Can You Hear Me Now?

Later that decade, the Penguins considered wearing sunglasses when facing opponents coached by link, but the idea was never implemented in a game.

joke

[quote comment=”197760″]Kansas had there ankles taped with grey tape. Very cool![/quote]

link was doing their best to impersonate the link (when they wear their red alts)

[quote comment=”197761″][quote comment=”197760″]Kansas had there ankles taped with grey tape. Very cool![/quote]

link was doing their best to impersonate the link (when they wear their red alts)[/quote]

And they both look horrible.

Sammy Sosa wore earplugs during batting practice before at least one Cubs-White Sox game on the South Side in 2003. No picture, but a mention: link

Those red jerseys ought to be outlawed.

And there are waaaaay too many M’s on that Minnesota jersey. However, it’s unique, and thus, oddly appealing.

The (famous) Monitor went down in 1862, and only 46 crew members were left alive after it sunk, so what are the chances 10 of the 46 went on to form a baseball team?

The key words in your post are “the (famous) Monitor.” All ships of this type — turret(s) and low freeboard — were referred to as “monitors,” so the team could have come from another ship. For example, see this picture of the USS Casco: link

The Casco’s silhouette is actually closer to picture on the unis than that of the USS Monitor.

[quote comment=”197771″]Those red jerseys ought to be outlawed.

And there are waaaaay too many M’s on that Minnesota jersey. However, it’s unique, and thus, oddly appealing.[/quote]

Makes you appreciate the Penn State and Alabama uni’s…classic, tasteful and timeless!!!

Re: the Minnesota f-ugly jerseys; this was when Apex One was trying to get into the apparel biz. Their (in my opinion) ugliest unis were for the Iowa Hawkeyes. They were supposed to represent wings (I think), but actually looked like banana peels.
If you remember back a couple of years, Paul, when somebody spotted Iowa LB Chad Greenway at a Hula Bowl or Senior Bowl workout and said the Hawks were gonna have new pants for 2006, those were the half-stripe pants they wore with them.
The only thing I liked about those banana-peel jerseys was the Tiger Hawk on the left front and “Hawkeyes” on the right. Shoulda stopped there.

John Rocker wore some earplugs when he was with the Long Island Ducks after he got into it with a fan. I’ll see if I can find a picture. IIRC they were big wax ones that covered almost his entire ear.

The double-M jerseys came during Jim Wacker’s run at Minnesota and a nagging memory tells me that he helped design them.

If it’s a failure, at least it’s not a corporate orange sports bra failure. I liked that it tried to do something different. Since then, Minnesota has pretty much worn basic maroon and gold — except for those awful all-golds this year. I’d remember have the double-Ms than that…

Remember that one person’s timeless is another person’s dull.

[quote comment=”197765″][quote comment=”197761″][quote comment=”197760″]Kansas had there ankles taped with grey tape. Very cool![/quote]

link was doing their best to impersonate the link (when they wear their red alts)[/quote]

And they both look horrible.[/quote]

False. The Giants look bad. Kansas looked horrible. At least the Giants attempt to continue the red throughout the rest of the uniform. Red stripes on the pants overpower the blue. Red socks.

Kansas had a big thick blue stripe down their pants and no socks (except for a few whites here and there). The red was just thrown in there for no reason. It looked like they were all wearing non-contact jerseys at practice.

[quote comment=”197770″][quote comment=”197760″]fortunately, I was off at the movies seeing There Will Be Blood, which was completely mind-blowing – not to be missed).[/quote]

daniel day lewis is a fucking great actor.

what tempts me to see this movie is that in the trailers ive seen for “…blood”, day lewis seems to play a character very similar to the butcher in “gangs”.[/quote]

A story I read was that the boy who plays his son is a local kid from the area in Texas where they shot. His family knew nothing of Hollywood and had never heard of Day-Lewis, so they went to the video store to rent one of his films — Gangs of New York. Ooops. They were freaking, but the studio quickly supplied them with a DVD of Age of Innocence, and calm was restored.

[quote comment=”197773″]link[/quote]

The guy’s fat. We get it. Ha Ha.

Are we gonna start posting *ahem* humorous nuggets like this one for the black coaches?? Are we gonna get some real zingers that involve Sylvester Croom and watermelon next?

Y’know there’s plenty out there to make light of, but a guy who’s morbidly obese is NOT one of ’em.

Not sure if they are earplugs per se, but I’m almost positive Brett Favre has been wearing some sort of plug in his ear holes in his helmet. I don’t have a picture or anything but it appears to be some sort of black foam. I’m also pretty sure you can only see it in HD. Anybody else notice this?

Regarding Kansas’ red jersey…

Was any thought put into wearing their alternative jersey for arguably one of the biggest games in their program? Surely if they thought this through, they would have preffered to have the historical records and a national stage show ’em in their primary blues and not their secondary color? Looking back on this game, would a Kansas fan not wonder, “why weren’t we wearing our blues?”

[quote comment=”197797″]Not sure if they are earplugs per se, but I’m almost positive Brett Favre has been wearing some sort of plug in his ear holes in his helmet. I don’t have a picture or anything but it appears to be some sort of black foam. I’m also pretty sure you can only see it in HD. Anybody else notice this?[/quote]

I found a link on ESPN. There definitely seems to be a difference between Favre’s and Urlacher’s ear holes. I think you should probably be able to see Favre’s ear (you can see part of Urlacher’s) but you can’t.

[quote]Y’know there’s plenty out there to make light of, but a guy who’s morbidly obese is NOT one of ‘em.[/quote]

no kidding

I always thought red Kansas jerseys had a bit of bad karma to them. Who wants to conjure up memories of Bleeding Kansas?

[quote comment=”197796″][quote comment=”197776″][quote comment=”197771″]Those red jerseys ought to be outlawed.

And there are waaaaay too many M’s on that Minnesota jersey. However, it’s unique, and thus, oddly appealing.[/quote]

Makes you appreciate the Penn State and Alabama uni’s…classic, tasteful and timeless!!![/quote]

Penn State and Alabama? Yuck. Boring![/quote]

Amen, Marty. In my opinion, uniforms like Penn State’s, while “classic”, lack the personal touch and flair that gives a team spirit and soul that would make someone who doesn’t go to Penn State root for them.

I suppose pre-game headphones don’t count as “wearing earplugs during the game.” But if they do, a couple of pics I shot myself: link. link.

As I mentioned in my post above, KU was and still is undefeated in their red jerseys. The team enjoys them and it gets them excited. Much like how ND breaks out their Green jerseys every now and then.

Rather interesting story with the red jerseys: Last year the plan was to red-shirt Reesing, but in the game against Colorado, at halftime they put him and, stripping him of his red shirt, and he rallied them to win. They wore their red jerseys for that game. Kinda ironic.

And the red jerseys on the football team aren’t nearly as bad as the red basketball jerseys.

Interesting points regarding the Golden Gopher Double-M pic:

1. Notice Illinois going monochromatic back in 1995

2. Notice the Big Ten Nose bumpers on the Schutt Air helmet nose bumpers

3. # 5 of Minnesota is wearing Wilson receivers gloves, however has a pair of Nike team issued gloves very similar to those of the Illinois defenders, on his belt.

4. Said gloves are not TB(Team Bank) colors but are veryu neutral white and black. Nike did not make color or team specific gloves as of yet.

5. Again said gloves are not base gray as per NCAA guidelines which came in to effect a few years later. I was a freshman playing Div. 1-AA ball in 1995 and I still preferred my white Neumann gloves to the yet unproven Nikes. And believe me, I am a Nike guy all the way.

AS for Mangino, why is the Kansas jacket Black?

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[quote comment=”197810″]As mentioned by Billy above, the JRT patch worn by the Lions was for long-time GM John Russell “Russ” Thomas. Amazingly, he was an even worse GM than Matt Millen.[/quote]

interesting that millen is brought up here.
he is from whitehall, which is a neighbor town to where i live, so throughout his college, pro, broadcast and front office careers, he has been covered through and through in the local media.

last night at the bar a bunch of us got to talking and this statement came out.
can someone please explain to me how both isiah thomas AND matt millen still have their jobs?

[quote comment=”197821″][quote comment=”197796″][quote comment=”197776″][quote comment=”197771″]Those red jerseys ought to be outlawed.

And there are waaaaay too many M’s on that Minnesota jersey. However, it’s unique, and thus, oddly appealing.[/quote]

Makes you appreciate the Penn State and Alabama uni’s…classic, tasteful and timeless!!![/quote]

Penn State and Alabama? Yuck. Boring![/quote]

I find myself feeling contented when watching Penn State on TV. Same with Michigan, except for that strange yellow piping on the white jerseys.

Adidas can’t possibly mess with the Michigan uniform. It’s classic…besides, they’ve got their three stripes as part of the design anyway!

By the way…anyone else wish Florida had worn their white pants in that game? Didn’t they used to have orange pants to wear with the blue unis?[/quote]

I like classis and teams that don’t do classic. If everyone did the same thing – that would be boring. And I agree – the link with Florida would have been better.

[quote comment=”197821″]

Adidas can’t possibly mess with the Michigan uniform. It’s classic…besides, they’ve got their three stripes as part of the design anyway!
[/quote]

We’ll just see about THAT. Your new coach apparently had quite a bit to do with the numerous uni redesigns at WVU.

I was in the Minnesota Marching Band in 1995 so I had to look at those uniforms at every game. The oddest thing was that they adopted a non-university standard gold, rather than the “gold” (actually yellow) that the rest of the teams used, and continue to use–and which the football team has link

What I never understood is why teams, professional or college, would wear an alternate uni when they are featured nationally or in championship type games. You would think that from a marketing or a historical photgraphic record standpoint, you would want to convey your team or organizational image when you have your largest audience that may not be familiar with you. Keep the alts for your home fans.

Afew more things from the Minnesota Double-M pic:
link

1. The Minnesota ballcarrier is wearing a Schutt helmet with a Riddell facemask, the type which has always been referred to as the ED(Eric Dickerson) or the Tweety(as in a birdcage).

2. The Illinois defender on the right side of the pic is wearing the same style of facemask but the Schutt version.

You can spot the major difference below the high hook up of the chin strap next to where the face mask is fastened to the helmet above the earhole. The Riddell has a double angled connecter, where the Schutt has a simple 30/60 degree angle.

ANother major difference was the lower jaw guard of the faemask. The Riddells were much shorter and thinner gauge coating, similar to what a kicker or Ted Ginn Jr. might wear. I know, I wore a Schutt Air helmet all through High school and college with Riddell facemasks. The difference was immense and I didn’t know it but I was in the adolescent stages of Uni-watch depravity.

3. The Illinois defender behind the ballcariier is wearing a Riddell helmet similar to the VSR or today.

The Blazers showed you how to really do a link last night. I just love the Blazers unis in general, but their reds are some of the nicest alts in the NBA.

I also agree that there is no need for flash or fancy to make your uniforms “spirited” or inspire someone to go to your school over another.

Would you rather be wearing link or tlink?

In my opinion, link has the best looking “modern” type uniform. The right amount of flash (number font) with a lack of link. I just wish they would go back to using this link on the sleeves (without the “BC”) instead of the link link.

Uni Watchers, avert your eyes from New Era’s link!!

[quote comment=”197802″][quote comment=”197797″]Not sure if they are earplugs per se, but I’m almost positive Brett Favre has been wearing some sort of plug in his ear holes in his helmet. I don’t have a picture or anything but it appears to be some sort of black foam. I’m also pretty sure you can only see it in HD. Anybody else notice this?[/quote]

I found a link on ESPN. There definitely seems to be a difference between Favre’s and Urlacher’s ear holes. I think you should probably be able to see Favre’s ear (you can see part of Urlacher’s) but you can’t.[/quote]

Pretty sure that the reason you can’t see Favre’s ear through the earhole in the helmet is that the earpiece for the radio communication covers it up…but I could be wrong.

[quote comment=”197837″]The Blazers showed you how to really do a link last night. I just love the Blazers unis in general, but their reds are some of the nicest alts in the NBA.

I also agree that there is no need for flash or fancy to make your uniforms “spirited” or inspire someone to go to your school over another.

Would you rather be wearing link or tlink?

In my opinion, link has the best looking “modern” type uniform. The right amount of flash (number font) with a lack of link. I just wish they would go back to using this link on the sleeves (without the “BC”) instead of the link link.[/quote]

Sorry. Take the “without the ‘BC'” comment out of there. That was when I thought I would have to use the logo instead of a good enough picture.

Is there a picture of the Iowa uniform?[/quote]

Yeah, those M&M Gophers’ jerseys were hideous! Not much better were the ones that (I believe) followed that year…they were the same colors (using the “old gold” that no other Gophers team uses), and they had the word “Minnesota” on the front, with the M being the Minnesota ‘M’ logo, and the rest of the word in normal athletic font. I think the numbers were white, as well…looked terrible.

[quote comment=”197837″]Would you rather be wearing link or tlink?[/quote]

bad karma aside, how about link?

[quote comment=”197849″][quote comment=”197837″]Would you rather be wearing link or tlink?[/quote]

bad karma aside, how about link?[/quote]

I didn’t feel like looking up a picture from that game. But Hawaii always look awful. Those uniforms from the Sugar Bowl were the worst.

[quote comment=”197846″][quote comment=”197845″]Is there a picture of the Iowa uniform?[/quote]

link[/quote]

Wow! Thanks.

[quote comment=”197849″][quote comment=”197837″]Would you rather be wearing link or tlink?[/quote]

bad karma aside, how about link?[/quote]
That is a gorgeous uni, just about perfect. ALthough the all black look is better

[quote comment=”197849″][quote comment=”197837″]Would you rather be wearing link or tlink?[/quote]

bad karma aside, how about link?[/quote]
That is a gorgeous uni, just about perfect. ALthough the all black look is better

More Minnesota uni views…
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link

Iowa too link

RE: Kansas Alts

I tend to agree with questioning why KU wore their reds last night. I like them OK but they’ve got a great, unique color of blue that would’ve looked better for last night.

But I disagree that other teams won’t do likewise; teams pick uniforms for whatever reason fits them for the moment. Ohio State picked white last year for the BCS title game and Pittsburgh did likewise for Super Bowl XL. Not the alts, but both teams elected not to go with their traditional preferred color.

[quote comment=”197784″]Re: the Minnesota f-ugly jerseys; this was when Apex One was trying to get into the apparel biz. Their (in my opinion) ugliest unis were for the Iowa Hawkeyes. They were supposed to represent wings (I think), but actually looked like banana peels.
If you remember back a couple of years, Paul, when somebody spotted Iowa LB Chad Greenway at a Hula Bowl or Senior Bowl workout and said the Hawks were gonna have new pants for 2006, those were the half-stripe pants they wore with them.
The only thing I liked about those banana-peel jerseys was the Tiger Hawk on the left front and “Hawkeyes” on the right. Shoulda stopped there.[/quote]

link what the road jersey looks like.

In 2002, the Cardinals also wore a JFB patch for their famed announcer Jack Buck. He passed away about a week before Darryl Kile.

link

APEX was also responsible for these horrible Arkansas uniforms in 1994

The KU in red for national game is really the same argument I posted in here the other day talking about the Pens/Sabres throwbacks. They are pros and cons to wearing them (or not wearing them).

I know some of you don’t like the Hawaii uniform but I’d give them a little bit of slack, there are elements of the culture within that uniform that make it very unique. It may not be the best looking uniform, especially against classics like USC, ‘Bama, PSU, et al. but it’s not in the same light as the bad stuff we’ve seen lately like Oregon or Oregon State or in years past like those terrible Iowa unis (so glad when they went back to the faux-steelers look) or those BYU front/back things that I believe were outlawed by NCAA (does anyone have photos of those?)

[quote comment=”197878″][quote comment=”197867″][quote comment=”197836″]Penn State. Michigan. Alabama. Southern California. Ohio State. Louisiana State.

Six uniform sets you don’t wanna f*** with in college football.[/quote]
I agree…except I wouldn’t mind seeing SOMETHING on the Penn State helmets. I think that link on the white helmets with the blue stripe would look very nice with the current unis.[/quote]

When I was about 8 yrs old, I asked my mother why the NY Times didn’t have comics like all the other newspapers. She thought for a moment and then said, “Because if it had comics, it wouldn’t be the NY Times.” That was a profoundly unsatisfying answer to an 8-yr-old, but I think it was EXACTLY the right answer.

So: If Penn State put a logo on the helmets, they wouldn’t be Penn State. Simple as that.[/quote]

Can you answer just be a permanent post or under Q&A?

Apex was responsible for these as well, I bleieve:

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link

link

I can’t find any pics, but I know Villanova and Kentucky had AWFUL Apex uniforms during the early to mid 90’s around the Kerry Kittles, Walter McCarty eras.

[quote comment=”197867″][quote comment=”197836″]Penn State. Michigan. Alabama. Southern California. Ohio State. Louisiana State.

Six uniform sets you don’t wanna f*** with in college football.[/quote]
I agree…except I wouldn’t mind seeing SOMETHING on the Penn State helmets. I think that link on the white helmets with the blue stripe would look very nice with the current unis.[/quote]
I totally agree, I’ve seen some artwork of that logo on a white helmet and thought it looked really sharp. That logo, the simplicity of it, inside that oval, the use of negative space, is one of my favorite logos in all of sports (and me being a pitt, well you know how hard it is for me to say that!). I always thought it was a waste of a great logo that they didn’t use it for anything (football related).

I’m all for a “classic” look but that PSU look is just too plain for my tastes. There are a lot of high schools and small colleges that use navy and white in an understated manner without going overboard.

Uni Watchers, avert your eyes from New Era’s latest monstrosity!!

And the movement to defend purple as a legitmate sporting color on here has been pushed back 10 years.

[quote comment=”197836″]Penn State. Michigan. Alabama. Southern California. Ohio State. Louisiana State.

Six uniform sets you don’t wanna f*** with in college football.[/quote]

um…
usc had a different uniform for a long time. the old style (and clearly much better) sleeve stripes only returned in 2002. if you ever get to the coliseum for a game you can see that the giant versions of the retired heisman jerseys have different shoulder stripes. also the helmet logo has changed repeatedly over the years..

I loved Kansas’ uni’s last night. Couldnt get enough of the grey spats.

[quote comment=”197884″][quote comment=”197834″]Two notes:
The Phoenix Suns had retro night last night only there was a problem. The cheerleaders wore dated uniforms, he fans were encouraged to dress in 60s garb and even the television broadcast was in black and white, but the players, well the players said “no” to the uniforms. No reason was given but they chose to wear headbands instead and ditched those after the first time-out.
I personally love the old unis from the 1960s, but why even do throwback retro night without the uniforms?

[quote]

The TV broadcast was black & white? Now that’s going all out! wish I could’ve seen that.
[/quote]

It was B&W for the First Quarter with only two camera angles. The problem (at least on my HD set) was that the 60s style white graphics didn’t show up against the white of the court, so it was nearly impossible to tell the score. They switched to 80’s color for the second quarter.

[quote comment=”197878″][quote comment=”197867″][quote comment=”197836″]Penn State. Michigan. Alabama. Southern California. Ohio State. Louisiana State.

Six uniform sets you don’t wanna f*** with in college football.[/quote]
I agree…except I wouldn’t mind seeing SOMETHING on the Penn State helmets. I think that link on the white helmets with the blue stripe would look very nice with the current unis.[/quote]

When I was about 8 yrs old, I asked my mother why the NY Times didn’t have comics like all the other newspapers. She thought for a moment and then said, “Because if it had comics, it wouldn’t be the NY Times.” That was a profoundly unsatisfying answer to an 8-yr-old, but I think it was EXACTLY the right answer.

So: If Penn State put a logo on the helmets, they wouldn’t be Penn State. Simple as that.[/quote]
Eh, that’s your opinion. But I would still like to see logos on those helmets. Don’t change the rest of the unis…just link.

[quote comment=”197778″]I think the red with gray looks AWESOME – on the Jayhawks and the Gints….

and the gray ankle tape, nice detail touch….

Two name plate comments from the game…

1. I HATE the way VT’s name plates cross their nike piping on the back of their jerseys. They need rounded plates (like the giants and aggies) or something else. or just get rid of the piping altogether.

2. Several KU players with longer last names had name plates in a different font (and size) than the other players…[/quote]

I noticed the same thing about VT’s name plates. I think they’d be better off without nameplates altogether. Either affix the letters directly to the jersey, or go nameless.

I don’ like Kansas’s uniforms either, but my primary reason is not the red jerseys (even though I don’t particularly like them). I hate them because of the Trajan font they use, which, incidentally, also ruined their basketball uniforms. I’m with link.

On the other hand, I really like Virginia Tech’s uniforms. I just wish they would have worn maroon pants last night.

[quote comment=”197907″][quote comment=”197904″][quote comment=”197878″][quote comment=”197867″][quote comment=”197836″]Penn State. Michigan. Alabama. Southern California. Ohio State. Louisiana State.

Six uniform sets you don’t wanna f*** with in college football.[/quote]
I agree…except I wouldn’t mind seeing SOMETHING on the Penn State helmets. I think that link on the white helmets with the blue stripe would look very nice with the current unis.[/quote]

When I was about 8 yrs old, I asked my mother why the NY Times didn’t have comics like all the other newspapers. She thought for a moment and then said, “Because if it had comics, it wouldn’t be the NY Times.” That was a profoundly unsatisfying answer to an 8-yr-old, but I think it was EXACTLY the right answer.

So: If Penn State put a logo on the helmets, they wouldn’t be Penn State. Simple as that.[/quote]
Eh, that’s your opinion. But I would still like to see logos on those helmets. Don’t change the rest of the unis…just link.[/quote]

That is a great logo…but it looks like crap on a helmet. In Penn State’s case, less is more – leave the helmet blank.[/quote]
Again…your opinion. I happen to think it looks GREAT on a helmet.

John Rocker wore them for LI Ducks when he tried to make his comeback

I was ok with Iowa’s winged jerseys, they were just ahead of their time….thank God this monstrosity was never put on the helmet!

link

[quote comment=”197834″]Two notes:
The Phoenix Suns had retro night last night only there was a problem. The cheerleaders wore dated uniforms, he fans were encouraged to dress in 60s garb and even the television broadcast was in black and white, but the players, well the players said “no” to the uniforms. No reason was given but they chose to wear headbands instead and ditched those after the first time-out.
I personally love the old unis from the 1960s, but why even do throwback retro night without the uniforms?

And about the Kansas coach, maybe he should do something about his weight. How can players ever take him seriously when he says they are out of shape or not working hard enough. He’ll be dead in ten years and that will be sad.[/quote]

Because he doesnt play football. You don’t need to be in shape to know someones out of shape. Hes a coach, a football mind, not a football 6pack abs and Biceps

[quote comment=”197885″]Apex was responsible for these as well, I bleieve:

link

link

link

I can’t find any pics, but I know Villanova and Kentucky had AWFUL Apex uniforms during the early to mid 90’s around the Kerry Kittles, Walter McCarty eras.[/quote]

kentucky had the denim sort of pattern, no?

[quote comment=”197861″]More Minnesota uni views…
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link

Iowa too

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Do these jerseys remind anyone else of the MLB’s Turn Ahead the Clock jerseys?

[quote comment=”197917″][quote comment=”197914″][quote comment=”197908″][quote comment=”197907″][quote comment=”197904″][quote comment=”197878″][quote comment=”197867″][quote comment=”197836″]Penn State. Michigan. Alabama. Southern California. Ohio State. Louisiana State.

Six uniform sets you don’t wanna f*** with in college football.[/quote]
I agree…except I wouldn’t mind seeing SOMETHING on the Penn State helmets. I think that link on the white helmets with the blue stripe would look very nice with the current unis.[/quote]

When I was about 8 yrs old, I asked my mother why the NY Times didn’t have comics like all the other newspapers. She thought for a moment and then said, “Because if it had comics, it wouldn’t be the NY Times.” That was a profoundly unsatisfying answer to an 8-yr-old, but I think it was EXACTLY the right answer.

So: If Penn State put a logo on the helmets, they wouldn’t be Penn State. Simple as that.[/quote]
Eh, that’s your opinion. But I would still like to see logos on those helmets. Don’t change the rest of the unis…just link.[/quote]

That is a great logo…but it looks like crap on a helmet. In Penn State’s case, less is more – leave the helmet blank.[/quote]
Again…your opinion. I happen to think it looks GREAT on a helmet.[/quote]

Well your wrong. Fuck up your own teams uniforms, leave ours alone.[/quote]

Some days I think we should host a paintball fight between the Penn State Uni lovers and the Cincinnati Bengals Uni lovers. The ensuing carnage would be talked about for DECADES.[/quote]

Limit the paint-ball choices to purple or pink paint. Good times.

In regards to the Favre picture, many players wear ear hole coverings to block out the wind. If I remember correctly the players in the Winter Classic consulted with NFL people about this.

You really dived into the earmuff controversy, didn’t ya ..
[someone HAD to write it] …

Love that old pic of the Penguins wearing the earmuffs! Classic!

[quote comment=”197907″][quote comment=”197904″][quote comment=”197878″][quote comment=”197867″][quote comment=”197836″]Penn State. Michigan. Alabama. Southern California. Ohio State. Louisiana State.

Six uniform sets you don’t wanna f*** with in college football.[/quote]
I agree…except I wouldn’t mind seeing SOMETHING on the Penn State helmets. I think that link on the white helmets with the blue stripe would look very nice with the current unis.[/quote]

When I was about 8 yrs old, I asked my mother why the NY Times didn’t have comics like all the other newspapers. She thought for a moment and then said, “Because if it had comics, it wouldn’t be the NY Times.” That was a profoundly unsatisfying answer to an 8-yr-old, but I think it was EXACTLY the right answer.

So: If Penn State put a logo on the helmets, they wouldn’t be Penn State. Simple as that.[/quote]
Eh, that’s your opinion. But I would still like to see logos on those helmets. Don’t change the rest of the unis…just link.[/quote]

That is a great logo…but it looks like crap on a helmet. In Penn State’s case, less is more – leave the helmet blank.[/quote]
That’s almost (just almost, given that ND’s golden helmet represents the golden dome, and PSU’s is blank because it’s always been that way) like putting something on the Notre Dame helmet.

Turf version

Adidas poster boy Beckham is training with Nike-sponsored Arsenal during the MLS off-season. I couldn’t help but think about link from a couple weeks ago. At least Becks didn’t try to cover anything up.

link

The Lion’s patch was for Russ Thomas, long time GM and tightwad for the team. Best friends with Bill Sr. Much of the Lion’s woes are due to the Thomas era, and failure to pay the players and/or treat them well.

Another pic:

1. Of Decent Oregon Uniforms
2. Cleated version of John Wallace’s preferred sneakers for basketball( the Oregon blocker on the right side of the screen)I

think the shoes were called the Nike Air Mission, I wore them my freshman and sophomore years in college. I also used to spray paint them all black after I saw some guys from Penn State doing it.

It appears that Rick Dipietro got in trouble for some goalie pad link. What’s interesting to me is that these pads he received and use din a game are plain white. It’s not like a mask that can just be painted later, don’t the pads have to be constructed with the proper colours. Is something fishy on Long Island (besides his 15 year contract)?

We’ll just see about THAT. Your new coach apparently had quite a bit to do with the numerous uni redesigns at WVU.

When does adidas reveal its new jersey?

Perhaps in the run-up to Michigan’s spring game. When Notre Dame switched from Champion to Adidas uniforms, they were unveiled at their spring game.

Adidas poster boy Beckham is training with Nike-sponsored Arsenal during the MLS off-season. I couldn’t help but think about Jordan and his tape job from a couple weeks ago. At least Becks didn’t try to cover anything up.

you cannot cover the swoosh…you can only hope to contain it

Beckham wore Umbro kit during his years with Manchester United, without affecting his personal deal with Adidas. It has been a fortuitous (for Adidas, anyway) coincidence that his subsequent clubs (Real Madrid and LA Galaxy) were both Adidas teams.

[quote comment=”197921″][quote comment=”197918″][quote comment=”197885″]Apex was responsible for these as well, I bleieve:

link

link

link

I can’t find any pics, but I know Villanova and Kentucky had AWFUL Apex uniforms during the early to mid 90’s around the Kerry Kittles, Walter McCarty eras.[/quote]

kentucky had the denim sort of pattern, no?[/quote]

Here’s a pic of the early 90s SEC bball link.[/quote]

i either posted or sent a pretty detailed message to PL of those 1996 converse tire tread unis worn by schools like minnesota, new mexico, georgia a while back. not sure i still have it.

[quote comment=”197938″]A repost from Peter last night, only because I’d never seen these before and thought they were pretty damn sweet:

Anyways, I think that this is one of the most underrated uniforms ever:

link

[quote]

The problem with that uni is that its wrapped around Danny Woeful.

Per the ‘ol ball coach: “Cheap and available”

[quote comment=”197784″]Re: the Minnesota f-ugly jerseys; this was when Apex One was trying to get into the apparel biz. Their (in my opinion) ugliest unis were for the Iowa Hawkeyes. They were supposed to represent wings (I think), but actually looked like banana peels.
If you remember back a couple of years, Paul, when somebody spotted Iowa LB Chad Greenway at a Hula Bowl or Senior Bowl workout and said the Hawks were gonna have new pants for 2006, those were the half-stripe pants they wore with them.
The only thing I liked about those banana-peel jerseys was the Tiger Hawk on the left front and “Hawkeyes” on the right. Shoulda stopped there.[/quote]

Wasn’t it Apex that did those horrible Hog on the sleeve things that Arkansas wore for a season?

[quote comment=”197954″][quote comment=”197802″][quote comment=”197797″]Not sure if they are earplugs per se, but I’m almost positive Brett Favre has been wearing some sort of plug in his ear holes in his helmet. I don’t have a picture or anything but it appears to be some sort of black foam. I’m also pretty sure you can only see it in HD. Anybody else notice this?[/quote]

I found a link on ESPN. There definitely seems to be a difference between Favre’s and Urlacher’s ear holes. I think you should probably be able to see Favre’s ear (you can see part of Urlacher’s) but you can’t.[/quote]

He probably puts tape on the inside of the ear holes on windy days. It gets really hard to hear with the noise the wind makes when it goes through the holes, especially if you have a radio in your helmet you need to listen to to get the plays.[/quote]

First off, Favre was wearing one of those no-face ski-mask thingies, so that might be what’s covering the hole. To me it just looks like it’s covered in shadow. But I’ve also seen him have the ear holes taped over in warm-ups on the outside.

As far as the Penn State helmet chat goes, you can’t change that helmet. It is just as iconic as the golden helmet of Notre Dame, any alum would tell you that. Certain teams won’t and shouldn’t ever change. That why god/Nike made Oregon football teams to use as sketchpads for the mentally changed.

In 1987 Kansas, with Danny Manning, wore GOLD uniforms with red and blue trim for a road game at Western Carolina. There is still a picture of those unis up at the WCU field house.

[quote comment=”197941″]It appears that Rick Dipietro got in trouble for some goalie pad link. What’s interesting to me is that these pads he received and use din a game are plain white. It’s not like a mask that can just be painted later, don’t the pads have to be constructed with the proper colours. Is something fishy on Long Island (besides his 15 year contract)?[/quote]

First, the pads can be whatever colour a player chooses. Take Marc-Andre Fleury and Arturs Irbe as examples. Most times, though, the goalie will match the colours of the pads to the team colours so that he doesn’t stick out like a sore thumb (who made that expression up???)

Secondly, the pads shenanigans are very real. The NHL has expicit rules that goaltenders and equipment managers should know. If they have not been inspected by Kay Whitmore, the NHL’s equipment guy, they cannot be used in an NHL game until that has been done. No exceptions.

It seems to me that some miscommunication caused Dipietro’s problem.

[quote comment=”197971″][quote comment=”197844″][quote comment=”197836″]Penn State. Michigan. Alabama. Southern California. Ohio State. Louisiana State.

Six uniform sets you don’t wanna f*** with in college football.[/quote]

I’m not really sure how you could leave link out of this statement.[/quote]

Perhaps because they changed their helmet style this year.[/quote]

well, that, and those other schools have real teams

[quote comment=”197970″][quote comment=”197941″]It appears that Rick Dipietro got in trouble for some goalie pad link. What’s interesting to me is that these pads he received and use din a game are plain white. It’s not like a mask that can just be painted later, don’t the pads have to be constructed with the proper colours. Is something fishy on Long Island (besides his 15 year contract)?[/quote]

First, the pads can be whatever colour a player chooses. Take Marc-Andre Fleury and Arturs Irbe as examples. Most times, though, the goalie will match the colours of the pads to the team colours so that he doesn’t stick out like a sore thumb (who made that expression up???)

Secondly, the pads shenanigans are very real. The NHL has expicit rules that goaltenders and equipment managers should know. If they have not been inspected by Kay Whitmore, the NHL’s equipment guy, they cannot be used in an NHL game until that has been done. No exceptions.

It seems to me that some miscommunication caused Dipietro’s problem.[/quote]

Besides, whatever takes your eyes off their new uni’s is fine by me. link. link. link. link. link. link.

[quote comment=”197943″]“Perhaps in the run-up to Michigan’s spring game. When Notre Dame switched from Champion to Adidas uniforms, they were unveiled at their spring game.”[/quote]

Time out. The Fighting Irish switched from Champion to Reebok, then switched to adidias a few years after that when adidas withdrew from the USA market for a short time.

[quote comment=”197934″]“Those Kentucky and Arkansas basketball uniforms might be worse better than Oregon football has ever worn!”[/quote]

Fixed!

[quote comment=”197903″][quote comment=”197796″][quote comment=”197776″][quote comment=”197771″]

State Penn’s are appealing in their simplicity. Alabama’s are simply hideous…and the number on the helmet? Awful. And check out the nameplate typography on Bama’s jerseys…did a local t-shirt company do those?[/quote]

This coming from a fan of a team who can’t figure out how to match their link to their link.

“…And the red jerseys on the football team aren’t nearly as bad as the red basketball jerseys.”

The red basketball tops are terrible. Painful, actually. I think that the football tops weren’t bad and does start a nice “big game” uniform tradition for Kansas, which has not been a football school prior. The gray tape on ankles was nice to see with the pants color.

The red tops aren’t always appealing, but I think that Kansas pulled it off.

On other issues, could VT have had any more patches on the front of their unis? Looked well past cluttered. And their nameplates on the mesh backs looked like they were digitally added.

[quote comment=”197931″]That’s almost (just almost, given that ND’s golden helmet represents the golden dome, and PSU’s is blank because it’s always been that way) like putting something on the Notre Dame helmet.[/quote]
No, actually…it hasn’t always been blank.

[quote comment=”197832″]What I never understood is why teams, professional or college, would wear an alternate uni when they are featured nationally or in championship type games. You would think that from a marketing or a historical photgraphic record standpoint, you would want to convey your team or organizational image when you have your largest audience that may not be familiar with you. Keep the alts for your home fans.[/quote]
I remember beng mad at the 49ers for wearing their throwbacks in SB 29, and the Chargers not wearing their far superior throwbacks. First off, why confuse all of the people who don’t watch through the entire season by wearing something different. I will allow 1994 as a special circumstance (75th Anniversary), but it needed to both or neither.
Even worse, I can answer the question about why the NFL allowed the 49ers to wear throwbacks and not the Chargers (if they wanted to, which I don’t think they did) – The Helmet. San Francsco wore their regular helmet and San Diego didn’t for their throwback.

[quote comment=”197977″][quote comment=”197914″][quote comment=”197908″][quote comment=”197907″][quote comment=”197904″][quote comment=”197878″][quote comment=”197867″][quote comment=”197836″]Penn State. Michigan. Alabama. Southern California. Ohio State. Louisiana State.

Six uniform sets you don’t wanna f*** with in college football.[/quote]
I agree…except I wouldn’t mind seeing SOMETHING on the Penn State helmets. I think that link on the white helmets with the blue stripe would look very nice with the current unis.[/quote]

When I was about 8 yrs old, I asked my mother why the NY Times didn’t have comics like all the other newspapers. She thought for a moment and then said, “Because if it had comics, it wouldn’t be the NY Times.” That was a profoundly unsatisfying answer to an 8-yr-old, but I think it was EXACTLY the right answer.

So: If Penn State put a logo on the helmets, they wouldn’t be Penn State. Simple as that.[/quote]
Eh, that’s your opinion. But I would still like to see logos on those helmets. Don’t change the rest of the unis…just link.[/quote]

That is a great logo…but it looks like crap on a helmet. In Penn State’s case, less is more – leave the helmet blank.[/quote]
Again…your opinion. I happen to think it looks GREAT on a helmet.[/quote]

Well your wrong. Fuck up your own teams uniforms, leave ours alone.[/quote]
Again, your opinion. There’s no right or wrong answer here. But, in my opinion, I prefer helmets with SOMETHING on them.[/quote]

Nope, sometimes there are right and wrong answers here. Not liking the Yankees uniforms is acceptable, changing them is wrong.

You don’t paint the Golden Gate Bridge green, you don’t take George Washington of the one dollar bill, you don’t replace Wrigley Field, and you don’t put shit on Penn State’s helmets, you just don’t.

To Penn State fans, those helmets are iconic.

It is never going to happen. Never.

I was an “airport monkey” for 5 years. I don’t know what in the hell that guy is doing with a link and he’s in an awfully bad spot if that plane starts rolling. I ramped WWII era aircraft for a cargo airline in Anchorage, Alaska and even we had better than wooden chocks, (insert link

[quote comment=”197991″][quote comment=”197854″][quote comment=”197852″]Hawaii always look awful. Those uniforms from the Sugar Bowl were the worst.[/quote]

care to elaborate?[/quote]

Sure. on what? I can tell you that I feel like Hawaii has the ugliest uniforms in college football. I don’t even mind the Oregon uniforms if we are comparing them to Hawaii. The helmets in the Sugar especially were terrible. The merit decals made Colt Brennan’s look even worse.[/quote]

I really like link Hawaii uniforms though. I like the rainbow colored pant stripes.

Ah, yes, those ’95 Minnesota jerseys. Ugh. Or, as I called them, the “stat line” jerseys. Of course (and, as a Gopher fan, I can make this joke), it’s not like those mid-90s Gopher teams had much of a pulse.

[quote comment=”197991″][quote comment=”197854″][quote comment=”197852″]Hawaii always look awful. Those uniforms from the Sugar Bowl were the worst.[/quote]

care to elaborate?[/quote]

Sure. on what? I can tell you that I feel like Hawaii has the ugliest uniforms in college football. I don’t even mind the Oregon uniforms if we are comparing them to Hawaii. The helmets in the Sugar especially were terrible. The merit decals made Colt Brennan’s look even worse.[/quote]

Would you prefer link or link?

Random search link.

[quote comment=”197999″][quote comment=”197991″][quote comment=”197854″][quote comment=”197852″]Hawaii always look awful. Those uniforms from the Sugar Bowl were the worst.[/quote]

care to elaborate?[/quote]

Sure. on what? I can tell you that I feel like Hawaii has the ugliest uniforms in college football. I don’t even mind the Oregon uniforms if we are comparing them to Hawaii. The helmets in the Sugar especially were terrible. The merit decals made Colt Brennan’s look even worse.[/quote]

not quite what i was going for, but whatever…is it the color scheme, the diamond-plate pattern, the green vs. silver helmet, the non-use of silver pants in the big game

it’s fine to say ‘hawaii looks awful’…and other than the pride stickers (which i happen not to like either, on any team), i was just wondering why[/quote]

I think it’s the color scheme and the uniform design. I get what they are going for the the triangle pattern on the leg, but I just don’t get it. The black helmets are just wrong, on everyone, I think. But I also think part of it might be the different flairs that Brennan and the rest of the team add to it. The white leggings Brennan was wearing in the Sugar Bowl. The Black under armour you see sometimes under the jersey. With respects to the few on here that like black I can’t stand it on uniform design and it seems that when Hawaii goes black they just overload you with it. And then there is the black visor you often see Brennan use.

I think since I don’t often see them except for Brennan (because really does anyone know the rest of the team unless you are a fan of Hawaii) it may just be him. He usually looks terrible. I don’t like all the added things like wrist/arm bands, visors, under armour and the like. Nor do I, as previously stated, like black.

[quote comment=”197995″]Never thought there’d be a reason to post something from TMZ but I’m surprised nobody mentioned this little low-brow link.[/quote]

later in the game they flip flopped and there was a dingle berry shot, but alas it was from the front

[quote comment=”198017″]The black helmets are just wrong, on everyone, I think.[/quote]

hawaii doesn’t have black helmets, and hasn’t worn one since 1999

they switched to the link helmet in 2000 and added the link in 2005, for ‘away’ games

fyi

[quote comment=”198023″][quote comment=”198017″]The black helmets are just wrong, on everyone, I think.[/quote]

hawaii doesn’t have black helmets, and hasn’t worn one since 1999

they switched to the link helmet in 2000 and added the link in 2005, for ‘away’ games

fyi[/quote]

alas, can’t hotlink to helmet project…just copy and paste the url in your address bar

[quote comment=”198025″][quote comment=”198023″][quote comment=”198017″]The black helmets are just wrong, on everyone, I think.[/quote]

hawaii doesn’t have black helmets, and hasn’t worn one since 1999

they switched to the link helmet in 2000 and added the link in 2005, for ‘away’ games

fyi[/quote]

alas, can’t hotlink to helmet project…just copy and paste the url in your address bar[/quote]

if that STILL doesn’t work, link helmet page

[quote comment=”198033″]Don’t know how to link…so here goes. Penn St. had numbers on their helmet before 1974 or so.

link

And big bold blue stripes on their pants, with high socks with stipes on them from time to time too. But that was more than thirty years ago, and until the 1960’s and early 1970’s almost everybody wore numbers on their helmets.

[quote comment=”197842″][quote]can someone please explain to me how both isiah thomas AND matt millen still have their jobs?[/quote]

not sure about millen, but i believe isiah has ‘compromising photos’ of jim dolan

have you ever heard of the link?[/quote]
I swear, if jim dolan wasn’t the son of the owner, he could’nt hold a job selling popcorn at madison square garden.

[quote comment=”198033″]Don’t know how to link…so here goes. Penn St. had numbers on their helmet before 1974 or so.

link

When link won the Heisman PSU had helmet numbers and TV numbers which is kind of redundant which is probably why they were removed. Now link, the team that is iconic for helmet numbers does not have TV numbers on their jerseys.

The Gophers M&M jerseys — if I remember right, they actually had a sponsorship deal with M&Ms that year, and that’s partially where the M&M jerseys came from.

The Old Gold and darker Maroon — they wore those colors for the entire Jim Wacker era. I didn’t mind the colors (I really liked the gold helmets with maroon facemasks) — but they weren’t the official school colors. Glen Mason switched them back to the yellow-gold and redish-maroon that they wear today.

[quote comment=”197878″][quote comment=”197867″][quote comment=”197836″]Penn State. Michigan. Alabama. Southern California. Ohio State. Louisiana State.

Six uniform sets you don’t wanna f*** with in college football.[/quote]
I agree…except I wouldn’t mind seeing SOMETHING on the Penn State helmets. I think that link on the white helmets with the blue stripe would look very nice with the current unis.[/quote]

When I was about 8 yrs old, I asked my mother why the NY Times didn’t have comics like all the other newspapers. She thought for a moment and then said, “Because if it had comics, it wouldn’t be the NY Times.” That was a profoundly unsatisfying answer to an 8-yr-old, but I think it was EXACTLY the right answer.

So: If Penn State put a logo on the helmets, they wouldn’t be Penn State. Simple as that.[/quote]
OK then case closed {sarcasm}

I take it from some of the comments made after this post that this is going to be one of those Uni-watch undebatable points like the color purple, nike, logo creep. You can have your opinion… but it’s wrong.

[quote comment=”197970″][quote comment=”197941″]It appears that Rick Dipietro got in trouble for some goalie pad link. What’s interesting to me is that these pads he received and use din a game are plain white. It’s not like a mask that can just be painted later, don’t the pads have to be constructed with the proper colours. Is something fishy on Long Island (besides his 15 year contract)?[/quote]

First, the pads can be whatever colour a player chooses. Take Marc-Andre Fleury and Arturs Irbe as examples. Most times, though, the goalie will match the colours of the pads to the team colours so that he doesn’t stick out like a sore thumb (who made that expression up???)

Secondly, the pads shenanigans are very real. The NHL has expicit rules that goaltenders and equipment managers should know. If they have not been inspected by Kay Whitmore, the NHL’s equipment guy, they cannot be used in an NHL game until that has been done. No exceptions.

It seems to me that some miscommunication caused Dipietro’s problem.[/quote]

Beat me to the punch with the Irbe reference, tip o’ the cap to you, sir.

how does anyone not know about those minnesota and/or iowa unis?? were you living under a rock???

[quote comment=”198070″][quote comment=”198050″]instead of a ku hat mangino could wear a hat that reads: “i may be fat but you’re ugly and i can diet.”[/quote]

Hahaha… I actually have that magnet on my fridge.

And the guys on Around The Horn today were making fun of Mangino for being fat today, which I thought was in poor taste. Tony Reali would say, “What a huge win for Kansas”… and then it would show a clip of Mangino and Reali would say, “Oh that’s not necessary!” (When it was obviously on purpose) I think this happened like three times.[/quote]
Sorry… i should have been more specific. Reali emphasized the word “huge”.

I was wondering since the QB’s have a mic in their helmet, could they possibly get help from an OC, to whent they might be getting some pressure from behind them? I think I had this question watching the VT/KU game last night, KU came on a corner blitz from the blindside. Couldn’t someone have been yelling at him that pressure was coming (at the nfl level)? If so isn’t that an unfair advantage for the offense to have the possibility of an extra set of eyes in that could see the whole field.

Best link in the NBA. Perfect.

They turn the NFL mics off when the ball is snapped, maybe sooner, so the coaches can’t talk to the QB during game play.

[quote comment=”198068″]how does anyone not know about those minnesota and/or iowa unis?? were you living under a rock???[/quote]

[quote comment=”198072″]and notre dames unis are very very very classic..in case you guys are really behind the times…[/quote]

[quote comment=”198075″]qbs in college do not have mics in their helmets…geez..where do you epople get your info??[/quote]

link

[quote comment=”198085″]They turn the NFL mics off when the ball is snapped, maybe sooner, so the coaches can’t talk to the QB during game play.[/quote]

Thank you, I was wondering if they might haven been able to to mute the mics during the play. I also think that cuold be very annoying to your QB during a play.

[quote comment=”197990″][quote comment=”197832″]What I never understood is why teams, professional or college, would wear an alternate uni when they are featured nationally or in championship type games. You would think that from a marketing or a historical photgraphic record standpoint, you would want to convey your team or organizational image when you have your largest audience that may not be familiar with you. Keep the alts for your home fans.[/quote]
I remember beng mad at the 49ers for wearing their throwbacks in SB 29, and the Chargers not wearing their far superior throwbacks. First off, why confuse all of the people who don’t watch through the entire season by wearing something different. I will allow 1994 as a special circumstance (75th Anniversary), but it needed to both or neither.
Even worse, I can answer the question about why the NFL allowed the 49ers to wear throwbacks and not the Chargers (if they wanted to, which I don’t think they did) – The Helmet. San Francsco wore their regular helmet and San Diego didn’t for their throwback.[/quote]

I remember the 49ers got the NFL to allow them to wear the throwbacks for the remainder of the season that year because they went on a winning streak. I don’t remember how many games it was for.

[quote comment=”198092″]I agree to leave the helmets simple with no logo but the plain whites are too simple. Stick with the no logo look but wear navy pants with the white jerseys. White and navy on the road and navy and white at home.[/quote]

so they could look link?

[quote comment=”198052″][quote comment=”197981″][quote comment=”197903″][quote comment=”197796″][quote comment=”197776″][quote comment=”197771″]

State Penn’s are appealing in their simplicity. Alabama’s are simply hideous…and the number on the helmet? Awful. And check out the nameplate typography on Bama’s jerseys…did a local t-shirt company do those?[/quote]

This coming from a fan of a team who can’t figure out how to match their link to their link.[/quote]

look around, many teams have different stripes on helmets, jerseys, and pants. you might have noticed bama has a thick solid white stripe on helmet and two thinner red stripes on pants.

imo, the stripe pattern on auburn’s pants is just right. the exact same pattern on the pants as on the helmet and jersey would be too much.[/quote]

We’ll just have to agree to disagree on that point. If you have five stripes on a white helmet and five stripes on a white jersey, you should have five stripes on white pants. In Alabama’s case, it is different because they have different colored helmets and pants. Although Bama’s white pants do have two crimson stripes, I think the white stripe in between the two relates back to the single white stripe on the crimson helmet.

[quote comment=”198093″][quote comment=”198092″]I agree to leave the helmets simple with no logo but the plain whites are too simple. Stick with the no logo look but wear navy pants with the white jerseys. White and navy on the road and navy and white at home.[/quote]

so they could look link?[/quote]
Absolutely. Sure beats the white-out that was Colt Brennon.

Hopefully there are still people on here reading!

Anyone a graphic designer??

If so, I didn’t know where else to go but faithful Uniwatch. I am with a company that is just getting off their feet and we need a company logo! I’ve been jotting down and drawing ideas but I am at a huge writer’s block (or designer block?) Anyways, I’m in charge of our official uniforms (which will mainly be polo’s w/our logo’s on them) and the company logo as well as business cards.

So hopefully someone is a graphic designer or knows someone whom they can refer to me!!

My email address is link if you would like more information!!

Thanks everybody!!

[quote comment=”197787″][quote comment=”197778″]I think the red with gray looks AWESOME – on the Jayhawks and the Gints….

and the gray ankle tape, nice detail touch….

Two name plate comments from the game…

1. I HATE the way VT’s name plates cross their nike piping on the back of their jerseys. They need rounded plates (like the giants and aggies) or something else. or just get rid of the piping altogether.

2. Several KU players with longer last names had name plates in a different font (and size) than the other players…[/quote]

I don’t necessarily dislike the link jersey, I just don’t think it fits with the whole motif of them being “Big Blue”. I also don’t think the blue helmet compliments the rest of the uni being red. If they had a red or even a white helmet, I think it would actually look pretty link.[/quote]

I love the red jerseys for the Giants. Here’s what I hate. Long red under sleeves, red leggings, red gloves, red shoe tape, etc. First of all, your under sleeves should be black or the dominant color. If the Giants would wear blue leggings and make players get rid of the red accessories, then they would look great.

earmuffs were invented in Farmington, Maine. Hollaaaaaa!

Not uniform related, but today at work (at UPS), I had 32 bottles of Absolut Vodka come through, all of them going to the San Francisco 49ers.

[quote comment=”198116″][quote comment=”198099″]Hopefully there are still people on here reading!

Anyone a graphic designer??

If so, I didn’t know where else to go but faithful Uniwatch. I am with a company that is just getting off their feet and we need a company logo! I’ve been jotting down and drawing ideas but I am at a huge writer’s block (or designer block?) Anyways, I’m in charge of our official uniforms (which will mainly be polo’s w/our logo’s on them) and the company logo as well as business cards.

So hopefully someone is a graphic designer or knows someone whom they can refer to me!!

My email address is link if you would like more information!!

Thanks everybody!![/quote]
Our resident graphic designer is Scott M.X. Turner. If his membership cards are any indication of the quality of his work, then he would be a good contact. I’m sure you could get in touch with him through Mr. Lukas.[/quote]

Or by clicking on the Superba Graphics ad up there… ^^^^

On the Kansas front…

Bill Self has said he doesn’t like the red uniforms, but since adidas wanted them to be worn twice, they were worn twice. (Once for an exhibition, once for the Christmas-flavored game against green-clad Ohio U in Kansas City.)

And as for Mangino…it’s funny how a guy who “can’t get respect from his players because of his weight” has taken KU from 2-10 to 12-1 in six years. Keep sawing that wood, Big Man.

I was a KU fan before Larry Brown brought in the “Circus/Old West” font that some people are so enamored of. I’m happy with the Trajan, it’s freshened up our look without committing some of the fashion sins I’ve seen on other teams.

I could’ve lived without the red football jerseys last night, but the players like them. Red was pretty common as a primary color on KU teams through the late 50s, so it isn’t like they’re pulling it out of thin air.

And the Orange Bowl was a good time in person, I hope we make a habit of it.

[quote comment=”198129″][quote comment=”198115″]Not uniform related, but today at work (at UPS), I had 32 bottles of Absolut Vodka come through, all of them going to the San Francisco 49ers.[/quote]

mike nolan?[/quote]

Cant remember the name that they were addressed to, but the team name was listed in the address.

[quote comment=”198115″]Not uniform related, but today at work (at UPS), I had 32 bottles of Absolut Vodka come through, all of them going to the San Francisco 49ers.[/quote]
BOO! An NFL team has the cash to buy something superior like Grey Goose!!!

[quote comment=”198153″][quote comment=”198115″]Not uniform related, but today at work (at UPS), I had 32 bottles of Absolut Vodka come through, all of them going to the San Francisco 49ers.[/quote]
BOO! An NFL team has the cash to buy something superior like Grey Goose!!![/quote]
Strangely, the Niners had a weird episode in their not too distant past involving a link.

link
link
not this shit again
link
link

[quote comment=”198115″]Not uniform related, but today at work (at UPS), I had 32 bottles of Absolut Vodka come through, all of them going to the San Francisco 49ers.[/quote]
probably headed to the owner’s box… one for each half of crappy football he had to endure this season.

Other “different” mid-90’s college hoops unis:

link

Georgetown home

link

Kentucky awesomeness

link

link

Cincinnati

link

link

theose hoya iverson era uni’s are one of my favorites of all time, any team, any sport.

[quote comment=”198051″][quote comment=”197878″][quote comment=”197867″][quote comment=”197836″]Penn State. Michigan. Alabama. Southern California. Ohio State. Louisiana State.

Six uniform sets you don’t wanna f*** with in college football.[/quote]
I agree…except I wouldn’t mind seeing SOMETHING on the Penn State helmets. I think that link on the white helmets with the blue stripe would look very nice with the current unis.[/quote]

When I was about 8 yrs old, I asked my mother why the NY Times didn’t have comics like all the other newspapers. She thought for a moment and then said, “Because if it had comics, it wouldn’t be the NY Times.” That was a profoundly unsatisfying answer to an 8-yr-old, but I think it was EXACTLY the right answer.

So: If Penn State put a logo on the helmets, they wouldn’t be Penn State. Simple as that.[/quote]
OK then case closed {sarcasm}

I take it from some of the comments made after this post that this is going to be one of those Uni-watch undebatable points like the color purple, nike, logo creep. You can have your opinion… but it’s wrong.[/quote]

i dont know if that will be the case on this topic, but your statement above should be tweaked a bit.

PL encourages us all to have our own opinions to create an educated discourse among us all. his opinions are always backed up with reasons and in some instances, data (which should be the rule: if you like or dislike a uni, tell me why! give me justification!)

PL has never stated that anyone’s opinion is wrong though.

it is my observation that some readers DO take PL’s opinions for gospel, and then create these untouchable walls around them. you listed many of his opinions which fit that bill. but it was the readers who built these walls, not PL.

..ahh..not part of mensa..
but i am a former equipment manager..
grew up on the sidelines around football..
saw the helmet go from suspension, water, to the air versions teams are wearing now
and i am an artist as well..
enjoy