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Very odd scene last night in Phoenix, as the Suns wore their orange alts, which are technically a road uni, so the Lakers wore their home yellows, resulting in a confusingly citrus-themed affair (additional pics here, here, here, and here). Even more oddly, the Suns’ orange/gray color scheme showed up on the opposing coach’s necktie. — Paul
is the colored uni at home thing catching on in the NBA? charlotte was also wearing a road uni against the bucks last night.
Not a big fan of the “SUNS” on the waist band of the shorts. I think it is look big and makes the jersey look too busy.
I am a fan of the orange unis with the gray, even though it has some problems. Look at how the piping tapers up in the photo of Raja Bell. It makes him look like he is wearing some sort of strange tank top with a sleeveless t-shirt underneath.
[quote comment=”165234″]Not a big fan of the “SUNS” on the waist band of the shorts. I think it is look big and makes the jersey look too busy.
I am a fan of the orange unis with the gray, even though it has some problems. Look at how the piping tapers up in the photo of Raja Bell. It makes him look like he is wearing some sort of strange tank top with a sleeveless t-shirt underneath.[/quote]
Busy jersey, hell- it makes them look like they’re wearing redneck belt buckles. Yet another dumb, unnecessary gewgaw to stick on today’s uniform. Better than putting it on their ass, I guess.
The Pacers debuted their new yellow alts last night.
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Miami wore their white jerseys, so it looks like they will primarily be road alts.
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said it in last nights comments, but i’ll reiterate here…NOT a fan of the suns orange unis with the gray piping…i DO like the orange and the big PHX, tho…that’s fine…just lose teh gray
not uni related but noteworthy: a-rod will announce his new team during the halftime show of the super bowl
I’ve never liked the Orange Crush Suns alts. Just…too….something. Can’t really put my finger on it.
But, on an unrelated by still NBA-centric note, I really do like the new Hawks unis. Yeah, they’re kinda “safe.” But, in a world populated by the Nike Kool Aid and the horrors of Oregon football, they’re a nice addition.
Speaking of Oregon…anyone wanna place bets on which horrific combo they’ll bust out in todays epic clash with Arizona State?
Did I just say “EPIC CLASH” in regards to an Oregon/Arizona St. football game?? Yeah…I did. And it feels really weird.
And finally, speaking of that game, I really like Arizona St’s uni for some reason. I can’t really explain why, but I do.
Please tell me someone else thought link was frickin’ hilarious!!!
[quote comment=”165251″]Speaking of Oregon…anyone wanna place bets on which horrific combo they’ll bust out in todays epic clash with Arizona State?[/quote]
if gameday is any indication, the ducks will sport the green helmet with the big O…to my knowledge, they still haven’t broken out the yellow lid, although it is a part of their combo-scheme…so perhaps espn is on to something, at least helmetwise
speaking of gameday, some GREAT placards being held up behind the boys, including, but not limited to a marriage proposal for erin andrews and references to player sobriety
heh
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speaking of gameday, some GREAT placards being held up behind the boys, including, but not limited to a marriage proposal for erin andrews and references to player sobriety
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Erin Andrews marriagte proposals are nothing new…now, if a PORNOGRAPHIC sign directed at the lovely Erin made it’s way onto the air THAT would be a gut busting moment (for me at least…but, then again, i’m fucked in the head)
Oregon with Yellow helmets? Good god…I have no problem with Nike for the most part (they did, ya know, give the world the Air Jordan shoe afterall..and for that i’m eternally happy) but the Oregon stuff.
From yesterday’s ticker: Joe Girardi will wear No. 27 with the Yankees, to symbolize the team’s quest for a 27th championship.
Personally I hope Girardi never has to worry about this, but I wonder, if the Evil Empire wins a 27th championship will he then change his uni number to 28?
For full disclosure I am a Padres fan and a Yankee hater.
I think that just by your nake alone we could tell of your hatred of the Yankees:
“FriarBolt”
A cool moniker for a Padres/Chargers Fan…
[quote comment=”165257″]From yesterday’s ticker: Joe Girardi will wear No. 27 with the Yankees, to symbolize the team’s quest for a 27th championship.
Personally I hope Girardi never has to worry about this, but I wonder, if the Evil Empire wins a 27th championship will he then change his uni number to 28?
For full disclosure I am a Padres fan and a Yankee hater.[/quote]
[quote comment=”165257″]From yesterday’s ticker: Joe Girardi will wear No. 27 with the Yankees, to symbolize the team’s quest for a 27th championship.
Personally I hope Girardi never has to worry about this, but I wonder, if the Evil Empire wins a 27th championship will he then change his uni number to 28?
For full disclosure I am a Padres fan and a Yankee hater.[/quote]
Probably not, because that’s Melky’s number.
Tony LaRussa took #10 with the Cardinals to symbolize their pursuit of WS #10, and they got that in 2006, yet LaRussa never went up to #11.
[quote comment=”165251″]I’ve never liked the Orange Crush Suns alts. Just…too….something. Can’t really put my finger on it.
But, on an unrelated by still NBA-centric note, I really do like the new Hawks unis. Yeah, they’re kinda “safe.” But, in a world populated by the Nike Kool Aid and the horrors of Oregon football, they’re a nice addition.
Speaking of Oregon…anyone wanna place bets on which horrific combo they’ll bust out in todays epic clash with Arizona State?
Did I just say “EPIC CLASH” in regards to an Oregon/Arizona St. football game?? Yeah…I did. And it feels really weird.
And finally, speaking of that game, I really like Arizona St’s uni for some reason. I can’t really explain why, but I do.[/quote]
It’s the gray piping that is a problem for me. Not only is gray a boring color, but there is not enough contrast in tone between the orange and the gray. Just not a good look.
Oregon wore their yellow helmets in the Vegas Bowl in 2006
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…forgot to mention that there is a flame on their yellow helmet outlined in silver. better pic of that here.
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Never seen this link before
From yesterday’s ticker: Joe Girardi will wear No. 27 with the Yankees, to symbolize the team’s quest for a 27th championship.
Personally I hope Girardi never has to worry about this, but I wonder, if the Evil Empire wins a 27th championship will he then change his uni number to 28?
For full disclosure I am a Padres fan and a Yankee hater.
Probably not, because that’s Melky’s number.
Tony LaRussa took #10 with the Cardinals to symbolize their pursuit of WS #10, and they got that in 2006, yet LaRussa never went up to #11.
That whole, “manager wearing # whatever in honor of winning title # whatever” is a bunch of crap. Girardi wore #27 with the Scrubs, and La Russa wore #10 with both the White Sox and The Athletics. Fish ain’t bitin’.
Canadian Football League alert! Bombers wore their throwbacks last night – sweet.
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I just want to say that I really like the Cardinal-on-gold home look for Iowa State, should look even better next year with the new unis.
[quote comment=”165276″]From yesterday’s ticker: Joe Girardi will wear No. 27 with the Yankees, to symbolize the team’s quest for a 27th championship.
Personally I hope Girardi never has to worry about this, but I wonder, if the Evil Empire wins a 27th championship will he then change his uni number to 28?
For full disclosure I am a Padres fan and a Yankee hater.
Probably not, because that’s Melky’s number.
Tony LaRussa took #10 with the Cardinals to symbolize their pursuit of WS #10, and they got that in 2006, yet LaRussa never went up to #11.
That whole, “manager wearing # whatever in honor of winning title # whatever” is a bunch of crap. Girardi wore #27 with the Scrubs, and La Russa wore #10 with both the White Sox and The Athletics. Fish ain’t bitin’.[/quote]
Don’t shoot the messenger. The LaRussa 10 thing is straight out of Mr. Lukas’s number column.
[quote comment=”165274″]Never seen this link before[/quote]
It’s a very common hat. Don’t exactly know what era that logo was used, but it is fairly popular for retro Green Bay gear. Especially in the Green Bay area.
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big green (dartmouth) vs. big red (cornell) goin on as we speak…i know this was mentioned in a previous column, but d-mouth has a strange lookin helmet…nice helmet history of the ivy league from helmet project
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UCLA Basketball played their first exhibition game of the season yesterday, and we wore our “redesigned” gold ‘C’ link. You can see in the gallery that they just added a blue outline that many people here suggested. I was at the game and it didn’t look terrible.
While it certainly is unique, I wish they would have stuck to a patch and not change our classic look. It’ll be interesting to see what our road uniforms will look like.
Here’s what the UCLA uniforms looked like during media day for link.
[quote comment=”165286″]UCLA Basketball played their first exhibition game of the season yesterday, and we wore our “redesigned” gold ‘C’ link. You can see in the gallery that they just added a blue outline that many people here suggested. I was at the game and it didn’t look terrible.
While it certainly is unique, I wish they would have stuck to a patch and not change our classic look. It’ll be interesting to see what our road uniforms will look like.[/quote]
[quote comment=”165232″]is the colored uni at home thing catching on in the NBA? charlotte was also wearing a road uni against the bucks last night.[/quote]
It seems that it is catching on… and I absolutely hate it. I especially hate seeing the road team wear white. It just doesn’t seem right, in basketball anyway.
[quote comment=”165277″]Canadian Football League alert! Bombers wore their throwbacks last night – sweet.
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They don’t match the helmet, but I like the look.
I like the colour/colour look. Not enough teams have non-white home colours…
Maybe that could be something for Paul to look at – NBA teams that have worn, or wear, colours at home. I can think of at least half a dozen off the top of my head.
This was started yesterday but probably needs to be posted here as well…
[quote comment=”165273″][quote comment=”165003″]man…vt was on fire last night!
not even seung-hui cho could have stopped them![/quote]
as a vt alum, that’s not funny. at all. not even a little bit.[/quote]
I was just about to say something about this and your comment popped up…I’m very upset (maybe it was just a miss by the staff) but this is not a joke by any stretch…how they could allow something like that to be posted is beyond me…i think that whoever posted should be banned from making further posts on this site…the post wasnt even uni related in the 1st place…juts some jerkoff trying to be funny…did anyone find this funny?…i would love to get some response on this
Syracuse LB Parker Cantey has had his name misspelled on his jersey all season. It reads “Canty”. No photos though…
[quote comment=”165292″]This was started yesterday but probably needs to be posted here as well…
[quote comment=”165273″][quote comment=”165003″]man…vt was on fire last night!
not even seung-hui cho could have stopped them![/quote]
as a vt alum, that’s not funny. at all. not even a little bit.[/quote]
I was just about to say something about this and your comment popped up…I’m very upset (maybe it was just a miss by the staff) but this is not a joke by any stretch…how they could allow something like that to be posted is beyond me…i think that whoever posted should be banned from making further posts on this site…the post wasnt even uni related in the 1st place…juts some jerkoff trying to be funny…did anyone find this funny?…i would love to get some response on this[/quote]
I think the best response we could give is the one that took place. Everyone ignored the insensitive remarks of the post thus not giving the poster any recognition that they so much wanted.
wonder if the new baby has daddy’s smile?
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Cincinnati Bearcats quarterback Ben Mauk is wearing those custom eye-black strips that were posted a few weeks ago with the UC logo, but he’s only wearing one under his right eye, not his left. He definatley only had one on during warmups, too.
[quote comment=”165286″]UCLA Basketball played their first exhibition game of the season yesterday, and we wore our “redesigned” gold ‘C’ link. [/quote]
I didn’t realize the NCAA switched to an adidas ball. Or is that a league-by-league contract? When did the change happen?
(Actually, as I was typing I found a picture of a Texas exhibition game and they are using a Nike ball.)
I think teams choose their own ball suppliers, be it football, basketball, volleyball, etc. As long as they conform to NCAA standards, you can use whatever ball you want in the regular season. Each conference will have their own balls for conference tournaments, then the NCAA will have their own balls for their tournaments.
if navy had ‘lost’ four of their road jerseys, and they were playing ND, and they had to borrow ND’s away jerseys…ala Va Tech…other than whiting out “IRISH”…would we ever know???
[quote comment=”165306″]if navy had ‘lost’ four of their road jerseys, and they were playing ND, and they had to borrow ND’s away jerseys…ala Va Tech…other than whiting out “IRISH”…would we ever know???[/quote]
I was thinking the same thing. I turned the game on , and it took me a few seconds to figure out who was who.
Am I seeing that correctly on this Tennessee Titans cheerbabe’s costume? link (Insert remark of stunned approval here.)
link in all black in their draw with the GUNNERS~!
[quote comment=”165310″]link in all black in their draw with the GUNNERS~![/quote]
I thought Rooney was #8. When did he change?
[quote comment=”165311″][quote comment=”165310″]link in all black in their draw with the GUNNERS~![/quote]
I thought Rooney was #8. When did he change?[/quote]
Changed this season.
Nike stupidity alert! Nike stupidity alert!
Ok, so a few months ago I found a Portugal t-shirt at my local Dick’s here in Missouri, which is kind of a big deal because there are probably like 5 Portuguese people in the Midwest lol
Yesterday I was wearing the shirt and something seemed off. And I look carefully and I see there’s a typo on my shirt! In portuguese, federation is written federação, but on the shirt it’s written federãçao. I went to the nike store site and the image they have has the typo
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So in reality it’s a little thing, and not that significant, but it’s gonna bug me everytime I wear it now.
But it’s not like I can blame the poor low-wage worker who made it, it’s not his/her fault, they’re just trying to put food on the table.
Anyway, let’s enjoy a laugh at nike.
Oregon are going with the Green Helmet, Black Jersey with Green Shoulders.
[quote comment=”165308″]Am I seeing that correctly on this Tennessee Titans cheerbabe’s costume? link (Insert remark of stunned approval here.)[/quote]
Many of those Whoreloween costumes have 69 in them somewhere. The ump or baseball costume is #69, the police officer is badge #69, etc.
On an unrelated note, the Wisconsin Badgers have the Red Sox-esque upside down #8’s on their football jerseys. Haven’t yet found a good picture, but the top space is noticeably larger than the bottom.
[quote comment=”165314″]Oregon are going with the Green Helmet, Black Jersey with Green Shoulders.[/quote]
Oh and YELLOW PANTS!!!! Wonders never cease.
This could be the worst Oregon Combo yet!
The Gators went with the link link link today, I didnt think it looked so bad and they won for a change. I assume thats why they didnt go with the white pants bc they havent been winning.
Anybody know what those rectangular lapel pins being worn by certain coaches and officials are? Looks like they’re dark brown/black and gold. I’ve seen them on Jim Tressel, Pat Fitzgerald, Mack Brown and some officiating crews, but I haven’t heard any of the announcers mention them. Ideas?
[quote comment=”165308″]Am I seeing that correctly on this Tennessee Titans cheerbabe’s costume? link (Insert remark of stunned approval here.)[/quote]
She’s kind of a horse face so 69 is the proper number when hooking up with her.
[quote comment=”165321″]The Gators went with the link link link today, I didnt think it looked so bad and they won for a change. I assume thats why they didnt go with the white pants bc they havent been winning.[/quote]
link link linklink.
So besides the fact that Oregon is wearing their worst uni combo ever…i feel like halloween is coming a few days late. But is it me or are those yellow pants alot more NEON yellow than the kinda canary yellow they are link
note the poppies in the lapels that will be worn by coaches of canadian based nhl teams, also the more formally dressed managers in english soccer from now until 11/11.
wish our guys would do it, too.
[quote comment=”165292″]This was started yesterday but probably needs to be posted here as well…
[quote comment=”165273″][quote comment=”165003″]man…vt was on fire last night!
not even seung-hui cho could have stopped them![/quote]
as a vt alum, that’s not funny. at all. not even a little bit.[/quote]
I was just about to say something about this and your comment popped up…I’m very upset (maybe it was just a miss by the staff) but this is not a joke by any stretch…how they could allow something like that to be posted is beyond me…i think that whoever posted should be banned from making further posts on this site…the post wasnt even uni related in the 1st place…juts some jerkoff trying to be funny…did anyone find this funny?…i would love to get some response on this[/quote]
yeah, that’s really bad taste, no doubt.
It’s not Uni-Related but worth mentioning. Two enormous streaks ended today.
Kansas beat Nebraska for the first time in 36 years.
And Navy beat Notre Dame for the first time in 43.
Oregon might look brighter, but the stands are full of the exact same neon color and this link looks closer to what we’re seeing today.
[quote comment=”165327″]So besides the fact that Oregon is wearing their worst uni combo ever…i feel like halloween is coming a few days late. But is it me or are those yellow pants alot more NEON yellow than the kinda canary yellow they are link[/quote]
I think its just the contrast against the black. The pants seem to match the numbers pretty closely, and I’m fairly certain that those havent changed.
Also, it depends on what channel you’re watching. Here in Oregon we have the choice of FSN or CSN (Comcast SportsNet) and FSN’s white balance or hue seems to be off in comparison to CSN. Don’t know what ESPN looks like since that is blacked out here and we’re getting Rutgers\UConn instead.
[quote comment=”165326″][quote comment=”165321″]The Gators went with the link link link today, I didnt think it looked so bad and they won for a change. I assume thats why they didnt go with the white pants bc they havent been winning.[/quote]
link link linklink.[/quote]
Shut up :)
are the goalposts at autzen even more neon than the duck trou & sneaks?
Kansas snapped the 36 year streak against Nebraska in 2005 with a 40-15 win.
I feel a little bad for the league and Reebok here, because what the Globe reporter implied – i.e., that the new jerseys were being abandoned altogether – turned out to be inaccurate. On the other hand, it’s hard to feel too much sympathy for people who’ve so much to screw up a once-glorious sport. …
Just saw this. Gary Bettman Sucks. There is a God.
That’s all you hear about here in Nebraska — how Callahan needs to be fired and people selling “Restore the Order” T-Shirts after Tom Osborne was hired as AD. It’s enough to make you puke…but then again, you remember that KU hung 76 on them and all is good.
Maybe I noticed this WAY later than everyone else, but Airzona State had “PT 42” on their jersey collars today. That can’t be new, right?
[quote comment=”165349″]That’s all you hear about here in Nebraska — how Callahan needs to be fired and people selling “Restore the Order” T-Shirts after Tom Osborne was hired as AD. It’s enough to make you puke…but then again, you remember that KU hung 76 on them and all is good.
Maybe I noticed this WAY later than everyone else, but Airzona State had “PT 42” on their jersey collars today. That can’t be new, right?[/quote]
Not sure how long they’ve been doing it, but its safe to assume its for Pat Tillman.
Maybe I noticed this WAY later than everyone else, but Airzona State had “PT 42″ on their jersey collars today. That can’t be new, right?
Not sure how long they’ve been doing it, but its safe to assume its for Pat Tillman.
Since the year Pat was KIA. I believe the 2004-05 Season. The baseball team also has a sleeve patch that looks just like it.
The refs in Arizona State-Oregon today had pink whistles.
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The commentators noted this and said, “You’d assume they are wearing them to support the fight against breast cancer. I hope so, if not, they have some serious issues.”
personally I’m really interrested in the nike and oakley visors that the different college teams wear on their helmets, how do teams such as arizona state get the nike visor tabs to have their team colors on them along with the oakley visors. i wear one on my helmet and wanted to know if there was a site you could custum make those on. also i’m a big fan of spat jobs on your cleats and would really enjoy a section in your blog about that.. thanks
The “battle of the high-lighters” uni-matchup occurred in last year’s playoffs, as the Suns chose the orange as their official road uniform, and played two or three games in LA in the first round.
[quote comment=”165362″]The “battle of the high-lighters” uni-matchup occurred in last year’s playoffs, as the Suns chose the orange as their official road uniform, and played two or three games in LA in the first round.[/quote]
Digger Phelps approves.
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Everywhere you looked in the Oregon-ASU game, there was a Nike logo.
[quote comment=”165307″][quote comment=”165306″]if navy had ‘lost’ four of their road jerseys, and they were playing ND, and they had to borrow ND’s away jerseys…ala Va Tech…other than whiting out “IRISH”…would we ever know???[/quote]
I was thinking the same thing. I turned the game on , and it took me a few seconds to figure out who was who.[/quote]
I was thinking the same thing about the BC/FSU matchup.
The Oregon combination can be seen here.
[quote comment=”165357″]The refs in Arizona State-Oregon today had pink whistles.
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The commentators noted this and said, “You’d assume they are wearing them to support the fight against breast cancer. I hope so, if not, they have some serious issues.”[/quote]
Aside from the Oregon player’s pants being transparent, it appears as if he has been impaled on the cheerleader’s megaphone.
Not sure if these have already been mentioned but these teams have new duds for next season courtesey of Nike:
UCONN
OKLAHOMA
TEXAS
FLORIDA ST
MARYLAND
WASHINGTON
I can’t find a photo anywhere, but towards the end of the OU/Texas AM game there was a kick off where one of the A&M players came running on the field with a ripped up jersey. All the ABC guy said was “they needed a single number out there.” I think he means that there was already the number he was wearing out there so he had to put on something with a different number.
It was an odd situation.
The Sharks were wearing link against the Kings in LA tonight.
And they wore link last night in San Jose. I thought it was just the Sabres that got permission to do this?
The Islanders also wore white in Uniondale today, and the Stars wore white in Dallas on Friday.
Those weird pear-colored helmets ca. 2007 Las Vegas Bowl are different from the ones in the model picture (sans Green logo in action). I was at Autzen today for UO-ASU. I didn’t think the Ducks looked terrible, just…weird. The Green + Black + Yellow was a little disconcerting but both teams looked awesome once the sun went down and the lights came on. Is there anything better than college football at night
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See through pants with visible jock straps…