And Then There Were Nine

Aw, c’mon people- those padres unis are awesome! And how on earth did the V win the worst uni over wildwing in the NHL?

Actually, I can see that one as it was a regular uni for years, not just an alt. Gives it an edge in a tie, I suppose.

As for worst of all time, I give it to the Sox. Caribou (By the way, Caribou is it’s own plural- caribous is erroneous. Blame the team, it’s a minor mistake compared to the fringe) is a close second. Those are horrendous, but I would prefer to take a uni from a major sports league.

And I won’t go into the Seahawks unis. Suffice to say I stand by my previous rants on complaints about how colors in pro sports have gotten darker and less interesting while the same people criticize teams that actually do bright and interesting.

“Suffice to say I stand by my previous rants on complaints about how colors in pro sports have gotten darker and less interesting while the same people criticize teams that actually do bright and interesting.”

Ditto. Absolutely.

Again Friday I stood in front of a wall of NFL baseball hats at MOA, and the Seahawks’ lime green is no brighter (on the light-to-dark scale) than hats in athletic gold or Broncos-Browns-Bengals orange.

Definitely hard to believe the Seahawks’ neon placed higher in a poll of worst NFL uni designs than the Bills, which appear actually to have no design theme whatsoever (unless “bucket of fabric scraps” is a design theme).

And, not to (cough-cough) quibble, but hasn’t the Seahawks lime been worn only once to date? Shouldn’t it maybe be in, oh, say, another category?

This is looking to be as much about “colors we hate” as it is “worst uni designs.” Or, “I’d better rip neon green so I can be with the majority.”

Another thing, the White Sox wore the collared, tails-out, stirrupless unis for six full seasons, wearing the shorts for four games at most during that time. Let’s see, that’s makes the highest possible pants-to-shorts tally 958 games to 4 (as a ratio, 239 to 1)…yet somehow the shorts define the uniform, and are the basis for how it’s judged. How does that work? At least we have the shorts in the, um, “short”-lived category where they belong.

—Ricko

Should probably say, that was a reprint from yesterday’s late comments.

[quote comment=”358988″]how on earth did the V win the worst uni over wildwing in the NHL?
[/quote]
I think Burger King and Wild Wing kind of split the votes. If only one of those two had been nominated, I think the V would have finished a distant second.

I was tempted to push Phil for a one-day “runoff” poll between the Kings and the Canucks because link.

Just picked up the “Greatest Jerseys” issue of The Hockey News — a worthy followup to last year’s goalie mask issue — in which one Paul Lukas allies with THN writer Ken Campbell on the proper use of “sweater” regarding hockey gear. (Did Lukas request placement of his appearance just before the Cooperall article?) Good stuff throughout.

Also, this look at the “Ohio State bows down to Nike” uniform:

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OK, the TCU version is waaayyyy better:

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[quote comment=”359001″]OK, the TCU version is waaayyyy better:

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Oh, and did I mention the blood out of the eyes thing?

Dark pants with white jerseys (meaning “throw color at it”) isn’t automatically the way to make a uniform better. It isn’t the solution to everything. It’s an easy suggestion, yes, but not necessarily a good one. That Giants thing is far too mindful of the Joe Pisarcik years, hardly the apex of Giants’ history.

That approach certainly hasn’t improved the Browns’ look. Unless, of course, you like NFL looking like a bunch of junior colleges.

And we really need to be clear that there’s a difference between a total redesign and a “tweak”. Removing the pins from the Twins’ road grays is a tweak. Changing the Bills to royal and yellow is not.

If I hired a designer for ideas to “clean up” my team’s current unis and he/she came back with different colors and a completely new look, my first thought would be, “Had a little trouble understanding the assignment, didn’t you. Now, if you’d like to be paid, go back and start over, and stay inside the parameters of the project.”

—Ricko

[quote comment=”358996″][quote comment=”358994″]With apologies to the dark and/or shiny pants haters, I really like link. And I think it would look really good with a shiny fabric because of the glittery helmet.[/quote]

I’d change the stripe pattern a bit, but yes. The Giants look good in blue pants. Plus it would make the stupid red numbers look less stupid. I really wish they’d have stayed with the 2000 version of the white jersey. At least that had a blue online on the numbers.[/quote]

The Giants are in “throwback” mode. And it’s accurate, one of the few that is. If they changed things, then someone would complain that they screwed it up.

Can’t win around here.

—Ricko

[quote comment=”358990″]”Suffice to say I stand by my previous rants on complaints about how colors in pro sports have gotten darker and less interesting while the same people criticize teams that actually do bright and interesting.”

Ditto. Absolutely.

Again Friday I stood in front of a wall of NFL baseball hats at MOA, and the Seahawks’ lime green is no brighter (on the light-to-dark scale) than hats in athletic gold or Broncos-Browns-Bengals orange.

Definitely hard to believe the Seahawks’ neon placed higher in a poll of worst NFL uni designs than the Bills, which appear actually to have no design theme whatsoever (unless “bucket of fabric scraps” is a design theme).

And, not to (cough-cough) quibble, but hasn’t the Seahawks lime been worn only once to date? Shouldn’t it maybe be in, oh, say, another category?

This is looking to be as much about “colors we hate” as it is “worst uni designs.” Or, “I’d better rip neon green so I can be with the majority.”

Another thing, the White Sox wore the collared, tails-out, stirrupless unis for six full seasons, wearing the shorts for four games at most during that time. Let’s see, that’s makes the highest possible pants-to-shorts tally 958 games to 4 (as a ratio, 239 to 1)…yet somehow the shorts define the uniform, and are the basis for how it’s judged. How does that work? At least we have the shorts in the, um, “short”-lived category where they belong.

—Ricko[/quote]

I agree with Ricko that the Seahawks snot/neon green should have been in the short lived category. That said, I’m really not going to quibble much, as horrific the Bills current unis are, they probably wouldn’t win this poll. Maybe we can give them a dishonorable mention. They are top 10 bad.

[quote comment=”359007″][quote comment=”358996″][quote comment=”358994″]With apologies to the dark and/or shiny pants haters, I really like link. And I think it would look really good with a shiny fabric because of the glittery helmet.[/quote]

I’d change the stripe pattern a bit, but yes. The Giants look good in blue pants. Plus it would make the stupid red numbers look less stupid. I really wish they’d have stayed with the 2000 version of the white jersey. At least that had a blue online on the numbers.[/quote]

The Giants are in “throwback” mode. And it’s accurate, one of the few that is. If they changed things, then someone would complain that they screwed it up.

Can’t win around here.

—Ricko[/quote]

That being said, the Giants in white jerseys with no sleeve stripes and red numbers edged in royal (with red socks) WAS a great “vintage-inspired” look.

And sparkly helmets are, generally speaking, dumb. Nice for riding your Huffy, but not so much for playing football at the highest level. We’re supposed to outgrow such nonsense. Aren’t we?

I mean, we hate the Caribou fringe, cuz it does look like an “offical cowboy shirt”. Sparkly helmets, same thing.

—Ricko

[quote comment=”359006″]Bills Blue and Yellow – No[/quote]

What he said.

Also, the first thing to do when tweaking the Patriots jersey is lose the flying Elvis. Period. One of the worst logos of all-time. The side panels would even be paletteable with out him.

Orange Broncos jerseys…meh. I wasn’t a fan before. Not a fan of orange jerseys in general though. Especially as an alternate, see Bears, Chicago. I’ve actually grown to like the current Broncos logo.

Quick question. When is Nike doing this ‘Rivalry’ weekend with their uniforms? I think someone on here said it was to happen on November 21st, but I’m not sure that can be the case, or at least not all the uniforms leaked will be worn. The reason I say this is that Virginia Tech plays at home against NC State on the 21st. Hardly a rivalry game, but whats more interesting is that the leaked jersey (its on the side of the Ohio State one… you can see the maroon and orange on the sleeve) is white. We never wear white at home unless its a ‘White-Out’ game, where we hype it up, sell t-shirts, and give all the proceeds to help illiteracy of children in the area. It would make more sense if they did it the weekend after for the Virginia game at Virginia.

However, the little picture I saw from the tOSU leak leads me to believe they’re legit. From what I had heard, they were going to be white jerseys, white helmets, all incorporating some kind of checkerboard pattern. If you look on the sleeve stripes, you can make out the checkerboard fade on the sleeves.

[quote comment=”359012″]I voted for the Tucson Toros.
Holy sh*t, talk about a lack of design theme. Absolute clown suits. What the hell are/were that team’s colors? Can’t really say, because every single color in the Crayola box is! And the sad thing is, if that’s a minor league team, those sets probably cost a lot of money. You’d think less would be less expensive in this case. I KNOW less would have been more.
Most epic FAIL I’ve ever seen in uniform design. “Thanks” for “brightening” my horizons.[/quote]

Remember: in 1980, the Toros were the minor-league farm team of the Houston Astros.

It could have been worse.

[quote comment=”359018″]Not uni-related other than we so often discuss how different the new helmets look in football and baseball, but…

Jahvid Best’s “second concussion in eight days”?!?! What the hell was he doing even playing?

For a high ankle sprain generally it’s automatically at least two weeks out.

But your brain can, literally, get slammed around inside your skull cavity and you’re okay to get right back in there?

Jesus, football really needs to clean up its act.

—Ricko[/quote]

Out of pure curiosity, any idea if Boxing has any kind of enforced time limit between fights?

“BLUE REFS: The Pac-10’s referees will wear blue sleeve covers during the league’s five games this weekend to raise awareness of prostate cancer.”

Taken from link

[quote comment=”359020″][quote comment=”359011″][quote comment=”359007″][quote comment=”358996″][quote comment=”358994″]With apologies to the dark and/or shiny pants haters, I really like link. And I think it would look really good with a shiny fabric because of the glittery helmet.[/quote]

I’d change the stripe pattern a bit, but yes. The Giants look good in blue pants. Plus it would make the stupid red numbers look less stupid. I really wish they’d have stayed with the 2000 version of the white jersey. At least that had a blue online on the numbers.[/quote]

The Giants are in “throwback” mode. And it’s accurate, one of the few that is. If they changed things, then someone would complain that they screwed it up.

Can’t win around here.

—Ricko[/quote]

That being said, the Giants in white jerseys with no sleeve stripes and red numbers edged in royal (with red socks) WAS a great “vintage-inspired” look.

And sparkly helmets are, generally speaking, dumb. Nice for riding your Huffy, but not so much for playing football at the highest level. We’re supposed to outgrow such nonsense. Aren’t we?

I mean, we hate the Caribou fringe, cuz it does look like an “offical cowboy shirt”. Sparkly helmets, same thing.

—Ricko[/quote]
I really have no problem with the sparkly helmets whether it be the Giants or the Packers or any other team that hasn’t traditionally worn them and does now.

See, the Giants aren’t wearing a throwback. We’re discussing their current uniform set, to which they’ve already made some tweaks. For example, they designated the pants that were previously only worn with the white jerseys as their official road pants to be worn with the blue or white jerseys.

Plus, the not only is the helmet sparkly, it’s royal blue rather than navy. The jerseys have the “ny” logo below the collar. These are elements that a true throwback should not incorporate.[/quote]

Still, I like sparkly cheerleaders, not sparkly helmets.

You guys are killing me with some of these ideas for our uni’s…I do like the blue paints though and Shaun’s idea. Wish you could see some of the ideas I have put together in the past, they are not far off what you guys are doing.

Ricko is 100% correct, I have pictures here from the late 50’s where players wore all different stripe patterns in each game…

Ooops… this…

So without “they’re really not throwbacks”, we’re back to the core issue for you regarding the Giants…you simply don’t like them. So just be straight up and say that, and stop looking for some kind of ojbective backup.

…Sounds like aimed at one person.

Better THIS…

So without “they’re really not throwbacks”, we’re back to the core issue for MANY regarding the Giants UNIS…you simply don’t like them. So just be straight up and say that, and stop looking for some kind of ojbective backup.

—Ricko

Oh and speaking of old Vick Cleats from the other day: Ahmad Bradshaw #44 will be wearing the ’07 model today…had a pair lying around…

[quote comment=”359026″][quote comment=”359014″]To be a viable critic, we have to be able to set aside personal opinions on certain things.

Hating orange or purple or brown or neon green destroys our credibility.

Like the moron who did that “10 worst” NFL unis and included the Chiefs because “I don’t like red uniforms.”

Would you trust a movie critic who said, “Generally not a fan of ‘coming of age’ comedies”? Oh, then how could he/she ever objectively review one? You have to be able to not like a movie and still appreciate that it’s well made.

I once told a client I didn’t give a damn about her personal opinion, but I valued her professional opinion. I explained that she may hate kelly green, but if we’re doing a St. Patrick’s Day ad it just might need some kelly green in it.

Get it?

—Ricko[/quote]

Yep, point well taken.

However, isn’t the vast majority of content on this blog one’s personal opinion?
Aren’t we critiquing the designs based upon how it appeals to us individually. I personally like the color purple in a uniform. I think the Vikings uniforms, up until the latest change were a classic. There obviously are a lot of people who comment on this blog that feel otherwise.

My son’s high school colors are black and orange. Occasionally they break out an orange jersey. Do I care for it, no not particularly. My opinion doesn’t matter.

All of the uniforms passed the look test from someone. They all had to get the thumbs up or thumbs down. I don’t believe for a second that the Tuscon Toros uniforms just showed up one day hanging in the lockers. Somebody in the organization gave that design the thumbs up prior to the order being placed. Somebody liked that design. Obviously the vast majority of people who comment here hate them. Same with fringe on a jersey.

Uni watch blog is not omnipotent. Nike, adidas, Under Armour and the like can give a shit what we think about their designs. Frankly, I’m glad that they don’t. What would we have to bitch about if all the uniforms were the same.[/quote]

Of course it’s personal opinion. But it should be personal opinion based on the finished product, not a preconceived opinion about the elements of of it.

We can say “The colors don’t work.” But to come to the table with an admitted prejudice against one color or another, or combinations of colors, is to undermine credibility.

How long would a movie critic last if he/she loudly proclaimed, “I hate everything about Clint Eastwood”? Or Quentin Tarantino? Or “any movies with kids in them”?

—Ricko

Tucson Toros: Taste the Rainbow.

[quote comment=”359011″][quote comment=”359007″][quote comment=”358996″][quote comment=”358994″]With apologies to the dark and/or shiny pants haters, I really like link. And I think it would look really good with a shiny fabric because of the glittery helmet.[/quote]

I’d change the stripe pattern a bit, but yes. The Giants look good in blue pants. Plus it would make the stupid red numbers look less stupid. I really wish they’d have stayed with the 2000 version of the white jersey. At least that had a blue online on the numbers.[/quote]

The Giants are in “throwback” mode. And it’s accurate, one of the few that is. If they changed things, then someone would complain that they screwed it up.

Can’t win around here.

—Ricko[/quote]

That being said, the Giants in white jerseys with no sleeve stripes and red numbers edged in royal (with red socks) WAS a great “vintage-inspired” look.

And sparkly helmets are, generally speaking, dumb. Nice for riding your Huffy, but not so much for playing football at the highest level. We’re supposed to outgrow such nonsense. Aren’t we?

I mean, we hate the Caribou fringe, cuz it does look like an “offical cowboy shirt”. Sparkly helmets, same thing.

—Ricko[/quote]
Admittedly, I’m one of the dark pants (but not necessarily shiny pants) haters, but the more I look at the blue pants the more I like them. Nevertheless, I would be reluctant to replace the grays. While the blue pants look fine when displayed on one player, I suspect I would not be as impressed viewing the entire team on the field in those dark pants. The gray pants are a wonderful subtle look, whereas the blue pants worn en masse would be too overwhelming — especially on huge linemen.

OK, this has nothing to do with today’s main topic but just a mini-survey:

Gentlemen, when you wear a button-up shirt do you start from the bottom and go up or start at the top and work your way down?

Ladies, same question. (Admittedly, there are few women that read this blog but I need to ask them too.)

I’ll be gone for most of the day, will check back this evening for any replies.

P.S: To keep this uni-related, I LOVED those Japanese old-timey baseball unis. They even got the shoes right, seemingly! And the umpire…wow!

[quote comment=”359038″][quote comment=”359036″]I can’t wait for the Pack/Bucs game today. Finally, the return of the creamsicles! I am fine tuning my HDTV, and gettin’ my popcorn ready!

Also, how did Ohio St. and Penn St. not make it into the top 5 uni match ups yesterday?[/quote]

Because it was a good week for matchups. The last few have been slim pickings, but there were a lot to choose from yesterday, I seriously considered them, but I think the Bucks’ red jerseys are better. Now if it were a color vs. color matchup, I’d have voted them #1.[/quote]

Not to mention that so many of the Buckeyes—wearing white tights under their pants and having their ankles taped high with black tape—resembled guys in long underwear and black socks escaping into the night cuz their log cabin was on fire.

But, of course, that doesn’t look dumb or anything.

—Ricko

[quote comment=”359038″][quote comment=”359036″]I can’t wait for the Pack/Bucs game today. Finally, the return of the creamsicles! I am fine tuning my HDTV, and gettin’ my popcorn ready!

Also, how did Ohio St. and Penn St. not make it into the top 5 uni match ups yesterday?[/quote]

Because it was a good week for matchups. The last few have been slim pickings, but there were a lot to choose from yesterday, I seriously considered them, but I think the Bucks’ red jerseys are better. Now if it were a color vs. color matchup, I’d have voted them #1.[/quote]

Nice response Jim. I am gonna go ahead and agree with you.

I’m tired of hearing the Patriots unis need to be tweaked. Are they less than aesthetically pleasing? Yes. Should they have ever been created? No. But the bottom line is they won all 3 of their championships in those uniforms. This makes them the uniform attached to the most significant time in their history. This is the uniform that Brady, and Bruschi wore, and Bellechick watched from the sidelines. They aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. So save the tweaking for teams that really need them (and most likely will be getting them soon) like the bills and falcons.

Really like the Bengals and Cards concepts and the last of Shaun’s Falcons concepts. Not sure I agree with the sentiment that the Bills need yellow. I think they’re just a team that would benefit from going to a throwback look fulltime.

[quote comment=”359042″]re: shirt buttoning:

I start at second from top and go down. I only button the top button of a collared shirt if wearing a tie. If a buttoned baseball jersey – top down all the way.[/quote]

Ditto. Although depending on the shirt, I may let the tie cover up the unbuttoned top button. I hate anything touching my neck – man, I miss V-neck t-shirts.

[quote comment=”359015″]Quick question. When is Nike doing this ‘Rivalry’ weekend with their uniforms? I think someone on here said it was to happen on November 21st, but I’m not sure that can be the case, or at least not all the uniforms leaked will be worn. The reason I say this is that Virginia Tech plays at home against NC State on the 21st. Hardly a rivalry game, but whats more interesting is that the leaked jersey (its on the side of the Ohio State one… you can see the maroon and orange on the sleeve) is white. We never wear white at home unless its a ‘White-Out’ game, where we hype it up, sell t-shirts, and give all the proceeds to help illiteracy of children in the area. It would make more sense if they did it the weekend after for the Virginia game at Virginia.

However, the little picture I saw from the tOSU leak leads me to believe they’re legit. From what I had heard, they were going to be white jerseys, white helmets, all incorporating some kind of checkerboard pattern. If you look on the sleeve stripes, you can make out the checkerboard fade on the sleeves.[/quote]

I think Tech will wear their uniforms next weekend against Maryland. If you go to the link I put up towards the beginning of the thread and listen to the commercial it mentions something about turtles. “A turtle is no match for our dominant speed…” something along those lines.

I’m with david re: The Pats.

My only thing with them—and it really IS the only thing—is that I’d like to see the silver pants with the white jerseys once in a while. It’s a classy look.

They’ve only worn it, like, once, maybe?

—Ricko

[quote comment=”359029″]Ooops… this…

So without “they’re really not throwbacks”, we’re back to the core issue for you regarding the Giants…you simply don’t like them. So just be straight up and say that, and stop looking for some kind of ojbective backup.

…Sounds like aimed at one person.

Better THIS…

So without “they’re really not throwbacks”, we’re back to the core issue for MANY regarding the Giants UNIS…you simply don’t like them. So just be straight up and say that, and stop looking for some kind of ojbective backup.

—Ricko[/quote]
I love the Giants’ uniforms (as I do those of the Bears, Packers, etc.), but I think there are things that can be done with all of them that might improve their respective looks. Adding more blue to the Giants’ road unis is one of those things.

It’s not a criticism of them for not going with a strict throwback look. I’m just saying that they aren’t throwbacks. They are the everyday uniforms of the New York Giants. Sure, they’re inspired by their classic look, but they didn’t exactly stick to the script, did they? There was some room for improvisation (improvement), like using a royal helmet now that they have that option.

The TCU and VT threads, err “yarns” are up on the Nike website.

link

The Bills were robbed in this poll. And given that the Vancouver V is one of my guilty favorites, I feel that the LA Burger Kings were robbed as well.

re: San Diego ’78, didn’t Gary Coleman wear that uni in a movie? I remember as an adolescent spying that set & thinking the 1970s equivalent of “WTF LOLZ!!”

I button from bottom to top; that way you can see that your shirt is lining up properly from the start

In the spirit of the Green Party and write-in candidates, I have provided a list of nominees not list on the UWB Official All-Time Worst Uniforms list. The current list lacks some obvious choices that need their voice.

Add as you will.

MLB

Houston Astros A treadmaker and long lifed mess.
link

Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Again, how can this be overlooked?
link

NHL

Mighty Ducks Alternate. The list creator must have been born in 2004?
link

St. Louis Blues. Seriously. Diagonal numbers? This is an auto entry,, IMO.
link

Phoenix Coyotes Alternate. Come on. Not on the list?
link
NBA

Golden State Warriors. This is just plain stupid. It gets a lot of love on this site. That doesn’t make it awful…
link

NFL

It’s hard to knock an NFL jersey. I mean it 12″ numbers front and back with some trim. It’s less a “jersey” and more front. back and side numerals. But here are a few.

Cleveland Browns. No need for visual cues. Orange and brown.

Chicago Bears alternates. A great uniform destroyed.
link

Other write-in candidtes?

Giants stripes…
Tittle in two red…
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Tittle in three narrow…
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Title in red-royal-red…
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[quote comment=”359064″]In the spirit of the Green Party and write-in candidates, I have provided a list of nominees not list on the UWB Official All-Time Worst Uniforms list. The current list lacks some obvious choices that need their voice.

Add as you will.

MLB

Houston Astros A treadmaker and long lifed mess.
link

Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Again, how can this be overlooked?
link

NHL

Mighty Ducks Alternate. The list creator must have been born in 2004?
link

St. Louis Blues. Seriously. Diagonal numbers? This is an auto entry,, IMO.
link

Phoenix Coyotes Alternate. Come on. Not on the list?
link
NBA

Golden State Warriors. This is just plain stupid. It gets a lot of love on this site. That doesn’t make it awful…
link

NFL

It’s hard to knock an NFL jersey. I mean it 12″ numbers front and back with some trim. It’s less a “jersey” and more front. back and side numerals. But here are a few.

Cleveland Browns. No need for visual cues. Orange and brown.

Chicago Bears alternates. A great uniform destroyed.
link

Other write-in candidtes?[/quote]

Most of those were included in the first round poll. Some of those weren’t, because they weren’t nominated in the first place.

You really missed out on the entire process. Step one was nominations. Step two was a preliminary vote to get the worst in each division. That’s even linked in the article today. Step three is today’s final vote taking the winners from each division. You’re two weeks too late for nominations, and a week late for the prelim vote where you could have voted for several of the unis on your list.

[quote comment=”359064″]In the spirit of the Green Party and write-in candidates, I have provided a list of nominees not list on the UWB Official All-Time Worst Uniforms list. The current list lacks some obvious choices that need their voice.

Add as you will.

MLB

Houston Astros A treadmaker and long lifed mess.
link

Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Again, how can this be overlooked?
link

NHL

Mighty Ducks Alternate. The list creator must have been born in 2004?
link

St. Louis Blues. Seriously. Diagonal numbers? This is an auto entry,, IMO.
link

Phoenix Coyotes Alternate. Come on. Not on the list?
link
NBA

Golden State Warriors. This is just plain stupid. It gets a lot of love on this site. That doesn’t make it awful…
link

NFL

It’s hard to knock an NFL jersey. I mean it 12″ numbers front and back with some trim. It’s less a “jersey” and more front. back and side numerals. But here are a few.

Cleveland Browns. No need for visual cues. Orange and brown.

Chicago Bears alternates. A great uniform destroyed.
link

Other write-in candidtes?[/quote]

Check the list of nominees from last Sunday.

Dolphins in white over aqua, too.

interesting piece on npr this morning.

Dresses made out of jerseys
link

[quote comment=”359058″]to the jeff:

i think the rams and giants are different circumstances then the pats. the rams have been wearing the royal and yellow uniforms for years when they were bad and i think for the most part they became associated with losing. and after they won the super bowl they scrapped them because it was kind of like a new era. the giants on the other hand are a team of rich tradition and they went old school to honor winning teams of the past. the pats were looking for an identity and were never looked at as a winning franchise. when they started wearing these uniforms they started winning and are now looked at as an elite nfl franchise. i love the tweaks you guys do and i think theyre fun. i was just saying i dont think the pats are going to or should change their unis. tweak on!

and i agree with ricko… i’ve been waiting to see the pats wear their silver pants with white jerseys for years. i think it would look great.. or at least better than the navy pants.

as far as tweaks go. being a die hard eagles fan i have been wishing the eagles would replace their white pants with a metalic silver set. kind of a modernization of their old uniforms. i don’t have photoshop but i know you guys are really good with it. could someone do me a favor and play around with a picture so i could see how it would look once and for all? that would be awesome.[/quote]

Will this work?

link

If you will, allow me to be the voice of dissent: the Bucs’ creamsicle looks awful. It looks like you left some orange jerseys out in the sun to fade. Never mind how dumb Bucco Bruce is as a logo.

[quote comment=”358992″][quote comment=”358983″]http://twitpic.com/ojfgk

Apparently, Oklahoma is one of these 10 teams…[/quote]
So what graphic do they put on the pants? A Conestoga wagon?[/quote]

They’ve gotta be doing something with the Sooner Schooner in some sort. I just hope they don’t make the helmet all white (Texas, O-State) or white with a red facemask (Nebraska).

[quote comment=”359079″]If you will, allow me to be the voice of dissent: the Bucs’ creamsicle looks awful. It looks like you left some orange jerseys out in the sun to fade. Never mind how dumb Bucco Bruce is as a logo.[/quote]

What you think of Tennessee’s home unis?
Is same color.

Eli-Rivers, Eli-Rivers, Eli-Rivers…

Everybody forget the Chargers already had a quarterback at the time? Guy named Brees.

—Ricko

[quote comment=”359086″][quote comment=”359005″]Dark pants with white jerseys (meaning “throw color at it”) isn’t automatically the way to make a uniform better. It isn’t the solution to everything. It’s an easy suggestion, yes, but not necessarily a good one. That Giants thing is far too mindful of the Joe Pisarcik years, hardly the apex of Giants’ history.

That approach certainly hasn’t improved the Browns’ look. Unless, of course, you like NFL looking like a bunch of junior colleges.

And we really need to be clear that there’s a difference between a total redesign and a “tweak”. Removing the pins from the Twins’ road grays is a tweak. Changing the Bills to royal and yellow is not.

If I hired a designer for ideas to “clean up” my team’s current unis and he/she came back with different colors and a completely new look, my first thought would be, “Had a little trouble understanding the assignment, didn’t you. Now, if you’d like to be paid, go back and start over, and stay inside the parameters of the project.”

—Ricko[/quote]

Hey, I called it a new design, Phil called it a tweak.

-Greenie[/quote]

Point taken. Wasn’t aimed at you. Just a general observation about UW terminology.

—Ricko

[quote comment=”359060″]
You’re assuming they NEED improvement.
[/quote]
Nope. I’m assuming nothing. I know for a fact that I’d like to see a few changes.
[quote comment=”359060″]
As to Giants, other than the helmet color, alts dictated by physical changes in equipment (such as TVs on shoulders instead of sleeves), and league requirements for logos, etc….the jerseys, pants and socks are spot-on as throwbacks, about as accurate as they could possibly be.
[quote comment=”359060″]
OK, their current unis look a lot like the ones you grew up with. That means they should NEVER be changed?[/quote]

[quote comment=”359060″]
Check old photos if you don’t believe me.
[/quote]
It’s not that I don’t believe you; it’s just that I don’t care.
[quote comment=”359060″]
So, adding blue pants wouldn’t be a tweak. It would be a complete departure from their current design platform, which is, quite obviously, “50s-60s colors and design applied to uniforms of today.”
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—Ricko[/quote]
And your point is…

[quote comment=”359039″]OK, this has nothing to do with today’s main topic but just a mini-survey:

Gentlemen, when you wear a button-up shirt do you start from the bottom and go up or start at the top and work your way down?

Ladies, same question. (Admittedly, there are few women that read this blog but I need to ask them too.)

I’ll be gone for most of the day, will check back this evening for any replies.

P.S: To keep this uni-related, I LOVED those Japanese old-timey baseball unis. They even got the shoes right, seemingly! And the umpire…wow![/quote]

Top Down.

What was up with the blue sleeve the officials were wearing in that Tulsa v Houston Game… that made the worst matchup of the day even worse.

[quote comment=\”359075\”]interesting piece on npr this morning.

Dresses made out of jerseys
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According to that story, the Packers were the team that first introduced pink women\’s versions of jerseys and stuff. Yeah, I know it was for Deanna Favre\’s Breast Cancer support, but it still doesn\’t sit well in my stomach that the Packers started it.

-Greenie

[quote comment=”359088″][quote comment=”359086″]

Hey, I called it a new design, Phil called it a tweak.[/quote]

indeed i did … today

i usually (check yesterday’s post) refer to them by several names —

[quote]Tomorrow I hope to begin featuring some of the MANY NFL uniform tweaks, upgrades and concepts you folks have been sending my way for the past several weeks.[/quote]

andrew’s is most certainly not a tweak…i apologize if i intimated that all of today’s “concepts” were all just tweaks

-PH[/quote]

It’s all good Phil, I just felt the need to respond to my redesign. I don’t submit much and it’s fun to see my stuff on the site.

And Jim V likes it, sweet.

-Greenie

Phil-
i agree the eagles should ditch the 2 stripe redskins look on their pants in favor of the 3 stripe. Those designs are really interesting i would be intrigued to see how the black pants would look as well now…

Nevermind. On the football specific Nike site they don’t talk about rivalry, but on the site where you can buy stuff Nike mentions the ‘rivalry collection.’

Random thoughts after skimming today:
skins have worn white over white a handful of times before (you probably already knew that), but i can’t attest to the socks at this time. Not helping much, at this point.

Tulsa’s “real” colors are blue and gold. The black and red comes from the hurricane warning flag. During my time there, they had a different uniform every year (it was only 4 years, honest).
and that was when Nixon ruled, so i’m not surprised they do all this diferent shit in this day and age (get off my lawn). If i were king, they would wear primarily blue, gold (not yellow) and white. The helmet would be gold, with “tulsa” in block letters (much like lsu) and hurricane on the front of the jersey (or whatever the glossary calls that) also in block letters, much like yesterday’s reds. The little warning flag logo on the pants could stay. (and black high-tops, right?)

finally tweety is obviously a male, as they are always the more colorful gender of the species. a female would be brown, gray or olive drab.

sorry if i repeated somebody’s point from earlier or missed out on something. haven’t been able to give the site the attention it deserves as of yet today to comment intelligently so this all i got.

[quote comment=”359097″]Phil-
i agree the eagles should ditch the 2 stripe redskins look on their pants in favor of the 3 stripe. Those designs are really interesting i would be intrigued to see how the black pants would look as well now…[/quote]

Uh-huh. And when every team has a least three different pants people start to love the “uniqueness” of teams that wear the same pants, home and road.

See, this here is what “trendy” means, people. If you do what everyone else is doing you aren’t being original. You’re just following, and congratulating yourself on being updated and on top of things.

Like the trend back toward black cleats. Nothing inherently good about black or white…just what’s “in”. At the moment.

How dull would NFLNCAA football be if every team wore dark pants with their white jerseys? Ho-hum. Zzzzz….

Some teams’ character is to change with the wind. Others are to maintain. Thankfully, there’s both. Would be seriously boring if only one or the other.

—Ricko

Virginia Tech revealed in a large photo here!!!

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There are still spyrograph things on the shoulders.

[quote comment=”359103″][quote comment=”359097″]Phil-
i agree the eagles should ditch the 2 stripe redskins look on their pants in favor of the 3 stripe. Those designs are really interesting i would be intrigued to see how the black pants would look as well now…[/quote]

Uh-huh. And when every team has a least three different pants people start to love the “uniqueness” of teams that wear the same pants, home and road.

See, this here is what “trendy” means, people. If you do what everyone else is doing you aren’t being original. You’re just following, and congratulating yourself on being updated and on top of things.

Like the trend back toward black cleats. Nothing inherently good about black or white…just what’s “in”. At the moment.

How dull would NFLNCAA football be if every team wore dark pants with their white jerseys? Ho-hum. Zzzzz….

Some teams’ character is to change with the wind. Others are to maintain. Thankfully, there’s both. Would be seriously boring if only one or the other.

—Ricko[/quote]

rick…

i love ya buddy, but aren’t you one who said you’re a fan of the eagles “black over green” look they wore at least once?

im just having fun with using the colors the eagles have in their colorscheme (and while i generally do not like black pants, i only added them because the eagles now do have black as an official color)

i would never advocate for them adding black pants — i simply wanted to show, visually, what the black pants could do if they were to consider them as an option

likewise, i wouldn’t advocate a return to the gray/silver they once wore, since it’s really only a VERY SMALL part of their color scheme now (being present as an accent color on the wings on their helmets)

all i was doing was having a little fun with their colorscheme — and i did it with all 32 teams, (and which i’ve shown to you but haven’t posted on UW)

food for thought is all…creating a design and advocating for it are two different things

peace and i’m outta here till this evening

Final regular-season game of the CFL going on today, as Hamilton visits Winnipeg. No pics yet.

Ever go to the CFL.CA Live Play site? They use an old photo of the Skydome (now Rogers Centre) field for their field position chart: link Think they coulda used a nicer looking field?

Speaking of CFL, it looked like some CFL play in Chicago as the Cards returned a tipped Bears field goal eight yards back in the endzone. After some nifty moves at the 2-yard line, it turned into a 59-yard return. Brought down by the kicker, by the way.

Some college-looking stuff, too, as Pat White of the Dolphins ran the option pitching to Ricky Williams for a score. At least the No Fun League is showing some signs of fun today.

And the Pack/Bucs highlights looked seriously sweet.

[quote comment=”359107″][quote comment=”359103″][quote comment=”359097″]Phil-
i agree the eagles should ditch the 2 stripe redskins look on their pants in favor of the 3 stripe. Those designs are really interesting i would be intrigued to see how the black pants would look as well now…[/quote]

Uh-huh. And when every team has a least three different pants people start to love the “uniqueness” of teams that wear the same pants, home and road.

See, this here is what “trendy” means, people. If you do what everyone else is doing you aren’t being original. You’re just following, and congratulating yourself on being updated and on top of things.

Like the trend back toward black cleats. Nothing inherently good about black or white…just what’s “in”. At the moment.

How dull would NFLNCAA football be if every team wore dark pants with their white jerseys? Ho-hum. Zzzzz….

Some teams’ character is to change with the wind. Others are to maintain. Thankfully, there’s both. Would be seriously boring if only one or the other.

—Ricko[/quote]

rick…

i love ya buddy, but aren’t you one who said you’re a fan of the eagles “black over green” look they wore at least once?

im just having fun with using the colors the eagles have in their colorscheme (and while i generally do not like black pants, i only added them because the eagles now do have black as an official color)

i would never advocate for them adding black pants — i simply wanted to show, visually, what the black pants could do if they were to consider them as an option

likewise, i wouldn’t advocate a return to the gray/silver they once wore, since it’s really only a VERY SMALL part of their color scheme now (being present as an accent color on the wings on their helmets)

all i was doing was having a little fun with their colorscheme — and i did it with all 32 teams, (and which i’ve shown to you but haven’t posted on UW)

food for thought is all…creating a design and advocating for it are two different things

peace and i’m outta here till this evening[/quote]

Yup, I said the Eagles were one of the few who didn’t look half bad, largely because they went double-dark, but not mono.

I also like the original Ravens purple over black, for the same reason.

In both instances, because the colors are almost variations on a theme…realtively close together in the spectrum…it became almost a “tonal” difference rather than a full-on color difference.

I was just saying the universal solution isn’t…everybody should wear dark pants with white.

There are no rules. Gotta judge things on a case-by-case business.

—Ricko

[quote comment=”359102″][quote comment=”359075″]interesting piece on npr this morning.

Dresses made out of jerseys
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At the very end of the article:
“But perhaps the most exciting news of all this season is that the NFL’s latest merchandising partner is none other than Victoria’s Secret. Now, female fans will have more support than ever on Game Day.”[/quote]

Comment Of The Day

-Greenie

So why in 1993 did the Tampa Bay Bucs have “Mr. C.” on their left sleeve in the striping? Lynch, from NFL FOX just held up his game worn uniform with that on it. So I looked it up on google and found this:
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I am just a little confused by the Mitchell and Ness description. Any help?

[quote comment=”359082″]What is the silver logo on the Patriots field?[/quote]
It’s the silhouette of Gilette Stadium

i am also a fan of the eagle’s black over green… at least over the black over white (which i hope they don’t wear tonight by the way).

and im sorry but the old bucs uniforms look effing SWEET!

[quote comment=”359085″]Eli-Rivers, Eli-Rivers, Eli-Rivers…

Everybody forget the Chargers already had a quarterback at the time? Guy named Brees.

—Ricko[/quote]
Yeah, but everyone knows he’s too short to do anything at the NFL level. I mean seriously, what’s Drew Brees done since?

Mixed message?

Michael Vick Dog fighting and dog torturing. Horrible.

Commercial in NFL game where guy’s dog eats lady’s pet bird in vet’s waiting room. Hysterically funny.

(Did I mention I think that spot is incredibly smart-ass, insensitive and in bad taste?)

—Ricko

[quote comment=”359123″]Mixed message?

Michael Vick Dog fighting and dog torturing. Horrible.

Commercial in NFL game where guy’s dog eats lady’s pet bird in vet’s waiting room. Hysterically funny.

(Did I mention I think that spot is incredibly smart-ass, insensitive and in bad taste?)

—Ricko[/quote]

In other words, “It’s just a damn bird” is an okay attitude.

But, “they were just dogs” is wrong.

I mean seriously, who decides?

[quote comment=”359126″]They just showed a flashback from last time Pack won it Tampa in 2003, the end zone said ‘World Champions’ above ‘Buccaneers’ – don’t remember that…[/quote]

Really? They beat the Raiders.
(ohhh….just kidding. We know what you meant).

Guess the game: link

The game isn’t on pro football reference.

Love those Creamsicles today. I bet if they win today, they’ll wear em the rest of the year.

Is it just me or do the numbers on the Tampa throwbacks look weird?

It’s like they aren’t wide enough?

———-

Sorry, left a word out. I meant to say that it looks like the numbers on the jerseys aren’t wide enough.

The person that was worried about a white OU helmet…well sorry…get ready for Sooner Magic

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I know that isn’t your typical tOSU uniform, but as far as these SOD uniforms, I like it. FSU’s are ugly, VT’s are weird, but these look decent. I like the gray pants and the helmet is ACE!

[quote comment=”359135″]The person that was worried about a white OU helmet…well sorry…get ready for Sooner Magic

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Whoa, when was the last time Oklahoma wore a plain white helmet? The late ’40s? Had a single crimson stripe as far back as I can rememeber.
1951 Sugar Bowl (1950 unis)…
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—Ricko

[quote comment=”359125″][quote comment=”359123″]Mixed message?

Michael Vick Dog fighting and dog torturing. Horrible.

Commercial in NFL game where guy’s dog eats lady’s pet bird in vet’s waiting room. Hysterically funny.

(Did I mention I think that spot is incredibly smart-ass, insensitive and in bad taste?)

—Ricko[/quote]

In other words, “It’s just a damn bird” is an okay attitude.

But, “they were just dogs” is wrong.

I mean seriously, who decides?[/quote]

No actual birds were harmed in the filming of the commercial. One is satire, the other a disgusting crime.

[quote comment=”359141″][quote comment=”359125″][quote comment=”359123″]Mixed message?

Michael Vick Dog fighting and dog torturing. Horrible.

Commercial in NFL game where guy’s dog eats lady’s pet bird in vet’s waiting room. Hysterically funny.

(Did I mention I think that spot is incredibly smart-ass, insensitive and in bad taste?)

—Ricko[/quote]

In other words, “It’s just a damn bird” is an okay attitude.

But, “they were just dogs” is wrong.

I mean seriously, who decides?[/quote]

No actual birds were harmed in the filming of the commercial. One is satire, the other a disgusting crime.[/quote]

Not the point. It’s the notion that inflicting something like that on someone and their pet is funny…and no big deal. It’s insensitive, cold-hearted and boorish. And the account executive who approved it is an idiot for thinking it was an acceptable human attitude to portray in association with the product or service. In a movie, hey, that’s different. In a commercial, absolutely brain dead. And that’s from someone who’s been in the business almost 45 years.

But what the hell. Anything, as long as it happens to someone else, is funny. Right?

And I’m an old fart who doesn’t get that cruelty to small living things is hilarious.

—Ricko

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TCU uni down towards the bottom

Cartoon violence not so funny when replaced with “real-life”. the aforementioned tweetie took his share of lumps (although admittedly not killed-kinda like jonah in the belly of a whale).

[quote comment=”359146″][quote comment=”359122″]The Giants currently are unique in that respect…having a regular uni designed based on returning to the look of a specific era. So we have to look at them a bit differently.[/quote]

Not so much. The same can be said of the Jets and 49ers (stupid helmet logo excepted).[/quote]

Yeah, I was gonna self-correct my statement because I thought about those two teams later.

I’m not a big fan of the Jets’ forest pants…in the sense that they don’t stay true to what aparently is the concept. However, because they changed from kelly to forest, they gave themselves some built-in latitude. That said, I think putting red pants on the Niners (as they presently dress) would be totally dumb, because that design does seem based on a particular time frame (could use three white stripes on the socks, though, for the sake of recapturing the look for most of those years).

I actually liked the green pants on the uni that preceded the Jets’ current set, because they were part of an orginal design concept not based on anything that had gone before.

—Ricko

[quote comment=\”359145\”]http://www.killerfrogs.com/msgboard/index.php?showtopic=103775&st=20

TCU uni down towards the bottom[/quote]
Here’s the pic isolated. The jerseys certainly could have been worse. I hope they’re not planning to wear those heather gray pants with a black and purple jersey though.
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[quote comment=”359140″][quote comment=”359139″][quote comment=”359135″]The person that was worried about a white OU helmet…well sorry…get ready for Sooner Magic

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Whoa, when was the last time Oklahoma wore a plain white helmet? The late ’40s? Had a single crimson stripe as far back as I can rememeber.
1951 Sugar Bowl (1950 unis)…
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—Ricko[/quote]

Or is there a stripe in the wrinkle? Looks like could be.[/quote]

That was me who was worried about the white helmet w/ white or a red facemask. I don’t mind that as it looks the same as the ones they wore in 2004 with the red stripe & gray facemask.
Thanks for the pics!

Does anyone have a blank football uni template, similar the ones used to create the Falcons and Bills tweaks posted today?

Thanks!

-Steve

So, anyone else notice that Oregon’s white leotards = loss thus far? The white jersey is 1-2 but the all-whites are 0-2. Paging Coach Kelly…

So have we resigned ourselves to the permanent “ghosting” of the Giants’ Reebok logs?

Anyone notice the St. Louis Blues proposed alt. at the bottom of this page:
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These would have blown the burger king and wild wing out of the water

[quote comment=”359158″][quote comment=”359152″][quote comment=”359150″][quote comment=”359149″][quote comment=”359146″][quote comment=”359122″]The Giants currently are unique in that respect…having a regular uni designed based on returning to the look of a specific era. So we have to look at them a bit differently.[/quote]

Not so much. The same can be said of the Jets and 49ers (stupid helmet logo excepted).[/quote]

Yeah, I was gonna self-correct my statement because I thought about those two teams later.

I’m not a big fan of the Jets’ forest pants…in the sense that they don’t stay true to what aparently is the concept. However, because they changed from kelly to forest, they gave themselves some built-in latitude. That said, I think putting red pants on the Niners (as they presently dress) would be totally dumb, because that design does seem based on a particular time frame (could use three white stripes on the socks, though, for the sake of recapturing the look for most of those years).

I actually liked the green pants on the uni that preceded the Jets’ current set, because they were part of an orginal design concept not based on anything that had gone before.

—Ricko[/quote]
So the Jets gave themselves latitude but the Giants returned to the look of a specific era?

I say they both gave themselves latitude by taking the essence of a specific era and tweaking it a bit.

So bring on the blue britches.[/quote]

Giants took more than the essence. But for technical changes that mean goofed up sleeve stripes, and “flecked” helmets now being virtually standard, they almost precisely replicated a particular era.

Jets changed the team colors. Subtle change, to be sure, but a fundamental change, nevertheless.

Giants didn’t change to powder or navy. And, yes, had they done that, to my mind they WOULD have given themselves more latitude. Why? Obviously because 50’s-60’s Giants team color was neither powder nor navy.

And Jets’ weren’t forest. Certainly no one at a site like this would say the ’60s Jets wore the same color as the Packers. So forest and white IS a new look. Just as navy and white for BYU differs from their royal-white, and why no one claimed they screwed up their pants stripes by going to NW-style. Can’t be a throwback if colors are different, can it? I mean if a logo on the neckline makes something not a throwback, certainly different colors also would disqualify it.

—Ricko[/quote]
OK, so they replicated the look. I still don’t see why that means they have to be locked into it for eternity.[/quote]

They’re not. Just have to decide to go to a new design platform. The one currently in use wouldn’t support blue pants, though.

When you have a branding plan you’re wise to stick to it. Otherwise such plans mean nothing.

The beauty of it, of course, is that you can say, “new plan”. But for now seems sensible to stay with it.

Think about this: With their Legacy unis, throwbacks and other combinations, the Jets have been all over the place this year and last. Maybe the Giants are intentionally busting their humps to push an opposite image into the NY market? Totally valid–even advisable–stance.

I don’t CARE if they decide to go to blue pants someday. Just don’t think it makes sense inside the current template, that’s all. And I’m guessing they see it that way, too. Because they sure have been sticking to the one they have.

—Ricko

Aren’t the Jets’ unis classified as hunter green? Forest green is actually a tad lighter than hunter.
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Dammit… And I think I have tickets to the game where VT is wearing those ugly things…

Oh, and a white helmet that I’ve never seen before. Awesome. Can’t wait to see that abortion on the field.

[quote comment=”359165″]Aren’t the Jets’ unis classified as hunter green? Forest green is actually a tad lighter than hunter.
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Probably. The relevant point was that it isn’t kelly. Not the oclor the Namath Jets wore.

Very disappointed that the Memphis Mad Dogs didn’t make it out of the first round of the Worst Uni Evah competition. Their kit is so much worse than the Orlando Thunder it’s not even close.

All the Thunder got is a hideous jersey color. The Mad Dogs have an infinitely worse logo and a jersey on which everything is in the wrong place. My kid could design a better uniform.

Ah well….looking on the bright side, this makes my final round vote very easy: Caribou FTW!

[quote comment=”359170″]Regarding similar color schemes in annual matchups/rivalries:
Love the traditional gold pants on Navy, but they would look good with white jersey over Navy pants when playing Army or Notre Dame.

The best OU – Nebraska uni matchups were when Sooners wore Crimson home jerseys and Huskers wore white over scarlet pants[/quote]

I agree on both points.

[quote comment=”359174″]I’m back at my desk…my head hurts…[/quote]

aight…maybe losing the ghosted jerseys isn’t such a bad thing afterall…

tough one today…this will sting for a while

The white jersey with the blue pants(and red/white pro strip) was the outfit we wore for freshmen football; we eventually chose it as our primary that season as our blues were like the current Jints top which we thought was plain jane (and lost our 1st 4 games in.)

eagles had to play for a while with peters out.

[quote comment=”359180″][quote comment=”359179″]eagles had to play for a while with peters out.[/quote]
Never a good look – home or away[/quote]
From what that hit looked like, they’re lucky he was able to come back in.

[quote comment=\”359057\”]The TCU and VT threads, err \”yarns\” are up on the Nike website.

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We Have seen this picture before…perhaps we didnt realize what was in store…it was in Eastbay or something, but we all commented on it.

BTW…OU/Nebraska should have been number 1.

Is Furman\’s F in a hypocycloid?

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[quote comment=”359178″][quote comment=”359176″]Oh my FUCKING God… Seriously, Nike can go shove a giant pole up its ass. Seriously, I know our Athletic Dept had to sign off on it, but with how much money Nike gives us, we can never afford to say no, but link and link parked on campus to hype their jersey reveal tomorrow is above and beyond in douchebaggery. What makes it worse is that VT has a giant Corps of Cadets. Wonder what those students think when they cross campus and see this advertising shit saying ‘Prepare for Combat’ while hyping a football uniform.[/quote]
And one more link… just to drive it home…

Douchebags[/quote]

Really Poor taste, especially in Blacksburg.

[quote comment=”359168″][quote comment=”359167″]Dammit… And I think I have tickets to the game where VT is wearing those ugly things…

Oh, and a white helmet that I’ve never seen before. Awesome. Can’t wait to see that abortion on the field.[/quote]

bring your camera

i had tickets to the mets TATC game in 1999…never thought anything of it, other than hating the whole idea and i think we actually got some crappy cap that resembled the one the players wore

IN RETROSPECT, i wish i’d have taken some pics and held on to the giveaway — pretty sure it tossed the cap in the garbage at games end…who knew then that it was kind of an historical day (albeit not one i wanna remember — i remember this tho: kris benson pitched a GEM for the pirates and i hoped one day he’d become a met — be careful what you wish for)

enjoy the game for what it is…and make sure you take some pics & keep any souveneirs…they may be worth something some day[/quote]

Same thing happened to me at a Mets game…I threw out the tickets instead!

I try not to take Al Michaels word for much but he just mentioned that the “official” first down chains are on the near side of the field, for the second half, when they were on the far side for the first half. Does anyone know if this is SOP? And if so, does anyone know why?

thanks.

Here’s a bunch of em:
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so…

do we have the 10 schools now?

Texas
tOSU
FSU
VT
Miami
Florida
Mizzou
Oklahoma
LSU
TCU

no oregon or oregon state?

[quote comment=”359193″]so…

do we have the 10 schools now?

Texas
tOSU
FSU
VT
Miami
Florida
Mizzou
Oklahoma
LSU
TCU

no oregon or oregon state?[/quote]
I do think the LSU gloves are pretty awesome. But if they go the route of TCU or VaTech with the unis I may have to boycott the school. Go with a much more traditional, almost throwback look like OU and Texas…PLEASE.

[quote comment=”359196″]If I did a Top 5 for the NFL, this would be this week’s #1:
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The Bay of Pigs? You truly are a sick man.

[quote comment=”359197″][quote comment=”359196″]If I did a Top 5 for the NFL, this would be this week’s #1:
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The Bay of Pigs? You truly are a sick man.[/quote]

Yes I am. I call it the Citrus Bowl, with all the colors. And yes, a color vs. color matchup woulda been awesome.

wow maybe having that hummer at VT like that after recent events wasn’t a good idea

[quote comment=”359201″]wow maybe having that hummer at VT like that after recent events wasn’t a good idea[/quote]

Understatement of the week.

[quote comment=”359026″][quote comment=”359014″]

All of the uniforms passed the look test from someone. They all had to get the thumbs up or thumbs down. I don’t believe for a second that the Tuscon Toros uniforms just showed up one day hanging in the lockers. Somebody in the organization gave that design the thumbs up prior to the order being placed. Somebody liked that design. Obviously the vast majority of people who comment here hate them. Same with fringe on a jersey.

Uni watch blog is not omnipotent. Nike, adidas, Under Armour and the like can give a shit what we think about their designs. Frankly, I’m glad that they don’t. What would we have to bitch about if all the uniforms were the same.[/quote]

No, but for that Tucson Toros uniform to be given the green light by somebody, well, it was the late 70s and there were a lot of drugs going around…

That yellow on the Bills concept is way too bright. Tho I had a feeling it had Packer stink on it. I’d use that look minus the yellow helmet & jersey (too loud) and go to a white helmet, blue numbers on the road & no trim on the blue homes.

Hi guys!

Pretty good picks for the uggliest uniforms, but it’s too bad you leave out European sports teams. Check this thing worn by the Stade Français rugby club:

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This ranks with the best (or should I say worst) of them, right?

For the “international …”

The entire history of the Stade de France rugby team

The entire history of Netball in Australia (especially the national team which wears baby dresses that look like a green-eggs-and-ham omelet)

FC Porto a few years ago that had jerseys that looked like hemoglobin molecules

Hull’s 1992 tiger stripes

Mexico’s 1998 alternate jersey with red and green aztec face

Shimizu S-Pulse (japan soccer)

Jokerit (swedish hockey)

2002 Cepestral Keprovetz, a hockey team in Russia which used a black and yellow jersey with yellow and powder blue numbers, and a red and blue logo.

Also, the Cameroon one-piece soccer jersey that was ultimately outlawed (white body and black sleeves!!

Other monstrosities involved irony compared to iconic home kits. One year, Manchester United wore a gray kit that looked like old pavement.

Another year, Celtic wore a special jersey for Champions League that looked like a green and white stock graph.

Chelsea’s orange and gray monstrosities of 1985