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Month: November 2012

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 …

Talking Uniforms with Cardinals President Bill DeWitt III

When the Cardinals recently unveiled their new home alternate jersey and announced some other uniform tweaks, the guy emceeing the event was team president Bill DeWitt III. A few hours …

What’s Wrong with This Picture?

Click to enlarge Notice anything amiss in this photo from last Friday’s game between Virginia Tech and Appalachian State? The Mountaineer at lower-right, Jay Canty, has a uni typo — …

Auction Action

As you’ve probably noticed via the ad in the left sidebar, our friends at Grey Flannel Auctions have issued another catalog’s worth of goodies. Here are some item from their …

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 …

Sunday Morning Uni Watch

By Phil Hecken And what a rivalry weekend it was. The *greatest* weekend in college football had its share of excitement, with many teams engaging their traditional cross-state or cross-border …

When Houses Divide

by Phil Hecken Growing up in New York, and going to a small upstate school that played Div III football, and attending a grad school where they don’t play anymore, …

Fade to Black

[Editor’s Note: Today is Black Friday (aka Idiots Day, Natural Selection Day, and Buy Your Own Weight in Electronics Day), so we have a guest entry from Trevor Williams on …

Some Thoughts About Giving Thanks

Photo by Kirsten Hively If there’s one thing my broken arm has provided, it’s a healthy dose of perspective. And what is perspective, really, but a way of being thankful …

Whose Logos Are Most Popular Among Borrowers and Poachers?

Remember our recent discussion of high school teams that use pro or college logos? Reader Larz Roberts has been wondering just how many high schools do this, and which teams’ …

Does a Whale Even Have a Neck?

[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from John O’Leary, who proudly wears the Whalers neckties shown above. (If you’re reading this on a mobile device or are having …

Monday Morning Uni Watch

Must’ve been a sale on navy fabric dye lately, as the Broncos, Rams, and Texans all went solid-blue yesterday. Not my favorite look for any of them, but whaddaya gonna …

Sunday Morning Uni Watch

By Phil Hecken Week 12 of the NCAA football season certainly had its share of excitement — #1 Kansas State marched into Waco and played a BFBS-topped Baylor team that …

Candy Up, Terrapin Nation

By Phil Hecken Earlier this week, in the ticker, Paul posted a fantastic quote from former Longhorn Coach Darrell Royal, which read: “Hell no. I’m not going to candy this …

There’s No Service Like Wire Service, Vol. 42

Time for another round of old-school wire photos. A couple of these were contributed by Bruce Menard and Mako Mameli, but I found most of them myself. Off we go: …