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Helmet Carnage After National Championship Game

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This photo was sent my way the other day by reader Ryan Perkins. I was going to run it in the Ticker but decided it deserved a better showcase than that. “My sister-in-law took it at the end of the BCS game and I thought it was cool,” says Ryan. Bit of an understatement, no? — Paul

 
  
 
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    Does anyone know about the material “tactel?” I’ve seen Nike hats for college teams listed as being made from this material, and I’m unfamiliar with it. Does anyone know it’s like? Is it better than wool or some of the other materials?

    Thanks.

    I caught a few minutes of the Stetson v. Florida Gulf Coast Univ. hoops matchup last night (you can throw out the records when those teams meet) and noticed that the Stetson unis featured contrasting name plates. I found link from their game against Georgetown. I can’t really decide whether I like the look or not.

    Do all NASCAR drivers get their sunglasses at the same store? Almost like they’re part of the uniform.

    [quote comment=”201931″]Do all NASCAR drivers get their sunglasses at the same store? Almost like they’re part of the uniform.[/quote]

    Actually, if you want a showcase of sunglasses, some crazy and some not, check out the Indy Racing League. I guess, owing to the more international flavor of the IRL, they can sometimes get a little more “stylish” with their outdoor eyewear.

    link

    link

    link

    That’s a pretty nice sampling for now. Mill around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during May, and you’ll see some great shades.

    That’s a whole lot of helmets man..

    But ohhh Danica Patrick..so hot..how I like thee, thy Anna Kournikova of Racing..

    Since Florida Gulf Coast is in its first year of Division I sports, there aren’t many records to throw out. In fact, this was the first Atlantic Sun game for FGCU.

    [quote comment=”201942″]Since Florida Gulf Coast is in its first year of Division I sports, there aren’t many records to throw out. In fact, this was the first Atlantic Sun game for FGCU.[/quote]
    Damn, my sarcasm button didn’t work. I really know nothing about either school/program.

    As fir Stetson’s nameplates, it kinda reminds me of the Chicago State uniforms from a couple years ago, where ChiState had constrasting nameplates on the lower back of their unis, as well as the 1973-74 Philadelphia Flyers jerseys for NBC telecasts.

    [quote comment=”201945″]As fir Stetson’s nameplates, it kinda reminds me of the Chicago State uniforms from a couple years ago, where ChiState had constrasting nameplates on the lower back of their unis, as well as the 1973-74 Philadelphia Flyers jerseys for NBC telecasts.[/quote]
    Don’t forget the 1980 American link hockey team (white jerseys).

    [quote comment=”201946″][quote comment=”201945″]As fir Stetson’s nameplates, it kinda reminds me of the Chicago State uniforms from a couple years ago, where ChiState had constrasting nameplates on the lower back of their unis, as well as the 1973-74 Philadelphia Flyers jerseys for NBC telecasts.[/quote]
    Don’t forget the 1980 American link hockey team (white jerseys).[/quote]
    Good call. I knew they reminded me of something but I couldn’t put my finger on it.

    [quote comment=”201938″]
    Actually, if you want a showcase of sunglasses, some crazy and some not, check out the Indy Racing League. I guess, owing to the more international flavor of the IRL, they can sometimes get a little more “stylish” with their outdoor eyewear.
    [/quote]

    They could all wear Chris Cooley hotpants at Indy and nobody would notice. Indy is dead. Tony George has made a really nice junior league/feeder series for NASCAR.

    New Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez had a press conference yesterday, and he link in a link given to him by the UM hockey team. Nice vertically arched lettering on the NOB.

    [quote comment=”201941″]That’s a whole lot of helmets man..

    But ohhh Danica Patrick..so hot..how I like thee, thy Anna Kournikova of Racing..[/quote]

    i dont really follow open wheel racing at all, but isnt danica patrick good? doesnt she finish top 10 quite a bit? the kournikova analogy would be a slap in the face to her…

    [quote comment=”201955″][quote comment=”201941″]That’s a whole lot of helmets man..

    But ohhh Danica Patrick..so hot..how I like thee, thy Anna Kournikova of Racing..[/quote]

    i dont really follow open wheel racing at all, but isnt danica patrick good? doesnt she finish top 10 quite a bit? the kournikova analogy would be a slap in the face to her…[/quote]

    It’s only appropriate in that she’s never actually WON a race. She’s been competitive, though. Probably more so than Ms. Kournikova ever was on the WTA Tour.
    On an only moderately related note, any of the Poker players out there know why the hand A-K is called “Anna Kournikova” (other than the initials)?

    [quote comment=”201955″][quote comment=”201941″]That’s a whole lot of helmets man..

    But ohhh Danica Patrick..so hot..how I like thee, thy Anna Kournikova of Racing..[/quote]

    i dont really follow open wheel racing at all, but isnt danica patrick good? doesnt she finish top 10 quite a bit? the kournikova analogy would be a slap in the face to her…[/quote]

    link has exactly as many wins as anna kournikova (in singles)

    /to which i say, SFW…and anna didn’t do it against men…play tennis that is

    [quote comment=”201956″]link[/quote]
    Yikes, poor taste alert. I’d call steroid users (not to name names, but Marion Jones) cheaters, but somebody who needs running prosthetics that just happen to be much more efficient than natural legs? I’d call that “Sorry, but stay in the Paralympics.”

    [quote]On an only moderately related note, any of the Poker players out there know why the hand A-K is called “Anna Kournikova” (other than the initials)?[/quote]

    big slick is pretty…but it never wins

    [quote comment=”201959″][quote comment=”201956″]link[/quote]
    Yikes, poor taste alert. I’d call steroid users (not to name names, but Marion Jones) cheaters, but somebody who needs running prosthetics that just happen to be much more efficient than natural legs? I’d call that “Sorry, but stay in the Paralympics.”[/quote]

    sorry mike…i forgot stuby’s [sarcasm][/sarcasm] tags…i posted that because oscar pistorius finds out monday whether he can compete against teh able-bodied in beijing this summer

    with all the SHIT that has been going on (at least in the US of A, but also the world) involving cheaters and performance-enhanced ‘athletes,’ what better human interest story that to allow someone with no freakin legs to race in the olympics? aside from the obvious ratings (ka-ching) boost, who wouldn’t be totally rooting for him? (aside from the two-legged humans he might beat)

    im usually totally anti-pc, but this seems to me to be a win-win for everyone

    but hey, WTF do i know?

    [quote comment=”201957″][quote comment=”201955″][quote comment=”201941″]That’s a whole lot of helmets man..

    But ohhh Danica Patrick..so hot..how I like thee, thy Anna Kournikova of Racing..[/quote]

    i dont really follow open wheel racing at all, but isnt danica patrick good? doesnt she finish top 10 quite a bit? the kournikova analogy would be a slap in the face to her…[/quote]

    It’s only appropriate in that she’s never actually WON a race. She’s been competitive, though. Probably more so than Ms. Kournikova ever was on the WTA Tour.
    On an only moderately related note, any of the Poker players out there know why the hand A-K is called “Anna Kournikova” (other than the initials)?[/quote]

    Anna Kournikova (Ace-King) looks pretty but never wins.

    comparing wins in auto racing (when you are competing against 40+ others at 1 time) to wins in tennis (when you only have 1 opponent at a time) is a complete disservice to the auto racer.

    view these career results…
    link

    those are career numbers that ANY driver would love to have and that ANY driving fan and perhaps team owner would appreciate as excellent.

    [quote comment=”201941″]That’s a whole lot of helmets man..

    But ohhh Danica Patrick..so hot..how I like thee, thy Anna Kournikova of Racing..[/quote]

    i think she might be a product of being an athlete. if shes in the public eye, she adds hotness. if she was Danica the waitress at Friday’s would she still be that hot? I can’t answer that.

    But Danica competes against a much smaller set of competitors than did Anna. To be ranked 100–or even much higher–in the world in tennis is much more of a challenge than top 10 in Indy racing.

    The announcers in the UNC-NC State men’s basketball game just ripped on NC State for wearing black socks. They said they looked like they needed loafers because they looked like “old men”. haha

    [quote comment=”201973″]The announcers in the UNC-NC State men’s basketball game just ripped on NC State for wearing black socks.

    They said they looked like they needed loafers because they looked like “old men”.

    haha[/quote]
    Sidney Lowe looks like a member of the Rose Bowl committee in that red blazer.

    [quote comment=”201975″][quote comment=”201973″]The announcers in the UNC-NC State men’s basketball game just ripped on NC State for wearing black socks.

    They said they looked like they needed loafers because they looked like “old men”.

    haha[/quote]
    Sidney Lowe looks like a member of the Rose Bowl committee in that red blazer.[/quote]

    “it’s not helping”

    i turned the game on at 9-9…as i type this its 33-11

    richrod wore the jersey at the hockey game. he dropped the ceremonial first puck and played score-o at first intermission. score-o is trying to shoot a puck into the net through a little hole from the blue line. he missed badly but seemed generally angry.

    Regarding the nameplate, due to the colors, I immediately thought of the Larry Bird-era shooting shirts/warmup jackets.
    link

    [quote comment=”201946″][quote comment=”201945″]“As far Stetson’s nameplates, it kinda reminds me of the Chicago State uniforms from a couple years ago, where ChiState had constrasting nameplates on the lower back of their unis, as well as the 1973-74 Philadelphia Flyers jerseys for NBC telecasts.”[/quote]
    “Don’t forget the 1980 American link hockey team (white jerseys).”[/quote]

    Man, how’d I forget that one? Old age, I guess.

    Didn’t the Raptors in their first set of unis have a balck nameplate with silver lettering on the back of the jerseys?

    [quote comment=”201985″]Here’s a better picture of Stetson’s nameplates, from when they played the Gators. I don’t like it.

    link[/quote]
    I dunno, I think that I like it, though I am not sure why. Good comparison to the Celts shooter shirts.

    [quote comment=”201989″]Didn’t the Raptors in their first set of unis have a balck nameplate with silver lettering on the back of the jerseys?[/quote]

    sort of yes
    link

    [quote comment=”201991″][quote comment=”201989″]Didn’t the Raptors in their first set of unis have a balck nameplate with silver lettering on the back of the jerseys?[/quote]

    sort of yes
    link

    That reminds me of the Damon Stoudamire jersey I had back in the day. Memories…….

    [quote comment=”201991″][quote comment=”201989″]Didn’t the Raptors in their first set of unis have a balck nameplate with silver lettering on the back of the jerseys?[/quote]

    sort of yes
    link
    If I didn’t know any better, I would have thought that link was behind that eBay store. Some of those items would be fun to have, but I couldn’t justify buying those old (and usually ugly) jerseys.

    A quick question:

    Do receivers or defensive backs wear any pads on their legs anymore? Thigh, hip, knee, anywhere??? I realize it allows them to move more freely and run faster, but are they more likely to get injured wearing these bike shorts? I never noticed this until I started seeing pictures of players on this site, especially Al Harris and Charles Woodson with their socks and spats. GO PACK!

    [quote comment=”201975″][quote comment=”201973″]The announcers in the UNC-NC State men’s basketball game just ripped on NC State for wearing black socks.

    They said they looked like they needed loafers because they looked like “old men”.

    haha[/quote]
    Sidney Lowe looks like a member of the Rose Bowl committee in that red blazer.[/quote]

    Sidney Lowe is my idol. I wore a red jacket to prom last year because of him.

    [quote comment=”201986″]Regarding the nameplate, due to the colors, I immediately thought of the Larry Bird-era shooting shirts/warmup jackets.
    link[/quote]

    The Celtics still have name plates like that on the warm-up jackets.

    [quote comment=”201959″][quote comment=”201956″]link[/quote]
    Yikes, poor taste alert. I’d call steroid users (not to name names, but Marion Jones) cheaters, but somebody who needs running prosthetics that just happen to be much more efficient than natural legs? I’d call that “Sorry, but stay in the Paralympics.”[/quote]

    I was a drug testing crew chief for the USOC from ’92 – ’96. First of all, people would be amazed at the number of substances and the different variety that are banned, i.e caffiene in certain quantities. Secondly, the system we used which I imagine has changed quite bit but not enough was easy to beat. World class athletes know how to train to peak and taper down to competition levels.

    Most substances that are banned are performance enhancers which may slow down or speed up the heart rate, increase oxygen in the blood, etc.,depending on the demands of the sport. It is very advantageous for a competitive pistol shooter to slow down his/her breathing and heart rate. As crazy as it sounds, they try to shoot between beats.

    The problem with steroids is that they are basically training enhancers, not needed the day of competition. Also, they are mostly detectable due to increased levels of testoterone, which is obviously not a banned substance itself.

    So.. You increase your testosterone, train like crazy, taper down to the correct level just prior to the event, test your blood, and if you didn’t taper enough, announce a strained hamstring or shoulder and pull out of the event. Very simplistic, but you get the picture.

    What I find funny is when a sample is positive and they go to sample B. The system we used utilized a glass bottle sealed with VOID tape inside a plastic bottle lock sealed and VOID taped. The only person who touches the sample prior to the sealing of the glass bottle is the athlete and they and a representative sign that they witnessed the process. The two sets (A & B) of bottles are selected by the athlete from a box of many that are individually sealed in plastic.

    As for sample B. It is urine from the exact same sample as A. Half goes in A and half goes in B. Instead of being tested, it is refrigerated. So if A is dirty, you know B will be dirty too. They call in the ahtlete, test B and surprise, surprise. Positive.

    [quote comment=”201961″][quote comment=”201959″][quote comment=”201956″]link[/quote]
    Yikes, poor taste alert. I’d call steroid users (not to name names, but Marion Jones) cheaters, but somebody who needs running prosthetics that just happen to be much more efficient than natural legs? I’d call that “Sorry, but stay in the Paralympics.”[/quote]

    sorry mike…i forgot stuby’s [sarcasm][/sarcasm] tags…i posted that because oscar pistorius finds out monday whether he can compete against teh able-bodied in beijing this summer

    with all the SHIT that has been going on (at least in the US of A, but also the world) involving cheaters and performance-enhanced ‘athletes,’ what better human interest story that to allow someone with no freakin legs to race in the olympics? aside from the obvious ratings (ka-ching) boost, who wouldn’t be totally rooting for him? (aside from the two-legged humans he might beat)

    im usually totally anti-pc, but this seems to me to be a win-win for everyone

    but hey, WTF do i know?[/quote]

    he wouldn’t be up against just able bodied athletes if accepted – I’m pretty sure that in that case a lot of athletes would be looking to see what they’d possibly be able to get away with. After all, we’re talking about equipment specifically designed to help someone run really fast, so I’d imagine that able bodied runners would be looking at what sort of things they’d be able to get away with too.

    Such is the world of competitive sport.

    [quote comment=”201946″][quote comment=”201945″]As fir Stetson’s nameplates, it kinda reminds me of the Chicago State uniforms from a couple years ago, where ChiState had constrasting nameplates on the lower back of their unis, as well as the 1973-74 Philadelphia Flyers jerseys for NBC telecasts.[/quote]
    Don’t forget the 1980 American link hockey team (white jerseys).[/quote]

    Do you believe in dogpiles, YES!

    [quote comment=”202005″][quote comment=”201946″][quote comment=”201945″]As fir Stetson’s nameplates, it kinda reminds me of the Chicago State uniforms from a couple years ago, where ChiState had constrasting nameplates on the lower back of their unis, as well as the 1973-74 Philadelphia Flyers jerseys for NBC telecasts.[/quote]
    Don’t forget the 1980 American link hockey team (white jerseys).[/quote]

    Do you believe in dogpiles, YES![/quote]
    Wow, how easily we forget about Dogpile. Easy to do when link is a noun and a verb…

    [quote comment=”202006″][quote comment=”202005″][quote comment=”201946″][quote comment=”201945″]As fir Stetson’s nameplates, it kinda reminds me of the Chicago State uniforms from a couple years ago, where ChiState had constrasting nameplates on the lower back of their unis, as well as the 1973-74 Philadelphia Flyers jerseys for NBC telecasts.[/quote]
    Don’t forget the 1980 American link hockey team (white jerseys).[/quote]

    Do you believe in dogpiles, YES![/quote]
    Wow, how easily we forget about Dogpile. Easy to do when link is a noun and a verb…[/quote]

    When you end up at the bottom of a large mass of teenage humanity as often as I did when I was a kid, you never forget the word.

    Need a little help:

    In the BCS title game, the Ohio State helmet featured several numbers on the rear back in addition to the BCS decal, American flag and a Big Ten pennant. Left to right, it looks like a 24 (white on scarlett circle left of stripe), 99 (white on black circle over the scarlett stripe), maybe a 25 or 29 (w on s circle to right of stripe) and two other numbers – one of which might be the player’s numeral (plain scarlett numeral on helmet right of stripe). With the award decals the numbers are tough to see. Anyone know anything about these?

    Brett Favre was wearing a captain patch today, contradicting what was said by their seamstress yesterday.

    Few things from Green Bay today…Officials wearing white pants and Favre finally has a C captain patch!

    The interview yesterday mentioned the Packers don’t wear the NFL’s Captain patches…but Brett Favre just took the field with one…only for the playoffs?

    I guess I type slower than the three guys above me who posted the same thing…sorry for the repeat…

    In the interview with Marge Switzer yesterday she confirmed that the Packers do not wear the captaincy patches that are new this season. In the pre-game team introductions Brett Favre was wearing on of these patches.

    I wonder if the NFL is requiring these during the playoffs or did the Packers decide to wear them on their own?

    !!

    The Pack are wearing captaincy patches in the game today (at least Brett is). They hadn’t been wearing them all season. Get Marge on the phone!

    Wow, 7 posts in a matter of minutes upon seeing an innocuous thing like whether or not the Packers are wearing captaincy patches. We need help. =P

    [quote comment=”202022″]

    I wonder if the NFL is requiring these during the playoffs or did the Packers decide to wear them on their own?[/quote]

    If they are, then im gonna go ahead and say that the nfl worries way to much about eliminating individualism

    [quote comment=”202026″][quote comment=”202022″]

    I wonder if the NFL is requiring these during the playoffs or did the Packers decide to wear them on their own?[/quote]

    If they are, then im gonna go ahead and say that the nfl worries way to much about eliminating individualism[/quote]

    Nothing new (unfortunately).

    Another captaincy patch Packer question:

    Captains get a gold star for each year they are a captain. Will Favre (and any other Packer wearing the patch today) get two stars next year (if they wear the patches) even though they may only wear the patch during one game this season?

    [quote comment=”202012″]Need a little help:

    In the BCS title game, the Ohio State helmet featured several numbers on the rear back in addition to the BCS decal, American flag and a Big Ten pennant. Left to right, it looks like a 24 (white on scarlett circle left of stripe), 99 (white on black circle over the scarlett stripe), maybe a 25 or 29 (w on s circle to right of stripe) and two other numbers – one of which might be the player’s numeral (plain scarlett numeral on helmet right of stripe). With the award decals the numbers are tough to see. Anyone know anything about these?[/quote]

    Someone has replied a bunch of times (on 1/7 and 1/8) about the 3 numbers on the left side of the helmet, but I keep replying to that post and asking what the one on the right side of the helmet was (not including the player’s number)

    Here’s what they wrote:

    #23 is for Tyson Gentry parylzyed in the spring game a either this past spring or 2 springs ago
    #24 is for Ron Springs(Shawn Springs Father)
    #99 is for Bill Wills I belive the first Black player at OSU they retired his jersey on Nov 3rd and he later died on Nov 27th He is in the College and Pro Hall of Fame

    I still want to know what the other number on the right side is for….(there’s 2 numbers near the warning sticker on the right)

    link

    [quote comment=”202028″]Another captaincy patch Packer question:

    Captains get a gold star for each year they are a captain. Will Favre (and any other Packer wearing the patch today) get two stars next year (if they wear the patches) even though they may only wear the patch during one game this season?[/quote]

    Assuming the patches are still there at all next year, I imagine those gold stars in particular will be gone. They look silly.

    [quote comment=”202012″]Need a little help:

    In the BCS title game, the Ohio State helmet featured several numbers on the rear back in addition to the BCS decal, American flag and a Big Ten pennant. Left to right, it looks like a 24 (white on scarlett circle left of stripe), 99 (white on black circle over the scarlett stripe), maybe a 25 or 29 (w on s circle to right of stripe) and two other numbers – one of which might be the player’s numeral (plain scarlett numeral on helmet right of stripe). With the award decals the numbers are tough to see. Anyone know anything about these?[/quote]

    24 – Tyson Gentry, player paralyzed in camp in 2005
    23 – Ron Springs, former player who died in 2007
    99 – Bill Willis, former player (and first African-American starter in the NFL) whose # was retired this season … a few weeks later he passed on.

    can anyone help me find a picture of the seahawk’s receivers when they wore their red/orange eye shields? i cant seem to find one.

    Thanks!

    [quote comment=”202029″][quote comment=”202012″]Need a little help:

    In the BCS title game, the Ohio State helmet featured several numbers on the rear back in addition to the BCS decal, American flag and a Big Ten pennant. Left to right, it looks like a 24 (white on scarlett circle left of stripe), 99 (white on black circle over the scarlett stripe), maybe a 25 or 29 (w on s circle to right of stripe) and two other numbers – one of which might be the player’s numeral (plain scarlett numeral on helmet right of stripe). With the award decals the numbers are tough to see. Anyone know anything about these?[/quote]

    Someone has replied a bunch of times (on 1/7 and 1/8) about the 3 numbers on the left side of the helmet, but I keep replying to that post and asking what the one on the right side of the helmet was (not including the player’s number)

    Here’s what they wrote:

    #23 is for Tyson Gentry parylzyed in the spring game a either this past spring or 2 springs ago
    #24 is for Ron Springs(Shawn Springs Father)
    #99 is for Bill Wills I belive the first Black player at OSU they retired his jersey on Nov 3rd and he later died on Nov 27th He is in the College and Pro Hall of Fame

    I still want to know what the other number on the right side is for….(there’s 2 numbers near the warning sticker on the right)

    link

    I just saw your post after posting my response. A quick peek at the OSU roster shows #15 is punter A.J. Trapasso. THere’s no #83 on the roster, so that sticker is obviously for something else. Haven’t figured out what exactly yet, but I will do some more digging.

    Hasselback just had his belt yanked off during that last sack. Don’t think I’ve seen that before.

    [quote comment=”202030″]“Nice to see the ref for the Seattle-GB game chose the white pants even in the snow!”[/quote]

    Another dumb decision pantswise for the officials.

    During the Packers Seahawks game Matt Hasselback was just sacked by Cullen Jenkins, who pulled Hasselback’s belt off in the process!!

    Did anyone see Jeopardy the other night? ONe of the categories was uni numbers. Gave the team and number and the contestants had to identify the player.

    That was the best Jeopardy category ever (only because I actually knew all of the answers) :)

    Actually #83 for the Buckeyes is TE Will Crall. Maybe he and Trapasso are friends? Both are from the Columbus area, but who knows why there would be 2 numbers on the helmet in that place.

    is it just me, or do the hawks seem like they’re wearing even more link-colored accessories than usual (gloves, muffs, cleats)?

    [quote comment=”201966″][quote comment=”201957″][quote comment=”201955″][quote comment=”201941″]That’s a whole lot of helmets man..

    But ohhh Danica Patrick..so hot..how I like thee, thy Anna Kournikova of Racing..[/quote]

    i dont really follow open wheel racing at all, but isnt danica patrick good? doesnt she finish top 10 quite a bit? the kournikova analogy would be a slap in the face to her…[/quote]

    It’s only appropriate in that she’s never actually WON a race. She’s been competitive, though. Probably more so than Ms. Kournikova ever was on the WTA Tour.
    On an only moderately related note, any of the Poker players out there know why the hand A-K is called “Anna Kournikova” (other than the initials)?[/quote]

    Anna Kournikova (Ace-King) looks pretty but never wins.[/quote]
    She was actually a pretty good tennis player…I think her highest ranking was a real solid #8 or something. She always got really far into tournaments and choked. So to say she sucks is a bit unfair.

    [quote comment=”202043″]is it just me, or do the hawks seem like they’re wearing even more link-colored accessories than usual (gloves, muffs, cleats)?[/quote]

    Patrick Kerney’s glove almost made me throw up when i saw them.
    It’s worse for me because i got to deal with it everyday since i live Washington and im not even a Seahawks fan.

    [quote comment=”202045″]There is something right about the Lambeu endzones, snow, and Packers’ unis…[/quote]

    If they were playing someone with more classic unis then it would be football heaven

    Danica Patrick is overrated, it is not hard to get a top ten in indy, because the only race with more then 18 cars is the indy 500. Most drivers racing for the teams she has with her numbers would be fired and no one would care about her if she was not a hot girl. The same with anna kornikova.

    Is it me or do the numbers on the back of the Washington State basketball uniforms look like leftover football jersey n umbers?

    Boy, that’s football weather in GB. Those fans are going bananas…gotta appreciate that kind of passion. Classic weather..real grass..real uni’s..snow, beer, bratwursts in the lot..

    [quote comment=”202044″][quote comment=”201966″][quote comment=”201957″][quote comment=”201955″][quote comment=”201941″]That’s a whole lot of helmets man..

    But ohhh Danica Patrick..so hot..how I like thee, thy Anna Kournikova of Racing..[/quote]

    i dont really follow open wheel racing at all, but isnt danica patrick good? doesnt she finish top 10 quite a bit? the kournikova analogy would be a slap in the face to her…[/quote]

    It’s only appropriate in that she’s never actually WON a race. She’s been competitive, though. Probably more so than Ms. Kournikova ever was on the WTA Tour.
    On an only moderately related note, any of the Poker players out there know why the hand A-K is called “Anna Kournikova” (other than the initials)?[/quote]

    Anna Kournikova (Ace-King) looks pretty but never wins.[/quote]
    She was actually a pretty good tennis player…I think her highest ranking was a real solid #8 or something. She always got really far into tournaments and choked. So to say she sucks is a bit unfair.[/quote]

    I think it is unfair to say that she sucks compared to most professionals. But….

    The year she was up to #8 in the rankings (2000) she finished the year at #9. She is the only player in the year end top 20 without a career singles title. Only 5, including herself, had less than 10.

    I think the measure of a player is to win under pressure (in a final maybe). So as a top 20 player, she sucked.

    PS- WHY do guys like Hasselbeck chop off their sleeves and wear no undershirt? He’s got to be cold. Never got that.

    [quote comment=”202050″]Danica Patrick is overrated, it is not hard to get a top ten in indy, because the only race with more then 18 cars is the indy 500.[/quote]

    She’s finished in the Top 10 in each of the 3 Indy 500’s she has raced in.

    [quote comment=”202055″]PS- WHY do guys like Hasselbeck chop off their sleeves and wear no undershirt? He’s got to be cold. Never got that.[/quote]

    When you’re a QB you go with that gives you the most comfort and arm mobility, and that happens to be Matt’s preference.

    [quote comment=”202055″]PS- WHY do guys like Hasselbeck chop off their sleeves and wear no undershirt? He’s got to be cold. Never got that.[/quote]

    because he wants the ball and he’s gonna score

    So, I feel like a completely worthless uni fan. I just noticed the Packers wearing C patches in the 2nd quarter. I came in here to see if I was the first to notice it, and of course I was late by nearly an hour.

    I sure hope we can find out why the patches are on for the playoffs. I think they look silly on such a classic uniform. (Same goes for teams like the Cowboys, Bears, Raiders, etc.)

    I am disappointed that Seattle is not wearing the green and black cleats again, because they are the best looking cleats ever.

    [quote comment=”202004″][quote comment=”201961″][quote comment=”201959″][quote comment=”201956″]link[/quote]
    Yikes, poor taste alert. I’d call steroid users (not to name names, but Marion Jones) cheaters, but somebody who needs running prosthetics that just happen to be much more efficient than natural legs? I’d call that “Sorry, but stay in the Paralympics.”[/quote]

    sorry mike…i forgot stuby’s [sarcasm][/sarcasm] tags…i posted that because oscar pistorius finds out monday whether he can compete against teh able-bodied in beijing this summer

    with all the SHIT that has been going on (at least in the US of A, but also the world) involving cheaters and performance-enhanced ‘athletes,’ what better human interest story that to allow someone with no freakin legs to race in the olympics? aside from the obvious ratings (ka-ching) boost, who wouldn’t be totally rooting for him? (aside from the two-legged humans he might beat)

    im usually totally anti-pc, but this seems to me to be a win-win for everyone

    but hey, WTF do i know?[/quote]

    he wouldn’t be up against just able bodied athletes if accepted – I’m pretty sure that in that case a lot of athletes would be looking to see what they’d possibly be able to get away with. After all, we’re talking about equipment specifically designed to help someone run really fast, so I’d imagine that able bodied runners would be looking at what sort of things they’d be able to get away with too.

    Such is the world of competitive sport.[/quote]

    There was a similar case in the United States at the University of Miami(FL) with an Amputee Runner that actually ran on the UM track team. As recently as 2000 the world men’s amputee record for the 100 meter dash was less than one second off the Able Body 100 meter dash record.

    Another thing please dont think that cheating isnt prevelant in the disabled sports world. In the 2000 paralympics in Sydney the Spain Intellectual Basketball team was found to have to high of an IQ this lead to the removal of Intellectual Disablity sports from the paralympic games. Also in the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics the USA Men’s Wheelchair basketball team was stripped of the Gold medal do to a player taking a drug for spasms that was on the banned list. The top American Amputee sprinter was banned from the 2004 paralympic games for a positive steriod test. By the way his training partner….Marion Jones.

    One last thing think about this I play wheelchair basketball. The ammount of work that my upper body does in a game compare to the Able Body player is 3-4 times more as I have to propel my body and chair plus do all the basketball skills with my upper body.

    As a disabled athlete I commend Pistorus for his effort is this pursuit. The one thing it will help is get more recognition for those of us that toil in the disabled sports. In foreign countries their disabled athletes are celebrties. Here? Unless you are in the community you dont know them.

    Long time lurker, First time poster. I am sorry for the rant.

    [quote]Long time lurker, First time poster. I am sorry for the rant.[/quote]

    welcome, and no need to apologize…

    you rock chip!

    [quote comment=”202058″][quote comment=”202055″]PS- WHY do guys like Hasselbeck chop off their sleeves and wear no undershirt? He’s got to be cold. Never got that.[/quote]

    because he wants the ball and he’s gonna score[/quote]

    OK, whats the story on that? I heard but didn’t get all of it—he made some call like that in OT or something?

    PS- here’s some bad weather. I have one of those iGoogle pages set up with webcams all over the world- I particularly like the Nordic ones. I have a cam for ‘Summit, Greenland.’—

    51 below zero.

    Packer weather.

    Wow..I started watching the game late..noticed the patches..came on..and you guys are all way ahead of me..

    But I am glad to see that my Danica Patrick comment got so many people talking..haha..

    I’m actually a fan on DP and hope she wins a bunch in her career..I was just poking fun at the fact she hasn’t won one yet..

    But I agree she may not be as hot if she wasn’t an Indy Car racer…I always have conversations with my friends about different celebrities, and if they’d be hot if you saw them in the mall…Most of the time..it’s a no.

    [quote comment=”202036″][quote comment=”202030″]“Nice to see the ref for the Seattle-GB game chose the white pants even in the snow!”[/quote]

    Another dumb decision pantswise for the officials.[/quote]

    I wasn’t being sarcastic. I really like the white pants. I didn’t see the point in the black cold weather ones from the beginning, given that they’ve been wearing only the white ones for years before.

    [quote comment=”202068″][quote comment=”202058″]
    because he wants the ball and he’s gonna score[/quote]

    OK, whats the story on that? I heard but didn’t get all of it—he made some call like that in OT or something?[/quote]

    link

    [quote comment=”202035″]Hasselback just had his belt yanked off during that last sack. Don’t think I’ve seen that before.[/quote]

    If anyone’s got a screen grab of that, that’d be swell.

    [quote comment=”202072″][quote comment=”202068″][quote comment=”202058″]
    because he wants the ball and he’s gonna score[/quote]

    OK, whats the story on that? I heard but didn’t get all of it—he made some call like that in OT or something?[/quote]

    link[/quote]

    Thanks! MAN I have never seen snow like that at a game. 55 and sunny here by The Bay…

    Watching the Packer game reminds me of one of the Equiped with Joe Skiba, how the players don’t want to wear sleeves so they look intimidating. Makes me wonder if any of them regret putting sleeves on for this game.

    Was it just me, or was Brett Favre wearing gloves for a play or two toward the end of their 6th touchdown drive?

    I am sitting here watching football and drinking beer and loving it.

    Packers in the snow at home? Seahawks shouldn’t have bothered getting off the bus. Of course it wasn’t snowing that much when they did.

    Speaking of buses, I remember seeing during the pre-game for the Rose Bowl that as USC showed up to the stadium in the bus (actually several buses), the players inside were jumping from side to side so much that the buses were really rocking–the tops of the buses were moving back and forth with an amplitude of five or six feet. I thought that was pretty cool.

    The best uni-aspect of this game, or any Packers game, is Favre’s classic chinstrap.

    Of course, NFC = Not Football Champs. Green Bay and Dallas will battle next week for the right to lose to my Patriots.

    Video of USC bus rocking for a game at the rose bowl, but not necessarily THE Rose Bowl. I revise my estimate of rock amplitude from 5-6 feet to 1-2 feet. I stand by my arrogant statements regarding the Patriots. Ha!

    link

    [quote comment=”202094″]Green Bay and Dallas will battle next week for the right to lose to my Patriots.[/quote]

    As a Packer fan in Boston, let me just say, GO JAGS!!!

    As a Packer fan in Boston, let me just say, GO JAGS!!![/quote]

    You and the rest of the league better pray! The Jags, with their running game, are the only team with a shot.

    Perhaps it’s just because I have recently gotten HDTV, but have the Packers’ pants always been a slightly different yellow than the helmets/sleeve stripes? It’s really obvious in this game.

    [quote comment=”202099″]Perhaps it’s just because I have recently gotten HDTV, but have the Packers’ pants always been a slightly different yellow than the helmets/sleeve stripes? It’s really obvious in this game.[/quote]

    It might be because they’re wet.

    [quote comment=”202099″]Perhaps it’s just because I have recently gotten HDTV, but have the Packers’ pants always been a slightly different yellow than the helmets/sleeve stripes? It’s really obvious in this game.[/quote]

    I would guess that it’s because the pants are wet

    [quote comment=”202099″]Perhaps it’s just because I have recently gotten HDTV, but have the Packers’ pants always been a slightly different yellow than the helmets/sleeve stripes? It’s really obvious in this game.[/quote]

    I would guess that it’s because the pants are wet

    The Kansas City Wizards of the MLS are getting new kits this year. The rumor is that they will look this:
    link
    For reference, the old one looked like this:
    link

    I found this and some more pictures of the new jersey at ozcitysoccer.com
    link

    On second thought, you’re right, but I think they’ve always been like that. The helmet matches the sleve stripes though.

    In response to the questions about the Packers wearing the captains patches:

    During the regular season the Packers nominate captains for each game, therefore no one on the team wears a “C” patch because the captains change.

    The Packers nominated captains for the entire playoffs so 2 offensive players (Favre and Driver), 2 Defensive players (Aaron Kampman and Nick Barnett), and 2 special teams players are wearing the patches

    After the officials wore their knickers in link… to have the “zebras” wearing those damn “Foot Locker” pants is WEAK!!!

    Perfect night in NE… dress like N-Freakin’-L officials, dag nab it!!!

    It is hard to tell the difference between the officials and the jags, because of those ugly pants the refs are wearing

    [quote comment=”202039″]Did anyone see Jeopardy the other night? ONe of the categories was uni numbers. Gave the team and number and the contestants had to identify the player.[/quote]

    Here are the Jeopardy answers from Thursday

    “NBA Retired Jerseys.”

    For $200: “Los Angeles Lakers No. 32.”
    For $400: “Philadelphia 76ers No. 6.”
    For $600: “Boston Celtics No. 33.”
    For $800: “New York Knicks No. 33.”
    For $1000: “Indiana Pacers No. 31.”

    Quite possibly the easiest category in the history of Jeopardy.

    For $200: “Who is Magic Johnson?”
    For $400: “Who is Julius ‘Dr. J’ Erving?”
    For $600: “Who is Larry Bird?”
    For $800: “Who is Patrick Ewing?”
    For $1000: “Who is Reggie Miller?”

    oh, and here’s a pic of link

    Brian Campbell of the Sabres has a very crowded front of jersey, he has some sort of all star game patch, his front uni number, and his captain’s patch, sorry no pics

    I know no one watches hockey anymore, but Jaromir Jagr was wearing a patch on his left shoulder, on top, and none of the other Rangers were wearing it, anyone know what it is/was?
    (sorry, can’t find a pic of it)

    [quote comment=”202118″]I know no one watches hockey anymore, but Jaromir Jagr was wearing a patch on his left shoulder, on top, and none of the other Rangers were wearing it, anyone know what it is/was?
    (sorry, can’t find a pic of it)[/quote]
    It might have been an allstar patch,im not sure though, i havnt seeen it

    [quote comment=”202103″]The Kansas City Wizards of the MLS are getting new kits this year. The rumor is that they will look this:
    link
    For reference, the old one looked like this:
    link

    I found this and some more pictures of the new jersey at ozcitysoccer.com
    link[/quote]

    There are no good looking uniforms in MLS. I think the Chicago Fire and LA Galaxy have the best looking uni’s…and that’s not saying much. Those Adidas templates has too much going on.

    I’d like to think it was a great uni day at Lambeau, for me that is. I’m a big fan of the Seahawk’s uni’s and the neon accessories.

    [quote comment=”202120″][quote comment=”202103″]The Kansas City Wizards of the MLS are getting new kits this year. The rumor is that they will look this:
    link
    For reference, the old one looked like this:
    link

    I found this and some more pictures of the new jersey at ozcitysoccer.com
    link[/quote]

    There are no good looking uniforms in MLS. I think the Chicago Fire and LA Galaxy have the best looking uni’s…and that’s not saying much. Those Adidas templates has too much going on.[/quote]

    …excuse me, Those Adidas templates “HAVE” too much going on.

    for all the criticism BB receives for his hoodie… Jack DR looks awful in that leather jacket tonight!

    [quote comment=”202123″][quote comment=”202120″][quote comment=”202103″]The Kansas City Wizards of the MLS are getting new kits this year. The rumor is that they will look this:
    link
    For reference, the old one looked like this:
    link

    I found this and some more pictures of the new jersey at ozcitysoccer.com
    link[/quote]

    There are no good looking uniforms in MLS. I think the Chicago Fire and LA Galaxy have the best looking uni’s…and that’s not saying much. Those Adidas templates has too much going on.[/quote]

    …excuse me, Those Adidas templates “HAVE” too much going on.[/quote]

    For me, the thing that is interesting about the new uni is the change in colors for the Wizards from the very distinct blue to the darker, more LA Galaxy like uniform. Maybe it will look better with the lettering, logos and names. We’ll see. Oh, and I mistyped the name of the site I referenced. Sorry. It is link.

    [quote comment=”202124″]for all the criticism BB receives for his hoodie… Jack DR looks awful in that leather jacket tonight![/quote]

    I disagree . . . I think the leather jacket looks bad-ass. It fits with JDR’s personality and looks “linebacker-ish” (if I may coin a phrase).

    [quote comment=”202126″][quote comment=”202124″]for all the criticism BB receives for his hoodie… Jack DR looks awful in that leather jacket tonight![/quote]

    I disagree . . . I think the leather jacket looks bad-ass. It fits with JDR’s personality and looks “linebacker-ish” (if I may coin a phrase).[/quote]

    who wears leather nowadays? Completely agree with TC…

    [quote comment=”202126″][quote comment=”202124″]for all the criticism BB receives for his hoodie… Jack DR looks awful in that leather jacket tonight![/quote]

    I disagree . . . I think the leather jacket looks bad-ass. It fits with JDR’s personality and looks “linebacker-ish” (if I may coin a phrase).[/quote]
    As opposed to looking “derelict-ish”

    [quote comment=”202129″][quote comment=”202126″][quote comment=”202124″]for all the criticism BB receives for his hoodie… Jack DR looks awful in that leather jacket tonight![/quote]

    I disagree . . . I think the leather jacket looks bad-ass. It fits with JDR’s personality and looks “linebacker-ish” (if I may coin a phrase).[/quote]

    who wears leather nowadays? Completely agree with TC…[/quote]

    I happen to have a black leather jacket, it is very comfortable and fashionable. But I do wish the NFL would let JDR wear the suit for the Playoffs.

    [quote comment=”202075″][quote comment=”202035″]Hasselback just had his belt yanked off during that last sack. Don’t think I’ve seen that before.[/quote]

    If anyone’s got a screen grab of that, that’d be swell.[/quote]

    Are you sure it was his belt and not just his hand warmer?

    I once saw Jack Del Rio play in a HS basketball game. As I recall, he didn’t exactly have a finesse game.

    [quote comment=”202140″]I once saw Jack Del Rio play in a HS basketball game. As I recall, he didn’t exactly have a finesse game.[/quote]

    so…more like the round mound of sound than his airness?

    I got really bored and was looking at the custom jerseys on NFL Shop. Aside from some differences in the supposedly “authentic” and the real jerseys, they are mostly accurate.
    I began to consider which team this year’s Heisman winner, Tim Tebow, would draft him in the 2010 NFL Draft. More importantly (unless its the BEARS), which team’s jersey would look the best as a TEBOW 15 jersey. link is a set of pics with one of each teams’ current jersey customized to say TEBOW 15.

    [quote comment=”202145″]I got really bored and was looking at the custom jerseys on NFL Shop. Aside from some differences in the supposedly “authentic” and the real jerseys, they are mostly accurate.
    I began to consider which team this year’s Heisman winner, Tim Tebow, would draft him in the 2010 NFL Draft. More importantly (unless its the BEARS), which team’s jersey would look the best as a TEBOW 15 jersey. link is a set of pics with one of each teams’ current jersey customized to say TEBOW 15.[/quote]

    Don’t know why but I’d say the Ravens

    [quote comment=”202118″]I know no one watches hockey anymore, but Jaromir Jagr was wearing a patch on his left shoulder, on top, and none of the other Rangers were wearing it, anyone know what it is/was?
    (sorry, can’t find a pic of it)[/quote]

    Every NHL captain was wearing a “Hockey Fights Cancer” patch tonight.

    [quote comment=”202145″]I got really bored and was looking at the custom jerseys on NFL Shop. Aside from some differences in the supposedly “authentic” and the real jerseys, they are mostly accurate.
    I began to consider which team this year’s Heisman winner, Tim Tebow, would draft him in the 2010 NFL Draft. More importantly (unless its the BEARS), which team’s jersey would look the best as a TEBOW 15 jersey. link is a set of pics with one of each teams’ current jersey customized to say TEBOW 15.[/quote]
    I don’t know if any one looks “good,” but the Packers one is entirely inaccurate. Tebow will never wear #15 for Green Bay. (Bart Starr, natch.)

    [quote comment=”202145″]I got really bored and was looking at the custom jerseys on NFL Shop. Aside from some differences in the supposedly “authentic” and the real jerseys, they are mostly accurate.
    I began to consider which team this year’s Heisman winner, Tim Tebow, would draft him in the 2010 NFL Draft. More importantly (unless its the BEARS), which team’s jersey would look the best as a TEBOW 15 jersey. link is a set of pics with one of each teams’ current jersey customized to say TEBOW 15.[/quote]
    #15 is retired by the Eagles for Steve Van Buren. Pretty sure the Packers have retired #15 for Bart Starr. Am I missing any?

    [quote comment=”202126″][quote comment=”202124″]for all the criticism BB receives for his hoodie… Jack DR looks awful in that leather jacket tonight![/quote]

    I disagree . . . I think the leather jacket looks bad-ass. It fits with JDR’s personality and looks “linebacker-ish” (if I may coin a phrase).[/quote]

    Jack Del Rio looked like Fonzie.

    Not that that’s a bad thing.

    Didn’t see this posted after the Pens/Sabres outdoor game, but link jersey numbers were much lower than the other Penguins. His encroached on the horizontal white band, something that not even other link numbered players had to worry about.

    Maybe something about the way goalie-cut jerseys are made?

    [quote comment=”202153″][quote comment=”202126″][quote comment=”202124″]for all the criticism BB receives for his hoodie… Jack DR looks awful in that leather jacket tonight![/quote]

    I disagree . . . I think the leather jacket looks bad-ass. It fits with JDR’s personality and looks “linebacker-ish” (if I may coin a phrase).[/quote]

    Jack Del Rio looked like Fonzie.

    Not that that’s a bad thing.[/quote]

    AGREED!

    I spotted one of the Packs ST patches on Rob Davis, the Long Snapper and the only Packer other than Brett still with the team who played at superbowl XXXII. He’s actually the oldest guy on the rosterand has been appointed as a Playoff captain several times before.

    BTW I mentioned the stupid Ref pants in the Patriots game to a teammate of mine who’s not watched a lot of NFL football and he though they look like “Cheap Track-Pants”, you wil be happy to hear the the British American Football Referees Association only recognise the traditional white pants as correct uniform, regardless of the weather.

    I would like to see the Jaguars have turquoise numbers on their road uniforms. The black becomes a bit link and the home link is an under-the-radar classy uniform.

    Here are Gary Sheffield’s link.

    Nike put his number, “Sheff” on em, and a Chef’s hat for a logo.

    The uni-related item on these cleats is the velcro to hold down those gawd-awful pajama pants.

    [quote comment=”202154″]Didn’t see this posted after the Pens/Sabres outdoor game, but link jersey numbers were much lower than the other Penguins. His encroached on the horizontal white band, something that not even other link numbered players had to worry about.

    Maybe something about the way goalie-cut jerseys are made?[/quote]

    It looks like his jersey is cut shorter than the others. Look how much farther the other players’ jerseys come down on their pants.

    [quote comment=”202145″]“I got really bored and was looking at the custom jerseys on NFL Shop. Aside from some differences in the supposedly “authentic” and the real jerseys, they are mostly accurate.

    “I began to consider which team this year’s Heisman winner, Tim Tebow, would draft him in the 2010 2009 NFL Draft. More importantly (unless it’s the BEARS), which team’s jersey would look the best as a TEBOW 15 jersey. link is a set of pics with one of each teams’ current jersey customized to say TEBOW 15.”[/quote]

    I say forget 2010. Tebow comes out after the 2008 season, and hence the correction.

    Did anybody else notice Donald Driver’s TV numbers were practically on his chest? Sorry for the lack of a screen grab.

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