Guess What Chips I Won’t Be Eating Today?

The “odd” Mets photo was widely distributed back then.

It shows the two pitchers after the pandemonium at Shea Stadium following the Mets’ 1969 World Series victory.

Worst element between those two helmets?

The gray facemask on Boise State. Lame.

I kinda like the lizard skin pattern for TCU. It’s a great look for a team called the Horned Frogs.

That Cincinnati Royals logo wasn’t their logo only when they were in Cincinnati. They kept the logo when they went to KC:
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and used it still when they Sacramento:
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If Boise would have just got rid of those horrid thick blue horizontal stripes on the shoulders and back of the pants they would look decent, it is just to much clutter and unneccsary stuff.

Good to see Quick Step back in blue this season. Sky should have run the Adidas stripes all the way up to the collar, but the NORC (Name on Rib Cage) is just awesome. Of course by July they’re going to be begging the UCI to let them invert the colors, like BMC did last year.

Speaking of the Cincinnati Royals…
One of my favorite all time hoops jerseys.
The stripes was pretty avant garde at the time…
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Later, they went vertical on us…
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And, if you go back to the Rochester Royals, you get this look (bet the NBA would have tough time getting players to wear them as throwback, huh)…
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—Ricko

[quote comment=”370282″]A lot of the Boise players still wear the Tri-Bolt undershirts beneath their uniforms.[/quote]

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Hoops color-on-color?
How ’bout lime vs. athletic gold?
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–Ricko

Re: the two 47s for TCU

I would argue that the super-imposed graphic isn’t “wrong”. They give the information for the player facing the camera. If anything, it’s a correction. Someone watching it might say, “Hirt? I thought 47 was Kelton?” Then the graphic pops up and they realize “oh, there are TWO 47s”

Just realized the NBA Royals franchise probably has called more cities home than any other team since I’ve been following sports (one that’s still around, anyway)…
Rochester
Cincinnati
Kansas City (became Kings, for obvious reasons)
Omaha
Sacramento

Can’t imagine who’d beat that.

—Ricko

“i’m not a fan of purple at all!”

“gosh, those (boise) pants stripes are ugly… and look at the jerseys!”

“what’s with those (tcu) helmets?!?!”

-all from my mom in the span of about 5 minutes last night. lol. i’m so proud…

Wasn’t Ricko who last year said Boise State needed to wear a contrasting color against TCU in the Pointsetia Bowl, which Boise lost? Well, last night Boise did, and won. It was a good luck, butt stripes and horns and gray facemasks excepted.

[quote comment=”370290″]Anyone know what the DBD stands for on Andy Dalton’s throwing arm?

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douche bag design

[quote comment=”370297″][quote comment=”370290″]Anyone know what the DBD stands for on Andy Dalton’s throwing arm?

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douche bag design[/quote]

Don’t Be Dumb

(insert smiley here)

The Wayne Hardin years at Navy had one-shot tweaks for the Army game nearly every year.

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[quote comment=”370300″]Re: the Tigers scoreboard item in the ticker: Wayne State got hosed.

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Thanks for posting. At least the scoreboard looks good on the plain green wall at Wayne State.

[quote comment=”370302″]My powers of detection tell me that the Majestic Lube is in Colorado…[/quote]

I believe I have pinpointed it at 1901 Main St., Longmont, CO.

[quote comment=”370291″]Just realized the NBA Royals franchise probably has called more cities home than any other team since I’ve been following sports (one that’s still around, anyway)…
Rochester
Cincinnati
Kansas City (became Kings, for obvious reasons)
Omaha
Sacramento

Can’t imagine who’d beat that.

—Ricko[/quote]
Not the same thing, but a franchise with multiple cities/nicknames:
Chicago Packers
Chicago Zephyrs
Baltimore Bullets
Capital Bullets
Washington Bullets
Washington Wizards
Washington Bullets again? (but the guns weren’t loaded: yes, but caps is already taken)

:)

[quote comment=”370295″]Wasn’t Ricko who last year said Boise State needed to wear a contrasting color against TCU in the Pointsetia Bowl, which Boise lost? Well, last night Boise did, and won. It was a good luck, butt stripes and horns and gray facemasks excepted.[/quote]

Nope, wasn’t me. I try to give a little thought as possible to Boise State’s unis. Especially this year.

—Ricko

“It’s tough to see in this screen shot, but the folks at Nike couldn’t have been happy to see a TCU player sporting some Under Armour logo creep.”

I see the UA and TCU logos, but what exactly are we looking at? Now I’m dying to see the uncropped original image.

“Damn Boise Defense”

[quote comment=”370313″]”Damn Boise Defense”[/quote]

Or, his last name being Dalton, could be initials of a relative.

Cuz probably isn’t “Defensive Backs are Dumb”

Interesting Boise St fiance-wear. Jeron Johnson would like to hear from you, miss (and your little friend w/camera).

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[quote comment=”370312″]Paul — is your dislike for purple based on its color or its faddish popularity?

— Geeman[/quote]

always check the FAQ…

“Why do you hate purple so much?
I actually think purple in nature is quite nice – eggplants, violets, plums, etc. But purple in man-made design applications has always struck me as really tacky. Like, seriously, have you ever seen a purple car? A total nightmare. Same goes for purple clothing, especially uniforms.

Don’t you realize purple is the color of royalty?
Sure, but so what? I live in America, a country whose very conception was predicated on anti-royalty sentiment. Maybe that’s why, as I like to point out, not a single U.S. state uses purple as one of its official state colors. If that doesn’t fill your heart with patriotic pride, nothing will.”

BTW… with a quick Google Maps search and confirmation with Street View, one can find that Majestic Lube in about 5 minutes.

Just sayin’ ;)

[quote comment=”370320″]Granted, TCU always looks like crap, but it’s hard to believe they would break out their riflery uniforms a second time considering how terrible they are.

The only redeeming thing about their alternates is the representation of the blood shooting out of horned lizard eyes which is at least somewhat educational.

Ever since they added BFBS, they have always looked like utter crap.[/quote]

I guess black is not a school color then.

[quote comment=”370323″][quote comment=”370320″]Granted, TCU always looks like crap, but it’s hard to believe they would break out their riflery uniforms a second time considering how terrible they are.

The only redeeming thing about their alternates is the representation of the blood shooting out of horned lizard eyes which is at least somewhat educational.

Ever since they added BFBS, they have always looked like utter crap.[/quote]

I guess black is not a school color then.[/quote]

Most certainly is NOT.
Click on second item “TCU Branding Update”
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—Ricko

[quote comment=”370325″][quote comment=”370323″][quote comment=”370320″]Granted, TCU always looks like crap, but it’s hard to believe they would break out their riflery uniforms a second time considering how terrible they are.

The only redeeming thing about their alternates is the representation of the blood shooting out of horned lizard eyes which is at least somewhat educational.

Ever since they added BFBS, they have always looked like utter crap.[/quote]

I guess black is not a school color then.[/quote]

Most certainly is NOT.
Click on second item “TCU Branding Update”
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—Ricko[/quote]

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[quote comment=”370326″][quote comment=”370323″][quote comment=”370320″]Granted, TCU always looks like crap, but it’s hard to believe they would break out their riflery uniforms a second time considering how terrible they are.

The only redeeming thing about their alternates is the representation of the blood shooting out of horned lizard eyes which is at least somewhat educational.

Ever since they added BFBS, they have always looked like utter crap.[/quote]

I guess black is not a school color then.[/quote]

No – the official school colors (as listed on their website) are purple and white.

I don’t know when they started adding black but I think it was when LT was there.[/quote]
I thought it was James Cash.

Northwestern had the same experiment with black, but not grey.

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I thought it was James Cash.[/quote]

that was hoop[/quote]

“when they started adding black”

[quote comment=”370331″]Northwestern had the same experiment with black, but not grey.[/quote]

All in the quest for the coveted Mt. Union Look that just screams “Major College Program”.
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Uh-huh. Right.

—Ricko

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“when they started adding black”[/quote]

mea maxima culpa

[quote comment=”370338″]Speaking of official colors Georgia Tech’s are white and old gold. The new jerseys have even more blue now which I’m not too happy about but maype they’ll look nicer with the matching pants (I have my doubts though)[/quote]

Well, if they wore only white and gold, people would whine about the numbers being too hard to read.

[quote comment=”370339″][quote comment=”370338″]Speaking of official colors Georgia Tech’s are white and old gold. The new jerseys have even more blue now which I’m not too happy about but maype they’ll look nicer with the matching pants (I have my doubts though)[/quote]

Well, if they wore only white and gold, people would whine about the numbers being too hard to read.[/quote]

Thought I read somewhere that Georgia Tech has long given Yellow Jacket teams the option to wear black or navy to prevent that?

Light-on-light doesn’t work very well for same reason dark-on-dark doesn’t.
Not enough contrast (which is light-dark issue).
Imagine Giants with red numbers on their royal jerseys (with no other color). Would be as hard to decipher as white on Vegas gold. Maybe harder.

—Ricko

[quote comment=”370341″][quote comment=”370339″][quote comment=”370338″]Speaking of official colors Georgia Tech’s are white and old gold. The new jerseys have even more blue now which I’m not too happy about but maype they’ll look nicer with the matching pants (I have my doubts though)[/quote]

Well, if they wore only white and gold, people would whine about the numbers being too hard to read.[/quote]

Thought I read somewhere that Georgia Tech has long given Yellow Jacket teams the option to wear black or navy to prevent that?

Light-on-light doesn’t work very well for same reason dark-on-dark doesn’t.
Not enough contrast (which is light-dark issue).
Imagine Giants with red numbers on their royal jerseys (with no other color). Would be as hard to decipher as white on Vegas gold. Maybe harder.

—Ricko[/quote]

Yeah, I know. I agree with you on this one, I’m just feeling rather grouchy today and “people would whine” felt like a good thing to say.

I remember a special message in a rivalry game back in 1974; Lee Corso (go figure!) had Indiana’s road jerseys stenciled with “BEAT PURDUE” in red on the front, right above the numbers for their final game in the annual battle for the Old Oaken Bucket, which was at Purdue that year.

It didn’t work out too well; Purdue won that day 38-17.

Lee Corso was somewhat of a huckster, but he was consisitent and he did generate interest for Indiana football, which isn’t an easy thing to do. I do like and respect Lee Corso, he’s quite a colorful person and he’s still good for the game of college football.

Corso was consistent.

Is the MajesticLUBE slogan “We’ll give you a ROYAL SCREWING”?

Majestic Lube is a chain. So I do not know who owes who what or who was first.

You can have your very own (in Laramie):

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TCU’s pants reminded me of 80s cock rock spandex. Obviously, they decided to make them look more super phat with a little acid wash. Have to say, the phater asses reminded me of Meat Loaf meets 80s band Cinderella, not good.

[quote comment=”370348″][quote comment=”370275″]Worst element between those two helmets?

The gray facemask on Boise State. Lame.

I kinda like the lizard skin pattern for TCU. It’s a great look for a team called the Horned Frogs.[/quote]

Zoologically speaking, a frog is an amphibian.[/quote]

And, next year for Florida…
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Will be, like, way cool.

—Ricko

Checked out MetsBlog and noticed that Jason Bay has been introduced in the snow white Mets jersey. Mets management can’t even figure out that the best thing to do would probably use the new “retro” pinstripe for the press conference. I love this team.

[quote comment=”370346″]When I saw “Avatar” in 3D last week, I said to my friend as we were exiting the theater, “Why in the world is sports not in 3D yet? Shouldn’t ESPN jump on that?”

Well, son of a gun. Look what was posted this morning:
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Nice to know that living a virtual experience is more important than having a real one…I hope it fails like Jerry Jones 3-D experiment…

(do we really have to merge our senses with technology to experience life?)

[quote comment=”370352″][quote comment=”370348″][quote comment=”370275″]Worst element between those two helmets?

The gray facemask on Boise State. Lame.

I kinda like the lizard skin pattern for TCU. It’s a great look for a team called the Horned Frogs.[/quote]

Zoologically speaking, a frog is an amphibian.[/quote]

Sorry, the “amphibian skin” pattern is a great look for the Horned Frogs.[/quote]

If I’m not mistaken, a horned frog is actually a lizard:
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[quote comment=”370357″][quote comment=”370346″]When I saw “Avatar” in 3D last week, I said to my friend as we were exiting the theater, “Why in the world is sports not in 3D yet? Shouldn’t ESPN jump on that?”

Well, son of a gun. Look what was posted this morning:
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Nice to know that living a virtual experience is more important than having a real one…I hope it fails like Jerry Jones 3-D experiment…

(do we really have to merge our senses with technology to experience life?)[/quote]

Well, if all someone knows is the basement in mom’s house where he has “like, my own apartment and everything”…

The boise state helmets were the only part of either teams uniform that was decent last night.

[quote comment=”370284″]Man, did I screw that up. Let’s try again…
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—Ricko[/quote]

Of all the cities without a NBA team, Cincinnati would probably support one the best (probably better than half of the current NBA cities.)

[quote comment=”370358″]8 hours till fox murders the orange bowl… someone call the miami dave county sherriff to stop it before it happens… on uni realted i want iowa to go to rifelry unis circa 1995
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fricking awful but i hate iowa so those are awsome unis
also miss the plain single sleeve not too wide stripe ga tech used to have one of the only schools i think that ever did that it[/quote]

Those Iowa Hawkeye Shoulder feathers look great.
The jersey was WAYYYYYY too cluttered by the wordmark AND Hawkeye logo on the chest, in addition to the wing feathers.

I would like to see that used by Iowa again, or by someone else. It sure beats the tar some of the generic, copycat crap worm by about 120 teams that are named after Eagles, Hawks or other birds …..

[quote comment=”370363″]From the article about Kent State:
“One of the first questions most recruits ask is what shoes do you wear?”

I just don’t get it. Who cares?

As a kid, if someone offered me a full ride to school in return for playing hoops, my first questions would involve “What courses do you offer?” “Which type of offense do you run?” “What kind of career can I have after basketball?” Even, “So where are the cheerleaders?” Shoes wouldn’t even be a blip on my radar.

If the shoe fits and I’m comfortable in it, I don’t care what brand. The fact that recruiting can depend on what shoe contract you have is a little bit sad.[/quote]

Hey, two years ago we did a video for a chain of 24 car dealerships regarding their dress code policies, because so many of the young people their hired were saying things like, “Whaddya mean, why do I have to tuck in my shirt?”

It’s like kids go from 4th grade to age 18 with no broadening of their horizons whatsoever (except for having a couple kids, that is).

—Ricko

The TCU guide quoted above says purple and white are school colors and that white symbolizes “a clean game.” What do black and grey symbolize then other than the absence of white? Yikes, no wonder TCU lost.

[quote comment=”370367″][quote comment=”370356″]And Tennessee should wear fringe.
With a raccoon tail attached to the back of the helmet.
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Authenticity is essential, even mandatory.

I mean, how can you have good football costume without it.

Seriously, are these football uniforms or outfits for characters strolling around Disney World?

—Ricko[/quote]

Smartassery aside, is TCU’s animal pattern really that different in concept from the Bengals tiger stripes?[/quote]

Yeah, because it’s the entire fabric and not just accents, not identifying trim. Bengals don’t wear Zubaz. For better or worse, it’s still a football a uniform.

TCU last night was wearing horned lizard suits (great for hoping to be told to “Come on down” on THE PRICE IS RIGHT; for a major college football program, not so much).

If Richmond Spiders wore pants like the downhill skiers wore a few years back, what would be the reaction to that? Maybe just a bit too cirque du soleil?

I think football players should look like football players. Not people who fight crime by night after being bitten by a radioactive lizard on a Texas camping trip.

–Ricko

[quote comment=”370363″] Shoes wouldn’t even be a blip on my radar.[/quote]

powers just removed you from his christmas card list

sorry the page screwed up go to the second pic first 60’s throwback is very nice

[quote comment=”370370″][quote comment=”370363″]From the article about Kent State:
“One of the first questions most recruits ask is what shoes do you wear?”

I just don’t get it. Who cares?

As a kid, if someone offered me a full ride to school in return for playing hoops, my first questions would involve “What courses do you offer?” “Which type of offense do you run?” “What kind of career can I have after basketball?” Even, “So where are the cheerleaders?” Shoes wouldn’t even be a blip on my radar.

If the shoe fits and I’m comfortable in it, I don’t care what brand. The fact that recruiting can depend on what shoe contract you have is a little bit sad.[/quote]

Hey, two years ago we did a video for a chain of 24 car dealerships regarding their dress code policies, because so many of the young people their hired were saying things like, “Whaddya mean, why do I have to tuck in my shirt?”

It’s like kids go from 4th grade to age 18 with no broadening of their horizons whatsoever (except for having a couple kids, that is).

—Ricko[/quote]

Explain why one should need a tucked in shirt to be able to sell something, cars or otherwise.

Society places far too much emphasis on appearances and not enough on knowledge. An idiot in a suit is still an idiot.

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Hey, two years ago we did a video for a chain of 24 car dealerships regarding their dress code policies, because so many of the young people their hired were saying things like, “Whaddya mean, why do I have to tuck in my shirt?”
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*sigh*

Its bad enough the ACC has a reputation of a weak conference… We don’t need our BCS representative to be sporting a mid-major jersey in the Orange Bowl. That thing is straight up MAC-tastic!

As for the Fiesta Bowl… From the jerseys to the quality of play on the field, if I didn’t know better, I would have thought it was one of those pathetic post-NYE filler bowls that clutters the time between the BCS games. Oh, and I’m glad FOX decided to show eleventy billion shots of the band… Cause, you know… the game is all about the band and all…

[quote comment=”370342″]Ga. Tech has a long tradition of navy blue (previously black) being an unofficial school color. They wore blue in the Chicken (ne Peach) Bowl last year, in the ACC championship game in 2006, and in the Citrus Bowl for their national championship in 1990 (when blue was the home jersey). The basketball team for years wore blue on the road.[/quote]

Same deal with Colorado — school colors are silver and gold, but the athletic teams have worn black as the main color for many years, usually with silver and/or gold trim. The men’s hoops team have been wearing either pale gold or silver jerseys instead of white at home for the last couple of years, however.

[quote comment=”370385″]Oh, and I’m glad FOX decided to show eleventy billion shots of the band… Cause, you know… the game is all about the band and all…[/quote]

My wife was in marching band. What did she say one time…something like, “Yeah, the football is just something to warm up the crowd for the band show.” She would have enjoyed all those shots last night.

As someone who attends 2 or 3 TCU games per season, I can attest that their normal uniforms are just as horrendous in person as they are in pictures. Not as bad as the riflery uni’s, but still very, very bad. The basic problem – purple and black do not in any way look good together. You really need to choose one or the other, and it seems that some time ago TCU chose purple. At some point maybe they’ll wake up and realize black is a silly fad that has more to do with their former douchebag coach than the university. Until then, they will continue to look like a mid major directional school.

A couple of years ago I did a sloppy mock up of what I thought they should look more like

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glad to hear and partially see that GT will be wearing new jerseys tonight. their unis this season SUCKED. and they used to be one of the classic uni sets in college football, as recent as the calvin johnson days. can’t wait to see what they don tonight.

Fiesta Bowl cleats:

2010 Super Speed D:

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Hyperize, not Hyperdunk…and Southern Miss has been wearing them ALL SEASON:

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TCU LT 2.1:
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[quote comment=”370392″]As someone who attends 2 or 3 TCU games per season, I can attest that their normal uniforms are just as horrendous in person as they are in pictures. Not as bad as the riflery uni’s, but still very, very bad. The basic problem – purple and black do not in any way look good together. You really need to choose one or the other, and it seems that some time ago TCU chose purple. At some point maybe they’ll wake up and realize black is a silly fad that has more to do with their former douchebag coach than the university. Until then, they will continue to look like a mid major directional school.

A couple of years ago I did a sloppy mock up of what I thought they should look more like

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I’d wear that uni. Nice work!

[quote comment=”370380″][quote comment=”370370″][quote comment=”370363″]From the article about Kent State:
“One of the first questions most recruits ask is what shoes do you wear?”

I just don’t get it. Who cares?

As a kid, if someone offered me a full ride to school in return for playing hoops, my first questions would involve “What courses do you offer?” “Which type of offense do you run?” “What kind of career can I have after basketball?” Even, “So where are the cheerleaders?” Shoes wouldn’t even be a blip on my radar.

If the shoe fits and I’m comfortable in it, I don’t care what brand. The fact that recruiting can depend on what shoe contract you have is a little bit sad.[/quote]

Hey, two years ago we did a video for a chain of 24 car dealerships regarding their dress code policies, because so many of the young people their hired were saying things like, “Whaddya mean, why do I have to tuck in my shirt?”

It’s like kids go from 4th grade to age 18 with no broadening of their horizons whatsoever (except for having a couple kids, that is).

—Ricko[/quote]

Explain why one should need a tucked in shirt to be able to sell something, cars or otherwise.

Society places far too much emphasis on appearances and not enough on knowledge. An idiot in a suit is still an idiot.[/quote]

Do you ever go outside and away from the computer screen? Is there natural light where you live? Do you see live, breathing people anytime during the day?

[quote comment=”370390″][quote comment=”370385″]Oh, and I’m glad FOX decided to show eleventy billion shots of the band… Cause, you know… the game is all about the band and all…[/quote]

My wife was in marching band. What did she say one time…something like, “Yeah, the football is just something to warm up the crowd for the band show.” She would have enjoyed all those shots last night.[/quote]
Yea… the head producer of the Sports division of FOX must have been in the band cause its ridiculous how much they show the bands after every single play.

And you’re right. Band people think the whole event revolves around them. They think the football team is there just to provide additional entertainment for what the band does. And the absolute worst is in high school. However, I have been witness to some incredible arguments between band directors and football/basketball coaches, so sometimes the elitest mentality of band members does have its benefits… lol

[quote comment=”370397″][quote comment=”370380″]Explain why one should need a tucked in shirt to be able to sell something, cars or otherwise.

Society places far too much emphasis on appearances and not enough on knowledge. An idiot in a suit is still an idiot.[/quote]

An idiot in a suit may at least get the customer in the door, where there’s a chance of a sale, while an idiot who looks like a slob won’t get that far.

There’s a time and a place to untuck, but not when you’re working. A tucked-in worker shows attention to detail (might even suggest he or she is intelligent enough to wash hands after going to the bathroom), respect for the uniform or the position and respect for the customer. You don’t want to be a distraction, especially if your customers are OCD – they’d be looking at your slovenliness instead of listening to your sales pitch.

Now if you work in a hockey jersey, disregard what I said (great Bruins clip, James!). Otherwise, tuck it in and get to work, slacker. ;)[/quote]

“There’s a time and a place to untuck”

after the last out at a brewers game! hahaha. j/k

[quote comment=”370251″]One thing I like about TCU’s combat unis is that they are one of the few without all the white.

Most of the Combat unis had way too much white.

I only saw FSU on highlights and did not see them during the game.

TCU’s are one of the better ones in my opinion.[/quote]

I just found the proposed link unis for Oklahoma State.

Hell of a lot better than the ones that were link based on the standard template the link link. (All photos of Keith Toston – last one is his sweet jump pass!)

[quote comment=”370403″][quote comment=”370391″][quote comment=”370380″][quote comment=”370370″][quote comment=”370363″]From the article about Kent State:
“One of the first questions most recruits ask is what shoes do you wear?”

I just don’t get it. Who cares?

As a kid, if someone offered me a full ride to school in return for playing hoops, my first questions would involve “What courses do you offer?” “Which type of offense do you run?” “What kind of career can I have after basketball?” Even, “So where are the cheerleaders?” Shoes wouldn’t even be a blip on my radar.

If the shoe fits and I’m comfortable in it, I don’t care what brand. The fact that recruiting can depend on what shoe contract you have is a little bit sad.[/quote]

Hey, two years ago we did a video for a chain of 24 car dealerships regarding their dress code policies, because so many of the young people their hired were saying things like, “Whaddya mean, why do I have to tuck in my shirt?”

It’s like kids go from 4th grade to age 18 with no broadening of their horizons whatsoever (except for having a couple kids, that is).

—Ricko[/quote]

Explain why one should need a tucked in shirt to be able to sell something, cars or otherwise.

Society places far too much emphasis on appearances and not enough on knowledge. An idiot in a suit is still an idiot.[/quote]

Right.
What are you, 13?
Would you trust your money to a banker wearing parachute pants and a “BITE ME’ t-shirt whose office was in the back of his van? No matter HOW educated he seemed to be?

I understand your role as our Resident Contrarian and Upholder of How the World Ought to Be, but it truly is okay to accept the reality of things once in a while. Won’t mean you’ve surrendered your youthful independent thought, just that a bit of wisdom and understanding of how things really do work is beginning to creep in.

Or, look at it THIS way, if someone’s gonna judge you by how you dress, then dress that way to get YOUR way. Use his narrowness of thought to your advantage. Which of you truly would be the one in control in that situation?

—Ricko[/quote]

Banking from the back of a van is just a little bit different and you know it.

There’s some jobs/professions that should require strict uniform and dress code policies, and some that shouldn’t.

Example: Someone works in a cubicle, never deals with customers face to face, ever – yet they’re still required to wear a tie – why?

Yeah, I follow the dress code where I work, but that doesn’t mean they’re a good idea.[/quote]

Ah, well, at least you admit there are situations where it does matter. Thought you were saying there weren’t. Presentation (including how you present yourself) IS important.

My Dad always said, “You’ll act the way you’re dressed.”
Thought he was nuts.

Now I know he wasn’t.

Even as a creative director at an ad agency, I found my staff responded differently to me on days I’d wear a suit and tie. Was much easier to command respect in situations when it wasn’t best to be “one of the gang.” Sometimes, when you’re supposed to be the one in control, you need to look like you are.

—Ricko

Ok, this could be wrong, if so please correct me. I seem to remember that scoreboard at Wayne State being on the Right Field wall while I was growing up (mid-late 80’s-early 90’s) and it was moved to the left field wall in the mid 90’s.

Picture of right field w/ a scoreboard circa 1991:

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Picture of right field sans a scoreboard with what appears to be Tony Clark (Tiger from 1995-2001) in the on deck circle

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and finally a distance pic from an undetermined date that shows the scoreboard in the left and an ad in right:

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Why not introduce Bay in the new cream-colored pinstripe jersey?

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They introducted Johan Santana in pinstripes:
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They introduced K-Rod in pinstripes:
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They introduced J.J. Putz in pinstripes:
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Check out the Fiesta Bowl Hyperdunk cleats:

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Paul’s color nightmare on skates: link

Maybe their trying to invoke the Carlos Beltran mojo by giving Bay the snow white jersey for the press conference:

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Another notable “snow white” free agent:

Billy Wagner
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I’m shocked that no one commented on the earth-shattering new Marlins’ away uniforms:

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the ramblin wreck of link is one of my favourite teams, always has been, and the traditional option attack is fun to watch. oh! and the band, got’a love that white band. anyway, i will hold off judgement until i see them tonight, but brilliant is not the way i would describe these falcon rip-offs at this stage. i thought your original assessment of their uni’s when they came out was spot on, just get rid of that superfluous blue stripe and they are gorgeous. anyway, i am just saying, i think i may be disappointed with the jackets.

[quote comment=”370417″][quote comment=”370415″][quote comment=”370414″]Check out the Fiesta Bowl Hyperdunk cleats:

link

wonder if the boise uni’s have sweatboxes and where they are located. don’t know why this came to mind-just askin’.[/quote]

I’m pretty sure they don’t. I didn’t watch the whole game, but I don’t remember seeing anything… though they don’t usually show up as badly on a white jersey as they do on colored ones.[/quote]

hey, jeff

did you click on the link before reading leon’s comment?

/just askin

[quote comment=”370427″]dammit leon![/quote]

Yeah, dammit leon!

/why would I click the link when it seemed like an honest uni-question?

WHAT??? “Cheddar Explosion” link

[quote comment=”370368″][quote comment=”370358″]8 hours till fox murders the orange bowl… someone call the miami dave county sherriff to stop it before it happens… on uni realted i want iowa to go to rifelry unis circa 1995
link
fricking awful but i hate iowa so those are awsome unis
also miss the plain single sleeve not too wide stripe ga tech used to have one of the only schools i think that ever did that it[/quote]

Those Iowa Hawkeye Shoulder feathers look great.
The jersey was WAYYYYYY too cluttered by the wordmark AND Hawkeye logo on the chest, in addition to the wing feathers.

I would like to see that used by Iowa again, or by someone else. It sure beats the tar some of the generic, copycat crap worm by about 120 teams that are named after Eagles, Hawks or other birds …..[/quote]

Ah, yes. The banana peel look. link Hayden rolled ’em out when the talent pool ran a little dry. The uniform company, Apex or something like that, went belly up and the Hawkeyes toned the look down a little link

I think the current look will stay around for a bit.

Love that font on those Wichita State MTXE jerseys.

Sure are a lot of colleges with purple as their school color:
* TCU
– LSU
– Kansas State
– Washington
– Holy Cross
– Northwestern
– Eastern Carolina
to name a few

[quote comment=”370433″]
Soon, grasshopper.[/quote]

i see

[quote comment=”370439″]I’ve noticed that teams who’ve changed their uniforms in the Championship/Bowl season haven’t done so well. The one’s I can think of:

Florida 13 vs Alabama 32 – Florida wore the white helmets from the FSU game.

Arizona 0 vs Nebraska 33 – Arizona pulled out white helmets.

Florida 51 vs Cincy 24 – Bearcats pulled out white helmets (although I did like the helmet stripe that matched the claw marks on their pants)

TCU 10 vs Boise State 17 – TCU again in the new Nike gear and lost

Miami 14 vs Wisconsin 20 – Miami wore their rivalry gear (at least the jerseys/pants)

So that’s 0-5 for teams who didn’t wear their traditional uniforms. The football gods are not pleased.[/quote]

you could add the ducks in their too i think since they had not worn that combo yet. didn’t central florida lose in a white helmet? navy broke out last years army game uni and won, that is the only one i can think of.

oops, south florida, not central

[quote comment=”370440″][quote comment=”370439″]I’ve noticed that teams who’ve changed their uniforms in the Championship/Bowl season haven’t done so well. The one’s I can think of:

Florida 13 vs Alabama 32 – Florida wore the white helmets from the FSU game.

Arizona 0 vs Nebraska 33 – Arizona pulled out white helmets.

Florida 51 vs Cincy 24 – Bearcats pulled out white helmets (although I did like the helmet stripe that matched the claw marks on their pants)

TCU 10 vs Boise State 17 – TCU again in the new Nike gear and lost

Miami 14 vs Wisconsin 20 – Miami wore their rivalry gear (at least the jerseys/pants)

So that’s 0-5 for teams who didn’t wear their traditional uniforms. The football gods are not pleased.[/quote]

you could add the ducks in their too i think since they had not worn that combo yet. didn’t central florida lose in a white helmet? navy broke out last years army game uni and won, that is the only one i can think of.[/quote]

I don’t think the Ducks count. The Ducks traditional uniform is wearing a new combo each week.

[quote comment=”370442″]oops, south florida, not central[/quote]

South Florida, but they’ve worn that before. Central always wears white.

Here’s the whole breakdown:

All teams with white helmets:
Wyoming – W
UCF – L
BYU – W
SMU – W
Ohio – L
Miami – L
Wisconsin – W
Arizona – L (new whites)
Nebraska – W
Air Force – W
Stnaford – L
Tennessee – L
Auburn – W
PSU – W
Oregon – L (new-ish whites)
Cincy – L (new whites)
USF – W (new-ish whites)
S. Carolina – L
Okla. State – L

All whites: 9 wins, 10 losses.
New or new-ish whites: 1 win, three losses.

Unless somebody pulls a surprise in the next couple of days, the only other white helmet is Texas.

[quote comment=”370392″] The basic problem – purple and black do not in any way look good together. [/quote]

Disclosure: My wife, 2 daughters and I bleed SMU Red & Blue. My wife has always said and now our daughters have picked up on the fact that TCU’s black and purple unis make them look a a bunch of bruises running around.

If you really want to stir the pot on uniform colors, start a discussion on the PonyFans board about what Blue & Red SMU should be sporting. Yale Blue, Royal, Navy, Midnight or Electric. Harvard Red, Bright Red or Crimson.

That being said, we love the SMU unis this year and loved seeing them in the top 5 on here a few times this year.

[quote comment=”370446″]
Unless somebody pulls a surprise in the next couple of days, the only other white helmet is Texas.[/quote]

so, you don’t see bama whipping out the 84 road special?

who’s designated home team in the bs bowl anyway?

[quote comment=”370450″][quote comment=”370446″]
Unless somebody pulls a surprise in the next couple of days, the only other white helmet is Texas.[/quote]

so, you don’t see bama whipping out the link?

who’s designated home team in the bs bowl anyway?[/quote]

I believe Alabama is the home team, which would make for my favorite uni-matchup for these schools – the all-whites for Texas and the Crimson on white for the Tide.

Fix your pic, btw

Georgia Tech wearing new uniforms tonight

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[quote comment=”370453″]What kind of uniform alterations can you see coming in preparation of a game on THIS ESPNetwork?

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link

Anyone recognize this West Texas State player?

[quote comment=”370450″][quote comment=”370446″]
Unless somebody pulls a surprise in the next couple of days, the only other white helmet is Texas.[/quote]

so, you don’t see bama whipping out the link?

who’s designated home team in the bs bowl anyway?[/quote]

I would guess that since it is 1 vs 2 that ‘Bama (#1) would be home.

Where is the game at anyway? (serious question, just haven’t really paid much attention.)

[quote comment=”370456″][quote comment=”370453″]What kind of uniform alterations can you see coming in preparation of a game on THIS ESPNetwork?

link
link

Anyone recognize this West Texas State player?[/quote]

Obviously Nikey Shoos

[quote comment=”370458″][quote comment=”370450″][quote comment=”370446″]
Unless somebody pulls a surprise in the next couple of days, the only other white helmet is Texas.[/quote]

so, you don’t see bama whipping out the link?

who’s designated home team in the bs bowl anyway?[/quote]

I would guess that since it is 1 vs 2 that ‘Bama (#1) would be home.

Where is the game at anyway? (serious question, just haven’t really paid much attention.)[/quote]

Pasadena. Does that make this the Granddaddy’s Little Brother Of Them All?

link

Great picture of the Cincinnati Royals. That was a nice uniform.

Nice shot of Jerry Lucas and John Havlicek next to each other.

this is pretty cool

i knew where almost all those schools were located, but some of the distances between “rivals” was interesting…thought some were closer than they actually are

[quote comment=”370445″]Paul,
This is coming a little from left field, but do you know for sure if the NY Rangers third logo/jersey with the Statue of Liberty was inspired by Mike Richter’s mask? I’ve heard this, but not sure if it is true or revisionist.
Thanks,
Kevin Z.[/quote]

Absolutely true, Richter had the mask for more than a few years before the 3rd, remember them mentioning it when they were unveiled.

[quote comment=”370463″]Here’s the in focus black and white photo of link.

Did West Texas really wear the helmet with the horns decals on the front?[/quote]

If so, that’s absolutely ridiculous. There’s no reason why a football uniform should in any way evoke, or be inspired by, the team’s mascot. Football uniforms should feature Northwestern (or UCLA) stripes and block numbers. The end.

/sarcasm tag off/

[quote comment=”370471″][quote comment=”370465″]I am trying to come up with all examples of teams using logos with a city/name abbreviation (Planning to write an article about it for a student web site). I have the Hawks red alternates, Suns orange alternates, Florida Panthers new alternate, Thrashers 10th anniversary logo (may or may not include that).

I also can’t decide if NYR (ny rangers thirds) or OKC Thunder logo should count. Uni Watch thoughts?

If anyone knows others, please pass along. Thanks.[/quote]
You talking non-baseball? Cuz, link… and link…

I could go on.[/quote]

My intent was logos that weren’t just city name initials. So no NY, LA, KC, NJ, etc. ATL is an abbreviation for Atlanta, not three words that start with A, T, and L. Same with PHX and FLA for the Suns and Panthers, respectively.

OKC for the Thunder probably counts since OK abbreviates Oklahoma and the C stands for City.

The NYR Statue of Liberty logo for the Rangers is in the gray area because it represents three separate words, but involves both the city name and nickname. Same with the NYK logo for the Knicks.

[quote comment=”370471″][quote comment=”370465″]I am trying to come up with all examples of teams using logos with a city/name abbreviation (Planning to write an article about it for a student web site). I have the Hawks red alternates, Suns orange alternates, Florida Panthers new alternate, Thrashers 10th anniversary logo (may or may not include that).

I also can’t decide if NYR (ny rangers thirds) or OKC Thunder logo should count. Uni Watch thoughts?

If anyone knows others, please pass along. Thanks.[/quote]
You talking non-baseball? Cuz, link… and link…

I could go on.[/quote]

I realize I didn’t explain that very well in the initial post…

[quote comment=”370448″][quote comment=”370392″] The basic problem – purple and black do not in any way look good together. [/quote]

That being said, we love the SMU unis this year and loved seeing them in the top 5 on here a few times this year.[/quote]

Ha. There’s actually another one going on right now – started by the discussion of the crappy tcu uniforms.

The correct answer, of course, is a white helmet with a red pony, and royal blue jerseys with white pants at home and white jerseys with white pants on the road.

[quote comment=”370475″][quote comment=”370466″]link

i knew where almost all those schools were located, but some of the distances between “rivals” was interesting…thought some were closer than they actually are[/quote]

What most people don’t realize is how far Arkansas is away from the rest of the SEC. Columbia, Norman, Stillwater, Lawrence, & Manhattan are all closer than the closest SEC rival (Ole Miss)…I currently live here in Fayetteville & it’s a five hour drive for Razorback fans to see a road game at Ole Miss.[/quote]

also shows how easily the Pac-10 could be split into two divisions, north south. Washington, WSU, Oregon, OrSU, and Cal in the north, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Arizona, and ASU in south.

big 10 can be split as well, right after Notre Dame joins them

[quote comment=”370408″][quote comment=”370403″][quote comment=”370391″][quote comment=”370380″][quote comment=”370370″][quote comment=”370363″]From the article about Kent State:
“One of the first questions most recruits ask is what shoes do you wear?”

I just don’t get it. Who cares?

As a kid, if someone offered me a full ride to school in return for playing hoops, my first questions would involve “What courses do you offer?” “Which type of offense do you run?” “What kind of career can I have after basketball?” Even, “So where are the cheerleaders?” Shoes wouldn’t even be a blip on my radar.

If the shoe fits and I’m comfortable in it, I don’t care what brand. The fact that recruiting can depend on what shoe contract you have is a little bit sad.[/quote]

Hey, two years ago we did a video for a chain of 24 car dealerships regarding their dress code policies, because so many of the young people their hired were saying things like, “Whaddya mean, why do I have to tuck in my shirt?”

It’s like kids go from 4th grade to age 18 with no broadening of their horizons whatsoever (except for having a couple kids, that is).

—Ricko[/quote]

Explain why one should need a tucked in shirt to be able to sell something, cars or otherwise.

Society places far too much emphasis on appearances and not enough on knowledge. An idiot in a suit is still an idiot.[/quote]

Right.
What are you, 13?
Would you trust your money to a banker wearing parachute pants and a “BITE ME’ t-shirt whose office was in the back of his van? No matter HOW educated he seemed to be?

I understand your role as our Resident Contrarian and Upholder of How the World Ought to Be, but it truly is okay to accept the reality of things once in a while. Won’t mean you’ve surrendered your youthful independent thought, just that a bit of wisdom and understanding of how things really do work is beginning to creep in.

Or, look at it THIS way, if someone’s gonna judge you by how you dress, then dress that way to get YOUR way. Use his narrowness of thought to your advantage. Which of you truly would be the one in control in that situation?

—Ricko[/quote]

Banking from the back of a van is just a little bit different and you know it.

There’s some jobs/professions that should require strict uniform and dress code policies, and some that shouldn’t.

Example: Someone works in a cubicle, never deals with customers face to face, ever – yet they’re still required to wear a tie – why?

Yeah, I follow the dress code where I work, but that doesn’t mean they’re a good idea.[/quote]

Ah, well, at least you admit there are situations where it does matter. Thought you were saying there weren’t. Presentation (including how you present yourself) IS important.

My Dad always said, “You’ll act the way you’re dressed.”
Thought he was nuts.

Now I know he wasn’t.

Even as a creative director at an ad agency, I found my staff responded differently to me on days I’d wear a suit and tie. Was much easier to command respect in situations when it wasn’t best to be “one of the gang.” Sometimes, when you’re supposed to be the one in control, you need to look like you are.

—Ricko[/quote]

I think there’s a lot of should and does confusion here. Are there a bunch of conformist d-bags out there who would hire a turd in a suit over a brilliant person dressed less traditionally? Sure. There are a lot of jerks in the world. But would you rather buy a computer from someone who knows how to turn it on than someone who is wearing a tie? My guess is the former. This is why careers with a big shortage of qualified candidates are more accepting of alternative senses of style. It’s easy to say that wearing a shirt and tie never hurt anybody but that is just not true. What about the kid who is unsure about his/her gender and experimenting with different personas? What about the adult who decides the social biases that are reflected in the suit are just wrong? Sure the people who make these choices will be looked down upon but if you are the person turning up your nose you’re the douche not them.

[quote comment=”370481″]Shoot your cuffs, Christopher.[/quote]

adriana?

[quote comment=”370480″]
I think there’s a lot of should and does confusion here. Are there a bunch of conformist d-bags out there who would hire a turd in a suit over a brilliant person dressed less traditionally? Sure. There are a lot of jerks in the world. But would you rather buy a computer from someone who knows how to turn it on than someone who is wearing a tie? My guess is the former. This is why careers with a big shortage of qualified candidates are more accepting of alternative senses of style. It’s easy to say that wearing a shirt and tie never hurt anybody but that is just not true. What about the kid who is unsure about his/her gender and experimenting with different personas? What about the adult who decides the social biases that are reflected in the suit are just wrong? Sure the people who make these choices will be looked down upon but if you are the person turning up your nose you’re the douche not them.[/quote]

First off, stop quoting 15 pages of comments.

Secondly, you’ll adhere to my dress code if I’m paying you to work for me, or I’ll talk to the next “d-bag” in the suit and tie who will dress as I request. Your sense of style is not my concern. Your sense of professionalism is.

Thirdly, your sexual orientation makes no difference to me. Can you can turn the computer on? If you can, you have a chance at the job. Wanna experiment with your clothes, look, and sexual being? Do it on your own time. When you’re on my time, you’ll do as I say or you’ll have a lovely pink slip to go with the pants hanging below your ass and the pink hair you brought to work.

Lastly, take your entitled sense of self-worth and cram it. You’ll do as I say because I’m paying you. End of story. You’re replaceable unless you bring something to the table that cannot be replaced. Pushing the on/off button? I can get a chimp in a tie to do that. You could be that chimp if I choose you to be.

Oops, make that “Christopha”.

[quote comment=”370484″][quote comment=”370480″]
I think there’s a lot of should and does confusion here. Are there a bunch of conformist d-bags out there who would hire a turd in a suit over a brilliant person dressed less traditionally? Sure. There are a lot of jerks in the world. But would you rather buy a computer from someone who knows how to turn it on than someone who is wearing a tie? My guess is the former. This is why careers with a big shortage of qualified candidates are more accepting of alternative senses of style. It’s easy to say that wearing a shirt and tie never hurt anybody but that is just not true. What about the kid who is unsure about his/her gender and experimenting with different personas? What about the adult who decides the social biases that are reflected in the suit are just wrong? Sure the people who make these choices will be looked down upon but if you are the person turning up your nose you’re the douche not them.[/quote]

First off, stop quoting 15 pages of comments.

Secondly, you’ll adhere to my dress code if I’m paying you to work for me, or I’ll talk to the next “d-bag” in the suit and tie who will dress as I request. Your sense of style is not my concern. Your sense of professionalism is.

Thirdly, your sexual orientation makes no difference to me. Can you can turn the computer on? If you can, you have a chance at the job. Wanna experiment with your clothes, look, and sexual being? Do it on your own time. When you’re on my time, you’ll do as I say or you’ll have a lovely pink slip to go with the pants hanging below your ass and the pink hair you brought to work.

Lastly, take your entitled sense of self-worth and cram it. You’ll do as I say because I’m paying you. End of story. You’re replaceable unless you bring something to the table that cannot be replaced. Pushing the on/off button? I can get a chimp in a tie to do that. You could be that chimp if I choose you to be.[/quote]

Too bad I’m so valuable and do my job well that my employer is willing to put up with whatever shit I decide to meander in with and pay me well to boot. People in power who care so much about conformity are scary, boring, and sad.

[quote comment=”370476″][quote comment=”370448″][quote comment=”370392″] The basic problem – purple and black do not in any way look good together. [/quote]

That being said, we love the SMU unis this year and loved seeing them in the top 5 on here a few times this year.[/quote]

Ha. There’s actually another one going on right now – started by the discussion of the crappy tcu uniforms.

The correct answer, of course, is a white helmet with a red pony, and royal blue jerseys with white pants at home and white jerseys with white pants on the road.[/quote]

I would have said that before, but after seeing this year’s unis, I REALLY like that look.

you go out to get a new battery for your car, and you miss all kinds of shit around here.

[quote comment=”370488″]
Too bad I’m so valuable and do my job well that my employer is willing to put up with whatever shit I decide to meander in with and pay me well to boot. People in power who care so much about conformity are scary, boring, and sad.[/quote]

Right. You talk about an entry level position in your example, and suddenly you work for the NSA. Spare me your bullcrap.

Unless you own the company, you’re replaceable. And if you own the company, your competition is gunning for you.

Face reality: everyone is replaceable.

[quote comment=”370493″]This guy (link) was probably told he should shut up and become a dawn to dusk laborer. Thankfully he chose awesome instead.[/quote]

How did he choose “awesome”?

Perhaps you missed out on the fact that he worked construction to earn that land. While that’s not a suit-and-tie job, I’m almost certain he was required to wear a hard hat and some sort of protective footwear. That’s his uniform as per his boss.

So I fail to see how this is a good example whatsoever. Sure, his story should be told because he’s doing good in his community, and I commend him for giving kids a chance to be kids rather than child soldiers in Uganda.

But his construction job he needed to earn the land? That was dawn-to-dusk job.

I’m sensing a lot of feelings of repression today…
link

Count me as one of the people who has no idea what this ‘riflery’ business is all about. Does it simply refer to the image on the palms which is divided among the two gloves? Are they gloves meant to be used by people shooting rifles but are now being worn by football players? What the heck is it and why should I care?

Incidentally, for that Dayton Triangles to Indianapolis Colts lineage I relied a bit too much on Wiki. Here is a better-informed overview of the whole situation which points out that some of the connections in the line of descent are iffy:
link
But it also introduces another name, the New York Bulldogs, who were also tied into all of this.

Dayton Triangles – navy and white.
Brooklyn Dodgers – green, silver and white…then red, blue, silver and white.
Brooklyn Tigers – burnt orange, black and white
[merged with Boston Yanks…]
“The Yanks”
Boston Yanks – kelly green, gold and white.
New York Yanks – royal blue, silver and white.
Dallas Texans – navy and white.
Baltimore Colts – speed blue and white.
Indianapolis Colts – speed blue and white.

Or something like that…

GA Tech’s new unis don’t look too bad. Of course, everything looks better when you run the beautiful triple option. Can’t wait to see this game.

[quote comment=”370507″][quote comment=”370504″]Dayton Triangles – navy and white.
Brooklyn Dodgers – green, silver and white…then red, blue, silver and white.
Brooklyn Tigers – burnt orange, black and white
[merged with Boston Yanks…]
“The Yanks”
Boston Yanks – kelly green, gold and white.
New York Yanks – royal blue, silver and white.
Dallas Texans – navy and white.
Baltimore Colts – speed blue and white.
Indianapolis Colts – speed blue and white.

Or something like that…[/quote]
Damn, now I actually have to look up the correct answers. “Speed blue” – you don’t say…

Also there is “The Yanks” – are you saying they wore the same as the Boston Yanks?

Anyway, your responses are plausible & possibly correct.[/quote]

You wiki-ed, I wiki-ed…

I wasn’t sure about the Yanks, though. Just assumed they were the same.

[quote comment=”370508″]
You wiki-ed, I wiki-ed…

I wasn’t sure about the Yanks, though. Just assumed they were the same.[/quote]
You probably got them all, although my non-Wiki source says the Dayton Triangles wore royal blue, not navy. Anyone have a great-grandfather who saw the Triangles in action & can settle this?

[quote comment=”370420″]I’m shocked that no one commented on the earth-shattering new Marlins’ away uniforms:

link

UGH! What a lame change. I’ll always be mad about the upcoming “Miami” name change, and this just adds on to that. This is not the way to earn new fans. So much for tradition.

Will they next adopt the WWE’s “link” slogan/campaign too?

[quote comment=”370512″]UGH! What a lame change. I’ll always be mad about the upcoming “Miami” name change, and this just adds on to that. This is not the way to earn new fans. [/quote]

mike, i can understand your dislike for adopting the ‘new’ moniker, but their original premise for adopting florida in the first place was pretty weak, no? (i seem to remember they gave a reason for not using miami originally, but it seemed specious)

i mean, isn’t like the entire northern third of the state pretty much brave country, the midsection are rays/yanks and the lower third are marlins/yanks?

didn’t they try to ‘adopt’ the entire state as their own in 93? much like “minnesota” (although i realize why the couldn’t be the minneapolis or st. paul senators), the TEXAS rangers and the COLORADO rockies? (and later the ARIZONA d-bags)?

the whole ‘name your team for the state instead of city’ is, in baseball anyway, bullshit, at least to me

not saying they should change it NOW, but they really should have been the miami marlins in the first place, no? (and im pretty sure there was a reason they weren’t originally the miami marlins aside from wanting to adopt the state too, but that seemed to be a logical reason at the time)…but really, misnamed from the start

/done now

[quote comment=”370411″][quote comment=”370287″]Hoops color-on-color?
How ’bout lime vs. athletic gold?
link

–Ricko[/quote]

The goggles! They do nothing![/quote]
My very first NBA game featured the visiting Hawks in that uni vs the Bullets wearing this:
link

[quote comment=”370503″]re:GT
alright, i have seen them on. the jersey is better then i thought, while similar to the falcons, it isn’t a straight copy, and it is kind of representative of a stinger coming down from the shoulder. but if you remove the blue chest line i still like the olde ones more. the pants are a serious downgrade, i freaking hate the thin line that goes into the triangle above the knee. why change? is it really any better? it’s subjective, but i think not, i like it when they keep the blue to a minimum. i give it a c-[/quote]

d+ at best looks like it is missing something on the “sleeve” with that cut to it that missing this being a falcon or old style nc state badge it is nice to see they kept the offset shoulder numbers however

Another random observation on GT uniforms, (while Kool and the Gang perform – wtf???)

One thing I really don’t care for in the new wave of designs is either the side panels encroaching on the front or back number like GT, or the random swirlies and slashies encroaching on the numbers ala Arkansas. It’s a crowded look – too many bumper stickers.

anyone notice they have the coverup of seats in the upper deck this game thank godd fox is done no bowl games on a fricken tuesday this needed to be the 2nd sat night crowd cranked on quaaludes and cocaine. (it is still in maimi.lol)

[quote comment=”370518″][quote comment=”370503″]re:GT
alright, i have seen them on. the jersey is better then i thought, while similar to the falcons, it isn’t a straight copy, and it is kind of representative of a stinger coming down from the shoulder. but if you remove the blue chest line i still like the olde ones more. the pants are a serious downgrade, i freaking hate the thin line that goes into the triangle above the knee. why change? is it really any better? it’s subjective, but i think not, i like it when they keep the blue to a minimum. i give it a c-[/quote]

d+ at best looks like it is missing something on the “sleeve” with that cut to it that missing this being a falcon or old style nc state badge it is nice to see they kept the offset shoulder numbers however[/quote]

i don’t mind the jersey so much. it might be cool if the under arm stain was striped like a yellow jacket, but i dun’know, i would have to see it. what i hate is the pantaloons. couldn’t that gold stripe, or stinger just continue down the leg? why the damn triangle. like their previous uniform it is so close to being good.

[quote comment=”370523″][quote comment=”370519″]The only thing worse than a bad logo is when it is a stolen logo. This might have been brought up a couple years ago, but I never saw the other logo before. FYI Tacoma is 30 min. south of Seattle which I think adds a little irony to this. link

Holy cow! The Tacoma Thunder! That’s from the 2006 International Basketball League season. I have one of their games on DVD – the first ever victory for my Cuyahoga Falls Cougars.

The Thunder had nice unis. When I have time I’ll try and share some screen shots.

By the way, the Cougars only had black unis, so there were a lot of color vs. color games. There was almost a black vs. black game once…luckily the other team had alternates and brought them.[/quote]

Another by the way, I just happen to be wearing my Cougars hoodie right now. What a co-inki-dink.

[quote comment=”370525″]I made the lucky mistake of flipping over to the World Junior Championship on the NHL Network. Canada score two goals late to tie USA 5-5 and send it to overtime. Waiting for the overtime now. Go USA![/quote]

Ahhhhhh ha! I knew there was a reason we haven’t heard from the UW Hockey Wing in a while. Come on USA!

If you want to watch OT live, go here:
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[quote comment=”370524″][quote comment=”370518″][quote comment=”370503″]re:GT
alright, i have seen them on. the jersey is better then i thought, while similar to the falcons, it isn’t a straight copy, and it is kind of representative of a stinger coming down from the shoulder. but if you remove the blue chest line i still like the olde ones more. the pants are a serious downgrade, i freaking hate the thin line that goes into the triangle above the knee. why change? is it really any better? it’s subjective, but i think not, i like it when they keep the blue to a minimum. i give it a c-[/quote]

d+ at best looks like it is missing something on the “sleeve” with that cut to it that missing this being a falcon or old style nc state badge it is nice to see they kept the offset shoulder numbers however[/quote]

i don’t mind the jersey so much. it might be cool if the under arm stain was striped like a yellow jacket, but i dun’know, i would have to see it. what i hate is the pantaloons. couldn’t that gold stripe, or stinger just continue down the leg? why the damn triangle. like their previous uniform it is so close to being good.[/quote]
A stinger? There’s a stinger on the jersey? How adorable!

I’m really glad nobody really knows what the fuck a Hoosier is.

[quote comment=”370529″][quote comment=”370523″][quote comment=”370519″]The only thing worse than a bad logo is when it is a stolen logo. This might have been brought up a couple years ago, but I never saw the other logo before. FYI Tacoma is 30 min. south of Seattle which I think adds a little irony to this. link

Holy cow! The Tacoma Thunder! That’s from the 2006 International Basketball League season. I have one of their games on DVD – the first ever victory for my Cuyahoga Falls Cougars.

The Thunder had nice unis. When I have time I’ll try and share some screen shots.

By the way, the Cougars only had black unis, so there were a lot of color vs. color games. There was almost a black vs. black game once…luckily the other team had alternates and brought them.[/quote]

Jim, I never saw them play before I moved away. It would be cool to see some pics. The sweatshirt is a little eerie eh?[/quote]

Gotta head out for a little bit, but I might have some shots later tonight or tomorrow.

USA 6, Canada 5 (OT).

Just a note the 2011 World Junior Tournament is in Buffalo, NY next year.

[quote comment=”370530″][quote comment=”370524″][quote comment=”370518″][quote comment=”370503″]re:GT
alright, i have seen them on. the jersey is better then i thought, while similar to the falcons, it isn’t a straight copy, and it is kind of representative of a stinger coming down from the shoulder. but if you remove the blue chest line i still like the olde ones more. the pants are a serious downgrade, i freaking hate the thin line that goes into the triangle above the knee. why change? is it really any better? it’s subjective, but i think not, i like it when they keep the blue to a minimum. i give it a c-[/quote]

d+ at best looks like it is missing something on the “sleeve” with that cut to it that missing this being a falcon or old style nc state badge it is nice to see they kept the offset shoulder numbers however[/quote]

i don’t mind the jersey so much. it might be cool if the under arm stain was striped like a yellow jacket, but i dun’know, i would have to see it. what i hate is the pantaloons. couldn’t that gold stripe, or stinger just continue down the leg? why the damn triangle. like their previous uniform it is so close to being good.[/quote]
A stinger? There’s a stinger on the jersey? How adorable!

I’m really glad nobody really knows what the fuck a Hoosier is.[/quote]

i always thought a hoosier was a 1/2 wit red neck.

not that they were going for this, but i read the jersey this way…the gold and blue at the top is head like. under the pit is like a yellow jacket body(how cool if it had stripes?), and coming down from that “body” is a thin stripe, sort of a stinger. abstract sure, but that is how it reads to me. like i said, i think it is close. by the way the stinger is one of my favourite winter cocktails.

or does it mean can’t play football in some sort of native american tongue?

[quote comment=”370537″]Would it be wrong to say “Eh Oh Canada NO!” stupid marketing idea.[/quote]
Congrats to the US on a great win – what a great, fast team. Very deserving… sigh…

Anyway, immediately following yet another Pepsi commercial featuring the “Eh Oh Canada Go” thingy, TSN went back to the game with a “Go Canada Go” chant from the crowd in progress. Which in my mind, is quite a good chant!

[quote comment=”370534″]USA 6, Canada 5 (OT).

Just a note the 2011 World Junior Tournament is in Buffalo, NY next year.[/quote]
Which makes sense – no one goes to the games in Europe so may as well stay in the West!

[quote comment=”370542″][quote comment=”370534″]USA 6, Canada 5 (OT).

Just a note the 2011 World Junior Tournament is in Buffalo, NY next year.[/quote]
Which makes sense – no one goes to the games in Europe so may as well stay in the West![/quote]

Just remember to bring your snow gear. They get lots of lake effect snow.

[quote comment=”370545″][quote comment=”370539″]I thought Hoosiers was a brand of tire.[/quote]

that’s because the former circus freaks that produce the tires are indiana grads. that’s how they got the name for the tire.[/quote]
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innt “hoosier” a contraction?

Re: Miami Marlins, I used to think that they went with “Florida” because there had already been a single-A minor league team in the ’80s called the Miami Marlins (Florida State League). They were the Miami Orioles in the ’70s but originated as the Miami Marlins in the ’60s when they were a “Class D” team. This is the same team now known as the Miami Miracle which is part-owned by actor Bill Murray and Jimmy Buffett. I have no evidence whatsoever to back up this explanation, but you have to admit it would’ve been a good excuse for Wayne Huizenga & Co. to use.

[quote comment=”370547″]Why is the Georgia Tech pit stain referred to as a stinger, and the pant trim a triangle?

Gap between NOB and number is obnoxious.[/quote]

you don’t see the isosceles triangle coming up from the knee? you must have gone blind roughing up the suspect.

as for the “stinger” stripe, i was referring to the gold stripe that comes from the pit stain. i was looking at the link uni design in the abstract, i will say it again…you may not see it but i see the gold/blue that comes up the shoulders as a yellow acket head(abstracted) the pit stain as a y.j. body(again abstracted), and the line that comes out the bees butt as a sting(again abstracted). it is the same way the the pants the U wear look like the state of link to me, again abstract. it always amazed me that nobody ever pointed that out, or if they did i never read it. i love those pantaloons.

btw, i do think the U did that on purpose to their knickers, as opposed to what i am seeing in the ramblin wreck’s uniforms. i think more then likely i am wanting them to more fully abstract this tired uniform design and make it their own.

GaTech’s uni sides remind me an awful lot of the Atlanta Falcons. Triangle-thin pipe-triangle

[quote comment=”370544″][quote comment=”370542″][quote comment=”370534″]USA 6, Canada 5 (OT).

Just a note the 2011 World Junior Tournament is in Buffalo, NY next year.[/quote]
Which makes sense – no one goes to the games in Europe so may as well stay in the West![/quote]

Just remember to bring your snow gear. They get lots of lake effect snow.[/quote]

You are telling me. I was in Buffalo last week to visit some friends (went to Niagara Falls for new year’s eve/day on the Canadian side) and my plane took off Saturday night just before they got dumped on (see the Bills/Colts game). I was there the same time last year, and I have never shoveled more snow in my life (And I live in Wisconsin!) It will be a nice sunny day, and BAM! you have 13 inches in your driveway. I tell you what though, they got plowing the highways down to a science.

[quote comment=”370556″]GaTech’s uni sides remind me an awful lot of the Atlanta Falcons. Triangle-thin pipe-triangle[/quote]

i mentioned that earlier before the game when paul posted the photos in today’s column. it didn’t read as total falcons on the field, but it was damn close, i totally agree with you.

[quote comment=”370557″]remember kiddies, when iowa hoists link…those are FLORIDA oranges, not california navels

they’re SUPPOSED to look greenish[/quote]

Insert joke about Mangino’s first time holding fruit.

that is exactly what i was talking about mr phil, great thought.

Jesus, how fucking lazy is Nike?

Way to reuse the link for the BCS Bowl Champion on field link and link…

Just shrink the Pro Combat logo a skosh and move it to the side, slap the bowl and team logo and put 2010 champs on it and BAM, you have Nike championship gear.

Lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy.

[quote comment=”370557″]remember kiddies, when iowa hoists link…those are FLORIDA oranges, not california navels

they’re SUPPOSED to look greenish[/quote]
That’s a Guy that needs more fresh fruit in his diet.
Having said that, Iowa’s defense strifled the hell out the ‘vaunted’ option. While the option is always pretty to watch, it seems to me that this offense’s downfall is when the QB is forced to throw… reminded me of the old Oklahoma Sooners failures in the Orange Bowl back in the early 80s.

[quote comment=”370559″][quote comment=”370553″][quote comment=”370552″]it is the same way the the pants the U wear look like the state of link to me, again abstract. it always amazed me that nobody ever pointed that out, or if they did i never read it. [/quote]

i believe that has been noted on here…and im quite certain nike’s designers though of that when they were designing the ass stripes

however, it was also pointed out that link resemble the state
btw, as long as it took me 10 minutes to find that, anyone think the heels would look better with a link?[/quote]

NO!!! nobody in their right mind would put that preppy shit on a uniform, especially a football uniform. they would have to get their ass kicked every game on general principle. i know they wear it in basketball, and i think that is just about the biggest horse shit uniform that eve came out. sorry, i know you like it, that’s your right, and you know i respect you tremendously, but i hate it.

as for carolina’s truncation, it’s a stretch, but i like that thought.[/quote]

Apparently I’m not in my right mind…

Great final game. The juniors are great to watch because they have so much enthusiasm, its so much more energetic that most NHL.

My only uni-related comment – I like those US white uniforms. I’ve never seen a shoulder design like that, with the blue insert and then white TV numbers on the insert. You can’t quite see it in the photo but the insert tapers to a point at the front and back, something like a USC shoulder stripe. Very cool design.

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[quote comment=”370396″]Fiesta Bowl cleats:

2010 Super Speed D:

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Those definitely aren’t Hyperize cleats. Look at the lines and most importantly the flywire “anchor” in the back. The Hyperize doesn’t have that.

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Hyperize, not Hyperdunk…and Southern Miss has been wearing them ALL SEASON:

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TCU LT 2.1:
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I love the TCU rivalry uniforms .. they are 200% better than the old version. And the helmets are great looking …. are u kidding me that people think these are not great helmets???? Why do some hate change so much?