Very interesting day in the world of college football uniforms yesterday, starting with the LSU/Tulane hurricane relief ensembles shown above. I didn’t mind the white helmets, and I was actually impressed with how sharp the pelican/rising phoenix design looked, but the quotation mark flags on the LSU side looked a little ridiculous.
Of course, the most ridiculous outfit of the day was thrown on by the Minnesota Golden Gophers, who decided to go pee on themselves all yellow/gold against OSU. I know we talk about the Wisconsin all-red, the Syracuse all-orange, and the numerous all-black outfits being bad, but Minnesota takes the cake as the worst ever. –Vince
#1 by David on 09.30.07 10:39 am |
No post about the pink unis Paul promised on Friday?
#2 by Matteo on 09.30.07 10:39 am |
On their way to their 5th straight victory, Cincinnati -who pulls off the all-black well – played another team who pulls off the all-black well, San Diego State.
Cheer Cincy
#3 by Matteo on 09.30.07 10:40 am |
Sorry. Picture here:
http://www.sanmateod...
#4 by Kyle O. on 09.30.07 10:41 am |
Where are the pink uniforms?
#5 by Vince Grzegorek on 09.30.07 10:43 am |
David said:
They did not wear them. Look here.
You can see in the background that the endzones are painted pink though.
#6 by Stuby on 09.30.07 10:44 am |
Oregon also looked pretty damned awful, but I guess we’re used to that by know. They pretty much blended into the turf on my crappy hotel TV.
#7 by Dave W on 09.30.07 10:47 am |
We here at Wisconsin have been calling the Gophers the “Golden Showers” for years already, at least at hockey games. Yikes.
Thank God the Badgers appear to have ditched the all red look.
#8 by Stuby on 09.30.07 10:48 am |
The Oregon Ducks also looked pretty damned awful, but I guess we’re used to that by know. They pretty much blended into the turf on my crappy hotel TV.
#9 by Stuby on 09.30.07 10:50 am |
I just noticed in that pic I post of Cal v. Oregon that DeSean Jackson looks to have two jerseys on. What’s the deal with that?
#10 by Bendert on 09.30.07 10:52 am |
i was just wondering, having noticed that it seems that every NCAA lineman wears the huge metal kneebraces, who requires the lineman to wear them? Is is a conference rule, team rule, or just personal choice?
#11 by SuperJon on 09.30.07 11:01 am |
Bendert said:
Most of the athletic trainers require the players to wear the braces. My school (Liberty University) has all of the linemen in knee braces and every player wears ankle braces.
#12 by Bendert on 09.30.07 11:05 am |
thanks
#13 by T.J. on 09.30.07 11:07 am |
Someone on ESPN said of the Gopher’s all-gold look “If Minnesota ever played Syracuse in these uniforms, your TV would explode.”
#14 by Kyle From CC on 09.30.07 11:08 am |
I was really surprised at how good washingtons uniforms looked last night. Especially the helmets.
Aslo, check out stafon johnsons undershirt sleeves (and what looks like an unbuckled belt.)
#15 by Kyle From CC on 09.30.07 11:10 am |
I think my post just got eaten
#16 by Mike Engle on 09.30.07 11:11 am |
Stuby said:
Probably a special teamer that needs to avoid a jersey number conflict. In NCAA football, there are plenty of duplicate numbers on the roster, but that doesn’t matter. You can’t have two of the same number on the field at one time, so by keeping two jerseys on the player, he can always have an appropriate number for special teams play and his preferred number for other plays.
Cal-Berkeley is really sensitive to that rule because they got burnt by it once.
#17 by Billy D on 09.30.07 11:12 am |
I was at the Minnesota game last night. They warmed up in their Maroon Jerseys and when the team ran on the field I immediatly turned to my friend next to me and said “What the hell are they wearing? UniWatch is going to have a field day”
They are by far the worst uniforms I have ever seen. I don’t know why they wore them.
#18 by Justin H. on 09.30.07 11:18 am |
This is how throwbacks are supposed to look. Even the logo creep doesn’t bug me, because the UW 1960 unis are the best thing they’ve ever worn. They look like a classier version of the Irish, not that thats hard.
Wish they wore them all the time instead of that purple mess.
#19 by CJ on 09.30.07 11:18 am |
So what happened with the site? I could not access it for a while there.
#20 by Stuby on 09.30.07 11:18 am |
Mike Engle said:
Oh, I know they did that with Jahvid Best earlier in the game, but in that case they put a temp #14 jersey over his real #4 jersey. Seems weird though that DeSean Jackson would play the entire game with two jerseys on. I guess if he needed to be on the “hands team” late in the game immediately after a score, he wouldn’t have time to really change.
#21 by Vince Grzegorek on 09.30.07 11:21 am |
Kyle From CC said:
Kyle, just restored it for you.
#22 by Christopher on 09.30.07 11:22 am |
Yesterday the White Sox all wore their socks high to honor Jim Thome’s 500th home run this year.
Don’t know if this was posted yesterday…
And I’m too lazy to look for photos :)
#23 by Dave from Indy on 09.30.07 11:32 am |
My screen just blew up after looking at the Golden Shower/Gophers all yellow. I am a big fan of bad unis in baseball, see any 1970’s or 80’s unis, houston, atlanta,white sox, etc. but these are PAINFUL. Whoever came up with that cruel joke, damn you!
#24 by Stuby on 09.30.07 11:37 am |
Dave from Indy said:
I kind of like that fact that college teams can wear pretty much whatever the hell they want, as opposed to the NFL. These complete trainwrecks (Minnesota, Wisconsin in all red, Syracuse) are fun to talk about.
#25 by dn393 on 09.30.07 11:42 am |
Watching NFL pregame shows, are the NY Giants the only team who do not have “shiny” uniform pants? If so, does anyone know why?
#26 by Billy D on 09.30.07 11:42 am |
Stuby said:
I actually think these are legit third/alternate uniforms. A last year the Minnesota bookstore had a big sale in the fall and I bought a gold jersey. I planned and still do wear it in the student section when everyone else is wearing gold, but I never thought they were actual uniforms until last night.
#27 by =bg= on 09.30.07 11:49 am |
looks like the Gophers fell into a vat of mustard.
#28 by Mike on 09.30.07 11:59 am |
Speaking of the double numberered rosters, anyone else find it funny that after Auburn kicked the game winner… #18 kicked it and was being mobbed by #18.
#29 by Mike Engle on 09.30.07 12:02 pm |
dn393 said:
Uh, white isn’t exactly shiny…I don’t know where you’re going with this one.
#30 by Mike on 09.30.07 12:06 pm |
The Washington throwbacks were boring. And I know purple is hated here, but I really like the U-Dub jerseys. Purple and gold have been their colors forever, and they pull it off well.
#31 by Orange and Blue on 09.30.07 12:10 pm |
“This is how throwbacks are supposed to look.”
I only half-agree with you there, Justin….That is how ALL football uniforms should look — Simple and elegant and “manly.” Unlike the abominations of NCAA’s Oregon or the NFL’s Vikings, Falcons, Titans, and Bengals….
#32 by Justin H. on 09.30.07 12:14 pm |
Now i may agree with you on most of those, i cant stanf the Ravens, Oregon, or Bengals look, but when my Titans aren’t wearing those ridiculous ti-colored combo (white helmet with light blue jersey and dark blue pants) then I think they look f’n sweet. I hear too much about their unis in a bad way. They don’t have the boooorrring hard-block uni numbers liek every other frickin team in the NFL, and they aren’t boring. Ok i’m done ranting.
#33 by S Bennett on 09.30.07 12:20 pm |
Justin H. said:
I like the font of the number. Otherwise, Meh. It looks Notre Dame wannabe. Considering my bewilderment for “Fightin’ Irish mania” that sweeps the nation, I’d rather not see any references to the pompous entity that is Notre Dame.
SB
#34 by Orange and Blue on 09.30.07 12:25 pm |
#32, Justin,
Y’know, I see a lot of people defending the Titans uniform, so I guess I am in the minority there…But we agree on the others…Plus, I knida like the Ravens uniform, so I guess that makes us even!
#35 by ben on 09.30.07 12:37 pm |
The Gold jerseys look really good on Gophers B-Ball and Gophers hockey (I think it has to do with the “dazzle” fabric those sports use), but looks horrid on the football field.
Which is too bad, since our uniforms (for all sports) are all classic, clean cut looks.
#36 by Drew McKay on 09.30.07 12:40 pm |
those Minnestoa jerseys looked pretty awesome and those LSU jerserys looked like someone quit halfway through making them
#37 by bruce on 09.30.07 12:44 pm |
I think the Ravens look like ninjas when they wear all black.
#38 by Mike Engle on 09.30.07 12:47 pm |
Titans: shoulders need work. Looks like a hockey jersey with the sleeves cut off. Would like to see a little more red to a) bring out the red in the helmet logo, b) call some attention to Tennessee, which has a lot of red in its state flag, and c) acknowledge the Houston Oilers history (and the powder blue doesn’t hurt either).
Ravens: one of the most underachieving uniforms in the league. A really cool number font and the best sleeve patch in the four major sports nearly get flushed down the crapper with the black leotard and/or body suit look they sport too often. They need some sock stripes in the worst way. Maybe some Vegas gold pants to bring out the number trim.
I refuse to bad-mouth the Titans and Ravens uniforms because they look great when compared to such monstrosities as the Bengals, Vikings, Cardinals, and Bills.
#39 by JJD on 09.30.07 12:49 pm |
SuperJon said:
Auburn’s punter was wearing one on his elbow last night. I thought that looked really odd.
#40 by JJD on 09.30.07 12:51 pm |
Mike said:
Except, you know, for that period if time when their jerseys weren’t purple and looked like the throwbacks they wore last night.
#41 by Mike Engle on 09.30.07 12:55 pm |
JJD said:
But that “navy” is known as Northwestern purple. Yes, quite odd. Maybe that’s as close as they could get to purple back in those days. (Remember how the Redskins got “Lombardi burgundy” uniforms with the yellow helmets and pants? Maybe we have an analogous situation here.)
#42 by Kevin on 09.30.07 12:56 pm |
one number font i have always liked if this from the columbus cottonmouths minor league team. they have since gone away from these numbers though.
#43 by Kris McInnis on 09.30.07 1:00 pm |
Mike said:
Here’s a picture of Burns and Byrum. Peculiar, but it’s what you get when you field so many freshman.
#44 by Mike Engle on 09.30.07 1:01 pm |
Kevin said:
Wow, that’s definitely on the stupid side of the Good or Stupid TestTM, but for a minor league team, that stupid might be a good thing.
#45 by apm on 09.30.07 1:03 pm |
The Vikings are making up for last night’s Gophers fashion disaster by wearing 1970-era throwbacks today. They’re inducting Chuck Foreman into the “Ring of Honor” at halftime.
#46 by Kyle O. on 09.30.07 1:06 pm |
Bendert said:
Team Policy typically
#47 by TD on 09.30.07 1:07 pm |
re: vikes The helmets are throwbacks as well, going back to the 2-D horn design they had.. um.. two years ago, with gray cages.
And, as usual, the Metrodome lights make the jersey and helmet pantones appear mismatched.
#48 by Stuby on 09.30.07 1:08 pm |
Mike Engle said:
How the hell did they do a 4? That would have to be a pretty bendy snake. But I guess if you can turn a snake into a D, anything’s possible.
#49 by Wayne on 09.30.07 1:15 pm |
The Vikings’ throwbacks are making me miss the pre-monstrosity unis (pre-2006) even more than usual. Maybe they should wear throwbacks every week now.
I hope the Vikings ownership wakes up and decides to revert to the former design, and bring back the gray facemasks! This look would be great every week.
#50 by Tim McCabe on 09.30.07 1:28 pm |
Wayne said:
I 100% agree — the Vikings throwbacks are a thing of beauty (even if Paul doesn’t like Purple :-).
If the Gophers ever dare to wear the gold jerseys again, at least wear the maroon pants with them. WAY too much gold/yellow last night.
#51 by Stuby on 09.30.07 1:33 pm |
Tim McCabe said:
Then you end up with this look. I’d almost prefer to have the all gold. Maybe the all golds would look a little better outside in natural light. Maybe.
#52 by Chris on 09.30.07 1:42 pm |
Knowing how the Vikings ownership is, they’ll probably experiment with a new jersey look. An alternate if you will. I can see it now, solid yellow with purple lettering, and yellow stripes on the pants. I think that’ll beat U of Minn for the worst jerseys in the nation.
#53 by Luke Larson on 09.30.07 1:45 pm |
watching the lions-bears game. tatum bell just got tackled, and the back of his pants ripped open. his right butt cheek is hanging out. sorry (not actually,) no screen shot.
#54 by Jason on 09.30.07 1:48 pm |
hah I just saw the tatum bell thing too. Hilarious.
If any Bears start some trash talk, he can just turn the other cheek.
But he’ll probably say something funny back to them anyway. He’s quite a cheeky guy.
Okay I’ll stop.
#55 by BIg L on 09.30.07 1:51 pm |
Wow, you guys are quick on the ripped pants, I ran upstairs to post and was beaten to the punch… kudos
#56 by Wayne on 09.30.07 2:07 pm |
Whoa, Chuck Foreman looks like an African-American version of Zygi Wilf! Or I guess you could say Zygi Wilf looks like a Jewish/Polish version of Chuck Foreman!
As I’m watching the Vikes game, I periodically shed tears of sadness every time I’m reminded of the Vikes’ current unis, and I also cry every time Kelly Holcomb throws the ball.
#57 by hofflalu on 09.30.07 2:13 pm |
Oh, wow, LOVE the Vikings throwbacks. Love, love, love them. A 180-degree difference from their current uniforms (which may be the worst in the NFL — and I’m a Vikings fan saying this). Absolutely, positively, definitely should be their regular unis. Now they actually look like “The Minnesota Vikings.”
#58 by Tim McCabe on 09.30.07 2:23 pm |
Stuby said:
I hope we never find out….
#59 by JMC on 09.30.07 2:26 pm |
Stuby said:
I actually don’t think that’s what it was. Last week someone (maybe Paul) posted a pic of him with his jersey tucked into his belt. It appeared to me as I watched the game that he had a belt on tied around his stomach, and that the way the jersey was tucked into it, it caused the top of the jersey and the bottom to become misaligned.
#60 by Stuby on 09.30.07 2:37 pm |
JMC said:
Looking at the picture again, it almost looks like it could be a Cal basketball jersey. It doesn’t really look like a belt, though.
#61 by Talon Lardner on 09.30.07 2:41 pm |
Orange and Blue said:
I disagree completely. While the plain look can be pulled off well, when a whole league does it like your idea, it would turn out completely, boring, and bland. It’s not elegant when there is nothing to admire on the jersey. I enjoy the Bengal’s striped jerseys and helmet since they tie in greatly to their mascot. I’d buy their jersey if I wasn’t a college student.
#62 by Go Cyclones on 09.30.07 2:46 pm |
SuperJon said:
Agreed…I used to be part of my school’s Athletic Training program, and every lineman was required to wear knee braces. Training isn’t just about taking care of injuries, it’s a lot of prevention as well. Most of the guys getting down into a stance across the country on Saturdays have never had major knee problems, and the braces are there to keep it that way. Also, at my school, every player except the kickers is required to get their ankles taped before every practice and game and quite a few opt to wear ankle braces although those aren’t required.
#63 by Rich O on 09.30.07 2:55 pm |
With the White Sox wearing their cuffs high last night- I noticed that SP Gavin Floyd was having some difficulty with his cuffs- they just weren’t staying up and would progressively work their way down his legs.
shifting topics- I noticed the Brazil women’s jerseys feature a crest with stars above it that denote the men’s World Cup wins- something that makes no sense to me. Meanwhile Germany only had 1 star over their crest for their 1 women’s World Cup win.
#64 by =bg= on 09.30.07 3:07 pm |
Cards. Vikes. Falcons.
The commonality?
They all have that stupid excessive piping. It has to go.
#65 by Manzell on 09.30.07 3:23 pm |
It seems Dolphins rookie fullback #45 Reagan Mauia has a distinct facemask – it only attaches near his eyes and has the ‘grate-like’ look Sinbad’s facemask had in ‘Necessary Roughness’. I’m trying to pull a photo, but if anyone has it please post.
Thanks,
#66 by Stuby on 09.30.07 3:26 pm |
Manzell said:
Its that same helmet a few of the Giants are wearing. I can’t remember the name, but it has been discussed quite a bit on this site. I think it is made by Schutt.
#67 by Stuby on 09.30.07 3:32 pm |
The Schutt Ion, as modeled by Brandon Jacobs. Paul did an entry about a month ago.
#68 by Dan King on 09.30.07 3:51 pm |
Stuby said:
i like how even though the facemask connects only in one spot the screws to attach it by the jaw are still there.
#69 by Stevo on 09.30.07 4:12 pm |
Stevo said:
Probably to allow players to use more conventional facemasks with them if they like, like that wleding class project LT wears.
#70 by Tom in Baltimore on 09.30.07 4:28 pm |
Mike said:
I noticed that too…hilarious!
Also, U Washington’s throwbacks were awesome, especially the number font. Anyone know what that font is called?
#71 by RJR on 09.30.07 4:32 pm |
I agree that the Vikings look great. I don’t understand how management could possibly think their new uniforms are better than what they have on today. I wish my team (the Eagles) had gone with a classic green look from the 60’s or early 70’s for their throwbacks.
#72 by schuby on 09.30.07 4:34 pm |
Kris McInnis said:
What was cooler is that the kicker did the Gator chomp after he made it. awesome
#73 by Manzell on 09.30.07 4:39 pm |
Seattle’s Seneca Wallace just received a pass from Seattle QB Matt Hassleback. Wallace, also a quarterback, was revealed to be green-dot free.
Was he wearing a separate helmet for this play? Did they remove the green dot from his regular helmet? Are they waiting until game action to add the green dot?
#74 by warren thompson on 09.30.07 4:46 pm |
RJR said:
And I wish that the Eagles still wore classic Kelly green and silver as they did in the days of yore. [But, you see, I'm a geezer who remembers when at home they wore leather helmets and played in a baseball park.]
#75 by Colin on 09.30.07 4:47 pm |
What’s worse: The Golden Gophers, or the Golden Gaels of Queen’s University, Kingston (ON)? I really can’t decide. Though my eyes have finally stopped burning since I stumbled upon yesterday’s Queen’s/Laurier game.
#76 by Stevo on 09.30.07 4:55 pm |
Stevo said:
My guess is that Seneca has 2 helmets, a “green dot” with the wireless and another without the wireless.
#77 by warren thompson on 09.30.07 4:57 pm |
warren thompson said:
warren thompson said:
{Sorry … strike the words”when at home.”
#78 by Lauren on 09.30.07 4:58 pm |
Manzell said:
The dots aren’t to denote quarterbacks. They’re on helmets that have radios (which quarterbacks wear). Since you can only have one player with a helmet radio on the field at a time, Wallace would have had a separate helmet for this play. He probably has one for quarterbacking (with a radio and dot) and one without. It would be against the league rules to scrape off the sticker from a helmet with a radio (and since this is Seattle, not New England… ;) ).
#79 by Flip on 09.30.07 5:02 pm |
Checking Washington’s Web site during the game last night, I learned that the Huskies wore navy pretty much before 1972. The excuse was that purple fabric was “generally unavailable.”
That seems like a lame excuse. Purple’s a wonderful color and looks awesome. I don’t recall a purple-clad team expressing difficulty finding fabric.
More likely, color reproduction in newspapers and magazines never could get purple down until rather recently. Back in the ’70s it was either too red or too blue.
That said, the Huskie uniforms last night looked pretty good.
#80 by rich on 09.30.07 5:12 pm |
Paul, If you have quelled the urge to slit your wrists over the Mets, perhaps seeing that a black offering on this site will make you reconsider giving it all up.
#81 by Mike Engle on 09.30.07 5:15 pm |
Flip said:
I’d like to use this opportunity to take a cheap shot at Majestic. Why the bloody hell can’t you get the right gray fabric for Cool-Base?
Colin said:
I go to McGill, so I have to say that anything Queen’s is absolutely horrific. Those uniforms are definitely prison-worthy. There are seven prisons in Kingston, so send them to one.
#82 by Brien on 09.30.07 5:21 pm |
Don’t think this has been posted yet (at least, the search tells me it hasn’t), but here’s the Hurricanes tenth anniversary patch. Looks pretty good, I think, and I really love the hurricane flags worked into the banner.
#83 by DenverGregg on 09.30.07 5:22 pm |
Uni banter in bottom 7th of the Rox game. Kaz Matsui came to bat wearing the “grape candy” batting gloves, but still had a pair of gloves in his pocket. He puts them on over batting gloves for baserunning to protect his fingers in head-first slide situations. Sadly he didn’t reach base.
#84 by Mike Engle on 09.30.07 5:33 pm |
Brien said:
It’s been discussed on previous days.
It’s a tasteful patch that’s well done, but if you think about it, it’s kind of funny that they use tropical storm flags (one square instead of two). Oh well. Artistic liberties, I guess. And a patch can only be so big without looking cluttered.
#85 by griffin on 09.30.07 5:42 pm |
no, desean definately has his jersey tucked into his belt. a speed wide receiver like him would never wear two jerseys, guys wear as little clothing as possible just look at the skin tight spandex pants.
#86 by rev. keith on 09.30.07 5:51 pm |
i was disgusted by the all gold u of m uni’s. BUT, i must give a major shout out to the vikings throwbacks. i realize that paul hates purple, but these are classic. for the life of me, i can’t understand why they changed. the vikes should at least use these as 3rd jerseys.
what do you think?
#87 by Manzell on 09.30.07 6:03 pm |
I feel certain (for no particular reason) that Wallace has one helmet with one radio, and that infact both Hasselback and Wallace both had radio’s on the field for a few plays.
I don’t think the Seahawks were cheating, or that Wallace’s helmet radio was used; I just think that Seneca has only one helmet (like every other player…)
#88 by john on 09.30.07 6:15 pm |
Mike Engle said:
I think he’s saying that the Giants’ pants don’t have any sort of SHEEN to them like most teams pants. In a way he’s right about some teams being SHINY.
#89 by Stevo on 09.30.07 6:22 pm |
I think Seneca’s a special case, since he is a “slash” player, playing WR as well as being the backup QB, which would justify him having 2 identical helmets, one wireless and one plain.
#90 by Pretty Boy Paulie on 09.30.07 6:39 pm |
Talon Lardner said:
YUPP!!! You hit on the head. I like the mixture of traditional/simple uni’s and futuristic/modern uni’s. I ESPECIALLY LOVE IT when teams combine modern and old school together!
LONG LIVE THE OREGON DUCKS UNIFORM!!!!!
#91 by bj on 09.30.07 7:25 pm |
Vince Grzegorek said:
The only things that were supposed to be pink were: RIBBONS painted in the end zones
SHIRTS for NMSU coaches
HELMET STICKERS, SOCKS for Aggie players
#92 by Stuby on 09.30.07 7:30 pm |
Flip said:
Color pictures in newspapers weren’t really that common until the 80s. I remember when SI still published quite a few B&W photos and I’m not that old – relatively.
But it does seem like an odd excuse. If the Vikings could get purple jerseys in the early 60s, why couldn’t UW?
#93 by Jesse on 09.30.07 7:55 pm |
I’m a Gopher season ticket holder and had heard rumors we were going Gold/Gold against tOSU. When they ran out of the tunnel, my initial reaction was to cringe. However, as the game went on, they actually grew on me. They looked much better in person than they did on TV or in print. As far as the mis-matched gold look, you only noticed that on the white guys. The colors looked matched on the rest of the team. One more note…look out for maroon/maroon against Wisconsin. That’s the other rumor.
#94 by skol vikings on 09.30.07 8:04 pm |
Go Cyclones said:
I am also a part of my school’s athletic training program (Minnesota no less!) We outfit all offensive lineman with knee braces, most schools do the same thing. Every player either has their ankles taped or wears braces for practices or games. As far as the jerseys go, they looked really nice in the locker room before they went with the gold pants, and are nice looking jerseys just possibly with another pants color, such as white, or else add a stripe or something.
#95 by Trevor Kruger on 09.30.07 8:33 pm |
Stuby said:
personally, I think that they would look good with maroon pants. and that Cal looks good with the gold/navy combo. as for the Vikings, I’m going to say the same thing I said about Iowa State: how they don’t keep that look is beyond me.
#96 by Stuby on 09.30.07 8:39 pm |
Trevor Kruger said:
The same could be said for the Niners, Bills and Chargers.
#97 by Trevor Kruger on 09.30.07 8:39 pm |
Colin said:
I painfully regret clicking on that link.
#98 by My Name is Not Earl on 09.30.07 8:47 pm |
The Saints didn’t play today (thankfully, so at least they couldn’t lose again), but I did notice that David Patten, a receiver, wears #81. That number supposedly is retired for Doug Atkins, who played for the Saints the last three years of his career, the first three years of the New Orleans franchise. Seems somewhat odd, especially considering other numbers in the 80s are available.
But the Saints have always been odd; Atkins and Jim Taylor have their numbers retired, but Archie Manning and Sam Mills do not (though nobody on the Saints has worn 8 since Manning was traded away). Nobody is wearing Rickey Jackson’s 57, but I doubt the Saints will retire the number of a guy who owes over $150,000 in child support.
#99 by dn393 on 09.30.07 8:50 pm |
Mike Engle said:
How about this then- does anyone know why the NY Giants’ grey uniform pants are not “shiny” like most other teams?
#100 by DannyB on 09.30.07 8:52 pm |
griffin said:
I’m not with ya there… Look at that pic again. Whatever is below the “tuck” line is not close to matching up with his game jersey.
#101 by Mike from Queens on 09.30.07 9:06 pm |
My Name is Not Earl said:
If Lawrence Taylor is in the Hall of Fame, then I’m not so sure this couldn’t happen.
#102 by durte on 09.30.07 9:15 pm |
Anyone know the MLB protocol for postseason jersey wearing?
#103 by My Name is Not Earl on 09.30.07 9:22 pm |
durte said:
Yes . . . all players must wear jerseys.
#104 by S Bennett on 09.30.07 9:27 pm |
durte said:
You don’t get to wear one if you blow a 14 game lead.
SB
#105 by Patrick on 09.30.07 9:28 pm |
The Chicago Blackhawks will have a patch to honor their late owner Bill Wirtz…
http://freewarelogo....
#106 by durte on 09.30.07 9:29 pm |
Oh, zing. It’s the 7th Marx Brother.
Yes, they must wear jerseys. But, can they pull out the fishnet jerseys? Or maybe just wrap themselves in saran wrap? Duct tape over the nipples? Alternates! Can they wear alternates!?
#107 by scott on 09.30.07 9:30 pm |
How many football and baseball teams have ever gone the full yellow look? The Minnesota Gophers reminded me a little of the 1970s Pittsburgh Pirates with their outfits Saturday.
Does MLB HAVE a protocol for postseason uniforms? I doubt it… when the Cubs and Marlins met in the NLCS in 2003, both teams matched up with their alternate tops at least once, and alternates seem to be as regular a part of the postseason as the regular season.
#108 by Stevo on 09.30.07 9:30 pm |
Stevo said:
Same as regular season.
#109 by Go Cyclones on 09.30.07 9:31 pm |
Was looking at the Schutt site for info on the new Ion that the Giants have been wearing and Paul has mentioned, and noticed something I can’t recall seeing mentioned on here–the chinstrap is designed to be pulled through the mask with all four straps attaching below the ears.
In this photo of a Giants player, the helmet has been altered to allow the strap to button above the eyes (a “high-low” hookup). But if you look on the site, it’s clear that the facemasks specifically designed for the Ion have a space large enough to slip the strap through.
#110 by durte on 09.30.07 9:31 pm |
Or, the battered Mets have to wear black (and blue). I’ll be here all week. Goodnight everybody!
#111 by Stevo on 09.30.07 9:35 pm |
Stevo said:
It’s a Schutt helmet with a Riddell chinstrap, a strap that’s probably not designed to do what the Ion helmet wants it to do.
#112 by Matthew K on 09.30.07 9:52 pm |
My wife took one look and said “Looks like they need a little more catchup with their mustard.”
#113 by College Kid on 09.30.07 9:53 pm |
Stevo said:
Most teams use Riddell straps, regardless of whether or not the Schutt helmets come with a Schutt strap or not. I work in an equipment room and when we put together new helmets, all of them get the Riddell straps. We throw away the Schutt straps because as far as safety goes, they don’t hold up compared to Riddell. Appearance wise, they are essentially the same–four straps, hard or soft cup, but material and strength wise they are not the same quality.
Only one player on our team wears the DNA (he has a massive head and the DNA is the only one that fits), and we’re attempting to phase everyone into the Riddell Revolution because of their safety ranking. Just a few years back I believe most of the team was 80% Schutt and now approx 80% is in Riddell helmets.
#114 by dn393 on 09.30.07 10:00 pm |
Stevo said:
Questions come to mind: if the helmet was altered after it left the factory, does that void any type of warranty? Were the snaps (buttons?) installed by the Giants and is that permitted by Schutt? I’m really not sure if they assume any type of liability for wearing the helmet in a different way from how it was manufactured.
#115 by tc on 09.30.07 10:02 pm |
Not sure if this has been posted…
PSU sues another school over logo copyright issues
BTW, GO PHILLIES!!
#116 by tc on 09.30.07 10:03 pm |
Not sure if this has been posted…
PSU sues another school over logo copyright.
BTW…
GO PHILLIES!!!
#117 by tc on 09.30.07 10:04 pm |
oops.
sorry for the double post.
GO PHILLIES!
#118 by griffin on 09.30.07 10:08 pm |
DannyB said:
ok you convinced me, now that i look at it again, that its not tucked into his belt. but i play d3 college football and my team happens to have the same nike jerseys as cal and, trust me, there is no way you can stretch two of those jerseys over shoulder pads. before games there are sometimes two guys helping another guy get his jersey over his pads. i dont know whats going on but i can almost guarantee you hes only wearing one jersey.
#119 by Stevo on 09.30.07 10:13 pm |
Stevo said:
That cougar looks so much like the Nitany Lion it’s a no-brainer. Then again, Ice Ice Baby sounded a lot like Under Pressure but Vanilla Ice said it wasn’t cause of that “itty bitty change”.
And now sing with me, “Go Cubs Gooooooooo, Go Cubs Goooooooooo”.
#120 by Stuby on 09.30.07 10:15 pm |
So, there are 3 teams from the NL West still alive, and none of them are the Giants or Dodgers?
I guess I could look at it this way: the Mets would have been 4th in the NL West.
#121 by Nolan on 09.30.07 10:22 pm |
dn393 said:
Some might want to look closely at that Schutt stock photo again, the chinstrap (not made by riddell) is designed to go through an integral hole in the facemask and then connect in a low hookup point, it’s wild (and regardless of manufacturer a chinstrap can do what that photo shows.)
I’m sure there is no problem using the high hookups from a function standpoint. The small holes used to fasten the snaps aren’t going to make a helmet weak enough to make a difference. Schutt might not be too happy that their innovative design is being circumvented though.
#122 by Kris McInnis on 09.30.07 10:31 pm |
And so I take a moment to breathe a sigh of relief. Auburn has revealed the ’special uniform’ that was hinted at before the season. Auburn will be wearing throwback helmets and road whites at home this Saturday to commemorate the ‘57 national championship team. It’s not all that big of a deal considering the uniform has hardly changed in 50 years. But I like subtlety, because it could have been worse…
#123 by Chitown Joe on 09.30.07 10:37 pm |
A hilarious direct video link to the Cubs rookie hazing costumes. here
#124 by Bryan S on 09.30.07 10:37 pm |
I don’t know if anyone saw this, but last night at the Mets game, someone was holding a “lets go Nats” sign… can anyone find a picture of this?
#125 by UW justin on 09.30.07 10:38 pm |
Stuby said:
I believe some of it had to do with cost effectiveness. I imagine purple dye that was of a quality to not bleed and fade quickly was pretty expensive. It would be reasonable to assume the budget for the pro team would be greater than that of a public institution.
#126 by lemonverbena on 09.30.07 10:46 pm |
Mike Engle said:
it’s NORTHWEST purple, as in, Pacific Northwest. UW is no more in the “Northwestern” region than Boston College is in the “New English” region.
i thought they looked great too, but this is the best uniform they’ve every worn.
#127 by Adam on 09.30.07 10:47 pm |
Tomlinson had the vader mask on today…anybody got a pic of that?
#128 by Nolan on 09.30.07 11:05 pm |
Adam said:
Google had some…weird huh?
It’s the same one he’s had all year (except for that training camp mask which was a little different than this one.)
#129 by Stuby on 09.30.07 11:14 pm |
lemonverbena said:
They did a good job of reproducing the original, except for that pesky swoosh. That Bob Schloredt looks to be about 37 years old.
#130 by john on 09.30.07 11:35 pm |
dn393 said:
It’s just the material. I’m guessing it was done to mimic the matte colors of the oldern days.
#131 by Jason on 09.30.07 11:37 pm |
The Bills will be wearing their throwbacks against the Cowboys next Monday night and later in the year against the Patriots….
#132 by ginsk on 09.30.07 11:54 pm |
“But the Saints have always been odd; Atkins and Jim Taylor have their numbers retired, but Archie Manning and Sam Mills do not (though nobody on the Saints has worn 8 since Manning was traded away). Nobody is wearing Rickey Jackson’s 57, but I doubt the Saints will retire the number of a guy who owes over $150,000 in child support”
Archie’s 8 and jacksons 57 are retired, their names and numbers hang from banners in the dome (along with pete maravich’s #7). atkins and taylor i think are unofficially retired
mills should be up there, i dont know why he is nto
#133 by Josh on 09.30.07 11:56 pm |
Anyone who claims that the Golden Gophers sported the worst uniforms ever didn’t see Pitt rock the all-gold last year. To make matters worse, the pants were a different shade of gold than the shirts, which were a different shade than the helmets, which were a different shade than the pants! Fortunately, I won’t supply a link. You’re welcome.
#134 by David on 10.01.07 12:01 am |
Sportscenter just showed a close of up LT’s helmet, and what do you know, no American Flag
#135 by tom on 10.01.07 12:24 am |
im a mets fan so i cant wait to here all of the yankees fans tomorrow. i remember 2004 wen the yankees choked to blow the 3 game lead. just 1 strike away
#136 by Mike Engle on 10.01.07 12:34 am |
tom said:
At least we made the playoffs that year, and at least we don’t have a sh*tload of stupid alternate jerseys with an ungodly amount of black. I’ll take a four game losing streak over pissing away a seven game lead with seventeen left any day (not that the four game losing streak is a good thing, especially that one time in particular).
Clean up your act, Pond Scum. And welcome to Infamy’s History Book.
#137 by TD on 10.01.07 12:45 am |
The Rockies came home and lost on Friday in the pinstripe CR vests, then won yesterday and today in the awful black vests.
So. Expect the black vests tomorrow. And the Padres wore blue today and lost, so I’d guess we’ll see regular sand roadies.
At least the road portion of the streak featured the standard road grays – that was nice. No sign of the Grimace costumes in weeks.
#138 by Toivo on 10.01.07 12:51 am |
I, for the life of me, can not figure out why most people on this site like the most boring uniforms on the planet. I can see the merits of some of them, but honestly most of you get up in arms about something like the Syracuse all-orange get up when, the team name is…wait for it…THE ORANGE. Shit, I hope they wear orange socks next time, and take the S and stripe off their helmet so their heads look like oranges, then play in the Orange Bowl while their orange mascot runs around the field selling bags of oranges to their orange-clad fans. I don’t even really care about Syracuse but there is always a place in my heart to look different on the field. I’m just going to anxiously wait for the day when the Seahawks cut the BS and rock a Neon Green jersey a la the Orlando Thunder.
#139 by Douzoglou Grandes Ligas on 10.01.07 2:11 am |
lemonverbena said:
Look at the picture of Sonny closely and you can see that UW would repaint their helmets (after every game I would assume) just like ND (or at least like ND in the movie Rudy). The top of the facemask as well as the sides leading up to the top are painted gold… very interesting.
#140 by DJ on 10.01.07 7:18 am |
Look at the picture of Sonny closely and you can see that UW would repaint their helmets (after every game I would assume) just like ND (or at least like ND in the movie Rudy).
Notre Dame still paints their helmets before every game. The only change in the tradition is that they do it on Monday nights now, as opposed to Thursday or Friday. This is because they have separate practice and game helmets.
In a hockey-related matter, Reebok should be given some credit for actually getting the Blackhawk replica jersey right. For years, the “C” in the shoulder patch would be improperly rendered as sans serif. They got it right now. Now if only the Hawks would insist on it in their print/web versions…
#141 by Kartor Hol on 10.03.07 1:58 am |
Hmmm I kind of liked the all yellow the Gophers wore..but I reckon I like color lol