Category: College Football

Back around 2002, I wrote a column about collectibles for a magazine too embarrassing to mention. The column was eventually discontinued because the editor felt I wasn’t coming up with …

By Phil Hecken & James Huening Back with my wingman, and UW pollster, James Huening again today, to bring you our nine finalists in the “Worst. Uni. Ever.” poll. You …

The stream of info on Nike’s “rivalry uniforms” program, which was supposed to be all hush-hush, went from a trickle to a full-on projectile vomit yesterday, as Florida State caught …

By Phil Hecken and James Huening The long awaited “Worst. Uni. Ever.” nominees were submitted (both in last weeks comments as well as dozens of e-mails) and now, James is …

A few days ago I reported on some inconsistencies in Michigan’s NOBs. Now reader Michael Kinney, after watching last night’s West Virginny/Colorado tilt, has spotted some similar issues with the …

Got a note the other day from reader Aaron Rich, who’s identified a troubling lack of NOB consistency in Ann Arbor. I’ll let him explain: As you might know, Michigan …

Bruce Menard recently informed me that the folks at Heritage Auction Galleries have a ton of good stuff in their current auction catalog. Here’s a sampling: • According to the …

Alright, our first full-on football weekend of the season. Here’s what caught my eye: • The Golden Gophers lived up to their name for their first game in their new …

by Phil Hecken and Jim Vilk Once again, Jim Vilk has joined me to take us through a look at what is not necessarily an obscure sport (it is, after …

So guess what: I kinda like them. I mean, I don’t like them the way I like USC’s uni set, or Michigan’s. But it’s sooooo much better than what they’ve …

By Phil Hecken, with Mike Engle A short while ago, in the comments, a reader mentioned what we’re going to call a “dirty little uni secret.” That is to say, …

Time for another visit with DVD screen-grab maestro Larry Bodnovich (who was first profiled last month). Here’s his latest batch of finds: • Here’s a big album of Cleveland Browns …

At the recent Uni Watch gathering in Pittsburgh, George Fetkovich was kind enough to give me this book, which has a bunch of great photos. Let’s take a look: • …

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: The most important and most underrated change in the passing game over the past 15 years or so is the increasing …

Whatever issues you may have with the game of football — and I have quite a few myself — there’s no denying the one thing that elevates this sport above …