Around the Horn(s)

My brother and I were talking about the Jags’ logo and how they haven’t done that for a couple of seasons. Always thought that was cool. Aside from unis, I love the subtle (some not-so-subtle) differences in playing fields. I think that Sun Devil Stadium has much more character now that they aren’t sharing it with the Cards anymore.

Paul, liked the bumper column. I wasn’t able to find a photo, but I recall Bears’ kicker Kevin Butler having “Butt Head” on his front and rear bumpers for a few games.

Bringing beauty back to Houston (maybe Round Rock)?

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I loved the write-up on the helmet bumpers. Pre-Uni Watch, I did not know that they were there for nose protection, instead figuring that bumpers existed for promotional purposes only.

Looking back, I should have figured this out when I watched “North Dallas Forty” as a kid and was perplexed as to why the offensive linemen kept getting bloody wounds to the bridges of their noses.

The helmet with the link has to be one of the most unique helmets I have ever seen.

With talk about copying helmet designs yesterday I thought these link have good designs. (One has altered what could be a West Virginia logo into their school name.)

[quote comment=”178916″]Lets try this link for the jaguar santa hat.

link

The pic is from December 10, 2000. From link

link at jacksonville…not a great pic, but clearly it can be seen

The Pack going with the white tonight…

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plus I occasionally here similar things

I think you mean “hear”, not “here” Paul.

The Cowboys have been using that font on their lockers since at least the late 1970s.

Very upset about the uni changes for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. Not that I don’t like the uniforms, really, they aren’t all that bad. But I am more upset that they got rid of the link link (I couldn’t find a great picture, but you can kind of see it there). Sure, the old man is link now but it’s still a big part of link link.

I was at the Coyotes vs Wild game last night. That sure was a link Being a Redwings fan, I didn’t much care who won, but I just couldn’t take my eyes off those beautiful uniforms. So simple, so clean. And that coyotes logo, perfect! I sound ridiculous, but honestly, it was beautiful.

[quote comment=”178944″]I was introduced to the term link the other day and and of course it made me think of this site.[/quote]
Isn,t it kind of messed up that half way down that page they have link? Couldn’t they make it a different color?

Don’t know if anyone else noticed this, but in that ASU-USC game on Thanksgiving Night, the arrows next to the numbers on the yard lines (40, 30 etc) were actually little pitchforks instead of arrows. Also, since the 50 is the middle of the field (and doesn’t have arrows)the 5 in the 50 had a devils tale (with a spike) on the end of it. I think this is great! Why don’t more teams do this? By the way, does anyone know why the arrows on the numbers are now required? They used to be optional in the NCAA, but now they are required. All those arrows do is point towards the nearest end zone. Is that so when you are watching the game on TV, you know which 30 yard line the offense is on (close to their end zone or their opponents)? It doesn’t make much sense to me, because the camera is usually panned back wide enough for you to see at least the next numbered yard line.

[quote comment=”178947″]

Just to be clear: I don’t fear purple; I loathe purple. Hell, purple should fear ME.

I do, however, fear mushrooms.[/quote]

That’s an important distinction.

According to link the only colors for which there are associated phobias are purple, red, white, and yellow.

Can’t someone find it out there? There has to be a high school out that that is called the Fighting Purple Possums!

[quote comment=”178962″]Can’t someone find it out there? There has to be a high school out that that is called the Fighting Purple Possums![/quote]

If we can find someone with a documented fear of Tornadoes (Lilapsophobia- technically the fear of tornadoes and/or hurricanes), and purple, I’ve got them covered with the Norwich (NY) High School Purple Tornado. Yes, they’ve gone out in all-purple on more than one occasion (In fact, that is the home uniform for the football team. Purple shirt, white numbering, purple pants, purple socks, purple helmet with white lettering) I myself, in my younger and more foolish days, before I was educated to the ways of uniform wisdom, took to the soccer field clad in all purple. I ask for all your forgiveness for this transgression.

[quote comment=”178966″]I think I remember reading that the powder blue Jay’s uni’s would be worn during their flaschback friday’s promo.[/quote]
So, they’re wearing road unis at home?

[quote comment=”178959″][quote comment=”178955″]When in Austin you were right up I-35 from New Braunfels High School, home of the Fightin’ Unicorns. I can’t find any pix that are not blocked my my workplace server but I bet they are out there.[/quote]

Unfortunately, they appear to have taken a very link to their helmet design.[/quote]

Boring, indeed. A unicorn horn, perhaps even the head of a unicorn, on each side of the helmet would be nice.

[quote comment=”178932″]The Pack going with the white tonight…

link

The most interesting thing in that article, from a uniform standpoint:

The change actually saved Batty and his staff some work for this game. This season, the Packers have a special patch on their green jerseys commemorating the 50th anniversary of Lambeau Field. But that patch would have to have been removed for a road game, and then replaced for the next home game.

I think I might have to add that tidbit to the database.

[quote comment=”178969″][quote comment=”178966″]I think I remember reading that the powder blue Jay’s uni’s would be worn during their flaschback friday’s promo.[/quote]
So, they’re wearing road unis at home?[/quote]

link

apparently, they’re not road unis anymore

The other day there was some discussion about retiring numbers in the NFL, link is the position of the Rams:

Rams equipment manager Todd Hewitt said the team doesn’t have any officially retired numbers, but there are certain numbers that he doesn’t issue.

That list includes No. 85 (Jack Youngblood), No. 74 (Merlin Olsen), No. 29 (Eric Dickerson), No. 40 (Elroy “Crazy Legs” Hirsch), No. 7 (Bob Waterfield) and No. 28 (Faulk).

“The league doesn’t want you to retire numbers, they want you to retire jerseys,” Hewitt said.

Hewitt, whose father, Don, also served as the equipment manager for the Rams, said former Rams owner Daniel Reeves decreed that both Waterfield’s and Hirsch’s numbers would never be worn again.

“The best one was when we were in L.A., Tony Zendejas came in and wanted to be No. 7,” Hewitt said. “My dad said, ‘Here’s the deal. The year you lead the league in passing and punting and scoring, then you can have No. 7.’

“I don’t know if he realized what kind of player Bob Waterfield was.”

Hewitt said he initially issued No. 29 to former Rams cornerback Dre’ Bly when he was drafted in the second round of the 1999 NFL Draft.

“John Shaw called me and said, ‘I don’t want anybody wearing No. 29,”‘ Hewitt said.

The Mt. Lebanon Blue Devils (high school in Pittsburgh) have been using linkfor years.

[quote comment=”178976″]”Rams’ helmet design is the NFL’s best, “because the design is part of the helmet, instead of just a logo put onto the helmet,” ”

…let’s not forget my teams division rival, ugh, the bengals and their helmet “design”…[/quote]
I’m a big fan of the link helmet (Arena League) for the same reason.

UCLA’s Alfred Aboya sported some link (which looked like sunglasses from where I was sitting) yesterday after fracturing a bone in near his eye.

[quote comment=”178919″]With talk about copying helmet designs yesterday I thought these link have good designs. (One has altered what could be a West Virginia logo into their school name.)[/quote]

I prefer the Vernon Hills, IL Van halen logo rip off.
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[quote comment=”178994″]What was the HBO series back in the 80’s that featured a professional football team called the “Bulls”? They had a really cool forward facing horn and a stripe with a nose ring on the front of the stripe…DAMN! I can’t remember…anyone wanna help a brotha out?[/quote]

link

That FisherCats wordmark immediately made me think of the Hamilton TigerCats.

[quote comment=”178977″][quote comment=”178974″][quote comment=”178932″]The Pack going with the white tonight…

link

The most interesting thing in that article, from a uniform standpoint:

The change actually saved Batty and his staff some work for this game. This season, the Packers have a special patch on their green jerseys commemorating the 50th anniversary of Lambeau Field. But that patch would have to have been removed for a road game, and then replaced for the next home game.

I think I might have to add that tidbit to the database.[/quote]

I know, talk about meticulous and laborious. I’d say the easier thing would be to just have two green unis at the ready.[/quote]

Which leads to an interesting question . . . for NFL teams (and presumably for NBA, MLB, and NHL teams), how many jerseys do teams go through in a year? Sure, the average NBA player goes through several pairs of shoes a year, but does, say, Randy Moss wear the same blue #81 jersey all year?

If you are like me, it is not a good day to have Cable television. It sure would be nice to see the Cowboys in their throwbacks, and see if the Packers will match them with their own set of throwbacks.
Oh well…..I guess that the NFL and Cable companies are going to fight their little battle using me as the pawn.

[quote comment=”179000″][quote comment=”178977″][quote comment=”178974″][quote comment=”178932″]The Pack going with the white tonight…

link

The most interesting thing in that article, from a uniform standpoint:

The change actually saved Batty and his staff some work for this game. This season, the Packers have a special patch on their green jerseys commemorating the 50th anniversary of Lambeau Field. But that patch would have to have been removed for a road game, and then replaced for the next home game.

I think I might have to add that tidbit to the database.[/quote]

I know, talk about meticulous and laborious. I’d say the easier thing would be to just have two green unis at the ready.[/quote]

Which leads to an interesting question . . . for NFL teams (and presumably for NBA, MLB, and NHL teams), how many jerseys do teams go through in a year? Sure, the average NBA player goes through several pairs of shoes a year, but does, say, Randy Moss wear the same blue #81 jersey all year?[/quote]

I’m pretty sure that, even in this day and age, players wear the same jersey in multiple games.

I want to say that they go through three or so a year, but can’t remember where I read that.

Brett Favre wears a cold-weather jersey on rare occasions, with the handwarmer built-in, and years after the contract switched to Reebok he still dragged out the Nike version (because they apparently hadn’t thought to make him a new one).

..just chimed in, Today’s showcase design based on the early-1970s California Golden Seals is the best I’ve seen regarding membership cards.
-I’m tempted to send the Buffalo/Toronto Bills the photo of the West Texas State Buffaloes’ helmets to see if they would amend their current helmets to the ones in the picture..when they move out of town.
And quoted from the ticker: “Imagine if there’s ever a team called the gazelles” yes! a wicked name for a sports team! Team colors could be solid black and white with lots of stripes, black and white may be boring to some but it’s better than some of todays “new” colors that push the HD factor.

Great column on the nose bumpers Paul. Something I noticed is that at some point, the nose bumper lost its primary function. Look at the difference between these two images. link and then thislink (sorry if I messed up the coding) When did the change occur?

Steve B

I’m sure this has been a popular thing for some time now, but I just noticed that golfer Rory Sabbatini has the South African flag on his golf shoes:

link

there are numbers that the steelers won’t issue as well (12, 88, 75, etc.). thats a fact!

[quote comment=”179012″]Great column on the nose bumpers Paul. Something I noticed is that at some point, the nose bumper lost its primary function. Look at the difference between these two images. link and then thislink (sorry if I messed up the coding) When did the change occur?

Steve B[/quote]

Sorry

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link

Paul,

When the Tampa Bay Rays unveiled their new unis, they had players parade them to the public, including Delmon Young:

link

So now that Young’s a Twin, he’ll never wear that on the field. So the question is, has any other player worn a team’s uniform for publicity purposes, but never in game action?

I know that with the recent sweeping NHL changes, we saw a lot of this:

link

But do you (anyone?) remember unique situations akin to Young’s?

Thanks!

With the link this time:

link

Another link.

[quote comment=”179029″]Leroy Pine River (Mich.) Bucks have a nice link. It is sort of the reverse of a lot of the others, with the horns starting in the back.

Game photo link.[/quote]

those horns are SCHWEET…but

absolutely get ruined with the pride stickers

Strangely, possums are afraid of mushrooms.

Any schools with the Bucks nickname go by the Does for womens athletics?

[quote comment=”179020″][quote comment=”179012″]Great column on the nose bumpers Paul. Something I noticed is that at some point, the nose bumper lost its primary function. Look at the difference between these two images. link and then thislink (sorry if I messed up the coding) When did the change occur?

Steve B[/quote]

Sorry

link

link[/quote]

I would think that if the purpose of the nose bumper was to prevent the face mask from being rotated up into a players nose, that after the face masks started being fastened to the top of the helmet as well that it reduced the functionality of the nose bumper.

or there’s the link. In high school we had 3 teams near us that would’ve had to change their names following the PC outbreak: the Port Clinton Redskins(speculated to change to the Walleye, for being the Walleye capital of the world), the Bellevue Redmen, and the Oberlin Warriors(which are now the Oberlin Phoenix)

[quote comment=”179048″][quote comment=”179020″][quote comment=”179012″]Great column on the nose bumpers Paul. Something I noticed is that at some point, the nose bumper lost its primary function. Look at the difference between these two images. link and then thislink (sorry if I messed up the coding) When did the change occur?

Steve B[/quote]

Sorry

link

link[/quote]

I would think that if the purpose of the nose bumper was to prevent the face mask from being rotated up into a players nose, that after the face masks started being fastened to the top of the helmet as well that it reduced the functionality of the nose bumper.[/quote]

Not quite. From Lukas’ article:
opposing players would often grab onto the mask and pivot the helmet forward, with unfortunate results for the bridge of a player’s nose.
That is to say that the problem was that when the mask was pulled down, the top edge of the helmet (where the bumper is now) would get slammed into the players nose. The bumper made it a little softer when this happened.

WOO HOO, MY MEMBERSHIP CARD IS THE FEATURED DESIGN TODAY!!

-JET

[quote comment=”179055″][quote comment=”179046″]Just finished watching the Phillies new uniform press conference. I usually don’t like alts, and I was always proud of the Phils for holding out against the fad, by they don’t look too bad. Wasn’t a big fan of Cole Hammels going baggy, but J-Roll looked pretty sharp. The shiny red cleats don’t go well with the cream pants, but other than that, I’m happy. I don’t even mind the blue hat that much.[/quote]

link[/quote]

Haha, before the article even begins we see a link stating:
Buy the new Phillies jersey
and again at the bottom:
On Sale
The new uniform jersey and cap are exclusively available at the Majestic Clubhouse Store at Citizens Bank Park tomorrow through Saturday and again next week. Store hours are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. After Saturday, they will also be available at all Modell’s Sporting Goods stores.

Fans may also purchase the new items by calling 1-877-GO-PHILS or at phillies.com.
I wonder what their motivation is for creating new alt unis?

[quote comment=”179055″]

link[/quote]

Hmm, gets a shrug from me. Not really an improvement over what they have, but not bad. Just feels like a “what’s the point” kind of thing.

The Fisher Cats logos have a lot of elements of other teams (Lake Elsinore Storm, Fresno Grizzlies). Does anyone know if it was designed by the same firm?

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[quote comment=”179062″]The Fisher Cats logos have a lot of elements of other teams (Lake Elsinore Storm, Fresno Grizzlies). Does anyone know if it was designed by the same firm?[/quote]

Just beat me to it! The eyes alt logo is a complete rip from the Lake Elsinore team. The LE hats with the eyes logo are one of the best selling pieces of minor league apparel, and it wouldn’t surprise me if it’s just a money grab.

In last nights Raptors | Grizzlies matchup the theme was spanish night in Toronto, but the Raptors did not wear their spanish uniforms, instead they wore their regulars-..weird. During the pre-season the Raptors were in Spain promoting the NBA and wore their uniforms reflecting the colors from the flag of Spain [as was noted by Uni Watch a few months back].

“Team colors could be solid black and white with lots of stripes, black and white may be boring to some but it’s better than some of todays “new” colors that push the HD factor?”

first off, those are zebra colors, not gazelles… secondly, do you really want a team to look like the refs??????????

here in central texas, the unicorn is the mascot of new braunfels high school, but link don’t have a horn on their helmet unfortunately.

Rickabaugh Graphics designed the new Fisher Cats identity.

I would expect better from Eric’s team.

[quote comment=”179074″]Hey, Paul! Jose Cruz Jr. has signed a contract with the Astros and will be invited to Spring Training next year. The Astros might actually have a strups wearer and not just another high-socks wearer next year![/quote]

See Post #3

But do you (anyone?) remember unique situations akin to Young’s?

link was THE face of the Houston Texans for the first year or so, but he never played a down (ultimately contributing to the David Carr you see today)

[quote comment=”179063″][quote comment=”179060″][quote comment=”179055″]

link[/quote]

Hmm, gets a shrug from me. Not really an improvement over what they have, but not bad. Just feels like a “what’s the point” kind of thing.[/quote]

Really? I think those are a HUGE improvement over the Phillies regular uni’s, which to me are mediocre at best. I wish they’d use these full time.[/quote]

Agreed. I’m about done with their usual pinstripes…

[quote comment=”179070″][quote comment=”178950″]I don’t know if they do it for every game, but I also noticed during the Arizona State game that the little arrows painted next to the yardline numbers were little pitchforks, and the 5 in the 50’s on the fifty yard line had little devil horns and a devil tail.[/quote]

They have been doing this all year… but I don’t know about previous years. I pointed this out a few weeks ago, but I haven’t been able to find a decent picture of it. You find anything, Greg?[/quote]

They’ve done it since the resumed their role as primary tenants in their own stadium (Cards and Fiesta Bowl have moved across the Valley).

[quote comment=”179081″][quote comment=”179071″]”Team colors could be solid black and white with lots of stripes, black and white may be boring to some but it’s better than some of todays “new” colors that push the HD factor?”

first off, those are zebra colors, not gazelles… secondly, do you really want a team to look like the refs??????????[/quote]
ok ok!, coloured brown and white with a distinguishing black stripe. link[/quote]

sheesh…don’t post something that looks like an appetizer for gods sake…i know you were trying to show colors (colours) but geewhilickers

how about link or link for a design concept

[quote comment=”179089″][quote comment=”179063″][quote comment=”179060″][quote comment=”179055″]

link[/quote]

Hmm, gets a shrug from me. Not really an improvement over what they have, but not bad. Just feels like a “what’s the point” kind of thing.[/quote]

Really? I think those are a HUGE improvement over the Phillies regular uni’s, which to me are mediocre at best. I wish they’d use these full time.[/quote]

I love the current pinstripes and greys, and these are a good compliment to those. There’s continuity between the three designs, and the alts are going to be used for home day games.

What does that mean? Well, since the new alts are Cool Base jerseys, that means the Cool Base pinstripe jerseys may go away, which will mean no lame white underarm patch in a pinstriped shirt.[/quote]

Very good point.

The concept drawing showed no socks because Only Moyer show socks. On the intro was anyone showing socks? Were they blue like the late 40s the Uni gives a nod to or red to match the shoes?

Did everyone see this!!! link

More pics of Phillies Uni

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In pic three I think I can see some red.

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[quote comment=”179108″]More pics of Phillies Uni

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In pic three I think I can see some red.

[/quote]

Thank goodness the Inquirer brought a camera equipped cell phone.

[quote comment=”179079″]But do you (anyone?) remember unique situations akin to Young’s?

link was THE face of the Houston Texans for the first year or so, but he never played a down (ultimately contributing to the David Carr you see today)[/quote]
What was Tony Danza’s characters name in “Who’s the Boss”?

[quote comment=”179110″]LOVE the new Phillies alts. I just wish that instead of giving us the faux pull-over look with the trim around the collar and nothing down the buttons they would have gone with an actual pullover. Nothing was better, to me, than the days of the pullover baseball jerseys.[/quote]

It’s not a “faux pull-over”. The jerseys from the late 40’s had that trim around the collar.

[quote comment=”179089″][quote comment=”179063″][quote comment=”179060″][quote comment=”179055″]

link[/quote]

Hmm, gets a shrug from me. Not really an improvement over what they have, but not bad. Just feels like a “what’s the point” kind of thing.[/quote]

Really? I think those are a HUGE improvement over the Phillies regular uni’s, which to me are mediocre at best. I wish they’d use these full time.[/quote]

I love the current pinstripes and greys, and these are a good compliment to those. There’s continuity between the three designs, and the alts are going to be used for home day games.

What does that mean? Well, since the new alts are Cool Base jerseys, that means the Cool Base pinstripe jerseys may go away, which will mean no lame white underarm patch in a pinstriped shirt.[/quote]

During the press conference, the MC said that the Phils would be the first MLB team to use the Cool Base for all their uniforms.

Currently watching the UEFA Cup match between Tottenham Hotspur (Eng) and Aalborg BK (Den) from White Hart Lane. Aalborg are wearing all-black kits rather than their primary link, since Spurs wear white as their primary kit.

Looks like their shirts have a big block of black tape or something over the right breast area. Looking at their primary kits, I’m guessing it’s the logo that goes with their sponsor, link.

Now, UEFA has restrictions on sponsors for UEFA competitions–for starters, I believe there can only be one sponsor on the kit. Interesting that they would have to cover the logo part, but not the wordmark, of their primary shirt sponsor.

[quote comment=”179061″]The double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats have unveiled their new uniforms and logo designs, which you can see in this PDF file. Naturally, I like the color scheme and the vertically arched road-jersey insignia, but the rest of the design looks painfully rinky-dink.

Suck is too nice a word.

Minor League Manure strikes again…Doghsit…oppps that’s a cat? Catshit?

Did the in-house designers at Fisher Nuts do this mark? Appears so. OMG!!!

link

I like it. I guess everyone here would rather they went to B-O-R-I-N-G navy pinstripes with an interlocking FC. and that new Phillies uniform is UGLY. They NEED to go back to the maroon and baby blue of the 70’s

““Team colors could be solid black and white with lots of stripes, black and white may be boring to some but it’s better than some of todays “new” colors that push the HD factor?”

ok ok!, coloured brown and white with a distinguishing black stripe. sheesh”

… ok, ok, i’ll give you that… until the first time they play the lions or tigers. haha. then it doesnt seem like such a great name… my opinion though!!! haha

[quote comment=”179112″]the phil’s uni article describes the new duds thusly:

[quote]A clean-looking cream-colored jersey will be worn with pants in the same color, featuring a red-and-blue stripe on the outside seam and a wide red belt.[/quote]

WTF is a “clean-looking cream-colored” jersey? Is there such thing as “dirty-looking” cream (and, if so…i highly doubt it would ever be part of an official color palatte)

adjectivally challenged reporters are teh suck[/quote]
maybe its correctly referring to the fact its a clean unclutterd by pinstripes look.

[quote comment=”178934″]It seems that the Cowboy’s unique-ness even extends to their locker room. Whenever I see a Cowboy’s player being interviewed on TV in front of his locker, I know what team it is by the link on the locker.

I don’t know how long they have used this particular font for this purpose. I will be interested to see if they carry it over to the lockers in their new stadium.[/quote]

ive always thought of that font as “dukes of hazzard” font…

[quote comment=”179123″][quote comment=”179114″][quote comment=”179079″]But do you (anyone?) remember unique situations akin to Young’s?

link was THE face of the Houston Texans for the first year or so, but he never played a down (ultimately contributing to the David Carr you see today)[/quote]
What was Tony Danza’s characters name in “Who’s the Boss”?[/quote]

Tony Micelli[/quote]
(in a Brooklyn accent)”Who’s the Boss will be back in a moment, stick around” haha I always laughed at that..If I remember correctly in the opening of the show (the song) Tony had on a blue Cardinals uniform..or maybe white, who knows there is no more re-runs.

[quote comment=”179137″]maybe its correctly referring to the fact its a clean unclutterd by pinstripes look.[/quote]

i spose in that context, if one looks upon the current phillies uni as “unclean” (cluttered), the description fits

i never thought to view a uni as cluttered (unclean? dirty?…what’s the opposite of clean-looking…ah…uncluttered) if it had pinstripes…fair enough…but, i forgot, this is uniwatch

/pinstripes=clutter

[quote comment=”179144″]ahh Mets fans, are you aware that the latest rumour is Reyes for Santana??? just rumours but seems shocking..Santana would look good in a Giants uniform[/quote]
If Santana were to get traded to the Giants, would that mitigate the Boof, Nathan, and Liriano for Pierzynski trade?

Nice to see the Giants fans out there. Any updates on the new Grizzlies uniforms/logos yet? I keep checking their site, but nothing yet. Overall, I despised their old look, excluding their brown alternate hat with the grizzly face on it… one of my favorite hats in my collection.

[quote comment=”179045″]Any schools with the Bucks nickname go by the Does for womens athletics?[/quote]

I don’t know about the bucks, but back in HS (in Central Illinois) we would play a team that had 4 mascosts: Colts (boys’ middle school team), Fillies (girls’ middle school team), the Mares (HS girls), and Stallions (HS boys).

Sorry, I can’t find any pics, as I think this small school has consolidated with another school district.

[quote comment=”179097″][quote comment=”179096″][quote comment=”179081″][quote comment=”179071″]”Team colors could be solid black and white with lots of stripes, black and white may be boring to some but it’s better than some of todays “new” colors that push the HD factor?”

first off, those are zebra colors, not gazelles… secondly, do you really want a team to look like the refs??????????[/quote]
ok ok!, coloured brown and white with a distinguishing black stripe. link[/quote]

sheesh…don’t post something that looks like an appetizer for gods sake…i know you were trying to show colors (colours) but geewhilickers

how about link or link for a design concept[/quote]
your second photo rocks, how bout that for a logo.[/quote]

The South Africa Rugby team’s nickname is the Springboks . Complete with a jumping gazelle.

Looking at the helmet designs compiled from movies and television link, I pose several questions:

Check out the Dallas Knights helmet from “Any Given Sunday.” Has a real football team ever placed a logo on the front of its helmet?

Check out the Jackie O First Ladies helmet from “Married With Children,” and I wonder if there has been any sports team (not women’s) that wears pink?

My other question, not related to that site, is what is the Michigan helmet design meant to be?

University at buffalo had some awesome bulls horns on their helmets two years ago

I noticed that the Packers paint the white pad on the back of the helmets that do not have the actual pad.

link

link
link

[quote comment=”179170″]Looking at the helmet designs compiled from movies and television link, I pose several questions:

Check out the Dallas Knights helmet from “Any Given Sunday.” Has a real football team ever placed a logo on the front of its helmet?

Check out the Jackie O First Ladies helmet from “Married With Children,” and I wonder if there has been any sports team (not women’s) that wears pink?

My other question, not related to that site, is what is the Michigan helmet design meant to be?[/quote]
The Michigan “design” reflects how leather helmets were constructed. The Michigan coach (who also coached Princeton and would eventually coach Delaware) introduced the two-tone leather helmet so that the quarterback could easily distinguish his receivers. (No offense, but this should be a new FAQ, along with the Buccaneers’ practice font and the green dot. Anybody care to update the FAQ’s?)

[quote comment=”179140″][quote comment=”179085″][quote comment=”179063″][quote comment=”179060″][quote comment=”179055″]

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Hmm, gets a shrug from me. Not really an improvement over what they have, but not bad. Just feels like a “what’s the point” kind of thing.[/quote]

Really? I think those are a HUGE improvement over the Phillies regular uni’s, which to me are mediocre at best. I wish they’d use these full time.[/quote]

Agreed. I’m about done with their usual pinstripes…[/quote]
I think the red pinstripes look stupid. To me, they look like candy canes. But I LOVE the Phillies’ road grays. The cream whites are pretty cool too, even though it doesn’t look like they have sleeve numbers.
Speaking of numbers, do the alternates have the same typography on the back as the other uniforms? And what about color? All red? Red with blue outline? Something else?[/quote]

Looks like the back numbers and names are the same.

[quote comment=”178951″]Don’t know if anyone else noticed this, but in that ASU-USC game on Thanksgiving Night, the arrows next to the numbers on the yard lines (40, 30 etc) were actually little pitchforks instead of arrows. Also, since the 50 is the middle of the field (and doesn’t have arrows)the 5 in the 50 had a devils tale (with a spike) on the end of it. I think this is great! Why don’t more teams do this? By the way, does anyone know why the arrows on the numbers are now required? They used to be optional in the NCAA, but now they are required. All those arrows do is point towards the nearest end zone. Is that so when you are watching the game on TV, you know which 30 yard line the offense is on (close to their end zone or their opponents)? It doesn’t make much sense to me, because the camera is usually panned back wide enough for you to see at least the next numbered yard line.[/quote]

Does anyone know of another team than the Cincinnati Bearcat football team that uses a color other than white for the 50, 40 yard lines, etc??

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I know Boise State has blue turf, but Cincinnati is the only one I’ve seen with actual colored yard numbers.

[quote comment=”179183″][quote comment=”178951″]Don’t know if anyone else noticed this, but in that ASU-USC game on Thanksgiving Night, the arrows next to the numbers on the yard lines (40, 30 etc) were actually little pitchforks instead of arrows. Also, since the 50 is the middle of the field (and doesn’t have arrows)the 5 in the 50 had a devils tale (with a spike) on the end of it. I think this is great! Why don’t more teams do this? By the way, does anyone know why the arrows on the numbers are now required? They used to be optional in the NCAA, but now they are required. All those arrows do is point towards the nearest end zone. Is that so when you are watching the game on TV, you know which 30 yard line the offense is on (close to their end zone or their opponents)? It doesn’t make much sense to me, because the camera is usually panned back wide enough for you to see at least the next numbered yard line.[/quote]

Does anyone know of another team than the Cincinnati Bearcat football team that uses a color other than white for the 50, 40 yard lines, etc??

I know Boise State has blue turf, but Cincinnati is the only one I’ve seen with actual colored yard numbers.[/quote]

Here’s a pic of Cincinnati’s yard numbers.

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This may be a stupid question, but, considering that the bumpers were originally designed to protect players’ noses, and since virtually every facemask used in football today protects the nose on its own, why keep the bumper at all? I undertand that Riddell sees it as a perfect billboard, but is it only there for “tradition” (and marketing) sake? Plus, because most facemasks today have a bar that goes right across the bumper, even if a nose were to somehow come in contact with the bumper, it would hit the bar first (i’m sure that would hurt)! Anyway… just a thought.

[quote comment=”178934″]It seems that the Cowboy’s unique-ness even extends to their locker room. Whenever I see a Cowboy’s player being interviewed on TV in front of his locker, I know what team it is by the link on the locker.

I don’t know how long they have used this particular font for this purpose. I will be interested to see if they carry it over to the lockers in their new stadium.[/quote]

absolutely right. i have noticed the same thing for years.

Sorry, forgot the first link…

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[quote comment=”179170″]Looking at the helmet designs compiled from movies and television linkquote]

Great website… love the “South Park Cows” helmet!

[quote comment=”178970″]We’ve talked about teams wearing a logo from a team in a different sport (like the Admirals/Brewers) but link:

Further proof that it’s always Red Sox season in New Hampshire: Fans attending Saturday’s American Hockey League game between the Manchester Monarchs and Rockford IceHogs will have their opportunity to have their picture taken with the 2007 World Series trophy…

…Back on the ice, Monarchs players will wear jerseys adorned with the Red Sox 2007 World Series championship commemorative patch.

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Not unprecedented. When the Hurricanes won the Stanley cup here in NC, they brought it to a Greensboro Grasshoppers baseball game. I was unfortunately out of town…

[quote comment=”179205″]Why the hell are the referees wearing the ski pants in the Dallas-Green Bay game?

And the sleeve numbers on Dallas’ throwbacks do not match the serifed numbers on the front and back.[/quote]

no idea – I live in a suburb of Dallas and it is a balmy 51 degress right now.

Plus both the Packers and Cowboys wearing huge #21 decals,i’ll post screencaps ASAP.

[quote comment=”179078″]You can find the First an 10 Bulls helmet on this link.

Also, check out the rest of linkfor awesome concept helmets and a ton of High School helmets from around the country.[/quote]

Sweet! Thanks

[quote comment=”179211″]Plus both the Packers and Cowboys wearing huge #21 decals,i’ll post screencaps ASAP.[/quote]

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and here

Looks like Julius Jones has a torn jersey already?

It seems that the Cowboy’s unique-ness even extends to their locker room. Whenever I see a Cowboy’s player being interviewed on TV in front of his locker, I know what team it is by the font of the player’s name on the locker.

I don’t know how long they have used this particular font for this purpose. I will be interested to see if they carry it over to the lockers in their new stadium.

ive always thought of that font as “dukes of hazzard” font…

Isn’t it interesting that “The Dukes of Hazzard” aired right before “Dallas” with it’s opening credits shot of Texas Stadium during the 80’s!

[quote comment=”179190″]This may be a stupid question, but, considering that the bumpers were originally designed to protect players’ noses, and since virtually every facemask used in football today protects the nose on its own, why keep the bumper at all? I undertand that Riddell sees it as a perfect billboard, but is it only there for “tradition” (and marketing) sake? Plus, because most facemasks today have a bar that goes right across the bumper, even if a nose were to somehow come in contact with the bumper, it would hit the bar first (i’m sure that would hurt)! Anyway… just a thought.[/quote]

The purpose of the nose bumper is to keep the nose from being cut up when the helmet gets pulled down, like when the face mask is grasped. It’s protecting the player wearing the helmet, not his opponent.

link on Sunday vs the Redskins. I’d be surprised if the rest of the Bills didn’t have one too….

link is one school with the Big East logo on the nose bumper.

They announced on espn radio today that all teams will be wearing 21 stickers. Thus my point.

Deion Sanders, sideline reporting for NFL Network, has one of the 21 stickers on his suit lapel. Deion, of course, wore 21 most of his career, both for the Cowboys and with the Redkins before Sean Taylor did.

[quote comment=”179228″]link is one school with the Big East logo on the nose bumper.[/quote]

Also, if you zoom in on the SU quarterback, you can find a few unique things. One, on his wrist he has a wristband with “Orange” on it. Two, looking at his helmet, you can see an “S” on the foam part sticking out the back. Not sure if that’s for Syracuse or the helmet company. And third, the flag decal on the back of his helmet is made to look like it’s waving in the wind. I’ve actually never seen it like that before…

[quote comment=”179166″]The double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats have unveiled their new uniforms and logo designs, which you can see in this PDF file. Naturally, I like the color scheme and the vertically arched road-jersey insignia, but the rest of the design looks painfully rinky-dink.

For what it’s worth, the PDF is in error — the Fisher Cats will be wearing black undershirts beneath their alternate vests.

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That’s odd. I’m the person who sent that info in, the PDF file was what I received in a newsletter from the FisherCats.

[quote comment=”179230″]They announced on espn radio today that all teams will be wearing 21 stickers. Thus my point.

Deion Sanders, sideline reporting for NFL Network, has one of the 21 stickers on his suit lapel. Deion, of course, wore 21 most of his career, both for the Cowboys and with the Redkins before Sean Taylor did.[/quote]

Friggin’ NFL Network. Huge Cowboys fan and I am reduced to having a tab for Fox Sports game tracker open on the browser. Pathetic.

I was watching the Boys-Pack game on nfl.com and I saw that looked like little strips of black tape above the right earholes on some of the players’ helmets. I wasn’t bale to get a great look, but it looked to me like it was being worn by only defensive players. Is this another subtle tribute to Taylor? Some hidden message from the Communist Party? Is it just late in the evening and I’m seeing things?

Also watching the Packers/Cowboys game tonight, and noticed Aaron Rodgers sporting the old school/Brett Favre style chin strap. He had also seem to have the “Tug ‘O Shame” down just like #4 as well. Does he typically wear the old style strap? Sorry if this has already been discussed, I just logged on and didn’t go through all the comments.

[quote comment=”179244″]not uni-relatedthe cowboys packers game was available to stream for free on nfl.com sorry for the late notice[/quote]

Does the NFL do this for every game on NFL Network or was this just a one-time thing? BTW, the Cowboys should make those unis permanent!

[quote comment=”179249″][quote comment=”179236″]Cowboys/Packers – refs wearing the hideous black pants…. truly offensive[/quote]

How in the world can the refs be wearing cold weather gear? Their should be rules against that. It’s currently 53 at 11:00 CT. Ridiculous.[/quote]
Maybe one of the refs forgot his white pants..? and they were forced to go with the black, we need a uni beat reporter

texas stadium will no longer be vending buttered popcorn

[quote comment=”179254″]When was the last time a road team wore white in Texas Stadium???[/quote]
Last Thanksgiving.

[quote comment=”179186″]Also Loyola University Chicago has new System of Dress duds, I think they link pretty link.[/quote]

im curious how much michael jordan had/has to do with this school having nikes highest uni technology. jeffrey was a top recruit for loyola last year prior to selecting to walk on at illinois.

[quote comment=”179122″]Currently watching the UEFA Cup match between Tottenham Hotspur (Eng) and Aalborg BK (Den) from White Hart Lane. Aalborg are wearing all-black kits rather than their primary link, since Spurs wear white as their primary kit.

Looks like their shirts have a big block of black tape or something over the right breast area. Looking at their primary kits, I’m guessing it’s the logo that goes with their sponsor, link.

Now, UEFA has restrictions on sponsors for UEFA competitions–for starters, I believe there can only be one sponsor on the kit. Interesting that they would have to cover the logo part, but not the wordmark, of their primary shirt sponsor.[/quote]

There are a few other restrictions UEFA makes as well. UEFA regulations forbid teams playing each other to wear the same sponsor’s logo. Arsenal and Hamburg ran into this problem in the Champions League last year, and each club had to change their shirt sponsor, they chose the word Dubai when playing their away leg. Also, for any Champions League matches played at Arsenal’s home pitch (Emirates Stadium), the name of the stadium has to be changed (“Arsenal Stadium”) due to the fact that Fly Emirates is not an official UEFA Champions League sponsor.

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good shot of a FNOB here:

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The thought of a team in any sport involving helmets (football, hockey, even baseball) with a unicorn horn on their helmets, or even the nickname “Unicorns”, nearly made me pass the rice I was eating through my nose. Its fairly easy to understand why New Braunfels went with NB, though I’d still feel pretty awful wearing “Unicorns” across my chest while getting nailed by a strong safety over the middle.
However, it wouldn’t be so unbelievable in cricket. That sport’s a little, you know, immasculine.