By Phil Hecken Welcome to the first Sunday Morning Uni Watch of the season. I won’t even waste any more of your time with an intro, because my SMUW buddy, …
Category: College Football
What, No Turkey Gritting His Teeth?
My annual college football season-preview column is up now on ESPN. Of all the designs featured therein, the most intriguing one is this Virginia Tech “Fighting Gobblers” helmet, which the …
What a Ducky Way to End My Month
By Phil Hecken Paul’s third installment of the “Uni Watch Power Rankings” is now available for your enjoyment. . . . . . Whew — the long, national nightmare of …
Messing With Tradition: Behind the Scenes of the Nebraska Football Alternate
By Phil Hecken I’m back today with Tim Newcomb, who you may remember graced the Uni Watch pages a short while ago with his look at the making of an …
Australia’s Uniforms Feature Names of Medalists
By John Ekdahl Last night (on tape delay), Australia rolled out their Olympics Uniforms that featured the names of all 131 Australian medalists lined on the inside of their blazers. …
No No No
By Phil Hecken It’s been a big past few days in the uni-verse, so much so that there are really three big stories on the front burner today. They’re all …
Rockies Honor Victims
By John Ekdahl Friday night, the Colorado Rockies honored the victims of the movie theater shooting by wearing black armbands and marking their eye black with “7-20”. From MLB.com: The …
What’s a Ute?
By Phil Hecken I get a pretty decent amount of uniform concepts (logo concepts, cap concepts, helmet concepts, etc.) sent my way (THANK YOU and keep ’em coming!), and occasionally …
Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Arkansas Chargers
Okay, so I realize it’s supposed to be all razor-y and everything. But still, you’d think the very notion of a lightning bolt (or anything resembling same) on a shoulder …
What Can Brown Do for You? A Lot!
[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry by Tim Newcomb, who has written an ode to what he feels is an underappreciated color. ”” PL] By Tim Newcomb Brown …
What, No ‘Free Unlimited Barbecue from the Cozy Corner’ Clause?
With college football and basketball programs changing their uniforms so frequently nowadays — and often changing to designs that many people don’t like — I’m often asked, “What kind of …
And the New Mascots Will Be a Wizard and an Elf
Let’s hear it for Rutgers and Nike, who have successfully transitioned from comic book uniforms to Dungeons & Dragons uniforms (for the Scarlet Knights, get it?). I have a hard …
A Question of Ownership
Got a note yesterday from reader Michael Guy, who informed me that Mississippi State will be wearing white alternate uniforms against Texas A&M on Nov. 8 to commemorate the 2000 …
Battle of the Bevels
As most you probably know, I don’t follow college sports as closely as I follow the pros, and I don’t root for any college in particular, so I’m sometimes oblivious …
Cue the Allen Iverson Monologue
If you asked me to compile a list of things I never thought I’d be writing about as a lead entry topic, I’m fairly certain “college football practice togs” would …