like goldleaf on the ball…
Couple examples…
link
link

[quote comment=”159225″]I think Oregon’s all whites were great. Very clean. Except for the terrible diamond plate pattern. That will never be cool, no matter what the uniform color.

And also, earlier this week, the NYG’s equipment mgr asked if they were the only team with a contrasting Captain patch. The Dolphin’s whites feature a dark (teal?) C patch.[/quote]

Yes, but their teal jersey’s feature the same teal patch.

Dophins: link
Dolphins: link (Photo 3)

We were looking for standard (not alternates) jersey’s that had different colored patches. As of now, I only know of the Giants. (They have the blue one on their blue jerseys and a red one on their white jerseys)

I was watching the LSU game last night and the trivia question was what other NCAA team wears white as their primary uniform at home and on the road. I never could come up with any, and missed the answer. Any else see this or know the answer?

Looking at Carmona’s shirt tag last night, it looked to me like it was coming from the side of his shirt, kinda off his shoulder. Don’t tags usually rest on the back of a person’s neck. Why was it out on the side? Another question, what are those beads that Asdrubal Cabrera wears, pearls?

[quote comment=”159205″][quote comment=”159179″]How sweet would a Google tool-bar button for Uniwatch be?

I don’t have the technical know how to pull it off. Anyone?[/quote]

You have to be using the latest version of the toolbar. Go to the search box on the main UW page. Right click, go to the choice that says ‘generate custome search.’ The button will then show on the toolbar.[/quote]

That may be the greatest thing ever. Thanks a ton. My inefficiency has just gotten more efficient!

Does anyone know why the Capitals wore white at home vs. the Penguins last night?

[quote comment=”159295″][quote comment=”159292″][quote comment=”159282″][quote comment=”159277″][quote comment=”159225″]I think Oregon’s all whites were great. Very clean. Except for the terrible diamond plate pattern. That will never be cool, no matter what the uniform color.

And also, earlier this week, the NYG’s equipment mgr asked if they were the only team with a contrasting Captain patch. The Dolphin’s whites feature a dark (teal?) C patch.[/quote]

Yes, but their teal jersey’s feature the same teal patch.

Dophins: link
Dolphins: link (Photo 3)

We were looking for standard (not alternates) jersey’s that had different colored patches. As of now, I only know of the Giants. (They have the blue one on their blue jerseys and a red one on their white jerseys)[/quote]

I doubt we’ll find an additional example, because there’s no other team whose dark jersey color is largely absent from their white jersey. Or to put it another way, there’s no other team whose two jersey color patterns are fucked up like the Giants’ are. How can your primary color be blue at home and red on the road? Makes no sense. Yes, I realize it’s patterned on their 1950s/’60s unis, but it didn’t make any sense back then either.[/quote]
Although that was the case for the Broncos before the recent Nikified duds — orange home jerseys with white & blue for the road.[/quote]

Yeah, but at least the blue uni numbers were outlined in orange. There’s literally NO blue on the Giants’ white jerseys.

Plus the Broncos’ helmets were blue, so the blue numbers made a certain amount of sense. The Giants’ red-based road uni makes no sense at all.[/quote]

True, but I love it nonetheless.

[quote comment=”159297″][quote comment=”159292″][quote comment=”159282″][quote comment=”159277″][quote comment=”159225″]I think Oregon’s all whites were great. Very clean. Except for the terrible diamond plate pattern. That will never be cool, no matter what the uniform color.

And also, earlier this week, the NYG’s equipment mgr asked if they were the only team with a contrasting Captain patch. The Dolphin’s whites feature a dark (teal?) C patch.[/quote]

Yes, but their teal jersey’s feature the same teal patch.

Dophins: link
Dolphins: link (Photo 3)

We were looking for standard (not alternates) jersey’s that had different colored patches. As of now, I only know of the Giants. (They have the blue one on their blue jerseys and a red one on their white jerseys)[/quote]

I doubt we’ll find an additional example, because there’s no other team whose dark jersey color is largely absent from their white jersey. Or to put it another way, there’s no other team whose two jersey color patterns are fucked up like the Giants’ are. How can your primary color be blue at home and red on the road? Makes no sense. Yes, I realize it’s patterned on their 1950s/’60s unis, but it didn’t make any sense back then either.[/quote]
Although that was the case for the Broncos before the recent Nikified duds — orange home jerseys with white & blue for the road.[/quote]

The Falcons, for a while, had black home jerseys and red numerals on their road jerseys.[/quote]

Seems they did link in the early ’70s…

link what I was referring to above.

[quote comment=”159295″][quote comment=”159292″][quote comment=”159282″][quote comment=”159277″][quote comment=”159225″]I think Oregon’s all whites were great. Very clean. Except for the terrible diamond plate pattern. That will never be cool, no matter what the uniform color.

And also, earlier this week, the NYG’s equipment mgr asked if they were the only team with a contrasting Captain patch. The Dolphin’s whites feature a dark (teal?) C patch.[/quote]

Yes, but their teal jersey’s feature the same teal patch.

Dophins: link
Dolphins: link (Photo 3)

We were looking for standard (not alternates) jersey’s that had different colored patches. As of now, I only know of the Giants. (They have the blue one on their blue jerseys and a red one on their white jerseys)[/quote]

I doubt we’ll find an additional example, because there’s no other team whose dark jersey color is largely absent from their white jersey. Or to put it another way, there’s no other team whose two jersey color patterns are fucked up like the Giants’ are. How can your primary color be blue at home and red on the road? Makes no sense. Yes, I realize it’s patterned on their 1950s/’60s unis, but it didn’t make any sense back then either.[/quote]
Although that was the case for the Broncos before the recent Nikified duds — orange home jerseys with white & blue for the road.[/quote]

Yeah, but at least the blue uni numbers were outlined in orange. There’s literally NO blue on the Giants’ white jerseys.

Plus the Broncos’ helmets were blue, so the blue numbers made a certain amount of sense. The Giants’ red-based road uni makes no sense at all.[/quote]
My dad’s a Giants fan. He once said that “those white jerseys are nice, but they just don’t look like the Giants.” Couldn’t have said it better myself, Pops.

Trying again, without the links since the post keeps getting eaten:

According to Football Uniforms Past and Present, the 1963 Oakland Raiders had gold numerals on their white jerseys, then switched to black for ’64. Also, according to the site, the Raiders only wore silver numerals for one year, 1970.

Something tells me this is not right.

Sorry if this was mentioned already, but did anyone else notice that Tony Romo’s nose bumper was blank today? No brand, no team logo, just white.

Battle of the nose bumpers tonight on ESPN. Marshall is sporting ‘HERD’ and Southern Miss has ‘EAGLES’

:(

Somewhere, the 14 year old boys who picked the uniforms for the Broncos are rejoicing, because they’re sporting the monochrome blue.

:(

However, monochrome Broncos isn’t as bad as monochrome Seahawks.

[quote comment=”159313″]Kevin Millar threw out the first pitch tonight. It looks like he had what size pants sticker still on the pants?? Anyone catch that?[/quote]

While we’re on the subject…

Does it seem wrong to anyone else that a player from one of Boston’s division rivals threw out the first pitch before a playoff game for the Red Sox? I know Millar is a hero and can do no wrong in Boston, but still, it’s not that different from having, say, Johnny Damon throw out the first pitch. How weird would that be?

During today’s Washington-Arizona game, the Cards played 2 offensive linemen with the same surname, “Brown”. At times, Elton Brown (G – #61) and Levi Brown (OT – #75) were on the field at the same time, but both only had “Brown” on their nameplate. (sorry, no pix)

I thought there was an exception to the NFL rule that, if the two players could never be confused for each other, (like a kicker and defensive tackle) then they didn’t require the first initial (or full firstname). But this is two offensive linemen, who could possibly lineup side by side.

Anyone else see this?

The Red Sox must have gotten the message about Schilling on their website banner because there is now a new picture of him. Sorry if this has been mentioned before.

i noticed that the cons in the origanal longest yard have long sideline capes. it looks awsome i wish teams still wore those they are classic

Was watching baseball game (no picture or screen grabs), but pretty sure I saw JD Drew in the on-deck circle without red arm piping, like there should be.

[quote comment=”159334″]Was watching baseball game (no picture or screen grabs), but pretty sure I saw JD Drew in the on-deck circle without red arm piping, like there should be.[/quote]
IGNORE! They have the arm piping on the road grays, and I assumed it would be on the home whites as well. But nobody else has it, so it looks like I mistakenly thought it should be there. My bad. Carry on.

[quote comment=”159339″]One of the officials in the Steelers – Broncos game is wearing a couple of things on his belt. A black Motorola box (where they key the mic on to announce calls) and a blue smaller box on the other side that looks sort of like a pager. Anyone know what that is?

Looks like a pedometer, but maybe it is something else.[/quote]
Don’t they do booth reviews in the last 2 minutes? Maybe its so the eyes upstairs can let him know a play is under review.

[quote comment=”159288″]Does anyone know why the Capitals wore white at home vs. the Penguins last night?[/quote]

It was a student night/whitewash promotion

[quote comment=”159318″][quote comment=”159317″][quote comment=”159313″]Kevin Millar threw out the first pitch tonight. It looks like he had what size pants sticker still on the pants?? Anyone catch that?[/quote]

While we’re on the subject…

Does it seem wrong to anyone else that a player from one of Boston’s division rivals threw out the first pitch before a playoff game for the Red Sox? I know Millar is a hero and can do no wrong in Boston, but still, it’s not that different from having, say, Johnny Damon throw out the first pitch. How weird would that be?[/quote]
About as weird as Derek Lowe and Dave Roberts coming back to Boston to get their WS rings at the beginning of the ’05 season and donning Red Sox jerseys while being employed by other teams. I think they each may have even ditched a game to show up.[/quote]

I had to look up to see who Millar played for. If I was an Oriole fan (or a member of the team,) I don’t know I’d dig my teammate schmoozing it up with our ARCH ENEMYS. “The guy who’s using my number.” What? You gave it up for more money!

[quote comment=”159350″][quote comment=”159318″][quote comment=”159317″][quote comment=”159313″]Kevin Millar threw out the first pitch tonight. It looks like he had what size pants sticker still on the pants?? Anyone catch that?[/quote]

While we’re on the subject…

Does it seem wrong to anyone else that a player from one of Boston’s division rivals threw out the first pitch before a playoff game for the Red Sox? I know Millar is a hero and can do no wrong in Boston, but still, it’s not that different from having, say, Johnny Damon throw out the first pitch. How weird would that be?[/quote]
About as weird as Derek Lowe and Dave Roberts coming back to Boston to get their WS rings at the beginning of the ’05 season and donning Red Sox jerseys while being employed by other teams. I think they each may have even ditched a game to show up.[/quote]

I had to look up to see who Millar played for. If I was an Oriole fan (or a member of the team,) I don’t know I’d dig my teammate schmoozing it up with our ARCH ENEMYS. “The guy who’s using my number.” What? You gave it up for more money![/quote]

Actually, Millar was told to not come back when his contract ended. He didn’t want to go, the Sox didn’t want him back. He probably did get a raise to play for the Orioles, though. You’d have to — nobody would want to go there otherwise.

[quote comment=”159337″][quote comment=”159314″]:(

Somewhere, the 14 year old boys who picked the uniforms for the Broncos are rejoicing, because they’re sporting the monochrome blue.

:(

However, monochrome Broncos isn’t as bad as monochrome Seahawks.[/quote]

Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man. I think the Seahawks look great in the monos, and the people who chose that combo (the players themselves) like them too. They also look cool in their all-white roadies, but you know who doesn’t? link. yikes. who knew they even had white pants?

on the downside, Branch’s gloves have inspired more neon-green creep on the Hawks: link.[/quote]

Rams in all white? Ouch!

Pitt’s all blue accentuated how much better the chest typography is this season, and what a mistake those gold stripes up the side were. Oregon looked like link. West Virginia’s alternates a lot like cal’s gold alternates.

If I’m not mistaken, Joe Buck said, “The White Sox win the pennant!” after Coco Crisp made the last out in tonights game. And he never even corrected himself. I listened to it about a dozen times, and he for sure said “white sox”

Something I noticed during Saturday’s Washington-Oregon game: Washington’s mascot, Harry the Husky, still has the uniform style from a few years ago, see link.

The Huskies don’t have those gold shoulder stripes on the jerseys anymore.

From where I sit at Mile High it is usually difficult to see the Broncos orange stripe on their socks. So, link today. link. While looking for a picture, I noticed Cecil Sapp’s socks also had link than normal. I like it.

Also, the window of the Denver Convention Center (two full city blocks of glass rising 150 feet into the air) are lit up in purple this week. Beautiful!

link another look at Marshall’s socks. Also, did anyone notice what looked like plastic packing tape around the waist of Travis Henry? (No doubt to keep the bags of pot from coming loose). I think it may have to do with the towel he had on. I’ve never seen that before tonight though. Sorry, I dont’ have pics of it.

my opinions: rams in all white looks great for a few reasons – it’s fresh and new, it’s not a TON of white and, hence, boring. rather, there’s plenty of color in there to break the monotony. also, the plain jane gold pants are getting old to me. add some stripes to them and they’d look good. i love how they’ve gone with blue pants, too. their color scheme lends itself to many good looks.

on the other hand, the seahawks always going monochrome blue or white is just plain a tired look to me. the color scheme is a dull blue and then a neon-ish green, and it just says “radioactive” to me, which isn’t a good look when it comes to uniforms. they should mix in the silver pants they had before the uni change.

Hi all, great reading as ever.

I don’t like the Rams in all white at all, but on the other hand, I have never felt comfortable watching guys run around in shiny gold pants. It’s not right sonehow. And I’m a Niner fan!

Personally, I still lament the Rams in blue and yellow, circa 1984 for example. Great colours, and the name lettering in white was a great look on home jerseys.

Anyone else notice that on the Friday Night Lights show, the Dillon Panthers have added some pretty bad white shoulder piping to their all purple uniforms for season 2?

[quote comment=”159397″]my opinions: rams in all white looks great for a few reasons – it’s fresh and new, it’s not a TON of white and, hence, boring. rather, there’s plenty of color in there to break the monotony. also, the plain jane gold pants are getting old to me. add some stripes to them and they’d look good. i love how they’ve gone with blue pants, too. their color scheme lends itself to many good looks.

on the other hand, the seahawks always going monochrome blue or white is just plain a tired look to me. the color scheme is a dull blue and then a neon-ish green, and it just says “radioactive” to me, which isn’t a good look when it comes to uniforms. they should mix in the silver pants they had before the uni change.[/quote]

as a lifelong Hawks fan i hated the new scheme at first, but it grew on me and i like them now. but i agree on the silver pants. i was in the minority that voted for the link. the team intended to keep it as an alternate helmet but the league wouldn’t allow it. i think they should try again since so many teams wear alternate jerseys nowdays. the silver helmet would be a reference to their past, and make the bird logo stand out more.

the blue/blue is definitely an improvement on the original link scheme, however, and that’s why the players lobbied for it.

[quote comment=”159283″]I was watching the LSU game last night and the trivia question was what other NCAA team wears white as their primary uniform at home and on the road. I never could come up with any, and missed the answer. Any else see this or know the answer?[/quote]

Georgia Tech. At least it was for many years.