Comments on: Just Don’t Start Putting Player Names There Too, OK? http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/11/20/just-dont-start-putting-player-names-there-too-ok/ The Obsessive Study Of Athletics Aesthetics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:25:38 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Wes http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/11/20/just-dont-start-putting-player-names-there-too-ok/#comment-220859 Wes Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:05:08 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/11/20/just-dont-start-putting-player-names-there-too-ok/#comment-220859 [quote comment="173898"]Not to be a dick about it or anything but in Hockey they are not called shorts, the correct term is either buckets or shells[/quote] No they are called pants Pete said:

Not to be a dick about it or anything but in Hockey they are not called shorts, the correct term is either buckets or shells

No they are called pants

]]> By: Mark http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/11/20/just-dont-start-putting-player-names-there-too-ok/#comment-175058 Mark Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:20:57 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/11/20/just-dont-start-putting-player-names-there-too-ok/#comment-175058 Correction to the following from 11/21 blog: "By now I think most of you are aware of the Minnesota high school hockey jerseys that are on display at the Xcel Center." The jerseys in the photo are actually from the WCHA (and is in Mariucci Arena I believe). The Minnesota HS jerseys at Xcel are not flat under glass but hang loose. There are also several dozen on display. Correction to the following from 11/21 blog:

“By now I think most of you are aware of the Minnesota high school hockey jerseys that are on display at the Xcel Center.”

The jerseys in the photo are actually from the WCHA (and is in Mariucci Arena I believe). The Minnesota HS jerseys at Xcel are not flat under glass but hang loose. There are also several dozen on display.

]]> By: William Harrison http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/11/20/just-dont-start-putting-player-names-there-too-ok/#comment-175010 William Harrison Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:33:09 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/11/20/just-dont-start-putting-player-names-there-too-ok/#comment-175010 [quote comment="174390"] so my question is, does anyone know of other teams whose names utilize incorrect grammar? there have to be more.[/quote] The most obvious one is the Toronto Maple Leafs... Adam Wyss said:

so my question is, does anyone know of other teams whose names utilize incorrect grammar? there have to be more.

The most obvious one is the Toronto Maple Leafs…

]]> By: emd2k3 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/11/20/just-dont-start-putting-player-names-there-too-ok/#comment-174870 emd2k3 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:39:53 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/11/20/just-dont-start-putting-player-names-there-too-ok/#comment-174870 [quote comment="174101"]So remember the Chaminade University logo contest where the winner was going to be announced at the Maui Invitational? It looks like they already put the new logo up on their website...<a href="http://goswords.cstv.com/" rel="nofollow">LINK</a>[/quote] And they picked a beauty, didn't they? (/sarcasm) Kenny said:

So remember the Chaminade University logo contest where the winner was going to be announced at the Maui Invitational? It looks like they already put the new logo up on their website…LINK

And they picked a beauty, didn’t they? (/sarcasm)

]]> By: emd2k3 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/11/20/just-dont-start-putting-player-names-there-too-ok/#comment-174869 emd2k3 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:37:13 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/11/20/just-dont-start-putting-player-names-there-too-ok/#comment-174869 [quote comment="174728"][quote comment="174390"]does anyone know of other teams whose names utilize incorrect grammar? there have to be more.[/quote] would red sox/white sox count? not so much grammar as spelling...how bout some wnba teams which use the 'singular' instead of the plural (sun, shock, fever, etc.); prolly some MLS teams too[/quote] Or perhaps someone spelling probably as 'prolly'? ; ) LI Phil said:

Adam Wyss said:

does anyone know of other teams whose names utilize incorrect grammar? there have to be more.

would red sox/white sox count? not so much grammar as spelling…how bout some wnba teams which use the ’singular’ instead of the plural (sun, shock, fever, etc.); prolly some MLS teams too

Or perhaps someone spelling probably as ‘prolly’? ; )

]]> By: LI Phil http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/11/20/just-dont-start-putting-player-names-there-too-ok/#comment-174728 LI Phil Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:02:24 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/11/20/just-dont-start-putting-player-names-there-too-ok/#comment-174728 [quote comment="174390"]does anyone know of other teams whose names utilize incorrect grammar? there have to be more.[/quote] would red sox/white sox count? not so much grammar as spelling...how bout some wnba teams which use the 'singular' instead of the plural (sun, shock, fever, etc.); prolly some MLS teams too Adam Wyss said:

does anyone know of other teams whose names utilize incorrect grammar? there have to be more.

would red sox/white sox count? not so much grammar as spelling…how bout some wnba teams which use the ’singular’ instead of the plural (sun, shock, fever, etc.); prolly some MLS teams too

]]> By: Dan http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/11/20/just-dont-start-putting-player-names-there-too-ok/#comment-174659 Dan Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:30:28 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/11/20/just-dont-start-putting-player-names-there-too-ok/#comment-174659 Just a quick word on the Colts' unis - when did they start having a darker (maybe black) thin outline round the horseshoe and the helmet stripe? It seems to have been on there a while but I can't pinpoint the year. As for the grey pants from the 1980's, it was almost like a light shiny silver which is perhaps why it doesn't photograph too dark - but it definitely was there. Just a quick word on the Colts’ unis – when did they start having a darker (maybe black) thin outline round the horseshoe and the helmet stripe? It seems to have been on there a while but I can’t pinpoint the year. As for the grey pants from the 1980’s, it was almost like a light shiny silver which is perhaps why it doesn’t photograph too dark – but it definitely was there.

]]> By: James Craven http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/11/20/just-dont-start-putting-player-names-there-too-ok/#comment-174590 James Craven Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:20:44 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/11/20/just-dont-start-putting-player-names-there-too-ok/#comment-174590 [quote comment="174408"]<strong><em>"Arizona State's belt stripes stand for the number of arrests for violent crimes that a given player has."</em></strong>[/quote] Taken from the Cincoinnati Bengals? :lol: :rotflmmfao: Josh said:

“Arizona State’s belt stripes stand for the number of arrests for violent crimes that a given player has.”

Taken from the Cincoinnati Bengals? :lol: :rotflmmfao:

]]> By: rpt319 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/11/20/just-dont-start-putting-player-names-there-too-ok/#comment-174576 rpt319 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:01:53 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/11/20/just-dont-start-putting-player-names-there-too-ok/#comment-174576 [quote comment="174390"]I was at the Purdue vs Lipscomb men's basketball agme last night, and noticed Lipscomb's mascot, the bisons. as you can tell from their <a href="http://lipscombsports.cstv.com/" rel="nofollow">athletics website</a> they are clearly the bisons. and i found myself durign the game thinking, "isn't the plural form of bison, bison?" and sure enough, after consulting <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bison" rel="nofollow">dictionary.com</a> the plural form of bison is bison. so my question is, does anyone know of other teams whose names utilize incorrect grammar? there have to be more.[/quote] The University of Manitoba are also the Bisons. The University of Saskatchewan are the Huskies which isn't incorrect. However when they refer to a player as a member of the team, the usually refer to them as a Huskie player as opposed to a Husky player. Those are the only examples I can think of that use incorrect grammar. Unless you want to count the teams that use Z's instead of S's. Adam Wyss said:

I was at the Purdue vs Lipscomb men’s basketball agme last night, and noticed Lipscomb’s mascot, the bisons. as you can tell from their athletics website they are clearly the bisons. and i found myself durign the game thinking, “isn’t the plural form of bison, bison?” and sure enough, after consulting dictionary.com the plural form of bison is bison. so my question is, does anyone know of other teams whose names utilize incorrect grammar? there have to be more.

The University of Manitoba are also the Bisons.
The University of Saskatchewan are the Huskies which isn’t incorrect. However when they refer to a player as a member of the team, the usually refer to them as a Huskie player as opposed to a Husky player.

Those are the only examples I can think of that use incorrect grammar. Unless you want to count the teams that use Z’s instead of S’s.

]]> By: notbudselig http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/11/20/just-dont-start-putting-player-names-there-too-ok/#comment-174556 notbudselig Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:12:48 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/11/20/just-dont-start-putting-player-names-there-too-ok/#comment-174556 Guardian (UK) does a credible uniwatch knockoff today based on readers' questions about strips (= kits = soccer uniforms). Uniform-name typos, striped home shirts, and crests depicting bears sniffing trees are covered. <a href="http://football.guardian.co.uk/theknowledge/story/0,,2214212,00.html" rel="nofollow">Great moments in football shirt typos</a> Guardian (UK) does a credible uniwatch knockoff today based on readers’ questions about strips (= kits = soccer uniforms). Uniform-name typos, striped home shirts, and crests depicting bears sniffing trees are covered.

Great moments in football shirt typos

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