I just wanted to say i loved your article yesterday about the new NHL uniforms… You nailed it perfectly. I only wish you would mentioned the toronto pajamas.

I hope high up people are listening.

CV said:

David said:

Lukas, why do you seem to be in love with white jerseys and dark pants? NO, NO, NO, NO! That is totally GROSS! Iowa State should wear gold pants both home and away with a gold helmet.

I’m with Lukas.

White jerseys and dark pants ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS looks better than white on white (aka, the milkman look, alternatively, the baseball uni look). The white on gold are OK, but I like the white on red better.

I disagree. In the NFL, white-on-white looks fantastic, and under no circumstances should pants be any color aside from white, yellow, gold, silver or gray.

In college, it is ok to be flashy and wear pants of any color, so long as there is not a monochrome look working.

I’m generally not a fan of white on white, but that is Oregon’s ONLY decent combo. And once a year or so, Florida State wears white pants on the road, which looks pretty sharp. The ONLY way FSU can screw up their unis is by breaking out the awful looking garnet pants.

About Iowa State: I don’t like how they really focused on the word “state.” It’s the most generic “team name” in college football history. Need a fake football pennant on the wall in the background of your movie? Just take a triangular piece of paper and write “State” on it. Need a fake team name for Alfalfa when he dreams about playing football in your Little Rascals episode? Just write “STATE” on a T-shirt and throw a number below it. And the “I” behind it: the most generic-looking letter there is. If I see them on TV, I’ll be yelling “fake” at the screen.

And for the guy who was looking for rookie hazing pics, if you want, I can send you a shot I took of some Twins pitcher with a purple backpack tonight at Fenway.

For those who quit paying attention, the NHL Tournament of Logos ended on a sad note. No, the Lightning didn’t win.

Apparently a couple of computer-savvy bozos wrote scripts to vote repeatedly, artificially driving up the vote count for both finalists (Canadiens v Blues). The owner of the site took down the tournament indefinitely, noticing 60,000 votes cast in 30,000 site visits.

(insert joke on American political system)

A sad day for democracy.

Not that anyone was probably wondering anyway, but I am giving that poll another shot. It ain’t over ’til it’s over.

http://nhllogos.blog...

Chris
NHLToL

They have the Yankees, The Phillies, and the Padres as well. I guess they are prepared to sell as soon as someone clinches.

As for the scotland shirts, the panels around the shoulders are not in fact grey, they are made up of a honeycomb patterned rubber layer which is finished in White. I just got mine tonight (OK, I went for the white version as it looks nicer…) and was surprised to see that, rather than just being a rubberised screen print – as you get on the replicas – it’s actually about 1mm (about 1/16th”) thick and appears to be an actual sheet of honeycomb fused to ther surface – it I get the chance I’ll try to take some photos.

As for the piping etc, it’s the standard Canterbury Pro Shirt this year, as worn durign the World Cup by Scotland (Navy), Ireland (Emerald), South Africa (Bottle), Australia (Gold) and Japan (Cherry & White Hoops). In addition to this, all the training gear carries the same panelling, including that of Portsmouth in the EPL.

Sorry for no links but I couldn’t get them to work today…