My friends, yesterday marked the end of an era. For the first time this season, every member of the San Diego Chargers was wearing an American flag helmet decal.
Or at least I assume that was the case. One thing I know for sure is that LaDainian Tomlinson was wearing one. No surprise there, since he’d also worn the flag decal for San Diego’s two previous games. The big news is that Chris Chambers, who’d been flag-free for the past new weeks, was properly flag-accessorized yesterday, marking the first time this year that Tomlinson and Chambers were both wearing the decal. As for the other fifty-some players on the Chargers’ roster, I’m gonna take it on faith that they were all flag-clad. If anyone knows otherwise, speak up.
In other NFL notes from yesterday:
• Chad Johnson dusted off his orange chinstrap.
• The Jets retired Curtis Martin’s number.
• Hard to know what looked worse in the Jets/Steelers game: the Jets or the slacks-clad officials.
• The officials in the Bears/Seahawks game were wearing the cold-weather slacks too, as you can barely see here.
• Radically distinct sock stylings here. Here, too.
• That’s a right purty game right there.
• There, too.
• Several readers reported that Roy Williams of the Cowboys had a yellow dot on the back of his helmet, similar to the green dot that the QBs wear. No photo yet. If we can get visual confirmation, I’ll ask the team for an explanation.
• I’ve said it before and I’ll keep on saying it: This is the league’s most underrated design, and a classic in the making.
Uni Watch Calendar: Lots of opportunities for gatherings and such over the next few weeks. Here’s the breakdown:
• November 27th: I’m going to be in Austin, Texas. Is there any Uni Watch readership to speak of in that town? If so, any such readers should get in touch. If the response is large enough, I’ll set up a gathering for that evening.
• December 6th: Marc Spears of the Boston Globe and I will be guests of a media seminar class at Boston University. I’ll convene a Uni Watch party at 8:30 that evening at Boston Beer Works, which is right across from Fenway Park. Meanwhile, if anyone wants to attend the seminar class, which begins at 6:30, the professor tells me he can probably accommodate a few extra people. If you’re interested, get in touch and I’ll fill you in.
• December 10th: The completely wonderful City Reliquary, of which I am a proud card-carrying member, will be holding its annual benefit gala at the Automotive High School Auditorium, and I’m one of the two featured speakers this year. I’ll be doing a Power Point presentation on some topic or other (might be uni-related or might not — haven’t decided yet), but the real attraction is the other speaker: Lawrence Weschler, author of such crucial must-reads as Mr. Wilson’s Cabinet of Wonder and Boggs. In other words, I’m like some puny little indie band opening for the Rolling Stones. The evening will feature lots of additional stuff, including a short documentary film, a live samba band, and dinner at Bamonte’s (one of Brooklyn’s oldest and best red-sauce Italian restaurants). Full details here.
Uni Watch News Ticker: I’m a week late with this, but it’s still pretty funny (with thanks to Jeremy Brahm and Timothy Sheehan). ”¦ Speaking of the intersection of fan and uniform, David Soline sent along this. ”¦ Reprinted from Friday’s comments: Really interesting article here about Cal’s recent throwbacks. ”¦ Chris Mycoskie notes that Louisiana-Lafayette’s women’s hoops team has some, uh, innovative uniforms. ”¦ Photo archivist David Eskinazi has come up with something interesting: a 1911 photo of the Wichita Falls Irish Lads. “I found it very unusual that they chose to have EVERYTHING spelled out on their jerseys — team nickname, city, and state,” he writes. “Quite odd, especially for a pro team.” ”¦ Good catch by Andrew White, who notes that UNC’s walk-on players were all photographed wearing the same jersey, as seen here, here, and here. ”¦ Here‘s our first look at the Indians’ new throwback alternate uni. Additional views here. ”¦ The CBA’s Albany Patroons had to play in practice uniforms on Friday night because their new unis weren’t ready yet. ”¦ Really great two-minute audio slideshow here about the Indiana equipment staff prepping the helmets for last Saturday’s throwback game. ”¦ And speaking of that game, there’s a good photo gallery here. ”¦ Brazil has a new soccer kit. Note that the five stars, representing the team’s five World Cup championships, are shown not only on the chest but also on the socks. Details here and here. ”¦ Matthew Strauss noticed something odd: According to SI.com, this photo was taken during a Cowboys/Redskins game in Dallas. But the ’Skins are wearing white, so was Dallas wearing blue at home? The turf looks artificial, which would seem to support the notion that the game was played at Texas Stadium, not at RFK. Can anyone shed more light on this? ”¦ Lots of solid-red action on the gridiron on Saturday, as Minnesota and FSU went monochromatic. ”¦ Casey Hart reports that Harvard’s nordic skiing team uniforms feature a map of the Harvard area. ”¦ Speaking of Harvard, someone on the Chris Creamer board spotted Crimson head football coach Tim Murphy wearing an NFLL pullover on Saturday. ”¦ Interesting critique of presidential campaign logos here. ”¦ Reprinted from yesterday’s comments: I went to a European advertising conference and a hockey game broke out. ”¦ USF is switching to Under Armour. ”¦ I’ve listed lots of uniform typos in my recent ESPN columns. But Matt Lindner found something you don’t often see: a typo on a replica jersey. … Latest analysis of the NHL jersey debacle here (with thanks to Doug Mooney, who also reports that South Georgia Tech’s men’s and women’s hoops teams wore a “W” patch on Saturday in remembrance of instructor Willy Mathis). ”¦ New sleeveless unis for the American men’s volleyball team (as reported by Jeremy Brahm). … Two soccer notes from Jeremy as well: new uniforms for Germany, and quite the flamboyant ball during the U.S. vs. South Africa friendly match.
I have to disagree. I LOVE the Jets green pants and green jersey together. FANTASTIC.
Thank you Paul for giving the Jaguars’ uni some love! I was always curious what you thought of them and now I know.
I was watching the Friars play Miami last night on ESPN2 and noticed that one of the Miami players had his flag logo on upside-down. Anyone else pick up on this or have a screen grab?
I noticed something during the Packers-Panthers game yesterday. The Panthers jerseys are so stretched out in most cases that the shoulder stripe no longer goes over the shoulder, but now looks like it sits on the outside of the upper arm, like a link. Here’s a pic of link wearing it the way it’s supposed to be worn.
I agree with Paul that the jags have a nice looking uni. What amazes me is that despite the teal-like color and black accent, it still get’s love. This proves Paul can accept this that are outside his comfort zone.
I don’t know if it was mentioned yesterday. I was gone all weekend in MLPS watching Bucky retain the Axe from the Gophers…but I noticed Bill’s coach Dick Jauron wearing that Reebok coat with the rubber nipple on it that keeps warm air in the coat (or something like that). I remembered we talked about this coat last year when Lovie Smith wore it, so I thought it would be mentioning.
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That Cowboys-Redskins pic was definitely in Dallas. You can clearly see the red white and blue stripes on the 20-yard line. I don’t have an explanation for the jerseys though.
Fred Taylor better hope the league doesn’t see that photo, or he’s in for a fine…
Perhaps Dallas was wearing their throwback jerseys in dark blue with the white pants?
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[quote comment=”173082″]Perhaps Dallas was wearing their throwback jerseys in dark blue with the white pants?
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link seems to show that they did indeed where blue at home.
[quote comment=”173084″][quote comment=”173082″]Perhaps Dallas was wearing their throwback jerseys in dark blue with the white pants?
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link seems to show that they did indeed where blue at home.[/quote]
I can’t see anything conclusive in that pic to tell me it’s in Dallas. I see alot of yellow in the background. Am I missing something?
Portugal’s soccer team also has a new kit that was unveiled in their win this weekend:
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At a bar yesterday and the Dolphins/Eagle game was on. Noticed a player for Miami had the left sleeve of their long sleeve pass layer completly torn on the back of the tricep area… anyone else see this or have photographic evidence?
Also, maybe I’m just lost, but are these new on Romo’s helmet clipping his chin strap to the top of his helmet?
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Looks like he didn’t have them last week against the Giants.
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Anyone notice Lovie Smith had what looked to be a small Tampa Bay Bucs pirate ship sticker on his headset yesterday? I don’t have a pic…
Well, I will be the one who disagrees. I hate the Jags Teal jerseys. Hate em. Better than the New Orleans Hornets teal I guess if I had to say something positive.
I will agree though the Jets all green sucks hard. I don’t mind the officials pants, in part because I guess I don’t really care what they wear.
I hope the “YOU ALL JUST MINDLESSLY AGREE WITH PAUL” idiots are paying attention.
**CAUTION: Reader about to disagree with Paul**
Paul,
I just don’t understand how you can lump the link in with link. The 1990’s were a pretty good decade, but the worst part that didn’t involve a link was the influx of teams wearing link and link as their primary colors. When you add in the fact that the Jags like to go link on occasion, I further disagree with your assessment of their uniforms. The final straw, of course, is the notion of assigning the color of teal to a team called the “Jaguars.” This would be like the Toronto Blue Jays having an orange jersey (please don’t bring up the link) and the St. Louis Cardinals adopting a kelly green and gold motif.
link makes my personal hall of fame, though.
According to wikipedia, it was cowboys AT redskins…
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Err sorry, Redskins AT cowboys because the game was played september 9th, the cowboys second game of the season.
and the score was 31-33, clearly the second game of the season played, if you go to that Wikipedia link above.
The Milard North football team (the ones with the tape around their helmets) wore a number seven on the back of their helmets in the state championship game for their quarterback who tore out his ACL in the semi-finals. If I can find a picture, I’ll post it.
Re: the Wichita Falls Irish Lads…
Since I’m working in W.Falls, I’ll go down to the museum of N.Texas History today and get some more shots of the Irish Lads, and a few other old baseball teams from a new history exhibit.
Man, wish I could hit up that seminar at BU. Sadly I’m on the other side of the state.
I’m on the wall about the new Germany shirts. They’re pretty..decent.
Those Indian alts are sweet, but would be even better if they’d lose wahoo, and adopt varsity numbers.
As for the Cowboys/’Skins game, I believe it may have had something to do with the gulf war. There was all sorts of comemorative uni switching going on at the time. I remember going to a Blackhawks/North Stars game early in the ’91-92 season where they did the same thing, with some gulf war mumbo jumbo given as the reason.
It’s one of those real uni quandaries why a team that could sport such an awesome look as link would ever want to go out on a football field looking like link
Definitely seems to be Texas Stadium–I’m guessing it was throwbacks being worn, but I’m not sure if they were wore throwbacks in 1991.
However, the pics don’t necessarily correspond with the desciptions. For example, link photo was taken at RFK, but the game being described happened at Texas Stadium.
Not really uni-related, but Boggs is one of my favorite books. Wish i could be there to see Weschler speak!
You know, I like when NFL teams wear the throwbacks – especially the Niners, but it would be nice to see teams outfitted in throwback road uniforms more often. The Niners won two Super Bowls wearing the white jerseys. Fans have strong memories of those also.
As for the link Paul posted, I’ve never noticed the color of their pants before. Is that the normal color? It has a sort of metallic orange look to it — quite different from the helmet, numbers and sock stripes.
Plus, link pic of Michael Irvin appears to be in Soldier Field.
None of this explains why the Redskins were wearing white at Texas Stadium though, unless that’s not Texas Stadium. Does anybody else have the RW&B 20-yard line stripe? Indy?
hey guys, I saw this jersey at the sports bar yesterday while I was watching that embarrassing Jets/Steelers game. I had to sneak around until I got a good angle…sorry the quality isn’t perfect
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re: 23
This is getting stranger by the minute, for not only does it look like the Cowboys wore blue at home against the Skins in ’91, but now we see the Redskins wore Burgundy at home against the Cowboys…
[quote comment=”173117″]As for the link Paul posted, I’ve never noticed the color of their pants before. Is that the normal color? It has a sort of metallic orange look to it — quite different from the helmet, numbers and sock stripes.[/quote]
dome lights seem to do that to our pants.
Perhaps the RW&B 20 yard line was from the Super Bowl played at the Metrodome…
This is getting stranger by the minute, for not only does it look like the Cowboys wore blue at home against the Skins in ‘91, but now we see the Redskins wore Burgundy at home against the Cowboys…
Staubach at the helm. Could be before the ‘Skins started wearing white at home.
As a long time Redskin fan, I can tell you that the picture is not from the game described. I have it on video tape and Dallas is wearing white. As a matter of fact, the only time the Redskins have worn their white jerseys in Dallas in the last 40 years was on a Monday night in 2005. I guess SI didn’t say the picture was accurate, just the player Chip Lohmiller.
Re: Redskins photo
It could be a photo taken during Super Bowl XXVI, which the Redskins won at the HHH Metrodome.
[quote comment=”173121″]hey guys, I saw this jersey at the sports bar yesterday while I was watching that embarrassing Jets/Steelers game. I had to sneak around until I got a good angle…sorry the quality isn’t perfect
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That may be the dumbest thing anyone ever spent money on.
Could be Indy
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There is no way that is Texas Stadium. The 20 yard line stripe used to have blue and red on each side, not alternating. I’d bet that is the Hoosier Dome.
I met to email about Tim Murphy’s NFL pullover.
I was looking at my high school alma mater’s athletics website the other day and found that the varsity football team had been selected as having the #2 football helmet design in the area by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. It’s not a long article but I thought you might enjoy it. My alma mater, All Saints’ Episcopal, is the #2 school but the online article accidentally left the name off. I’ve also included links to images of the top 3 schools’ helmets. Enjoy!
Yeah, my guess is they were wearing link, and I would almost bet it was a Thanksgiving Day game because Dallas would wear those on Thanksgiving for a while. Of course, link is of the Cowboys/Redskins 2002 Thanksgiving Day game, and this one is of the 1996 Turkey Day Classic, so now I’m stumped.
Frank
no mention of Pitt’s new gold jerseys?
Regarding the Redskins-Cowboys pic… I’d bet the ‘Boys were wearing their blue alternate/throwback jerseys for the MNF crowd.
[quote comment=”173121″]hey guys, I saw this jersey at the sports bar yesterday while I was watching that embarrassing Jets/Steelers game. I had to sneak around until I got a good angle…sorry the quality isn’t perfect
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Wow. Ugly and not even the right font. Looks like the SF Giants number font from the 80s.
The original Cowboys-Redskins game picture in todays column is from a Thanksgiving Day game on November 28,2002. On Thanksgiving Cowboys have been wearing their blue third jerseys. As a result, the visitors wear white. The one exception was the first year that the Cowboys did this was the year Dallas hosted Denver. For that game, both teams wore their ‘darks.’ In 2004, Chicago was in and they wore their orange jerseys, while Dallas wore their blue throwbacks.
Shawn
You know I looked at some more of the pictures in that photo series and a bunch of the are inaccurate. Picture #8 is talking about the Monday night game that was the season opener of the 1983 season. However the photo shown is from the NFC Championship game that was held in January. Notice that Riggins has the “tucked feather” helmet which was only worn in 1982. Also the game is in broad daylight! There is another picture (#10) that shows Michael Irvin. However if you look in the background, it is fairly obvious that game is actually in Soldier Field not RFK, FedEx Field, or Texas Stadium.
The Jets didn’t retire Martin’s number (though they should have), they simply honored his career and named the team MVP award the “Curtis Martin MVP Award”
Lohmiller is kicking what’s apparently a 20 yard FG. He didn’t have a 20 yarder in the Superbowl that year.
[quote comment=”173139″]The original Cowboys-Redskins game picture in todays column is from a Thanksgiving Day game on November 28,2002. On Thanksgiving Cowboys have been wearing their blue third jerseys. As a result, the visitors wear white. The one exception was the first year that the Cowboys did this was the year Dallas hosted Denver. For that game, both teams wore their ‘darks.’ In 2004, Chicago was in and they wore their orange jerseys, while Dallas wore their blue throwbacks.
Shawn[/quote]
Except Chip Lohmiller didn’t kick for the Redskins in 2002.
The high hook up chin strap that Romo is wearing has become popular this year. It is a variation of when players, or equipment managers would unscrew the snap from the helmet and drill a hole through the chin strap in order to layer them. This would result in a more sturdy connection. Check out the snaps of the Patriots tackle:
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I suffered the effect of my top snap coming undone numerouds times in high school becasuse of wear and I can tell you it is painful to have the u bar snap down into your nose. Actually, the instance when it happened the worst was when I hit now Titans linebacker Keith Bullock on a kickoff return. The damn u-bar, or bull ring, as we all called it, put a gash in my nose.
Romo’s chin strap can be found on the Indiana helmets in the great video posted the other day!
Nice to see adidas actually switching it up from team-to-team and letting the individual sides dictate the style instead of mandating just a handful of kits as they have over the past half-dozen years or so. Germany’s new shirts look wonderful.
On the Redskins photo: for what it’s worth, the first thing I thought was that it was from the Super Bowl. Dallas didn’t have the shoulder-star throwbacks in 1991. (1994, I believe, for the 75th anni season)
OK, it is apparently the 2005 game, and the Cowboys were wearing those goofy blue alternates, as you can see link. Apparently, Troy Aikman was put in the Ring of Honor on the date of this game, and Cowboys wore their regular blue uniforms for the meeting that year in link.
Frank
Look closely at those photos. There is another one #1 that is obviously taken from the Ice Bowl. Picture #5 is wrong because that game was played late afternoon and the lights would have been on. Acutally I believe that one is from Super Bowl VII. #6 is from the 1st Washington Dallas game, not the season ending 35-34 game at Texas Stadium. Very inaccurate.
Props to link after yesterday’s MLS cup final
Their tangerine uni is growing on me…
[quote comment=”173134″]Yeah, my guess is they were wearing link, and I would almost bet it was a Thanksgiving Day game because Dallas would wear those on Thanksgiving for a while. Of course, link is of the Cowboys/Redskins 2002 Thanksgiving Day game, and this one is of the 1996 Turkey Day Classic, so now I’m stumped.
Frank[/quote]
whoa…BOTH teams wearing dark jerseys…i thought that was umpossible
Regarding the Indians throwbacks – nice cap! But, when is it from? In the early 1900, the style looks consistent, but the “C” on the cap is white. In the 1930-1950, they feature a cap with a red “C” but it is a different style. More like the Reds’ “C” – are the Indians creating a throwback with an old-timey feel, rather than something that is historically accurate?
[quote comment=”173149″]OK, it is apparently the 2005 game, and the Cowboys were wearing those goofy blue alternates, as you can see link. Apparently, Troy Aikman was put in the Ring of Honor on the date of this game, and Cowboys wore their regular blue uniforms for the meeting that year in link.
Frank[/quote]
Chip Lohmiller was long gone by 2005. His last year in Washington was 1993, I believe.
[quote comment=”173145″]Lohmiller is kicking what’s apparently a 20 yard FG. He didn’t have a 20 yarder in the Superbowl that year.[/quote]
Did he kick an extra point?
I’m still going with Indy-WAS in 1990
That’s supposed “Redskins-Cowboys” picture is from Super Bowl XXVI in the Metrodome. Early on in the game they bobbled the snap of an easy field goal. That’s why there is no reference of a made field goal of that length in that Super Bowl against the Bills.
Occam’s Razor: Isn’t it possible that it’s just a photo of Chip Lohmiller kicking, and not necessarily from the game in question?
He kicked for the Redskins from 1991-1994.
…And SI does that all the time. All of the photo-galleries are basically, come up with a topic, find the best picture available related to said topic regardless of whether or not its an accurate representation of what’s being discussed.
And to follow up, the Cowboys introduced the link in 1994. They didn’t start wearing the link until 2001.
I’d just say that pic is from any random ass Redskins game in a dome with a red-white-and-blue 20-yard line strip.
Did he kick an extra point?
Uh, yeah, ignore me. :)
[quote comment=”173159″]…And SI does that all the time. All of the photo-galleries are basically, come up with a topic, find the best picture available related to said topic regardless of whether or not its an accurate representation of what’s being discussed.
And to follow up, the Cowboys introduced the link in 1994. They didn’t start wearing the link until 2001.
I’d just say that pic is from any random ass Redskins game in a dome with a red-white-and-blue 20-yard line strip.[/quote]
Edit myself: Didn’t start wearing the blue one on Thanksgiving until 2001. Yes?
Kellen Winslow wore the Ridell Revolution in yesterday’s game instead of his ussual one. link is a picture from the game
This article seems to suggest (Blue Monday) that the Cowboys did wear blue at home for this game. I’m still seeking a confirming picture or article, but I do remember this was their “return” to MNF and that Johnson and Jones wanted to make a splash and decided to go blue at home for prime time.
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[quote comment=”173145″]Lohmiller is kicking what’s apparently a 20 yard FG. He didn’t have a 20 yarder in the Superbowl that year.[/quote]
Could be an extra point
Despite the fact that I don’t like black being introduced into a color scheme that never featured it, and that I was glad when the teal craze subsided, put some straight pants stripes on this and it is link.
link.
USSF thinks this is an improvement. I think it’s really, really bad.
[quote comment=”173165″]This article seems to suggest (Blue Monday) that the Cowboys did wear blue at home for this game. I’m still seeking a confirming picture or article, but I do remember this was their “return” to MNF and that Johnson and Jones wanted to make a splash and decided to go blue at home for prime time.
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It was Blue Monday because Washington wiped their behinds! I got that game on tape and Dallas wore there normal white uniform.
Can’t believe no one else caught this, but that can’t be Texas Stadium. The number style on that field is unique and has been there since Moses and I were in grade school. Pix to follow.
That Dallas-Washington picture from 12/12/79 is wrong too. That games was played in Dallas, and the picture shows natural grass (The Redskins must have worn burgundy at home one game to explain that picture). Anyway, the Cowboys came back to win that ’79 game with 2 late touchdowns. I can remember it vividly. That Irvin picture with the Bears helmet in the background is obviously at Soldier Field. This was a very poor job collecting pictures by SI.
[quote comment=”173167″]Despite the fact that I don’t like black being introduced into a color scheme that never featured it, and that I was glad when the teal craze subsided, put some straight pants stripes on this and it is link.[/quote]
They also need helmet stripes that go all the way to the back of the helmet instead of tapering off for no damn reason.
The links were left off of my comment. Here they are for you.
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[quote comment=”173170″]Can’t believe no one else caught this, but that can’t be Texas Stadium. [/quote]
Did you read the comments before posting?
i cant believe that it took so long to realize that the major piece of evidence to date that picture was the fact that it was chip lohmiller kicking…
[quote comment=”173163″]Kellen Winslow wore the Ridell Revolution in yesterday’s game instead of his ussual one. link is a picture from the game[/quote]
well, just remember he is a f’ing soldier and doesnt care about anyone except this U…niform
and when it comes to miami…
you cant spell THUG without the U!
Paul,
is it Marc Shear or Marc Spears (Celtics beat writer) that you’ll be appearing with at BU? Will he be at the party as well?
See link for the more serifed numbers used on the Texas Stadium field.
Just in case this got lost in the weekend make-up debacle, I wanted to point out the link again.
I am still wondering if he was wearing all of those or if they used some effects. (If they did, they went through the trouble of putting the discarded jerseys along the floor in the background).
[quote comment=”173173″]The links were left off of my comment. Here they are for you.
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so, copying Indianapolis, Stanford, and Tennessee gets you in the top 3, huh?
;-)
[quote comment=”173153″][quote comment=”173134″]Yeah, my guess is they were wearing link, and I would almost bet it was a Thanksgiving Day game because Dallas would wear those on Thanksgiving for a while. Of course, link is of the Cowboys/Redskins 2002 Thanksgiving Day game, and this one is of the 1996 Turkey Day Classic, so now I’m stumped.
Frank[/quote]
whoa…BOTH teams wearing dark jerseys…i thought that was umpossible[/quote]
“Me fail English? That’s unpossible!”
Like many of those SI gallery photos, it doesn’t match the game being described. That’s it.
[quote comment=”173174″][quote comment=”173170″]Can’t believe no one else caught this, but that can’t be Texas Stadium. [/quote]
Did you read the comments before posting?[/quote]
No one else had the same reason, which seemed like a pretty obvious reason to me.
[quote comment=”173180″][quote comment=”173153″][quote comment=”173134″]Yeah, my guess is they were wearing link, and I would almost bet it was a Thanksgiving Day game because Dallas would wear those on Thanksgiving for a while. Of course, link is of the Cowboys/Redskins 2002 Thanksgiving Day game, and this one is of the 1996 Turkey Day Classic, so now I’m stumped.
Frank[/quote]
whoa…BOTH teams wearing dark jerseys…i thought that was umpossible[/quote]
“Me fail English? That’s unpossible!”
Like many of those SI gallery photos, it doesn’t match the game being described. That’s it.[/quote]
nice pick up on the ralph wiggum ref…
no…what i was saying is that in the second link, BOTH teams are wearing DARK jerseys…i don’t care where the game is being played…i was just wondering how both teams could wear color
[quote comment=”173134″]Yeah, my guess is they were wearing link, and I would almost bet it was a Thanksgiving Day game because Dallas would wear those on Thanksgiving for a while. Of course, link is of the Cowboys/Redskins 2002 Thanksgiving Day game, and this one is of the 1996 Turkey Day Classic, so now I’m stumped.
Frank[/quote]
Those Redskin throwbacks with the spear are great.
[quote comment=”173176″]Paul,
is it Marc Shear or Marc Spears (Celtics beat writer) that you’ll be appearing with at BU? Will he be at the party as well?[/quote]
You’re right — Marc Spears. Sorry, my typo.
I’ve never met or communicated with Marc — just know that he’ll be participating in the seminar along with me. I’ll certainly invite him (and everyone in the seminar) to the Uni Watch gathering afterward.
[quote comment=”173173″]The links were left off of my comment. Here they are for you.
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As a New Orleans Saints fan, and a native New Orleanian, i LOVE the use of the fleur de lis on the shoulder of the All Saints unis
[quote comment=”173154″]Regarding the Indians throwbacks – nice cap! But, when is it from? In the early 1900, the style looks consistent, but the “C” on the cap is white. In the 1930-1950, they feature a cap with a red “C” but it is a different style. More like the Reds’ “C” – are the Indians creating a throwback with an old-timey feel, rather than something that is historically accurate?[/quote]
This from the article on Indians.com
A crème-colored tone, block “Indians” lettering on the front chest, Chief Wahoo logo on the left sleeve and dark navy blue cap with a vintage block “C” highlight the new uniform.
The block lettering harkens back to the 1960s, the coloring is similar to that of the late 1940s and the block “C” is reminiscent of the early 1900s.
I love this alternate uni. Love it. And notice that the cap is dark navy instead of the current shade.
[quote comment=”173152″]Props to link after yesterday’s MLS cup final
Their tangerine uni is growing on me…[/quote]
That’s not a “shocker”. The “shocker” has the ring finger down.
[quote comment=”173147″]The high hook up chin strap that Romo is wearing has become popular this year. It is a variation of when players, or equipment managers would unscrew the snap from the helmet and drill a hole through the chin strap in order to layer them. This would result in a more sturdy connection. Check out the snaps of the Patriots tackle:
link
I suffered the effect of my top snap coming undone numerouds times in high school becasuse of wear and I can tell you it is painful to have the u bar snap down into your nose. Actually, the instance when it happened the worst was when I hit now Titans linebacker Keith Bullock on a kickoff return. The damn u-bar, or bull ring, as we all called it, put a gash in my nose.
Romo’s chin strap can be found on the Indiana helmets in the great video posted the other day![/quote]
The new hookup that Romo used this weekend is supported by “strap locks”–the small white blocks you see link. The snapholder button that comes standard on the helmet is removed and an additional hole is drilled into the shell. The white straplock has nubs on the ends that slide into the holes. The chinstrap is inserted underneath the lock and the lock is tightened down with a screw to secure the chinstrap. With standard chinstrap buttons, the snaps can come undone much more easily than with the straplocks. In our Eq Room (college) we started using the straplocks this year and it seems to help with preventing chinstraps from coming loose. link‘s a closer picture of a straplock on a helmet–far right side.
Some NFL teams have been using something similar, by screwing the chinstrap directly to the shell.
There is no way that picture of Lohmiller is in Dallas. You can tell by the numbers on the field. Dallas has a unique font. those look pretty standard. And the red on their stripe is a tad darker shade.
The Indians uniforms are pretty outstanding. If they stick with the cap (instead of the stupid script I) it might be something to wear around instead of the Chief. I’d like to support my team without having to support the Chief.
Fantastic to see this sort of thing, and here’s hoping we see them frequently.
The Raptors wore their special Italian flag inspired uniforms on Sunday.
It was some sort of Italian-recognition event.
Well, nevermind. Looked in the background of the picture and noticed that the second hat over is the script I. I thought someone had said that it was on its way out (would that!). Well, still an attractive hat design that doesn’t involve the Chief, thank goodness.
The Redskin uniform seems to be a picture from Super Bowl XXVI. The yard line in the background is painted in red, white and blue and the glare from the lights on the helmet suggests that the game was played in a dome. Super Bowl XXVI was played at the Metrodome.
To answer the Chip Lohmiller question please see comment #57 because I KNOW it is right. The red, white & blue line on the 20-yard line is for the Buffalo Bills colors. That is who the Redskins were playing in that game (Super Bowl XXVI), not the Cowboys at Texas Stadium. It was botched field goal attempt, so it probably doesn’t even show up as a missed field goal since Chip never kicked the ball.
[quote comment=”173207″]To answer the Chip Lohmiller question please see comment #57 because I KNOW it is right. The red, white & blue line on the 20-yard line is for the Buffalo Bills colors. [/quote]
Did they have burgundy and yellow on the other 20 yard line?
[quote comment=”173195″][quote comment=”173152″]Props to link after yesterday’s MLS cup final
Their tangerine uni is growing on me…[/quote]
That’s not a “shocker”. The “shocker” has the ring finger down.[/quote]
I was hoping no one had gotten to that before I did. This is a proper shocker, or “shark” as some Midwesterners like to call it:
link
[quote comment=”173163″]Kellen Winslow wore the Ridell Revolution in yesterday’s game instead of his ussual one. link is a picture from the game[/quote]
And Steve Heiden, Browns TE wore the Schutt Ion (that the NY Giants were wearing earlier this season). Cant find pics, but it made me sit up and taken notice when i saw it.
Apparently the broadcasters made mention of it, it was because for extra protection against the hard hitting Ravens.
RE: Clevland unis…love them, simple and classy.
I am happy to announce that as of right now, we are accepting NCAA design requests for Uni Watch membership cards.
As always, no purple designs allowed. Rear-view photo is always helpful. And so on.
So is anyone else really bummed out by the fact that the Indians are keeping the script I cap?
I understand that the Chief Wahoo logo is offensive to some, but the hat is just awful, and they’re ruining their blue alternate.
Plus they changed their sleeve piping which is also a step up in my book.
Yes, burgundy and gold would have been on the other 20-yard line in Super Bowl XXVI.
RE: Steve Heiden helmet….you can see it in this picture (#82). Cant make out the funky helmet, but you can see the Schutt mounting system on the side.
link
[quote comment=”173207″]To answer the Chip Lohmiller question please see comment #57 because I KNOW it is right. The red, white & blue line on the 20-yard line is for the Buffalo Bills colors. That is who the Redskins were playing in that game (Super Bowl XXVI), not the Cowboys at Texas Stadium. It was botched field goal attempt, so it probably doesn’t even show up as a missed field goal since Chip never kicked the ball.[/quote]
Or it was an extra point attempt, or it was during pregame warmups. Either way, you’re spot on with the game and field. :)
[quote comment=”173210″][quote comment=”173195″][quote comment=”173152″]Props to link after yesterday’s MLS cup final
Their tangerine uni is growing on me…[/quote]
That’s not a “shocker”. The “shocker” has the ring finger down.[/quote]
I was hoping no one had gotten to that before I did. This is a proper shocker, or “shark” as some Midwesterners like to call it:
link
correct. not the schocker.
he is demonstrating the “phaser” or what some others call the “shanghai surprise”. a lesser known (and probably lesser used) variation of the “shocker”.
[quote comment=”173215″]Yes, burgundy and gold would have been on the other 20-yard line in Super Bowl XXVI.[/quote]
link. Good catch.
From the Indians description: “The block lettering harkens back to the 1960s, the coloring is similar to that of the late 1940s and the block “C” is reminiscent of the early 1900s.”
That’s what I am saying, to use terms like “harkens back: and “reminiscent of” indicates to me that this is not an historically accurate throwback cap.
[quote comment=”173213″]I am happy to announce that as of right now, we are accepting NCAA design requests for Uni Watch membership cards.
As always, no purple designs allowed. Rear-view photo is always helpful. And so on.[/quote]
Can we request a rear view of a college helmet design (say…for example…Ohio State) complete with a few helmet decals?
Here’s another error: link is dated 1983, but Riggins is clearly wearing the “tucked feather” decal which was only worn in 1982. Riggins also wore a link in 1983.
Here is the play-byplay from a 1st quarter Redskin drive in Super Bowl XXVI…
Washington (11:38)
W 11 1—10 Rypien rollout left, 12 pass to Monk (Odomes).
W 23 1—10 Rypien 17 pass to Monk right (Bennett).
W 40 1—10 Byner 8 run left (Kelso).
W 48 2—2 Byner 4 run middle (Seals).
B 48 1—10 Byner run middle, loss of 4 (Bennett).
W 48 2—14 Rypien pass to Clark middle underthrown, incomplete.
W 48 3—14 Rypien 19 pass to Monk right (Williams).
B 33 1—10 Rypien 31 pass to Monk right sideline (caught at B 27) (Kelso).
B 2 1—goal Riggs run right, no gain (Bentley, Bennett).
B 2 2—goal Riggs run middle, no gain (Lodish).
B 2 3—goal Rypien 2 pass to Monk, touchdown. Play reversed by replay official (Monk did not get both feet in bounds), ruled incomplete.
B 2 4—goal Rutledge (holder) fumbled snap on field—goal attempt, recovered for Washington at B 14.
[quote comment=”173223″][quote comment=”173213″]I am happy to announce that as of right now, we are accepting NCAA design requests for Uni Watch membership cards.
As always, no purple designs allowed. Rear-view photo is always helpful. And so on.[/quote]
Can we request a rear view of a college helmet design (say…for example…Ohio State) complete with a few helmet decals?[/quote]
Theoretically, yeah. That would be a special request that Scott would have to approve. Personally, though, I’d be fine with that.
The Germany kit picture you have is the goalkeeper jersey; the players on the field will be wearing link. I have to say that the one place where Nike-world is a model of restraint is in soccer. Nike makes some of the classiest jerseys, very restrained compared to adidas or Puma. I think the current US design is very classy.
[quote comment=”173172″][quote comment=”173167″]Despite the fact that I don’t like black being introduced into a color scheme that never featured it, and that I was glad when the teal craze subsided, put some straight pants stripes on this and it is link.[/quote]
They also need helmet stripes that go all the way to the back of the helmet instead of tapering off for no damn reason.[/quote]
Amen, I’ve always hated those short helmet stripes, they remind me of the ridiculous Nashville Predators logo.
The strangest helmet stripe I’ve seen is the Southern Miss. M. C. Escher design. Sorry no pics.
[quote comment=”173213″]I am happy to announce that as of right now, we are accepting NCAA design requests for Uni Watch membership cards.
As always, no purple designs allowed. Rear-view photo is always helpful. And so on.[/quote]
It wouldn’t be what I would pick for myself, but it would be cool to see someone get link (similar to the Cowboys card).
New York Rangers uni is starting to look like old times, see link from NYDN link
Seems as if the Edge is getting a bit dull….
Everything new is old again
You’ve probably noticed that the Rangers’ sweaters – particularly the road whites – are looking more and more traditional every day. Responding to the cry from the vast majority of players and equipment managers who have lambasted the sleeker Reebok Edge jerseys introduced for this season, the NHL has allowed teams to make major alterations.
The Rangers have taken full advantage and now are wearing jerseys made largely of the old, roomier, more breathable material – with only patches of the “new” fabric on the back and under the arms. Having already hemmed the silly aprons and tails, the Rangers are almost completely back to the look that served them well for eight decades.
My local OHL team (Belleville Bulls) is sporting numbers on it’s pants this year.
link, link.
Anyone know of any others that are doing the same, at any level?
[quote comment=”173224″]Here’s another error: link is dated 1983, but Riggins is clearly wearing the “tucked feather” decal which was only worn in 1982. Riggins also wore a link in 1983.[/quote]
The new facemask that Riggo is wearing was only used in Super Bowl XVIII. He took some some shots during the NFC Championship game against the Niners so he changed masks.
I have a 1991 Redskins season review video and they wore burgandy in that 1991 game at Dallas. That photo must be from another game — perhaps in the Silverdome?
Actually, more likely the photo is from that season’s Super Bowl, held was held in the Metrodome. (Likely the field stipes would’ve been red, white and blue, as seen in the picture).
Man, I can’t remember the last time a random Ticker item generated this much reaction!
[quote comment=”173200″]The Indians uniforms are pretty outstanding. If they stick with the cap (instead of the stupid script I) it might be something to wear around instead of the Chief. I’d like to support my team without having to support the Chief.
Fantastic to see this sort of thing, and here’s hoping we see them frequently.[/quote]
Me Too! I’m going to but the new “C” hat. never liked the script “I”. too corporate.
I’m going to buy one, not “but” one.
That Redskin-Cowboy SI article is terrible, almost everything is wrong. I think most of it has been documented already, but there are pictures from Super Bowls VII and XXVI in it. There is a picture from the Ice Bowl in it. They say Riggins scored 24 touchdowns in the 1982 season, which was strike-shortened to 9 games (That would have been an extraordinary accomplishment). He set the record for touchdowns in 1983. Overall, this was very poorly done by SI.
The Redskins picture does not correspond with the right game. That picture was not taken at Texas Stadium. That must just be a file picture of Lohmiller, because Texas Stadium’s turf had more of a faded look back then. That turf is more vibrant…
Also, I personally love the black pants that the officials where…..
Does anybody know where I might be able to find a picture of the Raptors/Knicks game on November 1, 1996 when the Raps wore Huskies jerseys?
[quote comment=”173218″][quote comment=”173210″][quote comment=”173195″][quote comment=”173152″]Props to link after yesterday’s MLS cup final
Their tangerine uni is growing on me…[/quote]
That’s not a “shocker”. The “shocker” has the ring finger down.[/quote]
I was hoping no one had gotten to that before I did. This is a proper shocker, or “shark” as some Midwesterners like to call it:
link
correct. not the schocker.
he is demonstrating the “phaser” or what some others call the “shanghai surprise”. a lesser known (and probably lesser used) variation of the “shocker”.[/quote]
I’m so lost.
[quote comment=”173105″]Man, wish I could hit up that seminar at BU. Sadly I’m on the other side of the state.
I’m on the wall about the new Germany shirts. They’re pretty..decent.[/quote]
On the wall… about germany…. pun intended or not?
[quote comment=”173145″]Lohmiller is kicking what’s apparently a 20 yard FG. He didn’t have a 20 yarder in the Superbowl that year.[/quote]
PAT’s is 20 yds
[quote comment=”173121″]hey guys, I saw this jersey at the sports bar yesterday while I was watching that embarrassing Jets/Steelers game. I had to sneak around until I got a good angle…sorry the quality isn’t perfect
link
Charlie, is thast Mcfaddens on 42nd? Looks like it
[quote comment=”173153″][quote comment=”173134″]Yeah, my guess is they were wearing link, and I would almost bet it was a Thanksgiving Day game because Dallas would wear those on Thanksgiving for a while. Of course, link is of the Cowboys/Redskins 2002 Thanksgiving Day game, and this one is of the 1996 Turkey Day Classic, so now I’m stumped.
Frank[/quote]
whoa…BOTH teams wearing dark jerseys…i thought that was umpossible[/quote]
2001 thanksgiving cowboys/broncos both in dark throwbacks- blue vs orange:
link (scroll down to third photo)
2004 thanksgiving cowboys vs bears, again blue vs orange:
link
[quote comment=”173213″]
As always, no purple designs allowed. [/quote]
Is this serious?
“– That’s a right purty game right there.
– , too.”
I think you forgot a link for the 2nd item, Paul
The Montreal Canadiens are raising Larry Robinson’s #19 to the rafters of the Bell Centre tonight. As in the past, I imagine all of the current members of the Habs will be wearing #19 Robinson sweaters during the pre-game warmups and ceremonies.
I always wondered when and how the players changed out of the retiree’s sweaters. I will be at the game tonight and I will pass on some details.
link
[quote comment=”173274″][quote comment=”173213″]
As always, no purple designs allowed. [/quote]
Is this serious?[/quote]
Boy, someone hasn’t been paying attention around here…
Yes, the ban on purple-inclusive membership card designs is completely serious. Yes, it’s also irrational and arbitrary. No, it’s not negotiable. Yes, that really sucks if you’re a Washington Huskies fan. Yes, I’m truly sorry about that. But no, I still won’t budge on this rule.
[quote comment=”173260″][quote comment=”173218″][quote comment=”173210″][quote comment=”173195″][quote comment=”173152″]Props to link after yesterday’s MLS cup final
Their tangerine uni is growing on me…[/quote]
That’s not a “shocker”. The “shocker” has the ring finger down.[/quote]
I was hoping no one had gotten to that before I did. This is a proper shocker, or “shark” as some Midwesterners like to call it:
link
correct. not the schocker.
he is demonstrating the “phaser” or what some others call the “shanghai surprise”. a lesser known (and probably lesser used) variation of the “shocker”.[/quote]
I’m so lost.[/quote]
You’re better off for being lost. Trust me :)
[quote comment=”173282″][quote comment=”173274″][quote comment=”173213″]
As always, no purple designs allowed. [/quote]
Is this serious?[/quote]
Boy, someone hasn’t been paying attention around here…
Yes, the ban on purple-inclusive membership card designs is completely serious. Yes, it’s also irrational and arbitrary. No, it’s not negotiable. Yes, that really sucks if you’re a Washington Huskies fan. Yes, I’m truly sorry about that. But no, I still won’t budge on this rule.[/quote]
Sorry, somewhat new to the forum and obviously not paying attention.
Not a Huskies fan, but as a Viking fan I am offended. If it were me, I would outlaw ugly ass teal, but seeing the Jags comment above, don’t see that happening soon here. :) PS. purple is the color of royalty.
Paul, you’ve probably done this many times before, and maybe it can be found in the actual ESPN articles, but if not I think a Uniform “Power Rankings” is in order. You know, the Top 25 best college football or hoops unis, or the 32 best NFL duds…just a thought. After reading for the last couple years, I feel like I could predict the rankings, but you should humor us all and give us the rankings!
[quote comment=”173222″]From the Indians description: “The block lettering harkens back to the 1960s, the coloring is similar to that of the late 1940s and the block “C” is reminiscent of the early 1900s.”
That’s what I am saying, to use terms like “harkens back: and “reminiscent of” indicates to me that this is not an historically accurate throwback cap.[/quote]
Not sure about the cap, but they should have brought in Dorn, Ricky Vaughn, Willy Mays Hays, Pedro Cerrano, and Jake Taylor to model those throwback shirts!
For those that didn’t see the Blue Jays’ “throwbacks” they’ll be wearing…
Real Little League. And with belt loops and a striped belt! FUG-LEE!
A question on Ohio State’s football unis.
Why would they change the pants and trim from metallic silver to dull, perhaps grey, but leave the helmets metallic? Makes no sense to me. One way or the other would both seem fine to me as long as they match, but having the helmets different from the pants? Ugly and stupid IMO. Cowboy fans may disagree I guess.
[quote comment=”173287″]Paul, you’ve probably done this many times before, and maybe it can be found in the actual ESPN articles, but if not I think a Uniform “Power Rankings” is in order. You know, the Top 25 best college football or hoops unis, or the 32 best NFL duds…just a thought. After reading for the last couple years, I feel like I could predict the rankings, but you should humor us all and give us the rankings![/quote]
He did a top uniform city based on all that city’s major sports teams
[quote comment=”173232″]New York Rangers uni is starting to look like old times, see link from NYDN link
Seems as if the Edge is getting a bit dull….
Everything new is old again
You’ve probably noticed that the Rangers’ sweaters – particularly the road whites – are looking more and more traditional every day. Responding to the cry from the vast majority of players and equipment managers who have lambasted the sleeker Reebok Edge jerseys introduced for this season, the NHL has allowed teams to make major alterations.
The Rangers have taken full advantage and now are wearing jerseys made largely of the old, roomier, more breathable material – with only patches of the “new” fabric on the back and under the arms. Having already hemmed the silly aprons and tails, the Rangers are almost completely back to the look that served them well for eight decades.[/quote]
What??? The same look for 8 decades??? The Rangers change their look and the shade of blue more often than any other team in the NHL.
Take a look at the link. 5 differents; 3 different shades of blue; 2 crests that look nothing like each other; a Lady Liberty logo; and that stupid wordmark. Who ever wrote that article hasn’t been watching the Rangers since the 60s.
As Karim posted above, link (which was on September 9, 1991, as it says at the top), was in Dallas, link vs Washington in 1991 that was 33-31 was IN Dallas. ON the Redskins/Cowboys rivalry Wikipedia page, it says: [date] September 9 [winner] Washington Redskins [score] 33-31 [loser] Dallas Cowboys [location] Texas Stadium. And, Dallas could not have worn blue, because they wore that on link, so link is either of November 24th or another year
Hope this helps
[quote comment=”173236″]My local OHL team (Belleville Bulls) is sporting numbers on it’s pants this year.
link, link.
Anyone know of any others that are doing the same, at any level?[/quote]
That looks really really good. Especially on the dark. I love it.
Dam, now I want a UNC card complete with argyle and the tarheel hell with tar logo.
[quote comment=”173306″][quote comment=”173236″]My local OHL team (Belleville Bulls) is sporting numbers on it’s pants this year.
link, link.
Anyone know of any others that are doing the same, at any level?[/quote]
That looks really really good. Especially on the dark. I love it.[/quote]
I also just noticed the odd side helmet numbers, and i weep everytime i see one of those awful Two-toned reebok helmets.
I didn’t see anyone mention this, Ilya Bryzgalov, picked off the waivers by Phoenix from Anaheim, apparently either didn’t have time to pick up a pair of pads and blocker/glove in the team colours, or has these pads as his lucky pads or something, as he wore the orange and black Ducks colours in his game against the Kings
link
[quote comment=”173129″]Re: Redskins photo
It could be a photo taken during Super Bowl XXVI, which the Redskins won at the HHH Metrodome.[/quote]
The picture most likely was taken at the superbowl. Note the light/dark green of the “field stripes” on the artificial surface that was used for the game. It definatley was not at Texas Stadium due to 20 yard line pattern, at that time Dallas used a double line on each side of the 20 red and blue on each side.
[quote comment=”173121″]hey guys, I saw this jersey at the sports bar yesterday while I was watching that embarrassing Jets/Steelers game. I had to sneak around until I got a good angle…sorry the quality isn’t perfect
link
I was at that depressing game yesterday in that depressing stadium, and a guy five rows in front of me was wearing the Steelers version of that “jersey”:
link
Forgot an actual link
link
[quote comment=”173313″][quote comment=”173129″]Re: Redskins photo
It could be a photo taken during Super Bowl XXVI, which the Redskins won at the HHH Metrodome.[/quote]
The picture most likely was taken at the superbowl. Note the light/dark green of the “field stripes” on the artificial surface that was used for the game. It definatley was not at Texas Stadium due to 20 yard line pattern, at that time Dallas used a double line on each side of the 20 red and blue on each side.[/quote]
At the top of the SI picture, IT HAS A DATE ON IT!!! September 9, 1991, actually, and it was in Dallas (look at my post #139 for more info)
[quote comment=”173135″]no mention of Pitt’s new gold jerseys?[/quote]
Would like to see these sans link.
[quote comment=”173094″]According to wikipedia, it was cowboys AT redskins…
link
Unless I’m missing something, wikipedia says the 33-31 game referred to in the photo in question was at Dallas. 2nd game of the season. The Cowboys later beat the Skins in the 11th game of the season at Washington.
Will someone please call Sports Illustrated and indicate to them that their credibility is in question after placing a stock photo of Chip Lohmiller next the word “Dallas”?
All parties should agree this was not from a Dallas/Washington game. Has a stock photo ever created this much talk?
[quote comment=”173322″]Will someone please call Sports Illustrated and indicate to them that their credibility is in question after placing a stock photo of Chip Lohmiller next the word “Dallas”?
All parties should agree this was not from a Dallas/Washington game. Has a stock photo ever created this much talk?[/quote]
How is it not from the Dallas game? All the details from the summary and date say it was from week 2 of the 1991 NFL season, in Dallas
Also,
Dallas outlines, and has for a very long while, the numbers on the field in blue.
[quote comment=”173312″]I didn’t see anyone mention this, Ilya Bryzgalov, picked off the waivers by Phoenix from Anaheim, apparently either didn’t have time to pick up a pair of pads and blocker/glove in the team colours, or has these pads as his lucky pads or something, as he wore the orange and black Ducks colours in his game against the Kings
link[/quote]
It takes a while to break in a pair of new pads. I’m not sure what the exact process is, but i know glove and leg pads are a bitch to break in, and goalers need to feel completely comfortable to know where they are in the crease.
The ski jersey with a map on it was nice. This is along the same idea… Northeastern’s cycling team has the Boston skyline.
link
Washington Post article from Sept 10 does not mention uniform color – given the history between the clubs, and how out-of-the-norm that would be, it would have been noted. Also, story line goes:
And they still won, defeating the Cowboys, 33-31, before 63,025 in a playoff-like atmosphere at Texas Stadium. Chip Lohmiller kicked four long field goals, Earnest Byner rushed for 101 yards and the Redskins controlled the ball for 22 of 30 minutes in the second half.
Maybe there were just no other good pictures from that game — insert STOCK PHOTO.
link
adding link
[quote comment=”173199″]There is no way that picture of Lohmiller is in Dallas. You can tell by the numbers on the field. Dallas has a unique font. those look pretty standard. And the red on their stripe is a tad darker shade.[/quote]
So, do we now conclude that many of the SI.com “10 Greatest” or “10 Worst” photo arrays are just stock photos and not the actual event? So much for using them for research purposes. Great ticker item, though, Paul!
[quote comment=”173284″][quote comment=”173260″][quote comment=”173218″][quote comment=”173210″][quote comment=”173195″][quote comment=”173152″]Props to link after yesterday’s MLS cup final
Their tangerine uni is growing on me…[/quote]
That’s not a “shocker”. The “shocker” has the ring finger down.[/quote]
I was hoping no one had gotten to that before I did. This is a proper shocker, or “shark” as some Midwesterners like to call it:
link
correct. not the schocker.
he is demonstrating the “phaser” or what some others call the “shanghai surprise”. a lesser known (and probably lesser used) variation of the “shocker”.[/quote]
I’m so lost.[/quote]
You’re better off for being lost. Trust me :)[/quote]
Two in the pink & one in the stink :)
Paul,
Nothing teal can be considered “classic”.
Just my humble opinion.
[quote comment=”173331″]Also,
Dallas outlines, and has for a very long while, the numbers on the field in blue.[/quote]
link (sorry for the bad picture, but you can see those #s aren’t outlined in blue)
[quote comment=”173292″][quote comment=”173287″]Paul, you’ve probably done this many times before, and maybe it can be found in the actual ESPN articles, but if not I think a Uniform “Power Rankings” is in order. You know, the Top 25 best college football or hoops unis, or the 32 best NFL duds…just a thought. After reading for the last couple years, I feel like I could predict the rankings, but you should humor us all and give us the rankings![/quote]
He did a top uniform city based on all that city’s major sports teams[/quote]
As usual, link.
link. I think I’m going to have to change my opinion and say SI is wrong. 1. link (the picture I posted does), and 2. it doesn’t look like the 20 yard line is outlined in red, white, and blue link
[quote comment=”173246″]Man, I can’t remember the last time a random Ticker item generated this much reaction![/quote]
Cowboys and ‘skins in a series of incorrectly captioned photos, it is like a perfect storm.
[quote comment=”173348″][quote comment=”173331″]Also,
Dallas outlines, and has for a very long while, the numbers on the field in blue.[/quote]
link (sorry for the bad picture, but you can see those #s aren’t outlined in blue)[/quote]
Dang it, I was wrong…link
Joe Torre and Terry Francona take note: Lightweight pullover jacket features a “zip off” long sleeve with built in short sleeve for player convenience.
link
As for SI’s photos … geez, everyone. They wouldn’t post something on the internet if it weren’t true!!! Otherwise, I’ll be horribly disappointed when those mail-order “enhancements” arrive later this week!
[quote comment=”173348″][quote comment=”173331″]Also,
Dallas outlines, and has for a very long while, the numbers on the field in blue.[/quote]
link (sorry for the bad picture, but you can see those #s aren’t outlined in blue)[/quote]
Sure link to me.
Sorry David. I didn’t see that you had corrected yourself.
[quote comment=”173305″]As Karim posted above, link (which was on September 9, 1991, as it says at the top), was in Dallas, link vs Washington in 1991 that was 33-31 was IN Dallas. ON the Redskins/Cowboys rivalry Wikipedia page, it says: [date] September 9 [winner] Washington Redskins [score] 33-31 [loser] Dallas Cowboys [location] Texas Stadium. And, Dallas could not have worn blue, because they wore that on link, so link is either of November 24th or another year
Hope this helps[/quote]
Clearly, we are beyond help at this point.
the cowboys were wearing their blue throwbacks with the white shoulders
[quote comment=”173289″]For those that didn’t see the Blue Jays’ “throwbacks” they’ll be wearing…
link[/quote]
They only look bad because the player has his pants down.
“because Wikipedia says…” nuff said
“Dallas could not have worn blue, because they wore that on their November 24th meeting” huh? care to explain that one?
[quote comment=”173380″][quote comment=”173289″]For those that didn’t see the Blue Jays’ “throwbacks” they’ll be wearing…
link[/quote]
They only look bad because the player has his pants down.[/quote]
they look bad because they’re BLUE…stirrups wouldn’t save that outfit
/hey paul, is “jones” an ex?
[quote comment=”173380″][quote comment=”173289″]For those that didn’t see the Blue Jays’ “throwbacks” they’ll be wearing…
link[/quote]
They only look bad because the player has his pants down.[/quote]
I don’t think that came out the way you wanted it to.
Guys, that supposed “Skins-Boys” picture with Chip Lohmiller is from Super Bowl XXVI. We know this for a fact! I even gave play-by-play of the Redskins drive against the Bills in that game that led up to the field goal attempt (Comment #107). Stop analyzing it!
[quote comment=”173191″][quote comment=”173173″]The links were left off of my comment. Here they are for you.
link
link
link
link
link[/quote]
As a New Orleans Saints fan, and a native New Orleanian, i LOVE the use of the fleur de lis on the shoulder of the All Saints unis[/quote]
I actually don’t. The whole use of the fleur de lis here in New Orleans is based on the rich French heritage of the people and the French influence on the city. The fleur de lis really has noting to do with the “saints” moniker.
HAHAHAHA, SI removed the picture gallery probably because of the wrong-ness of the article
Was watching Sky Sports News last night and they were showing Rugby highlights of Bristol vs Stade Francais. These jerseys may have been posted before, as they appear to be the actual Stade home jerseys, not a one-off, but it’s the first time I saw them and link.
[quote comment=”173401″]Guys, that supposed “Skins-Boys” picture with Chip Lohmiller is from Super Bowl XXVI. We know this for a fact! I even gave play-by-play of the Redskins drive against the Bills in that game that led up to the field goal attempt (Comment #107). Stop analyzing it![/quote]
Not exactly, it could have been from 1990 Redskins at Indianapolis.
Also, the picture showed the ball on the ground ready to be kicked. Not exactly a fumbled snap.
[quote comment=”173418″][quote comment=”173401″]Guys, that supposed “Skins-Boys” picture with Chip Lohmiller is from Super Bowl XXVI. We know this for a fact! I even gave play-by-play of the Redskins drive against the Bills in that game that led up to the field goal attempt (Comment #107). Stop analyzing it![/quote]
Not exactly, it could have been from 1990 Redskins at Indianapolis.[/quote]
The holder appears to be wearing a SB patch on his jersey. Did the ‘Skins wear a patch in 1990 during the regular season?
[quote comment=”173345″]Paul,
Nothing teal can be considered “classic”.
Just my humble opinion.[/quote]
I’ll have to disagree. If “classic” teams had access to modern uniform production methods when they were created, I’d bet that a few of them would choose teal as a primary color.
There’s a little blurb about Villanova’s new Basketbal unis on the link
[quote comment=”173434″][quote comment=”173345″]Paul,
Nothing teal can be considered “classic”.
Just my humble opinion.[/quote]
I’ll have to disagree. If “classic” teams had access to modern uniform production methods when they were created, I’d bet that a few of them would choose teal as a primary color.[/quote]
not all teal is good…but im kinda diggin the jags unis, after a dozen years, and i’ve always liked the panthers’ white uni scheme
as far as the words ‘classic’ and ‘teal’. if one is using classic in the sense of ‘old’ (not that old is bad), then no, teal isn’t classic
if one is using classic in the sense of ‘withstanding the test of time’ then, yeah…i’d say some teal uni’s will become (or are half way there towards becoming) classic
/almost all purple is bad…although the viking uni’s are classic
[quote comment=”173417″]Was watching Sky Sports News last night and they were showing Rugby highlights of Bristol vs Stade Francais. These jerseys may have been posted before, as they appear to be the actual Stade home jerseys, not a one-off, but it’s the first time I saw them and link.[/quote]
Wow is right! My girlfriend is French. I just forwarded that link on to her and said that’s why the French are always made fun of!
Although, I have to admit, I kind of respect a bunch of bad-asses that would wear a uni like that.
I was watching the Florida v. Florida Atlantic game this weekend and while admiring FAU’s link, I realized that Florida’s link aren’t as offensive looking to me as link. As anal retentive as folks around here are about uniform minutiae the topic might have come up a few years ago, but I just noticed that the uniforms are identical save for their stripping pattern. The current unis go a consistent orange-blue-white-blue-orange on the helmet, shoulder, and pants. The older unis are all over the place. Amazing how such a small tweak can make such a big difference.
[quote comment=”173312″]I didn’t see anyone mention this, Ilya Bryzgalov, picked off the waivers by Phoenix from Anaheim, apparently either didn’t have time to pick up a pair of pads and blocker/glove in the team colours, or has these pads as his lucky pads or something, as he wore the orange and black Ducks colours in his game against the Kings
link[/quote]
It takes awhile to break those pads in. Check out any pictures of Arturs Irbe, he never changed his pads. I would expect Bryz to be in matching pads and a new helmet in a few weeks.
What was that thing on the right chest of Dick Jauron’s coat last night? It looked like he was prepared in case his main chute didn’t open, and they never got close enough so I could make it out.
[quote comment=”173238″][quote comment=”173224″]Here’s another error: link is dated 1983, but Riggins is clearly wearing the “tucked feather” decal which was only worn in 1982. Riggins also wore a link in 1983.[/quote]
The new facemask that Riggo is wearing was only used in Super Bowl XVIII. He took some some shots during the NFC Championship game against the Niners so he changed masks.[/quote]
I was kind of wondering about that; thanks for clearing it up.
[quote comment=”173481″]What was that thing on the right chest of Dick Jauron’s coat last night? It looked like he was prepared in case his main chute didn’t open, and they never got close enough so I could make it out.[/quote]
JJD,
See my post earlier today… (#6)
[quote comment=”173471″][quote comment=”173312″]I didn’t see anyone mention this, Ilya Bryzgalov, picked off the waivers by Phoenix from Anaheim, apparently either didn’t have time to pick up a pair of pads and blocker/glove in the team colours, or has these pads as his lucky pads or something, as he wore the orange and black Ducks colours in his game against the Kings
link[/quote]
It takes awhile to break those pads in. Check out any pictures of Arturs Irbe, he never changed his pads. I would expect Bryz to be in matching pads and a new helmet in a few weeks.[/quote]
When Irbe did have new pads, he went to extremes to break them in – including having a bus drive over them. With all white pads, it would be funny to see tread marks on them whenever he broke out a new pair
[quote comment=”173446″][quote comment=”173434″][quote comment=”173345″]Paul,
Nothing teal can be considered “classic”.
Just my humble opinion.[/quote]
I’ll have to disagree. If “classic” teams had access to modern uniform production methods when they were created, I’d bet that a few of them would choose teal as a primary color.[/quote]
not all teal is good…but im kinda diggin the jags unis, after a dozen years, and i’ve always liked the panthers’ white uni scheme
as far as the words ‘classic’ and ‘teal’. if one is using classic in the sense of ‘old’ (not that old is bad), then no, teal isn’t classic
if one is using classic in the sense of ‘withstanding the test of time’ then, yeah…i’d say some teal uni’s will become (or are half way there towards becoming) classic
/almost all purple is bad…although the viking uni’s are classic[/quote]
Please the Lakers have GREAT uniforms. and they’re purple.
As for teal, it’s better than boring white and “midnight” blue like the Yankees and Penn State (the two WORST uniforms in the history of team sports)
[quote comment=”173486″][quote comment=”173481″]What was that thing on the right chest of Dick Jauron’s coat last night? It looked like he was prepared in case his main chute didn’t open, and they never got close enough so I could make it out.[/quote]
JJD,
See my post earlier today… (#6)[/quote]
Obviously I missed that in the hullaballoo over the Skins-Cowboys photo.
I got all excited that USF was going to Under Armour.
And then I found out you meant link.
Not link.
There are two USFs…we’ll debate the merits of each later.
Go Dons!
Paul may ban me for this one. I present my high school alma mata football link.
** warning those who hate purple and hate monocromatic unis will not want to look for fear of ripping their own eyes out**
[quote comment=”173510″]I got all excited that USF was going to Under Armour.
And then I found out you meant link.
Not link.
There are two USFs…we’ll debate the merits of each later.
Go Dons![/quote]
And nevermind that the University of South Florida isn’t even in South Florida.
[quote comment=”173513″]Paul may ban me for this one. I present my high school alma mata football link.
** warning those who hate purple and hate monocromatic unis will not want to look for fear of ripping their own eyes out**[/quote]
the only thing worse could be if he were wearing eyeblack and crying…wait
[quote comment=”173410″][quote comment=”173191″][quote comment=”173173″]The links were left off of my comment. Here they are for you.
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link[/quote]
As a New Orleans Saints fan, and a native New Orleanian, i LOVE the use of the fleur de lis on the shoulder of the All Saints unis[/quote]
I actually don’t. The whole use of the fleur de lis here in New Orleans is based on the rich French heritage of the people and the French influence on the city. The fleur de lis really has noting to do with the “saints” moniker.[/quote]
Yeah, and that does confuse me a little, but I always appreciate fluer de lis usage.
[quote comment=”173513″]Paul may ban me for this one. I present my high school alma mata football link.
** warning those who hate purple and hate monocromatic unis will not want to look for fear of ripping their own eyes out**[/quote]
I, personally, don’t mind purple, but that is just an ungodly amount of purple. It looks awful. Using black as the highlight color isn’t helping.
Like link for example
[quote comment=”173517″][quote comment=”173410″][quote comment=”173191″][quote comment=”173173″]The links were left off of my comment. Here they are for you.
link
link
link
link
link[/quote]
As a New Orleans Saints fan, and a native New Orleanian, i LOVE the use of the fleur de lis on the shoulder of the All Saints unis[/quote]
I actually don’t. The whole use of the fleur de lis here in New Orleans is based on the rich French heritage of the people and the French influence on the city. The fleur de lis really has noting to do with the “saints” moniker.[/quote]
Yeah, and that does confuse me a little, but I always appreciate fluer de lis usage.[/quote]
The Nordiques used it too
[quote comment=”173513″]Paul may ban me for this one. I present my high school alma mata football link.
** warning those who hate purple and hate monocromatic unis will not want to look for fear of ripping their own eyes out**[/quote]
What gives? No purple socks or shoes? Slackers.
[quote comment=”173417″]Was watching Sky Sports News last night and they were showing Rugby highlights of Bristol vs Stade Francais. These jerseys may have been posted before, as they appear to be the actual Stade home jerseys, not a one-off, but it’s the first time I saw them and link.[/quote]
The sport of manly men. . .
I think Barney just threw up on these unis
Here is an link of those Stade Francais jerseys versus Bristol.
[quote comment=”173531″][quote comment=”173513″]Paul may ban me for this one. I present my high school alma mata football link.
** warning those who hate purple and hate monocromatic unis will not want to look for fear of ripping their own eyes out**[/quote]
What gives? No purple socks or shoes? Slackers.[/quote]
So, clue me in. Why is that other team called the Astros?
[quote comment=”173290″]A question on Ohio State’s football unis.
Why would they change the pants and trim from metallic silver to dull, perhaps grey, but leave the helmets metallic? Makes no sense to me. One way or the other would both seem fine to me as long as they match, but having the helmets different from the pants? Ugly and stupid IMO. Cowboy fans may disagree I guess.[/quote]
It’s not the university’s fault. For whatever reason, Nike can’t make their moisture wicking facric they use on football uniforms metallic. At least that was the reason given at the time of the switch.
[quote comment=”173522″][quote comment=”173517″][quote comment=”173410″][quote comment=”173191″][quote comment=”173173″]The links were left off of my comment. Here they are for you.
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link[/quote]
As a New Orleans Saints fan, and a native New Orleanian, i LOVE the use of the fleur de lis on the shoulder of the All Saints unis[/quote]
I actually don’t. The whole use of the fleur de lis here in New Orleans is based on the rich French heritage of the people and the French influence on the city. The fleur de lis really has noting to do with the “saints” moniker.[/quote]
Yeah, and that does confuse me a little, but I always appreciate fluer de lis usage.[/quote]
The Nordiques used it too[/quote]
The Fleur de lis is the only element on the link
[quote comment=”173343″][quote comment=”173284″][quote comment=”173260″][quote comment=”173218″][quote comment=”173210″][quote comment=”173195″][quote comment=”173152″]Props to link after yesterday’s MLS cup final
Their tangerine uni is growing on me…[/quote]
That’s not a “shocker”. The “shocker” has the ring finger down.[/quote]
I was hoping no one had gotten to that before I did. This is a proper shocker, or “shark” as some Midwesterners like to call it:
link
correct. not the schocker.
he is demonstrating the “phaser” or what some others call the “shanghai surprise”. a lesser known (and probably lesser used) variation of the “shocker”.[/quote]
I’m so lost.[/quote]
You’re better off for being lost. Trust me :)[/quote]
Two in the pink & one in the stink :)[/quote]
two in the goo one in the poo
in other news paul i was noticing on the cowboys helmets that above the ear hole there were some sort of air slits on the top of the ear hole i have no picture but some of the cowboys had them
[quote comment=”173152″]Props to link after yesterday’s MLS cup final[/quote]
Looks like the Arizona State ‘pitch fork’ symbol to me. But either way, I laugh every time I see it because it’s oh so close…
[quote comment=”173264″][quote comment=”173121″]hey guys, I saw this jersey at the sports bar yesterday while I was watching that embarrassing Jets/Steelers game. I had to sneak around until I got a good angle…sorry the quality isn’t perfect
link
Charlie, is thast Mcfaddens on 42nd? Looks like it[/quote]
no…actually I’m in Columbus, Georgia. Buffalo Wild Wings
NPR’s Car Talk link to the Puzzler wherein the photo of DiMaggio and Williams on the Halberstam’s Summer of ’49 book was at All-Star Game because both were in road uniforms. I did not win, but I hope another UniWatchBlogger did!
SI photos redux:
There is NO Ice Bowl photo in that series. The Cowboys wore white in that game. But please note the original three-stripe look of the mid-’60s Dallas jerseys…
You can sleep well Paul! The non-flag era has now started in Indianapolis where Dallas Clar was without a flag decal yesterday!
Sadly I can’t find a picture :(
KB on ATH just used his facetime to call for “cyclops” like cameras on goal posts…
which got me thinking, what ever happened to the camera they used to place on the center of the bar?
ND vs Baylor last night.. really liked the new Irish jerseys, very classy and only a little logo creep along the hem.
link
looked even better compared to Baylors wannabe-Oregon look
[quote comment=”173173″]The links were left off of my comment. Here they are for you.
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Arlington Heights shouldnt be on that list I went there they changed their helmets a million times in four years, they stink
Pretty much all the major European soccer teams are announcing their new kits in the build-up to Euro 2008 in Austria/Switzerland.
Most recently, the always-fun Croatia presented their new away kit… to debut perhaps at Wembley against England on Wednesday?
old away – link
new away kit as modeled by Arsenal’s Eduardo – link
back – link
cool socks – link
the home one is forthcoming…
[quote comment=”173584″]SI photos redux:
There is NO Ice Bowl photo in that series. The Cowboys wore white in that game. But please note the original three-stripe look of the mid-’60s Dallas jerseys…[/quote]
I firmly believe the picture dated 11/28/65 is from the Ice Bowl. Look at the bunting in the background. There is snow on the sidelines, the field appears to be rock hard and the kicker looks like he is wearing mittens. I’m not totally 100% sure, but I do believe it was from the Ice Bowl.
Roy williams did not have a yellow dot on his helmet. I am from dallas and I watched the entire game with 8 other guys. one of them asked why he had a dot on his helmet, so we rewinded the tivo to take a closer look. it was a dash of yellow paint from the redskin’s facemask. jason witten had the same thing going on. Im 99% sure on this as i was watching the game on a 163″ HD projection screen.
[quote comment=”173423″]
The holder appears to be wearing a SB patch on his jersey. Did the ‘Skins wear a patch in 1990 during the regular season?[/quote]
I’m certainly not seeing a patch.
[quote comment=”173584″]SI photos redux:
There is NO Ice Bowl photo in that series. The Cowboys wore white in that game. But please note the original three-stripe look of the mid-’60s Dallas jerseys…[/quote]
The first photo, labeled 11/28/65, has the Cowboys in white.
Love the new Cleveland Indians alt uni, though its not a throwback as such. The other thing is that they have tweaked the current unis too, the silver accenting has been dropped.
Most monochromatic… Monday Night preview… EVER.
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[quote comment=”173586″]KB on ATH just used his facetime to call for “cyclops” like cameras on goal posts…
which got me thinking, what ever happened to the camera they used to place on the center of the bar?[/quote]
didn’t the buffalo field goal in the buff-NE game from last night hit the cam? (third q)
link
Check this sweet vintage Badgers sweater!!
All Montreal Canadiens players are wearing a Larry Robinson patch on their jerseys for the retiring of his #19.
Larry Robinson is not wearing a RBK Edge during his speech.
[quote comment=”173626″]All Montreal Canadiens players are wearing a Larry Robinson patch on their jerseys for the retiring of his #19.
Larry Robinson is not wearing a RBK Edge during his speech.[/quote]
Larry Robinson, and his grandson, were both wearing CCM jerseys for the ceremony. I wonder who made that call.
[quote comment=”173125″][quote comment=”173117″]As for the link Paul posted, I’ve never noticed the color of their pants before. Is that the normal color? It has a sort of metallic orange look to it — quite different from the helmet, numbers and sock stripes.[/quote]
dome lights seem to do that to our pants.[/quote]
I’ve worn red uniforms inside where the lights make them look like Tomato soup. I’m thinking that’s the case here. The different materials make the pants reflect the light differently.
SB
Ok. First of all, I remember watching that game (I lived in DC and it was a friends birthday). The picture is of Chip Lohmiller biffing the extra point when Jeff Rutledge mishandled the snap. The game is in Dallas – Texas Stadium’s 20 yard lines were red/white/blue until they replaced the astroturf with fieldturf.
To answer the question, I seemingly remember the ‘Boys wearing a variation of the blue with the star on the sleeves – there was a reason for blue at home, but I forget what. They wore the regular blues link.
The only images I can find even in theory are buried in the pay archives of the Washington Post and Dallas Morning News.
I’m sure that helps a ton – all I can remember is that I remember :)
[quote comment=”173633″][quote comment=”173626″]All Montreal Canadiens players are wearing a Larry Robinson patch on their jerseys for the retiring of his #19.
Larry Robinson is not wearing a RBK Edge during his speech.[/quote]
Larry Robinson, and his grandson, were both wearing CCM jerseys for the ceremony. I wonder who made that call.[/quote]
There are also # 19 s behind the nets.
[quote comment=”173289″]For those that didn’t see the Blue Jays’ “throwbacks” they’ll be wearing…
Real Little League. And with belt loops and a striped belt! FUG-LEE![/quote]
I think I wore that uni when I played Little League, at very least the jersey looks familiar.
I got a authentic Cowboys jersey around 1992 from Apex who made the Cowboys jerseys at that time. It showed up with Akiman on the back. Wish I still had a picture of it….or the jersey itself.
broncs wearing their typical MNF monocrap…of all the titans’ possible uni combos…i think i like this one (white jerseys/powder blue slacks) the best
what…the ponies couldn’t break out the crush just this once?
No pics, but right now in the Broncos/Titans game… I noticed Brandon Marshall doesn’t have a Reebok patch on his sleeve like the rest of his teammates
Nobody mentioned it this week yet, but Randy Moss had the upside down 8 going again on front AND back. (Not the TV numbers though). It has to be intentional, right?
[quote comment=”173652″]
I think I wore that uni when I played Little League, at very least the jersey looks familiar.[/quote]
I’m pretty sure I wore a very similar jersey in little league too… if I’d only been able to wear those pants too :-)
Am I the only one who finds it odd when a kicker wears a Revolution helmet? I realize that they could have to lay a hit on the kick returner, but it still looks a bit out of place, especially with that bulldog facemask.
[quote comment=”173167″]Despite the fact that I don’t like black being introduced into a color scheme that never featured it, and that I was glad when the teal craze subsided, put some straight pants stripes on this and it is link.[/quote]
Except for the fact that the pannthers don’t wear teal…their colors are blue /black and silver.
[quote comment=”173668″]Except for the fact that the pannthers don’t wear teal…their colors are blue /black and silver.[/quote]
technically, their colors are black, silver and “carolina blue”…which looks like teal
[quote comment=”173669″][quote comment=”173668″]Except for the fact that the pannthers don’t wear teal…their colors are blue /black and silver.[/quote]
technically, their colors are black, silver and “carolina blue”…which looks like teal[/quote]
and the panthers have always worn black…not just introduced.
Except for the fact that the pannthers don’t wear teal…their colors are blue /black and silver.
technically, their colors are black, silver and “carolina blue”…which looks like teal
“Carolina Blue” does not look like teal. Teal is more green. Carolina blue looks like a flat powder blue.
The 49ers modern edition throwbacks…is anybody else bothered by the fact that the three sleeve stripes are broken up by the damn Reebok logo?
Oh, and it’s nice to see that the school I affectionately refer to as U-La-La is living up to that monicker.
[quote comment=”173191″][quote comment=”173173″]The links were left off of my comment. Here they are for you.
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link[/quote]
As a New Orleans Saints fan, and a native New Orleanian, i LOVE the use of the fleur de lis on the shoulder of the All Saints unis[/quote]
I kinda’ dig when teams use nfl or college logos, in VERY different colors. The lime green colts helmet is sweet.
[quote comment=”173665″]Am I the only one who finds it odd when a kicker wears a Revolution helmet? I realize that they could have to lay a hit on the kick returner, but it still looks a bit out of place, especially with that bulldog facemask.[/quote]
That’s the best description I’ve ever heard for that ugly Peyton Manning style facemask.
Kickers. Whatever.
re: the lohmiller photo.
if we subscribe to the theory that the cowboys have NEVER worn navy at home, then, i think we have to agree that the redskins photo in question has to be a stock photo of chip lohmiller. but remember, there are exceptions to every rule and unless there is photographic evidence of that exact game, then there is the possibility (be it very slight) that the boys tried their normal navy at home.
the theory that they were wearing the star uniforms or even an alternate has been tossed around as well. we must keep in mind the year of the photo, 1991. the star unis didnt make their first appearance until 95. in addition, i dont think the advent of the “alternate jersey” or “retro jersey” had come into play yet, for any sport.
but then i found this…
link\\na0033\6769265\25424405.html
[quote comment=”173320″][quote comment=”173135″]no mention of Pitt’s new gold jerseys?[/quote]
Would like to see these sans link.[/quote]
Then just look at the link jerseys
BTW, just going to throw my two cents in and say that the white helmet-gold jersey-white pant combo is the best looking combo in football, ala link
[quote comment=”173513″]Paul may ban me for this one. I present my high school alma mata football link.
** warning those who hate purple and hate monocromatic unis will not want to look for fear of ripping their own eyes out**[/quote]
Holy crap! I’m a fan of purple but that is just too much. Reminds me of the grape cluster on my Fruit of the Loom undies!
[quote comment=”173310″][quote comment=”173306″][quote comment=”173236″]My local OHL team (Belleville Bulls) is sporting numbers on it’s pants this year.
link, link.
Anyone know of any others that are doing the same, at any level?[/quote]
That looks really really good. Especially on the dark. I love it.[/quote]
I also just noticed the odd side helmet numbers, and i weep everytime i see one of those awful Two-toned reebok helmets.[/quote]
Does anyone else want to cry over the amount of RBK logo creep on those uniforms?
[quote comment=”173236″]My local OHL team (Belleville Bulls) is sporting numbers on it’s pants this year.
link, link.
Anyone know of any others that are doing the same, at any level?[/quote]
My high school hockey team did that. They were alot smaller numbers, and they had “Warwick Hockey” arched over it, but we had them….unfortunately, our home uniform was purple jersey on top of purple shells for the pants, on top of purple socks…ugh.
link
[quote comment=”173687″][quote comment=”173513″]Paul may ban me for this one. I present my high school alma mata football link.
** warning those who hate purple and hate monocromatic unis will not want to look for fear of ripping their own eyes out**[/quote]
Holy crap! I’m a fan of purple but that is just too much. Reminds me of the grape cluster on my Fruit of the Loom undies![/quote]
Wow!! Thats rediculous… makes link look decent!!
Roy williams did not have a yellow dot on his helmet. I am from dallas and I watched the entire game with 8 other guys. one of them asked why he had a dot on his helmet, so we rewinded the tivo to take a closer look. it was a dash of yellow paint from the redskin’s facemask. jason witten had the same thing going on. Im 99% sure on this as i was watching the game on a 163″ HD projection screen
Where do you live? emIm coming over Thanksgiving to watch a 163″ hd
Roy williams did not have a yellow dot on his helmet. I am from dallas and I watched the entire game with 8 other guys. one of them asked why he had a dot on his helmet, so we rewinded the tivo to take a closer look. it was a dash of yellow paint from the redskin’s facemask. jason witten had the same thing going on. Im 99% sure on this as i was watching the game on a 163″ HD projection screen.
Ok I figured it out. sorry
[quote comment=”173585″]You can sleep well Paul! The non-flag era has now started in Indianapolis where Dallas Clar was without a flag decal yesterday!
Sadly I can’t find a picture :([/quote]
I remember that too. I faintly remember watching the game and telling my brother about it, but lo and behold, I didnt post it….
[quote comment=”173659″]broncs wearing their typical MNF monocrap…of all the titans’ possible uni combos…i think i like this one (white jerseys/powder blue slacks) the best
what…the ponies couldn’t break out the crush just this once?[/quote]
they wear it for ALL home night games, but I agree, it sucks ass, and I hate the blue pants…
I think we all need to chip in and get Paul some holiday gifts. Personalized jerseys of EVERY team that wears purple :)
[quote comment=”173401″]Guys, that supposed “Skins-Boys” picture with Chip Lohmiller is from Super Bowl XXVI. We know this for a fact! I even gave play-by-play of the Redskins drive against the Bills in that game that led up to the field goal attempt (Comment #107). Stop analyzing it![/quote]
Also, look at the holder and Lohmiller. The holder does not have the ball in place yet, a little crooked still, and Lohmiller looks as if he’s about to make his leg muscles explode trying to stop it. That’s a blown hold in a Super Bowl right there.
[quote comment=”173633″][quote comment=”173626″]All Montreal Canadiens players are wearing a Larry Robinson patch on their jerseys for the retiring of his #19.
Larry Robinson is not wearing a RBK Edge during his speech.[/quote]
Larry Robinson, and his grandson, were both wearing CCM jerseys for the ceremony. I wonder who made that call.[/quote]
Don’t they usually wear replicas of their playing era sweater at these types of events? Might not have come into play much with the Habs where the sweater hasn’t changed, but for other teams it seems to be the case.
[quote comment=”173642″]Ok.
First of all, I remember watching that game (I lived in DC and it was a friends birthday). The picture is of Chip Lohmiller biffing the extra point when Jeff Rutledge mishandled the snap. The game is in Dallas – Texas Stadium’s 20 yard lines were red/white/blue until they replaced the astroturf with fieldturf.
To answer the question, I seemingly remember the ‘Boys wearing a variation of the blue with the star on the sleeves – there was a reason for blue at home, but I forget what. They wore the regular blues link.
The only images I can find even in theory are buried in the pay archives of the Washington Post and Dallas Morning News.
I’m sure that helps a ton – all I can remember is that I remember :)[/quote]
Then you should remember that the Cowboys wore white jerseys. Emmitt Smith was killing Washington early, then got a stomach virus or something and had to sit out the rest of the game. I still have the game on tape.
Does this site have ANY organization regarding its posts and its topics. Worst layout Iv’e ever seen.
The Redskins-Cowboys picture at issue is of Chip Lohmiller (K) and Jeff Rutledge (holder)on the artificial surfance of the metrodome on January 26, 1992, during Super Bowl XXVI. The photo is mislabled. The Redskins did defeat the Cowboys in Dallas in the 3rd game of the ’91 season on a Lohmiller 51 yard FG, however, the ‘Skins were wearing red jerseys and white pants in that game.
I’m going out on a limb here, but I’m going to bet that’s from the Super Bowl against the Bills.
First, the picture looks like it was taken in a dome (that game was played in the HHH Metrodome)…the Redskins wore white while the Bills wore blue…and what I noticed; the 20-yard-line is red, white and blue…haven’t the Cowboys always had the 20 in navy and white? And aren’t the numbers at Texas Stadium outlined in blue as well and in a different font?
I would almost swear that this picture is from Redskins 37, Bills 24.
Plus, I saw a picture on the internet…you can barely see, behind the people, the outline of the 20-yard-line with the blue on the inside, white, red on the outside color pattern as in the Lohmiller photo. A question, however, to prove or disprove this…you’ll notice that Lohmiller has the NFL shield on the back of his helmet…had the NFL included those on helmets circa 1991?
I am a field-geek…I notice all of the small stuff no one ever cares about. For example, it’s always bugged me that “Major League” was filmed at County Stadium in Milwaukee…AND THEY EXPECT US TO JUST ACCEPT THAT?!!