By Phil Hecken, with Doug Keklak and Jason Bernard There’s the “Third Saturday in October”, the “Sunflower Showdown”, and “THE Game” … We have the “Civil War”, the “Border War”, …
Category: College Football
Wrigley Rules! er…Wrigley Rules?
By Phil Hecken, with additional commentary by James Huening Just in case you hadn’t yet heard, there will be a football game played today at historic Wrigley Field — the …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
Relatively uni-unventful day in the NFL yesterday, but here are a few items of note: • Just like last week, Eli Manning was wearing an old-style (i.e., non-super-stretchy) jersey. But …
Image…is Everything
By Phil Hecken Tonight, at 7:15 (Eastern), the Alabama Crimson Tide will be playing host to the Mississippi State Bulldogs in Bryant-Denny Stadium. For a team as steeped in tradition …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
As is always the case on the first Sunday in November, the most notable athletic attire yesterday was at the New York City Marathon (lots of additional pics here and …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
We have sooooo many things to cover today, boys and girls, so let’s get right to it: • The Rams wore their royal blue throwbacks yesterday. Like everyone else, I …
In Which I Praise a Combat Uniform
By Phil Hecken Hallowe’en may be today, but we got a few treats from the NCAA ranks yesterday, beginning with Army vs. VMI yesterday at West Point. No, your eyes …
And He Won the Heisman the Following Year
It all started back on Oct. 5, when Robert Marshall sent me the photo shown at right and asked, “What the heck is that on this Kentucky Wildcat?” I had …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
We all know there’s no consistency regarding the striping and side panels on the Bengals’ jerseys. But even by Cincy standards, Morgan Trent was wearing something very odd-looking yesterday. Never …
Because the NCAA Needs More Teams Like The Ducks
By Phil Hecken, with “Bootheel Ben” Traxel At Uni Watch, we’re all about uniforms. The Obsessive Study of Athletics Aesthetics. Even those of us who are more conservative in our …
Being Jim Mothervilker
By Phil Hecken, with the one and only Jim Vilk Every Sunday throughout the college football season, Uni Watch’s most fastidious, persnickety and seemingly achromatopsic uniform critic, Jim Vilk, brings …
Stands for ‘Unbelievably Crappy-Looking Attire’
UCLA debuted their new super-stretchies last night, and it was a complete disaster. All the same problems we’ve seen with NFL stretchies were on display: teeny-tiny TV numbers; NOB lettering …
Uni Watch Profiles: Scott Sillcox
As most of you know, I recently raffled off an original illustration from Maple Leaf Productions, the company that has been selling uni-historical posters, clocks, fridge magnets, and other products …
Monday Morning Uni Watch
I think I speak for everyone here when I say nothing says “breast cancer awareness” like focusing attention directly on your crotch. That’s Shawn Abuhoff of Dartmouth two days ago, …
College Grades are in: Who’s the Valedictorian?
By Phil Hecken with Jim Vilk, and Pollster James Huening ~~~ After a bye-week last weekend, we conclude with our review of our uniform grades for all the NCAA FBS …