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KU looked good in Red:

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Notice shorts are not down to ankles. See Cal, Cuse, and Ohio State from last night.

Also I liked Oklahoma State Football unis last night:

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[quote comment=”361806″]chain stitched globe?

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errr… chain stitched countries. but you know what i meant ;-)

with pins. LOL

[quote comment=”361811″]with pins. LOL[/quote]

and grass!

All-black uniforms are generally stupid, but somehow, someway, it worked for Okie State last night. Probably because black is already part of their color scheme, and because the white panels on the jersey and pants paired nicely with the white helmet. They changed the logo on the helmet from orange w/ black trim to black w/ orange trim, too:

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I think the black helmet logo looks better, b/c it doesn’t have the beveling effect, which I’m not a fan of.

Whoops…

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I want to give some love to the Dolphins for wearing the striped white socks with their aqua pants last night. Sooooooo much better than wearing the aqua socks and creating the leotard effect.

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This is only the 2nd game this year they’ve worn the aqua pants. They wore them Week 1, and also used the striped socks:
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The wore their aqua jersey/white pants in San Diego and New York, and wore white jersey/white pants in New England.

[quote comment=”361816″]Ellsbury… Tool fan?

46 and 2.[/quote]

hey you beat me to it!!

Wonder what that Mexican youth football team’s name was? Those unis are reminiscent of some team…
Not gonna guess; might insult someone.

Oh, Colorado Caribous?

Stade de France?

You have company.

In Scotland!

From the Sun-Sentinel story:

“So, Chad, what do you say to our Sun Sentinel readers who are concerned about the tightness of your helmet?

“My fiancee said the same thing,” Henne began”

At least he didn’t reply with “that’s what she said”.

[quote comment=”361815″]
I think the black helmet logo looks better, b/c it doesn’t have the beveling effect, which I’m not a fan of.[/quote]

Agree – didn’t love the all black w/ white lid, but really liked the black logo w/ orange outline.

[quote comment=”361824″]hey jonathan

have the fish ever worn aqua undersocks with their aqua pants? i thought they were one of those teams that never had the leotard look, but i could be wrong…just seems they always wear the white striped socks with the dark pants[/quote]

I think you’re right. I don’t know why I thought that. Maybe I’m confusing them with another team, like the Redskins, who’ve worn their solid socks with dark pants.

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I don’t think the Dolphins, Patriots, Jets or Chiefs ever pair dark pants and dark socks. They also use white socks with stripes. The Jets (and the Redskins) have paired white pants with white socks, but never dark/dark.

[quote comment=”361807″]KU looked good in Red:

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Notice shorts are not down to ankles. See Cal, Cuse, and Ohio State from last night.

Also I liked Oklahoma State Football unis last night:

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I’m more interested in teh fact that UCA has Jordan Brand made uniforms!

In the past, only a handful of teams had this dubious distinction:

UNC
NC A&T
CAL
at one time, Cincinatti
at one time, St. Johns

[quote comment=”361830″][quote comment=”361818″][quote comment=”361815″]All-black uniforms are generally stupid, but somehow, someway, it worked for Okie State last night. Probably because black is already part of their color scheme, and because the white panels on the jersey and pants paired nicely with the white helmet. They changed the logo on the helmet from orange w/ black trim to black w/ orange trim, too:

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I think the black helmet logo looks better, b/c it doesn’t have the beveling effect, which I’m not a fan of.[/quote]

They would have been better with a little more orange (just like South Carolina’s all-blacks would look better with more garnet).

Other notes: KU did look good in red. And I love UC-Irvine’s home golds. Wish more teams did that. The beauty of gold is it can be worn home or away. Not sure that red or orange really should be, though some teams try (see KU last night).[/quote]

I remember back in the ’60s, Wichita State (black and gold) reduced black to an accent color and moved to gold traveling jerseys. Kansas State was in the midst of its Purple Pride and Purple Power at the time and, politics being what they were, the thought was WSU wasn’t that keen on Black Pride and Black Power, hence the swap. True or not? Don’t know. At least that was the perception.

Have to admit the KU red looked sharp. Back in the day, red was a KU dominant color. They went blue cuz they were getting the crap beat out of them by Nebraska and Oklahoma. (But so was everybody else.)

And while we’re in the Big 8, er Big 12, Oklahoma A&M looked fine in all black. Glad they stuck with the white helmet cages. CU’s peculiar color of gold helmet was commented on last night. Somewhere along the line the Buffs have moved to that hue. Pretty ugly IMO.[/quote]

Once upon a time, Colorado’s colors looked like this:

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[quote comment=”361832″]Was wondering if Uniwatch saw this Wed night during the Wizards game but it looks like Miller and Jamison were wearing undershirts with one sleeve cut out.

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Presumably, it has something to do with them both coming off shoulder injuries (also provided spots for LaBron to cry on.)

I love that Roman Gabriel Eagles jersey. When it was introduced that in the ’70’s, I admit it kinda freaked me out. But it quickly grew on me.

It was its very wierdness, uniqueness, that made it so appealing. That, and the nice color combination (that shade of green–kelly?, the silver) and that amazing helmet, made it one of the NFL’s best. It was so startling you couldn’t look away. Yet, it wasn’t garish…just bold.

[quote comment=”361833″][quote comment=”361807″]KU looked good in Red:

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Notice shorts are not down to ankles. See Cal, Cuse, and Ohio State from last night.

Also I liked Oklahoma State Football unis last night:

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I’m more interested in teh fact that UCA has Jordan Brand made uniforms!

In the past, only a handful of teams had this dubious distinction:

UNC
NC A&T
CAL
at one time, Cincinatti
at one time, St. Johns[/quote]

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that’s where Scottie Pippen went to school.

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[quote comment=”361837″][quote comment=”361832″]Was wondering if Uniwatch saw this Wed night during the Wizards game but it looks like Miller and Jamison were wearing undershirts with one sleeve cut out.

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Presumably, it has something to do with them both coming off shoulder injuries (also provided spots for LaBron to cry on.)[/quote]

Salute to Larry the Cable Guy?

—Ricko

New Dubuque USHL Team is having a pretty cool name the team and color contest.
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[quote comment=”361840″][quote comment=”361823″]Wonder what that Mexican youth football team’s name was? Those unis are reminiscent of some team…
Not gonna guess; might insult someone.[/quote]

Hello, Leon! Alberto, here. The name of my football team was the Redskins (Pieles Rojas). It doesnt exist anymore, though. Check here the other teams in the kids league in Monterrey: link

Thank you Alberto. I am curious: was the name “Pieles Rojas” considered offensive?
Hopefully, you beat the Cowboys (“Gauchos”?) regularly.

Not an Eagles fan but I now live close to Philly so am inundated with their merchandise. I like the ’70s-80s unis – they remind me of Vermeil’s “lunch pail” teams. I always picture Wilbert Montgomery running all over the Cowboys in the NFC title game where the Eagles wore white at home to force Dallas into their “unlucky” blue jerseys.

When the Eagles changed their primary color to the current dark aqua, amped up the black and went with the cartoonish eagle head logo, they lost a little something that made them stand out. I’ve heard some people around here say they dropped the flying-eagle-with-football-in-talons logo beacuse it looked too much like the WWII Luftwaffe’s eagle, but I doubt that – more likely a marketing-driven thing.

[quote comment=”361849″]Not an Eagles fan but I now live close to Philly so am inundated with their merchandise. I like the ’70s-80s unis – they remind me of Vermeil’s “lunch pail” teams. I always picture Wilbert Montgomery running all over the Cowboys in the NFC title game where the Eagles wore white at home to force Dallas into their “unlucky” blue jerseys.

When the Eagles changed their primary color to the current dark aqua, amped up the black and went with the cartoonish eagle head logo, they lost a little something that made them stand out. I’ve heard some people around here say they dropped the flying-eagle-with-football-in-talons logo beacuse it looked too much like the WWII Luftwaffe’s eagle, but I doubt that – more likely a marketing-driven thing.[/quote]

Don’t you love those after-the-fact justifications for “It’s been around so long it must need changing”? Maybe the Yankees need a new logo cuz who the hell wears a tophat anymore.

—Ricko

Check out the matching suits and ties for the competitors in the ATP World Tour Finals in London

[quote comment=”361850″]Heard that green described as the same color as wet grass you clean out from under your lawnmower.[/quote]

you’re supposed to clean that out?

[quote comment=”361831″][quote comment=”361824″]hey jonathan

have the fish ever worn aqua undersocks with their aqua pants? i thought they were one of those teams that never had the leotard look, but i could be wrong…just seems they always wear the white striped socks with the dark pants[/quote]

I think you’re right. I don’t know why I thought that. Maybe I’m confusing them with another team, like the Redskins, who’ve worn their solid socks with dark pants.

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I don’t think the Dolphins, Patriots, Jets or Chiefs ever pair dark pants and dark socks. They also use white socks with stripes. The Jets (and the Redskins) have paired white pants with white socks, but never dark/dark.[/quote]
That sounds about right. I can’t recall any of those teams going unitard with the dark pants.

Bears never do it, either. The one saving grace about the two times they’ve gone with the link is that they link.

Anyone else with dark pants/white stripèd socks? I can’t think of any.

[quote comment=”361807″]KU looked good in Red:

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Notice shorts are not down to ankles. See Cal, Cuse, and Ohio State from last night.

Also I liked Oklahoma State Football unis last night:

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DudeBrotherMan,

First awesome name.

Second, thank you for pointing out the shorts issue. I’m a big ‘Cuse fan, and ever since they started wearing those SOD unis, its been hard for me to watch them. As my Uncle Terry says, are they long shorts, or short longs?

Disagree with you on the KU and OSU unis though. KU in red just looks odd to me. I thought OSU’s look was bad for many reasons.

That Red Sox collar is only a 12 1/2. That a kid’s sized neck!!

[quote comment=”361848″][quote comment=”361820″]Did you know that Kansas wore gold uniforms in 1987-88 for a few games? I was at one of them. That was the year they won the national championship with Danny Manning.[/quote]

The golds were only worn once by the varsity, for a game at Western Carolina (AT Western Carolina? Those were the days.) in 1987. KU won, but played badly, and the ever-superstitious Larry Brown banished those unis. They were worn by the JV team for a few years after that. The shorts from that set turn up in the Late Night skits just about every year.

There’s a clip of them in action about halfway down this page: link

Dude, I was on the JV basketball team my freshman year at KU in 1992. Fort Scott CC somehow forgot their unis so they had to wear those gold ones. They were up in this closet in Allen Fieldhouse. I will try and get a screen grab this weekend. It looked so hilarious. A lot of the their players kept their shirts untucked because the shorts were so tight.

[quote comment=”361859″][quote comment=”361807″]KU looked good in Red:

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Notice shorts are not down to ankles. See Cal, Cuse, and Ohio State from last night.

Also I liked Oklahoma State Football unis last night:

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DudeBrotherMan,

First awesome name.

Second, thank you for pointing out the shorts issue. I’m a big ‘Cuse fan, and ever since they started wearing those SOD unis, its been hard for me to watch them. As my Uncle Terry says, are they long shorts, or short longs?

Disagree with you on the KU and OSU unis though. KU in red just looks odd to me. I thought OSU’s look was bad for many reasons.[/quote]
[quote comment=”361859″][quote comment=”361807″]KU looked good in Red:

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Notice shorts are not down to ankles. See Cal, Cuse, and Ohio State from last night.

Also I liked Oklahoma State Football unis last night:

link

DudeBrotherMan,

First awesome name.

Second, thank you for pointing out the shorts issue. I’m a big ‘Cuse fan, and ever since they started wearing those SOD unis, its been hard for me to watch them. As my Uncle Terry says, are they long shorts, or short longs?

Disagree with you on the KU and OSU unis though. KU in red just looks odd to me. I thought OSU’s look was bad for many reasons.[/quote]

I hear you so loud and clear about the shorts. Syracuse used to have the sickest nike unis back in the day.

I ended up walkin on the KU basketball team back in 94 – 95. We were converse shoes and champion unis. We all wanted so bad to be nike. Coach Williams finally went Nike. Then KU went totally Nike and I remember when they changed over to Adidas I was crushed.

But now I am thanking goodness that they are adidas. I don’t know if I could watch if they were nike SOD. Nike SOD has singlehandedly ruined bball uniforms of the past years.

Luckily I see light at the end of the tunnel. If you look at LEBRON. His shorts are above the knee. He is going to be the influence to bring back the shorts to a respectable length. College kids will fall in line.

[quote comment=”361848″][quote comment=”361820″]Did you know that Kansas wore gold uniforms in 1987-88 for a few games? I was at one of them. That was the year they won the national championship with Danny Manning.[/quote]

The golds were only worn once by the varsity, for a game at Western Carolina (AT Western Carolina? Those were the days.) in 1987. KU won, but played badly, and the ever-superstitious Larry Brown banished those unis. They were worn by the JV team for a few years after that. The shorts from that set turn up in the Late Night skits just about every year.

There’s a clip of them in action about halfway down this page: link

I was at that game. Western was down by 20 with a few minutes left but nearly pulled it out, losing 68-63. Kansas went on to the national title. Western tanked and didn’t even qualify for the conference tournament (ninth team in an eight-team league). I think someone told me they had worn the golds in other game. I asked Larry Brown about the unis and he said gold was an unofficial color of KU. I remember they had a lot of red and blue trim, and they wore the Nike Barkleys (red, white, and blue) with them.

“Luckily I see light at the end of the tunnel. If you look at LEBRON. His shorts are above the knee. He is going to be the influence to bring back the shorts to a respectable length. College kids will fall in line.” — Dudebrotherman

One can only hope, bro.

[quote comment=”361812″]Being a Bills fan I LOVE those Decade of Failure shirts…AWESOME! I sent it to all my friends. Its more like a decade and a half since the Bills put a decent team on the field. What they need to do is go back to wearing their 90’s uniforms from the Jim Kelly era.[/quote]

A generation of people in the Congo disagree. They think that Jim Kelly was the greatest quarterback since Fran Tarkenton.

[quote comment=”361836″]Oklahoma State’s unis weren’t bad, judged in a vacuum.
But they didn’t look much like Oklahoma State.
And “vacuum” is a good choice of words cuz , while I can’t speak for anyone else, this whole “black out” business is getting really cliched…which means it sucks.

Cmon, folks, having a “black out” or “white out” or whatever these days isn’t exactly original.

Monkey see…

Ho hum.

—Ricko[/quote]

Agreed, as is wearing black unis when it’s not your school color (Florida State three years ago; Mississippi State last weekend; et. al.). It seems to me that teams that wear black for the first time or as a special event usually lose in black, last night and Tennessee on Halloween night being the exceptions.

Have to say, though, that UGa.’s black jerseys are nice, but black is a school color.

Absolutely lovin’ these new auction sponsors. This site just keeps getting better everyday.

[quote comment=”361868″]I hear you so loud and clear about the shorts. Syracuse used to have the sickest nike unis back in the day.

I ended up walkin on the KU basketball team back in 94 – 95. We were converse shoes and champion unis. We all wanted so bad to be nike. Coach Williams finally went Nike. Then KU went totally Nike and I remember when they changed over to Adidas I was crushed.

But now I am thanking goodness that they are adidas. I don’t know if I could watch if they were nike SOD. Nike SOD has singlehandedly ruined bball uniforms of the past years.

Luckily I see light at the end of the tunnel. If you look at LEBRON. His shorts are above the knee. He is going to be the influence to bring back the shorts to a respectable length. College kids will fall in line.[/quote]

Great point, I hadn’t thought of that. Lebron does wear his shorts at an appropriate level, its probably why he can jump out of the building. Hopefully that does catch on.

One thing is for sure, if wearing long-sleved shirts becomes a trend in basketball, I’m not sure my eyeballs will be able to stand it.[/quote]

I disagree. I LOVE the SOD style of unis. Granted, some of the shorts are ridiculously long, however the overall design of the lions share of them are clean and neat.

The Keith Langford/Aaron Miles era unis are some of my favorite.

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BTW, TRAJAN SUCKS!

As for the trend going in reverse: all it takes is one leader to start the fad.

Does anyone know why Nike or Adidas can put two logos on football uniforms in college but only one on basketball uniforms? The basketball pants are longer these days than the football pants, so there’s more fabric to plaster with logos.

SOMEBODY made the pants for the old-timer game, so why can’t they get the real team to wear them, too?

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[quote comment=”361880″][quote comment=”361833″][quote comment=”361807″]KU looked good in Red:

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Notice shorts are not down to ankles. See Cal, Cuse, and Ohio State from last night.

Also I liked Oklahoma State Football unis last night:

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I’m more interested in teh fact that UCA has Jordan Brand made uniforms!

In the past, only a handful of teams had this dubious distinction:

UNC
NC A&T
CAL
at one time, Cincinatti
at one time, St. Johns[/quote]

Maybe Brand Jordan is putting out uni templates and teams can just apply names & numbers to them. Xavier has Brand Jordan warm-ups with their “X” logo poorly sewn on.[/quote]

Actually, you are right. eastbay sells them.

[quote comment=”361847″][quote comment=”361840″][quote comment=”361823″]Wonder what that Mexican youth football team’s name was? Those unis are reminiscent of some team…
Not gonna guess; might insult someone.[/quote]

Hello, Leon! Alberto, here. The name of my football team was the Redskins (Pieles Rojas). It doesnt exist anymore, though. Check here the other teams in the kids league in Monterrey: link

Thank you Alberto. I am curious: was the name “Pieles Rojas” considered offensive?
Hopefully, you beat the Cowboys (“Gauchos”?) regularly.[/quote]

Leon,
no, the name wasn’t (and isn’t) offensive at all. Regarding the Cowboys, the translation is Vaqueros. Man, we played them only once in my entire “football career”, and we lost! I wasnt happy.

Interestingly, when i moved to the US i had to relearn all the names of the NFL teams because i knew them in Spanish (that’s how they call them in the broadcasts in Mexico):
Resdskins (Pieles Rojas)
Cowboys (Vaqueros)
Broncos (Broncos)
Bills (Bills or Bufalos)
Dolphins (Delfines)
Patriots (Patriotas)
Jets (Jets)
Ravens (Cuervos)
Bengals (Bengalies)
Browns (Cafes)
Steelers (Acereros)
Texans (Tejanos)
Colts (Potros)
Jaguars (Jaguares)
Titans (Titanes)
Chiefs (Jefes)
Raiders (Raiders or Malosos)
Chargers (Cargadores)
Giants (Gigantes)
Eagles (Aguilas)
Bears (Osos)
Lions (Leones)
Packers (Empacadores)
Vikings (Vikingos)
Falcons (Halcones)
Panthers (Panteras)
Saints (Santos)
Buccaneers (Bucaneros)
Cardinals (Cardenales)
Rams (Carneros)
49ers (Cuarentainueves)
Seahawks (Halcones Marinos)

And the you ad “de” and the City/Sate name (Halcones Marinos de Seattle), and voila, you are broadcasting in Spanish.

Regardless of the language, football is the greatest sport ever invented!

[quote comment=\”361841\”][quote comment=\”361833\”][quote comment=\”361807\”]KU looked good in Red:

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Notice shorts are not down to ankles. See Cal, Cuse, and Ohio State from last night.

Also I liked Oklahoma State Football unis last night:

link

I\’m more interested in teh fact that UCA has Jordan Brand made uniforms!

In the past, only a handful of teams had this dubious distinction:

UNC
NC A&T
CAL
at one time, Cincinatti
at one time, St. Johns[/quote]

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that\’s where Scottie Pippen went to school.

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In the Scottie Pippen picture, who is the team in the yellow? And am I really seeing the Expos logo on their shorts?

Depending on how many of us are still around after December 2012, of course.

[quote comment=”361849″]Not an Eagles fan but I now live close to Philly so am inundated with their merchandise. I like the ’70s-80s unis – they remind me of Vermeil’s “lunch pail” teams. I always picture Wilbert Montgomery running all over the Cowboys in the NFC title game where the Eagles wore white at home to force Dallas into their “unlucky” blue jerseys.

When the Eagles changed their primary color to the current dark aqua, amped up the black and went with the cartoonish eagle head logo, they lost a little something that made them stand out. I’ve heard some people around here say they dropped the flying-eagle-with-football-in-talons logo beacuse it looked too much like the WWII Luftwaffe’s eagle, but I doubt that – more likely a marketing-driven thing.[/quote]
The Luftwaffe eagle idea is completely reasonable see: link & link

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Funny, I would guess a Canadian city(Toronto) before Mexico City?[/quote]

well, buffalo will relocate there, so that’s covered…i think ricko means new teams

*which would also not count if we get the LA vikes or the LA jags

[quote comment=”361892″][quote comment=”361888″]Not that anyone cares…

But I have a feeling the NFL is marching in place, waiting for better economic times and the next round of new gazillionaires (ala the dot.com boom) from “Green” industry and techology or whatever.

Then the next expansion will be into L.A. and Mexico City.

Just a gut feeling I have. Don’t ask for logic or proof. Just 50+ years of watching and being around the game, in various capacities.

—Ricko[/quote]

Funny, I would guess a Canadian city(Toronto) before Mexico City?[/quote]

I just don’t think that, unless somehow forced into it, the NFL particularly has a goal of destroying the CFL in mind.

Can’t believe it’s a monster priority for them. CFL represents no real threat. And Mexico? Oh, man, how could they turn down “owning” a entire nation for marketing and broadcasting rights fees purposes?

Seriously, beyond the expansion fee, where do they make more “new” money…with a team in Toronto or team in Mexico City?

—Ricko

Devils message boards are onto us.

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[quote comment=”361885″][quote comment=”361847″][quote comment=”361840″][quote comment=”361823″]Wonder what that Mexican youth football team’s name was? Those unis are reminiscent of some team…
Not gonna guess; might insult someone.[/quote]

Hello, Leon! Alberto, here. The name of my football team was the Redskins (Pieles Rojas). It doesnt exist anymore, though. Check here the other teams in the kids league in Monterrey: link

Thank you Alberto. I am curious: was the name “Pieles Rojas” considered offensive?
Hopefully, you beat the Cowboys (“Gauchos”?) regularly.[/quote]

Leon,
no, the name wasn’t (and isn’t) offensive at all. Regarding the Cowboys, the translation is Vaqueros. Man, we played them only once in my entire “football career”, and we lost! I wasnt happy.

Interestingly, when i moved to the US i had to relearn all the names of the NFL teams because i knew them in Spanish (that’s how they call them in the broadcasts in Mexico):
Resdskins (Pieles Rojas)
Cowboys (Vaqueros)
Broncos (Broncos)
Bills (Bills or Bufalos)
Dolphins (Delfines)
Patriots (Patriotas)
Jets (Jets)
Ravens (Cuervos)
Bengals (Bengalies)
Browns (Cafes)
Steelers (Acereros)
Texans (Tejanos)
Colts (Potros)
Jaguars (Jaguares)
Titans (Titanes)
Chiefs (Jefes)
Raiders (Raiders or Malosos)
Chargers (Cargadores)
Giants (Gigantes)
Eagles (Aguilas)
Bears (Osos)
Lions (Leones)
Packers (Empacadores)
Vikings (Vikingos)
Falcons (Halcones)
Panthers (Panteras)
Saints (Santos)
Buccaneers (Bucaneros)
Cardinals (Cardenales)
Rams (Carneros)
49ers (Cuarentainueves)
Seahawks (Halcones Marinos)

And the you ad “de” and the City/Sate name (Halcones Marinos de Seattle), and voila, you are broadcasting in Spanish.

Regardless of the language, football is the greatest sport ever invented![/quote]

FINALLY!!! Proof that spanish broadcasters don’t just put “Los” infront of team names.

[quote comment=”361870″][quote comment=”361865″] If you look at LEBRON. His shorts are above the knee. He is going to be the influence to bring back the shorts to a respectable length. College kids will fall in line.[/quote]

i believe the NBA actually has a rule about the length of the shorts…they must be above the knee or something

not that i disagree with you — if the kids see their heroes wearing shorter (it’s all relative now) shorts, perhaps they will follow suit

i’m one of the few who actually likes the SODs, but they need to make the shorts more like link length, as well as fit…the bloomers they’re wearing are ridiculous (as most on here agree)…but this is the style now, and hopefully that will change just like link short shorts finally left the stage[/quote]

Jordan started the whole baggy look and it then it was taken to crazy levels. He wore baggy shorts because he wore his unc practice shorts underneath.

But, for the case of smaller shorts coming back. I don’t know how many of us uniwatchblog readers are hipsters wearing japanese selvedge denim, but the trend is totally going back to skinny jeans. Even hip hop stars are wearing fitted clothing, similar to the 80s.

So looking throughout the 20th century look how styles are cyclical….

I’m gonna go all Nostradamus this beautiful Friday and announce that fitted shorts will make a comeback. Oh Ya!

Helmet

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[quote comment=”361901″][quote comment=”361870″][quote comment=”361865″] If you look at LEBRON. His shorts are above the knee. He is going to be the influence to bring back the shorts to a respectable length. College kids will fall in line.[/quote]

i believe the NBA actually has a rule about the length of the shorts…they must be above the knee or something

not that i disagree with you — if the kids see their heroes wearing shorter (it’s all relative now) shorts, perhaps they will follow suit

i’m one of the few who actually likes the SODs, but they need to make the shorts more like link length, as well as fit…the bloomers they’re wearing are ridiculous (as most on here agree)…but this is the style now, and hopefully that will change just like link short shorts finally left the stage[/quote]

Jordan started the whole baggy look and it then it was taken to crazy levels. He wore baggy shorts because he wore his unc practice shorts underneath.[/quote]

Jordan started the trend, but these fellas PERPETUATED it:

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[quote comment=”361886″][quote comment=”361855″][quote comment=”361850″]Heard that green described as the same color as wet grass you clean out from under your lawnmower.[/quote]

you’re supposed to clean that out?[/quote]

Not while the mower is running, Phil. The instruction manual was pre-1990, so they may have not realized we got dumber as a species over the last 20 years. LOL[/quote]

You want proof, watch “Idiocracy”.

The next trend in baseball pants?

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[quote comment=”361906″][quote comment=”361901″]
Jordan started the whole baggy look and it then it was taken to crazy levels. He wore baggy shorts because he wore his unc practice shorts underneath.[/quote]

nice pull…was actually gonna mention that, but glad you pointed it out

i once heard that MJ was also responsible for the popularity of the bald look…even though other nba stars (kareem for example) sported the shaved heads before, it took jordan’s doing it to really popularize it

we certainly can’t blame link for the popularity of ink…but i see that ‘fashion statement’ lasting a looooooooooooong time now[/quote]

Ya, you really feel sorry for all these kids with the tats. Maybe Paul should do a story on that. Why everybody wants one. What the NBA thinks about it. When it all started….Have you ever tried watching a Denver Nuggets game? Its actually difficult.

Cleveland turns down Pro COmbat advertisement because of douchebagery:

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[quote comment=”361914″][quote comment=”361911″][quote comment=”361906″][quote comment=”361901″]
Jordan started the whole baggy look and it then it was taken to crazy levels. He wore baggy shorts because he wore his unc practice shorts underneath.[/quote]

nice pull…was actually gonna mention that, but glad you pointed it out

i once heard that MJ was also responsible for the popularity of the bald look…even though other nba stars (kareem for example) sported the shaved heads before, it took jordan’s doing it to really popularize it

we certainly can’t blame link for the popularity of ink…but i see that ‘fashion statement’ lasting a looooooooooooong time now[/quote]

Ya, you really feel sorry for all these kids with the tats. Maybe Paul should do a story on that. Why everybody wants one. What the NBA thinks about it. When it all started….Have you ever tried watching a Denver Nuggets game? Its actually difficult.[/quote]

I love all the young girls with “tramp stamps” of an eagle or something on their, um…lower back.

In forty years, time and gravity will turn it into , “Mommy, why does Grandma have a watermelon drawn across her butt?”

Think ahead a little, folks.

—Ricko[/quote]

I am literally LOL’ing!!!

[quote comment=”361910″]Kinda like “Jefes”.
[/quote]

THE jefes?

[quote comment=”361917″][quote comment=”361910″]Kinda like “Jefes”.
[/quote]

THE jefes?[/quote]

Or En-Rico?

[quote comment=”361919″][quote comment=”361917″][quote comment=”361910″]Kinda like “Jefes”.
[/quote]

THE jefes?[/quote]

Or En-Rico?[/quote]

That’s okay, too. As long as it’s not patronizing and superficial.

—Ricko

[quote comment=”361910″][quote comment=”361908″]Hey Alberto RB
I won’t quote your post with all the names but I’m loving me alot of them: especially “Cuervos”, and for some reason, “Leones” :)

Pedro touched on it earlier, but the NBA could take a lesson.

Have you hailed your Skins today?

BTW, did you play running back (RB)?[/quote]

Kinda like “Jefes”. Made me think of El Guapo in THREE AMIGOS.

—Ricko[/quote]

My favorite always was “Petroleros” (Oilers). It always made me think Oil in spanish is aceite, but they never called the Oilers “Aceiteros”. It was always “Petrolers” which comes from Petroleo, which is the word for petroleum. So I guess “Petroleros” would translate to “Petroleumers??”

[quote comment=”361923″][quote comment=”361910″][quote comment=”361908″]Hey Alberto RB
I won’t quote your post with all the names but I’m loving me alot of them: especially “Cuervos”, and for some reason, “Leones” :)

Pedro touched on it earlier, but the NBA could take a lesson.

Have you hailed your Skins today?

BTW, did you play running back (RB)?[/quote]

Kinda like “Jefes”. Made me think of El Guapo in THREE AMIGOS.

—Ricko[/quote]

My favorite always was “Petroleros” (Oilers). It always made me think Oil in spanish is aceite, but they never called the Oilers “Aceiteros”. It was always “Petrolers” which comes from Petroleo, which is the word for petroleum. So I guess “Petroleros” would translate to “Petroleumers??”[/quote]

Heck, it was confusing even in Texas, where all, awl and oil
…are prounced “awl”.

“Hey, would y’awl hand me the awl?”
(hand him the awl).
“No, not the awl! Ah din’t mean no TOOL. Ah meant the awl. In awl can, Dummy.”

–Ricko

[quote comment=”361902″]Close up of Florida combat jersey. Helmet can be seen on one of the t shirts below.

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Of course the damn sleeve stripes don’t go all the way around. And the whole different fabrics does not make it look any better.

I still wonder if FSU will wear their garnets in the game too, even though they are supposed to wear them tomorrow.

[quote comment=”361928″]The wild New Orleans Hornets uni we just discussed here has that butt trumpet, which is sort of like a tramp stamp. Perhaps that’s a further homage to Mardi Gras.[/quote]

??butt trumpet??

[quote comment=”361929″]
??butt trumpet??[/quote]
the little trumpet logo on the rear of the shorts

[quote comment=”361927″]
I still wonder if FSU will wear their garnets in the game too, even though they are supposed to wear them tomorrow.[/quote]

you know my theory on those unis…

if they’re SO GREAT and the technology is SO SUPERIOR as to cause the teams who wear them to become true live action comic book heroes…

why would they ever wear their regular unis again?

/semi-serious question there
//cuz, if the unis are as good as the hype, nike teams should defeat all of their non-nike rivals
///otherwise, it’s just great marketing by nike…and everyone who fawns over this flywire and superstrong lightweight technospeak is playing right into their hands like sheep

[quote comment=”361905″]Jordan started the trend, but these fellas PERPETUATED it:

link
Maybe. But they were just following the lead of the link. Tame by today’s standards? Yes, but check out the disparity in shorts length between them and every other team in that video.

FINALLY!

link

That’s what that Victoria Bees patch drove me nuts about today.

[quote comment=”361938″]by the way, shouldn’t it be Mrs. Dot?[/quote]
Nope. She’s not married to Mr. Dot, is she?

Oh, you have all just GOT to check out the Adidas Star Wars collection:

link

[quote comment=”361941″]Oh, you have all just GOT to check out the Adidas Star Wars collection:

link

Want that, my son does…

[quote comment=”361942″][quote comment=”361941″]Oh, you have all just GOT to check out the Adidas Star Wars collection:

link

did you just turn jth to the dark side?

i could see him pickin up a pair of yoda’s tho[/quote]
Yodas? I dunno. From those pics, they look a bit too much like link.

The Skywalkers might be more up my alley.

[quote comment=”361944″]oh…man

link

on sooooooo many levels

/it almost works[/quote]
link.

At least they’re going with the trefoil logo.

[quote comment=”361945″][quote comment=”361942″][quote comment=”361941″]Oh, you have all just GOT to check out the Adidas Star Wars collection:

link

did you just turn jth to the dark side?

i could see him pickin up a pair of yoda’s tho[/quote]
Yodas? I dunno. From those pics, they look a bit too much like link.

The Skywalkers might be more up my alley.[/quote]

I’m digging those Skywalkers, too. I’d buy some…as long as Puma doesnt’ come out with an original Battlestar Galactica collection…

Hannover 96 of the German Bundesliga is going to be wearing a black number 1 on the front of their jerseys to memorialize keeper Robert Enke who committed suicide last week. Theres a video and a picture here

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[quote comment=”361952″][quote comment=”361947″][quote comment=”361944″]oh…man

link

on sooooooo many levels

/it almost works[/quote]
link.

At least they’re going with the trefoil logo.[/quote]

I think the Swoosh says ‘Evil Empire’ better than the Leaf…[/quote]

tossup

Close up of Mizzou combat jersey. Helmet is on the shirts below.

link

link

[quote comment=”361945″][quote comment=”361942″][quote comment=”361941″]Oh, you have all just GOT to check out the Adidas Star Wars collection:

link

did you just turn jth to the dark side?

i could see him pickin up a pair of yoda’s tho[/quote]
Yodas? I dunno. From those pics, they look a bit too much like link.

The Skywalkers might be more up my alley.[/quote]

I’m with JTH on the Skywalkers. I’m interested to see what the Storm Troopers look like though. I’m not sure I’d ever rock them, but as adidas head and Star Wars fan, I’m sure one of these models is going to end up in my closet.

PS – Powers: Congratulations on today’s hotlink success rate!

[quote comment=”361954″]
She only assumed the name Dot in deference to the blogosphere. Real name: Period[/quote]

so…like a defective typewriter, then

[quote comment=”361941″]Oh, you have all just GOT to check out the Adidas Star Wars collection:

link

In quest to restart the franchise revenue stream, jumping the shark we are.

—-Ricko

[quote comment=”361959″][quote comment=”361954″]
She only assumed the name Dot in deference to the blogosphere. Real name: Period[/quote]

so…like a defective typewriter, then[/quote]
Only to a certain point.

[quote comment=”361846″]The 1972 Oakland A’s also had different number fonts on the front and back of the jersey.

The front had “Expos” numbers:
link

The back had standard block numerals:
link

The differing number font situation lasted only that one season (the A’s first in that beautiful uni set), as they removed the front number after 1972.[/quote]

Ah, the days when players’ uniforms actually fit …

[quote comment=”361967″][quote comment=”361966″][quote comment=”361846″]The 1972 Oakland A’s also had different number fonts on the front and back of the jersey.

The front had “Expos” numbers:
link

The back had standard block numerals:
link

The differing number font situation lasted only that one season (the A’s first in that beautiful uni set), as they removed the front number after 1972.[/quote]

Ah, the days when players’ uniforms actually fit …[/quote]

Always figured that was an attempt to somewhat match the old style “A” on the front. Not saying agree or disagree, just that seemed to be the thinking.

—Ricko[/quote]

As lovely as those Swingin’ A’s unis were, I like the old ones that had the Red Sox number font. link

It’s the annual White vs Gold battle on gopherhole.com. The battle lines are set. There is a group that hate the white uniforms and a group that like both the gold & white uniforms. Every year since the whites were introduced about 5 years ago, this thread pops up.

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[quote comment=”361970″]It’s the annual White vs Gold battle on gopherhole.com. The battle lines are set. There is a group that hate the white uniforms and a group that like both the gold & white uniforms. Every year since the whites were introduced about 5 years ago, this thread pops up.

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Good bet that most of those who hate the whites have only been following football for about five years.

Ten at the most.

Anyone who’s been around longer than that knows all white has been around a lonnnnnnnng time.

In all fairness, though, not for the Gophers since the late 50s. And never with a maroon helmet until the current set.

—Ricko

[quote comment=”361908″]Hey Alberto RB
I won’t quote your post with all the names but I’m loving me alot of them: especially “Cuervos”, and for some reason, “Leones” :)

Pedro touched on it earlier, but the NBA could take a lesson.

Have you hailed your Skins today?

BTW, did you play running back (RB)?[/quote]

Leon, i played running back some times, but my de facto position was linebacker. RB is for my last name: Rodriguez-Baez.

Eventually i became a Broncos fan (i lived in Colorado for a while).

I’m pretty sure I’m going to hate the KC Royals powder blues jerseys but damn, that powder blue hat looks sweeeeeeet….

Jet

Lots of chatter about the lovely Eagles jersey, but no mention that Gabriel wore number 5 for the first several years he played for the Eagles. He wore 18 for year with the Rams (& NC State). Can anyone find a picture of Roman actually PLAYING for the Eagles in a number 18? He was wearing five in that famous cold picture, wearing white stuff on his face. Anyone?

Hey Paul, I’m doing this on my PS3, so I can’t get to your email, but I have a nominee for that quirky uniform thing that you did with the Cowboys, Cubs, and Chisox: the New York Football Giants…

Thanks, JimV. Roman played in Philly back in the days of gas rationing. He once went in for a fill-up, and the attendant asked if he was odd or even. “Odd”, he replied, thinking of his number five. Lucky for him, that happened to be an odd day. I think I read that in Sports Illustrated, a long time ago.

While unsuccessfully looking for pics of Roman Gabriel wearing #18 for the Eagles, I came across this nice set of posters: link
A couple of the poses made me think of Ricko’s kid cards.

Overall, I like them, but I noticed a couple of mistakes. Kicker Jan Stenerud looks as if he’s kicking the ball straight-on style instead of soccer-style, and right-footed punter David Lee looks like a left-footed placekicker.

As a kid, it used to bug me when the sports card and poster makers had to genericize the NFL unis, but now I find it kind of quaint.

[quote comment=”361984″]While unsuccessfully looking for pics of Roman Gabriel wearing #18 for the Eagles, I came across this nice set of posters: link
A couple of the poses made me think of Ricko’s kid cards.

Overall, I like them, but I noticed a couple of mistakes. Kicker Jan Stenerud looks as if he’s kicking the ball straight-on style instead of soccer-style, and right-footed punter David Lee looks like a left-footed placekicker.

As a kid, it used to bug me when the sports card and poster makers had to genericize the NFL unis, but now I find it kind of quaint.[/quote]

HA! Look at those! I have never seen those before. And 1970 NFL posters woulda been in my sweet spot. Well, maybe juuuusst a bit early. That’s when I started to follow the pros. Really cool.

[quote comment=”361910″][quote comment=”361908″]Hey Alberto RB
I won’t quote your post with all the names but I’m loving me alot of them: especially “Cuervos”, and for some reason, “Leones” :)

Pedro touched on it earlier, but the NBA could take a lesson.

Have you hailed your Skins today?

BTW, did you play running back (RB)?[/quote]

Kinda like “Jefes”. Made me think of El Guapo in THREE AMIGOS.

—Ricko[/quote]

Rioh Garces????

[quote comment=”361987″][quote comment=”361986″][quote comment=”361984″]While unsuccessfully looking for pics of Roman Gabriel wearing #18 for the Eagles, I came across this nice set of posters: link
A couple of the poses made me think of Ricko’s kid cards.

Overall, I like them, but I noticed a couple of mistakes. Kicker Jan Stenerud looks as if he’s kicking the ball straight-on style instead of soccer-style, and right-footed punter David Lee looks like a left-footed placekicker.

As a kid, it used to bug me when the sports card and poster makers had to genericize the NFL unis, but now I find it kind of quaint.[/quote]

HA! Look at those! I have never seen those before. And 1970 NFL posters woulda been in my sweet spot. Well, maybe juuuusst a bit early. That’s when I started to follow the pros. Really cool.[/quote]
Why the hell are the Butkus and Sayers posters so much more expensive than all the others (especially Butkus)? It’s not like they’re the only two Hall of Famers and the rest are no-names.[/quote]

There’s definitely a bit of weirdity in those.

A couple of them show color vs color, one of them shows white vs white. The Bengals are shown with orange jerseys and numbers on the side of the helmets… and of course the complete lack of any logos due to the licensing issues of the time.

[quote comment=\”361933\”][quote comment=\”361927\”]
I still wonder if FSU will wear their garnets in the game too, even though they are supposed to wear them tomorrow.[/quote]

you know my theory on those unis…

if they\’re SO GREAT and the technology is SO SUPERIOR as to cause the teams who wear them to become true live action comic book heroes…

why would they ever wear their regular unis again?

/semi-serious question there
//cuz, if the unis are as good as the hype, nike teams should defeat all of their non-nike rivals
///otherwise, it\’s just great marketing by nike…and everyone who fawns over this flywire and superstrong lightweight technospeak is playing right into their hands like sheep[/quote]

The Pro Combat Uniform is going to be implemented next year for all nike teams. The whole point of these one-off special-debut unis is to introduce them as well collect data and suggestions before the wide-release next season. As for this \”techno-speak\”, the flywire design, despite it\’s somewhat bizarre appearance, is pretty awesome. I own both a running shoe and basketball shoe that use the system, and they are by far the lightest, best shoes ive worn. I\’m a 4-year letterman in XC and T&F, so I\’ve pretty much run the gauntlet in terms of training shoes.