As far as I can tell, there was only one uni-notable aspect to last night’s BCS title game: ESPN maintained is recent protocol of using the TV numbers on the …
Category: College Football
Monday Morning Uni Watch
The Texans went mono-blue on Saturday — a combo I believe the wore only once during the regular season (Week 11 vs. the Jags). Interestingly, their web site said they’d …
WTD: Win The Day…or Wither The Ducks?
By Phil Hecken Wither the Ducks? No, certainly not — not from a football standpoint, anyway. Their resounding victory over Kansas State (Chip’s last game?) cements their status as a …
Hat Trick
Way back in 2005, I wrote an ESPN column that included this note from reader Jim Holt: In the 1960s, when the Washington Huskies wore plain gold helmets, players who …
Ring Out the Old, Ring In the New
LSU had new jerseys for the Chicken Sandwich Bowl last night — longer UCLA striping, new number font, Nikelace. You can see more photos here. A few other notes from …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
How bad did it get for the Eagles this season? So bad that defensive tackle Derek Landri was symbolically excommunicated from the league, or at least that’s what it looked …
Hadn’t They Ever Heard of Eye Black?
. Last Wednesday I Ticker-linked to the photo shown above, which appears to show an Auburn player wearing a visor of some sort on his helmet. As it turns out, …
Time To Go Bowling, Day II
By Skipper and Shipwreck Back again with Day Two of the Bowl Previews and Predictions. No controversy today, I promise (well, other than our picks, perhaps). If you didn’t see …
Time To Go Bowling
By Skipper and Shipwreck Yes, this is the longest post of the year — but it’s important, because it’s Bowl Season. I’ll keep my intro very short — My alter …
Full Speed Ahead
By Phil Hecken Once again, the Naval Academy proved it was the superior team, albeit just barely, over Army in the 113th edition of “America’s Game.” It was a squeaker, …
America’s Game
By Phil Hecken The above “video” (please give it a look-see) pretty much covers the history (ok, not really, but it’s been around a while) of the Army/Navy game, which …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
Obviously, the biggest NFL storyline was Jovan Belcher’s murder/suicide in Kansas City. Interestingly, the Chiefs didn’t wear a team-wide uniform memorial for Belcher yesterday — no patch, no helmet decal. …
Sunday Morning Uni Watch
By Phil Hecken Ahhh…sweet revenge last night for Wisconsin, which avenged a week six loss to Nebraska, thoroughly taking the Huskers behind the woodshed by a score of 70 to …
Two More Reasons to Ditch the Black
The photo you see above, from the Nov. 17 Baylor/K-State game, ran in this week’s issue of Sports Illustrated. Only problem is, Baylor didn’t wear green jerseys for that game …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
As you can see above, BFBS has arrived in the coaches’ ranks, as Giants coach Tom Coughlin and Packers coach Mike McCarthy were both wearing black jackets last night. There …