New Balls, Mate

Do any pros wear K-Swiss? For that matter, have they ever?
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Check out this link basketball action!

I always liked Roddick’s Lacoste line of clothing. A tennis uniwatch post should also reference Nadal’s lack of sleeves. Gotta show those guns when you’re sliding around on clay blasting forehands by the best players in the world.

More country club news, from your local golf addict:

How about 18-year old Hawaiian, high school senior Tadd Fujikawa?? Leading the Sony Open, at Waielai Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii. He stands tall at 5’1″!! He’s ranked 60th overall in the tournament in driving distance (1st in greens in regulation), which is no small feat for a guy his size. Neither is the fact that he’s dealt with his father’s issues… who was indicted for trafficking meth. To make it uni-related, “Tadd” (his nickname, and the name engraved on his 52-degree wedge) has a new Yonex contract, and is using their forged “Cyberstar Nanov” irons and driver. He’s also using a Diamana “Thump” hybrid shaft, which kicks quite a bit of ass. He’s got Titleist vokey wedges, and what looks like a Scotty Cameron tour proto 1.5 putter.

Links to his new clubs, pics and the weird ass shirt he wore, here:

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I was flipping through a Chelsea fan site and found this great 1970s program. There are some great photos in there. Enjoy!

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[quote comment=”310537″]Phil, great posts yesterday and today. Props to Ricko and everyone else that posted all those great shots of Rickey.

I had a question I wanted to ask but I didn’t get a chance to and by the time I got to the computer last night it was too late.

What company made those wristbands that Rickey has on the one shot (leading off from first: link)? They were simple and a staple of players in baseball, football and basketball in the 80s (USFL even wore them, I had a pair of purple Pittsburgh Maulers ones….wish I knew what happened to them). It was just the team logo inside a triangle. I would love to get a pair of them in gold with the Pittsburgh Pirates logo (late 70s, early 80s: link).

Looks like one of my alltime favorite Buccos, Johnny Ray, is wearing the black model in this card: link

It was just the team logo inside a triangle and they were usually available in both of a given teams primary colors. I remember it being sylish for some football guys to stack them, wearing two and sometimes three sets on each forearm.

I wouldn’t mind having the ones Rickey’s wearing in that photo above. Dollars to donuts it has the swingin’ A’s logo on them. link

What company? SARANAC.
Of course, made batting gloves, too.

—Ricko

Oh, man, hope it’s snowing in Pittsburgh tonight. Be like the “tuck” game.

(Hello? Anyone here? LOL)

—Ricko

Thanks, Ricko, knew you’d know.

As much as an all PA Super Bowl would be cool, i have to say I’m pulling for the Cards, especially with Fitzgerald being a Pitt guy..

ricko, do you know offhand when it was that Paul visited you? I’ve been trying to find the post from his road trip to see you with no success.

[quote comment=”310544″]ricko, do you know offhand when it was that Paul visited you? I’ve been trying to find the post from his road trip to see you with no success.[/quote]

I can’t find it. Maybe he pulled it cuz of the ESPN deal?

–Ricko

Well I enjoyed today’s entry on tennis, sans the tacky clothes. I don’t know why companies want to put such ugly, tacky modern atrocities on the court. It just makes my stomach turn. When I play tennis, I keep it to a simple blank one-color t-shirt & shorts, with all-white tennis shoes. My preferred? Kelly green shirt with Old Athletic Gold shorts. And *puke* on lime green. That color needs to stay away.

[quote comment=”310543″][quote comment=”310532″]Check out this link basketball action![/quote]

That was awesome.[/quote]
Ooh, I almost forgot one important thing: link.

Mason grad here. I saw the game on tv yesterday in Georgia. I noticed no NOB for Morrison. Maybe he got blood on the jersey or lost it or something. Either way, I like the new Mason unis. I didn’t care for the ones they had the last 2 years, but this years are solid. Too bad UVA stole our design!

Those Steagles togs worn in 1943 were really Eagles unis of the day. Worn for all 10 games.

Posted really late last entry, so re-posted here.
Mr. Powers, can you link?
(Pretty sure the other guy is sporting Air Force Ones.)

Can you imagine going to a game when it’s -5 and sitting on the seats wearing skin tight pants? ooh, makes you wince just thinking about.

Interesting piece on the Tennis, i much prefer Wimbledon when you have to wear white. Makes it feel far more “proper” like Test Cricket.

Talking of cricket i was watching Australia vs South Africa One Day International and i saw that the two brothers in the team have interesting names on the back of their jersey’s. Michael Hussey had Mike in small letters above the surname, and David had Dave in the same style. What would you call this? Shortened First Name In Smaller Lettering Above Surname On Back? SFNISLASOB?

Cricket Australia is still holding out banning pictures being taken at the grounds for the world’s main media agencys, so no pictures unfortunately.

[quote comment=”310559″]
Talking of cricket i was watching Australia vs South Africa One Day International and i saw that the two brothers in the team have interesting names on the back of their jersey’s. Michael Hussey had Mike in small letters above the surname, and David had Dave in the same style. What would you call this? Shortened First Name In Smaller Lettering Above Surname On Back? SFNISLASOB?[/quote]

just FNOB would do, loads of Daves and Mikes have the formal version on their official documents

[quote comment=\”310557\”]Posted really late last entry, so re-posted here.
Mr. Powers, can you Name Obama\’s Jordans?
(Pretty sure the other guy is sporting Air Force Ones.)[/quote]

Air Jordan Jumpman Jeter Vital
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Regarding the Super Bowl: The one certainty is that there’ll be a team with black helmets in it (the AFC representative).

And in a chromatic coincidence, all the teams still vying for the big game, they all include black in their colors. Arizona’s the only one without black facemasks. Whether having it only as an accent color will be a disadvantage remains to be seen.

No team with any shade of blue made it past the divisional round. (Carolina’s black wasn’t enough to overcome their blue apparently.)

Perhaps this uniform stuff plays a bigger role than we’d like to admit…

Speaking of logos; here’s how to make your own Obama-like logo/icon/etc:

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you can change the color variances how you like.

mine;
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[quote comment=”310552″][quote comment=”310532″]Do any pros wear K-Swiss? For that matter, have they ever?
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Check out this link basketball action![/quote]

They do. Here’s one we missed:

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and

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Nice. Glad I asked.

[quote comment=”310558″]Way off topic, but can anyone tell me why NFL teams don’t market their pants? I don’t mean the spandex kind (I paid 80.00 for a pair on ebay and my wife won’t let me out of the house in them because they are um….tight, even though they are two waist sizes higher than mine. Doesn’t it make sense though to sell sweats or shorts (non-spandex) that copy the NFL pants. Seems like a marketing gap, but WTF do I know.[/quote]
I know this isn’t what you’re talking about, but the Bears (and other teams, I’m assuming) sell link. I find it interesting that the listing mentions the Reebok logo as a selling point.

I would probably buy a pair of sweats that look like the Bears’ uni pants. *bulb lights up over head* My DIY project?

Phil, if you’re looking for source material on the Steagles, of course there is a book dedicated to the topic (Last Team Standing: link) but the book America’s Game has an excellent section on the marriage of these two team as well. link

America’s Game is absolute best book on the history of the NFL I’ve ever come across. I couldn’t give it more of a recommendation.

In order to speed up NFL games, I propose that if a penalty flag is thrown, and has no effect on the resulting play, the call should be simply…”penalty non-effective”, rather than going through the motions of “Holding. #85, Defense. Penalty Declined. First down.”….Anything to speed up the game…

…oh, and Field Goals over 55 yards from the original line of scrimmage = 4 points

and any Kickoff/Punt that is fielded from the end zone and not run = 2 pts. for the kicking team, variation of the CFL rule.

That’s it for now.

[quote comment=”310575″]In order to speed up NFL games, I propose that if a penalty flag is thrown, and has no effect on the resulting play, the call should be simply…”penalty non-effective”, rather than going through the motions of “Holding. #85, Defense. Penalty Declined. First down.”….Anything to speed up the game…

…oh, and Field Goals over 55 yards from the original line of scrimmage = 4 points

and any Kickoff/Punt that is fielded from the end zone and not run = 2 pts. for the kicking team, variation of the CFL rule.

That’s it for now.[/quote]
Does the NFL game really need sped up? I would think the NCAA is the game that needs speeding up.

I think a rouge-like rule wouldn’t really work in the NFL on kickoffs/punts because you have a ten-yard endzone (20 in the CFL, actually used to be 25 I believe, can anyone back me on that?) it’s too easy, especially in some climates to have a kicker boot it through the endzone.

I know you were only talking about KRs/PRs bringing it out of the endzone, but kicking/punting the ball through the endzone is the other part of that rule.

It would be neat to give a kicking one point if they kicked it through the uprights like some of the indoor leagues do (call it an “uno”) but that will never happen either, too much of a gimmick.

I’ve said it before, one of my favorite things in the CFL game is that the field goal is a live kick that you can return many times. A lot of this has to do with the goal posts on the goal line (imagine that) and a 20-yard endzone but that’s a really exciting play. The rare times it happns in the NFL can attest to that.

“I’ve said it before, one of my favorite things in the CFL game is that the field goal is a live kick that you can return many times. A lot of this has to do with the goal posts on the goal line (imagine that) and a 20-yard endzone but that’s a really exciting play. The rare times it happns in the NFL can attest to that. ”

Yes, I agree, but we all have “adjustments” we would like seen done…these were just mine….just a pet peeve…
And a sub-rule would be, if a ball is kicked through the end zone, it would be zero points and a touchback….

a final thing: spiking the ball to stop the clock = intentional grounding…I hate that this is TRUE INT. Grounding and it isn’t called a penalty

I hate college football, so I could care less…but it does hit the 4 hour mark WAY too often…doesn’t alot of it have to do with the clock stops after a first down in the last 2 minutes or something rule?

[quote comment=”310575″]In order to speed up NFL games, I propose that if a penalty flag is thrown, and has no effect on the resulting play, the call should be simply…”penalty non-effective”, rather than going through the motions of “Holding. #85, Defense. Penalty Declined. First down.”….Anything to speed up the game…

…oh, and Field Goals over 55 yards from the original line of scrimmage = 4 points

and any Kickoff/Punt that is fielded from the end zone and not run = 2 pts. for the kicking team, variation of the CFL rule.

That’s it for now.[/quote]

Heard an interesting debate about the Long Field Thing a while back. Suggestion was that because the game is about field position, about advancing into other team’s territory, longer field goals should could count LESS not more, maybe only 2 points.

Sounded kinda dumb until you think about the effect on the game. A team needing 3 to win or tie would have to advance further than whatever the two-point distance was.

On the up side, if longer ones counted more, there would be the interesting decision: Do I set my kicker 10 or 12 yards deep (or more) to get a 4-pointer, which makes the long snap really intriguing…what with the distance potentially differing based on the situation. Or should I direct snap to RB who’d lateral to holder even further back?) Back to the down side, wouldn’t it be fun to watch a QB take a sack in order to lose enough yards for a 4-point attempt.

Personally, if they WERE gonna change it, I guess I’d vote the longer ones counting less. Seems dopey to reward a team for doing a lousy job of advancing the ball.

—Ricko

A “spike” by a passer isn’t Intentional Grounding. Intentional Grounding is throwing the ball away to avoid a loss of yardage. If a team wants to waste a down to stop the clock that certainly should be their option.

—Ricko

I know I’m posting late, but I’m still going alphabetical on nicknames.

Cards over Eagles (looks good at this time!)
Ravens over Steelers.

Cards win it all.

SB

[quote comment=”310575″]In order to speed up NFL games, I propose that if a penalty flag is thrown, and has no effect on the resulting play, the call should be simply…”penalty non-effective”, rather than going through the motions of “Holding. #85, Defense. Penalty Declined. First down.”….Anything to speed up the game…

…oh, and Field Goals over 55 yards from the original line of scrimmage = 4 points

and any Kickoff/Punt that is fielded from the end zone and not run = 2 pts. for the kicking team, variation of the CFL rule.

That’s it for now.[/quote]

A touchback is worth one point in the CFL, thereby making the fielding team run the ball out in order not to sacrifice a point unless they have to. Ironically, there are a number of touchdowns scored when running it out of the endzone in the CFL because the kicking teams are far less athletic than the kickoff teams. There aren’t a lot of centers and tackles playing on kickoff teams in the CFL.

The safety, which is used a lot in the CFL by kicking teams pinned on their own goal line, is also used to give better field position for defences as it results in a kickoff rather than a punt to midfield or less.

Also, missed field goals or punts out of the endzone are worth one point as well – once again, promoting the “go for it” idea of offence in the CFL.

And the CFL uses the NCAA overtime method which has, in my opinion, made the game infinitely better than sudden-death.

That’s why I used the word “variation”…

the NCAA OT system is just as flawed as the BCS.

Sudden death prevents debecales like the Eagles -Bengals tie from happening more than the 16 times it has happened since it started.

I think the College OT system just drags on and keeps the games hitting the 5 hour mark more likely.

Rackers has on baggy pants again..like they are three sizes too big.

[quote comment=”310592″]CFL ever still call a Single a “Rouge”? That’s what it used to be; French for “red,” which was the color of the flag the official threw when ball wasn’t carried out of the end zone.

—Ricko[/quote]

Not that I’m aware of. It’s just a single point now, I believe. There’s no flag thrown.

[quote comment=”310594″][quote comment=”310589″]That’s why I used the word “variation”…

the NCAA OT system is just as flawed as the BCS.

Sudden death prevents debecales like the Eagles -Bengals tie from happening more than the 16 times it has happened since it started.[/quote]

But ok with the debacles of referees not hearing the call that the captain makes? If your team loses that game, why don’t you get a chance to win as well?

Sudden death in football would be better if, and ONLY if, kicking was outlawed in OT.

[quote comment=”310594″][quote comment=”310589″]That’s why I used the word “variation”…

the NCAA OT system is just as flawed as the BCS.

Sudden death prevents debecales like the Eagles -Bengals tie from happening more than the 16 times it has happened since it started.

I think the College OT system just drags on and keeps the games hitting the 5 hour mark more likely.[/quote]

Blame the system. Play clocks in Canada are shorter, forcing more offence as well. You can’t run the clock out with eight minutes remaining in the CFL.

Oh, and those three downs? Much better for promoting offence. Think about it: if you have one chance to go 10 yards, you’d never run a play for less than 10 yards, right?

The CFL essentially has two plays to obtain 10 yards, not three. Makes the game much faster because the CFL goes vertical a lot more.[/quote]

Absolutely, but you also have much larger fields…I agree with keeping the clock moving, but I like 4 downs…not a big fan of so much passing.

I would like to see the game stick closer with its rugby roots.

Will the NFL venture into Canada when they move the Bills to Canada last longer than the CFL US experiment (Las Vegas Posse anyone?), …at least the Bills already look like a Canadian team, they just have to remember they play under American rules…but then again, the Bills always give up after 2 downs anyway…

Phil,

After your WFL article on the sun, have you thought about other defunct leagues/teams? Like the US CFL teams, (i.e. The Baltimore CFL’ers is always an interesting ad campaign)…

[quote comment=”310599″]Phil,

After your WFL article on the sun, have you thought about other defunct leagues/teams? Like the US CFL teams, (i.e. The Baltimore CFL’ers is always an interesting ad campaign)…[/quote]

Or maybe all the pro football teams Birmingham has had. Two in WFL, USFL, CFL, WLAF…

[quote comment=”310558″]Way off topic, but can anyone tell me why NFL teams don’t market their pants? I don’t mean the spandex kind (I paid 80.00 for a pair on ebay and my wife won’t let me out of the house in them because they are um….tight, even though they are two waist sizes higher than mine. Doesn’t it make sense though to sell sweats or shorts (non-spandex) that copy the NFL pants. Seems like a marketing gap, but WTF do I know.[/quote]

Same reason the NHL doesn’t market their pants.

“Honey, do these hockey shorts make my ass look big?”

[quote comment=”310599″]Phil,

After your WFL article on the sun, have you thought about other defunct leagues/teams? Like the US CFL teams, (i.e. The Baltimore CFL’ers is always an interesting ad campaign)…[/quote]

always thinking about it…i’d LOVE LOVE LOVE to do something on the WLAF’s orlando thunder (and their wonderfully awful unis)…and i think the rick & i will be doing something significant on the USFL (and possibly more WFL) in the future

[quote]“Honey, do these hockey shorts make my ass look big?”[/quote]

COTD nominee

/also, quite possibly what teebz said this morning

Woody woodpecker went to thunder games?

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[quote comment=”310607″][quote]“Honey, do these hockey shorts make my ass look big?”[/quote]

COTD nominee

/also, quite possibly what teebz said this morning[/quote]

Thankfully, it’s a balmy -7C here today. Or, 19.4F. No need for three layers of clothing today. I’m in shorts and a T-shirt right now. LOL

Huge difference from the -59F on Wednesday. :o)

[quote comment=”310586″]Warner and Fitzy are just out of their minds today. Get the big fork out for the Iggles.[/quote]

Well, then again, maybe not. 24-20 AZ.

OOPS.
24-19.

Here’s a great example of how low pro football was on the rung in the late 50s (as measured by the care taken on sports cards and the general recognition level of players).

This is R.C. Owens…
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This, however, I’m pretty sure is not…
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—Ricko

[quote comment=”310614″]
I’m sure somewhere in 1917, someone in Montreal was cursing the Seattle Metropolitans “stain”[/quote]

Or the 1919 Spanish “strain” since influenza canceled the Stanley Cup with Montreal and Seattle tied at 2-2-1. ;o)

[quote comment=”310616″]24-19 XP’s arent gauranteed….just ask the Saints[/quote]
Doesn’t ‘The Book’ say to go for 2 there?

[quote comment=”310617″]Here’s a great example of how low pro football was on the rung in the late 50s (as measured by the care taken on sports cards and the general recognition level of players).

This is R.C. Owens…
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This, however, I’m pretty sure is not…
link

—Ricko[/quote]

Holy crap thats awesome! Think someone lost their job for that? … probably not.

[quote comment=”310623″][quote comment=”310617″]Here’s a great example of how low pro football was on the rung in the late 50s (as measured by the care taken on sports cards and the general recognition level of players).

This is R.C. Owens…
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This, however, I’m pretty sure is not…
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—Ricko[/quote]

Holy crap thats awesome! Think someone lost their job for that? … probably not.[/quote]

Maybe it wasn’t a mistake. Perhaps a strange, rare disorder?

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SB

[quote comment=”310626″][quote comment=”310624″]I hate the cliche SHOCK THE WORLD….

seriously…can Canadian teams do that? How many people in Italy know the Arizona Cardinals exist? How about Poland? If they have a soccer team do well, is it SHOCKING THE WORLD?

Worst Superbowl Ever…I’m calling it…[/quote]

Good sign for the Steelers, since the NFL knows they’d lose a ton of money on a Cardinals-Ravens Super Bowl.[/quote]

Oh, they won’t “lose” money….but they woouldn’t make the $$$ like they would if it had been Philly vs Pitt or Balt.

Outside of Arizona, who really gives a rats ass about them?

All I know, is that the Jets put 56 up on them, and if the BCS was in place AZ would not be here…furthering the argument thatNCAA needs a playoff…

ahh…Wait’ll next year…

Those NFC championship shirts and hats look like possible evidence that Reebok will be switching to the wordmark over the logo in hockey, as well as other sports.

[quote comment=”310629″]Those NFC championship shirts and hats look like possible evidence that Reebok will be switching to the wordmark over the logo in hockey, as well as other sports.[/quote]

I’m pretty sure Paul killed that theory off in a ticker about a week ago.

[quote comment=”310631″][quote comment=”310629″]Those NFC championship shirts and hats look like possible evidence that Reebok will be switching to the wordmark over the logo in hockey, as well as other sports.[/quote]

I’m pretty sure Paul killed that theory off in a ticker about a week ago.[/quote]

For next year I thought, but with it already in Europe and now in the NFL, who knows…

I don’t get this Championship shirt…

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They throw in a Cardinals helmet with the Super Bowl logo, and still have the SB logo on the left side? Who designed this shirt?

Oh yeah… and get your Trophy Towel on sale now!

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[quote comment=”310572″]Hmmmm…

Just saw the LeBron/Browns commercial and he was wearing Super Bowl Champion gear… Anyone get a screen grab of that? Perhaps it was a sneak peek at this year’s gear?[/quote]

Here are those shirts… nothing but cheap generic stuff.

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[quote comment=”310627″][quote comment=”310626″][quote comment=”310624″]I hate the cliche SHOCK THE WORLD….

seriously…can Canadian teams do that? How many people in Italy know the Arizona Cardinals exist? How about Poland? If they have a soccer team do well, is it SHOCKING THE WORLD?

Worst Superbowl Ever…I’m calling it…[/quote]

Good sign for the Steelers, since the NFL knows they’d lose a ton of money on a Cardinals-Ravens Super Bowl.[/quote]

Oh, they won’t “lose” money….but they woouldn’t make the $$$ like they would if it had been Philly vs Pitt or Balt.

Outside of Arizona, who really gives a rats ass about them?

All I know, is that the Jets put 56 up on them, and if the BCS was in place AZ would not be here…furthering the argument thatNCAA needs a playoff…

ahh…Wait’ll next year…[/quote]

link probably cares a LITTLE bit.

Look at this ebay seller, he makes a lot of money for it being 2 inch helmets. Custom!

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I just downlaoded those sports fonts and the ones I want DONT work:

Angels
Pirates
Blue Jays throwback

WHAT GIVES?

those lavender ravens puffy coats are sweet

[quote comment=”310635″]I don’t get this Championship shirt…

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They throw in a Cardinals helmet with the Super Bowl logo, and still have the SB logo on the left side? Who designed this shirt?

Oh yeah… and get your Trophy Towel on sale now!

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Isn’t “NFC Conference” a little redundant?

[quote comment=”310630″]Great, we get Dennis Green doing the color commentary on radio for Steelers-Ravens. Luckily, I’ll be able to get to a TV by the second half. Wait, that means Phil Simms? I may stick with the radio.[/quote]

Made a Quizno’s run @ halftime and subjected myself for the first (& last) time to Dennis Green.

PS nice gratuitous wide-angle leg shot of Katie Couric on halftime on CBS.

[quote comment=”310650″][quote comment=”310649″][quote comment=”310630″]Great, we get Dennis Green doing the color commentary on radio for Steelers-Ravens. Luckily, I’ll be able to get to a TV by the second half. Wait, that means Phil Simms? I may stick with the radio.[/quote]

Made a Quizno’s run @ halftime and subjected myself for the first (& last) time to Dennis Green.

PS nice gratuitous wide-angle leg shot of Katie Couric on halftime on CBS.[/quote]

dennis is horrid…btw, brinke, you should be watching ana[/quote]

Way ahead of you. Got ESPN2 on the PC Windows Media Center, full-screen, with football on the tube.

GRRR … i meant “anyone”

[quote comment=”310647″][quote comment=”310635″]I don’t get this Championship shirt…

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They throw in a Cardinals helmet with the Super Bowl logo, and still have the SB logo on the left side? Who designed this shirt?

Oh yeah… and get your Trophy Towel on sale now!

link
Isn’t “NFC Conference” a little redundant?[/quote]

Yep just like PIN number, ATM machine, NIC card, and I’ve even hear GUI interface at work. We always talk about this and make fun of that.

And a couple helmets that have been around a lonnnnnnnnnnng time.

[quote comment=”310660″]Oh my God….can I get some love from my fellow burgh uni watchers!!!!!![/quote]

no…but i’ll throw you some love douggie!

congrats & g’luck!

Wanna trade Tomlin for Childress, there KEK?

Were the new Buffalo Bisons uniforms already discussed?:

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Can’t say I like the “NY” on the front of the road uniform. That position should be reserved for a number, if anything, not a graphic.

Go Cardinals!

[quote comment=”310663″]Wanna trade Tomlin for Childress, there KEK?[/quote]

Ha! No way Ricko. Who would have thunk it. I know most folks in the burgh were like “who the hell is Mike Tomlin?”

I’m sorry if I’m too excited. A few Labatt blues too many, plus the fact that I resigned myself that SBXXX and SBXL would be my only chances to see my team in the big game.

[quote comment=”310646″][quote comment=”310644″][quote comment=”310642″]Useless trivia: by my count this only the second AFC Championship game to not have at least one old AFL team.[/quote]
Correct. 1996 (Indianapolis/Pittsburgh) is the other.[/quote]
And unlike the 1996 edition, this AFC championship game features a non-AFL team that is non-old NFL at the same time. (The nitpick department reminds you that the Ravens are an expansion team that started with Cleveland Browns players in purple jerseys.)[/quote]

In my book, the Ravens are the old Browns. If the NFL doesn’t count that, fine. But based on how the Steelers beat up the Browns this day, I think we all know who the real expansion team is.

[quote comment=”310670″]god help us if the cards go monochrome

/they wouldn’t, would they?[/quote]

No, they wouldn’t do the blood clot set.

[quote comment=”310672″][quote comment=”310660″]Oh my God….can I get some love from my fellow burgh uni watchers!!!!!![/quote]

the next two weeks are gunna take forever[/quote]
spoken like a hater

[quote comment=”310674″][quote comment=”310673″][quote comment=”310670″]god help us if the cards go monochrome

/they wouldn’t, would they?[/quote]

No, they wouldn’t do the blood clot set.[/quote]

Cardinals run has been accomplished without those god-awful red pants. Hopefully they will stay wherever they have been the past six weeks or so.
Or someone will burn them.[/quote]

I agree – besides the all red look – not only does it look like a blood clot – but it might even be accused of looking a bit satanic (Ok its a stretch, but just the mere thought – I would think would not sit well with ……Mr Warner :).

Could this be the lamest Super Bowl in recent memory?

It definitely gives Steelers-Seahawks a run for it’s money.

[quote comment=”310678″]Wow, was just thinking…when I discovered pro football the Cardinals and Steelers were the NFL’s bottom-dwellers, low-budget, losing organizations…and they played in Comiskey Park and Forbes Field.

One good thing: Should be a lot of NFL history talked about in the next couple weeks.

—Ricko[/quote]

It was also the match up for Jim Bakken’s 6 field goals – which might seem and is totally irrelevant – but as a kid one of my favourite books was the NFL’s Greatest Moments (a Grade 4 book report) – and one of the chapters I remember most was on Bakken’s feat.

[quote comment=”310679″]Could this be the lamest Super Bowl in recent memory?

It definitely gives Steelers-Seahawks a run for it’s money.[/quote]
I love this shit. Typical big market bias. what, if a team from New York, Chicago, or Dallas isn’t in the big game it doesn’t matter Get over yourself

Marchibroda was Steelers’ starter in ’56. Played in 7 games for Cardinals in ’57; McHan played in all 12.

[quote comment=”310650″][quote comment=”310649″][quote comment=”310630″]Great, we get Dennis Green doing the color commentary on radio for Steelers-Ravens. Luckily, I’ll be able to get to a TV by the second half. Wait, that means Phil Simms? I may stick with the radio.[/quote]

Made a Quizno’s run @ halftime and subjected myself for the first (& last) time to Dennis Green.

PS nice gratuitous wide-angle leg shot of Katie Couric on halftime on CBS.[/quote]

dennis is horrid…btw, brinke, you should be watching ana[/quote]

Can someone PLEASE buy Dennis Green some throat lozenges? Luden’s, Fisherman’s Friend…something! I had to listen to part of the game on radio on my way home from my girlfriend’s home, drove me absolutely nuts.

Phil, looks like a lot of work went into your post today but hardly anyone paid attention. Perhaps it’s because most people wouldn’t think of tennis players as wearing uniforms, per se. Same goes for golf or any other “individual” sports. It’s more or less an outfit they are wearing. Good post though, keep it up. I’m loving the weekends here!

[quote comment=”310686″][quote comment=”310683″][quote comment=”310679″]Could this be the lamest Super Bowl in recent memory?

It definitely gives Steelers-Seahawks a run for it’s money.[/quote]
I love this shit. Typical big market bias. what, if a team from New York, Chicago, or Dallas isn’t in the big game it doesn’t matter Get over yourself[/quote]

Somewhat related point. Anyone who bitches about the matchup cannot also support an NCAA football playoff. A playoff could–in fact, quite often does–yield matchups people would call “stinky”. Therefore, if you want the teams you think “deserve” to be there, then screw a playoff, pick the two favorites and play one game. Hey, that’s what they do NOW.

—Ricko[/quote]
Great point Ricko, it’s so funny to me. the same folks that bitch about the BCS ad there not beig a “true playoff”, citing teams like Boise State and Utah are the same folks discounting a team like Arizona making it to the Super Bowl after they freakin’ earned their way to the big game throught playoffs.

To those of you saying “lamest super bowl ever”, why even play NFL playoffs? Let’s just play the super bowl between the two teams with the best regular season records.

[quote comment=”310684″]Someone just emailed me this:

I was watching the steelers/ravens game and noticed something. For a brief second after Troy Polamalu returned the interception for a touchdown they scanned the crowd for a pan shot. Right after a man wearing a hat that looked like this:
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Except with a steelers logo, the camera panned left and I saw something that I must have been seeing things. There was a white jersey with a big numer 7 in the center in the steelers numerical font, but the shoulders were red like the most recent falcons white jersey. If anyone has a screenshot from a dvr copy of the game you will most assuredly see what I mean.

Anyone..?[/quote]
It’s one of those Super Bowl jerseys from a couple of years ago. The fronts / backs are just like the teams, but the sleeves are red or blue and have the SB logo on them. They’ve been making these for a few years now. The XL ones were done in the Falcons template IIRC.

So whats the color matchup? Who’s wearing white and dark?

And why doesn’t Rothlisberger have a captain C?

[quote comment=”310694″][quote comment=”310693″]So whats the color matchup? Who’s wearing white and dark?

And why doesn’t Rothlisberger have a captain C?[/quote]
The Steelers have never done the captaincy patch[/quote]
Last year, the AFC Pats wore blue and the NFC Giants wore white. Assuming no anomalies, flip it around, and you should get the AFC Steelers in white, and the NFC Cards in team-color red. Though they could definitely pull off the color-on-color together if they wanted to do so.

[quote comment=”310675″][quote comment=”310672″][quote comment=”310660″]Oh my God….can I get some love from my fellow burgh uni watchers!!!!!![/quote]

the next two weeks are gunna take forever[/quote]
spoken like a hater[/quote]

far from it

i’m a steelers fan but i don’t want to wait two weeks

NFC is the home team this year, so Arizona has the option for red or white.