The Last Train to Clarksville (Pt. IV)

That C-cat logo in Vinny’s concept rocks. Not sure if I like it as part of the wordmark on the jersey, but the C logo on it’s own is great.

Was “Where’s Your Messiah now?” really necessary? Didn’t think so. Not the first time Uni Watch has disappointed me with such attempts at humor or attention-grabbing headlines…

Is this the game from the scoreboard?
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Question 1 – Are the Clarkesville Wildcats actually wildcats or are they just human beings dressed up as wildcats?

Question 2 – If they are actually wildcats, are they felis silvestris silvestris, ornato, cafra, lybica, or bieti?

Question 3 – Are the cats in question actually gold and purple? I can imagine the yellow but can’t help but thinking the purple is actually a shade of red or black.

Thank you in advance for all of your hard work in answering these important questions. Stay blessed.

Meh, I like the headline. Really tired of athletes wearing Chistiandom on their sleeves.

Meanwhile, I’m totally boggled with that GTG. To my knowledge that’s not a scoreboard from Shea, nor the Polo Grounds. This is going to puzzle me for hours dammit.

Two Things:
1. The redone Bills logo reminds me of our good old friend the Buffaslug
2. Shouldn’t C.J. Spiller get some love (and some hardware)?

[quote comment=”365281″]Question 1 – Are the Clarkesville Wildcats actually wildcats or are they just human beings dressed up as wildcats?

Question 2 – If they are actually wildcats, are they felis silvestris silvestris, ornato, cafra, lybica, or bieti?

Question 3 – Are the cats in question actually gold and purple? I can imagine the yellow but can’t help but thinking the purple is actually a shade of red or black.

I think they’re closer to felis cartoonus topcaticus, and the purple is more of an accessory.

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Thank you in advance for all of your hard work in answering these important questions. Stay blessed.[/quote]

“gimping that lame motion eyeball streaky thingy”

No way, the motion line, and the Bills logo is fantastic.

If I were the Bills owner I’d have that on the white helmets worn with the throwback duds. Worst to first in uni rankings immediately.

In which Paul’s head explodes…

The D-III football playoff will have link teams wearing purple, although it’s too bad St. Thomas didn’t upset Linfield – link for those boys.

Mike Forman: Wow, I guess I never realized just how much black must be on the Eagles uniforms! A nice little detail alteration that really made a surprisingly big difference! Nice touch.

Sorry didn’t get to post yesterday, but glory be, that Riders fan on yesterday’s UW was piping HOT!!!!

And her uniform was nice also.

[quote comment=”365282″]Meh, I like the headline. Really tired of athletes wearing Chistiandom on their sleeves.[/quote]

Agreed. If they’re gonna make such big theatrics about it, a little ribbing is fair game.

Beauty stuff by RyCo. I’m gonna have to talk him into either traveling to Richmond or letting me steal his idea when our new outbuilding goes up next spring.

I blame Florida’s lost to their ill-timed mix ‘n match white out.

[quote comment=”365279″]Was “Where’s Your Messiah now?” really necessary? Didn’t think so. Not the first time Uni Watch has disappointed me with such attempts at humor or attention-grabbing headlines…[/quote]
Shouldn’t you be at church?

David, those Bengals uniforms are exactly what I want to see in the next revision. Nice!

“Hey, Notre Dame, where’s your Holy Mother now?”

Is that an okay line?

(Just askin’)

By all accounts, Tebow is a pretty amazing young man. Do some athletes lead with their faith a bit too much? Of course they do. But with people such as he and Kurt Warner you get the feeling they really do base their life around their beliefs.

As opposed the obligatory “First of all, I give thanks to Jesus” Sunday school response so many others seem to parrot out, because they think it’s what they’re supposed to say, when a sideline reporter shoves a microphone in their face.

I sincerely doubt Tebow thought his God had forsaken him yesterday. More like, “I’m not used to losing. It hurts.” And that, folks, is an sensation that has nothing to do with anyone’s religious beliefs.

—Ricko

JimV:
I’m only getting a top 4 on my screen and no “worst”: perhaps user error. Anyway, I wanted to mention Clemson/GaTech, not as no. 1, but as pleasing nonetheless. I know it involves a mono-orange, but the two unis complemented each other, IMO. Also, any game played in the snow yesterday was good, despite Cincinnati and So. Ill. As for worst, has to be Boise St. The photos look OK, but the mono blue against blue smerfturf is hard on the rods and cones. Unfortunately the Yellow S-storm is done for the year, or I’m sure they wuld have contended for this honor.

[quote comment=”365294″]JimV:
I’m only getting a top 4 on my screen and no “worst”: perhaps user error. Anyway, I wanted to mention Clemson/GaTech, not as no. 1, but as pleasing nonetheless. I know it involves a mono-orange, but the two unis complemented each other, IMO. Also, any game played in the snow yesterday was good, despite Cincinnati and So. Ill. As for worst, has to be Boise St. The photos look OK, but the mono blue against blue smerfturf is hard on the rods and cones. Unfortunately the Yellow S-storm is done for the year, or I’m sure they wuld have contended for this honor.[/quote]

Well, you’re right about the worst one. I had BSU for the worst, and the Big 12 game for the best. I’m sure that will be fixed soon.

[quote comment=”365293″]”Hey, Notre Dame, where’s your Holy Mother now?”

Is that an okay line?

(Just askin’)

By all accounts, Tebow is a pretty amazing young man. Do some athletes lead with their faith a bit too much? Of course they do. But with people such as he and Kurt Warner you get the feeling they really do base their life around their beliefs.

As opposed the obligatory “First of all, I give thanks to Jesus” Sunday school response so many others seem to parrot out, because they think it’s what they’re supposed to say, when a sideline reporter shoves a microphone in their face.

I sincerely doubt Tebow thought his God had forsaken him yesterday. More like, “I’m not used to losing. It hurts.” And that, folks, is an sensation that has nothing to do with anyone’s religious beliefs.

—Ricko[/quote]

Whenever I see an athlete doing something like wearing a Bible verse on his eye black I ask myself what would people do if another young man decided to wear his beliefs on his sleeve. I’m thinking something like “Hoes” under one eye and “Booze” under the other. Or mabye “L. Ron” and “Hubbard.” My guess is a lot of people would go ape shit. The Ohio State QB got a lot of flack, probably rightfully so, for dedicating one of his eye blacks to Michael Vick earlier in the season and was given the cease and desist treatment by Tressel. When you’ve got such double standards in place people need to ask themselves if an action is simply harmless goodness or whether it is reinforcing some status quo that can, maybe even unintentionally, do harm (physical, psychological, or emotional) to others. Tim seems to be a decent young man but he’s also clearly a proselytizer in a country that supports his beliefs but is not nearly so accommodating of the beliefs of others.

[quote comment=”365296″][quote comment=”365293″]”Hey, Notre Dame, where’s your Holy Mother now?”

Is that an okay line?

(Just askin’)

By all accounts, Tebow is a pretty amazing young man. Do some athletes lead with their faith a bit too much? Of course they do. But with people such as he and Kurt Warner you get the feeling they really do base their life around their beliefs.

As opposed the obligatory “First of all, I give thanks to Jesus” Sunday school response so many others seem to parrot out, because they think it’s what they’re supposed to say, when a sideline reporter shoves a microphone in their face.

I sincerely doubt Tebow thought his God had forsaken him yesterday. More like, “I’m not used to losing. It hurts.” And that, folks, is an sensation that has nothing to do with anyone’s religious beliefs.

—Ricko[/quote]

Whenever I see an athlete doing something like wearing a Bible verse on his eye black I ask myself what would people do if another young man decided to wear his beliefs on his sleeve. I’m thinking something like “Hoes” under one eye and “Booze” under the other. Or mabye “L. Ron” and “Hubbard.” My guess is a lot of people would go ape shit. The Ohio State QB got a lot of flack, probably rightfully so, for dedicating one of his eye blacks to Michael Vick earlier in the season and was given the cease and desist treatment by Tressel. When you’ve got such double standards in place people need to ask themselves if an action is simply harmless goodness or whether it is reinforcing some status quo that can, maybe even unintentionally, do harm (physical, psychological, or emotional) to others. Tim seems to be a decent young man but he’s also clearly a proselytizer in a country that supports his beliefs but is not nearly so accommodating of the beliefs of others.[/quote]

Amen.

No argument here on that principle. But it’s sort of a different one. To me, religion should be kept out of the “workplace” and that’s what these teams are for these kids, and these pro athletes.

The fault lies not with the players who expresses themselves if such expressions are permitted. The fault lies with the coach who doesn’t say, gently and in private, “Not here. Politics and religion are not to be involved here. The focus is football and you getting your education.”

But, as long as eyeblack evidently is considered a protected form of speech (which it most certainly is not, I would think), can’t fault the player.

Know what, just maybe all this farting around with “football costumes” isn’t helping, either. Kids don’t get that the uniform is something to wear proudly, with standards to be upheld. Not something that gets “boring” and “I should get to wear something different once in a while. Maybe black?”

Nike obviously doesn’t get that, either. Or they do, and have decided to cast it aside for their own motives.

Heaven forbid we should have any standards to uphold. What kind of society would we be if one of our primary concerns wasn’t to alleviate potential boredom for 20-year-old being given a free education.

Chaos, it would be, just chaos.

On a side (and somewhat related) note. The operation in Afghanistan is called “Operation: Cobra’s Revenge”?

Huh? Military operations with Video Game names? Oh, puh-leeze.

—Ricko

The slight adjustment to the Ravens helmet and black pants is just what the Dr ordered. Makes the uni a bit more traditional without forcing fans to have to buy a new jersey. As long as the white pants have the same stripe adjustment, I am in. Great job. BTW the Eagles look 100% better without the black.

Great Bengals concept by David Sonny!

Hoping that UF’s performance yesterday will lead to the retirement of their oh-so-cheesy white helmet.

[quote comment=”365280″]Is this the game from the scoreboard?
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Yeah, the craziest thing happened in the bottom of the ninth … :-)

Maybe the best movie soundtrack ever. Not too many others give me chills just thinking about the music.

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[quote comment=”365301″][quote comment=”365280″]Is this the game from the scoreboard?
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Yeah, the craziest thing happened in the bottom of the ninth … :-)

Maybe the best movie soundtrack ever. Not too many others give me chills just thinking about the music.[/quote]

Here’s a good related Super Trivia question:
Who was the losing pitcher in that game, first AND last name?
(Hint: only the radio broadcaster says it).

—Ricko

[quote comment=”365293″]”Hey, Notre Dame, where’s your Holy Mother now?”

Is that an okay line?

(Just askin’)

By all accounts, Tebow is a pretty amazing young man. Do some athletes lead with their faith a bit too much? Of course they do. But with people such as he and Kurt Warner you get the feeling they really do base their life around their beliefs.

As opposed the obligatory “First of all, I give thanks to Jesus” Sunday school response so many others seem to parrot out, because they think it’s what they’re supposed to say, when a sideline reporter shoves a microphone in their face.

I sincerely doubt Tebow thought his God had forsaken him yesterday. More like, “I’m not used to losing. It hurts.” And that, folks, is an sensation that has nothing to do with anyone’s religious beliefs.

—Ricko[/quote]

as a ND fan, yep its an ok line ;)

as for tebow, regardless of beliefs, it was kind of funny to watch him holding back tears. for someone that has sculpted an image, whether by choice or by the media, that they are infallible and with a nickname like superman they deserve to be laughed at or ribbed every once in awhile. for those that can’t stand him (count me in that group) we’ve been waiting a long time for this day. its the same thing for people that don’t like tiger woods or mj when they were finally pulled off of their pedestal. just because hes still in college doesn’t mean he gets a free pass.

I’m not a particularly religious person, but I’ve always thought there was some pretty good advice in Matthew 6:1-6. The part that starts “Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them”.

[quote comment=”365303″][quote comment=”365301″][quote comment=”365280″]Is this the game from the scoreboard?
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Yeah, the craziest thing happened in the bottom of the ninth … :-)

Maybe the best movie soundtrack ever. Not too many others give me chills just thinking about the music.[/quote]

Here’s a good related Super Trivia question:
Who was the losing pitcher in that game, first AND last name?
(Hint: only the radio broadcaster says it).

—Ricko[/quote]

Assuming you mean the pitcher who gave up the home run, its John Rhodes. I can’t remember if he was the losing pitcher or if the starter took the loss.

(Also assuming you mean the movie version, as opposed to the book version in which the Knights lose)

Pretty simple: If an atheist athlete (and there are certainly plenty of them) wore eye black with “There Is” and “No God,” everyone would have a conniption. And with good reason — that is basically a “Look at me!” statement, putting your own agenda ahead of the team and the game. And let’s not even get started with what would happen if a pagan or Wiccan player wore a statement of faith.

None of this belongs on the field. Tebow’s eye black is no different.

[quote comment=”365307″]Pretty simple: If an atheist athlete (and there are certainly plenty of them) wore eye black with “There Is” and “No God,” everyone would have a conniption. And with good reason — that is basically a “Look at me!” statement, putting your own agenda ahead of the team and the game. And let’s not even get started with what would happen if a pagan or Wiccan player wore a statement of faith.

None of this belongs on the field. Tebow’s eye black is no different.[/quote]

Its already happening, with the atheist bus campaign:

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“There’s probably no God, so stop worrying and enjoy your life” = conniptions”

[quote comment=”365307″]Pretty simple: If an atheist athlete (and there are certainly plenty of them) wore eye black with “There Is” and “No God,” everyone would have a conniption. And with good reason — that is basically a “Look at me!” statement, putting your own agenda ahead of the team and the game. And let’s not even get started with what would happen if a pagan or Wiccan player wore a statement of faith.

None of this belongs on the field. Tebow’s eye black is no different.[/quote]

Agree 100%. Let’s call it “separation of church and field/court”.

I just didn’t get the Florida uni yesterday…Big game, classic uni rivalry and they come out in that???

[quote comment=”365307″]Pretty simple: If an atheist athlete (and there are certainly plenty of them) wore eye black with “There Is” and “No God,” everyone would have a conniption. And with good reason — that is basically a “Look at me!” statement, putting your own agenda ahead of the team and the game. And let’s not even get started with what would happen if a pagan or Wiccan player wore a statement of faith.

None of this belongs on the field. Tebow’s eye black is no different.[/quote]

Anyone who made it to Ben Hill Griffin this season knows too that thousands of fans wear eye black with Bible verses under their eyes to the games. I don’t know if this is organized by a student group or not but one can easily see how this “in group” marker can turn into a boss holding an “optional” prayer at his office or sending out devotionals just as FYI. The pressure to join in would be immense. Such is the danger of showing “pride” in ones belief when one just so happens to be in a position of power. The line between freedom of speech and material/psychological compulsion to step in line can easily be blurred. Were he an atheist questioning the status quo I’d look upon the actions a little differently. That would be protesting the dominant discourse something like the black gloves at the Mexico Olympics. Recent polls suggest that more than half of Americans would not vote for an atheist president even if (s)he held all of their policy positions and was best qualified. Confronting that kind of bigotry through sport has a noble history. I don’t think Christians in this country face similar persecution.

[quote comment=”365308″][quote comment=”365307″]Pretty simple: If an atheist athlete (and there are certainly plenty of them) wore eye black with “There Is” and “No God,” everyone would have a conniption. And with good reason — that is basically a “Look at me!” statement, putting your own agenda ahead of the team and the game. And let’s not even get started with what would happen if a pagan or Wiccan player wore a statement of faith.

None of this belongs on the field. Tebow’s eye black is no different.[/quote]

Its already happening, with the atheist bus campaign:

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“There’s probably no God, so stop worrying and enjoy your life” = conniptions”[/quote]

Poor analogy. A billboard on a bus is SUPPOSED to be used to advance specific agendas (whether to sell a product, promote a cause, or whatever). You can argue as to whether public transport should have billboards to begin with, but that’s a separate issue. Once you allow advertising in a given space, you open yourself up to all sorts of content.

But no content at all belongs on eye black.

Best Bengals re-design I have seen so far, so easy and classy.

Has anyone ever sent any of the re-design ideas to the actual teams? If so, did any of them respond in anyway?

[quote comment=”365312″][quote comment=”365308″][quote comment=”365307″]Pretty simple: If an atheist athlete (and there are certainly plenty of them) wore eye black with “There Is” and “No God,” everyone would have a conniption. And with good reason — that is basically a “Look at me!” statement, putting your own agenda ahead of the team and the game. And let’s not even get started with what would happen if a pagan or Wiccan player wore a statement of faith.

None of this belongs on the field. Tebow’s eye black is no different.[/quote]

Its already happening, with the atheist bus campaign:

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“There’s probably no God, so stop worrying and enjoy your life” = conniptions”[/quote]

Poor analogy. A billboard on a bus is SUPPOSED to be used to advance specific agendas (whether to sell a product, promote a cause, or whatever). You can argue as to whether public transport should have billboards to begin with, but that’s a separate issue. Once you allow advertising in a given space, you open yourself up to all sorts of content.

But no content at all belongs on eye black.[/quote]

Not meant to be an analogy, just an example of what happens when someone expresses support for atheism or agnosticism in public.

[quote comment=”365294″]JimV:
I’m only getting a top 4 on my screen and no “worst”: perhaps user error. Anyway, I wanted to mention Clemson/GaTech, not as no. 1, but as pleasing nonetheless. I know it involves a mono-orange, but the two unis complemented each other, IMO. Also, any game played in the snow yesterday was good, despite Cincinnati and So. Ill. As for worst, has to be Boise St. The photos look OK, but the mono blue against blue smerfturf is hard on the rods and cones. Unfortunately the Yellow S-storm is done for the year, or I’m sure they wuld have contended for this honor.[/quote]

now fixed

also, had left out one participant in the contest, Mark Wilkes, whose submission was added in alphabetical order (well, until the last two) up above…you guys should check it out

(apologies to mark)

[quote comment=”365314″][quote comment=”365312″][quote comment=”365308″][quote comment=”365307″]Pretty simple: If an atheist athlete (and there are certainly plenty of them) wore eye black with “There Is” and “No God,” everyone would have a conniption. And with good reason — that is basically a “Look at me!” statement, putting your own agenda ahead of the team and the game. And let’s not even get started with what would happen if a pagan or Wiccan player wore a statement of faith.

None of this belongs on the field. Tebow’s eye black is no different.[/quote]

Its already happening, with the atheist bus campaign:

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“There’s probably no God, so stop worrying and enjoy your life” = conniptions”[/quote]

Poor analogy. A billboard on a bus is SUPPOSED to be used to advance specific agendas (whether to sell a product, promote a cause, or whatever). You can argue as to whether public transport should have billboards to begin with, but that’s a separate issue. Once you allow advertising in a given space, you open yourself up to all sorts of content.

But no content at all belongs on eye black.[/quote]

Not meant to be an analogy, just an example of what happens when someone expresses support for atheism or agnosticism in public.[/quote]

Gotcha. Was just trying to keep the discussion in the uni-related realm.

I have to run, folks — spending the afternoon in Manhattan. Enjoy your football, and I’ll see you all tomorrow.

Cheers,
Paul

[quote comment=”365307″]Pretty simple: If an atheist athlete (and there are certainly plenty of them) wore eye black with “There Is” and “No God,” everyone would have a conniption. And with good reason — that is basically a “Look at me!” statement, putting your own agenda ahead of the team and the game. And let’s not even get started with what would happen if a pagan or Wiccan player wore a statement of faith.

None of this belongs on the field. Tebow’s eye black is no different.[/quote]

Hear, hear!

[quote comment=”365279″]Was “Where’s Your Messiah now?” really necessary? Didn’t think so. Not the first time Uni Watch has disappointed me with such attempts at humor or attention-grabbing headlines…[/quote]

apologies if you are offended…i guess you’re not a simpson’s fan either (homer utters the line “where is your messiah now, flanders”, and i was actually trying to find a link to that episode, but at 2:00 am when i was finalizing the post, i couldn’t find it)

nevertheless, was just meant as a quick jibe at tebow, and if you actually read everything that followed, i had nothing bad to say about him or his beliefs or anything else…well that, and i didn’t have a screen grab of him crying…in which case, the headline would have read, “hey tebow, here’s why you lost”

[quote comment=”365315″][quote comment=”365294″]JimV:
I’m only getting a top 4 on my screen and no “worst”: perhaps user error. Anyway, I wanted to mention Clemson/GaTech, not as no. 1, but as pleasing nonetheless. I know it involves a mono-orange, but the two unis complemented each other, IMO. Also, any game played in the snow yesterday was good, despite Cincinnati and So. Ill. As for worst, has to be Boise St. The photos look OK, but the mono blue against blue smerfturf is hard on the rods and cones. Unfortunately the Yellow S-storm is done for the year, or I’m sure they wuld have contended for this honor.[/quote]

now fixed

also, had left out one participant in the contest, Mark Wilkes, whose submission was added in alphabetical order (well, until the last two) up above…you guys should check it out

(apologies to mark)[/quote]

Phil – no apology necessary but thanks for adding. With the work all of you do in keeping this site fresh, interesting and fun (on a volunteer basis I assume)…a little oversight is pretty minor. Keep up the good work all – editors and contributors alike.

Tebow’s next eye black passage?

John 11:35

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[quote comment=”365279″]Was “Where’s Your Messiah now?” really necessary? Didn’t think so. Not the first time Uni Watch has disappointed me with such attempts at humor or attention-grabbing headlines…[/quote]

Oh, for Heaven’s sake. Give it a rest! Unless you are providing major funding for the site, be thankful that it exists and you have the privilege to use it!

My only comment on the Heisman candidates and God debate is that I’m not sure who WILL win it but Ndamukong Suh SHOULD win it. He’s the best college player in the country. Hell, he’s the best I’ve seen in quite some time.

[quote comment=”365306″][quote comment=”365303″][quote comment=”365301″][quote comment=”365280″]Is this the game from the scoreboard?
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Yeah, the craziest thing happened in the bottom of the ninth … :-)

Maybe the best movie soundtrack ever. Not too many others give me chills just thinking about the music.[/quote]

Here’s a good related Super Trivia question:
Who was the losing pitcher in that game, first AND last name?
(Hint: only the radio broadcaster says it).

—Ricko[/quote]

Assuming you mean the pitcher who gave up the home run, its John Rhodes. I can’t remember if he was the losing pitcher or if the starter took the loss.

(Also assuming you mean the movie version, as opposed to the book version in which the Knights lose)[/quote]

Ricko, the name was floating around the ether until mike 2 nailed it. Then it was an “Of course!” moment for me. Nice work by the guy playing the radio announcer in that moment, too, conveying the fearful respect for the prodigious youngster Hobbs is facing.

Yeah, Barry Levinson and Co. completely reversed Malamud’s original outcome, didn’t they? Unsurprisingly, no one seems to mind that much …

[quote comment=”365302″]http://turbo.inquisitr.com/wp-content/2009/12/Tim-Tebow-crying-video.jpg[/quote]

if i had this photo…i would have done an entire parody of this post … still my favorite work by my predecessor ever

[quote comment=”365324″][quote comment=”365302″]http://turbo.inquisitr.com/wp-content/2009/12/Tim-Tebow-crying-video.jpg[/quote]

if i had this photo…i would have done an entire parody of link … still my favorite work by my predecessor ever[/quote]

At least we know why Tebow wears the sticker variation of eye black.

Waterproof.

[quote comment=”365322″]My only comment on the Heisman candidates and God debate is that I’m not sure who WILL win it but Ndamukong Suh SHOULD win it. He’s the best college player in the country. Hell, he’s the best I’ve seen in quite some time.[/quote]

Word. Suh will be shattering offenses on Sundays soon.

Last night, did you see him disengage from his blocker just long enough to clobber the runner attempting to go past?

[quote comment=”365299″]The slight adjustment to the Ravens helmet and black pants is just what the Dr ordered. Makes the uni a bit more traditional without forcing fans to have to buy a new jersey. As long as the white pants have the same stripe adjustment, I am in. Great job. BTW the Eagles look 100% better without the black.[/quote]

Agreed. Agreed. Agreed.

Here’s a bit of fun Raven’s Blasphemy …. How about an alternate jersey in Old Gold to wear with the Black helmet and Black pants. That would really be an alternate, as I consider alternate jerseys that are very close to the regular jersey (read Ravens’ Black vs. purple, Eagles’ Midnite Green vs. Black) to be pretty useless.

Nonertheless, kudos for the superior Raven’s update from my cousin Ronnie in Baltimore – good to see the family Brand out there ….

— Nick V. in New Orleans.

Liked Florida’s all-White uni, hated the Motion “F” or tilted “F” or whatever it was – also, any other color facemask would have been better than White over White x 3. Gray facemask would have been perfect, with ANY other type “F” or alternate logo.

[quote comment=”365326″][quote comment=”365322″]My only comment on the Heisman candidates and God debate is that I’m not sure who WILL win it but Ndamukong Suh SHOULD win it. He’s the best college player in the country. Hell, he’s the best I’ve seen in quite some time.[/quote]

Word. Suh will be shattering offenses on Sundays soon.

Last night, did you see him disengage from his blocker just long enough to clobber the runner attempting to go past?[/quote]

funny, he was my number 5 (should have thrown him a bone and mentioned him)…and yeah, last night was amazing…he’s still making a late charge for heisman

/had nebraska won, i’d say he’s a top 3 lock…two factors in picking the top 3: no alabama player has ever won, and voters tend to love the offense

Just because I know there is a pseudo snuggie obsession here

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(done)

Skins in burgundy over white at home . putting Saints in their white jerseys. Saints wearing a lot of white this year.

[quote comment=”365329″][quote comment=”365326″][quote comment=”365322″]My only comment on the Heisman candidates and God debate is that I’m not sure who WILL win it but Ndamukong Suh SHOULD win it. He’s the best college player in the country. Hell, he’s the best I’ve seen in quite some time.[/quote]

Word. Suh will be shattering offenses on Sundays soon.

Last night, did you see him disengage from his blocker just long enough to clobber the runner attempting to go past?[/quote]

funny, he was my number 5 (should have thrown him a bone and mentioned him)…and yeah, last night was amazing…he’s still making a link for heisman

/had nebraska won, i’d say he’s a top 3 lock…two factors in picking the top 3: no alabama player has ever won, and voters tend to love the offense[/quote]

The Heisman is disappointingly easy to predict, year after year: It will almost invariably be given to a quarterback or running back, and almost invariably to such a player from a Top 5 team.

It’s rarely given to the best player in college football, in my opinion. Suh’s Heisman prospects remind me of my 20/20 hindsight re: Lawrence Taylor: I will remain unconvinced that he was not the best college player in 1980. I know George Rogers had a nice season, but LT who changed the pro game starting in 1981, his rookie year.

The Heisman is almost a curse when it comes to the winner’s pro prospects: Gino Toretta and Danny Wuerffel come to mind.

The one defensive guy in recent years they did give it to? Charles Woodson. Eleven years later, he’s having one of his best pro seasons.

Mick has some logo creep going on today…

Pats in sweet red throwbacks vs Fish.
Rams in white over white vs Bears

“The Heisman is almost a curse when it comes to the winner’s pro prospects: Gino Toretta and Danny Wuerffel come to mind.”

Andre Ware.

Wonder if any other ex-Cowboys RBs will be on the sidelines of their college teams, you know, to bring them luck?

[quote comment=”365335″]”The Heisman is almost a curse when it comes to the winner’s pro prospects: Gino Toretta and Danny Wuerffel come to mind.”

Andre Ware.[/quote]

That was just a Lions curse.

[quote comment=”365334″]Pats in sweet red throwbacks vs Fish.
Rams in white over white vs Bears[/quote]

pats do look great…question to the dolfans: when miami wears white tops … what’s the story? white over white at home and white over aqua on the road? is there any rhyme or reason?

other game im getting is iggles vs. falcs…apparently, fans are divided in their love for mike vick…lots of “7” (both philly and atlanta) jerseys in the crowd, but lots of boos when he appeared in the game…right now philly up 10-0 … c’mon falcs!

[quote comment=”365335″]”The Heisman is almost a curse when it comes to the winner’s pro prospects: Gino Toretta and Danny Wuerffel come to mind.”

Andre Ware.[/quote]

Oh, yes. The list is long and remarkably undistinguished.

Correction: Woodson won the Heisman in ’97, not ’98 as my previous post implied.

[quote comment=”365334″]Pats in sweet red throwbacks vs Fish.
Rams in white over white vs Bears[/quote]

Bad Rams, bad!

Also the Bengals really need to lose the white side panels. They’re in all-black today and the white part just sticks out horribly. If they’re going to insist on side panels, they should make the tiger stripes go all the way up.

Happy birthday, James!

[quote comment=”365336″]Wonder if any other ex-Cowboys RBs will be on the sidelines of their college teams, you know, to bring them luck?[/quote]

Now there’s a time the Heisman voters got it right.

Pitt-Cincinnati was the best game all day. Pike looked pretty damned good on that last drive.

Michael’s Jags socks and David’s Bengals unis are my two favorite tweaks.

Give Toby the Heisman.

I really should have joined a while ago, but St. Nick brought me a gift last night.

Got my UniWatch card in the mail. now I just have to make some room in my wallet for it.

Thanks Paul, Phil and everyone else.

-Greenie

Titans-Colts a decent combination.

Although a little like looking at my TV through a hunk of bleu cheese.

(Ah, the white-over-white haters are out, wearing their “I never saw a football game live before the 1990s” sign). Not that they aren’t entitled to their opinions, but it certainly establishes their position that “always” is based on their definition of it. Well, that and telling teams what they “should” do, instead of saying “I think it would look better if…” And, yes, a person’s choice of words DOES tell a lot about them. Take that to the bank).

—Ricko

Well, my California (PA) Vulcans lost a third straight Division II semifinal, this time to Northwest Missouri State. link

The Bearcats will face the Grand Valley State Lakers link in the championship game next Saturday.

[quote comment=”365345″]
(Ah, the white-over-white haters are out, wearing their “I never saw a football game live before the 1990s” sign).

—Ricko[/quote]

I’ll have you know I didn’t like white on white with a dark helmet in the 80’s either.

[quote comment=”365295″][quote comment=”365294″]JimV:
I’m only getting a top 4 on my screen and no “worst”: perhaps user error. Anyway, I wanted to mention Clemson/GaTech, not as no. 1, but as pleasing nonetheless. I know it involves a mono-orange, but the two unis complemented each other, IMO. Also, any game played in the snow yesterday was good, despite Cincinnati and So. Ill. As for worst, has to be Boise St. The photos look OK, but the mono blue against blue smerfturf is hard on the rods and cones. Unfortunately the Yellow S-storm is done for the year, or I’m sure they wuld have contended for this honor.[/quote]

Well, you’re right about the worst one. I had BSU for the worst, and the Big 12 game for the best. I’m sure that will be fixed soon.[/quote]

Also, Ga. Tech/Clemson looked pretty good to me. I wouldn’t qualify it as a Top Fiver, but the unis didn’t distract me. Then again, I love the option, and when it’s run so well it takes a lot to distract me. Saw some of the game online yesterday, and I definitely want to see the rest today.

[quote comment=”365345″]Titans-Colts a decent combination.

Although a little like looking at my TV through a hunk of bleu cheese.

(Ah, the white-over-white haters are out, wearing their “I never saw a football game live before the 1990s” sign). Not that they aren’t entitled to their opinions, but it certainly establishes their position that “always” is based on their definition of it. Well, that and telling teams what they “should” do, instead of saying “I think it would look better if…” And, yes, a person’s choice of words DOES tell a lot about them. Take that to the bank).

—Ricko[/quote]
The Rams white over white is working for me, if not for the w-o-w haters. They got their dark blue sleeves, dark blue and gold helmets – plenty going on to prevent any sense of a “white out”.

It is odd to see that some Colts are wearing the new material, Joseph Addai for example, whereas Peyton and others are still in the old material.

The new material makes the shoulder stripes look far worse.

They announced during the Bears/Rams game that Soldier Field had just been re-sodded this past week. OK, normal enough. But the end zone has a green that is about 5x lighter shade of green than the rest of the field. It looks very bad, and very sloppy. I understand the growing season in Chi Town is short, and that paint is frequently applied to open air stadiums in cold climates, but come on man! WHy would you JUST paint the end zones a light shade?

[quote comment=”365344″]I really should have joined a while ago, but St. Nick brought me a gift last night.

Got my UniWatch card in the mail. now I just have to make some room in my wallet for it.

Thanks Paul, Phil and everyone else.

-Greenie[/quote]

well, i got nuttin to do with the cards or membership — that’s paul and scott turner…so props to them

which one is yours? can ya post it?

and you gonna be at the Uni Watch Winter Classic?

not too far a trip is it?

[quote comment=”365349″][quote comment=”365345″]Titans-Colts a decent combination.

Although a little like looking at my TV through a hunk of bleu cheese.

(Ah, the white-over-white haters are out, wearing their “I never saw a football game live before the 1990s” sign). Not that they aren’t entitled to their opinions, but it certainly establishes their position that “always” is based on their definition of it. Well, that and telling teams what they “should” do, instead of saying “I think it would look better if…” And, yes, a person’s choice of words DOES tell a lot about them. Take that to the bank).

—Ricko[/quote]
The Rams white over white is working for me, if not for the w-o-w haters. They got their dark blue sleeves, dark blue and gold helmets – plenty going on to prevent any sense of a “white out”.[/quote]
Whereas the Dolphins all white w/ white helmet is cool by me because it’s just so Miami. Better if they lost the drop shadow on the numbers.

I guess I don’t have rules on these things.

[quote comment=”365279″]Was “Where’s Your Messiah now?” really necessary? Didn’t think so. Not the first time Uni Watch has disappointed me with such attempts at humor or attention-grabbing headlines…[/quote]

Yes, totally uncalled for and out of character for the author or this site.

Not going to comment on anything else, but the crossing out of his bible verse and correcting it with the score was a great, subtle little jab. I like it.

[quote comment=”365307″]Pretty simple: If an atheist athlete (and there are certainly plenty of them) wore eye black with “There Is” and “No God,” everyone would have a conniption. And with good reason — that is basically a “Look at me!” statement, putting your own agenda ahead of the team and the game. And let’s not even get started with what would happen if a pagan or Wiccan player wore a statement of faith.

None of this belongs on the field. Tebow’s eye black is no different.[/quote]

Just came from church. Agree with what you say. But riddiculing someone’s faith is over the line.

[quote comment=”365338″][quote comment=”365334″]Pats in sweet red throwbacks vs Fish.
Rams in white over white vs Bears[/quote]

pats do look great…question to the dolfans: when miami wears white tops … what’s the story? white over white at home and white over aqua on the road? is there any rhyme or reason?

other game im getting is iggles vs. falcs…apparently, fans are divided in their love for mike vick…lots of “7” (both philly and atlanta) jerseys in the crowd, but lots of boos when he appeared in the game…right now philly up 10-0 … c’mon falcs![/quote]

I think, but am not sure, that the reason they do that is the same reason they wear white jerseys at home during the day — to cool things down from the Miami heat. They always wear dark jerseys at night. Makes sense to wear white pants during the day if you’re going to wear white jerseys.

I happened to actually go to a Bisons game at the old Whore….er…War Memorial the summer the filming was going on….very odd ballpark….

Does Miami have AFL throwbacks or are they just wearing their normal uniforms? Looks like normal to me.

[quote comment=”365356″][quote comment=”365307″]Pretty simple: If an atheist athlete (and there are certainly plenty of them) wore eye black with “There Is” and “No God,” everyone would have a conniption. And with good reason — that is basically a “Look at me!” statement, putting your own agenda ahead of the team and the game. And let’s not even get started with what would happen if a pagan or Wiccan player wore a statement of faith.

None of this belongs on the field. Tebow’s eye black is no different.[/quote]

Just came from church. Agree with what you say. But riddiculing someone’s faith is over the line.[/quote]

how did i ridicule his faith (or yours?)…did you read anything BUT that one line? i never said anything bad about tebow or christianity … if you’re going to put bible verses on your eyeblack (or ANYTHING for that matter, as others have pointed out), i’ll take you to task…was the line from “the ten commandments” and repeated in “the simpsons” (among other places) really that offensive?

please…i respect everyone’s right to practice their faith as they see fit but what if someone had written “JESUS” and “SUCKS” on their pads? you think i’d let that one go? absolutely not

keep the messages (of any kind) off the uniform and it’s accoutrements

thanks

[quote comment=”365356″][quote comment=”365307″]Pretty simple: If an atheist athlete (and there are certainly plenty of them) wore eye black with “There Is” and “No God,” everyone would have a conniption. And with good reason — that is basically a “Look at me!” statement, putting your own agenda ahead of the team and the game. And let’s not even get started with what would happen if a pagan or Wiccan player wore a statement of faith.

None of this belongs on the field. Tebow’s eye black is no different.[/quote]

Just came from church. Agree with what you say. But riddiculing someone’s faith is over the line.[/quote]

No, no it isn’t. Not when they put their faith on their sleeve (or eye black) for all to see.

Where’s Your Messiah Now? better ask for forgiveness for that one Asshole

[quote comment=”365361″][quote comment=”365356″][quote comment=”365307″]Pretty simple: If an atheist athlete (and there are certainly plenty of them) wore eye black with “There Is” and “No God,” everyone would have a conniption. And with good reason — that is basically a “Look at me!” statement, putting your own agenda ahead of the team and the game. And let’s not even get started with what would happen if a pagan or Wiccan player wore a statement of faith.

None of this belongs on the field. Tebow’s eye black is no different.[/quote]

Just came from church. Agree with what you say. But riddiculing someone’s faith is over the line.[/quote]

No, no it isn’t. Not when they put their faith on their sleeve (or eye black) for all to see.[/quote]

Actually, I saw Phil’s explanation above, that it was a take-off on the Simpsons, and accept it as understandable (funny, even). Apologies, Phil.

It’s one thing to ridducle an obvious hypocrite — the preacher who gets caught wit his pants down or hands in the till, so to speak — but it’s another to riddicule that person’s or any person’s faith.

It’s actually better to RIDDICULE bad typers, such as yours truly. Apologize for the misspelling above.

[quote comment=”365355″]Not going to comment on anything else, but the crossing out of his bible verse and correcting it with the score was a great, subtle little jab. I like it.[/quote]
I liked that too.

[quote comment=”365364″]It’s actually better to RIDDICULE bad typers, such as yours truly. Apologize for the misspelling above.[/quote]

Can I still RIDICULE you? ;o)

[quote comment=”365365″][quote comment=”365355″]Not going to comment on anything else, but the crossing out of his bible verse and correcting it with the score was a great, subtle little jab. I like it.[/quote]
I liked that too.[/quote]

yeah…i wonder where i got the idea ;)

[quote comment=”365351″]They announced during the Bears/Rams game that Soldier Field had just been re-sodded this past week. OK, normal enough. But the end zone has a green that is about 5x lighter shade of green than the rest of the field. It looks very bad, and very sloppy. I understand the growing season in Chi Town is short, and that paint is frequently applied to open air stadiums in cold climates, but come on man! WHy would you JUST paint the end zones a light shade?[/quote]

Endzone maybe didn’t need re-sodding?
It IS the Bears, after all.

—Ricko

[quote comment=”365366″][quote comment=”365364″]It’s actually better to RIDDICULE bad typers, such as yours truly. Apologize for the misspelling above.[/quote]

Can I still RIDICULE you? ;o)[/quote]

Yes, you can, but since you’re from Canada, the ice you’re standing on is pretty thin. ;)

[quote comment=”365369″][quote comment=”365366″][quote comment=”365364″]It’s actually better to RIDDICULE bad typers, such as yours truly. Apologize for the misspelling above.[/quote]

Can I still RIDICULE you? ;o)[/quote]

Yes, you can, but since you’re from Canada, the ice you’re standing on is pretty thin. ;)[/quote]

Not this time of year. They have already been playing pond hockey for two months.

[quote comment=”365370″][quote comment=”365369″][quote comment=”365366″][quote comment=”365364″]It’s actually better to RIDDICULE bad typers, such as yours truly. Apologize for the misspelling above.[/quote]

Can I still RIDICULE you? ;o)[/quote]

Yes, you can, but since you’re from Canada, the ice you’re standing on is pretty thin. ;)[/quote]

Not this time of year. They have already been playing pond hockey for two months.[/quote]

That’s unbelievable. And I complain about 40-degree days in the dead of winter.

Disappointing. I don’t think I’ll be reading this site anymore, which is sad for me because I have enjoyed it for so long. Why would you use such an incendiary line for such a cheap laugh, UW?

re: White over white.

A team conceives its home uni. Sometimes that’s a dark helmet and matching jersey (Bears, Vikings, Chiefs, Oklahoma, Alabama, Michigan State and many others, for example).

Rules says they also must have to have a white jersey. If that’s all they choose to alter for the road version, that’s their call.

And, for more years than many here have been alive, I think, that’s what the majority of teams decided to do…change only the jersey for road games. If anything, they’d add MORE white by going to white pants (see Redskins and Giants, for ex., in the ’50s). For years in the pros, only the Chicago Cardinals flipslopped jersey and pants colors for road games. Vikings and Chiefs, to name two, later adopted the plan, after Cards had dropped it.

Alternate road pants are no more traditional than teeny tiny sleeves, nor should they be either forbidden or encouraged. They’re a recent development, a current style/trend, a progression. Not a bad thing, but certainly not something that every single team “ought” to do.

When you’ve piled up probably thousands of games you’ve seen either on TV or in photos, a dark helmet with all white is an absolutely, positively normal, common and acceptable approach to a road uni.

–Ricko

Hey, Jason…

Any more shots from the UniWatch Nitpickers inagural game?

—Ricko

[quote comment=”365374″]re: White over white.

A team conceives its home uni. Sometimes that’s a dark helmet and matching jersey (Bears, Vikings, Chiefs, Oklahoma, Alabama, Michigan State and many others, for example).

Rules says they also must have to have a white jersey. If that’s all they choose to alter for the road version, that’s their call.

And, for more years than many here have been alive, I think, that’s what the majority of teams decided to do…change only the jersey for road games. If anything, they’d add MORE white by going to white pants (see Redskins and Giants, for ex., in the ’50s). For years in the pros, only the Chicago Cardinals flipslopped jersey and pants colors for road games. Vikings and Chiefs, to name two, later adopted the plan, after Cards had dropped it.

Alternate road pants are no more traditional than teeny tiny sleeves, nor should they be either forbidden or encouraged. They’re a recent development, a current style/trend, a progression. Not a bad thing, but certainly not something that every single team “ought” to do.

When you’ve piled up probably thousands of games you’ve seen either on TV or in photos, a dark helmet with all white is an absolutely, positively normal, common and acceptable approach to a road uni.

–Ricko[/quote]

And if you look at the traditional college powers (USC, Oklahoma, Texas, Penn State, Alabama, Michigan, Ohio State, Notre Dame), that is precisely what they have done. Though I like dark pants on the road once in a while, for years I thought it was an anomaly and mostly practiced by lesser schools.

[quote comment=”365360″][quote comment=”365356″][quote comment=”365307″]Pretty simple: If an atheist athlete (and there are certainly plenty of them) wore eye black with “There Is” and “No God,” everyone would have a conniption. And with good reason — that is basically a “Look at me!” statement, putting your own agenda ahead of the team and the game. And let’s not even get started with what would happen if a pagan or Wiccan player wore a statement of faith.

None of this belongs on the field. Tebow’s eye black is no different.[/quote]

Just came from church. Agree with what you say. But riddiculing someone’s faith is over the line.[/quote]

how did i ridicule his faith (or yours?)…did you read anything BUT that one line? i never said anything bad about tebow or christianity … if you’re going to put bible verses on your eyeblack (or ANYTHING for that matter, as others have pointed out), i’ll take you to task…was the line from “the ten commandments” and repeated in “the simpsons” (among other places) really that offensive?

please…i respect everyone’s right to practice their faith as they see fit but what if someone had written “JESUS” and “SUCKS” on their pads? you think i’d let that one go? absolutely not

keep the messages (of any kind) off the uniform and it’s accoutrements

thanks[/quote]

unless your troy polamalu. lol. kidding! keep it out of the view of everyone else.

[quote comment=”365376″][quote comment=”365374″]re: White over white.

A team conceives its home uni. Sometimes that’s a dark helmet and matching jersey (Bears, Vikings, Chiefs, Oklahoma, Alabama, Michigan State and many others, for example).

Rules says they also must have to have a white jersey. If that’s all they choose to alter for the road version, that’s their call.

And, for more years than many here have been alive, I think, that’s what the majority of teams decided to do…change only the jersey for road games. If anything, they’d add MORE white by going to white pants (see Redskins and Giants, for ex., in the ’50s). For years in the pros, only the Chicago Cardinals flipslopped jersey and pants colors for road games. Vikings and Chiefs, to name two, later adopted the plan, after Cards had dropped it.

Alternate road pants are no more traditional than teeny tiny sleeves, nor should they be either forbidden or encouraged. They’re a recent development, a current style/trend, a progression. Not a bad thing, but certainly not something that every single team “ought” to do.

When you’ve piled up probably thousands of games you’ve seen either on TV or in photos, a dark helmet with all white is an absolutely, positively normal, common and acceptable approach to a road uni.

–Ricko[/quote]

And if you look at the traditional college powers (USC, Oklahoma, Texas, Penn State, Alabama, Michigan, Ohio State, Notre Dame), that is precisely what they have done. Though I like dark pants on the road once in a while, for years I thought it was an anomaly and mostly practiced by lesser schools.[/quote]

By the way, North Carolina has now lost four or five games in a row in dark-blue pants (one at home in the forgettable all-dark-blue outfits in late October).

For the love of Pete, relax. If you don’t like the title of today’s post, don’t bother to read or post. If you choose not to read this blog from here on out, no one will really miss you. There have been a lot more things posted that are much worse than a quote from a movie… And who are the jokers wearing the Saints uniforms today?

[quote comment=\”365304\”][quote comment=\”365293\”]\”Hey, Notre Dame, where\’s your Holy Mother now?\”

Is that an okay line?

(Just askin\’)

By all accounts, Tebow is a pretty amazing young man. Do some athletes lead with their faith a bit too much? Of course they do. But with people such as he and Kurt Warner you get the feeling they really do base their life around their beliefs.

As opposed the obligatory \”First of all, I give thanks to Jesus\” Sunday school response so many others seem to parrot out, because they think it\’s what they\’re supposed to say, when a sideline reporter shoves a microphone in their face.

I sincerely doubt Tebow thought his God had forsaken him yesterday. More like, \”I\’m not used to losing. It hurts.\” And that, folks, is an sensation that has nothing to do with anyone\’s religious beliefs.

—Ricko[/quote]

as a ND fan, yep its an ok line ;)

as for tebow, regardless of beliefs, it was kind of funny to watch him holding back tears. for someone that has sculpted an image, whether by choice or by the media, that they are infallible and with a nickname like superman they deserve to be laughed at or ribbed every once in awhile. for those that can\’t stand him (count me in that group) we\’ve been waiting a long time for this day. its the same thing for people that don\’t like tiger woods or mj when they were finally pulled off of their pedestal. just because hes still in college doesn\’t mean he gets a free pass.[/quote]

Yeah but to be fair, Tebow has never really done anything to garner any sort of real, true despise from most people. I guess you can doubt the sincerity of his \”passion\” and enthusiasm that he projects, but besides that few people have a reason to hope for his downfall. I think that the people who seem to have this contempt for him, is really towards how the media has built him up as the ultimate \”college hero\” and (in Brennaman\’s case, messiah re-incarnated). At least that is where most of my hatred comes from.

On uni-business, I\’d love to see oregon involve both the modern and retro uni-sets more next year. Not mix and match the two, but it could be nice to see the uniform on thursday with the white helmet, or an away version of the retro used, similar to this: link

“If you don’t like the title of today’s post, don’t bother to read or post”

…i think that’s the problem.

[quote comment=”365381″]”If you don’t like the title of today’s post, don’t bother to read or post”

…i think that’s the problem.[/quote]

That’s always the problem.

If you just want to see the pictures without reading the commentary, I recommend that you just open every link without reading what it says and then deciphering it for yourself.

I would also recommend not going into the comments.

But seriously, if it offends you, ignore it. If you can’t do that, I’m surprised you made it this long on the internet before exploding.

Just saw that Mississippi will play Oklahoma State in the Cotton bowl. Pittsburgh is going to the Meinkie Bowl. Remember when bowls use to be bowls without all the sponsorship in front of them?

[quote comment=”365383″]Just saw that Mississippi will play Oklahoma State in the Cotton bowl. Pittsburgh is going to the Meinkie Bowl. Remember when bowls use to be bowls without all the sponsorship in front of them?[/quote]

Paul, crank up the t-shirt machine and make some Naming Wrongs shirts for bowl season – the perfect holiday gift!

I saw Oklahoma’s playing Stanford in my favorite of the non-BCS bowls, the Sun Bowl. I tolerate the “Brut Sun Bowl” because 1) it beats the heck out of the “John Hancock Bowl” and 2) Brut is my 2nd favorite cologne. Hopefully there will be a Heisman winner running the ball in that game.

Seahawks are wearing their dark blue pants (that they wore with the neon green jerseys) with their blue home jerseys. I kind of like it. It breaks up the monochrome look that they usually have. I was wondering if they were ever going to use this combo.

[quote comment=”365384″][quote comment=”365383″]Just saw that Mississippi will play Oklahoma State in the Cotton bowl. Pittsburgh is going to the Meinkie Bowl. Remember when bowls use to be bowls without all the sponsorship in front of them?[/quote]

Paul, crank up the t-shirt machine and make some Naming Wrongs shirts for bowl season – the perfect holiday gift!

I saw Oklahoma’s playing Stanford in my favorite of the non-BCS bowls, the Sun Bowl. I tolerate the “Brut Sun Bowl” because 1) it beats the heck out of the “John Hancock Bowl” and 2) Brut is my 2nd favorite cologne. Hopefully there will be a Heisman winner running the ball in that game.[/quote]

By the way, why can’t they all just do it like the Rose Bowl Game…presented by Citi? I’m still calling it the Rose Bowl, but at least if I were an announcer who HAS to say the whole thing, I could handle that better.

How could you not even mention cj spiller? The man ran for 233 yards and had 301 total plus four touchdowns, and 11.6 yards per carry. All of which were ACC Championship Game records. I’m not saying that he deserves to win it, but he does deserve to be a finalist.

[quote comment=”365385″]Seahawks are wearing their dark blue pants (that they wore with the neon green jerseys) with their blue home jerseys. I kind of like it. It breaks up the monochrome look that they usually have. I was wondering if they were ever going to use this combo.[/quote]

That was mentioned here in the last week or so, as an example of dark-over-dark that wouldn’t be monochrome…as with the Eagles in black-over-midnight green or the original Ravens purple-over-black.

(Hmmm, wonder if someone with the Seahawks reads UW?)

Looking forward to seeing how it worked out for them.

—Ricko

Are you kidding me?
link

Tweak away at the Steelers’ unis. If they can’t beat those guys they deserve a uni redo. I’m going outside to kick the football until I forget I saw this. See you tonight.

Late to the party. Went to church, then went to see “The Blind Side.”

Couple observations:

– People take themselves (and others) WAY too seriously. I didn’t like the Messiah line, but so what. Moved on. It took me a long time to come around to Tebow. He was built to dislike, but guess what? He’s the real deal. I doubt any of us wouldn’t want him on our respective teams. More than that, I wouldn’t mind him as a son or a son-in-law. Looks to be a really decent kid. That said, I’d encourage him to leave the eye black alone. As with Paul, it doesn’t belong.

– About the movie: Say all you want about Nike (and it brings much on it itself) but aesthetically, it beats the heck out of UnderArmor. That bloody logo was plastered all over the movie. Looks like a bruise, compared to the swoosh. UA uniforms, unless they follow the traditional look seem universally ugly. Same with Adidas. Nike’s modern stuff does seem to have some style to it.

Oh, and one more thing, the Clarksville stuff. My vote goes to Ed Westfield. Nice combination of modern and tradition. The yellow jerseys look nice. I’ve always wondered why more schools/teams with yellow don’t use that look. I might cringe if I see all yellow, but hey, the A’s got away with it for a while.

Good work, Ed. Nice job coordinating the effort, Phil. Everybody else: Take a breath.

Has anybody taken a close look at the Giants pants today? The forward blue stripe is practically the same width as the red stripe and second blue stripe put together. Perhaps this has been spoken about in past posts.

Q: To all the offended Christians… WWJD?
A: Not put his shit on eye black.

And then he would tell you to pull your shit together and teach a man to fish.

This too shall pass.

Kudos to the Steelers mash up, but it’ll take a lot to bump the black. Ditto with the Steelers tweaks. They look good, but for the Steelers themselves, it’s as good as its going to get.

Now that tweak for the Ravens? Terrific. Repaint the helmets next week. And those Cincy uniforms? They can’t start wearing those soon enough. Great job, guys.

Phil:
Looks like your intelligent design has led to some natural selection.

UConn is on the way to the PapaJohns.com Bowl. Lots of red in the Sun Bowl as Oklahoma vs. Stanford. Rutgers vs. Central Florida in the St. Petersburg Bowl. Oregon State vs. BYU in the Las Vegas Bowl. Navy will be in the Texas Bowl.

Anyone remember the Astro Blue Bonnet Bowl?

[quote comment=”365279″]Was “Where’s Your Messiah now?” really necessary? Didn’t think so. Not the first time Uni Watch has disappointed me with such attempts at humor or attention-grabbing headlines…[/quote]

agreed, not a fan of that line.

In other uni-news, Seahawks coach wearing a SPD cap to honor the police officers killed this week.

[quote comment=”365391″]Has anybody taken a close look at the Giants pants today? The forward blue stripe is practically the same width as the red stripe and second blue stripe put together. Perhaps this has been spoken about in past posts.

Q: To all the offended Christians… WWJD?
A: Not put his shit on eye black.

And then he would tell you to pull your shit together and teach a man to fish.

This too shall pass.[/quote]
Nevermind. It must have been an optimist illusion.
Except on Bradshaw’s pants, maybe?

[quote comment=”365396″][quote comment=”365391″]Has anybody taken a close look at the Giants pants today? The forward blue stripe is practically the same width as the red stripe and second blue stripe put together. Perhaps this has been spoken about in past posts.

Q: To all the offended Christians… WWJD?
A: Not put his shit on eye black.

And then he would tell you to pull your shit together and teach a man to fish.

This too shall pass.[/quote]
Nevermind. It must have been an optimist illusion.
Except on Bradshaw’s pants, maybe?[/quote]
Oopsie.
Wrong quote.
I meant the one about the Giant pants.

[quote comment=”365393″]Phil:
Looks like your intelligent design has led to some natural selection.[/quote]
I’ll have to remember that one.

Des Moines Register: Iowa State to Insight Bowl against Minnesota or Michigan State

Boston College vs. USC in Emerald Bowl. Texas A&M and Georgia in the Independence Bowl (remember when it was sponsored by Poulan Weedeater). Navy will play Missouri in the Texas Bowl. South Carolina will be UConn’s opponent in the PapaJohn’s.com bowl. University of South Florida in the International Bowl. East Carolina is in the Liberty Bowl.

California to the Poinsetta Bowl and SMU to the Hawaii Bowl.

Northwestern vs. Auburn in the Outback Bowl

Some good face time for Joe Skiba in the giants game. Steve Smith’s shoe came off and Skiba was right there on the sideline to help him put it back on.

Compared to the Seattle doom and gloom and fogged in look, the San Francisco unis look all sparkly and fabulous.

I’m bored. After much early game NFL excitement – not enough late games.

Fresno State vs. Wyoming in the New Mexico Bowl. Nevada will play SMU in the Hawaii Bowl. Houston and Air Force in the Armed Forces Bowl. Flordia State vs. West Virginia in Gator Bowl. Arkansas will play East Carolina in the Liberty Bowl

good job on it, but the paulbrowns are already perfect, it’s the best uniform in sports.

flip nailed it pretty good, but all this talk of tebow, who i love watching play and respect, and tag lines getting all sorts of francis panties in a bunch. all i can say francisez is replace stuff with he word jesus link.
if i may continue on the subjest of jesus and the uf uniforms. i read yesterday’s entry/comments too late to say anything, and still nothing today about the obvious…they looked like lily white baptismal robes, especially when you consider their alter boy quaterback. nobody saw that? it is the first thing i thought of when they ran on the field, here come the florida saviors â™®â™marching on tooooo waaaaarâ™. the next thing i thought was jesus might forsake them for that.

also from yesterday’s comments, you here jason?
6’5″ 205 april of 1970 from baltimore md, and since i don’t play video games i would be a freshman. i would like to smash heads for the rest of the gang, so how’s about making me a centre. if i can’t be on the line, i was a purdy decent sam in a 5-2 back in the day, but i would rather block for mothervilker and ricko. my pops wore 71 for the terps, so give me that number, and my eye black should say corn & mother, or art & fag, no facemask. i don’t know how you determine what qualities a player has but here are some facts, other then my having screws loose in the brain-pan, that might help you determine my player if i make the team. my speed may have been average, but i once knocked someone out without putting down my taco. i can do the splits(or at least i could), used to french braid my hair on special occasions, and can tell you when there is a pressure drop from the bones i crushed in my left thumb. i pissed my pants when i was charged by a grizzly bear but didn’t run, i roll my own smokes, drink bourbon, and live in a studio without direct running water that get’s heat 4 hours a day even when it is -10. oh and chicks dig me because i rarely wear underwear, and when i do it is usually something unusual. i hope that helps you assess what kind of traits i should have if i make the team as a computer football centre.

Minnesota is traveling to Tempe (again) to face the Division I FBS team geographically closest to them, Iowa St.

[quote comment=”365407″]Minnesota is traveling to Tempe (again) to face the Division I FBS team geographically closest to them, Iowa St.[/quote]

Whoa, if those teams really screw up their uni planning, that could look like an intrasquad game, for sure.

—Ricko

I totally agree that religious statements have to place on the field. That said, it doesn’t seem very classy to needlessly kick a guy when he’s down by going after his religion.

If Tebow pulls a Tiger Woods and is caught sleeping around, go ahead and blast him for being a hypocrite. But then the only thing he does is lose a game, is it really neccesary to mock his religion (and yes, the Messiah line is mockery)?

All I’m saying is that, if you disagree with Tebow’s eyeblack statements (as I do), you can express that disagreement in courteous way, or you can be an ass.

In this case, you seemed like an ass, at least to me.

Oops, that should say: “I totally agree that religious statements have NO place on the field”

Oops again, that should say, “But WHEN the only thing he does…”

I’ve only had one beer today, I promise.

[quote comment=”365313″]Best Bengals re-design I have seen so far, so easy and classy.

Has anyone ever sent any of the re-design ideas to the actual teams? If so, did any of them respond in anyway?[/quote]

I am glad to see you enjoyed the Bengals uniform. I think it is funny that that redesign took around 45 minutes from start to finish, the last redesign by the Bengals took months. Sadly after seeing all of the “alternate” designs that were rejected, the current uniforms were the best option. My favorite of the awful designs was a solid black uniform with orange piping. It was the same design as the bills, there was even a “box” on the shoulder yoke outlined in orange piping.

And by favorite I mean it was the worst of the worst.

Justin Tuck is having serious vector problems tonight. One side is gone, and the other looks mangled. I thought Skiba was gonna fix this? Not that I am complaining…. I think they should totally be removed.

And yeah, that was a nice shot of Skiba they had on TV for a while.

[quote comment=”365394″]UConn is on the way to the PapaJohns.com Bowl. Lots of red in the Sun Bowl as Oklahoma vs. Stanford. Rutgers vs. Central Florida in the St. Petersburg Bowl. Oregon State vs. BYU in the Las Vegas Bowl. Navy will be in the Texas Bowl.

Anyone remember the Astro Blue Bonnet Bowl?[/quote]

I remember that game. Used to like seeing that bowl. Last one I recall was Butch Woolfolk and Michigan vs. UCLA (Tom Ramsey?).

“Anyone remember the Astro Blue Bonnet Bowl?”

I remember the plain old “Bluebonnet Bowl”.

#94 on the Giants has played a considerable part of the 2nd half (at least) with half a helmet decal on one side of his helmet.

With all the attention the Pro Combat football uniforms have been getting does anyone know if this year any team is wearing the Pro Combat basketball unis other than Duke. I know other schools were involved in it last March…I believe it was Oregon, Duke, Michigan State, Gonzaga and Memphis.

I haven’t seen any of those teams play this year so I don’t know if that was a short term March promotion or like Duke they are using them full time now.

Gotta say, even without neon tops, this beats the monochrome unis:
link

Wonder how much Mr. Mare will get fined for the untucked shirt?

Anyone remember the Astro Blue Bonnet Bowl?[/quote]

Yep, in the Houston Astrodome of course; I’m willing to guess that one of the last color vs. color bowl games was the Astro Bluebonnet Bowl of December 31, 1979 when Purdue pulled out a last minute win over Tennessee. It really was quite a game.

Pretty sure UT was the designated “home” team and they allowed Purdue to wear their home black jerseys; since the game was indoors, Purdue wore black jerseys for warm weather (wide porthole mesh material w/ solid white numerals, no sleeve striping), as opposed to their regular home black jerseys (micro-mesh material, old gold numerals outlined in white, gold/white/gold sleeve stripes).

*sigh*
Ah, the good old days.

This is just so nice on so many levels:
link

I still would like to see this Pats jersey in blue, though. Keep everything else the same, unless you want to go back to the ’60 helmet.

[quote comment=”365393″]Phil:
Looks like your intelligent design has led to some natural selection.[/quote]

indeed, leon…indeed

Here’s an angle you don’t see often in a sports photo: link

Apparently he has one heck of a zoom, too:
link

I would have liked it even better if the Broncs wore throwbacks.

Pittsburgh gets North Carolina in the Meinkie Bowl. Kentucky vs. Clemson in the Music City Bowl. Chick-fil-A Bowl will have Virginia Tech and Tennessee

I think there would definitely be a market for “I’m calling” shirts for the bowl season.

“I’m calling it the Citrus Bowl” in Penn State or LSU colors

Southern Miss and Middle Tennessee in the New Orleans Bowl. Marshall and Ohio in the Little Ceaser (nee Motor City Bowl). Bowling Green and Idaho in the Humanitarian Bowl. Central Michigan and Troy in the GMAC Bowl.

[quote comment=”365424″]I think there would definitely be a market for “I’m calling” shirts for the bowl season.

“I’m calling it the Citrus Bowl” in Penn State or LSU colors[/quote]

or the Peach or Tangerine.

Iowa in Orange Bowl against Georgia Tech; Penn State in Capital One.

Boise St. vs. TCU in Fiesta

[quote comment=”365427″]Iowa in Orange Bowl against Georgia Tech; Penn State in Capital One.

Boise St. vs. TCU in Fiesta[/quote]

So when this game is over, one team will be shut up, and the other will still have proven nothing, right?

[quote comment=”365428″][quote comment=”365427″]Iowa in Orange Bowl against Georgia Tech; Penn State in Capital One.

Boise St. vs. TCU in Fiesta[/quote]

So when this game is over, one team will be shut up, and the other will still have proven nothing, right?[/quote]
Meaning the TCU-Boise matchup.

[quote comment=”365409″]I totally agree that religious statements have to place on the field. That said, it doesn’t seem very classy to needlessly kick a guy when he’s down by going after his religion.

[/quote]

you are, of course, entitled to your opinion, as am i, but can you point out how exactly i “kick(ed) a guy when he’s down by going after his religion”?

did i mention anything about tebow and his religion? did i make any statements about him (aside from mentioning he lost the SEC championship)?

or did the mere juxtaposition of a MOVIE QUOTE (and also, the same quote used in an episode of the simpsons) with tebow’s picture cause you to suddenly feel im attacking tebow, and in a larger sense, christianity?

i have a problem with ANYONE using either their body or their uniform as a platform for their views, whether they be religious or otherwise … but for you or anyone on this board to somehow accuse me of being anti-christian, that’s simply not only untrue but unfair

messages of ANY KIND don’t belong on eyeblack…but if i were to say, get upset at reggie bush for putting his area code on his eyeblack, i suppose some people would accuse me of being racist…

whatever

to anyone who was offended, i apologize

if you’re read my comments or any of the posts i’ve done for over a year, i think you’d understand from where i come and how i feel about uniforms

peace yo

[quote comment=”365423″]Pittsburgh gets North Carolina in the Meinkie Bowl. Kentucky vs. Clemson in the Music City Bowl. Chick-fil-A Bowl will have Virginia Tech and Tennessee[/quote]

Pitt and UNC played there before. One of my least favorite bowl names. They should call it the Grease Bowl instead.

Music City Bowl shoulda been called the Banjo Bowl, but I guess that’s taken: link

Chick Fil A should be the Gravy Bowl. Mmmmm.

Okay, why have no cereal or candy makers gotten in on the bowl thing? The Cereal Bowl is a natural. I claim the Candy Bowl, though. My son and I play that one every New Years on my electric football field. Winner gets a small foil bowl full of candy.

Of course. Oregon vs. Ohio State in the Rose Bowl quell suprise!

[quote comment=”365431″][quote comment=”365423″]Pittsburgh gets North Carolina in the Meinkie Bowl. Kentucky vs. Clemson in the Music City Bowl. Chick-fil-A Bowl will have Virginia Tech and Tennessee[/quote]

Pitt and UNC played there before. One of my least favorite bowl names. They should call it the Grease Bowl instead.

Music City Bowl shoulda been called the Banjo Bowl, but I guess that’s taken: link

Chick Fil A should be the Gravy Bowl. Mmmmm.

Okay, why have no cereal or candy makers gotten in on the bowl thing? The Cereal Bowl is a natural. I claim the Candy Bowl, though. My son and I play that one every New Years on my electric football field. Winner gets a small foil bowl full of candy.[/quote]

Hey, back of Chick-Fil-A. When I travel south I never eat lunch until I see a Chick-Fil-A.

[quote comment=”365422″]Here’s an angle you don’t see often in a sports photo: link

Apparently he has one heck of a zoom, too:
link

I would have liked it even better if the Broncs wore throwbacks.[/quote]

The Chiefs link never went with that wide pants stripe, ala Chicago link , Green Bay link and certainly San Francisco link. The only tweaks have been with the sleeve cuff, the white mask and the red britches. The first two were excellent, the last, I can take link or leave link but the striping on the away pants is both unusual for dark pants and nothing short of classy.

[quote comment=”365433″][quote comment=”365431″][quote comment=”365423″]Pittsburgh gets North Carolina in the Meinkie Bowl. Kentucky vs. Clemson in the Music City Bowl. Chick-fil-A Bowl will have Virginia Tech and Tennessee[/quote]

Pitt and UNC played there before. One of my least favorite bowl names. They should call it the Grease Bowl instead.

Music City Bowl shoulda been called the Banjo Bowl, but I guess that’s taken: link

Chick Fil A should be the Gravy Bowl. Mmmmm.

Okay, why have no cereal or candy makers gotten in on the bowl thing? The Cereal Bowl is a natural. I claim the Candy Bowl, though. My son and I play that one every New Years on my electric football field. Winner gets a small foil bowl full of candy.[/quote]

Hey, back of Chick-Fil-A. When I travel south I never eat lunch until I see a Chick-Fil-A.[/quote]

Don’t get me wrong – I loves me some Chick-Fil-A. They’re in Ohio now, and I go there as much as I can. Just think they should go with “The Gravy Bowl, presented by Chick-Fil-A.” Of course they took the Peach Bowl name away, but I like chicken better.

Eagle Bank Bowl is Army (if they beat Navy) or UCLA vs. Temple. Arizona vs. Nebraska in the Holiday Bowl. LSU in the Capital One Bowl. Northern Illinois vs. South Florida in the International.

[quote comment=”365435″][quote comment=”365433″][quote comment=”365431″][quote comment=”365423″]Pittsburgh gets North Carolina in the Meinkie Bowl. Kentucky vs. Clemson in the Music City Bowl. Chick-fil-A Bowl will have Virginia Tech and Tennessee[/quote]

Pitt and UNC played there before. One of my least favorite bowl names. They should call it the Grease Bowl instead.

Music City Bowl shoulda been called the Banjo Bowl, but I guess that’s taken: link

Chick Fil A should be the Gravy Bowl. Mmmmm.

Okay, why have no cereal or candy makers gotten in on the bowl thing? The Cereal Bowl is a natural. I claim the Candy Bowl, though. My son and I play that one every New Years on my electric football field. Winner gets a small foil bowl full of candy.[/quote]

Hey, back of Chick-Fil-A. When I travel south I never eat lunch until I see a Chick-Fil-A.[/quote]

Don’t get me wrong – I loves me some Chick-Fil-A. They’re in Ohio now, and I go there as much as I can. Just think they should go with “The Gravy Bowl, presented by Chick-Fil-A.” Of course they took the Peach Bowl name away, but I like chicken better.[/quote]

I miss the Peach Bowl.

Texas Tech in the Alamo Bowl.

Rangers in blue, Red Wings in white – about as good as it gets.

Cincy and Florida in the Sugar

Utah is Cal’s opponent in the Poinsetta Bowl

[quote comment=”365438″]Texas Tech in the Alamo Bowl.[/quote]

I’ll try to remember that bowl.

[quote comment=”365442″][quote comment=”365438″]Texas Tech in the Alamo Bowl.[/quote]

I’ll try to remember that bowl.[/quote]

Good one Jim.

[quote comment=”365442″][quote comment=”365438″]Texas Tech in the Alamo Bowl.[/quote]

I’ll try to remember that bowl.[/quote]

And they will play Michigan State in that bowl.

[quote comment=”365408″][quote comment=”365407″]Minnesota is traveling to Tempe (again) to face the Division I FBS team geographically closest to them, Iowa St.[/quote]

Whoa, if those teams really screw up their uni planning, that could look like an intrasquad game, for sure.

—Ricko[/quote]

Travel plans: A lot of carpooling.
Unis: Reds will clash — unless Gophers do the all-yellow or all-white thing.

[quote comment=”365439″]Rangers in blue, Red Wings in white – about as good as it gets.[/quote]

What bowl are they in?

[quote comment=”365409″]I totally agree that religious statements have to place on the field. That said, it doesn’t seem very classy to needlessly kick a guy when he’s down by going after his religion.

If Tebow pulls a Tiger Woods and is caught sleeping around, go ahead and blast him for being a hypocrite. But then the only thing he does is lose a game, is it really neccesary to mock his religion (and yes, the Messiah line is mockery)?

All I’m saying is that, if you disagree with Tebow’s eyeblack statements (as I do), you can express that disagreement in courteous way, or you can be an ass.

In this case, you seemed like an ass, at least to me.[/quote]

again, i respect tebow all day, and i can’t really speak for phil, but i don’t think he was trying to tear tebow down because he has a fish on his car. he was just saying florida was out, and some people are wired too tight to read it that way. i don’t think anybody is saying tebow’s personal jesus is bad, or that believing in religion, tebow’s specifically in this situation, is bad. but tebow brings that shit on himself, so the tag line is apt because he throws his personal beliefs in everybody’s face all the time always instead of keeping them to himself. if every time he had a mic in his face he spoke of something else, i am sure phil would have referenced that. i don’t think he was trying to be an ass, nor do i think his statement is assy, he was just referencing the ten commandments movie, and if you here edward g robinson’s voice in your head when you read it, it’s funny. it’s not like he referenced the wizard of oz and said screw jesus and his little tebow too.

[quote comment=”365407″]Minnesota is traveling to Tempe (again) to face the Division I FBS team geographically closest to them, Iowa St.[/quote]

The Insight Bowl…never liked that name either. Played in the desert, call it the Dust Bowl.

Hey bread and ice cream makers, how ’bout a Bread Bowl or a Sundae Bowl?

[quote comment=”365446″][quote comment=”365439″]Rangers in blue, Red Wings in white – about as good as it gets.[/quote]

What bowl are they in?[/quote]

The way the Wings are playing the Toliet Bowl

cards in monochrome red

ouch

Miami and Wisconsin in the Champs Bowl

Why can’t the NCAA ban personal messages on eye black? The paste-on eye black doesn’t work anyway; only the grease does, according to studies. So the only purpose of it is messages that just end up ticking us all off one way or another. Ban it like they banned McMahon’s Adidas headband. Let’s get some interns on this ASAP! (Or are they all busy putting ketchup and mustard in the same bottle for Mr. Kramer?)

Have a great night, everyone

Here’s the whole bowl schedule now:
link

[quote comment=”365453″]Here’s the whole bowl schedule now:
link

UCLA has to wait until next Saturday to find out if they are going bowling or not. They have to root for Army to lose next Saturday.

buh, sorry, hear.

Chick-fil-A Bowl

And don’t Bogart it.

[quote comment=”365456″]Chick-fil-A Bowl

And don’t Bogart it.[/quote]
Good one.
Just thinking how we didn’t have Chick Fil-a in MD back when I would “partake”… woulda been a lot cooler if we did.

Rumored USA kits for the World Cup. I’m a fan of the current design, but I don’t think they look too bad.

link

Okay here is what I think about unitards: Don’t like ’em.
Ed Reed, or some other sleek athlete in black head to toe – not my favorite look, but I can understand why someone else might like this.
Larry Fitzgerald in red from the neck down – I like it even less, but maybe you appreciate it.
Now, looking at the AZ offensive linemen – all I can think is 20 lbs of shit in a 10 lb bag. A red bag at that.

[quote comment=”365457″][quote comment=”365456″]Chick-fil-A Bowl

And don’t Bogart it.[/quote]
Good one.
Just thinking how we didn’t have Chick Fil-a in MD back when I would “partake”… woulda been a lot cooler if we did.[/quote]

i dig, you’re a vegetarian now.

[quote comment=”365458″]Rumored USA kits for the World Cup. I’m a fan of the current design, but I don’t think they look too bad.

link
Who makes those?

[quote comment=”365341″]Happy birthday, James![/quote]
Thanks, Jim. And thank you, Phil.

[quote comment=”365459″]Okay here is what I think about unitards: Don’t like ’em.
Ed Reed, or some other sleek athlete in black head to toe – not my favorite look, but I can understand why someone else might like this.
Larry Fitzgerald in red from the neck down – I like it even less, but maybe you appreciate it.
Now, looking at the AZ offensive linemen – all I can think is 20 lbs of shit in a 10 lb bag. A red bag at that.[/quote]

agreed

this is a very bad look

on the other hand…nobody rocks black monochrome like the ducks

/too bad it’s not a school color

[quote comment=”365406″]good job on it, but the paulbrowns are already perfect, it’s the best uniform in sports.

flip nailed it pretty good, but all this talk of tebow, who i love watching play and respect, and tag lines getting all sorts of francis panties in a bunch. all i can say francisez is replace stuff with he word jesus link.
if i may continue on the subjest of jesus and the uf uniforms. i read yesterday’s entry/comments too late to say anything, and still nothing today about the obvious…they looked like lily white baptismal robes, especially when you consider their alter boy quaterback. nobody saw that? it is the first thing i thought of when they ran on the field, here come the florida saviors â™®â™marching on tooooo waaaaarâ™. the next thing i thought was jesus might forsake them for that.

also from yesterday’s comments, you here jason?
6’5″ 205 april of 1970 from baltimore md, and since i don’t play video games i would be a freshman. i would like to smash heads for the rest of the gang, so how’s about making me a centre. if i can’t be on the line, i was a purdy decent sam in a 5-2 back in the day, but i would rather block for mothervilker and ricko. my pops wore 71 for the terps, so give me that number, and my eye black should say corn & mother, or art & fag, no facemask. i don’t know how you determine what qualities a player has but here are some facts, other then my having screws loose in the brain-pan, that might help you determine my player if i make the team. my speed may have been average, but i once knocked someone out without putting down my taco. i can do the splits(or at least i could), used to french braid my hair on special occasions, and can tell you when there is a pressure drop from the bones i crushed in my left thumb. i pissed my pants when i was charged by a grizzly bear but didn’t run, i roll my own smokes, drink bourbon, and live in a studio without direct running water that get’s heat 4 hours a day even when it is -10. oh and chicks dig me because i rarely wear underwear, and when i do it is usually something unusual. i hope that helps you assess what kind of traits i should have if i make the team as a computer football centre.[/quote]
Mr. Marshall: TMI.

[quote comment=”365462″][quote comment=”365341″]Happy birthday, James![/quote]
Thanks, Jim. And thank you, Phil.[/quote]
oh snap. happy birthday jth!!!

[quote comment=”365439″]Rangers in blue, Red Wings in white – about as good as it gets.[/quote]

Nothing like an original six matchup in great sweaters.

link

Northwestern got an Outback Bowl bid. Two things about the above link (assuming the site hasn’t corrected it by the time you click on it).

The women’s hoodie is labeled for the Outback Bowl but the graphic on the hoodie is for the Champs Sports Bowl (where many thought NU would be playing) and the men’s t-shirt says January 1, 2009 when the game will be 2010.

[quote comment=”365465″][quote comment=”365462″][quote comment=”365341″]Happy birthday, James![/quote]
Thanks, Jim. And thank you, Phil.[/quote]
oh snap. happy birthday jth!!![/quote]
Don’t sweat it. I’ve had no presence in the comments this past week so I’m easily forgotten.

And in case anyone’s wondering, I got Bears-Vikings tickets. Ummmm… thanks, I think.

[quote comment=”365468″][quote comment=”365465″][quote comment=”365462″][quote comment=”365341″]Happy birthday, James![/quote]
Thanks, Jim. And thank you, Phil.[/quote]
oh snap. happy birthday jth!!![/quote]
Don’t sweat it. I’ve had no presence in the comments this past week so I’m easily forgotten.

And in case anyone’s wondering, I got Bears-Vikings tickets. Ummmm… thanks, I think.[/quote]
Happy birthday Mr Huening!

I just noticed that Brett Favre has an extra horizontal bar on his facemask. Anyone remember seeing him wearing that kind of mask before?

[quote comment=”365464″][quote comment=”365406″]good job on it, but the paulbrowns are already perfect, it’s the best uniform in sports.

flip nailed it pretty good, but all this talk of tebow, who i love watching play and respect, and tag lines getting all sorts of francis panties in a bunch. all i can say francisez is replace stuff with he word jesus link.
if i may continue on the subjest of jesus and the uf uniforms. i read yesterday’s entry/comments too late to say anything, and still nothing today about the obvious…they looked like lily white baptismal robes, especially when you consider their alter boy quaterback. nobody saw that? it is the first thing i thought of when they ran on the field, here come the florida saviors â™®â™marching on tooooo waaaaarâ™. the next thing i thought was jesus might forsake them for that.

also from yesterday’s comments, you here jason?
6’5″ 205 april of 1970 from baltimore md, and since i don’t play video games i would be a freshman. i would like to smash heads for the rest of the gang, so how’s about making me a centre. if i can’t be on the line, i was a purdy decent sam in a 5-2 back in the day, but i would rather block for mothervilker and ricko. my pops wore 71 for the terps, so give me that number, and my eye black should say corn & mother, or art & fag, no facemask. i don’t know how you determine what qualities a player has but here are some facts, other then my having screws loose in the brain-pan, that might help you determine my player if i make the team. my speed may have been average, but i once knocked someone out without putting down my taco. i can do the splits(or at least i could), used to french braid my hair on special occasions, and can tell you when there is a pressure drop from the bones i crushed in my left thumb. i pissed my pants when i was charged by a grizzly bear but didn’t run, i roll my own smokes, drink bourbon, and live in a studio without direct running water that get’s heat 4 hours a day even when it is -10. oh and chicks dig me because i rarely wear underwear, and when i do it is usually something unusual. i hope that helps you assess what kind of traits i should have if i make the team as a computer football centre.[/quote]
Mr. Marshall: TMI.[/quote]

when you stand with two bowie knives in your hands 6 inches from a grizzly bear that just charged 100 yards at a full sprint, snots in your face, and rears back while your life flashes before your eyes in the canadian rockies, it’s okay to admit you let a little loose if you live.

other then that, what’s so bad? oh wait, the 2nd reference to stripes? the bill murray line about his loose noodle? i was sort of kidding, but it’s not like i don’t wear pants, so what if i do go free range? jason is making super techmo bloggers, isn’t that more important then any delicate sensibilities? the stripes reference was just making comment #? come full cirle.

Interesting how Seahawks kicker Olindo Mare wears his jersey untucked. link

[quote comment=”365471″]when you stand with two bowie knives in your hands 6 inches from a grizzly bear that just charged 100 yards at a full sprint, snots in your face, and rears back while your life flashes before your eyes in the canadian rockies, it’s okay to admit you let a little loose if you live.[/quote]

so, like…what happened next?

do you have a stuffed bear in yer studio?

[quote comment=”365469″][quote comment=”365468″][quote comment=”365465″][quote comment=”365462″][quote comment=”365341″]Happy birthday, James![/quote]
Thanks, Jim. And thank you, Phil.[/quote]
oh snap. happy birthday jth!!![/quote]
Don’t sweat it. I’ve had no presence in the comments this past week so I’m easily forgotten.

And in case anyone’s wondering, I got Bears-Vikings tickets. Ummmm… thanks, I think.[/quote]
Happy birthday Mr Huening![/quote]
Merci, Monsieur Engle

[quote comment=”365473″][quote comment=”365471″]when you stand with two bowie knives in your hands 6 inches from a grizzly bear that just charged 100 yards at a full sprint, snots in your face, and rears back while your life flashes before your eyes in the canadian rockies, it’s okay to admit you let a little loose if you live.[/quote]

so, like…what happened next?

do you have a stuffed bear in yer studio?[/quote]
No shit. I haven’t seen a stuffed bear. You use that bruin’s hide as a duvet to compensate for the lack of heat?

Someone mentioned a new pant being worn on our team? Your correct, Osi Umenyiora is wearing a new seamless pant, you can see the difference in the width of the stripes…

completely off topic but funny as hell…i just got this e-mail:

Happy Coming Christmas !

we provide high quality mold and related products. You can send us your project data for quotation. we can do some preliminary analysis for you (part structure, parting line , gate , ejector mark position, welding line ,shrinkage mark , etc. then maybe we can give you some suggestion according the mold design but don’t effect part function.) Maybe I will call you confirm if you get this mail. thank you first!

im pretty sure it’s spam, but can anyone help me decipher what, exactly, is being offered? mold? ejector mark position? shrinkage? wtf?

/ok, back to unis

[quote comment=”365279″]Was “Where’s Your Messiah now?” really necessary? Didn’t think so. Not the first time Uni Watch has disappointed me with such attempts at humor or attention-grabbing headlines…[/quote]

This, I agree with…

[quote comment=”365473″][quote comment=”365471″]when you stand with two bowie knives in your hands 6 inches from a grizzly bear that just charged 100 yards at a full sprint, snots in your face, and rears back while your life flashes before your eyes in the canadian rockies, it’s okay to admit you let a little loose if you live.[/quote]

so, like…what happened next?

do you have a stuffed bear in yer studio?[/quote]

it’s a loooooooooooooooooong story, i’ll tell it to you fully when we meet if you would like, it is pretty crazy. but the short answer is god knows how long i stood toe to toe with her barking, because time stopped, i can still see her slow-mo snot dripping from my cheek, and hear my heart thumping. at some point i said to myself, on the count of three, thrust your knives at her jugular and hope she doesn’t kill you first. so i counted 1-2-th…and she went galloping off. why? don’t know. there is more to it, like the lesbians, an invitation for a residency at the banff centre, and the woman i found in a diabetic comma, but i have already said more then i intended on that subject, i’ll tell you the full story next summer.

[quote comment=”365476″]Someone mentioned a new pant being worn on our team? Your correct, Osi Umenyiora is wearing a new seamless pant, you can see the difference in the width of the stripes…[/quote]

Congrats on the win today Joe. Any reason Tuck had a lot of problems with his vector logos? Was he the only one?

[quote comment=”365394″]

Anyone remember the Astro Blue Bonnet Bowl?[/quote]

Brought to you on the Mizzlou Network!

[quote comment=”365476″]Someone mentioned a new pant being worn on our team? Your correct, Osi Umenyiora is wearing a new seamless pant, you can see the difference in the width of the stripes…[/quote]
New seamless pant: Isn’t that what Namath wore?
link

[quote comment=”365463″][quote comment=”365459″]Okay here is what I think about unitards: Don’t like ’em.
Ed Reed, or some other sleek athlete in black head to toe – not my favorite look, but I can understand why someone else might like this.
Larry Fitzgerald in red from the neck down – I like it even less, but maybe you appreciate it.
Now, looking at the AZ offensive linemen – all I can think is 20 lbs of shit in a 10 lb bag. A red bag at that.[/quote]

agreed

link is a very bad look

on the other hand…nobody rocks link like the link

/too bad it’s not a school color[/quote]

I don’t really care for monochrome looks either. I REALLY do not like Wisconsin’s away white ensemble:

link

Question is, what would they do in place of them? I am glad they are not going black for black sake. (No Sconnie teams do that, I don’t think)

I guess the same goes for the monochrome whites of Oregon, and recently Florida. Do people like the Storm Trooper look?

i have a question. does anybody know who is the “home” team in the bowl games? if espn list’s osu vs. oregon, would that mean oregon is home? normally it would. is the higher ranked team home? how it work? but i would love to try to picture what things will look like for the various games, might help me make my picks come pool time.

Alright, I was waiting for someone to say it, but no one did. How are David Sonny’s Bengal unis different from the unis they wore before their last uni change? The black stripes in the orange look a little different and the shoulder stripes go more to the edge of the shoulder, but I can’t see how that’s not just a return back to an older style, and an ugly style at that!

The discussion here drives me crazy when people complain about Cincy’s uniforms just because of the sidebar on the jersey and the short pants stripe. I think that has been the best uni update in the NFL since it not only incorporates some of the past elements(Tiger stripes in orange stipes), but it also takes a very pleasant leap forward with a new number style and unique sleeve stripes that I find complement the entire outfit. When they made the change the team had just taken a big step forward on the field and the update seemed to reflect the manner and mentality of that Bengals team that was looking to write a brand new chapter in the history of the Bengals franchise.

No rip intended on David’s design, there’s just no visible difference.

Anyone watching the Cards/Vikes? I beleive Fitz is wearing a new gamepant…it’s clearly a different material then the other players…shiny and looks like a pair of tights…

[quote comment=\”365485\”]Alright, I was waiting for someone to say it, but no one did. How are David Sonny\’s Bengal unis different from the unis they wore before their last uni change? The black stripes in the orange look a little different and the shoulder stripes go more to the edge of the shoulder, but I can\’t see how that\’s not just a return back to an older style, and an ugly style at that!

The discussion here drives me crazy when people complain about Cincy\’s uniforms just because of the sidebar on the jersey and the short pants stripe. I think that has been the best uni update in the NFL since it not only incorporates some of the past elements(Tiger stripes in orange stipes), but it also takes a very pleasant leap forward with a new number style and unique sleeve stripes that I find complement the entire outfit. When they made the change the team had just taken a big step forward on the field and the update seemed to reflect the manner and mentality of that Bengals team that was looking to write a brand new chapter in the history of the Bengals franchise.

No rip intended on David\’s design, there\’s just no visible difference.[/quote]

Go check out their last two uniforms. Neither of them had the abbreviated stripes angles towards the number, instead they wrapped all the way around the sleeve. Next, the sleeve numbers were in the position that was used in the first attempt at stripes in 1981, yet the stripes themselves came from the change in 1997. The alternate colored collar and sleeve bands comes from the modern uniform as does the B logo.

Any more questions?

the vectors were makeshift heatseal patches…they don’t hold up and peel off during the game cause it can’t handle the stretch of the jersey

[quote comment=”365486″]Anyone watching the Cards/Vikes? I beleive Fitz is wearing a new gamepant…it’s clearly a different material then the other players…shiny and looks like a pair of tights…[/quote]

clearly it’s having a effect on the viking secondary

[quote comment=”365476″]Someone mentioned a new pant being worn on our team? Your correct, Osi Umenyiora is wearing a new seamless pant, you can see the difference in the width of the stripes…[/quote]
Wait. So you can put stripes on pants without seams? Don’t the Browns’ players supposedly love their brown trousers because they’re less restrictive due to the lack of stripes/seams?

[quote comment=”365490″][quote comment=”365476″]Someone mentioned a new pant being worn on our team? Your correct, Osi Umenyiora is wearing a new seamless pant, you can see the difference in the width of the stripes…[/quote]
Wait. So you can put stripes on pants without seams? Don’t the Browns’ players supposedly love their brown trousers because they’re less restrictive due to the lack of stripes/seams?[/quote]

a lot of good it does ’em

[quote comment=”365463″][quote comment=”365459″]Okay here is what I think about unitards: Don’t like ’em.
Ed Reed, or some other sleek athlete in black head to toe – not my favorite look, but I can understand why someone else might like this.
Larry Fitzgerald in red from the neck down – I like it even less, but maybe you appreciate it.
Now, looking at the AZ offensive linemen – all I can think is 20 lbs of shit in a 10 lb bag. A red bag at that.[/quote]

agreed

link is a very bad look

on the other hand…nobody rocks link like the link

/too bad it’s not a school color[/quote]

I gotta tell ya, those Texans unis have become my guilty uni pleasure. I’d wear those. The Cards don’t look quite as good to me, but I’d still wear them.

[quote comment=”365481″][quote comment=”365394″]

Anyone remember the Astro Blue Bonnet Bowl?[/quote]

Brought to you on the Mizzlou Network![/quote]

Ah, the Mizzlou…

I think they did the Liberty Bowl, too, back when it was just the Liberty Bowl. Good times, good times…

those Browns mock ups are horrible! But then again, I am against any changes in their unis. I wish they would ditch those brown pants already!

[quote comment=”365483″][quote comment=”365463″][quote comment=”365459″]Okay here is what I think about unitards: Don’t like ’em.
Ed Reed, or some other sleek athlete in black head to toe – not my favorite look, but I can understand why someone else might like this.
Larry Fitzgerald in red from the neck down – I like it even less, but maybe you appreciate it.
Now, looking at the AZ offensive linemen – all I can think is 20 lbs of shit in a 10 lb bag. A red bag at that.[/quote]

agreed

link is a very bad look

on the other hand…nobody rocks link like the link

/too bad it’s not a school color[/quote]

I don’t really care for monochrome looks either. I REALLY do not like Wisconsin’s away white ensemble:

link

Question is, what would they do in place of them? I am glad they are not going black for black sake. (No Sconnie teams do that, I don’t think)

I guess the same goes for the monochrome whites of Oregon, and recently Florida. Do people like the Storm Trooper look?[/quote]

I dont put Wisconsin in the ‘Storm Trooper’ category. Too much contrasting red. Take Oregon last year…that was a ‘Storm Trooper.’ It was basically just completely white except the numbers. The helmet has no stripes, none on the jersey, none on the pants. The diamond plating barely showed up. Wisconsin, Oregon this year and now recently Florida have too much other colors going on for a cool Storm Trooper look.

[quote comment=”365493″][quote comment=”365481″][quote comment=”365394″]

Anyone remember the Astro Blue Bonnet Bowl?[/quote]

Brought to you on the Mizzlou Network![/quote]

Ah, the Mizzlou…

I think they did the Liberty Bowl, too, back when it was just the Liberty Bowl. Good times, good times…[/quote]

Yes, the good ole days. The Tangerine Bowl, The Peach Bowl, the Blue-Gray game on Christmas day was a must see to pick out helmets of the participating players and the Aloha Bowl

[quote comment=”365491″][quote comment=”365490″][quote comment=”365476″]Someone mentioned a new pant being worn on our team? Your correct, Osi Umenyiora is wearing a new seamless pant, you can see the difference in the width of the stripes…[/quote]
Wait. So you can put stripes on pants without seams? Don’t the Browns’ players supposedly love their brown trousers because they’re less restrictive due to the lack of stripes/seams?[/quote]

a lot of good it does ’em[/quote]
Hmmm… 1-11 and link is their only W so far.

I guess it is paying off. Well played, Mangenius.

[quote comment=”365497″][quote comment=”365491″][quote comment=”365490″][quote comment=”365476″]Someone mentioned a new pant being worn on our team? Your correct, Osi Umenyiora is wearing a new seamless pant, you can see the difference in the width of the stripes…[/quote]
Wait. So you can put stripes on pants without seams? Don’t the Browns’ players supposedly love their brown trousers because they’re less restrictive due to the lack of stripes/seams?[/quote]

a lot of good it does ’em[/quote]
Hmmm… 1-11 and link is their only W so far.

I guess it is paying off. Well played, Mangenius.[/quote]

i can’t wait until he is gone. it would be one thing if he brought back the linkfor a road look, i could deal with that if i had to knowing that sanity would eventually be restored.

dear favourite vibraphoner~ link

[quote comment=”365448″][quote comment=”365407″]Minnesota is traveling to Tempe (again) to face the Division I FBS team geographically closest to them, Iowa St.[/quote]

The Insight Bowl…never liked that name either. Played in the desert, call it the Dust Bowl.

Hey bread and ice cream makers, how ’bout a Bread Bowl or a Sundae Bowl?[/quote]

Well, it was called the Copper Bowl prior to Insight.com buying the naming rights. So, that ties into Arizona. Wish it still were in Tucson, miss going to some games.

Just wanted to pass along the logos for the ACHA National Tournaments coming up in March. The American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) is the governing body for NCAA Non-Varsity Hockey Clubs across America.

link

Men’s Division III – Estero, FL

Women’s Division I and II don’t have logos up yet.

hmm..for some reason the Division III link didn’t work.

link

[quote comment=”365448″][quote comment=”365407″]Minnesota is traveling to Tempe (again) to face the Division I FBS team geographically closest to them, Iowa St.[/quote]

The Insight Bowl…never liked that name either. Played in the desert, call it the Dust Bowl.

Hey bread and ice cream makers, how ’bout a Bread Bowl or a Sundae Bowl?[/quote]

Can we call this year’s Insight Bowl the “Mustard and Ketchup Bowl”? Just this year though.

On a side note, I have ALWAYS referred to the Humanitarian Bowl as the “Blue Rug Bowl” and I always will, corporate sponsorship or no corporate sponsorship!

[quote comment=”365498″]dear favourite vibraphoner~ link[/quote]
I never realized how awkward that line seems when it’s written out.

Oh, God! I wish I was a loofah!

[quote comment=”365503″][quote comment=”365498″]dear favourite vibraphoner~ link[/quote]
I never realized how awkward that line seems when it’s written out.

Oh, God! I wish I was a loofah![/quote]

true, context does make a difference. i figured since i referenced stripes. then again, it is an olde movie.

Phil,

I don’t see how the Tebow comment could have been anything other than a dig at his Christianity. It’s nothing you couldn’t have seen or read on [Deadspin, South Park, you name it], but in those venues, being offensive is the raison d’etre.

If someone in the CBS studio had come out with your line after the game, he would have been let go, and certainly wouldn’t have been able to hide behind the defense that he was just quoting The Simpsons. To be honest, the exact same line floated through my head as I watched him cry, but that speaks only to how I had reduced Tebow to a caricature of himself.

Tebow is under no obligation to keep his religion to himself, and you are under no obligation to keep your opposition to religion (or at least his expression thereof) to yourself, but let’s call a spade a spade.

One other thing . . . it may still be true that an atheist would have a hard time getting elected in the U.S, but in the media/blogosphere, there is more acceptance for the most aggressive anti-religious viewpoint than there is for anything but the blandest expression of religious belief.

[quote comment=\”365385\”]Seahawks are wearing their dark blue pants (that they wore with the neon green jerseys) with their blue home jerseys. I kind of like it. It breaks up the monochrome look that they usually have. I was wondering if they were ever going to use this combo.[/quote]

I like that the Seahawks have a unique shade of blue, and I think the darker blue makes for a decent accent, but at least on TV (from the highlights I saw) the darker pants weren\’t distinct enough from the jerseys. Ultimately, their \”standard\” blue is not light enough for there to be sufficient contrast.

The dark pants might be worth pairing with the white jerseys for a road game, but I think going with their usual blue pants (as they have done recently) is still better. And implementing the white pants with the blue jerseys for home games is at least worth a shot.

The dark blue pants looked better with the green jerseys–not that it looked good, merely better than their other pant options would have. But it\’s okay if they never pull out that ensemble again.

Seattle’s white pants are underutilized and underrated.

This comment, because it is being made at 3:30 AM EST, will be underread.

[quote comment=”365507″]Seattle’s white pants are underutilized and underrated.

This comment, because it is being made at 3:30 AM EST, will be underread.[/quote]

i got yer back green goblin, i just finished 10 hrs of bobble production, and decided it would be a good idea to put up the blue christmas tree to wind down, i want to have it up for open studio friday anyway. none ther less, yes, the white pants are underrated.

[quote comment=”365507″]Seattle’s white pants are underutilized and underrated.

This comment, because it is being made at 3:30 AM EST, will be underread.[/quote]

i read it five times just to make up for the lack of traffic

[quote comment=”365509″][quote comment=”365507″]Seattle’s white pants are underutilized and underrated.

This comment, because it is being made at 3:30 AM EST, will be underread.[/quote]

i read it five times just to make up for the lack of traffic[/quote]

ironically betwixt bobbles and this whole does phil hate jesus nonsense, i had a disagreement with my pineapple about liturgical colours. i insist i have an all blue(silver and white are fine too as the reflect blue) tree every year as i have for 20 years because that is the proper colour of christmas, but she insists that purple is the colour of both the advent and lent, and my tree is heathen. have you heard anything more absurd?! a non blue christmas? totally the wrong uniform, she so does not respect god the way i do. she says i am a hell loving jesus hating lutheran, but she is so an idol worshiping catholic. i ask you, who is going to hell? i even said fine to colourful birds on the tree, but she still thinks i hate link. maybe i should suggest this to phil, but can you name the band that tune was stolen from?

slayer?

[quote comment=”365509″][quote comment=”365507″]Seattle’s white pants are underutilized and underrated.

This comment, because it is being made at 3:30 AM EST, will be underread.[/quote]

i read it five times just to make up for the lack of traffic[/quote]

I can feel the love.

Seriously, you’re way too close right now. Personal space…

Senor Marshall,

I am a believer in a different sort of Christmas tree. My mom’s tree has nothing but heirloom ornaments that she got from her family, ornaments my siblings or I got her, and ornaments that my siblings or I made.

It’s fun when, instead of the aesthetic appeal, you go for the meaningful approach to Christmas. To me, Christmas is way more about what the decorations and gifts mean to you than it ever is about how it looks on the outside.

So, yeah, my Christmas tree is going to be a bigger clusterfuck than a Buffalo sports uniform, but I don’t care, because it means something. Substance over style, any day of the week.

[quote comment=”365513″]Senor Marshall,

I am a believer in a different sort of Christmas tree. My mom’s tree has nothing but heirloom ornaments that she got from her family, ornaments my siblings or I got her, and ornaments that my siblings or I made.

It’s fun when, instead of the aesthetic appeal, you go for the meaningful approach to Christmas. To me, Christmas is way more about what the decorations and gifts mean to you than it ever is about how it looks on the outside.

So, yeah, my Christmas tree is going to be a bigger clusterfuck than a Buffalo sports uniform, but I don’t care, because it means something. Substance over style, any day of the week.[/quote]

i dig that, and totally agree, i was goofing slightly. the tree is about a growth, all trees are about that, my tree is of my parents tree, as their’s was. i just like blue as a colour of christmas. i rif on orange packaging and shit like that, i just like my “blue” tree. my pineapple who is a bit younger then me has birds, we can collect those as the rest of the tree stays blue. i fucking love birds, 99% of my non sports art is about birds, so i love that idea. maybe as pineapple and i grow we have a tree that is nothing but birds, but until then, it is blue tree. does that make sense?

Oh yeah. It’s funny how Christmas is so different for so many people. My Filipino friend’s family Christmas tree was absolutely gorgeous, but everything was in absolutely perfect order. It fit them, but it would never work for me. It’s such an individualistic holiday.

Christmas is all about what it means for you.

I’ve only gone Black Friday shopping once in my 19 years on the face of this planet. It may have something to do with the fact that my mom makes as much as it costs me to go to U of O in a year (I’m a smart cookie though– I have enough financial aid and scholarships to not have loans), but I’m all about doing meaningful things. The incredible diversity of the things on my mother’s Christmas tree is one of the things I enjoy most about Christmas. (That, and reading ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas in every accent you can imagine… that’s unbridled hilariousness.)

Along those lines of meaningful Christmas gifts:

My mom asked me what I wanted for Christmas last year. I simply replied, “Goose.” My mommy is German and when she was young, every year her family would have goose. I thought it would be fantastic to celebrate that tradition again, as she had only made a Christmas goose once in my life that I could remember. The goose officially counted as one of my Christmas gifts from my mom, but it was more than worth it. It’s the only thing that I was given last year that I can expressly remember was a Christmas present.

oops. somehow i deleted the line about how i have collected and been given/inherited blue ornaments from nephews, ma and pa, and sibs n such. didn’t know i did that. i also didn’t mention my tree is my grandparents circa 50’s tree that loses inches every year as the branches go kaput and i shave the top. i also didn’t mention many of the ornaments i have are my parents or my grandparents collected when we lived behind the iron curain. anyway, it has meaning past “blue”.

[quote comment=”365517″]oops. somehow i deleted the line about how i have collected and been given/inherited blue ornaments from nephews, ma and pa, and sibs n such. didn’t know i did that. i also didn’t mention my tree is my grandparents circa 50’s tree that loses inches every year as the branches go kaput and i shave the top. i also didn’t mention many of the ornaments i have are my parents or my grandparents collected when we lived behind the iron curain. anyway, it has meaning past “blue”.[/quote]

Oh, you greedy bastard, with your style and your function. I still wouldn’t trade my Christmas for the world. (I could still go for a present from God though: the girl I like could come home for Christmas too, instead of going to South Dakota, and my feelings wouldn’t be hurt. It sucks when you like someone that goes to a college that’s hours away from you. It really does. Santa Claus, please take note.)

To me, there’s nothing better than just taking time to bond with the family and enjoy all of your past memories and create new ones for the future.

(Holy crap, I just got really sentimental. Sometimes I swear I’m a 40-year old trapped in the body of a 19-year old.)

(Also, I fucking love my parentheses, and copy editors everywhere can just get fucked about it.)

(Note: I’m a copy editor.)

[quote comment=”365518″][quote comment=”365517″]oops. somehow i deleted the line about how i have collected and been given/inherited blue ornaments from nephews, ma and pa, and sibs n such. didn’t know i did that. i also didn’t mention my tree is my grandparents circa 50’s tree that loses inches every year as the branches go kaput and i shave the top. i also didn’t mention many of the ornaments i have are my parents or my grandparents collected when we lived behind the iron curain. anyway, it has meaning past “blue”.[/quote]

Oh, you greedy bastard, with your style and your function. I still wouldn’t trade my Christmas for the world. (I could still go for a present from God though: the girl I like could come home for Christmas too, instead of going to South Dakota, and my feelings wouldn’t be hurt. It sucks when you like someone that goes to a college that’s hours away from you. It really does. Santa Claus, please take note.)

To me, there’s nothing better than just taking time to bond with the family and enjoy all of your past memories and create new ones for the future.

(Holy crap, I just got really sentimental. Sometimes I swear I’m a 40-year old trapped in the body of a 19-year old.)

(Also, I fucking love my parentheses, and copy editors everywhere can just get fucked about it.)

(Note: I’m a copy editor.)[/quote]

wait, my pineaple is in school, her in st.l, me in chicago, no difference. style and function? really?!?! i told you the opposite. not that i don’t like the style, but mine it is largely a family tree with sentimental value, collected as i said when we lived behind the iron curtain. did you miss that? and i never said your tree was wrong either, dig your own tree. what is with people today? is it national crack day?

and on greedy, that is a low fucking blow to someone who is so not. who asked you to trade/change your ways to fit my ideal, not me. you do what you want, i would never said your ideal was greedy, or anything else. why is mine?

I didn’t mean function. I meant tradition. Fuckin’ fingers. It IS 3 AM here after all.

It’s amazing how one fucked up word changes everything.

Jesus, I’m so sorry, man. Don’t take that the wrong way.

(I mean, I can understand how you took that the wrong way. I just really don’t want you to. I’m SO SORRY.)

I totally need to read my posts before hitting “say it”. I miss the preview.

Hence, “greedy” was meant as a compliment. I wasn’t actually calling you greedy.

Damn it.

I meant to say that you got both of them in one fell swoop.

Aw, dammit. I think I blew this one.

ROOOOOOOBERRRRRRRRRRT

PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASEEEEEEEEE come back

PLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEASSEEE

I’m thinking this is definitely in the running for “worst misplaced word ever”.

Problem solved. When in doubt, email.

A note to our audience: tonight, link.

[quote comment=”365487″][quote comment=\”365485\”]Alright, I was waiting for someone to say it, but no one did. How are David Sonny\’s Bengal unis different from the unis they wore before their last uni change? The black stripes in the orange look a little different and the shoulder stripes go more to the edge of the shoulder, but I can\’t see how that\’s not just a return back to an older style, and an ugly style at that!

The discussion here drives me crazy when people complain about Cincy\’s uniforms just because of the sidebar on the jersey and the short pants stripe. I think that has been the best uni update in the NFL since it not only incorporates some of the past elements(Tiger stripes in orange stipes), but it also takes a very pleasant leap forward with a new number style and unique sleeve stripes that I find complement the entire outfit. When they made the change the team had just taken a big step forward on the field and the update seemed to reflect the manner and mentality of that Bengals team that was looking to write a brand new chapter in the history of the Bengals franchise.

No rip intended on David\’s design, there\’s just no visible difference.[/quote]

Go check out their last two uniforms. Neither of them had the abbreviated stripes angles towards the number, instead they wrapped all the way around the sleeve. Next, the sleeve numbers were in the position that was used in the first attempt at stripes in 1981, yet the stripes themselves came from the change in 1997. The alternate colored collar and sleeve bands comes from the modern uniform as does the B logo.

Any more questions?[/quote]

So, yeah, there’s nothing really special. Got it!

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