Which Is the Greater Exercise in Futility: the Pro Bowl, or the Pro Bowlers Tour?

Is that the Seth Horowitz from Mike and Mike? If so, any update with the lady bowler?

Paul, that SINY pentagonal design is actually a sleeve patch. And I agree, it does look nice.

MLB has the new coolbase BP jerseys for sale. Of note, the new Rays jersey.

Also, the Nats do not have a red BP jersey this year, though some teams do have more than one color.

Rays

On an unrelated note, link.

I’m not saying I like the Pro Bowl, but I watch. I’m sorry, but I watch. It’s the last sniff of football until late July and that’s too long.

For decades, all-star games were taken at face value and to whatever extent enjoyed. What has happened in the last 10 to 15 years that they have to be more? The games really haven’t changed, but the participants certainly have and the fans expectations unquestionably have. Why, I’m really not sure but it would be hard to refute the notion that we have become increasingly demanding, wanting more, more and more out of our entertainment. That may or may not be an indictment of our culture but a pretty apparent fact.

Let’s pretend (for just a second!) there was a law that mandated the Pro Bowl and abolishing it would not be an option. What would make it more palatable to the player and the fans that hate it so much? Well here goes:

Make it a “players game”. Eliminate pretty much all the “unnecessary” rules applied the other 99% of the time. Other than making them wear the basic Pro Bowl unis, let them tailor them how they want, a message sticker or two, special shoes, excessive celebrations. Anything not safety related or in poor taste goes.

This could be an answer to all the “No Fun League” stuff. People would watch because they might see something they’ve never seen.

Those Grand Rapids jerseys are incredible. I’m going to look for one to buy today. I can’t believe I’ve never seen them until today. I’m truly blown away that they wouldn’t use those on a regular basis.

[quote comment=”223139″]Not sure about the purple ribbon, but the Aussie rugby photo is an old one. They haven’t worn the striped sleeves like that for a couple of years (link). On top of that, the pic is from Australia’s IRB Sevens team, and they haven’t competed in that link.[/quote]

Not quite. The XV and 7s team jerseys have been different for a number of teams, for a number of years. The pic Paul posted is from 2007. The current 7s jersey is similar to the one you posted. And yes, the Aussies still compete in 7s. Just not very successfully.

link

[quote]By far the most significant development – and I haven’t seen anyone else mention this, boys and girls, either in the comments section or in e-mails to me – is that all the players were wearing a new pants design[/quote]

believe me, this was the LAST thing i would be noticing…nice catch tho, paul

[quote comment=”223157″]I’m not saying I like the Pro Bowl, but I watch. I’m sorry, but I watch. It’s the last sniff of football until late July and that’s too long.

For decades, all-star games were taken at face value and to whatever extent enjoyed. What has happened in the last 10 to 15 years that they have to be more? The games really haven’t changed, but the participants certainly have and the fans expectations unquestionably have. Why, I’m really not sure but it would be hard to refute the notion that we have become increasingly demanding, wanting more, more and more out of our entertainment. That may or may not be an indictment of our culture but a pretty apparent fact.

Let’s pretend (for just a second!) there was a law that mandated the Pro Bowl and abolishing it would not be an option. What would make it more palatable to the player and the fans that hate it so much? Well here goes:

Make it a “players game”. Eliminate pretty much all the “unnecessary” rules applied the other 99% of the time. Other than making them wear the basic Pro Bowl unis, let them tailor them how they want, a message sticker or two, special shoes, excessive celebrations. Anything not safety related or in poor taste goes.

This could be an answer to all the “No Fun League” stuff. People would watch because they might see something they’ve never seen.[/quote]

I spoke to some friends Sunday afternoon and had absolutely no plan to watch the Pro Bowl. However, much like Twiedy said, it is the last football for awhile, and you know what, I actually liked seeing all of the players getting along and having FUN! At face value, I appreciated the “21” gesture. To the casula fan channelsurfing seeing that they probably would have thought it was a noble gesture, as did I.

As for T.O.’s two sets of cleats, they were both cleated versions of the link. For more such Jordan to cleat shenanigans, check this link.
As for Wake, they were in fact wearing the link, Chris Paul’s signature shoe made by Jordan Brand. Any yes, on the inside of the tongue, it is in fact a cursive SP, for Paul’s late coach Skip Prosser at Wake.
And Kent Hull wearing the Wet Rat pumps, they were not Player Exclusives, that was the name of the model, a turf shoe designed for inclement weather. They were a sort of hybrid between a turf and a molded cleat similar to the destroyer versions of Nike’s turf shoes, the first of which were used at the Vet by many of the Eagles including D. McNabb, who at one time was a Jordan Brand athlete.

[quote comment=”223175″][quote]By far the most significant development – and I haven’t seen anyone else mention this, boys and girls, either in the comments section or in e-mails to me – is that all the players were wearing a new pants design[/quote]

believe me, this was the LAST thing i would be noticing…nice catch tho, paul[/quote]

I did notice the “Satin” finish on the hamstring. It was placed where the compression shorts would usually end thus eliminating unsightly seams or “panty lines”. Next they’ll be wearing thongs. Hopefully not link.

Penguins fantasy camper get to wear the team’s original scarf-clad penguin (although the color scheme is an odd choice).

true, weird color scheme. the fantasy camp has like 3 or 4 teams all with different uniforms. i know one of the uniforms in powder (columbia) blue. the teams practice then play a 2 day tourny. nice deal…

[quote comment=”223186″]don’t forget to watch the link tonight

10:00pm (eastern time) on CNBC[/quote]

i’ll be in front of the tv watching, and recording as well.

[quote comment=”223186″]don’t forget to watch the link tonight

10:00pm (eastern time) on CNBC[/quote]

LI Phil, you just read my mind. I just finished reading an interview with Darren and MJ…..

link

[quote comment=”223184″][quote comment=”223175″][quote]By far the most significant development – and I haven’t seen anyone else mention this, boys and girls, either in the comments section or in e-mails to me – is that all the players were wearing a new pants design[/quote]

believe me, this was the LAST thing i would be noticing…nice catch tho, paul[/quote]

I did notice the “Satin” finish on the hamstring. It was placed where the compression shorts would usually end thus eliminating unsightly seams or “panty lines”. Next they’ll be wearing thongs. Hopefully not link.[/quote]

During the 15 minutes or so I caught of the game, I couldn’t stop looking at those weird patches. My buddy suggested they were vents like Paul suggested. Kind of upset me that he’d think of that before me, and I obsess about uni’s and he could care less.

To go along with my comment about the GV/Northern Mich. game….if you check out the NMU link and go to the very last page…you’ll see a team photo where they’re wearing very normal uniforms…odd

[quote comment=”223197″][quote comment=”223193″][quote comment=”223186″]don’t forget to watch the link tonight

10:00pm (eastern time) on CNBC[/quote]

i’ll be in front of the tv watching, and recording as well.[/quote]

and im sure many of the haters will as well…[/quote]

I have a Hoops game so I’m gonna miss it, but I assigned the watching of it as well as a critique as an Extra Credit assignment!

Is that the Seth Horowitz from Mike and Mike? If so, any update with the lady bowler?

No. Just a humble lawyer.

[quote comment=”223204″]..the wet rat..was a longer version of a regular astro turf show and not as long as a shark/molded style. sort of a cross bred version of the two shoes to allow for some variety on a wetter surface-hence the name-the wet rat.[/quote]

Here is the Nike Air Zoom Turf with traditional length nubs.
link

The Pro Bowl, by far, because the link is awesome. Nyah.

That Jews for Jeter shirt is rediculous … don’t they know that the yanks do not put link on their jersey’s.

[quote comment=”223221″]That Jews for Jeter shirt is rediculous … don’t they know that the yanks do not put link on their jersey’s.[/quote]
What are the ‘Muslims for Mattingly’ folks going to do know that he’s gone?

*now that he’s gone.

[quote comment=”223220″]thanks for the nike pics…they came out with those shoes right before temas started using the new surface..known as “sprint turf” or “field turf” which helped on that surface as well.[/quote]

Alot of players like McNabb, Faulk and link wore Molded Softball cleats on the Sprint turf before Nike began making link.

As mentioned late in comments yesterday, here’s Pitino coming clean on PTI yesterday about the real reason he switched suits (blue boxers!)

link

[quote comment=”223226″][quote comment=”223221″]That Jews for Jeter shirt is rediculous … don’t they know that the yanks do not put link on their jersey’s.[/quote]
What are the ‘Muslims for Mattingly’ folks going to do know that he’s gone?[/quote]
They’ll have to get new shirts that say “Muslims for Matsui”
Or Mussina ;-)
How about the “Taoists for Torre” – don’t forget their suffering as well

[quote comment=”223252″][quote comment=”223204″]..the wet rat..was a longer version of a regular astro turf show and not as long as a shark/molded style. sort of a cross bred version of the two shoes to allow for some variety on a wetter surface-hence the name-the wet rat.[/quote]

David- thanks bro! I took that picture and my wife (who just puts up w/ me now and realizes some people “get it” and have the need for random screen grabs, candids, etc.) sitting w/ me at the table by Hull’s picture told me there’s no way I’d ever get an answer. I was skeptical, especially after Google turned up nothing. I was wondering if my eyes were deceiving me. But you came through big time. What a cool site this is…[/quote]
Yeah, You’re Welcome from ME TOO!!!!!

(Sarcasm)

no love for the westminster???

i hope link wins best in show

[quote comment=”223267″]http://www.miamidolphinsproshop.com/main_detail.cfm?nProductID=17164&sAuxTitle=Reebok%20Trent%20Green%20%2310%20Home%20Replica%20Jersey

I’d say buying this jersey would be a pretty good exercise in futility.[/quote]

it was even before they cut him

As noted in yesterday’s comments, Rutgers’ women’s basketball team wore pink uniforms last night to raise breast cancer awareness. Putting aside for a moment how bad pink uniforms look… the game was played in Tennessee, and alot of the crowd was also wearing pink, which led to the strange sight of the link as the visiting team.

[quote comment=”223267″]http://www.miamidolphinsproshop.com/main_detail.cfm?nProductID=17164&sAuxTitle=Reebok%20Trent%20Green%20%2310%20Home%20Replica%20Jersey

I’d say buying this jersey would be a pretty good exercise in futility.[/quote]

so does the release of green
a. begin the john beck era in miami
b. begin the countdown to the release of john beck
c. continue the john beck clipboard holder era in miami.
d. continue the cleo lemon era in miami.
e. begin the countdown to the release of cleo lemon.
f. continue the cleo lemon clipboard holder era in miami.
g. begin the matt ryan era in miami.
h. begin the matt ryan clipboard holder era in miami.

[quote comment=”223275″][quote comment=”223267″]http://www.miamidolphinsproshop.com/main_detail.cfm?nProductID=17164&sAuxTitle=Reebok%20Trent%20Green%20%2310%20Home%20Replica%20Jersey

I’d say buying this jersey would be a pretty good exercise in futility.[/quote]

so does the release of green
a. begin the john beck era in miami
b. begin the countdown to the release of john beck
c. continue the john beck clipboard holder era in miami.
d. continue the cleo lemon era in miami.
e. begin the countdown to the release of cleo lemon.
f. continue the cleo lemon clipboard holder era in miami.
g. begin the matt ryan era in miami.
h. begin the matt ryan clipboard holder era in miami.[/quote]

Much like the Bears with the Cade McNown and Rex Grossman eras – no coincidence at all that they both wore/wear #8 ?

[quote comment=”223276″][quote comment=”223275″][quote comment=”223267″]http://www.miamidolphinsproshop.com/main_detail.cfm?nProductID=17164&sAuxTitle=Reebok%20Trent%20Green%20%2310%20Home%20Replica%20Jersey

I’d say buying this jersey would be a pretty good exercise in futility.[/quote]

so does the release of green
a. begin the john beck era in miami
b. begin the countdown to the release of john beck
c. continue the john beck clipboard holder era in miami.
d. continue the cleo lemon era in miami.
e. begin the countdown to the release of cleo lemon.
f. continue the cleo lemon clipboard holder era in miami.
g. begin the matt ryan era in miami.
h. begin the matt ryan clipboard holder era in miami.[/quote]

Given Bill Parcells penchant for his own people it could be
i. Begin the Vinnie Testaverte era in Miami
j. Begin the Drew Bledsoe era in Miami
or
k. Begin the Tony Romo era in Miami[/quote]

Amen – how long before we see Pepper Johnson suit back up in Dolphin’s aqua?

Not exactly uni related but would love the soccer fans reaction to this:

I know the topic of pink has been harped on in here a lot. I’m of the camp that thinks it’s no big deal and that the cause trumps the fact that your favorite team/school doesn’t look right in them (the Pitt women’s team didn’t look that bad in my opinion though).

We all know the pink is a breast cancer thing. However, one thing I’ve been wondering is green for St. Patrick’s Day. Both the Steelers and Pitt’s online store feature items that are green but the team’s colors have no green. I find this much worse than the pink because at least the pink is helping raise money for a worthy cause. Does this green stuff go to some Irish charity or is it just fashionable?

Sorry if this has been addressed before, I’ve been out of the loop of the comments for a long time.

[quote comment=”223282″]Not exactly uni related but would love the soccer fans reaction to this:
[/quote]
link

I LOVED the interview with Plan B Branding that you linked to Paul. But what caught my attention the most was this statement at the end of the interview:

[quote]We’re also looking at producing our own limited edition caps. One line we’re considering is a “didn’t make the cut” line: team logos that almost became official, but didn’t make the cut.
[/quote]

That would be a GREAT idea! Personally, I would LOVE to see some of the designs that didn’t quite make the cut.

MLB has the new coolbase BP jerseys for sale. Of note, the new Rays jersey.

Rays

I’m more surprised to see the “racing-stripe” (Jeff Kent’s immortal words) hats back than anything else.

I found link regarding Ms. Franchitti and her risque pit road ensembles. Sounds like NASCAR may just let Ashley be Ashley.

[quote comment=”223289″][quote comment=”223282″]Not exactly uni related but would love the soccer fans reaction to this:
[/quote]
link[/quote]
It’s official, Blatter is an idiot.

From Washington Post:

Tate’s Tribute at DeMatha

DeMatha Coach Mike Jones calls senior forward Kenny Tate — a football All-Met — his team’s most valuable player. Tate’s return to the lineup in mid-January sparked the Stags toward the top of the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference.

Tate’s latest move, though, had little to do with basketball for the No. 8 Stags (17-8, 11-5), who take a five-game winning streak into tonight’s game against No. 18 Bishop McNamara. Before Sunday’s 62-49 victory over St. John’s, Tate approached Jones with an unusual request: The Maryland football recruit wanted to switch jersey numbers to honor a friend, football teammate Jonathan Mason, a senior who will play for Harvard in the fall.

Mason’s father, Ted, died Saturday night, one day after suffering a stroke, according to school officials. For the rest of the season, Jones said, Tate wanted to switch from his customary No. 4 to the No. 5 that Mason wore on the football field. The plan also required junior forward Naji Hibbert to give up No. 5 on the court; he now wears No. 34.

“I don’t want to come across like we’re looking for people to say, ‘That’s a great thing,’ that’s not the reason Kenny is doing this,” Jones said. “He’s very close with Mason and Mason’s family. He just thought it would be the proper thing to do.”

link

[quote comment=”223276″]
Given Bill Parcells penchant for his own people it could be
i. Begin the Vinnie Testaverte era in Miami
j. Begin the Drew Bledsoe era in Miami
or
k. Begin the Tony Romo era in Miami[/quote]

which means bryan cox is not too far behind for another go ’round in miami.

[quote comment=”223299″]i see from the photo of Peterson with the Pro Bowl MVP trophy that he’s still getting his numbers dirty:
link

I’m surprised that he’s still wearing his Purple Nike MagniGrip Elite gloves that he wears during the regular season. He coordinated his cleats with his PB uni, but not his gloves. Bad Form AP, bad form.

ok…i understand the concept of the link (ski really hard, nordic style, then get your heart rate all low and shoot at shit)…

but, seriously, is there a more fucked up sport?

what? no love for Rutgers in PINK?:

link

[quote comment=”223321″][quote comment=”223284″]I thought I remembered seeing that panel on the Pro Bowl pants last year. This is the best picture I can find.

link

Good catch — you’re link![/quote]
Any particular reason that the AFC has worn white two years in a row?

[quote comment=”223324″]what? no love for Rutgers in PINK?:

link

Even the refs got into it-nice pink whistle.

Those Silver Air Jordan VI cleats T.O. was wearing were freakin’ awesome!

link

link

[quote comment=”223298″]I found link regarding Ms. Franchitti and her risque pit road ensembles. Sounds like NASCAR may just let Ashley be Ashley.[/quote]

I am firmly of the opinion that she should remove that dress. For safety reasons, of course.

Who’s with me?

Here’s another couple of uni builders.
link and link

[quote comment=”223326″][quote comment=”223318″]ok…i understand the concept of the link (ski really hard, nordic style, then get your heart rate all low and shoot at shit)…

but, seriously, is there a more fucked up sport?[/quote]
The winter biathlon=a Norwegian drive-by shooting.[/quote]

Q: What goes clip-clop, clip-clop, clip-clop, clip-clop, BANG!, clip-clop, clip-clop,….
A. An Amish drive-by shooting

[quote comment=”223194″]Oh, I thought the gold star on the SINY logo was because it was a captain for one year.[/quote]

I needed a laugh like that at lunchtime. Thanks.

[quote comment=”223362″][quote comment=”223356″]over in washington, the officials single handedly won the game for georgetown by calling a questionable ticky tack foul with less than a second left on nova.
you dont make that call. the kids worked too hard for 40 minutes to have it come down to a refs whistle…[/quote]

Ever reffed?[/quote]

i have officiated, and ive also played. and in that situation, with that time on the clock, what happened up the sideline to jonathan wallace does not get called.

[quote comment=”223368″]…and while the hoya foul was indeed a questionable call, rutgers got jobbed by the timekeepers (if not the refs)
[/quote]

the officials should have been able to determine that the amount of time the clock was stopped was greater than .2 seconds when they were reviewing that last series.

Reebok also sold a Dry Rat that was less spikey and more turfey.

As another referee, I will say this…

It doesn’t matter how much time is on the clock. A foul is a foul, ticky-tack or otherwise. A foul at the beginning of the game should be called the same at the end of the game.

A referee’s job to to officiate what happens on the court, not to look at the clock to determine if the whistle should be “swallowed”.

If a coach complains that “the referee took the game away from us with a call at the end”, then the coach should be blaming the player who committed the foul, not the official who saw it.

[quote comment=”223382″][quote comment=”223376″][quote comment=”223362″][quote comment=”223356″]over in washington, the officials single handedly won the game for georgetown by calling a questionable ticky tack foul with less than a second left on nova.
you dont make that call. the kids worked too hard for 40 minutes to have it come down to a refs whistle…[/quote]

Ever reffed?[/quote]

i have officiated, and ive also played. and in that situation, with that time on the clock, what happened up the sideline to jonathan wallace does not get called.[/quote]

I’ve never reffed basketball and didn’t see highlights of the games you guys are talking about but I am a baseball umpire and as much as I hate to admit it, we miss calls. It happens. Sometimes we’ll see that pitch on the black as being just off the corner and that fan sitting directly behind us will give us hell for the rest of the game for it. Mistakes happen. We try to make the right calls every time but human error is a part of every sport, whether that human error is made by an athlete or an official/umpire/referee. Deal with it.[/quote]

Rich, while normally I would agree with you 100%, this time I have to say that the foul called was one of the worst calls I’ve ever seen in a basketball game. In that situation of a basketball game, when it’s ‘known’ to keep the whistle a little quieter than normal, there’s a big difference between calling a foul that shouldn’t be called, and not calling a foul that should be called. On top of that, not 2 seconds earlier, on an understandable no call, the Nova player drove to the hoop and got hit 20x harder than the foul that was called.

I used to ref basketball and soccer (not anything higher than HS level though), and also played college baseball. Calls go both ways, and that’s one of the beauty of sports…the close calls. But this case was something that should have never happened. It’s almost like he lost track of the situation, maybe thought Nova was down by a point, thought they were trying to foul, and called it to help them out. Which, in a tie game does nothing (obviously).

Anyway, back to unis…

I hope I’m not rehashing old ground, but could some MinnViking fans on the site give me a rundown of how the back of the helmet horns have gotten so curve-y over the years? Compare and contrast:

Paul’s link of Williams from the Pro Bowl …

… to Super Bowls in link and link.

I assume they’ve just gotten more circular with every new uni design, but never seen a good explanation …

Good interview here with the principals of Plan B Branding, the San Diego-based design firm that’s responsible for a lot of current minor league uni designs (with thanks to Greg Victor). …

Teeth, claws, critters and costumes…Minor League Baseball design is so 1995…Shame a design firm does not come in and stop the insanity by providing a clean, classy, timeless look to a Minor League identity. Even Sandstrom Design who is very capable of very sophisticated Brand ID work took the brainless route. See Portland Beavers.

Too bad.

I sihed more coverage >
I wished for more coverage.

Interesting photo gallery of Grand Valley-Northern Michigan link.

If you check photo #7, you’ll see that number 11’s rear numbers are spaced WAY apart from each other.

[quote comment=”223382″]
I’ve never reffed basketball and didn’t see highlights of the games you guys are talking about but I am a baseball umpire and as much as I hate to admit it, we miss calls. It happens. Sometimes we’ll see that pitch on the black as being just off the corner and that fan sitting directly behind us will give us hell for the rest of the game for it. Mistakes happen. We try to make the right calls every time but human error is a part of every sport, whether that human error is made by an athlete or an official/umpire/referee. Deal with it.[/quote]

absolutely. i agree and i know calls are missed. hell, ive missed plenty. but we are talking about
a. when officials review a stopped clock situation and determine that .2 seconds actually lasted over a full second.
and
b. when a questionable touch foul call is made with less than 1 second remaining in a tie game.

in contrast view the carolina/clemson game from sunday night. at the end of regulation and during the overtimes, the officials let the kids play and had their skill determine the outcome.

There’s one thing I noticed about the photo showing the Pro Bowl throwbacks in today’s edition. The ref in the picture, who’s clearly official #36, has a #5 memorial armband on, does anybody know what that’s about?

[quote comment=”223424″]There’s one thing I noticed about the photo showing the Pro Bowl throwbacks in today’s edition. The ref in the picture, who’s clearly official #36, has a #5 memorial armband on, does anybody know what that’s about?[/quote]

i believe in saturday’s comments, lwiedy discovered the reason…im the one who actually posted the pic paul reprinted today…kudos to lwiedy on having the resources to get an asnwer so quickly

[quote comment=”223289″][quote comment=”223282″]Not exactly uni related but would love the soccer fans reaction to this:
[/quote]
link[/quote]

Its definitely not the same as playing on real grass, but its better than playing on a bad real grass field. The stuff, in my opinion plays much faster. It was bound to happen anyway. It doesnt change the game THAT much. A week of practice on it and your good to go

[quote comment=”223430″][quote comment=”223428″][quote comment=”223394″][quote comment=”223261″]no love for the westminster???

i hope link wins best in show[/quote]
I love Westminster. Despite the laughably nerdy suits and clunky shoes worn by the handlers I watch every year. But I swear if the link wins this year I’m done.[/quote]

I am with you on that!![/quote]

Damn skippy! Need to have a link win this thing instead of one of them frou-frou poodles or rat terriers[/quote]
All – tried to do a Google image search for “dog in sports uniform”, but all I got was link

Sorry, George Costanza

[quote comment=”223413″][quote comment=”223402″]I’m one of the weird ones who watches the Pro Bowl in it’s entirety. I love football and it’s just a fun game to watch. My favorite part since I was a kid was all the players wearing their own helmets. Just always thought that was cool. It’s fun to laugh at the ugly uniforms and just enjoy the game. In the back of my mind I know a huge football drought is coming so I enjoy every minute.[/quote]

I used to love the Pro Bowl and the assorted All Star games because of the lesser known stars. Before SportsCenter, before the Internet, I would rarely see or even hear of those smaller market players. It was a treat. I guess it’s a catch-22 because back then I sihed more coverage and now that I have it, I pine for the way it used to be. I must be getting older![/quote]
I agree. If you are in my age range, the only time you’d see players like Jim Sundberg or Buddy Bell (not to mention all the cool uniforms in one spot) was in the ML All-Star Game, so it was kind of special. The Pro Bowl was gotten passe because most of the stars just don’t show up.

gotta love youtube

here’s the link in the g-town/nova game

[quote comment=”223156″]The best Oregon Uniform Combinations ever!
1.
2.
3.

Easily one of the more amazing parts of being a part of the Oregon Athletic Bands program is getting to travel/stare at/hold doors for and try to act suave in a marching band uniform with our cheerleaders. Nicest group of people ever, and the hottest cheer squad in the Pac-10, yes hotter then the Song Girls. I stand by my decision.

This is from late last night…..ABSOLUTE BLASPHEMY…However, it is too early to post evidence suggesting otherwise…I will spare you all[/quote]

I just read this and laughed. The Oregon band isn’t that bad. I met a few trumpet players in El Paso a few years ago for the sun bowl when they were playing Minnesota. I offered to trade my Gopher marching hat for one of their helmets…best $90 to replace my hat I ever spent.

[quote comment=”223289″][quote comment=”223282″]Not exactly uni related but would love the soccer fans reaction to this:
[/quote]
link[/quote]
It’s going to take more than artificial turf to get the US boys to win outside of the US.

A few points and then I’ll it’ll be back to unis and away from the reffing issues in my cmments…. I totally agree with the comment about a foul is a foul, whether the clock reads 19:45 or 00:00.5. The time on the clock is mentioned nowhere in the rule book of sports in regards to fouls. If you are riding a guy with a handcheck down the court, it’s a foul at all times in the game. Like I said in my comment earlier, I haven’t seen highlights of the situation you’re talking about and I wish that I would have so I could know exactly what this foul is that you think should not have been called. Also, if there was an issue with the clock, can’t they look at replays to get that right? I don’t know enough about basketball officiating to get that right on my own. Anyways, that’ll be my final input on thhe reffing issue unlees someone specifically asks me something in a comment after this.

[quote]I haven’t seen highlights of the situation you’re talking about and I wish that I would have so I could know exactly what this foul is that you think should not have been called.[/quote]

see post 139

FYI… The astronaut who is wearing striped socks is Peggy Whiston. The first female commander of the ISS. She has been in space since October 10, 2007.

love the CP3s for wake – couldn’t help but notice them at the game the other night – i think they actually looked better than the various white sneaks that wake usually wears at home – thanks for the link to the blog, great stuff!

[quote comment=”223472″][quote comment=”223454″][quote comment=”223452″][quote comment=”223440″][quote comment=”223333″][quote comment=”223332″][quote comment=”223321″][quote comment=”223284″]I thought I remembered seeing that panel on the Pro Bowl pants last year. This is the best picture I can find.

link

Good catch — you’re link![/quote]
Any particular reason that the AFC has worn white two years in a row?[/quote]

try EVERY year in a row[/quote]

Every two years the pro bowl jersey gets a re-design.

link[/quote]
I guess there was a year when there were two link in the Pro Bowl. Man, are those hideous.[/quote]

For some disturbing reason I kind’ve like those unis.[/quote]

The one thing that disturbs me about the pro bowl is not the uni’s, but the helmets. It’s the pro bowl, we all understand the uni’s are gonna suck, but with mismatched colors on the helmets it looks rancid. Is it impossible to get iftted for a helmet a few weeks before the game and have a few ready for a player for the pro bowl?[/quote]

Apparently so — or at least it was back in the day … (now those are some sleeve numbers …)

Looks like they went to team helmets in the late 70s — anyone have a year?

i was at the pro bowl and those unis dont look any better in person but you know what did look good link link link link

[quote comment=”223261″]“No love for the Westminster???

“I hope link wins best in show.”[/quote]

In dog shows, the word “bitch” is a good thing. Cue the Meredith Brooks song.

[quote comment=”223493″][quote comment=”223261″]“No love for the Westminster???

“I hope link wins best in show.”[/quote]

In dog shows, the word “bitch” is a good thing. Cue the Meredith Brooks song.[/quote]

thanks james…what would we do without you?

[quote comment=”223472″]
The one thing that disturbs me about the pro bowl is not the uni’s, but the helmets. It’s the pro bowl, we all understand the uni’s are gonna suck, but with mismatched colors on the helmets it looks rancid. Is it impossible to get iftted for a helmet a few weeks before the game and have a few ready for a player for the pro bowl?[/quote]

interesting. thats actually the one thing that i like about the pro-bowl uni situation.

i like the fact that there is a yellow packers helmet or a purple vikings helmet on a uniform set that it has no business being on.

the contrast of non matching helmets appeals to me. but does so in football allstar games only.

[quote comment=”223440″][quote comment=”223333″][quote comment=”223332″][quote comment=”223321″][quote comment=”223284″]I thought I remembered seeing that panel on the Pro Bowl pants last year. This is the best picture I can find.

link

Good catch — you’re link![/quote]
Any particular reason that the AFC has worn white two years in a row?[/quote]

try EVERY year in a row[/quote]

Every two years the pro bowl jersey gets a re-design.

link[/quote]
Ah. Thanks.

[quote comment=”223526″]my major uni pet peeve. when college hoop teams dont have uniform shoe colors.

choose a base color. black or white.

syracuse has been historically notorious for this.
a handful will wear black shoes and another handful with white shoes.

i dont care if every guys shoe is different, at least use the same base color as a team.[/quote]
along the same lines. i don’t like black b’ball shoes with white unis. i think the black needs to go with the colored unis. the bulls used to be the worst about this.

[quote comment=”223535″]another uniform builder…..

link forgot about that one. I don treally like that one, all the design options are really crappy

One thing that has improved on the Pro Bowl uni front is the issuing duplicate numbers for teammates. The photo below shows LT wear 58. A player would have to change his number if another player was selected who wore the same. I don’t know if it was based on years of service or how many Pro Bowls one had been named to.

link

Note regarding the Australian Rugby team uni’s … the competition that the current player is playing in is the rugby Seven’s tournament. This is an abbreviated version of the 15-man game which the Australian Wallabies team plays (which is also the Rugby World Cup format of the game). The new uniforms look like this link
The uniform in the Seven’s picture is an older version of the Wallabies jersey from a couple of seasons back …

[quote comment=”223226″][quote comment=”223221″]That Jews for Jeter shirt is rediculous … don’t they know that the yanks do not put link on their jersey’s.[/quote]
What are the ‘Muslims for Mattingly’ folks going to do know that he’s gone?[/quote]

Muslims for Melky?

[quote comment=”223556″][quote comment=”223555″]One thing that has improved on the Pro Bowl uni front is the issuing duplicate numbers for teammates. The photo below shows LT wear 58. A player would have to change his number if another player was selected who wore the same. I don’t know if it was based on years of service or how many Pro Bowls one had been named to.

link

What a great picture. The helmets and the uniforms actually match….[/quote]
The 1993 recap refers to “Denver’s Steve Tasker”.

Wilson logo on the shoulder.

[quote comment=”223446″][quote comment=”223156″]The best Oregon Uniform Combinations ever!
1.
2.
3.

Easily one of the more amazing parts of being a part of the Oregon Athletic Bands program is getting to travel/stare at/hold doors for and try to act suave in a marching band uniform with our cheerleaders. Nicest group of people ever, and the hottest cheer squad in the Pac-10, yes hotter then the Song Girls. I stand by my decision.

This is from late last night…..ABSOLUTE BLASPHEMY…However, it is too early to post evidence suggesting otherwise…I will spare you all[/quote]

I just read this and laughed. The Oregon band isn’t that bad. I met a few trumpet players in El Paso a few years ago for the sun bowl when they were playing Minnesota. I offered to trade my Gopher marching hat for one of their helmets…best $90 to replace my hat I ever spent.[/quote]

It wasn’t the band we were debating. The Trojan Song Girls are second to none.

Sorry if either of these has been pointed out yet but Chris Cooley seems to have the same shoes that link
And did anyone notice that the panels on the pants aren’t the same? Look at the stars in them.

[quote comment=”223580″][quote comment=”223533″][quote comment=”223526″]my major uni pet peeve. when college hoop teams dont have uniform shoe colors.

choose a base color. black or white.

syracuse has been historically notorious for this.
a handful will wear black shoes and another handful with white shoes.

i dont care if every guys shoe is different, at least use the same base color as a team.[/quote]
along the same lines. i don’t like black b’ball shoes with white unis. i think the black needs to go with the colored unis. the bulls used to be the worst about this.[/quote]

UCONN is REALLY bad with this as well. I can’t stand it. Another pet peeve is black sneakers and white socks, you look like a three year old, don’t do it.[/quote]

I almost forgot the team that has no Shoe Uniformity whatsoever Arizona! The absolute worst besides UCONN.

I ran into these link t-shirts tonight. I am sure some on this board would appreciate the clever styling.

[quote comment=”223613″]Re #9:

For decades, all-star games were taken at face value and to whatever extent enjoyed. What has happened in the last 10 to 15 years that they have to be more? The games really haven’t changed, but the participants certainly have and the fans expectations unquestionably have….

But they have changed. A few players played all ten innings of the 1994 baseball All-Star game; now managers work hard at getting almost everyone into the game, and the “almost” is only because of the infamous tie. It’s now an upset when an NHL All-Star game doesn’t reach double digits. As the hype around these games increases and the intensity level wanes, they become harder to watch.[/quote]

But isn’t that (as stated in the original post) because of the change in the participants and in the spectators? The players don’t play hard (why is that?) so the scores sometime skyrocket. Fans now seem to always want a “great show” and display little tolerance for a boring game, when in fact the beauty of sports is the fact that it isn’t scripted and we can’t always guarantee first-rate entertainment.

[quote comment=”223580″]
UCONN is REALLY bad with this as well. I can’t stand it. Another pet peeve is black sneakers and white socks, you look like a three year old, don’t do it.[/quote]

i actually liked the inverse of that. white shoes with black socks… michigan did it for a few games in the 92-93 season until they went black shoes, black socks.

but an aside to that…

during the 88-89 hoop season i played jv and this was prior to the whole black shoe or black sock boom.

we played away one friday night and one of our starters had forgotten to pack his hoop socks. all he had was his black dress socks… but we all had black dress socks so instead of just 1 guy in black socks and white shoes, we all did it.

it became our signature as we did it for the rest of our 22-2 season. i guess you could say we were the original trailblazers, not michigan…

[quote comment=”223649″]let’s take bets……..so did paul throw up in his mouth after the nike show on CNBC?[/quote]

i dont think so at all. even if he did watch it, it was basically a watered down history and minor focus on where theyre going in the future and im sure anyone who did watch it who wasnt “already in the know” learned some things.

im not gonna speak on behalf of PL but ive read virtually every reply of every day of this blog since may 17 2006. it is my recollection that PL’s opinions of nike have always been disagreeable to their branding practices in team uniforms and accessories and not towards its advertising, innovation or any of the other items discussed in the program.

[quote comment=”223201″]Has anybody out there seen the State Farm Insurance commercial with the offensive linemen from what looks like the 80s? In one of the shots they show a Bengals player with a hand written “69” on the side of his helmet. Does anyone know who this was for? The only thing I could think of was when Tim Krumrie (#69) broke his leg in the Super Bowl but he never missed a game so I doubt anybody what have put a memorial on their helmet for him.

Any help would be great.[/quote]

That is what it is for, Krumrie.

[quote comment=”223659″][quote comment=”223635″]yeah, loved seeing those CP3s on the wake forest team. at first i wondered why they were doing the black socks/shoes with the white home unis, but it all makes sense now. think there’ll be a contract with air jordan at some point?[/quote]
highly doubt it.

where’d jordan go to uni?[/quote]

North Carolina, University of Cal, Georgetown, and North Carolina A & T have contracts with Jordan Brand for their unis and shoes.

[quote comment=”223701″][quote comment=”223659″][quote comment=”223635″]yeah, loved seeing those CP3s on the wake forest team. at first i wondered why they were doing the black socks/shoes with the white home unis, but it all makes sense now. think there’ll be a contract with air jordan at some point?[/quote]
highly doubt it.

where’d jordan go to uni?[/quote]

North Carolina, University of Cal, Georgetown, and North Carolina A & T have contracts with Jordan Brand for their unis and shoes.[/quote]

i agree with lee for this reason.
if syracuse isnt already a JB school especially with carmelo being head of the JB stable, then id be hard pressed to see wake as a JB school first, with paul having his own signature JB shoe.

however anything is possible.

[quote comment=”223453″]I totally agree with the comment about a foul is a foul, whether the clock reads 19:45 or 00:00.5. The time on the clock is mentioned nowhere in the rule book of sports in regards to fouls.[/quote]

Actually, in IIHF hockey it is. Some things that are penalty shots in the first 58 minutes, is a goal in the last two. Rarely applied, of course!

Paul Lukas: I only skimmed this article…but i really hope you weren’t poking fun of TO’s cleats…you should be noting the extremly cool color ways of the Jordan Retro 6…he may be wearing cleats, not basketball shoes, but oh boy they r cool cleats, they r nice (the blue one’s that is)… i really doubt your a jordan head, so you ignorantly made fun of a really cool cleat…and anyone else who hates on TO’s cleats…you r ignorant too!!

still can’t believe Sean Taylor is gone…nice tribue by the Redskins guys…

RE: Jerseys, I was digging the NFL Combine shirts they had last year. I’m assuming they will be similar this year, with nifty techno-numbers. Any idea of the NFL sells those? link

Reebok Wet Rats were what they called a model of their waterproof cross trainers and turf shoes.