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By Phil Hecken Well, the big day is FINALLY here. The Granddaddy. Is. Today. Oregon versus Wisconsin. Today is the Rose Bowl, the ONLY bowl that, while corporately sponsored, still maintains some semblance of past glory. So traditional that you can look back on a game from decades ago and still recognize both . . . → Read More: Every Rose Has Its Thorn  222 comments - (Comments are closed)  College Football, Experimental Uni Concepts, Helmets, Jerseys, NHL  Flyers, Oregon Ducks, Rangers, Rose Bowl, Wisconsin Badgers By Phil Hecken A couple of weeks ago I brought you some strange and bizarre helmet concepts from none other than “The Jeff” Provo. While a number of them (even THE admits) weren’t designed to actually be worn (or that good), there were a few gems in there. Last time we had THE’s . . . → Read More: THE Jeff … and his Helmet Concepts — NFC Version (or…’When the Inmate runs the Asylum’ Part 2) 125 comments - (Comments are closed) Facemasks/Visors, Helmets, NFL, Uniform Designers THE Jeff Provo Click to enlarge Whenever I hear someone mention the Armed Forces Bowl, I instinctively think of this (which you have to admit would make for a very cool helmet motif). Unfortunately, the helmet designs for today’s Tulsa/BYU match-up are the ones you see above. As reader Matt Spencer . . . → Read More: How Come There’s No Disarmament Bowl? . Interesting move in last night’s Rangers/Flyers game, as Jaromir Jagr and Jakub Voracek — both native Czechs — paid tribute to the recently deceased Václav Havel by wearing his initials on their helmets. The solemnity of that occasion was somewhat undercut during pregame warm-ups, when both teams promoted the Winter Classic helped . . . → Read More: Good Thing There Are No North Koreans in the NHL By Phil Hecken I had really hoped to bring you the twice promised NCAA Bowl Pool contest (and in fact, this may still happen, but not today). For that I apologize. The UWer with whom I had planned on bringing you that contest had been working on the parameters of said contest for . . . → Read More: THE Jeff … and his Helmet Concepts — AFC Version (or…’When the Inmate runs the Asylum’) 123 comments - (Comments are closed) Facemasks/Visors, Helmets, NFL, Uniform Designers THE Jeff Provo
Click to enlarge Tyler Kepner is at the MLB winter meetings, where he spotted something very interesting: a Marlins batting helmet with a raised/embroidered logo, just like the one used by the Cubs. I’m trying to confirm whether this was just for display purposes or if the Marlins will . . . → Read More: New Threads for Miami Click to enlarge My Scottish friend Lindsay Hutton (the man behind the awesome Next Big Thing, don’tcha know) is in town, and yesterday morning he wanted me to come out with him for coffee. I was going to explain to him that I don’t drink coffee, but you can’t tell . . . → Read More: Kiss Me, I’m (an honorary member of the) Irish . Over the past two months, I’ve told about 20 different interviewers that the current trends in college football uni design basically boil down to the fact that 17-year-olds respond to shiny objects. As you can see above, the folks at Notre Dame have apparently taken that concept a bit more literally . . . → Read More: And They Aren’t Even Giving Me a Consultant’s Fee |
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