Comments on: Grabbing A Piece Of The Action http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/12/16/grabbing-a-piece-of-the-action/ The Obsessive Study Of Athletics Aesthetics Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:48:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=9557 By: Erkki Corpuz http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/12/16/grabbing-a-piece-of-the-action/#comment-188147 Erkki Corpuz Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:18:48 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/12/16/grabbing-a-piece-of-the-action/#comment-188147 There's gotta be a write-up about Michael Jordan participating in the Bobcats' practice. Not because he played, but because he actually wore the adidas gear. I'm sure no one forced him to wear the stuff, but there he was, wearing the 3 stripes. There’s gotta be a write-up about Michael Jordan participating in the Bobcats’ practice. Not because he played, but because he actually wore the adidas gear. I’m sure no one forced him to wear the stuff, but there he was, wearing the 3 stripes.

]]> By: Scott N. http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/12/16/grabbing-a-piece-of-the-action/#comment-187456 Scott N. Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:45:12 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/12/16/grabbing-a-piece-of-the-action/#comment-187456 [quote comment="187308"]the @#&%! dolphins fucked the ravens to @#&%! a first @#&%! win<strong></strong>[/quote] C'mon, dude, play nice. We don't need this here. [quote comment="187308"]the @#&%! dolphins fucked the ravens to @#&%! a first @#&%! win[/quote]

C’mon, dude, play nice. We don’t need this here.

]]> By: Pat Coleman http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/12/16/grabbing-a-piece-of-the-action/#comment-187428 Pat Coleman Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:11:16 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/12/16/grabbing-a-piece-of-the-action/#comment-187428 Danny Jones, the UW-Whitewater quarterback, has only been at Whitewater since last spring so I guess he hasn't been there long enough to qualify. Danny Jones, the UW-Whitewater quarterback, has only been at Whitewater since last spring so I guess he hasn’t been there long enough to qualify.

]]> By: Hank http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/12/16/grabbing-a-piece-of-the-action/#comment-187315 Hank Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:07:00 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/12/16/grabbing-a-piece-of-the-action/#comment-187315 [quote comment="187165"]Brian Dawkins has some sort of cloth(maybe a towell?)on his chin strap. sorry no photos[/quote] Dawk has been wearing that over-stuffed chin strap for the past 3 years at least. [quote comment="187165"]Brian Dawkins has some sort of cloth(maybe a towell?)on his chin strap. sorry no photos[/quote]
Dawk has been wearing that over-stuffed chin strap for the past 3 years at least.

]]> By: Hank http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/12/16/grabbing-a-piece-of-the-action/#comment-187314 Hank Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:05:38 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/12/16/grabbing-a-piece-of-the-action/#comment-187314 [quote comment="187158"]Where's my glove?! <a href="http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o148/samuraisevens/CIMG0257.jpg" rel="nofollow"> here<a href="http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o148/samuraisevens/CIMG0256.jpg" rel="nofollow"></a> here<a href="http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o148/samuraisevens/CIMG0255.jpg" rel="nofollow">[/quote] The turf at the departed Veteran's Stadium was a killer, but I don't recall it ever eating someone's glove. (As an aside, the worst injury ever at the Vet was when the Bears' Wendell Davis blew out both knees while running a pass pattern.) [quote comment="187158"]Where’s my glove?!
here
here[/quote]

The turf at the departed Veteran’s Stadium was a killer, but I don’t recall it ever eating someone’s glove.

(As an aside, the worst injury ever at the Vet was when the Bears’ Wendell Davis blew out both knees while running a pass pattern.)

]]> By: j http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/12/16/grabbing-a-piece-of-the-action/#comment-187308 j Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:39:09 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/12/16/grabbing-a-piece-of-the-action/#comment-187308 the fukin dolphins fucked the ravens to fuk a first fukiin win<strong></strong> the fukin dolphins fucked the ravens to fuk a first fukiin win

]]> By: Craig http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/12/16/grabbing-a-piece-of-the-action/#comment-187305 Craig Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:35:38 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/12/16/grabbing-a-piece-of-the-action/#comment-187305 [quote comment="187054"]I think this was mentioned last night, but Justin Beaver of UW-W was missing the "Warhawks" from his jersey. I saw most of the game and he was the only player with this problem. Beaver http://www.jsonline.com/site/photographerphotos/slideshow.aspx?PhotoID=15330&fileType=JPG&Source=Thumbnail&catid=986&PageNumber=0 http://www.jsonline.com/site/photographerphotos/SlideShow.aspx?catid=986&N=0&photoid=15340 Team http://www.jsonline.com/site/photographerphotos/SlideShow.aspx?catid=986&N=5&photoid=15335[/quote] hehe...he said "justin beaver" [quote comment="187054"]I think this was mentioned last night, but Justin Beaver of UW-W was missing the “Warhawks” from his jersey. I saw most of the game and he was the only player with this problem.
Beaver
http://www.jsonline....
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Team
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hehe…he said “justin beaver”

]]> By: James Craven http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/12/16/grabbing-a-piece-of-the-action/#comment-187283 James Craven Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:06:54 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/12/16/grabbing-a-piece-of-the-action/#comment-187283 [quote comment="187215"][quote comment="187214"]<em>"Rich Rodriguez leaving WVU for that other gold and blue team......"</em> <strong><em>"The University of West Virginia: Training Tomorrow's Michigan Coaches Today.</em></strong>"[/quote][/quote] <strong><em>WINNER OF POST OF THE DAY!</em></strong> [quote comment="187215"][quote comment="187214"]“Rich Rodriguez leaving WVU for that other gold and blue team……”

“The University of West Virginia: Training Tomorrow’s Michigan Coaches Today.“[/quote][/quote]

WINNER OF POST OF THE DAY!

]]> By: Geoff http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/12/16/grabbing-a-piece-of-the-action/#comment-187227 Geoff Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:47:48 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/12/16/grabbing-a-piece-of-the-action/#comment-187227 [quote comment="187144"][quote comment="1870056"]i was at the d3 national championship game yesterday with mount union and wisconsin-whitewater (both of which have purple as part of thier school colors) playing and there were a couple of things i noticed: -the black on black vs. the white on white looks better than any purple as a main part of the uni <strong>-i noticed that justin beaver didnt have the wordmark on his uniform as his other teammates did</strong> <strong>-i was sitting behind the UW-W bench and i noticed that almost all of the helmets have the number 3 decal on them, anybody know why?</strong> it was a great (but very cold and rainy) game and im glad that UW-W pulled out the win..[/quote] Don't know why, but you're right about the <a href="http://www.pictureprints.net/albums/1986/0185.jpg" rel="nofollow">"3"decal</a>. Even more strange, it wasn't <a href="http://www.pictureprints.net/albums/1986/0158.jpg" rel="nofollow">everyone</a> wearing it. I sent out an inquiry, but I'm not expecting a response anytime soon. As far as <a href="http://www.pictureprints.net/albums/1986/1512.jpg" rel="nofollow">Justin Beaver</a> (#32) not having the wordmark on the front, that is a bit strange. He didn't have it <a href="http://www.pictureprints.net/albums/1972/0020.jpg" rel="nofollow">last week</a> in the semifinals either. Even weirder, he's <a href="http://www.pictureprints.net/albums/1972/0016.jpg" rel="nofollow">not the only one</a> with that problem (see #95, from the semifinal).[/quote] According to a poster on <a href="http://d3football.com/dailydose/2007/12/16/stagg-bowl-hear-it-again" rel="nofollow">D3Football.com's Daily Dose</a>, the "3" sticker on the back of some UW-Whitewater players' helmets is meant to represent having a GPA of 3.0 or higher. "...so it’s a good thing that you saw a lot of players with it." Anyone else think it a bit ironic that the <a href="http://www.pictureprints.net/albums/1986/0174.jpg" rel="nofollow">quarterback</a> was one of the few without this academic distinction? [quote comment="187144"][quote comment="1870056"]i was at the d3 national championship game yesterday with mount union and wisconsin-whitewater (both of which have purple as part of thier school colors) playing and there were a couple of things i noticed:

-the black on black vs. the white on white looks better than any purple as a main part of the uni

-i noticed that justin beaver didnt have the wordmark on his uniform as his other teammates did

-i was sitting behind the UW-W bench and i noticed that almost all of the helmets have the number 3 decal on them, anybody know why?

it was a great (but very cold and rainy) game and im glad that UW-W pulled out the win..[/quote]

Don’t know why, but you’re right about the “3″decal. Even more strange, it wasn’t everyone wearing it. I sent out an inquiry, but I’m not expecting a response anytime soon.

As far as Justin Beaver (#32) not having the wordmark on the front, that is a bit strange. He didn’t have it last week in the semifinals either. Even weirder, he’s not the only one with that problem (see #95, from the semifinal).[/quote]

According to a poster on D3Football.com’s Daily Dose, the “3″ sticker on the back of some UW-Whitewater players’ helmets is meant to represent having a GPA of 3.0 or higher. “…so it’s a good thing that you saw a lot of players with it.”

Anyone else think it a bit ironic that the quarterback was one of the few without this academic distinction?

]]> By: Nolan http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/12/16/grabbing-a-piece-of-the-action/#comment-187226 Nolan Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:14:19 +0000 http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/12/16/grabbing-a-piece-of-the-action/#comment-187226 [quote comment="187192"][quote comment="187191"]OK, really - here's the link for the Cowboys helmet attachment: <a href="http://www.dallascowboys.com/images/crayton1_121607_1024.jpg" rel="nofollow">HELMET THINGY</a>[/quote] They've been wearing it most of the season (maybe ALL of the season -- not sure yet).[/quote] It's called the <a href="http://www.riddell1.com/newsite/product_info.php?cPath=104_76_77&products_id=1404" rel="nofollow">Riddell Strap-Loc</a>. The Cowboys-Tony Romo and a few others have only been wearing it since November. Some college teams, Texas and OU wore them all year. [quote comment="187192"][quote comment="187191"]OK, really – here’s the link for the Cowboys helmet attachment:

HELMET THINGY[/quote]

They’ve been wearing it most of the season (maybe ALL of the season — not sure yet).[/quote]

It’s called the Riddell Strap-Loc.

The Cowboys-Tony Romo and a few others have only been wearing it since November. Some college teams, Texas and OU wore them all year.

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