For a couple of years now, this 1968 SI cover has been a bit of a holy grail for me, because the players shown behind Pistol Pete are wearing the rarest of all uni accessories: vertically striped socks.
The problem, of course, is that the opposing players are small and barely visible in the background. Although you can’t tell from the photos, I knew that the other team was Tulane, because a few years back I’d seen a magazine photo (which I foolishly neglected to save) that showed the jersey fronts as well as the socks. I’ve tried several times to find that photo, or any other good photos of that Tulane uniform — no dice. When I called the Tulane athletic department a year or two ago, they claimed not to have any photos from 1968 (although I still suspect they were just too embarrassed by the socks to share any pics they might have).
But now, thanks to a Maravich photo gallery that went up on SI.com on Tuesday, we finally have a much better view of these north/south hosiery stripes: Behold!
Man, are those tough to look at or what? Obviously, I love stripes in general and striped socks in particular, but I draw the line at vertically striped hose, which inevitably look clownish (well, except maybe when deployed as shown at the top of this page). Still, it’s great to have a better look at this rare design.
That would have been enough to make my week, or maybe my month, but it turns out it was just the beginning. In yesterday’s Comments section, there was a bit of chatter about the Maravich gallery, including this note from Steve Stern: “I believe the Maravich pictures were taken by Rich Clarkson, a former SI photographer who has an amazing collection.” I hadn’t thought to search on the photographer’s name (stupid, stupid, stupid), so I tried that and ended up at Clarkson’s site. That in turn led me to this NCAA photo archive, which I’d somehow never known about before (stupid, stupid, stupid). And that, my friends, is where I hit the mother lode.
Dig it — nearly a dozen photos, all taken at the LSU/Tulane game on January 6th, 1968. Click through the thumbnails to get the full effect, but I warn you, it’s pretty brutal.
How rare are vertically striped socks? So rare that these are the only other instances I’m aware of:
• The 1960-61 Denver Broncos, whose infamous socks (visible to varying degrees here, here, here, and here) were eventually burned by the team at a public bonfire. Fortunately, one pair survives at the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
• The mid-1960s Pearl High School basketball team in Nashville, which upon closer inspection actually wore conventionally striped socks over the vertical stripes. (Further info on this historically important team is available here.) Of course, if one high school team was wearing the longitudinally striped hose, others probably were too.
• The Harlem Magicians — presumably a Globetrotters-esque team — whose uniform is shown on here (as showcased on the excellent Dick’s Courtroom site). Again, if this team was doing it, they probably weren’t alone.
Then there are some borderline cases. The stripes worn by the 1914 Victoria Bees, for example, didn’t run the full length of the sock. And Nike’s “Swift” hockey template only has stripes on the front of the shin, not the whole way around. If anyone knows of other examples, fill me in.
That Maravich gallery, incidentally, has lots of other good stuff, including a short-sleeved jacket, a great LSU logo illustration, and, of course, Pistol’s signature droopy socks.
Finally: First person who can post a comment explaining the headline of today’s post without help from a search engine (honor system) gets a Uni Watch T-shirt. Again, post your answer as a comment, not as an e-mail to me.
Motown Tribute: The hockey world is abuzz over the very uni-centric ceremony that the Red Wings arranged for the retirement of Steve Yzerman’s number on Tuesday night. Instead of doing the usual lookalike jersey routine, they were more creative, as David Main explains:
All the former players serving as honored guests had their names and numbers affixed to the current style Red Wings jersey, along with the commemorative “19″ patch. Current Red Wings then lined the red carpet for Yzerman’s entrance, wearing various jerseys from Yzerman’s career: Red Wings from 2002 Cup finals (two patches — one for the finals, and the “19″ patch), Team Canada from his gold medal-winning team, old-fashioned Campbell Conference All-Star jersey, and Peterborough Petes home and road jerseys (with disgusting manufacturer’s logo apparent — I doubt it was that way in Yzerman’s playing days).
In addition, the team’s previous retired numbers were rededicated, complete with vertically arched nameplates, and the current team wore a jersey patch for the occasion. Nice job all around.
Christmas Bonus: When I wrote about the great Xmas presents given to me by Uni Watch hedge fund analyst Jenny Strasburg, I left out one gift: a cool vintage bowling shirt, which turned out to be a smidge too small. We exchanged it a few days ago, and I like the new shirt even better than the first one, in large part because of this spectacular chain-stitched design on the back. Bowling, football, team logos, old-school uni designs, animal mascots, the Midwest — all (well, most) of my favorite food groups!
Uni Watch News Ticker: On Tuesday I jokingly mentioned the possibility of NHL cheerleaders. Turns out they’re no joke, at least not for the Hurricanes, Islanders, Coyotes, and Flyers, among others. Okay, so some of those are actually ice clean-up crews, not cheerleaders, but that’s close enough for our purposes. Thanks to everyone who clued me in on this one. … Minnesota-Duluth has cheerleaders, too. … Ever wonder if there’s a web site devoted to the uniforms of the Japanese national volleyball team? There is (with thanks, of course, to Jeremy Brahm). … And there’s a good history of Mexican soccer kits here (courtesy of Janssen McCormick). … Michael Rich notes that the Gator Bowl patch was coming loose from several Georgia Tech jerseys the other day. … Vacation report from Michael Rich, who writes: “I was in Tombstone, Arizona, last week and discovered an interesting photo on the wall at the OK Coral Museum (famous, of course, for the gunfight involving Wyatt Earp, Doc Holiday, et al. on Oct. 26, 1881). The photo depicts the Tombstone Football team in 1904. I also saw a fantastic logo for what I’m pretty sure is the local high school. It would have been easy for the Tombstone Fighting Yellow Jackets to steal their logo from Georgia Tech (and, sadly, another sign around town confirms that they have), but this unique logo was both fantastic (love the bow tie and the growl) and bizarre (does it have 3 wings? why are the arm and leg thicknesses so different?). It even appears to have a sailor hat.” … We all know minor league hockey teams tend to have advertising on their jerseys these days. But wearing an ad on your ass is particularly pathetic (as spotted by Dave Sizer). … Remember Joe Pavelski’s upside-down Reebok logo? Here’s an update from Dave Shucosky: “Pavelski switched from No. 53 to No. 8 after the Calgary game on the last Sharks homestand (I guess because he’s staying put), and his road 8 jersey now has the correct Reebok logo. I guess they dug that 53 out of the closet because they didn’t know how long he’d stay up.” … Several readers have noted the USC center Ryan Kalil has a “10″ decal on the back of his helmet, presumably so QB John David Booty (who wears No. 10) doesn’t accidentally set up under the wrong lineman. Here’s a screen shot, courtesy of Don Schafer. … Not uni-related, but I contributed to Page 2’s “List of Lists” rundown the other day. … Good article here about Ohio State’s merit decals (credit a buckeye to Matt McLaughlin). … Uni Watch design director Scott M.X. Turner found this on eBay. “The 1964 World’s Fair was so Mets-oriented [as seen by the sleeve patch that the Mets wore that year],” he writes, “so I’m surprised to see a Yankees program with a World’s Fair tie-in.” … Loads of great contributions from Montreal-based reader Jonathan Goupil: 1) “Montreal’s French newspaper, La Presse, had a story where they recalled how the Canadiens franchise was born in 1909. Here’s a scan of the uniforms the Habs wore in 1909-10 through 1916-17. The caption said that after the 1915-16 Stanley Cup, the owners decided to keep the jersey pretty much as it was, to bring a winning tradition to the team.” 2) “La Presse also ran a contest for readers to send in new logo designs for the Habs.I’m sending you the two that were worth looking at. The others were sent by 8- to 10-years-old boys and were all basically the ‘CH’ logo with flames around it.” 3) “I found this photo of former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and Russia’s Valdimir Putin trading hockey jerseys in 2002. Note that the Russian jersey says (I guess) ‘J. Chrétien’ in Russian, while the Canadian jersey says ‘Putin.’ ” [Also note the back-collar logo creep on Putin’s jersey. — PL] 4) In response to our recent survey of Presidents in uniform, Goupil came up with two shots of JFK: one of his prep school football team (he’s second from the right) and one from his days on the Harvard swimming team.
#1 by Bob A on 01.04.07 8:39 am |
Johnny B. Goode sez ‘Hi!”
#2 by Matt B on 01.04.07 8:39 am |
I posted late last night that I spotted the Motion W on a helmet in Friday Night Lights. Here’s a screencap.
#3 by Dane on 01.04.07 8:43 am |
Two follow-ups from yesterday’s BCS discussion:
1. The Rose Bowl teams did not have the Bowl Bash logo because that game was broadcast by ABC, not Fox. The Rose Bowl is still part of the BCS, but that game’s TV contract is separate from the rest of the package.
2. Joe Buck will not be calling the BCS Championship on Monday because he will be working the Jersey/A-Philly playoff on Sunday. We can’t escape him forever.
#4 by Bryan on 01.04.07 8:53 am |
The title of the article is from the song Tulane (sock reference from Pistol Pete photos) but I cant for the life of me remember who sings it.
#5 by Brian on 01.04.07 8:53 am |
Sorry to keep this “non-uni” thread alive and I promise to keep all future comments limited to Uniform-only observations - but I can’t contain myself - Fox is killing college football! I thought last night’s coverage was just horrible. Was that a game (well not really actually) or just three amateur comedians in a booth who just happened to have a game going on in the background. Will you guys just shut up!!! Makes me long for Brent Musberger… We’ve fallen so far in one year since Keith Jackson called the Texas/USC game last year…
#6 by Jeff on 01.04.07 9:07 am |
Agreed that the commentary was awful and NFLized. Anyone know why so many Notre Dame players left one chin strap buckle hanging? Samardzija and the punter were both shown several times, during play, with one end hanging down. Also, is it a facemask penalty if a player is pulled down by the chinstrap? Has this ever happened in a college or NFL game?
#7 by DJL on 01.04.07 9:08 am |
Paul, as you may know, that bowling shirt’s logo belongs to the 22-time state champion Massillon (Ohio) High School, the second most winningest high school football team of all time.
The playful tiger is nicknamed Obie (originally O.B. for Orange and Black, the colors of the school). The Tigers even have a live tiger cub (also nicknamed Obie) on the sidelines during home games at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium.
The football crazy town also had an award winning documentary about them entitled “Go Tigers!.”
Interestingly (or disgustingly) enough, the Tigers went to a Nike uniform this season for the first time.
Also, as Massillon changes unis and helmets every few years, supporters have set up the Massillon Tiger Helmet Project just to categorize them.
Sorry for the long-winded response, I’m just a big Ohio high school football fan and Massillon’s Obie is my favorite logo of them all. And yes, there is a basketball version of Obie.
#8 by Ryan on 01.04.07 9:08 am |
The name has to do with a line in the Chuck Berry song “Tulane”
#9 by Morris Belleville on 01.04.07 9:11 am |
Lyrics from the song “Tulane”.
#10 by Erc on 01.04.07 9:13 am |
Well, at least my school had the good sense to aviod the Swift Striped socks.http://letsgodu.blogspot.com/2006/12/your-2006-denver-cup-champions-give.html
#11 by John from KY on 01.04.07 9:15 am |
Cool info on the Broncos infamous brown and gold vertically striped socks. However, in the first photo (shown at this link):
http://www.denverbro...
the player probably isn’t wearing the vertically striped socks; it’s probably a reflection. The brown and gold Broncos uniforms didn’t have sleeve stripes; the player in this photo has the 3-stripe pattern of the Broncos 1962-64 uniforms, which were orange and used solid orange socks.
#12 by Pittsburgh Gunny on 01.04.07 9:18 am |
Interesting discussion on the vertical stripe socks. Now these socks have hoops on them and are some fine looking socks from Harlequins rugby union club.
#13 by Paul Lukas on 01.04.07 9:20 am |
Good catch! I’ll take down that link.
#14 by Pat on 01.04.07 9:27 am |
That yellow jackets logo seemed wierd to me for some reason other than the obvious sizing issues the bee has with his arms and legs and the possible third wing. So i went to check out other bee logos and figured out what it was.
The old Charlotte Hornets logo and also the New Orleans Hornets logo both show a bee with legs like the logo for the high school in AZ. As does this unknown logo (anybody know a team there?). This version of the Georgia Tech logo shows the yellow jackets’s legs. The Georgia Tech mascot too. And this Edcouch Elsa High School logo (which looks very similar to the unknown logo from before… a connection?) does the same. The thing I found wierd about Unknown AZ high school’s logo is that the legs seem to me coming out of the bee’s butt (for lack of a better term, I suppose stinger may work, though) much lower than the others and the original bee. Usually the legs are coming out of the bottom of the torso as seen in the Charlotte and NO Hornets logo, which is what I am used to looking at when it comes to sports logos involving insects. Or, the legs are coming out closer to the top of the butt or stinger as seen in the alternate GT logo and mascot and the other two bees.
The original logo in question shows the legs coming out towards the bottom of the butt/stinger which looks wierd to me. Just seems to be putting bee literally off balance like he could fall over at any time. Anybody else?
#15 by NickNH on 01.04.07 9:27 am |
Two hockey-related things. This year, Nike seems to have moved away from the vertical stripes on the front of the hockey socks. The teams at the World Junior Championships have old-school, horizontal stripes and when I saw North Dakota at the Dartmouth Christmas tourney (and obviously DU in the above photo), they had horizontal stripes too, so at least that’s still right.
As far as changing the Canadiens logo, I hate that idea. Actually, the only thing in hockey I hate more than the idea of changing that jersey is that team. As much as that logo represents soulless, life-sucking, whining, diving evil, it should stay absolutely the same.
Actually, I hate BC more in hockey, but that’s something different altogether.
#16 by Randy Miller on 01.04.07 9:29 am |
Two other points on those Tulane uniforms:
1. the multiple stripes down the jersey side made for a cool look. I remember that SMU had the same style in its late ’60s jerseys and I think these may have been from the great Southland company of Terrell, Texas (makers of the early Dallas Cowboys unis with the cool number font) because…
2. the white number on white jersey look was used by several Dallas high school teams (supplied by Southland) in the early ’70s. They were nightmares to follow from the stands and were even worse on TV.
#17 by Lou P. on 01.04.07 9:36 am |
Great work putting the Pearl High School link on there. I played against Pearl-Cohn (Pearl and Cohn high schools merged in 1983) in football in the early 1990s, and I enjoyed seeing that pic of their old-school uniforms…
#18 by Burrill on 01.04.07 9:40 am |
Concerning the Gator Bowl logo coming loose: in the picture linked in the entry, is there something under the logo? It looks like there was something that was covered by the bowl logo.
#19 by Jason B. on 01.04.07 9:40 am |
Gotta say, of those two fan submitted Canadiens logos, I do like the top one. I like the hint of the Canadian maple leaf in the flame, the wings and how the white part makes an ‘H’.
I kinda dig that. Of course, I’m one for history and all that and don’t think they should change at all. But it’d be a cool alternate.
#20 by Jim on 01.04.07 9:43 am |
Loved the belt on the Tulane unis. Also loved the number 6 1/2 on the Harlam Magicians uni. how many instances of fractions have appeared on professional teams unis?
#21 by Brian Crisp on 01.04.07 9:45 am |
The Russian jersey does say the cyrillic spelling of ‘J. Chrétien’. The way it looks like it is spelled it would sound something like Zheh K-r-yeh-t-yeh-n in Russian
I knew those Russian lessons would pay off.
#22 by Pat on 01.04.07 9:45 am |
By the way, anybody else thing that Charlie Weis needs to stop tucking his fat gut into his pants? Looks like he’s got a FUPA. Same goes for Bill Parcells and Andy Reid. They all need to go to the Mike Holgren look at least wearing a sweater vest, or the Eric Mangini look with the longer coat (I don’t care how hot it is in Texas). Or course Mangini has his own problems sometimes (other than coaching the Jets of course).
#23 by Tricia on 01.04.07 9:57 am |
One more hockey note - the Shark with the upside down Reebok logo is Joe Pavelski, not Jim.
#24 by Rich on 01.04.07 9:58 am |
Forget Pistol Pete, whose legs are those featured at the top of the page?! rowr!
#25 by mg12 on 01.04.07 9:59 am |
Paul,
Let’s not forget the vertical socks featured in the US’s 2006 World Cup uniform provided by our friends at Nike.
http://i.a.cnn.net/s...
http://msn.foxsports...
You can see the vertical strips are only featured on one side of the player’s left leg, but the damage has been done. Compare the white socks to the navy and red; the navy is a much better look.
#26 by Bob A on 01.04.07 10:01 am |
Eddie Gaedel, Bill Veeck’s dwarf pinch hitter wore 1/8 in his only at-bat for the St Louis Browns. Story and a few pictures here.
#27 by Yoke on 01.04.07 10:05 am |
I think a lot of college hockey teams have cheerleaders. U of Minnesota for sure has cheerleaders.
#28 by bankrupt on 01.04.07 10:07 am |
Most bees have four wings but often aren’t uncoupled until just before they die.
#29 by Pittsburgh Gunny on 01.04.07 10:13 am |
How could I forget those socks, nice find! Also let’s not forget Australia from the 2004 Olympics.
#30 by Anthony Verna on 01.04.07 10:16 am |
As for Paul’s list of lists, amen to left-handedness!
#31 by tedkerwin on 01.04.07 10:20 am |
My favorite insect logo.
#32 by Joe Hilseberg on 01.04.07 10:26 am |
Please let it be a girl….Please let it be a girl….Please let it be a girl.
#33 by Matt B on 01.04.07 10:36 am |
As for Paul’s list of lists, amen to left-handedness!
God agrees.
#34 by Johnny O on 01.04.07 10:39 am |
The National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players’ Association will work together to help kids in need through the 2007 Garth Brooks Teammates for Kids patch program.
During one select home game from January 4 through January13, all players on each of the 30 NHL team rosters will wear a team jersey featuring a special Garth Brooks Teammates for Kids Foundation commemorative patch.
After the game, each player will donate his jersey to the 2007 Teammates for Kids On-Line Auction, with proceeds benefiting the Garth Brooks Teammates for Kids Foundation.
Teammates for kids
#35 by Joe Hilseberg on 01.04.07 10:42 am |
So yesterday the Orioles held a press conference for their new left fielder/1st baseman/DH/Savior Aubrey Huff, and a couple of things struck my as odd.
A) The manager, Sam Perlozzo, was not there. The manager is always there!!!!
B) There was no “HUFF 07″ jersey or hat. Press conference mainstays!
C) Not a single Oriole logo on the backdrop. It actually just says Camden Yards…and for good measure (and also the first time I have ever seen this) they type is in Ravens’ colors instead of O’s colors or the official Camden Yards logo (sorry for the quality)!
Is the marketing department over there that frustrated with the team and envious of the gridiron neighbors that they are sending subliminal backdrop signals???
#36 by DenverGregg on 01.04.07 10:49 am |
So why is the NFL HOF Bronco vertically stiped sock brown and white while the others are brown and yellow?
The original owners had next to no money, so they bought unis from the Copper Bowl - a defunct college all-star game, but they only got one set. The yellow jersey, brown pants combo could be worn against any opponent. There wouldn’t be any reason for brown/white socks in addition to the brown/yellows.
#37 by Kevin on 01.04.07 10:49 am |
Not at all uni-related, but for a variety of obscure geographic reasons, nearly all Canadian “boro” and “burg” place names haven’t been shortened like their US counterparts. As such, the town is spelled Peterborough, not Peterboro.
#38 by Kevin on 01.04.07 10:56 am |
Oh, and since I may as well leave a uni-related comment, the Petes didn’t wear those disgusting yellow cartoon skating dude shoulder patches in Yzerman’s day either.
http://donpeat.com/w...
#39 by Kerry on 01.04.07 11:04 am |
Well if we’re going to get technical about it, then all of the logos need to include another set of appendages (legs or arms - take your pick) since insects, by definition, have six appendages.
Also, the bottom-part of the body would be called THE ABDOMEN with the legs stemming from the creatures mid-section or thorax. So, to be accurate, the legs should come from the mid-section.
As for the wings, you can see HERE that the yellow jacket does in-fact have 4 wings. Therefore, I believe that you just can’t see the 4th wing on the other side of the mascot due to the perspective and positioning of the creature with respect to the viewer.
#40 by Christopher on 01.04.07 11:10 am |
The Fighting Yellowjackets logo is sort-of cool looking, but I gotta nit-pick. I hate superfluous usage of quotation marks. And this one takes the cake- using single quotes. Ugh!
Go ‘Yellowjackets!’
#41 by Kenny on 01.04.07 11:10 am |
OK, there is a lot I need to comment on from last night…
Agreed, it is Busch(TM) League to wear your socks like that for a bowl game…practice, yes we’re talking about practice, is OK, but bring out some tape for the spat job Brady
I can see why players wear them on there elbows/knees cuz there is a reason, however, everywhere else is just for looks…players wear them on there elbows/knees to protect from rug burn from the turf…even though it is field turf it still hurts…i didn’t get why Zabransky from Boise St. and Russell from LSU were wearing those white bands on their knees until last night (eliminate turf burn)
I opted for the neoprene elbow sleeves
And one last thing:
What if Syracuse played in the Orange Bowl? What would happen if they crossed paths?
#42 by Natron on 01.04.07 11:17 am |
Nice gesture by Garth and the NHL.
As long we don’t have to see this again to make the kids a few bucks, I’ll be happy.
#43 by Jon J. on 01.04.07 11:17 am |
If I’m looking at the same thing you’re looking at, it’s the football on the top of the Gator Bowl logo. Hope that helps!
#44 by Natron on 01.04.07 11:18 am |
Whoops… as long as we don’t have to see this again… sorry gang.
#45 by GoTerriers on 01.04.07 11:23 am |
Let’s see . . .off the top of my head, Eddie Gaedel, the midget who Bill Veeck snt up to pinch hit wore #1/8 and Robert Merrill, the late Metropolitan Opera baritone would wear 1/2 on Old-Timers Day at Yankee Stadium when he would sing the National Anthem and coach 1st Base (sorry, no pics for either . . .) Speaking as a Yankees fan, Ronan Tynan makes me REALLY miss Robert Merrill.
#46 by Richard on 01.04.07 11:25 am |
I think this might actually be worse
#47 by Anthony Verna on 01.04.07 11:25 am |
Yet, too many people type “Pittsburg” when referring to Pittsburgh, PA.
#48 by Matt B on 01.04.07 11:27 am |
I hate superfluous usage of quotation marks. And this one takes the cake- using single quotes. Ugh! Go ‘Yellowjackets!’
They’re being postmodern and calling attention to the fact that they’re not actual flying insects. “This is not a pipe,” and all that.
#49 by Pat on 01.04.07 11:27 am |
Speaking as a Red Sox fan, Ronan Tynan makes me physically ill.
#50 by Jonathan Green on 01.04.07 11:31 am |
With regards to vertical socks, Adidas produced a line of them about two years ago for soccer called the Adidas Elite Sock. A number of top-level soccer teams used them including Major League Soccer as shown in this photo in a 2004 contest between the New England Revolution (white) and the San José Earthquakes (Blue).
http://kc.wizards.ml...
As far as vertical stripes go, I thought these were well implemented, especially given Adidas’s famous 3 stripe motif.
#51 by Matt B on 01.04.07 11:38 am |
Not athletic, but perhaps the world’s most recognizable vertically striped socks. Those wacky Swiss.
#52 by GoMac on 01.04.07 11:46 am |
My first instinct when I saw the headline was Throw the Cat out of the room to get down and dirty without it clawing at your package..haha..
I haven’t read any of the other comments yet..so this may have been brought up already..or I could be way off…haha..it kinda reminded me of the Robin William’s viagra skit where the cat is clawing at him..
Oh well..oh and..did last night prove to anyone that ND didn’t belong in a BSC bowl..and maybe Rutgers did?
#53 by GoTerriers on 01.04.07 11:49 am |
Hey, at least the Yankees have enough common sense not to try and fit Dr. Tynan’s fat @$$ into a full uniform. At least Robert Merrill was trim (he was also 90 years-old, but that’s neither here nor there)
#54 by SpartyCuse on 01.04.07 11:52 am |
In listing other NHL teams with cheer/ice crews, Paul forgot the Chicago Blackhawks Ice Crew
#55 by Anthony Verna on 01.04.07 11:55 am |
Rene and Georgette Magritte with their dog after the war?
#56 by Scott Turner on 01.04.07 12:04 pm |
“Yet, too many people type “Pittsburg” when referring to Pittsburgh, PA.”
There’s precedent. In 1891, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names issued a directive for all cities ending in “gh” to lose the “h” — the thinking being it would streamline all sorts of things and end confusion, letters being sent to wrong places, et cetera.
Pittsburgh was officially “Pittsburg” for 20 years, ’til the directive was rescinded in 1911.
Not that people today who leave the “h” off Pittsburgh are citing the USBoGN.
#57 by joe on 01.04.07 12:11 pm |
I mentioned them the other day, gotta get to the pcs in the skirts, major goodness.
#58 by Anthony Verna on 01.04.07 12:12 pm |
Or were around in 1911!
#59 by Cork on 01.04.07 12:17 pm |
in regards to the Pearl High School socks…
If you look at #44 (front row, far right), it appears as though the vertically striped socks are actually stirrups. Maybe they were borrowed from the baseball team and then the team decided to cover the ankle region of the stirrup with another pair of socks. as common as horizontally striped socks were in that day, the team may have had no choice but to go with the contrasting stripes and thus creating a very unique design.
#60 by Nolan on 01.04.07 12:23 pm |
#61 by Judd on 01.04.07 12:25 pm |
Be nice, Ronen Tynan has disabilities
#62 by Kenny on 01.04.07 12:25 pm |
If anyone deserved to be in a BCS game it was Wisconsin…ranked #6 and left out only because Ohio St. and Michigan were playing in a BCS game…oh and they beat a solid Arkansas team in their bowl game to prove they can beat good teams
#63 by Patrick O'Donnell on 01.04.07 12:28 pm |
Have to disagree with you. As much as everyone bags on Nike on this board, Adidas plasters the three stripes on their unis way worse than anything Nike does, and that picture is proof. If there was a big swoosh running down both sleeves, both pant legs, and both inside and outside of both socks, everyone would throw a fit. But since it’s not Nike, it ok. The three stripe “design feature” is just a big logo.
#64 by maximumK on 01.04.07 12:34 pm |
As a student at an Adidas-sponsored school (Indiana), I have to say that i like the way Adidas implements the three stripes, for the most part. A lot of products have three modestly-sized stripes running from the collar, down the shoulder, and down the sleeve, or they have three simple stripes running across the chest — stuff along those lines. The reason we’d all freak out if nike did a similar thing with their logo is that it would be unbearably horrible to look at (see: denver broncos pants — not a nike design, but it’s a similar idea).
#65 by Frank from B-more on 01.04.07 12:40 pm |
I thought the same thing when I saw the presser on the news. No O’s logos and the Camden Yards logo is RAVENS purple. I wonder if Huff will have to shave that flavor saver in order to comply with O’s gromming standards?
#66 by WVU Tom on 01.04.07 12:43 pm |
This may be common knowledge to many here, but since it is relative to your comment…
Under the currnet BCS agreement, Notre Dame receives an automatic BCS invitation if they finish in the top 8 BCS rankings; they also get an automatic entry if they are in the top 12 and one of the automatic conference champions are ranked lower than ND, or if an at-large team gets an automatic bid due to a top 6 finish.
(I think–this is off the top of my head, but I definately remembering reading this somewhere. If anyone can correct my numbers here, please do so).
Personally, I like Notre Dame–but I fail to see why they should have their own “clause” in the BCS selection process.
#67 by Bdiamond on 01.04.07 12:44 pm |
The unknown logo is actually the old logo for Randolph Macon College in Ashland, VA. However, about 4 years ago they switched to this one.
#68 by Bdiamond on 01.04.07 12:46 pm |
It’d help if i added the link…
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#69 by Pat on 01.04.07 12:51 pm |
I agree completely. That 3-stripe thing has a lot of annoying occurences in sports. I would go find example pictures but I don’t have that kind of time right now. There are numerous Addidas schools whose coaches wear the addidas polos with the three stripes down the side of the sleeves. The three stripes are about 3 inches long just on the middle of the short sleeves. NBA warmups have the stripes down the bottom of the warmup pants and up the back of the neck. They put their stripes down the length of legs of a number of college basketball schools, down the length of the arms on the shooting shirts as well. I could go on an on. It would be fine if they just put their addidas three stripes logo on the chest, maybe on the back or on the hip of pants. But they go and emblazon the entire article with their corporate seal. You don’t see Nike turning their pants into one giant Swoosh.
#70 by WVU Tom on 01.04.07 12:51 pm |
Do the O’s have grooming standards? I am aware of the Yankee’s policies, but was not aware of any in “Bal-mer”. Raffy used to always sport a ’stache.
I did find it odd that Perlozzo wasn’t there. It seems that if the team had decided not to bring him back we would all know about it by now, perhaps he was just unavailable(?)
I doubt Huff brings any magic to this lineup, and I certainly don’t see any reason why this season should be any different from one of recent past, but…”GO O’s! — Orioles Magic…Feel it Happen!”
#71 by Thorold Blair on 01.04.07 12:54 pm |
Those aren’t socks, they’re gaiters
#72 by Jeff B on 01.04.07 12:56 pm |
Personally, I like Notre Dame–but I fail to see why they should have their own “clause†in the BCS selection process.
$$$$$
#73 by Jeff B on 01.04.07 1:00 pm |
Personally, I like Notre Dame–but I fail to see why they should have their own “clause†in the BCS selection process.
and they dont have a conference
#74 by Matt B on 01.04.07 1:00 pm |
Those aren’t socks, they’re gaiters
I stand corrected. They’re still wacky, though!
#75 by Miguel on 01.04.07 1:03 pm |
Arkansas was a “solid” team? Are we talking about the same Arkansas team that came in on a two-game losing streak?
I’m gonna have to say that Wisconsin was right where they belonged - in a second-tier bowl.
#76 by WVU Tom on 01.04.07 1:06 pm |
I understand that, and many times they ARE the right team to go to a BCS game–but I still think they should have to do what everyone else does: win the games necessary to get you there.
Plus, why aren’t they in a conference? Isn’t that their choice?
#77 by ard on 01.04.07 1:10 pm |
NOT REMOTELY UNI RELATED but entertaining nonetheless… drew bledsoe blog
#78 by Jeff B on 01.04.07 1:17 pm |
Plus, why aren’t they in a conference? Isn’t that their choice?
They’re not in a conference because they can still play teams, recruit, and play in good bowl games and not have to share any of the money with a conference. Their other teams notably mens basketball couldn’t do those things and so they joined the Big East.
#79 by Pedro on 01.04.07 1:22 pm |
Does anyone have any update on which USC Song Girl belongs to that great BUTT???
I say it’s Alli, based on the side profile the noses seem to match.
Someone with HD and TIVO has to be able to figure it out.
#80 by WVU Tom on 01.04.07 1:23 pm |
EXACTLY! So they shouldn’t moan if the BCS selection process works against them for being independent. It’s ND’s choice.
Conference teams may have an advantage in that each one gets an automatic BCS game, but every year there are a few VERY good teams that finsish 2nd or even 3rd in their conference and don’t have the “clauses” built in to get them to a BCS game.
#81 by Miguel on 01.04.07 1:26 pm |
Quinn has some kind of fascination with the adidas logo. He wears the logoed chin shield thingie (which I can’t even find online), the adidas logo towel, and he even circles the logo on his “wrist coach”.
#82 by Pat on 01.04.07 1:28 pm |
OK, this whole thing has just officially reached creepy….
#83 by Jeff B on 01.04.07 1:33 pm |
EXACTLY! So they shouldn’t moan if the BCS selection process works against them for being independent. It’s ND’s choice.
Conference teams may have an advantage in that each one gets an automatic BCS game, but every year there are a few VERY good teams that finsish 2nd or even 3rd in their conference and don’t have the “clauses†built in to get them to a BCS game.
Yes. But far more people will sit down and watch ND vs anyone than Rutgers or LSU. Bottom line is ad dollars.
#84 by Burrill on 01.04.07 1:37 pm |
Looking at this picture of a member of the Blackhawks’ ice crew, is that a Bud Light logo I see on the skirt?
Did any of the other ice crews feature a sponsor logo on an outfit?
#85 by WVU Tom on 01.04.07 1:39 pm |
Hey, I’m not trying to argue with you, but rather play devil