Hokies Conquer ACC, ACC Conquers Subtlety

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and cool, first response :)

For anyone looking for the fifth, it is on the sticker on the t-shirt. It says ACC Locker Room Product.

I had a full response asking about the fifth typed out and looked at the picture one more time and found it.

One on the hat, one on each of the jerseys, and ACC wordmark at the top of the t-shirt, championship logo to the southeast of the word “Champions”, and the sticker near the guys left hand. That makes six. Given the fact that the ACC champion got blasted by 41 points by the SEC champion, maybe the conference should worry more about the product they have on the field than branding themselves off the field.

eschewing the uglyuni trend of yesterday, the warriors have completed a perfect season…now…lets watch them get jobbed out of the bcs a la boise state last year

i’d also expect the dawgs to get screwed out of the national title game, with the bayou bengals prolly getting the nod…guess we’ll find out tonite…of course, had tennessee NOT gone the creamsickle route, they might have taken out lsu

my HOPE for the title game: OSU v GA
my PREDICTION: OSU vs LSU

Who cares? All you guys do anymore is bitch and moan about “logo creep”. Get over it. The shirts are fine. Do you guys go crazy when you see the Chevy BowTie all over their vehicles?
BTW, I LOVE Nike and all their wonderful Swooshes!!!

How is this the lead picture today and not link

[quote comment=”180340″]How is this the lead picture today and not link[/quote]

Or a pic of Tennessee. *shudder*

[quote comment=”180331″]eschewing the uglyuni trend of yesterday, the warriors have completed a perfect season…now…lets watch them get jobbed out of the bcs a la boise state last year

i’d also expect the dawgs to get screwed out of the national title game, with the bayou bengals prolly getting the nod…guess we’ll find out tonite…of course, had tennessee NOT gone the creamsickle route, they might have taken out lsu

my HOPE for the title game: OSU v GA
my PREDICTION: OSU vs LSU[/quote]

Uh, Boise State played in the BCS last year… remember that whole Fiesta Bowl win over Oklahoma, you know, the greatest game in college football history?

I bet Hawaii will play in the Sugar Bowl.

Totally off topic I know, but maybe of interest to uniform spotters; it’s the Professional Footballers Association centenary game today, England XI v Rest of the World, and the ROW kits are all numbered 100.

Also spotted ROW defender Lorenzo Amoruso’s shirt seems to have been spelled wrong (Amaruso) with an O scribbled over the A in marker pen!

..because Hawaii would really get “jobbed” if they don’t make the BCS championship game after playing the easiest schedule in the country…

I realize I will be in the overwhelming minority here but I like the Oregon “yellow, yellow, green combo”. It’s unique and entirely their own. Now if they went ” yellow, yellow, yellow”, my head would explode. The Oregon State uniforms aren’t as bad as I thought, but when it comes to the pants, it looks like Nike designers just plain ran out of ideas.

[quote comment=”180337″][quote comment=”180334″]“My favorite thing about the ACC is that they have a ‘Coastal’ Division and an ‘Atlantic’ Division. That’s like having a Western Division and an Almost-Western division.”

“And what do the ‘A’ and ‘C’ (the first letter C) in ACC stand for?”[/quote][/quote]

All Chokers Conference. (Circa 1979 NCAA Tournament.)

In regards to the classic college football uniform that haven’t been overhauled I have to take exception with UCLA. They have kept the shoulder srtiping intact as well as the grey facemasks on the helmet but if you compare the late 60’s (baby blue jersy with white/grey numbers) of the Gary Beban era with the current era and I think they screwed up a classic look. Why is it necessary to have white jerseys with dark blue (instead of baby blue) numbers outlined in gold and then outlined in black? (They have subscribed to the current Buffalo Bills/Detroit Lions, ‘busy is better’ motto.)

[quote comment=”180336″]Do you guys go crazy when you see the Chevy BowTie all over their vehicles?[/quote]

Chevy doesn’t put their logo all over their vehicles.

To reach Nike’s ridiculous level of creep, Chevy would have to put their logo on every outer component of their car: the grill, the side panels, the doors, the tires, the windows, etc.

It is for that reason that no one minds Chevy’s logo placement, but a good number of folks (not everyone and obviously not you) are irritated but the swoosh.

In the words of David Byrne: “Say something once, why say it again?”

Someone get some Talking Heads for the ACC!

[quote comment=”180389″][quote comment=”180336″]Do you guys go crazy when you see the Chevy BowTie all over their vehicles?[/quote]

Chevy doesn’t put their logo all over their vehicles.

To reach Nike’s ridiculous level of creep, Chevy would have to put their logo on every outer component of their car: the grill, the side panels, the doors, the tires, the windows, etc.

It is for that reason that no one minds Chevy’s logo placement, but a good number of folks (not everyone and obviously not you) are irritated but the swoosh.

In the words of David Byrne: “Say something once, why say it again?”

Someone get some Talking Heads for the ACC![/quote]
Take a Chevy car, remove the hubcaps with their logos and replace them with blank ones (or blinged-out ones), no big deal.
Take a Nike swoosh on an Ohio State football player’s shoe, accidentally obscure the tip of the swoosh with a tape job, school gets fined.
There IS a difference.

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Why is it that they can’t get into the title game, but OSU, who also, played nobody, and lost a game, are getting the bid?[/quote]

That is a very good question. The Big Ten is the weakest BCS conference this year, no doubt in my mind. Ohio State had a cakewalk. Hopefully they will get destroyed by whoever they play in the title game.

[quote comment=”180403″][quote comment=”180337″][quote comment=”180334″]My favorite thing about the ACC is that they have a ‘Coastal’ Division and an ‘Atlantic’ Division. That’s like having a Western Division and an Almost-Western division.[/quote]

and what do the “A” and “C” (the first letter C) in ACC stand for?[/quote][/quote]

Oops, sorry, I was going to say that the ACC is the Atlantic Coast Conference. After we brought in Miami, VA Tech, and BC a few years ago, it was divided into the Atlantic and Coastal Divisions and now all the teams don’t play each other. I’m a senior at Duke and since being here we’ve never played NC State in football and we only have 1 game a year against them in basketball. It’s not the classic ACC, but with the new teams came the new divisions.

The Hawaii players were holding up first editions of the Honolulu Advertiser That said “PERFECT”.. The photo on the newspaper shows link (obvious in the video screen-shot)

Hawaii, of course, wore white last night.

On The NFL Today on CBS, Boomer, Shannon, Dand and the Coach are all wearing #21 stickers on their jackets, and they’re the same size and color as the helmet ones…

[quote comment=”180419″]You know Paul, all this talk about the Oregon and WVU games, no one is talking about the LSU TENN game.. Orange on Orange vs Yellow pants…

it wasnt that nice and was hard to look at in HD

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perhaps you should have read yesterday’s comments

Here’s a screenshot on the NFL today patches, Matt beat me too it! link

[quote comment=”180377″]Why is it necessary to have white jerseys with dark blue (instead of baby blue) numbers outlined in gold and then outlined in black? (They have subscribed to the current Buffalo Bills/Detroit Lions, ‘busy is better’ motto.)[/quote]

UCLA’s numbers link.

[quote comment=”180364″]GROSS

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They were thinking the same thing I am. BOTH of those uniforms look GREAT!!! If you want to see gross check out link

[quote comment=”180319″]Wow Nothing on the ugliest football game in history (uni wise) Oregon St. At Oregon.[/quote]

NO WAY!!! I loved it. The UGLIEST game in history is got to be a tie between Penn State vs. Notre Dame or link. Boring to the point of tears.

Sometimes, compared to the garbage that is Oregon and other schools, plain (like “Meechagin”, Penn State and Notre Dame) is beautiful.

Although the game is barely relevant, the Jets are wearing the NY Titans jerseys vs. the Dolphins.

I have few (if any) Texans with the 21 decal so far, Titans in the Columbia Light Blue alt jersey, navy pant combo

[quote comment=”180436″][quote comment=”180428″][quote comment=”180377″]Why is it necessary to have white jerseys with dark blue (instead of baby blue) numbers outlined in gold and then outlined in black? (They have subscribed to the current Buffalo Bills/Detroit Lions, ‘busy is better’ motto.)[/quote]

UCLA’s numbers link.[/quote]
Ok… but back to the original point: is there anything wrong with link?[/quote]
[quote comment=”180436″][quote comment=”180428″][quote comment=”180377″]Why is it necessary to have white jerseys with dark blue (instead of baby blue) numbers outlined in gold and then outlined in black? (They have subscribed to the current Buffalo Bills/Detroit Lions, ‘busy is better’ motto.)[/quote]

UCLA’s numbers link.[/quote]
Ok… but back to the original point: is there anything wrong with link?[/quote]

While looking for a picture of the white UCLA jerseys with the dark blue numbers, (the do exist from the 90’s), I ran across link which should be put in the UniWatch Hall of Fame, for obvious reasons.

But, I digress. linkare the jerseys with dark blue numbers. But back to morelink

Oregon pulled off the look yesterday because it was devoid of black. Yellow and green is always a good combo, and that one worked. State…ehh, they need to wake up, theirs are just too much stupid stuff to handle.

COLT.15!! He’s legit, let’s have a fun championship for once. I just cant stand how the national championship teams are going to be rewarded cause they lost their game early in the year. One loss OSU is definitely not that much better than two loss USC.

Ohio State lost there second to last game….

[quote comment=”180464″]It looks like the referee in the JAX/IND game, Terry McAulay, is wearing a V Foundation pin.[/quote]
That rebel. He’ll get fined for sure.

OSU is in the title game…get over it people. When the season started, they faced three tough ranked opponents, #5 UM, #7 Wisconsin, and #17 Penn State. It’s not their fault those teams imploded.

You want into the title game? Don’t lose.

Back on topic…

Seahawks looking good in their away jerseys. Home? Not so much.

that was a heart, followed by “the no fun league”

[quote comment=”180459″]Sorry to beat the dead horse…some of us weren’t around yesterday. Did anyone mention how every team in a big game that took a ‘fashion risk’ lost? Monochromanic Tennessee, West Virginia, and Missouri.

And I agree that UCLA had screwed up their classic look.

As for the BCS, this is the 7th of 10 years that it’s been messed up. Many teams have arguments, but to openly lobby to be included is poor form. Georgia has said little, it was the BCS that put them at four. For the number 4 team not to be in the title game after 1 and 2 lose shows there’s a flawed system (I do understand a wiining team could skip over them, but a main reason LSU won was because Aigne had a bad 4th quarter – probably the uni!).[/quote]

if all-black, all-yellow, and all-orange is a “fashion risk,” then why isn’t ok’s all-white?

don’t be so racist

yesterday’s best uni’s: hawai’i!!!!!

yesterday’s best looking games: az-state, oregon-osu

[quote comment=”180426″]Take a Chevy car, remove the hubcaps with their logos and replace them with blank ones (or blinged-out ones), no big deal.
Take a Nike swoosh on an Ohio State football player’s shoe, accidentally obscure the tip of the swoosh with a tape job, school gets fined.
There IS a difference.

Very bad example Mike… Let me remind you that Nike pays millions of dollars to a school to wear their product. It is a form of marketing, if anything get on the schools for compromising the essence of their uniforms not Nike. Now I’m assuming you drive a Chevy, or maybe someone you know does, how much money did Chevy pay you to drive the car? That’s why they don’t care if you take off every logo![/quote]
I couldnt agree with you more…I work for a company that supplies equipment for colleges and pro teams. Not all schools and players are paid to where and use the equipment but at the very least they are supplied with it free of charge or at a severely discounted rate. If Ohio State’s athletic department wants to pony up the bucks to outfit the team in all uniforms and equipment then Nike would not be able to fine them. This is far from the case though…so not only is the original comment from Mike lousy it actually shows why it is justified as compared to something that you purchase.

Why are the Jets wearing their Titans throwbacks in an away game? Has this been done before in a game that didn’t involve a special promotion involving both teams?

[quote comment=”180491″]In the Colts/Jags game, Joseph Addai has a major wardrobe malfunction and has a large tear in the back of his pants, on his left leg. I mean, it’s a huge hole!! Not exactly the thing you wanna see while watching the game; LOL. Sorry, no screen grab yet.[/quote]
Don’t worry…I got your back

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[quote comment=”180463″]Ohio State lost there second to last game….[/quote]

and then have been idle for 2 weeks and moving up from other teams losing. they’re a perfect example.

[quote comment=”180484″][quote comment=”180426″]Take a Chevy car, remove the hubcaps with their logos and replace them with blank ones (or blinged-out ones), no big deal.
Take a Nike swoosh on an Ohio State football player’s shoe, accidentally obscure the tip of the swoosh with a tape job, school gets fined.
There IS a difference.

Very bad example Mike… Let me remind you that Nike pays millions of dollars to a school to wear their product. It is a form of marketing, if anything get on the schools for compromising the essence of their uniforms not Nike. Now I’m assuming you drive a Chevy, or maybe someone you know does, how much money did Chevy pay you to drive the car? That’s why they don’t care if you take off every logo![/quote]
I couldnt agree with you more…I work for a company that supplies equipment for colleges and pro teams. Not all schools and players are paid to where and use the equipment but at the very least they are supplied with it free of charge or at a severely discounted rate. If Ohio State’s athletic department wants to pony up the bucks to outfit the team in all uniforms and equipment then Nike would not be able to fine them. This is far from the case though…so not only is the original comment from Mike lousy it actually shows why it is justified as compared to something that you purchase.[/quote]
Amen. It’s like when a car company pays huge sums of money to have their cars in a movie. You can bet that if one of the cars didn’t have the correct logo the car company would be furious, and a lawsuit would be in order.

I honestly don’t have a problem with logo creep. Sure, it can look sorta bad at times, but its how the world works, so deal with it.

Not really uni-related, but the Redskins paid tribute to Sean Taylor by using the missing-man formation for the first defensive play – 10 men, no safety.

I remember USC ran a similar play on an extra point in honor of their placekicker who died in the offseason last year, but first I’ve ever heard of someone doing that in a regular possession. I don’t know whether the Bills were in on it or not, or whether the play was even run.

Any unsanctioned striped tributes showing up in this game?

[quote comment=”180488″]Why are the Jets wearing their Titans throwbacks in an away game? Has this been done before in a game that didn’t involve a special promotion involving both teams?[/quote]

good q…maybe there’s more J-E-T-S fans in miama than the meadowlands…if they’re tryin’ to sell jerseys down there…not exactly doin’ a brisk bizness up here in NY

i happen to think the uni’s are frikkin’ SCHWEET and i’d be the first one to say dump the green…course, marty’s prolly upset gang green aint in ALL green today

lambs actually look good in all blue, but it’s not a look i’d wanna see more than once a season

[quote comment=”180494″]Not really uni-related, but the Redskins paid tribute to Sean Taylor by using the missing-man formation for the first defensive play – 10 men, no safety.

I remember USC ran a similar play on an extra point in honor of their placekicker who died in the offseason last year, but first I’ve ever heard of someone doing that in a regular possession. I don’t know whether the Bills were in on it or not, or whether the play was even run.[/quote]

I don’t know if they were in on it, but they benefited from it….
From NFL.com, ” 1-10-BUF 32 (7:10) 22-F.Jackson left end pushed ob at WAS 46 for 22 yards (30-L.Landry). Redskins’ defensive formation included only 10 men in honor of Sean Taylor.”

[quote comment=”180509″]I honestly don’t have a problem with logo creep. Sure, it can look sorta bad at times, but its how the world works, so deal with it.

It’s only how the world works if the world tolerates it. It looks bad all the time, and should be resisted at all times.[/quote]
Haha how do you plan on resisting it? I’m sorry, pouting on a message board won’t do much.

Look, I love this site and come here everyday, I’m just saying that logo creep is one area where it gets taken way overboard.

[quote comment=”180450″]Although the game is barely relevant, the Jets are wearing the NY Titans jerseys vs. the Dolphins.[/quote]

Hey, I think it’s relevant every time the Jets wear those beauties.

Oregons jerseys yesterday were awesome..you can complain about how unclassic they were..but thats exactly it they dont want classic they want MODERN and that was pretty bad ass

there were more logos on the unis and field than there were fans in the seats.

Braylon Edwards for the Browns has no socks on Paul, that has to get a picture on the ticker. Hope the fine is worth it…

Braylon Edwards is not wearing brown socks? He appears to just have white crew length socks on

[quote comment=”180531″][quote comment=”180513″][quote comment=”180509″]I honestly don’t have a problem with logo creep. Sure, it can look sorta bad at times, but its how the world works, so deal with it.

It’s only how the world works if the world tolerates it. It looks bad all the time, and should be resisted at all times.[/quote]
Haha how do you plan on resisting it? I’m sorry, pouting on a message board won’t do much.

Look, I love this site and come here everyday, I’m just saying that logo creep is one area where it gets taken way overboard.[/quote]

But couldn’t you also say that a half-dozen ACC logos on one guy is a bit overboard?[/quote]

If he had that many on his uni during the game, then yes, but he would’ve had only 2-3 visible at one time. If you’re looking at him from the front you’d only see the Championship patch, Pennant patch, and nose bumper. From the back you’d only see the Pennant decal on his helmet.

I don’t think the Cardinals red on red looks bad. Monochrome looks good on some of the more modernized uniforms like Arizona, Cincinnati, and Atlanta for example. When classic teams like the Bears go with their navy on navy, that looks terrible.

And Braylon Edwards looks rediculous.

Haha how do you plan on resisting it? I’m sorry, pouting on a message board won’t do much.
I resist it by not buying their crap. Leagues, athletic conferences, universities et.al should let someting other than greed be their defining principle. Mostly through television, elite competitive sports generate more revenue for themselves now than any time in history, and still they need someone to spring for their gear? Not hardly. How is it that for most of the 20th century, with far less revenue at their disposal, college and professional sports teams managed build their own stadiums, outfit their teams, and colleges make sure their student/athletes graduated? Maybe because they had a higher purpose then besides profitability? That’s the worst part of logo creep; it’s a visual indicator that souls have been sold to the devil.

Half dozen logos may be getting bad, but it is a business.
I’ve seen worse on high school players – especially with the popularity of Under Armour. You can see the logo on the neck (long sleeve gold gear), gloves, sweat bands (arms and yes, legs too), socks and cleats, never mind half sleeves, hidden logos on warm gear, girdles, skull caps.

[quote comment=”180540″]Braylon Edwards is not wearing brown socks? He appears to just have white crew length socks on[/quote]
He is also wearing white shoes.

Edwards now appears to have his brown socks on, just short. I know that they were not there on the first drive.

[quote comment=”180494″]Not really uni-related, but the Redskins paid tribute to Sean Taylor by using the missing-man formation for the first defensive play – 10 men, no safety.

I remember USC ran a similar play on an extra point in honor of their placekicker who died in the offseason last year, but first I’ve ever heard of someone doing that in a regular possession. I don’t know whether the Bills were in on it or not, or whether the play was even run.[/quote]

apparently, the Bills did not give a care, as they ran a running play for 22 yards… no class….

[quote comment=”180384″]Can we please stop the “first comment” posts before they really get started?[/quote]

I didn’t make the post about Virginia/Virgina just so I could make a “first post” comment, but I also didn’t realize that such “first post” comments were frowned upon so much here. Trust me, I also already got the lecture from my wife about how much its not liked here. It will not happen again. :)

Hawaii’s strength of schedule: 119 (out of 119)
OSU: 75

Not sure how you could put a team in the championship with Hawaii’s strength of schedule.

[quote comment=”180574″]More Taylor memorial stickers:

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Wow, a photo where Dilfer isn’t flat on his back.
Must be a pre-game shot.

Watching the Bears/Giants game

Hester has one helmet decal going the wrong way and Mark Anderson has a broken helmet decal

BEAR DOWN!!

In the post-game press briefing, Washington Redskins Coach Joe Gibbs said he did not call for only 10 men to take the field in the first defensive series. Gregg Williams may later try to say something different, but it sounds like it was not a tribute at all, but simply a screw-up.

[quote comment=”180591″]In the post-game press briefing, Washington Redskins Coach Joe Gibbs said he did not call for only 10 men to take the field in the first defensive series. Gregg Williams may later try to say something different, but it sounds like it was not a tribute at all, but simply a screw-up.[/quote]

You don’t really believe that, do you?

“You don’t really believe that, do you?”

Why wouldn’t I believe it? It comes straight for the head coach’s mouth.

More on Joe Gibbs not having a clue about what is going on with his own team (or Gregg Williams concocting a story to cover a screw up):
“Gibbs said after the game he did not speak with Gregg Williams about the decision to use 10 men at the start of the game. But Williams and Gibbs met in the coach’s dressing room for about 7 minutes after the game, and Williams said he explained the decision to Gibbs after the game.

Gibbs told us he did not have a problem with Williams doing it – though you got the strong impression he would have preferred to have known before hand.”
Source: Washington Post

The Broncos are running out of room on their helmets. They have the Bronco decal, the stripes down the middle, the American flag, the player’s numbers, the Sean Taylor memorial, and the memorial sticker for the two players that died in the off-season. I hope no one else dies.

[quote comment=”180596″]“You don’t really believe that, do you?”

Why wouldn’t I believe it? It comes straight for the head coach’s mouth.[/quote]

Because the stadium was filled with #21s which just happened to be the number of the player who played the position that wasn’t filled.

Just a screw up?

The coach may not have known what was going to happen, but he knew what was going to happen.

It was a great way to honor a fallen teammate. To call it a “screw up” is incredibly disrespectful.

Johnny O,

Good looking out man; thanks!!

Even I knew that they were going 10-man and I don’t even support them.

Bit low on Bills to run it hard though. According to game tracker thing, the RB went out of bounds so didn’t just run into the line.

Oh, and just a quick debate… Best jersey (not uniform) in the NFL? I’m going Cardinals road jersey. Classy stuff

[quote comment=”180586″][quote comment=”180570″][quote comment=”180494″]Not really uni-related, but the Redskins paid tribute to Sean Taylor by using the missing-man formation for the first defensive play – 10 men, no safety.

I remember USC ran a similar play on an extra point in honor of their placekicker who died in the offseason last year, but first I’ve ever heard of someone doing that in a regular possession. I don’t know whether the Bills were in on it or not, or whether the play was even run.[/quote]

apparently, the Bills did not give a care, as they ran a running play for 22 yards… no class….[/quote]

Actually, Joe Gibbs and Dick Jauron had a gentleman’s agreement where the Redskins would only field ten defenders for one play, and the Bills would simply run the ball into the line. That wasn’t a lack of class. What, was the running back supposed to just fall down?[/quote]

Exactly! No class would have been to throw a deep pass right to where Taylor would have been.

[quote comment=”180615″]Even I knew that they were going 10-man and I don’t even support them.

Bit low on Bills to run it hard though. According to game tracker thing, the RB went out of bounds so didn’t just run into the line.

Oh, and just a quick debate… Best jersey (not uniform) in the NFL? I’m going Cardinals road jersey. Classy stuff[/quote]
ewww. Really?

[quote comment=”180598″]The NY Post goofed today.

Here’s their pic of Johan Santana:

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lol thats funny

[quote comment=”180548″]Haha how do you plan on resisting it? I’m sorry, pouting on a message board won’t do much.
I resist it by not buying their crap. Leagues, athletic conferences, universities et.al should let someting other than greed be their defining principle. Mostly through television, elite competitive sports generate more revenue for themselves now than any time in history, and still they need someone to spring for their gear? Not hardly. How is it that for most of the 20th century, with far less revenue at their disposal, college and professional sports teams managed build their own stadiums, outfit their teams, and colleges make sure their student/athletes graduated? Maybe because they had a higher purpose then besides profitability? That’s the worst part of logo creep; it’s a visual indicator that souls have been sold to the devil.[/quote]
WOW…”souls have been sold to the devil”…if you think that this is true then I am sorry. Instead of Nike/Reebok/Insert Brand Here giving money and equipment to the schools to not only support the particular team but also the rest of the athletic department and school as a whole you would rather cut a larger check to your alumni association so that non-revenue sports can succeed as well?

Anybody know if the Rams have ever gone out with white over the navy pants they wore today?

[quote comment=”180626″]WOW…”souls have been sold to the devil”…if you think that this is true then I am sorry. Instead of Nike/Reebok/Insert Brand Here giving money and equipment to the schools to not only support the particular team but also the rest of the athletic department and school as a whole you would rather cut a larger check to your alumni association so that non-revenue sports can succeed as well?[/quote]

Non-revenue sports are often the most interesting to watch. I know that not everyone is a fan of the non-revenue sports, but every sport was non-revenue at one point.

[quote comment=”180633″][quote comment=”180626″]WOW…”souls have been sold to the devil”…if you think that this is true then I am sorry. Instead of Nike/Reebok/Insert Brand Here giving money and equipment to the schools to not only support the particular team but also the rest of the athletic department and school as a whole you would rather cut a larger check to your alumni association so that non-revenue sports can succeed as well?[/quote]

Non-revenue sports are often the most interesting to watch. I know that not everyone is a fan of the non-revenue sports, but every sport was non-revenue at one point.[/quote]
I completely agree…like I said earlier it just gets tiresome coming on here and listening about logo creep. Would be like me coming on here everyday and complaining about the Google ads…no I understand why they are there and accept that fact.
Why not complain that some players sign independent deals with companies like Schutt to wear their helmets rather then the Riddell ones that are provided to the league?
It may be just a sport or pastime to some, but it is big business to many. All of youw ho complain about the logo creep should look yourselves in the mirror and ask yourself if you or the company you work for do anything similar…would be surprised if you dont.

[quote comment=”180611″][quote comment=”180396″][quote comment=”180392″]OSU played nobody, and lost a game, are getting the bid?[/quote]

they didn’t play nobody, they played michigan

oh…wait[/quote]

11-1, from a BCS conference. OK, fine.. OSU vs. Kansas, best two BCS records, does that sound better?

Nahh, looks like they’re putting LSU in the game (based on polls) over the team (Oklahoma) who beat a school twice that at one point was ranked #1. LSU lost the #1 ranking twice. Makes a hell of a lot of sense.

Crap, not uni-related.. uh.. uh… ok, yeah, so here’s to hoping LSU doesn’t bust out the gawdawful Katrina jerseys again. As a nice touch though, I’d like to see OSU go with white (if that’s option) versus LSU, if for nothing more than OSU wore white the last time they won a title and LSU’s purple is (sorry Paul) pretty sweet looking.[/quote]

Well, the Buckeyes got beaten like a drum the last time they wore white in the nat’l title game, so maybe Tressel will think twice about that.

He chose to wear white last year, when OSU had the choice, because of their prior history of success in the BCS with white unis.

[quote comment=”180633″][quote comment=”180626″]WOW…”souls have been sold to the devil”…if you think that this is true then I am sorry. Instead of Nike/Reebok/Insert Brand Here giving money and equipment to the schools to not only support the particular team but also the rest of the athletic department and school as a whole you would rather cut a larger check to your alumni association so that non-revenue sports can succeed as well?[/quote]

Non-revenue sports are often the most interesting to watch. I know that not everyone is a fan of the non-revenue sports, but every sport was non-revenue at one point.[/quote]

I can tell you this much, the fans on the non-football/basketball sports (I say it that way cause some of them are good revenue streams for the schools) are the most dedicated, passionate, and knowledgeable fans I have ever seen.

officials in KC today also just skated with the 81-82 Flyers… I mean, wore the ugly slacks.

Apropos of 11/26/07 note about the size of the ‘c’ for Willie McGinest and Brandon McDonald, I noticed in the Raider game that Josh McCown’s name has a small cap ‘c’ while OL Paul McQuistan’s name had a superscript ‘c’. Can’t find pictures at the moment but I’ll see if I can dig some up.

Really gets tiring to come on here and all you read is logo-creep this and logo-creep that…if you are a huge Michigan fan and dont want to see a companies logo then open up your wallet and write a check for what the suppliers are writing it for.
Thats like saying that I really hate when companies talk about their products during the commercials of a game.
There is a service they are paying for and that is promotions…
As far as all of the bashing on some of the uniforms that Nike and others have come out with keep in mind that they are made to appeal to an 15-25 year old NOT some 40 year old who last saw a competitive field in High School…trust me if the kids who had to wear them didnt like them they would get changed over time[/quote]
AMEN!!

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Couldn’t quite tell, but it looks like maybe they were making those kids use the NFL sized goalposts…[/quote]

And, for that matter, no high school hashmarks on the field either… what a boner, you get to the big game and then you have to play with a field not uniform with what you played on to get there…

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It was at Gillette Stadium, and it looks like they used the same posts the Pats use[/quote]

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they building an ark in pitty?

at least the field seems in better shape than last monday

the bengays are wearing their most aesthetically pleasing uni…which is sad…and of course, as was pointed out earlier, not all players have their pant stripes facing the same direction…sigh

/anyone else kinda sick of seein the steelers?

Georgia will wear black in the sugar bowl…according to their coach

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Couldn’t quite tell, but it looks like maybe they were making those kids use the NFL sized goalposts…[/quote]

And, for that matter, no high school hashmarks on the field either… what a boner, you get to the big game and then you have to play with a field not uniform with what you played on to get there…[/quote]

According to the MIAA website, they play by NCAA rules, meaning that the NFL goalposts are the correct goalposts.

[quote comment=”180697″]GW debuting new gold jerseys

Texas A+m wearing new Black Jerseys

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I love the Mountain Dew combo for Oregon. Break it out more often[/quote]

Here’s Mountain Dew posted GW uni twice

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Is it just me or did the stands look some what empty considering that it was the state championship. Mabye i’m just used to the 40,000 people that show up at the Texas state championships.[/quote]
Haha, as a Bostonian who vacations in Austin (I only go to places that rhyme) I can tell you that HS Football in Mass. is a drop in the bucket compared to TX HS Football.

No one, aside from friends and families and town members really cared about yesterday’s Superbowls.

[quote comment=”180704″]The Colorado 4A and 5A title games at Invesco Field used the NFL goalposts as well.

For those who wonder why this matters, regulation high school goalposts are 23′ 4″ wide, where NFL and college posts are 18′ 6″ wide.

High school hash marks are 53′ 4″ wide, college hash marks are 40′ wide (60′ in from each sideline) and the pros line the hashmarks up with the goalposts, 18′ 6″ wide at the inside of the mark.[/quote]

What do you mean by “regulation”? The NFHS sets standards, but each state association can use whatever rules they want. Thry can take NFHS rules, modify them, or go with something completely different.

[quote comment=”180570″][quote comment=”180494″]Not really uni-related, but the Redskins paid tribute to Sean Taylor by using the missing-man formation for the first defensive play – 10 men, no safety.

I remember USC ran a similar play on an extra point in honor of their placekicker who died in the offseason last year, but first I’ve ever heard of someone doing that in a regular possession. I don’t know whether the Bills were in on it or not, or whether the play was even run.[/quote]

apparently, the Bills did not give a care, as they ran a running play for 22 yards… no class….[/quote]
Seriously.. dont speak anymore. What did you want them to do, kneel on the ball?

Amazing tribute by the skins, but it’s still a football game and they chose to play a man down.. the other 10 still could’ve made the tackle sooner

This idea that the Bills knew about the 10-man (supposed) tribute before-hand is nonsense.

1) Joe Gibbs already said that even he did not know about or approve of the supposed tribute before-hand.

2) Defensive coach Gregg Williams said after the game that the Bills had no foreknowledge of the 10-man formation:

“Williams told [his players]of his decision to do just that during their defensive meeting Saturday night at the team hotel. They were unanimous in supporting the move. Williams kept safety LaRon Landry very deep “minimizing the big play,” and did not tell the Bills staff about his decision before hand.” — Washington Post

link is Braylon Edwards first half shoes and socks.

He switched to black shoes (and I think more normal socks) in the second half, like the link of the link. (No pictures of the second half shoes yet).

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As far as all of the bashing on some of the uniforms that Nike and others have come out with keep in mind that they are made to appeal to an 15-25 year old NOT some 40 year old who last saw a competitive field in High School…trust me if the kids who had to wear them didnt like them they would get changed over time[/quote]

Obviously most BCS teams don’t have to stoop to letting Nike downgrade their uniforms to attract top athletes…Ohio State, LSU, USC, Georgia, & Oklahoma, as well as Tennessee, UCLA, Texas, Penn State, Michigan, Nebraska, etc. These teams probably don’t want any 18-year old to represent them if the most important thing is a Nike-ugly uni with miss-matched sleeves.

Georgia is not going to need black jerseys to beat Hawaii, but the sight of 70,000 UGA fans wearing black in the Superdome should be a sight to behold.

So you’re saying 40 year-olds can’t have an opinion on this blog? Want to take it outside?

A couple more Taylor memorial sticker shots (which give a nice view of the helmets and sometimes jersey details, like the nameplates):

link. The Bills put the NFL logo, the Taylor tribute, the American Flag and the warning decal all on part of their team helmet logo.
link. The Rams put the warning decal on the center ridge of the helmet (where a lot of teams would have a stripe). I haven’t noticed that before.
link. The memorial sticker moves the NFL logo to the side of the helmet for some reason.
link. The Steelers blank rear bumper.

Also, The ‘Skins memorial patch was link.

[quote comment=”180730″][quote comment=”180726″]This idea that the Bills knew about the 10-man (supposed) tribute before-hand is nonsense.[/quote]

Seems weird, since someone commented here a couple days ago that the ‘Skins would start in a missing man defense and the Bills would run on that play.[/quote]

hell yea! joey guns posted this wednesday morning:

[quote]#3 by Joey Guns on 11.28.07 9:20 am |

One more note on the Sean Taylor tribute……

Again, this rumor is unconfirmed as of yet. [/quote]

/*note to self* never fuck with joey guns

[quote comment=”180726″]1) Joe Gibbs already said that even he did not know about or approve of the supposed tribute before-hand.

2) Defensive coach Gregg Williams said after the game that the Bills had no foreknowledge of the 10-man formation[/quote]

gregg williams obviously doesn’t read uniwatch

[quote comment=”180570″][quote comment=”180494″]Not really uni-related, but the Redskins paid tribute to Sean Taylor by using the missing-man formation for the first defensive play – 10 men, no safety.

I remember USC ran a similar play on an extra point in honor of their placekicker who died in the offseason last year, but first I’ve ever heard of someone doing that in a regular possession. I don’t know whether the Bills were in on it or not, or whether the play was even run.[/quote]

apparently, the Bills did not give a care, as they ran a running play for 22 yards… no class….[/quote]

Did you watch the game? I assume not.

The Bills ran a simple counter off-tackle. The RB (Jackson) was not touched by a DL or LB and broke it out up the sideline. Apparently, the Bills have no class because the Redskins D-Line and LB’s were effectively neutralized on the play. The FS would not have helped on that play. It’s not like they THREW the ball.

Did you want them to kneel it on that first play then? The Redskins didn’t kneel it on their first play, so why should the Bills?

I love when people make comments about things they more than likely didn’t even witness….

GW’s uniforms weren’t gold–their school colors are BUFF and blue. And, while it’s the first time they’ve worn their new buff jerseys this year, link.

Completely unrelated to anything tonight, but in searching for something completely different I came across this link. Check out that teal/purple MLB logo…really says something about 1993.

did anyone see the gold gloves that chad johnson was wearing at the beginning of the steeler game tonight? i saw them on the first drive or two, and then he changed to black…you can kind of see it in the first link on gettyimages..

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Robert Horry changed his number from #5 to #25, Ime Udoka is now wearing jersey number 5. Apparently (according to around the grapevine) this is because Horry wants to go back to his beginnings. (the number he wore when he was with the Rockets and I believe the suns)

[quote comment=”180768″]Completely unrelated to anything tonight, but in searching for something completely different I came across this link. Check out that teal/purple MLB logo…really says something about 1993.[/quote]
What was wrong with 1993, the Blue Jays were world champions. But that logo is awful, it doesn’t even reflect the expansion cities or team nicknames..too much purple

I’m going to make a late chime-in on the Oregon uniforms…

The colors don’t bother me so much, the helmet is trying to hard to be modern though, the in-between colors (half-way between green and yellow here) look like it’s just off of the one or other, but what I hate (sorry, lemme re-state that) HATE is the diamond-plate pattern on the jerseys… It’s comic book-esque, and looks like something that you’d only see the “bad guys” in a football movie wear (they always are over-the-top, ya know)… Seriously, if you wanna look tough, play tough, otherwise you’re trying to hard

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An intersting note since their helmets have 4 numbers on it.

Sadly, three of them are for players who have died this past year.

Arizona State is memorializing Pat Tillman, war hero. They retired his number 42, thus the PT-42. All the sports teams at ASU wear the tag and the tunnel from the ASU football locker room to the field is dubbed the Tillman Tunnel.