Hey, new guy — it’s called Saturday Open Thread.
I know, I know. But it’s time to break the mold, think outside the box, and play one game at a time. Something like that, anyway. So, at the dawn of this brave new era, I give you Gregory vs. Emory/Ethan in the South Dakota Class 9AA championship game. That’s nine-man football if you’re keeping track at home. And I’m happy to report that the Seahawks won, 33-14.
Have a good Saturday, folks. — Bryan
#1 by Taha on 11.10.07 7:57 am |
seahawks guy is wearing under armor glove and nike elbow pad. This game looks like it was played indoors. is there a dome in SOuth Dakota?
#2 by StevieW on 11.10.07 7:58 am |
I’ve always liked that old school seahawks logo better. Nice to see it back.
Congratulations on your first two games as Bench Coach. I like that title as well.
Cheers
Stevie
#3 by Ben on 11.10.07 7:59 am |
from a 1950’s ad for a car
#4 by Teebz on 11.10.07 8:24 am |
Wow… earliest post ever on a Saturday. Or maybe it’s just the earliest I’ve ever been up? :o)
Bryan, just wanna throw in that you’re doing a great job. Vinny was awesome too, so keep at it, gents.
The hockey wing of Uni Watch salutes its new curator. :o)
#5 by Brendan on 11.10.07 8:35 am |
Shouldn’t the stripes wrap all the way around the back of the helmet?
And where exactly is the sea in South Dakota?
#6 by Bryan Redemske on 11.10.07 9:12 am |
Yes, there is a dome in South Dakota — it’s in Vermillion and called the Dakota Dome. It’s the teflon bubble type, like the Metrodome. And the Dakota Dome was modeled after the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa, home of the University of Northern Iowa. I know too much about domes.
Thanks for the kudos, guys. Vince set the bar pretty high.
#7 by Vincent A. Cipollone on 11.10.07 9:20 am |
Brendan said:
You would be correct.
#8 by Jeff E. on 11.10.07 9:49 am |
You know your state has a small population when you have Class 9AA in high school sports. I do like both of those unis though.
#9 by Jeff E. on 11.10.07 9:52 am |
StevieW said:
I like the new Seahawk logo better. Having said that, I wish they would have kept their old color scheme, blue-green-silver.
#10 by Jeremy on 11.10.07 10:00 am |
And in Madison, the University of Wisconsin is thinking about suing for the game in the picture…
#11 by Stevo on 11.10.07 10:10 am |
Bryan Redemske said:
Not only are you a uni geek, you’re a stadium geek, my kind of guy. It should be noted that the UNI Dome no longer has its Teflon, it was replaced with a more sturdy structure a few years ago.
#12 by muskiejim on 11.10.07 10:12 am |
[sarcasm] Dammit, Bryan! I really needed to know something about Cleveland! Where the hell is Vince? [/sarcasm]
#13 by Mike Miller on 11.10.07 10:23 am |
Interesting branding development in Muncie, Indiana last night. Something you rarely see in DI Hoops. Ball State was wearing Nike uniforms but had adidas shoes and played with an adidas ball.
Flip through the photo gallery to see for yourself.
Butler-Ball State Photo Gallery
#14 by TheUnknownStuntman on 11.10.07 10:25 am |
Gregory is missing the stripe down the middle.
And speaking of UGA–strong rumor in Georgia is that the Dawgs will be sporting black jerseys. That hasn’t happened since the 40s or maybe 50s.
#15 by ThresherK on 11.10.07 10:27 am |
Ben said:
That site is a great find!
Illustration for its own sake is a lost art. In this era it seems everyone working with computers strives towards one goal: To make everything hyper-photographic. Sometimes, realer isn’t better.
#16 by Marty Met on 11.10.07 11:03 am |
Jeremy said:
Another “W” rip off. Wayne Hills H.S. (Wayne NJ)
#17 by Dan on 11.10.07 11:09 am |
Georgia is definitely adding to the black jersey theory themselves.
#18 by Mike Engle on 11.10.07 11:13 am |
Jeff E. said:
They would look a trillion times better if their jerseys never matched their pants. That way, one thing, but not both things, would match the helmet.
#19 by Stuby on 11.10.07 11:13 am |
Marty Met said:
The W is slanted in the opposite direction from Wisconsin. Probably not enough of a difference to stave off a lawsuit. I tried to link a pic but my post was eaten.
#20 by Eliot on 11.10.07 11:52 am |
The Woodlands High School faced a lawsuit awhile back. It had always been discussed, but I think when they played a game on ESPN, it got Wisconsin’s attention. here is the old design, here is the new one.
#21 by Ben on 11.10.07 12:03 pm |
Jeff E. said:
The only population that matters with teams is the size of the school. There are 5 player teams in Texas.
#22 by BigSky on 11.10.07 12:04 pm |
Speaking of Domes, there are only 4 domed teams in FCS (formerly I-AA) football.
North Dakota State-Fargo Dome
Northern Arizona-UNI Dome
Northern Iowa-J Lawerence Walkup Skydome
Idaho State-Holt Arena
I can’t find evidence of one FCS team playing a game in all four venues. Eastern Washington University has played in 3 of them, missing out on NDSU.
NDSU is ranked #1 in FCS but is not eligible for the playoffs because they are in their 5th year of provisional membership after their move from D-II
#23 by Stevo on 11.10.07 12:09 pm |
Ben said:
Here in Iowa we have 8-player, where only schools with high school enrollment of 150 and under can field a team. We also have 5 classes of 11-man football.
#24 by lemonverbena on 11.10.07 12:21 pm |
a thing of beauty is a joy forever.
#25 by Dave S on 11.10.07 12:22 pm |
BigSky said:
The UNI-Dome? I thought Paul was against putting Corporate names on stadiums and now he pulls this? :-)
#26 by Stevo on 11.10.07 12:24 pm |
Brendan said:
The only tigers you’ll see in Iowa are at Blank Park Zoo, but there are numerous teams here that use the Tiger as their mascot.
#27 by Stevo on 11.10.07 12:25 pm |
Dave S said:
It actually is pronounced “Uni”, as opposed to U-N-I.
#28 by Justin on 11.10.07 12:32 pm |
Ben said:
It’s actually 6 Man in Texas. They have 5 leagues of 11 man football and two leagues of 6 man. Here’s a link that breaks down all of the Texas alignments. http://www.uil.utexa...
#29 by dw438 on 11.10.07 12:32 pm |
in uniwatch news …
adidas has acquired mitchell & ness.
cnbc says the phila. based company that was behind the nba vintage jersey craze got a deal they couldn’t refuse.
#30 by FriarBolt on 11.10.07 12:38 pm |
Dave S said:
And to make things even better, the dominate color on the dome website is purple!
#31 by joe kramer on 11.10.07 12:47 pm |
UNI-Dome is in Cedar Falls, For the Northern Iowa Panthers, not in Arizona……..Iowa Represent.
#32 by Stevo on 11.10.07 12:55 pm |
joe kramer said:
I was giving him a pass, since he probably went “Oh *bleep* I got two in the wrong spot!” the second he hit the button to post.
#33 by Andrew Bolte on 11.10.07 12:56 pm |
Only four domed stadiums in the D1-CSD?
Northern Arizona might have something to say about that.
#34 by Stevo on 11.10.07 12:56 pm |
Andrew Bolte said:
Look at the post again, it’s there just transposed with the UNI-Dome.
#35 by Andrew Bolte on 11.10.07 12:58 pm |
Ugh, I just noticed that NAU was included, but you need to swap NAU with UNI to get the proper domes for the proper schools.
I’m going to go get some coffee.
#36 by Kevin on 11.10.07 1:01 pm |
Marty Met said:
I was reading American Football Monthly magazine and right on the cover of this months issue is Warren Central H.S. (Indiana) with the Wisconsing logo. Call a lawyer you Badger bitches, there is another school to sue.
http://wchs.warren.k...
#37 by Andrew Bolte on 11.10.07 1:01 pm |
Of course, soon there will be five teams in the Championship Sub-Division that will have domes…North Dakota’s moving on up with the Alerus Center in the next couple of years.
#38 by Dusty on 11.10.07 1:10 pm |
BigSky said:
Add the Carrier dome in Syracuse to that list.
#39 by Dusty on 11.10.07 1:11 pm |
Dusty said:
Unless thats a different division in college or something. Theres too many different names for the divisions and leagues for me to keep up.
#40 by Kevin on 11.10.07 1:13 pm |
No, they actually have to play in I-AA not just play like they BELONG in I-AA.
#41 by Stevo on 11.10.07 1:13 pm |
Dusty said:
Syracuse is Football Bowl Subdivision (1-A), as is Minnesota (Metrodome), Rice (Reliant Stadium occasionally) and Tulane (Superdome).
#42 by Dusty on 11.10.07 1:16 pm |
Yeah my bad, I realized all that after I posted. I should’ve done the research prior to posting.
#43 by Stevo on 11.10.07 1:23 pm |
I also need to include the Idaho Vandals on my list of 1-A dome schools, with the Kibbie Dome.
#44 by Flip on 11.10.07 2:16 pm |
Chicago Tribune has an column this morning ’bout college coaches attire inspired by this guy.
#45 by Flip on 11.10.07 2:18 pm |
Flip said:
Do wish there was an edit button.
#46 by Stephan on 11.10.07 2:38 pm |
FriarBolt said:
Wondering if UNI staning for University of Northern Iowa really is a corporate name? In the sense that the university owns the dome, sure, but the UNI-dome hasn’t sold naming rights to anyone.
#47 by Lou P. on 11.10.07 2:43 pm |
I didn’t realize that they still played 9-on-9 high school football.
#48 by Stevo on 11.10.07 2:48 pm |
Stephan said:
I think you missed the UNI-Uni joke.
#49 by Robert on 11.10.07 3:12 pm |
I believe that at least one state still features both 6-man and 8-man football.
#50 by TimInGA on 11.10.07 3:36 pm |
UGA is in black jerseys today.
#51 by Jordan on 11.10.07 3:41 pm |
Kevin said:
The Warren Central program started its modern era of success with the career of Jeff George. More notably, columnist Jason “Big Sexy” Whitlock started on the O-Line protecting George and pounding me into the eastside Indianapolis dirt in my last game of tackle football for Bloomington South (which would later have Rex Grossman lead the Panthers to a state championship).
#52 by TimInGA on 11.10.07 3:41 pm |
According to CBS, players had no idea they would be in black jersey’s. In the locker room they turned out the lights, said their prayer, and when the lights were turned back on…the black jersey’s were there and the players went nuts
#53 by Mike N. on 11.10.07 3:41 pm |
Duke wearing throwback unis against Georgia Tech today. (As usual, I am not sure if this has been reported already).
….and those UGA black jerseys are hideous.
#54 by LI Phil on 11.10.07 3:42 pm |
at least dawgs didn’t wear the black pants with the black tops…uni’s look good
/war eagle
#55 by Jeff on 11.10.07 3:45 pm |
TimInGA said:
The CBS announcers keep on saying this is the first time ever for UGA wearing black jerseys, but if you look at Frank Sinkwich’s Heisman portrait he is wearing a black jersey.
#56 by TimInGA on 11.10.07 3:51 pm |
Mike N. said:
I think the black jerseys look good. The are simple and classic looking. At least black is one of their primary colors. Stafford going with white laces today…did so against Florida, but went with black vs. Troy
#57 by Jeff on 11.10.07 3:54 pm |
LI Phil said:
I was worried too that they might pull out their rarely used black pants to complete the ballerina unitard look, but thankfully they didn’t.
#58 by Jeff on 11.10.07 4:00 pm |
TimInGA said:
I noticed the shoe-laces too. Last week Moreno went with the white shoe-laces. There was a picture posted of him in this past week’s ticker where you can see his white laces (though that’s not what the ticker item was pointing out).
#59 by Jeff on 11.10.07 4:09 pm |
I also noticed that Uga’s (the bulldog mascot) black jersey doesn’t have the Nike swoosh on it today. That’s probably the first time that’s been the case in many years. The famed Uga V (the current Uga is “VI”) was on the cover of Sports Illustarted in the 90’s and there was a swoosh on that jersey.
#60 by Fleeser on 11.10.07 4:27 pm |
A few thoughts I want to share:
1. Georgia looks great in black.
2. Wisconsin’s helmets are hideous. I hate the motion W.
3. Army has some of the nicest uniforms in all of football.
4. Michigan’s road uniforms are much better than they were in the late 90’s/early 00’s, but they were much better in the early 90’s.
5. I like some of Oregon’s football uniform combinations… and I like the whole package just for its quirkiness.
6. Illinois should use the circular Chief Illiniwek logo instead of the ILLINOIS wordmark on its football helmets.
7. Michigan State should consider white helmets with a green logo instead of the opposite.
#61 by trevor on 11.10.07 4:33 pm |
Watching Ohio State-Illinois, Buckeye wide receiver Dane Sanzenbacher has one long nameplate.
#62 by John Ekdahl on 11.10.07 4:34 pm |
Fleeser said:
P.C. Casualty
#63 by john on 11.10.07 4:47 pm |
Police in Georgia (the country, not the state) are being replaced with cartoon dogs.
#64 by Jeff on 11.10.07 4:56 pm |
trevor said:
Speaking of long names… Michigan’s Mario Manningham has a long name plate. Can’t find a picture of him from today’s game but I swear his name was almost touching the TV numbers on his sleeves.
#65 by Jeff on 11.10.07 5:00 pm |
john said:
I don’t think of cartoon dogs when I see that helmet, I see this.
#66 by John in Athens on 11.10.07 5:02 pm |
We’ve been talking about the UGA-In-Black at work today. What a strange site to see very little red amongst the masses. As far as I’m aware, the team was coy about whether or not they’d be in black (it was a fan-blackout) until they took the field. Worst kept secret, but a cool hype technique. I’d imagine that Sanford Stadium shook when the Dawgs came out.
I’ll have to watch the highlights when I get home. Until then, it’s the SI.com ticker for me!
#67 by John in Athens on 11.10.07 5:03 pm |
Jeff said:
They’re in black, too!
How ’bout them dawgs?!
#68 by Chris on 11.10.07 5:12 pm |
Bryan Redemske said:
Dakota Dome got rid of the teflon roof and put in a steel roof in 2004. Also, the University of South Dakota plays there and will be added to the teams in FCS with a dome next year as well as the University of North Dakota
#69 by Jeff on 11.10.07 5:17 pm |
John in Athens said:
It’s kind of hard to discern the crowd volume from the CBS broadcast (though it actually seems sort of quiet b/c there has been a lot of penalties, reviews and commercials).
With the exception of the Auburn visitor sections, the entire stadium is wearing black. They just showed a blimp perspective shot and it looked pretty odd.
#70 by DP on 11.10.07 5:24 pm |
I’m torn. The Georgia black combination is nice. It’s aesthetically pleasing. It looks clean. I… Just don’t like Georgia wearing black. We have a classic uniform. It just seems wrong to not go red on red on silver for a home game.
It’s a shame I had to work today instead of being able to see the game in person.
#71 by John in Athens on 11.10.07 5:38 pm |
John in Athens said:
Sorry.
I meant to quote the thing avout the Georgian police.
Long day.
#72 by TimInGA on 11.10.07 5:45 pm |
Duke Football Uni’s sure looked good
#73 by TimInGA on 11.10.07 5:46 pm |
Lookin’ good
#74 by Colin on 11.10.07 5:50 pm |
Montana has 5 classes for high school fb
AA – 11 man
A – 11 man
B – 11 man
C – 8 man
C – 6 man
#75 by MPC on 11.10.07 5:57 pm |
6. Illinois should use the circular Chief Illiniwek logo instead of the ILLINOIS wordmark on its football helmets.
Can’t/won’t happen. NCAA forced Illinois to retire any and all Illiniwek references.
Meanwhile, the Seminoles are down 20-6 to the castrated turkeys.
#76 by Marty Met on 11.10.07 5:59 pm |
BigSky said:
Aren’t the Gophers 1-AA? Ha!!!
#77 by Kris McInnis on 11.10.07 6:05 pm |
john said:
SWAT Team Goofy Action figure comes with everything you see here. Political rioters not included. Special Tear Gas Action refills sold separately.
#78 by Josh on 11.10.07 6:59 pm |
I’ve always wondered what a University of Georgia/Seattle Seahawks matchup would look like…..Not really, that would be a little odd and random.
#79 by John in Athens on 11.10.07 7:23 pm |
UGA BLACKOUT UPDATE
According to my co-workers, UGA entered the stadium in their red jeserys and changed into their black jersey’s before taking the field for the game. How ’bout them sporting dramatics!
Also, the ploy worked as the Dawgs took the Tigers to task in the last half by scoring four unanswered touchdowns in a 45-20 blowout.
At this point, I think Mark Richt could ask for a Pink-Out next week and Sanford Stadium would oblige!
#80 by Geoff on 11.10.07 7:25 pm |
I can’t find any photos yet, but it looked like Georgia had “DAWGS” on the nose bumpers of their helmets today. No idea if this was ever mentioned back when that was a popular topic, but I figured it couldn’t hurt. Add it to the list, I guess.
#81 by Minna H. on 11.10.07 7:38 pm |
I skimmed through the comments because I had to extol the virtues of my new favorite college football team–The Georgia Bulldogs. Now, I have always loved SEC football, but the Dawgs looked top-notch in their unis today. Black jerseys, red helmets, red and black stripes down the pants…I was in heaven watching. And the blackout? Fabulous. I would have felt right at home in that crowd. Well, sartorially-speaking, that is.
Go Georgia!
#82 by John in Athens on 11.10.07 7:45 pm |
Minna H. said:
Do I hear an Athens Uni Watch party coming on?
#83 by DCM on 11.10.07 7:45 pm |
UGA has another must-win home game next week against a tough Kentucky team. Last year Kentucky beat UGA. I say the Dawgs need to wear black again next week.
One thing not mentioned here…after the team warmed up in red, the UGA captains came out for the toss in red. The the team ran out on the field in black, and the captains took off thier red jerseys to reveal black ones underneath…nice touch.
The Duke throwbacks would’ve been better with white pants.
#84 by TimInGA on 11.10.07 7:46 pm |
There was an interesting shot during CBS’s telecast of the game. It was of one of Georgia’s captains removing his red jersey on the field. The captains did the coin toss in the traditional red jersey and then removed it to reveal their black jersey’s underneath. Also, UGA the mascot was donning the black jersey too. This was the second time the mascot wore a black jersey, Vince Dooley’s retirement was the other.
Go Dawgs!!!!——-The looked AWESOME in black.
Maybe black jersey’s and red britches in the future?
#85 by DCM on 11.10.07 7:49 pm |
Methinks the UGA nose bumpers usually say DAWGS, by the way.
Illinois…I love the old helmets with ILLINI spelled out near the top.
Don’t like it when USC players wear the black shoes with lots of white trim, but UGA QB Matthew Stafford looked good in his. Good updates on the board about UGA players wearing white shoestrings when.
#86 by John in Athens on 11.10.07 7:50 pm |
From SI.com:
Richt spent most of the week dancing around the jersey issue, and the Bulldogs came out for warmups wearing their normal red home attire.
When the four captains walked out of the locker room still in red, there was a bit of a groan from the crowd. But it was all a ruse.
The rest of the team charged out through the main entrance wearing black jerseys, sending the 92,000 fans into a tizzy, the massive stadium rocking out to the AC/DC anthem ”Back in Black.”
If that isn’t a nominee for Uni Moment of the Year, I don’t know what is!
#87 by DCM on 11.10.07 7:51 pm |
It’s been a while since UGA wore red pants…the Herschel era. I don’t think Coach Richt will go that overboard.
#88 by My Name is Not Earl on 11.10.07 7:52 pm |
South Carolina in all black; Florida in all white
#89 by Matt Berry on 11.10.07 7:53 pm |
I just got back from the UGA game, and yes, it was incredibly crazy when they ran out in black, especially after I conceded they wouldn’t after seeing the captains. It was louder for that than any of our SEVEN touchdowns.
GO DAWGS!
#90 by TD on 11.10.07 7:55 pm |
BigSky said:
Radford University’s Dedmon Center is an air-suspension dome, but they don’t have a football team so its arena sized with mutiple surfaces and setups inside.
#91 by TD on 11.10.07 7:56 pm |
Dedmon center link
#92 by My Name is Not Earl on 11.10.07 8:03 pm |
Oklahoma State going with the all-orange look against the Jayhawks.
#93 by unclepete on 11.10.07 8:06 pm |
Cal is wearing throwbacks
#94 by Chris A on 11.10.07 8:10 pm |
Yeah, def should have a uni watch party in ATH. I say next week when i’ll be there for the UK game. And Paul, or anybody, has any Q’s about the black Jerseys i’m good friends with the starting TE Tripp Chandler and will ask him for ya’ll.
#95 by unclepete on 11.10.07 8:11 pm |
unclepete said:
And they are awesome!!! They are wearing this helmet from 76′ 77′.
#96 by unclepete on 11.10.07 8:14 pm |
unclepete said:
Wait until you see the photos of the socks they are wearing!
#97 by TimInGA on 11.10.07 8:15 pm |
Another good UGA gallery, UGA the mascot included
South Carolina vs. Florida is one ugly game.
#98 by Jeff on 11.10.07 8:23 pm |
My Name is Not Earl said:
Yeah, I’m having a hard time with the all white Gators uni. Maybe it’s the entire effect, with the white shoes and tall white socks. You would half expect them to bust out the old white “F” helmets to complete the weirdness.
#99 by u2horn on 11.10.07 8:34 pm |
Georgia fans in blackface = uncomfortable
#100 by Dan on 11.10.07 8:37 pm |
Division 2 #1 Grand Valley State (MI) had a “pink out” today in support of breast cancer. They also included a pink ribbon decal on the back of their helmets. It’s tough to make pink look good on a football uniform, but I have to say, I don’t think it looks half bad……for one game.
#101 by LI Phil on 11.10.07 8:49 pm |
Dan said:
in support of a cure?
research?
surely not the disease itself
#102 by Patrick on 11.10.07 8:49 pm |
Speaking of domes, Northern Michigan plays in the world’s largest wooden dome. I’m not sure which division they play in though, too confusing.
http://webb.nmu.edu/...
#103 by Stevo on 11.10.07 8:53 pm |
u2horn said:
I see where you’re coming from, but I don’t remember the 1920’s blackface performers also covering their chest and arms, donning red wigs, and painting giant red and white letters on their chests.
#104 by Stevo on 11.10.07 8:55 pm |
Patrick said:
NCAA Division II, members of the Great Lakes Conference.
#105 by Dan on 11.10.07 9:01 pm |
LI Phil said:
I guess I figured that it was understood that it was not supporting the disease itself. According to the website, officially it was for breast cancer awareness. Not sure if it was for a cure, helping surviviors or helping families currently fighting the disease, but, does it really matter? Any one of those is a valid cause and worth raising money for if you ask me.
#106 by Dan on 11.10.07 9:03 pm |
Stevo said:
They are actually members of the Great Lakes Intercolegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Great Lakes Conference is different. Both are D-II though.
#107 by Stevo on 11.10.07 9:07 pm |
Dan said:
That’s not confusing or anything.
#108 by Jeff on 11.10.07 9:12 pm |
Dan said:
Maybe it’s just my sophomoric mentality (and I realize it’s for a good cause) – but “Pink Out” sounds amusingly lewd to me.
#109 by TD on 11.10.07 9:14 pm |
a full view of the Georgia blackout uni..
#110 by Mike Engle on 11.10.07 9:16 pm |
TD said:
Wow, that’s a really nice uniform. No, seriously. I think it really makes the silver britches pop out. In the past, I always knew they were silver, but always seemed to look white, but my, those pants look really silver, don’t they? I think that look is a keeper.
#111 by Ryan on 11.10.07 9:17 pm |
I believe Cal’s wearing some ‘76-’77 throwbacks tonight… Does anybody have more info on this? I don’t get the game, just saw a quick glimpse of them in a highlight while being amazed how bad Florida looks in all-white
#112 by Ryan on 11.10.07 9:20 pm |
Ryan said:
Never mind, I just answered my own question… Not a fan of the helmets, the Cal script is much better in my opinion
http://calbears.cstv...
#113 by rpt319 on 11.10.07 9:23 pm |
Stevo said:
Here in Saskatchewan some of the small towns play 6 man football. There’s also a division of 9 man and then two divisions of 12 man.
#114 by Gnu on 11.10.07 9:26 pm |
Patrick said:
Casually known throughout the region as the “Yooperdome”.
#115 by Jon on 11.10.07 9:33 pm |
this is just beautiful
Penguins to wear throwback jerseys
Penguins Throwback (I can finally buy a RBK Edge I like!)
Sabres Throwback
#116 by Dan on 11.10.07 9:37 pm |
My Name is Not Earl said:
And they look great!
#117 by NEO on 11.10.07 9:40 pm |
Fleeser said:
Michigan looks like CRAP in their awful helmets and blah road unis…put a stripe on the pants or something! Wisconsins unis and helmets are great!!! Just no more red on red please. And Illinois mascot is no longer the chief
#118 by Al Gruwell on 11.10.07 10:01 pm |
Check out the sox of the Iowa Class 2A champion Western Christian Wolfpack.
Ah, crap, our photo archive here at the Gazette won’t let me do it.
Let me describe. They have a pack of wolves on the front of them. Pretty cool.
#119 by Jeff on 11.10.07 10:02 pm |
To tie it all together. Northern Michigan plays in the wood dome up on the pinnisula. They play in Division II and the GLIAC and that is the same conference that Grand Valley (home of the Pink out) and home of about 4 of the last 6 National Championships. Also the link of the pink out…..they are playing Northern Michigan in the Yellow and green!
http://gvsulakers.cs...
#120 by E Ro on 11.10.07 10:13 pm |
Jon said:
I gotta buy me one of those… I refuse to buy retro sweaters unless they are actually worn in a present day game. I love the white sabres, but then the powder blue pens is just too cool. I’m torn.
#121 by funke on 11.10.07 10:23 pm |
about the UGA black jerseys:
richt said on WSB that him and the seniors decided this past summer to wear black for the auburn game (or at least one of the games), but they were sworn to secrecy =-o haha
#122 by DannyB on 11.10.07 10:27 pm |
Bryan Redemske said:
Not so fast my friend! Sorry, I like Corso…
At any rate, this is a pic of the dome from the USD website. Lots of steel, not too much teflon from what I see.
#123 by DannyB on 11.10.07 10:33 pm |
Never mind my Corso moment. Post 68 beat me to it.
#124 by =bg= on 11.10.07 10:34 pm |
speaking of UGA..there’s a shot on SI.com of a GA player…had more swooshes on him then I have ever seen. Jersey, visor, chinstrap,…I lost count.
#125 by Bryan Redemske on 11.10.07 10:49 pm |
DannyB said:
Back when I visted USD on a college visit, both the UNI-Dome and the Dakota Dome were teflon. All this shows is that I’m old. Sorry about the dome mixup. Oh, and the UNI-Dome’s new lid proved way too heavy for the concrete bowl. They had to add concrete and steel reinforcing bands around the upper edge to prevent cracking. Yikes.
#126 by u2horn on 11.10.07 10:50 pm |
=bg= said:
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#127 by MPC on 11.10.07 10:57 pm |
u2horn said:
Line of the day right there. +1 to u2horn.
#128 by MJE on 11.10.07 10:59 pm |
Gotta say… Digging Cal’s look:
http://scores.espn.g...
#129 by Stevo on 11.10.07 11:03 pm |
Check out these team photos.
#130 by Joe Kebard on 11.10.07 11:32 pm |
Someone notd in the ticker a couple days ago Kansas Coach Mangino was wearing Nike sneakers, but Kansas is an adidas school. Well, he got it right toight. No picture, but ABC showed a shot of him on the side with the familiar twiple stripe on his sneakers.
#131 by Flip on 11.10.07 11:56 pm |
Ryan said:
I like the block C. Not exactly negative space in there, but it kind of looks like two C’s.
#132 by Michael on 11.11.07 12:02 am |
Oh what a day! Being a huge Georgia fan & an avid uni watcher it all came together today. UGA played this to the hilt. First with Richt calling for the blackout then being coy about the black jerseys all week then it carried over into the warm-ups. The players were dressed as they usually have been all season. For example Knowshon Moreno had on his white on top black on bottom socks & even Harry (the mascot dawg not UGA) had on his normal red jersey! At the end of warm-ups I read Richt’s lips telling the player to look in the stands at all the black. Just before the game started the captains came out in red which is usually when the rest of the tram comes out but today the team took forever to come out. The banner the players run through was closer to the tunnel than normal. Then we caught a glimpse on them rounding the corner in the tunnel & the roar started on the South side. When they burst through the banner the crowd went NUTS! The team was hyped out of there minds so those jerseys were worth all 45 points today! They looked GREAT! Most of us in the stands were saying we want to see this as a new tradition but only for BIG games ala what Notre Dame & the green jerseys. However they look so good & really display all the school colors (Make silver an official color already!) perfectly that I wouldn’t mind seeing that look a lot.
#133 by gingerbreadmann on 11.11.07 12:22 am |
I don’t know if anyone was watching, or if anyone cares, but BC ws wearing gold pants today instead of their normal road whites. No pics.
Obviously it didn’t work :’(
#134 by Frank Mercogliano on 11.11.07 12:50 am |
My office is on the field level of Holt Arena…..very groovy.
Frank
#135 by Terry Mark on 11.11.07 12:51 am |
Indiana plans to wear throwbacks next Saturday to commemorate its last appearance in the Rose Bowl. Here’s the brief note mentioning the uni plans. I did a quick Web search for photos from that season but couldn’t find anything. All I know for sure is we’ll see the return on the block I.
#136 by Kyle Dillinger on 11.11.07 1:33 am |
I know we were talking about nose bumpers a few weeks ago and i noticed that fresno state has dogs on their nose bumpers. was this mentioned in the article?
#137 by Kyle at IU on 11.11.07 1:54 am |
Terry Mark said:
I’m going to guess that they’ll do the same “throwback” they did two years ago and stick the block “I” on the helmet. Other than a few differences in lettering and a color switch from red to crimson, i don’t think there is much difference between then and now. Hopefully, the team will make an attempt to look like that 1967 team in their play as well as with their unis…
#138 by DannyB on 11.11.07 6:47 am |
Bryan Redemske said:
Speaking of old.. it looks like all these lower-level domes still use old school Astroturf. That can’t be good for recruiting these days.
#139 by Minna H. on 11.11.07 7:03 am |
John in Athens said:
John in Athens, that would be cool for you, but since I live in MN, that would be quite a jaunt for me.
u2horn, I have to agree that it made me uneasy to see the blackface as well. Even though Stevo is right in his assessment (the added black-arms, red wigs, etc.), it still speaks to the power of images that I felt a flash of uncomfortableness every time the black-painted fans were shown.
That said, the blackout has been my favorite moment of the college season thus far, with the ‘Scarlet’ Knights dressed in all black a close second.
#140 by Fleeser on 11.11.07 11:25 am |
I miss these Washington Huskies uniforms.
#141 by John in Athens on 11.11.07 12:17 pm |
Minna H. said:
Maybe we’ll just have to have an Athens Uni Watch Part: MN Edition in 2010 when the Twins new park opens!
#142 by Andy Erickson on 02.14.08 12:04 am |
Hey, I actually played for emery-ethan in that game. I was an all-state center. The reason they are called the seawhawks is because they had a co-op with Spencer, Emery and Ethan. They used to spell it SEEhawks. when Spencer dropped out they just kept the name so they didnt have to buy new jerseys and equipment