What’s been the biggest change in pro football over the past 30 years? A lot of things come to mind: modern training methods, the increased size of linemen, the overall increase in athleticism and speed, the advent of video review, the increasing dominance of African-American players, the disappearance of jersey sleeves, the utter joylessness of head coaches.
But if you ask me, the biggest development — and easily the most underrated one — is the ubiquity of gloves. Almost everyone wears them now, even quarterbacks, and it’s no exaggeration to say that most of the acrobatic catches you see receivers making these days wouldn’t be possible without them. Yeah, some players in the pre-glove era wore stickum, but I saw Lester Hayes and Fred Biletnikoff in their primes, and they couldn’t make any of these one-handed catches that you routinely see guys making today. Gloves have completely redefined the passing game.
All of which came to mind during yesterday’s Cowboys/Eagles game, which featured something I’d never seen before: Philly WR Kevin Curtis took a spill along the sideline, and at first it looked like his glove had come off during the play. But as he got up, it became apparent that the glove had actually fallen apart — the upper part was still on his wrist while the lower part had been ripped right off of his hand, much to Curtis’s own confusion.
In other developments from yesterday:
• Jason Taylor’s captaincy patch was coming loose by the end of the Dolphins/Ravens game.
• As has been noted here several times in recent weeks, the “Ravens” wordmark has been missing from Willis McGahee’s black jersey in recent weeks, but it was present and accounted for on his purple jersey yesterday.
• The Redskins usually wear these socks with their burgundy pants, but they went with these — ugh.
• Now that’s a football game. But if Derek Anderson was playing with a sewn-in pocket, why did he need an oven mitt?
(Big thanks to Chad Todd and Randy Williams from the Kevin Curtis screen grabs.)
Research Project: My ESPN colleague Mary Buckheit is working on a piece about women’s volleyball uniforms — why they’re so skimpy, why some players have issues with them, why they’re so different from the men’s uniforms, whether they’re so revealing that they’ve actually led some players to develop eating disorders, that sort of thing. Here’s a note from her:
The sport of volleyball has seen it all — unitards, mesh shorts, bun huggers, long sleeves, racerback jerseys, tall socks, no socks — what’s the deal? What is the functionality of volleyball uniforms, specifically the super-short spandex? Are women really inhibited by “cumbersome” traditional athletic shorts? You know, the ones that are perfectly suitable for soccer and basketball. Do the minis really make you perform better? Would men’s statistics spike if they dared ditch their mesh or board shorts in favor of a biker boxer brief type uni? Would they tally more digs that way? C’mon.
When you see volleyball on TV, do you stop and watch for an extra second to scope out the 6-foot college coeds in 3-inch spandex shorts? If so, any feelings on what it would be like as a father of a high school volleyball player knowing guys in the gym are doing the same thing to your 16-year-old sophomore setter?
If anyone has any thoughts on this, please feel free to contact me. Thanks!
I know at least a few of you know a lot more about volleyball than I do, so please share your knowledge with Mary. Thanks.
Raffle Reminder: In case you missed it on Friday, I’m currently raffling off a bunch of stuff. For details, scroll down to the middle of Friday’s entry. As always, you can increase your odds of winning by joining the Uni Watch membership program.
Uni Watch News Ticker: Check out this photo of Lou Gehrig, Tris Speaker, Ty Cobb, and Babe Ruth. Odd to see that the insignia on Ruth’s jacket is “N.Y.,” but on Gehrig’s it appears to be just “NY” — no periods (with thanks to Bruce Menard). … A member of the Winthrop women’s hoops team has changed her uni number to honor her late fiancé (as forwarded by Jonathan Carone). … A reader who prefers not to give his real name has gotten some good pics showing exactly how the Rangers are hemming their jerseys. … Yikes. … Northwest Missouri State safety Aldwin Foster-Rettig (who already has a lengthy NOB) tore his jersey on Saturday, leading to a rather makeshift repair (with thanks to Chris Wheeler). … Michael Poplawski reports that German Bundesliga club Werder Bremen modified their jersey crest to look like a Christmas tree on Saturday. Here’s a closer view. … Reprinted from Sunday’s comments: Wisconsin-Whitewater’s jerseys have a “Warhawks” wordmark, but it was missing from Justin Beaver’s jersey. … The Dayton hoops team has unveiled some alternate throwbacks (with thanks to Todd Herzog). … This has resulted in this. … More NFL fines assessed here. … Doug Weight, making his Ducks debut last night, was wearing a pair of Brad May’s gloves (good catch by Alex Warner). … Remember the recent Ticker item about the missing stripes on Bill Guerin’s jersey? Here’s a follow-up (with thanks to Michael Schuerlein).
#1 by Shaftman on 12.17.07 9:19 am |
With Ruth, the “.”’s could have been mustard stains.
#2 by Dane on 12.17.07 9:20 am |
Some seriously large NOB in this photo gallery:
http://www.gettyimag...
#3 by Shaftman on 12.17.07 9:22 am |
Dane said:
This is a good shot of what he was talking about.
#4 by Rick on 12.17.07 9:25 am |
From the little I saw of the NFL yesterday, Green Bay, The Giants and the Redskins are all still wearing ‘21′ on their helmets.
#5 by Dane on 12.17.07 9:27 am |
It’s weird enough seeing Michael Schumacher wearing something besides Ferrari red, but this driver’s suit is something else…
http://www.raceofcha...
(Note: that’s Schumi on the left)
#6 by LI Phil on 12.17.07 9:29 am |
posted this last night, but since the game is tonight, anyone think the vikes will pull the all purple tonight against da bears?
anyone think this would be a thing of beauty or the beginning of the end of the world?
#7 by Shane on 12.17.07 9:36 am |
Nice touch, Werder Bremen.
It’s not like FC St. Pauli selling “Santa Pauli” t-shirts with a skull and crossbones wearing a Santa hat, but it’s nice.
#8 by todd krevanchi on 12.17.07 9:54 am |
one thing that i hate worse than when companies take the word AMERICA, use the first three syllables and then add their cache as a suffix,
ameriprise
ameritrade
et, al.
in hopes that people say, “hey the word america is in it so it HAS to be good.”,
is when the media takes the word WATERGATE and all of its connotations, uses the second syllable, and attaches any type of controversy as a prefix.
stripegate,
whitewatergate,
et al.
and i understand that if you are addicted to ALCOHOL you are called an alcoholic,
but how the hell did the words workoholic, shopoholic or chocoholic come about?
who ever heard of
workohol
shopohol
chocohol?
#9 by Kim on 12.17.07 10:00 am |
I was watching the Eagles-Cowboys game when the Curtis glove incident happened. When I figured out that his glove had come apart on the play, I turned to my wife and said “That’s a Uni-Watch moment”.
In the play, though Curtis went up for the ball couldn’t come down with it, fell to the turn and had his hand inadvertently stepped on as he slid across the turf, thus destroying his glove (and sending the remnant flying through the air). I think the ‘confused’ picture is Curtis checking out his hand for health reasons, as opposed to “What the hell happened to my glove?”
#10 by Joe on 12.17.07 10:00 am |
Keith Davis (#29) of the dallas cowboys was wearing an interestinf face mask last night. Anyone else see it?
#11 by Tim on 12.17.07 10:01 am |
Anyone see Todd Yoder of the Redskins get his jersey shredded after his catch last night? Unfortunately I couldn’t get a picture of it.
#12 by DrBear on 12.17.07 10:12 am |
Old fart rambling: back in the 60s, most of the players in the Ice Bowl (Packers-Cowboys 67 NFL championship, 13 below, yada yada) didn’t wear gloves. Jerry Kramer wrote that only the linemen did, “because we’re the only ones who don’t have to handle the ball during a game.” He actually didn’t decide to wear them until his first trip out onto the field – and immediately heard Forrest Gregg say “hell, let’s get another pair.”
#13 by John T on 12.17.07 10:18 am |
Blackburn Rovers Roque Santa Cruz gives new meaning to ‘Hat Trick’ after scoring his 3rd goal
http://d.yimg.com/eu...
#14 by John T on 12.17.07 10:19 am |
John T said:
not to be confused with that other Santa!
#15 by Rick on 12.17.07 10:26 am |
Tim said:
Yeah, I saw that too.
#16 by dm00n [Doug] on 12.17.07 10:27 am |
Might have missed this if it was posted yesterday, but here is a write-up on NHLers and their constant stick adjustments.
#17 by dm00n [Doug] on 12.17.07 10:31 am |
Weirdly, the Washington Post chalks up the ‘Skins look to “cold weather accessories.”
dm00n [Doug] said:
I get that the players were wearing tights under their gear, but the normal socks make that uniform.
#18 by dm00n [Doug] on 12.17.07 10:45 am |
Here is “fashion-forward” Fred Smoot.
#19 by Rick on 12.17.07 10:45 am |
Paul/Bryan,
Any update on the flag decal on Dallas Clark’s helmet? Was it finally on his helmet yesterday? Has Bryan been able to get in touch with him to ask him about it??
#20 by sleepyfloyd on 12.17.07 10:51 am |
Anyone catch the toyota halftime report about the high school football team where the players to complete the off-season workout regimen in order to be rewarded with NOB on their jersey? Pretty interesting.
#21 by Blaine on 12.17.07 10:53 am |
Is the Todd Herzog who sent in the information about the Dayton basketball throwbacks the same Todd Herzog who won $1 million on Survivor last night?
#22 by Matt Powers on 12.17.07 10:58 am |
Sleepyfloyd, we had a post about that school about a month ago because of the claw marks on the jersey numbers.
South Panola Mississippi:http://vmedia.rivals.com/uploads/1036/453915.jpg
I also love the idea NOB idea…It’s much better than pride stickers
#23 by Matt Powers on 12.17.07 10:59 am |
Here’s the link to South Panola”s road jersey
http://vmedia.rivals...
#24 by steve on 12.17.07 11:01 am |
dm00n [Doug] said:
Looks like he is wearing Nike Ronaldinho shoes/boots.
http://ecx.images-am...
#25 by Matt Powers on 12.17.07 11:02 am |
Here’s another link to a home orange(assuming it to be orange because they’re the tigers).
http://i.usatoday.ne...
Why Monochrome, why?
#26 by Josh on 12.17.07 11:05 am |
LT had the Darth Vader facemask yesterday against the Lions. What is this?
#27 by Matt Powers on 12.17.07 11:07 am |
Steve,
Good call on Smoots “boots”…I thought I saw an external tongue on his cleats. That’s interesting because about a month ago, someone made a post explaining that Sean Taylor,may he rest in peace, was wearing Adidas Copa boots.
#28 by ryan c #40 on 12.17.07 11:10 am |
steelers wore the 21 decal too… jags didn’t…
and i find myself pointing out uni-watch moments to my mom and family all the time now!!! lol. they are slowly starting to “get it”…
#29 by Pete on 12.17.07 11:15 am |
LOVE those Browns sideline coats.
Why do they feature an elfon the back? Does that go back to the 50s and 60s?
#30 by Frankie on 12.17.07 11:15 am |
LI Phil said:
I actually don’t mind that picture, but I’m afraid it would look much worse in actual game use.
#31 by Marty Met on 12.17.07 11:26 am |
Matt Powers said:
Because it looks so good.
#32 by dm00n [Doug] on 12.17.07 11:27 am |
Another view of Smoot’s boots.
#33 by Pete on 12.17.07 11:27 am |
LI Phil said:
I don’t personally have a problem with purple uniforms, but that Vikings uni is just plain awful. The only thing that looks good on it is the sleeve stripes that mirror the horns on the helmet. The underarm stripes and shark-tooth pants stripes have GOT to go.
#34 by Dan King on 12.17.07 11:30 am |
Matt Powers said:
could be red like my high school: tOSU, i mean huron, tigers
#35 by Kerry P on 12.17.07 11:40 am |
The Saints are still wearing the “21″ DECALS.
Also, Saints RB Aaron Stecker had a rip on the back of his jersey between the numbers which had to be quickly sewn up on the sideline. He played the rest of the game with the stiched up jersey. But I can’t find a picture of it anywhere.
#36 by Jeff B on 12.17.07 11:41 am |
When do we get the Uniwatch roundup of all the NBA throwbacks that have been worn in the past few weeks? What was it? Heritige week or something?
#37 by Kerry P on 12.17.07 11:42 am |
Matt Powers said:
Actually, I think it’s red judging from the SCHOOL’S WEBSITE.
#38 by Moose on 12.17.07 11:44 am |
Pete said:
The all-purple combination is quite possible the worst thing to happen to the NFL. All in all, the Vikings are missing the bus on their uniforms in general.
In fact, tonights game is a Uni-watchers nightmare because the awesomeness of the Bears unis will be ruined by the terribleness of the Vikings!
#39 by Bryan Redemske on 12.17.07 11:48 am |
Rick said:
Hopefully this week. It’s a unique request, and the Colts have been helpful so far. I was out yesterday — and we didn’t get the Colts game here — so I didn’t see Dallas’ helmet.
#40 by dm00n [Doug] on 12.17.07 11:50 am |
Joe said:
Looks like he has been wearing this style mask since some point last year.
Sorry, best pic I could find.
#41 by Matt Powers on 12.17.07 11:51 am |
could be red like my high school: tOSU, i mean huron, tigers
Looks like some more college hand-me-down hijinks:
http://www.columnche...
http://i.a.cnn.net/s...
#42 by Jeff B on 12.17.07 11:52 am |
Frankie said:
Everything looks worse in the Metrodome.
#43 by Matt Powers on 12.17.07 11:56 am |
Keith Davis (#29) of the dallas cowboys was wearing an interestinf face mask last night. Anyone else see it?
Looks like he has been wearing this style mask since some point last year.
Sorry, best pic I could find.
That is the Schutt Bulldog face mask that debuted last year. It was originally designed to fit the DNA helmet but were modified to fit the AIr Advantage by Schutt as well as the Stock Riddell helmet(not the Revolution). Lorenzo Neal wears the version fit for Riddell and his partner in the backfield wears a modified version of it for the Schutt A.A. The first person to sport this was LeVar Arrington of the Giants last year and he looked CRAZY scary with it.
DNA:
http://www.sportsdep...
Air Advantage:
http://ecx.images-am...
#44 by Jake Pride on 12.17.07 11:56 am |
With all the recent discussions of FNOB, I couldn’t help but notice that in yesterday’s game, the Jaguars dispensed with initials when it came to:
Greg Jones
Matt Jones
Maurice Jones-Drew
None of them have initials or other names on their nameplate, even though all 3 of them are often on the field together (Greg is FB, Matt WR, and Maurice RB). Makes sense to me; they all have different numbers to tell them apart.
Can’t find photos from that Steeler game, but here is photographic proof that they did use initials in the past:
Matt Jones
Matt Jones jersey
Greg Jones jersey
#45 by dm00n [Doug] on 12.17.07 11:57 am |
LeRon Landry on the ‘Skins also wore the same color shoes as Smoot, but opted for white leggings. You can also see that R.W. McQuarters of the Giants has red laces.
#46 by al on 12.17.07 11:58 am |
Vikes old unis were great, and they still have one of the best logos in the nfl.
#47 by Matt Powers on 12.17.07 11:59 am |
That was up until this happened to my second favorite college player ever:
http://www.nytimes.c...
http://content.answe...
#48 by Matt Powers on 12.17.07 12:05 pm |
Michael Stonebreaker, the player I aspired to be be during my formative years:
http://www.ncsasport...
He also had the greatest name of any linebacker ever!
#49 by Brick on 12.17.07 12:08 pm |
More than one college tried to copy the Astros style jersey depicted in the Tulane eBay listing. Here’s B.J. Surhoff playing for UNC.
#50 by Hank on 12.17.07 12:17 pm |
The Babe was sporting the Yankees’ altnerate warm-up jacket in the photo.
#51 by Stuby on 12.17.07 12:23 pm |
Matt Powers said:
I don’t know, ‘Dick Butkus’ is a pretty damn good linebacker name also.
#52 by Chaz on 12.17.07 12:24 pm |
De La Salle HS vs Corona Centennial Saturday night CA state high school championship. Both teams are in the top 25 in the country. De La Salle has a different decal for each side of the helmet. The forward facing Spartan head is a mirror image, but underneath it spells out De La Salle, meaning that the decals have to be completely different (like the Chiefs, Ravens, Northern Illinois, etc). Centennial had helmets with red paint around the edges and black on top, the reverse of the helmets San Diego State was wearing a couple of years ago.
#53 by Matt Powers on 12.17.07 12:24 pm |
The question is: Did the Babe have his jersey on underneath!
If not, then Yankee Bob can’t only pick on Terry Francona because a Yankee had set the precedent!
#54 by Mets Fan AZ on 12.17.07 12:26 pm |
al said:
I don’t mind the old unis either. Much better than the new ones, did the old ones have purple pants? I don’t remember any and I certainly don’t remember a monochrome look in the old days either.
#55 by Jordan on 12.17.07 12:28 pm |
Dane said:
Interesting Cross of St. Andrew patch on Schumi’s right sleeve — tribute to the late Colin McCrae
#56 by Chance on 12.17.07 12:29 pm |
Pete said:
You’re right – he does go back to the early days of the franchise in the 1940s.
Reportedly, Modell didn’t like it, so he elimiated the Brownie in the 1960s, but the new owners have been using it as an alternate logo since 2004 or so.
I’m glad to see him given more exposure. Beautiful. Simply beautiful.
#57 by S Bennett on 12.17.07 12:34 pm |
dm00n [Doug] said:
And an even better one
SB
#58 by Chance on 12.17.07 12:35 pm |
Mets Fan AZ said:
There was one famous monochrome, necessitated because they wanted to wear their standard road uniform of white jerseys and purple pants at home but forgot to tell the visiting Lions, who didn’t bring their home blues. So the Vikes were forced to wear their home jerseys, resulting in a purple nightmare.
Shows how times have changed – back then, the Vikings were embarrassed by the look. Now they’ll willingly choose it?
#59 by Randy Williams on 12.17.07 12:43 pm |
todd krevanchi said:
Who let Seinfeld in here?!? “They’re called GrapeNuts…but there’s no grapes or nuts. What’s the deal?”
#60 by Ian K on 12.17.07 12:44 pm |
Chance said:
“Beautiful” is not the word I would use to describe it. Campy, maybe. For the most part, I’m in agreeance with Uni Watch likes & dislikes. However, I am not in favor of the use of overly-cartoony mascots and logos.
Examples:
Tigers’ swinging kitten
Mr. Redlegs
and Cleveland Browns’ Brownie elf logo
Just my thoughts on cartoony logos. Feel free to disagree or add others to the list…
#61 by Slam on 12.17.07 12:49 pm |
The Tigers’ swinging kitten must be playing slo-pitch. He is looking up at the incoming ball.
#62 by patrick on 12.17.07 12:54 pm |
Not sure if any of the soccer fans saw any of the pictures from Capello’s introduction as new Manager of Englands National Team but, the tags were still on the jersey. Not onyl were they still on the jersey but, they were hanging out on the fron of the jersey, for the world to see. The only place I’ve seen this picture was on a blog, Soccer by Ives. I hope I don’t mess the link up
Here it is just in case
http://njmg.typepad....
#63 by DenverGregg on 12.17.07 12:58 pm |
todd krevanchi said:
Well, the first one is to cater to Ameriholics – those who just can’t get enough of the Stars & Stripes.
The second is a sad holdover of the 70s: stoned people heard the term “Golden Gate”, juxtaposed it with Watergate and thought that if they could only coin a new “-gate”, they’d get rich. As the numbers of the acid-addled dwindle, so will this neoplastic neologism.
Of course “-oholic” comes from the Prohibitionists who lay in wait for their next chance – after they’ve pried my liquor from my dead hands – who try at every turn to denigrate spiritous beverages.
#64 by Andrew on 12.17.07 1:04 pm |
Mr. Redlegs is awesome. I’m torn on some of the others (Swinging Kitty, Swinging Beer-Barrel Man, Swinging Friar) but Mr. Redlegs is fine by me.
The only problem I have with him is that in about 10-15 games at GAB this summer, I didn’t see him win the stupid Skyline race once, despite picking him every time.
Stupid Mr. Redlegs.
#65 by Matt Powers on 12.17.07 1:06 pm |
What about this guy?
http://moonlightgrah...
#66 by Andrew on 12.17.07 1:12 pm |
On -gate, I don’t know. It’s running strong. I wonder if it hasn’t entered our consciousness as a code word for scandal.
Oh, and what on earth does de Stijl and neologisms have in common?
(that’s a joke, by the way, cracking wise a little bit on your phrase-turning)
#67 by LI Phil on 12.17.07 1:13 pm |
Matt Powers said:
mr. met rawks but not this guy
#68 by Jon on 12.17.07 1:17 pm |
The 13th annual Petro-Canada Teddy Bear Toss was a huge success. A World Record 26,919 bears were tossed on December 2nd when the Calgary Hitmen beat Prince George 6-2.
But check out the christmas logos and lettering
Front, Back, Shoulder
Video
#69 by George on 12.17.07 1:17 pm |
Here’s to hoping that the Vikings don’t make the all-purple look a trend on nationally-televised games. Their game next week with Washington is set to be on Sunday night.
#70 by Mickel on 12.17.07 1:19 pm |
Seahawks still have the 21
#71 by Jeff B on 12.17.07 1:19 pm |
Andrew said:
I love all the cartoony characters. Especially the old ones , and ones that are blatently racist by today’s standards. I draw the line when they show up as costumed characters at the park. In the minors? Sure, that’s family oriented entertainment surrounding MLB scouting. In the pros? Get them out of my way.
In short: OK… Not OK.
#72 by Jeff B on 12.17.07 1:21 pm |
Jeff B said:
Damn sorry. Most of those links were from logo shak. a good website, but they don’t let you link apparently.
#73 by ryan c #40 on 12.17.07 1:36 pm |
i LOVE cartoony logos! to me, they are SO classic!!!
on a side note: i HATE, HATE, HATE, the cleveland browns (pittsburgher)… but those sideline coats are pretty cool (seriously). when they’re not playing football, they can go pick up the trash on the side of the freeway (you know, like their playbook, teammates, anything else that says cleveland, etc.)… lol. besides, i’m sure a lot of the browns (or their boyfriends (winslow)) have the matching jump-suits from various nights spent in jail, and what a better what to match?!?!
ha-ha… ok, ok, i won’t trash talk! besides, if the ol’ black-n-gold don’t watch out, the brownies will be taking their place in the playoffs!
#74 by LockBull on 12.17.07 1:40 pm |
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Andrew said:
I love all the cartoony characters. Especially the old ones , and ones that are blatently racist by today’s standards. I draw the line when they show up as costumed characters at the park. In the minors? Sure, that’s family oriented entertainment surrounding MLB scouting. In the pros? Get them out of my way.
In short: OK… Not OK.
I was watching a U. of Minnesota basketball game on TV recently and am so glad they haven’t tried to update Goldy Gopher to make him more fierce looking. Remember some small kids love these guys, and they become big kids and big fans…
#75 by Jerico on 12.17.07 1:43 pm |
Ian K said:
I actually do like the Brownie the Elf logo, though I probably like the current secondary logo of the orange-and-brown bulldog (”Dawg Pound”–get it?). Here’s a blog entry from 2004 discussing both.
The old Red Sox “swinging sock” logo (circa 1950s, though you occasionally see it on ESPN) is campy, to be sure, but I really like it.
#76 by Who cares on 12.17.07 1:49 pm |
New York Times Hockey Blog has a video up of a European hockey team that put Santa hats on top of the numbers on the backs of their uniforms
http://slapshot.blog...
#77 by Harv Antle on 12.17.07 1:52 pm |
Paul will like this. From the weekend’s D-2 cahmpionship game, Northwest Missouri State wore Nike tops and Russell pants.
#78 by dgc on 12.17.07 1:55 pm |
Ian K said:
I think the O’s should go back to the swinging Bird immediately.
#79 by CV on 12.17.07 1:56 pm |
al said:
The old Viking purples were awesome, and the helmets are top 3 in the NFL. The old whites suck just like the current white. In fact, the current ones may be better than the UCLA old ones. I really don’t mind the new jerseys much at all, it’s the new pants that make the uni look terrible.
Personally, I think the best thing would be to go back to the orignal look from the early 60’s, with the purple pants included.
http://www.weirdwolf...
#80 by Andrew on 12.17.07 2:03 pm |
ryan c #40 said:
Mind you, who’s the Steelers’ mascot these days? Steely McBeam?
#81 by Alex on 12.17.07 2:12 pm |
This weekend I seemd to notice the thickness of helmet stripes in the NFL more than I ever have. Have they always been this thick or is a cold weather thing?
#82 by Jeff B on 12.17.07 2:25 pm |
Alex said:
This site is all about visual evidence. Which games were you watching? That way we can compare the stripes to other times.
My guess it you just noticed it, just like I started noticing nose bumpers after the article about that. BTW what would be your theory behind thicker stripes for cold weather?
#83 by LI Phil on 12.17.07 2:25 pm |
lol
#84 by Robert on 12.17.07 2:36 pm |
Slam said:
He was hitting against Dave LaRoche.
#85 by ryan c #40 on 12.17.07 2:39 pm |
This site is all about visual evidence. Which games were you watching? That way we can compare the stripes to other times.
My guess it you just noticed it, just like I started noticing nose bumpers after the article about that. BTW what would be your theory behind thicker stripes for cold weather?
…besides, don’t things usually shrink in cold weather???
#86 by Jeff B on 12.17.07 2:40 pm |
Paul, What would be you’re reaction to if we got one or two readers to work together to put together an entry where they detailed some of the uniform history, quirks, development, trends etc of some of the sports you know less about? Say one about soccer, one about lacrosse, maybe more. It seems there are some readers who know substantially more about it than most, and may be willing to give it a shot.
#87 by ryan c #40 on 12.17.07 2:40 pm |
i LOVE cartoony logos! to me, they are SO classic!!!
on a side note: i HATE, HATE, HATE, the cleveland browns (pittsburgher)… but those sideline coats are pretty cool (seriously). when they’re not playing football, they can go pick up the trash on the side of the freeway (you know, like their playbook, teammates, anything else that says cleveland, etc.)… lol. besides, i’m sure a lot of the browns (or their boyfriends (winslow)) have the matching jump-suits from various nights spent in jail, and what a better what to match?!?!
ha-ha… ok, ok, i won’t trash talk! besides, if the ol’ black-n-gold don’t watch out, the brownies will be taking their place in the playoffs!
Mind you, who’s the Steelers’ mascot these days? Steely McBeam
…ouch!
#88 by Randy Williams on 12.17.07 2:42 pm |
ryan c #40 said:
Seinfeld is STILL in here!
#89 by Dane on 12.17.07 2:45 pm |
This item was part of Money.com’s 2007 list of the 101 Dumbest Moments in Business. Did we cover this earlier this year?
Nike recalls 235,000 football helmets because the Chinese-made chin cup has a defective strap and has caused at least two concussions and a broken nose.
http://money.cnn.com...
#90 by steve on 12.17.07 2:45 pm |
Randy Williams said:
I was in the POOL!
#91 by Mark on 12.17.07 2:47 pm |
I was watching a U. of Minnesota basketball game on TV recently and am so glad they haven’t tried to update Goldy Gopher to make him more fierce looking. Remember some small kids love these guys, and they become big kids and big fans…
When this “new” Goldy was introduced (1985) he actually was more aggressive looking. His eyebrows were furrowed and he had more of a scowl. See here http://www1.umn.edu/... The U received feedback that he was too mean for kids so they softened him up a bit. More of a grinning fool look I would say. Much preferred the scowl but then again how angry can a gopher really be? Wait. Caddyshack anyone?
The Gopher mascot of the 60s and 70s (same link) is what I grew up with and he was depicted in every activity imaginable. The 1979 version shown on the same link is one I have never seen -and I was attending the U then – so I suspect it never was used (especially if they introduced the new version 6 years later).
Vikes in all purple – as much as I dislike the new look I agree on the new pants being the worst part. Somehow the all purple doesn’t look all bad though. I will be there tonight and will file an in-person report on whether they look better in person. If they even go through with it that is…
#92 by CV on 12.17.07 2:54 pm |
Mark said:
I actually like that all-purple look better than the all-white on the road look, though neither are good.
Have fun at the game, wish I could go.
#93 by Jeff B on 12.17.07 3:03 pm |
CV said:
I’m at work and can’t check. How much are the Vikes favored by?
#94 by JoeS on 12.17.07 3:04 pm |
Mark said:
In 1986 when they “softened” goldy, wouldn’t it have been sufficient to just make him not scowl? Did they really have to remove his toe-claws and muscles? That just seems cruel!
#95 by JoeS on 12.17.07 3:07 pm |
Andrew said:
Holy crap! I thought you were making that up until someone posted this! I think a steel worker mascot makes sense, but what a ridiculous name!
#96 by Erich on 12.17.07 3:08 pm |
I love cartoony logos as well… These are 2 of my favorite logos ever, especially the Cardinal…
#97 by Erich on 12.17.07 3:08 pm |
http://i88.photobuck...
#98 by CV on 12.17.07 3:22 pm |
Jeff B said:
10 1/2
#99 by Al on 12.17.07 3:30 pm |
Brick said:
I didn’t know UNC used the blue UltraStripe template. I know that Seton Hall did.
The odd thing about this Tulane jersey is that it didn’t seem to fit the usual 1-2-3-4-1-2-3-2-1 striping pattern you’d find on an old Majestic/Sand Knit jersey of that time. I’d surely like to see one of those up close (the eBay photo leaves a little to be desired).
#100 by Duckstyle on 12.17.07 3:33 pm |
CV said:
I think I like the exact opposite, and by like, I mean I don’t mind. I hate the dark monochrome look on anyone but maybe the Jets. But with certain teams, color etc, the all white look is ok. I think the Vikings old away style was pretty decent. And considering the ridiculous cartoon outfits they wear now I think you have to long for those old ones. I never liked their old sleeve stripes on the purple jerseys. I hate the one fat stripe at the bottom of the sleeve: old Vikings, Chiefs, Dolphins etc. Looks so bush.
#101 by Marty Met on 12.17.07 3:37 pm |
Jeff B said:
How can you not like Mr. Met?
#102 by CV on 12.17.07 3:42 pm |
Duckstyle said:
The old purples I really like are those they wore as throwbacks this year against the Pack, with the sleve stripes similar to the Steelers. The UCLA stripe road unis were bad, worse than the current ones.
#103 by Alex on 12.17.07 3:44 pm |
Jeff B said:
I can’t get pictures to link properly on here for the life of me.
I was trying to link to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Theres some great photos on ESPN, but again I tried to link and failed.
I also tried to make a little arrow pointing to my cold weather comment and indicating that it was sarcasm. Don’t know why that didn’t post.
#104 by Jeff B on 12.17.07 3:44 pm |
Marty Met said:
I like Mr. Met to be used in pictures, ads, logos, patches, stuff like that. I don’t like the sweaty man dancing around with a giant baseball head interrupting my game.
#105 by LI Phil on 12.17.07 4:01 pm |
Jeff B said:
I like Mr. Met to be used in pictures, ads, logos, patches, stuff like that. I don’t like the sweaty man dancing around with a giant baseball head interrupting my game.
mr. met’s head is the only earthbound orb with its own gravitational pull
in ‘64, mr. met earned rookie-of-the-year honors as MLBs first modern live-action mascot
#106 by Duckstyle on 12.17.07 4:16 pm |
The old purples I really like are those they wore as throwbacks this year against the Pack, with the sleve stripes similar to the Steelers. The UCLA stripe road unis were bad, worse than the current ones.
I agree the throwback purple were beautiful compared to the new or old home unis. But seriosuly, I’m not sure there’s an uglier uni in the league than either set the Vikings have. I’ve always been partial to the 3-stripe shoulder strips like UCLA and LSU etc.
#107 by Justin on 12.17.07 4:32 pm |
Two UNC players wore the same uniform number & NOB last night against Rutgers…
From the ACC Now blog …
#108 by Marty Met on 12.17.07 4:47 pm |
I wonder if Chris Simon hates the RBK Edge sweaters, because hopefully he’ll never wear an NHL sweater again
#109 by ToasterPoodle on 12.17.07 4:54 pm |
quote the ticker The Dayton hoops team has unveiled some alternate throwbacks (with thanks to Todd Herzog).
Maybe Todd or someone else can help with this. I grew up in Dayton and remembered the era of the uni on the right. It was accompanied by a shooter shirt that looked a lot like the BJ Surhoff baseball uni shown here. I scoured the internet and cannot find a picture of it. I know that UD doesn’t carry the fan base of say Carolina or Duke, but does anyone else remember this, or have a picture.
#110 by ptb on 12.17.07 4:55 pm |
http://www.ravensnes...’s.htm
anybody else ever heard of the Continental Football League? There’s some rough information on Wikipedia but I would really like to lay eyes and/or hands on some Chicago Owls paraphernalia… the logos on that page are pretty blah. i’ve never ever heard of this league…
#111 by Scott W on 12.17.07 5:03 pm |
Jeff B said:
All you’ve got to do is highlight the url in the window, and re-send it with enter. this has come up before. pretty sure most people have figured it out anyway, because this comment has been replied to a few times with, “how can you not like mr. met?”
#112 by Steve Rogers on 12.17.07 5:25 pm |
I think the “.” on the Ruth jacket might be imperfections in the photo rather than an actual “.” in NY.
Well, put it this way, have you EVER seen New York’s state abbreveated as N.Y.? No, like CA for California, even though it is two words it has never had periods after the N and the Y.
#113 by Steve Rogers on 12.17.07 5:26 pm |
I stand corrected.
#114 by cowboy7130 on 12.17.07 5:29 pm |
Dane said:
Nike doesn’t make football helmets.
#115 by Steve Rogers on 12.17.07 5:30 pm |
Steve Rogers said:
Link is not coming through here
http://www.thedeadba...
#116 by LI Phil on 12.17.07 5:30 pm |
Steve Rogers said:
so true…except…one merely has to waste countless hours (actually mere seconds) at work to discover THIS PHOTO of ruth, gehrig, cobb & speaker, standing this time
i’d say those are periods (or at least ONE period between the “N” and “Y”)
#117 by LI Phil on 12.17.07 5:34 pm |
#118 by Saru on 12.17.07 5:40 pm |
The best cartoony character was Fighty of the Nippon Ham Fighters.
#119 by Seth H on 12.17.07 5:40 pm |
Well, put it this way, have you EVER seen New York’s state abbreveated as N.Y.? No, like CA for California, even though it is two words it has never had periods after the N and the Y.
Those of us who are old enough (40+) remember when the only correct way to abbreviate New York was “N.Y.” California was “Calif.” back then. (And “Tex.”, “Ark.”, “Fla.”, “Miss.”, etc.)
Sometime (probably in the seventies), with the advent of machine readers to sort the mail, the postal service started making corporations use official two letter abbreviations (e.g., NY and CA) for all states.
#120 by Perry on 12.17.07 5:51 pm |
Pete said:
It’s a brownie, get it? And yes.
#121 by JoeS on 12.17.07 5:57 pm |
The Madden 08 simulation that ESPN does of all the NFL games shows the Vikings in all purple. Does EA Sports know something we don’t?
#122 by odessa steps on 12.17.07 6:14 pm |
how about a return of the Colonial kids that used to be on the Phillies’ logo?
The two Twins shaking hands?
SWINGING FRIAR~!
#123 by LI Phil on 12.17.07 6:25 pm |
JoeS said:
Running back Adrian Peterson scored on a 6-yard touchdown run on the opening drive, and that set the tone
heh
#124 by Frankie on 12.17.07 6:26 pm |
JoeS said:
Maybe, but maybe not. Just look at this preview and you’ll see that these screen shots are nothing to go off of. Miami hasn’t worn those pants and socks since Ricky Wiliiams retired before that one season. plus, they always wear all white at home during the day, and no team would ever wear all black during the day in Florida, regardless of whether or not black actually does attract more sun or not (which I know has been discussed here before).
#125 by Stevo on 12.17.07 6:54 pm |
LockBull said:
I was once part of costumed Goldie’s hijinks at a wrestling meet at the Target Center. I was snapping photos matside when s/he came up behind me and started doing the whole “monkey around with the unsuspecting working guy” thing.
#126 by j on 12.17.07 7:04 pm |
golden gophers have a gay fukin mascot
#127 by LI Phil on 12.17.07 7:07 pm |
Stevo said:
*thoughts going through stevo’s head*:
License to kill gophers by the government of the United Nations. Man, free to kill gophers at will. To kill, you must know your enemy, and in this case my enemy is a varmint. And a varmint will never quit – ever. They’re like the Viet Cong – Varmint Cong. So you have to fall back on superior intelligence and superior firepower. And that’s all she wrote
#128 by Eliot on 12.17.07 7:17 pm |
speaking of cartoony mascots, i’ve always loved this version of bevo the longhorn.
#129 by SoCalPVguy on 12.17.07 7:25 pm |
Horizon Air will paint four of its aircraft in the school colors of four West Coast universities. The carrier –- a subsidiary of the Alaska Air Group –- will put the school colors and logos of the University of Oregon, Oregon State University, the University of Washington and Washington State University on Bombardier CRJ-700 regional jets.
#130 by Stevo on 12.17.07 7:38 pm |
LI Phil said:
I thought about tackling that oversized rat, but I didn’t want to drop my camera and break it. I also figured there was an outside chance that it was a cute girl under the hood using her position as an excuse to flirt with me.
#131 by jere on 12.17.07 7:41 pm |
For people who followed the Yastrzemski upside-down 8 saga, one final chapter:
Boston “street views” is now up at G-Maps, and the shot of the numbers outside Fenway happens to be right from that window of time when the 8 was down, to be replaced right side up. (Go down the next street, though, and you can see the 8, as that street was obviously shot at a different time.)n
#132 by Billy D on 12.17.07 8:15 pm |
JoeS said:
I don’t know if they KNEW, but the KFAN (the vikings radio flagship) announcers just were talking about the Vikings going with purple-on-purple
#133 by Lobster on 12.17.07 8:21 pm |
Billy D said:
Yep, it’s full-on purple-on-purple tonight. ESPN was just showing warm-ups.
#134 by Jonee on 12.17.07 8:24 pm |
I don’t usually go for the monocolor look, but I do love the Vikes’ purple pants.
#135 by cathy on 12.17.07 8:27 pm |
Stuby said:
I’m partial to “chris hanburger” myself…mmmm hanburger….
#136 by S Bennett on 12.17.07 8:40 pm |
#137 by Jerico on 12.17.07 8:43 pm |
Aside from the Vikings’ dress purples (Mr. Lukas is probably having a coronary right now), Bears QB Kyle Orton is in the Revolution helmet.
#138 by jere on 12.17.07 8:49 pm |
#139 by KT on 12.17.07 9:03 pm |
Viking uniforms have never been as good since they decided to ditch the classic look.
And their purple on purple just looks like ass to me.
Actually, it looks like blue to me. I don’t know if it’s my TV or what.
#140 by David S. on 12.17.07 9:12 pm |
KT said:
I guess if you are going to look like idiots you might as well commit to the role.
The Vikings have to be the worst dressed team in the NFL, no one else is even close. Heck, they make the Cardinals look good.
#141 by =bg= on 12.17.07 9:13 pm |
Somewhere, Lukas is staring at the MNF screen with a tear in his eye. “Purple…all…purple..”
#142 by spencer on 12.17.07 9:14 pm |
the all purples are awsome, they should wear them all the time
#143 by Jeremy on 12.17.07 9:15 pm |
I think that the Vikings look better in their all-purple uniforms. I know, monochromatic is kind of annoying sometimes, but I think this is a step up from wearing their white pants with their purple jerseys. That just looks weird.
#144 by Ryan on 12.17.07 9:31 pm |
=bg= said:
I was thinking something more along the line of Marlon Brando’s last line in Apocalypse Now…
“The horror! The horror!”
#145 by Ryan on 12.17.07 9:37 pm |
I was watching a U. of Minnesota basketball game on TV recently and am so glad they haven’t tried to update Goldy Gopher to make him more fierce looking. Remember some small kids love these guys, and they become big kids and big fans…
I’m just happy that they still use their logo, whereas so many of these logos haven’t been used in decades… I’m a Wisconsin “fan” (I’m a Marquette fan, so I just root for the football team), so I’ll throw in a vote for Buckingham U. Badger
http://www.onmilwauk...
#146 by LI Phil on 12.17.07 9:42 pm |
i think marquette should wear this ALL the time
this however, is not something i hope to ever see again
/somewhere, mr. lucas silently weeps
#147 by S Bennett on 12.17.07 9:47 pm |
Ryan said:
Yeah, but that’s when Kurtz realises he’s been an ass for quite some time. Are you implying that The Lucas heart will grow three sizes and we’ll all be allowed to get purple membership cards?
I don’t hate the current purple Minny wears, but I can’t help but notice most (if not all) the fans seem to be wearing this one.
SB
#148 by Ryan on 12.17.07 9:55 pm |
S Bennett said:
Slightly bitter about the membership cards, are we?
The new Minnesota purple also seem to be slightly blue-tinged, which is weirding me out
#149 by Tim McCabe on 12.17.07 10:03 pm |
With the way the Vikings are playing, we won’t have to worry about seeing all purple again any time soon.
#150 by Patrick on 12.17.07 10:36 pm |
I love that all the purple-lovers are coming out of the closet, so to speak, with the Vikings going monochrome tonight. However, they do look somewhat blue, perhaps it’s the dome’s fault? Anyway, here’s another cartoony logo that I absolutely love. Anyone have the story behind the St. Louis Browns alien guy?
http://www.digitalde...
#151 by James Craven on 12.17.07 10:54 pm |
=bg= said:
Paul is dying a little inside.
What were you expecting me to say, something that would be deleted about puking?
#152 by LI Phil on 12.17.07 10:57 pm |
does this guy remind anyone of this guy?
#153 by Flip on 12.17.07 11:01 pm |
Patrick said:
Cuz purple rocks.
That said, the Viking’s unis are still a disaster.
#154 by LI Phil on 12.17.07 11:20 pm |
latest knicks promotion, free crayon & cafeteria tray night predictably ends in disaster…meanwhile, assistant coach and director of player personnel brendan suhr puts the finishing touches on his resume
#155 by James Craven on 12.17.07 11:22 pm |
LI Phil said:
POST OF THE DAY WINNAH!
#156 by =bg= on 12.17.07 11:30 pm |
There’s only one look for the Vikes.
Kapp, Osborn, Brown, Eller, Page, Larson, Tinglehoff, Krause, Marshall and the rest.
http://64.17.171.58/...
BUD GRANT would NOT do all-purple. A coach who didn’t have heaters on the sidelines for HIS OWN TEAM…
http://www.vikingupd...
would not do all-purple. Ever.
#157 by Kyle at IU on 12.17.07 11:37 pm |
#83 on the Vikes has a little stripe tear-age going on around his shoulders. it was with around 4 or 5 minutes left after #83 caught a pass at the line of scrimmage and fell over. Small tear, but it’s still there.
#158 by CV on 12.17.07 11:55 pm |
Well, I’m a Viking fan. The purple look was not good. BUT, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. I actually prefer it to the all white road look, but I think I have seen enough and it is back to white pants if I were in charge.
IMO though, the white shirts with the purple pants may be the new unis best combo.
#159 by Paul on 12.18.07 12:51 am |
All I kept thinking tonight was what if the Bears could have worn the “lovely” orange jerseys to go with the purple…
#160 by Ben on 12.18.07 2:15 am |
Two Vikes that I could see were sporting Purple and College Gold kicks, Sharper was one, Sidney Rice, and Antoine Winfield, but his are covered with spats. This may have well been covered previously but I busted out my 65 inch HDTV Christmas present a little early for the Vikes.
Winfield is the only one I can find a pic of
PS Tavarius Jackson looks just as shitty in HD and cable.
#161 by Jerico on 12.18.07 2:16 am |
KT said:
How about Forum blue? :D
#162 by Abe on 12.18.07 2:38 am |
That purple-on-purple wasn’t so bad. The stripes are continuous and line up very well, so it looks good – if only they didn’t have that stupid purple logo patch in the stripe, it would look perfect.
Some teams can pull it off, some can’t.
#163 by DenverGregg on 12.18.07 8:02 am |
I like purple, but last night was atrocious. Those Vikes unis are hideous. The only thing worse is teal.
#164 by Justin B on 12.19.07 12:32 pm |
JoeS said:
It also forecasted Orton with 4 TD.