To some, having TV numbers of Western Kentucky is kind of a folly in itself. As in, “when is Western Kentucky ever on TV?” Touché.
But teams still have to have TV numbers. But if they look like that, I’d have to ask why they’re even bothering. And aren’t they supposed to be six inches? Or four inches? Or some standard size?
And no, for those wondering, Oregon didn’t wear its space duck leotard wondersuit (now with lazers and shit!) last night. That was the rumor, you know. In this situation, I couldn’t say, “Oregon, you’re dead to me,” because, well, you know … Bryan
#1 by scott on 10.12.08 7:26 am |
Are college football teams required to have TV numbers? I thought that was an NFL mandate.
#2 by tmac3217 on 10.12.08 8:59 am |
Nope. Minnesota’s new jerseys don’t have them.
I wonder how long they’ll continue the all-white trend on the road? That’s probably my least favorite combination they have this year…
#3 by Mike Engle on 10.12.08 9:27 am |
“Anybody working on fixing those TV numbers?”
“Yeah, we’ve got a guy.”
#4 by Beardface on 10.12.08 9:47 am |
Virginia Tech’s new unis (you know, the god awful ones they wear with the alternate sleeve colors… the orange ones they’ve been torturing us fans with this season… seriously, we have worn Maroon jerseys for 10 years straight, and November will be the first time we actually wear a maroon jersey this year… wtf) don’t have TV numbers. Now, our ‘throwback’ LSU ripoffs have wonderful tv numbers, so I guess you could say we have them half the time?
#5 by biff_tannen on 10.12.08 10:16 am |
The bad news is, those TV numbers are truly ineffective. The good news is, their helmet inventory doesn’t consist of pots and pans.
#6 by Peter on 10.12.08 10:34 am |
why was Chase Daniel wearing number 25?
#7 by Mike Engle on 10.12.08 10:39 am |
Peter said:
Memorializing a deceased would-be senior in Chase Daniel’s
academicrecruiting class. #25 will float among the seniors.#8 by Chad on 10.12.08 10:42 am |
not unirelated but a funny sports moment http://img413.images...
#9 by ben on 10.12.08 11:08 am |
Does anyone know what was on the side of David Ortiz’ helmet in Friday night’s game? It looked like there was a message written.
#10 by Randy Miller on 10.12.08 11:08 am |
It’s not the size that counts for the WKU television numbers. The whole point is that TV number should be easily visible for identification purposes.
Those don’t qualify.
#11 by aflfan on 10.12.08 11:19 am |
I flipped over to the Tuskegee/Morehouse game last night. Tuskegee uni’s are let say interesting. Yellow and maroon
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#12 by Ricko1 on 10.12.08 11:23 am |
tmac3217 said:
I imagine as long as they keep winning in them, they’ll stick with them. Personlly, I thought last week’s all-maroon was the low point. Very high school. Very Arena league. Texas, for one, seems to do just fine in white over white.
But you’re right, white-white takes some getting used to as a look for the Gophers. Haven’t been white-white since about 1957 or so.
#13 by Ricko1 on 10.12.08 11:29 am |
scott said:
Alabama, for one, hasn’t had TV numbers for years.
#14 by dtsa on 10.12.08 11:33 am |
daniels was wearing that uni number for a player that died 4 years ago. Seniors are wearing the number 25 in tribute and each week a different player is wearing it.
on another note wasnt that awesome watching the tigers choke on it? i loved it! rock chalk.
#15 by LI Phil on 10.12.08 11:48 am |
Ricko1 said:
isn’t this technically a tv number?
#16 by Ricko1 on 10.12.08 11:56 am |
LI Phil said:
Okay, on jerseys, I meant.
#17 by LI Phil on 10.12.08 12:06 pm |
from wiki…so it must be true:
LI Phil said:
by the by…they’re also not required in college
#18 by Johnny Bacardi on 10.12.08 12:08 pm |
To some, having TV numbers of Western Kentucky
I think you mean ON Western Kentucky.
Is this the only thing you could think of to write about this whole weekend? Does Lukas know you’ve got permission to write on this blog?
#19 by Stuby on 10.12.08 12:10 pm |
Ricko1 said:
Uh oh, Ricko cloned himself again.
And the Ducks don’t wear the TV numbers either…
http://scores.espn.g...
#20 by Mike D. on 10.12.08 12:12 pm |
So if “TV numbers” are no longer mandated by the NFL, could an NFL team design a jersey without TV numbers in the future?
#21 by Mark on 10.12.08 12:14 pm |
Does anyone else think it’s kind of redundant for the team to have a logo on the helmet and then on the shoulder a few inches away? Western Kentucky and Virginia come to mind.
#22 by LI Phil on 10.12.08 12:19 pm |
the brownies will be losing the the G-men monday night without tv numbers
#23 by LI Phil on 10.12.08 12:23 pm |
LI Phil said:
perhaps he hooked up with a magnetic fields groupie and ‘little ricko’ is out of commission?
#24 by Jordan Sogn on 10.12.08 12:36 pm |
Mark said:
I second the motion…
#25 by Bryan Redemske on 10.12.08 12:47 pm |
Johnny Bacardi said:
Better question: Does Johnny Bacardi know I can give him the boot for being a dick?
He does now.
#26 by Michael on 10.12.08 12:50 pm |
I swear I saw Tuskegee wearing maroon pants with maroon-and-gold Hawaiian print side panels a few years back.
Does anyone else remember this or was I on crack at age 15?
#27 by Shaftman on 10.12.08 1:01 pm |
Looks like Jets are wearing Titan’s gear again.
#28 by Stan aka The Took on 10.12.08 1:15 pm |
Yeah, Jets have that god awful Titan’s jersey on gain.
#29 by The Hemogoblin on 10.12.08 1:20 pm |
Pertaining to the Oregon game:
On the bright side, the uniforms cannot possibly get any worse if they don’t change.
#30 by =bg= on 10.12.08 1:40 pm |
Bryan Redemske said:
Quote of the Day.
PS- Tex Schramm invented the TV numbers concept.
How bout dem Cowboys.
#31 by Glen on 10.12.08 2:01 pm |
Best part of the UCLA OREGON game. lol
http://scores.espn.g...
#32 by Vince on 10.12.08 2:01 pm |
And the Ducks don’t wear the TV numbers either…
http://scores.espn.g...
I think that it’s a sad, sad day when we use the Ducks as an example of uniform uniformity…. Besides, if they had TV numbers, how could they put that bitchin’ hideous faux-metal crap on their shoulders? ick…
#33 by HogsFan on 10.12.08 2:02 pm |
I hated that about the Arkansas Razorbacks for years
#34 by Ben Neureuther on 10.12.08 2:03 pm |
So I was at the Badgers/ Penn State game and i must say that the night game atmosphere combined with the great unis of both teams made for a great game too look at. Too bad the outcome didnt go the way i wanted it too.
#35 by HogsFan on 10.12.08 2:04 pm |
Mark said:
I have hated that about the Arkansas Razorbacks for years
#36 by Ricko1 on 10.12.08 2:09 pm |
=bg= said:
Yup, while he was with the Rams in I think 1957. They were HUGE, too.
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#37 by Ricko1 on 10.12.08 2:12 pm |
Vikings have Adrian Peterson to run the ball and they’re ahead of Lions 2-0 because a young QB ran out of the back of the endzone.
Jeez.
#38 by Matt on 10.12.08 2:14 pm |
Anyone see Clinton Portis’s helmet? The Redskin has something covering its eyes…its subtle but its there. The FOX camera guy was focusing on it for like 20 seconds a few minutes ago, no screen grab though
#39 by MPowers1634 on 10.12.08 2:15 pm |
Lazers and shit….Fun game
What other insane features could these new Mythical Oregon Leotards have?
#40 by Ricko on 10.12.08 2:16 pm |
Matt said:
Hey, you notice Longhorns had Texas orange trim on their shoes yesteray? I imagine you did. Forgot to check to see if LSU had purple. I know some of the Vikings do.
#41 by ric on 10.12.08 2:17 pm |
Surprisingly enough, the phrase “space duck leotard wondersuit” gives zero matches on Google.
Also… Go Tops!
#42 by MPowers1634 on 10.12.08 2:20 pm |
Ricko1 said:
That;s because the Vikings have a guest Offensive Coordinator today:
http://www.forgotten...
He hates their colors so much that he ordered that kid to run out of the endzone. His goal is that they will play so bad that the team will rethink their uni-scheme and “Ditch the Purple”.
#43 by Doug on 10.12.08 2:23 pm |
carson palmer’s wearing number 5 on the bench, not his usual number 9, anyone know why?
#44 by Doug on 10.12.08 2:24 pm |
ok, once again, i’m an idiot. that’s his brother’s number.
#45 by MPowers1634 on 10.12.08 2:26 pm |
Ricko said:
RickOf course I have noticed. And i’m impressed that you remembered my pet peeve. They have been wearing “Burn Umber” accented shoes this season. However LSU still goes with the white/black.
Here are some pics of Vikings in Purple accented Nikes:
1. AP wears Nike Super Speed D Player Exclusives:
http://static.nfl.co...
2. Pat Williams wears Nike Zoom Vick IV D:
http://static.nfl.co...
3. Robert Ferguson wears the Nike Super Bad II PE:
http://static.nfl.co...
#46 by Matt on 10.12.08 2:27 pm |
Doug said:
That’s his brother
#47 by Matt on 10.12.08 2:29 pm |
MPowers1634 said:
To clarify my original question, I was referring to the logo on the left side of Portis’s helmet, There is a silver streak across the face of the Redskin in the logo, just wondering if he always has that on his helmet logo
#48 by MPowers1634 on 10.12.08 2:35 pm |
Matt,
I think that there was some posting confusion!
Ricko thought that you, Matt, was me MPOWERS1634, (Matt Powers). That is why he asked you about the Texas and LSU cleats.
Cool find though with Portis’ helmet…he’s always been known to do wierd uni-stuff.
#49 by Chris on 10.12.08 2:41 pm |
Come on guys, dont make fun of my school. WKU is in a new phase of football, we just made the transition to the bowl subdivision, and built a awesome new addition to our stadium. This page loads kind of slow. https://admin.xosn.c...
Cut us a little slack!
#50 by Ricko on 10.12.08 2:44 pm |
MPowers1634 said:
No, I knew. Just clicked “quote” in wrong message, and didn’t catch mistake til I’d sent ti. They were next to each other. Sorry ’bout that.
—Ricko
#51 by fluxcap on 10.12.08 2:47 pm |
Ricko said:
Ha! Sorry bout that, I’ll change to my normal online name of “Fluxcap” to clear up any confusion regardless. Its my first time posting here and I read your response to my question and I was like, geez I didn’t think it was that dumb of a question. Anyway, great to finally post, been reading/entertained for a while now
#52 by Ricko on 10.12.08 2:54 pm |
Also in my defene, Powers is one of the helmet guys here, so the Portis observation from “Matt” confused me. Hey, I’m old, remember. LOL
Paul isn’t Viking O Coordinator today. Couldn’t be. They’d be doing better if he were. This is like watching a very resourceful, very dedicated man rake leaves.
#53 by Bob Andrews on 10.12.08 2:55 pm |
ben said:
I saw that in his first at bat. It was “something something” with “R.I.P.” below that. Funny thing was that in a later at bat it was gone. Different helmet I guess.
#54 by Dan on 10.12.08 2:56 pm |
Chad Johnson is wearing the ridell revo speed helmet against the Jets today i’ll try and get a pic up
#55 by MPowers1634 on 10.12.08 3:11 pm |
Ricko said:
If the real Vikings OC were raking leaves, we would have to worry about him breaking his leg…Why you ask…Because he might fall out of the tree!
#56 by LI Phil on 10.12.08 3:20 pm |
LI Phil said:
no…but we’ll try to point that out more if you’d like ;)
#57 by LI Phil on 10.12.08 3:30 pm |
anyone else find it kind of odd that teh J-E-T-S have “jets” in titans colors in their endzone? wouldn’t ya think they’d either have ‘titans’ or ‘jets’ in green/white?
/or maybe not…they should just put “BRETTS” there anyway
#58 by fluxcap on 10.12.08 3:33 pm |
Back to today’s topic…shouldn’t the Titans throwbacks not have TV numbers?
#59 by steve on 10.12.08 3:35 pm |
The Johnstown Chiefs are going to honor Paul Newman by wearing a number 7 patch on their jerseys this season. Article also said they have other things planned for later in the season as well.
http://www.tribune-d...
#60 by Mr. Blom on 10.12.08 3:36 pm |
i bet the oregon ducks do have tv numbers. With everything crazy on their unis you would probably have to put them under a blacklight to see the tv numbers
#61 by LI Phil on 10.12.08 3:48 pm |
fluxcap said:
nope
(i believe the jets are throwing back to 1961…which did not have tv numbers on the home jerseys [but on the aways])
#62 by Telamon on 10.12.08 3:50 pm |
Injury to Ladell Betts means Jason Campbell (Offensive Captain) is know handing off to Rock Cartwright (Special Teams Captain). Any other teams have any captain to captain hookups this year?
#63 by Budleno on 10.12.08 3:52 pm |
Can the NFL please…please…get rid of the white sock atrocity? I’m seeing anklets, tube socks, high whites, all whites, none at all, on the field at the same time! Just for the love of pete stop with it I can’t take it anymore.
#64 by Ricko on 10.12.08 3:52 pm |
fluxcap said:
Both sets of Titans unis (‘60 and the ‘61-’62 versions) did have TVs. Aren’t there on some of those Fleer cards, but in almost every action shot in my files…and the 3×5 cards I made at the time, there are sleeve TVs.
Only AFL jerseys without TVs were ‘61 Broncos light gold (had them on the road whites both years of that uni) and the ‘67 Chargers, both home and road.
—Ricko
#65 by Ricko on 10.12.08 3:53 pm |
And the original Bengals, of course.
#66 by LI Phil on 10.12.08 3:56 pm |
Ricko said:
so that maynard card i posted in #61 is not what they actually wore on the field? cuz im fairly certain that dint have no stinkin numbers
#67 by fluxcap on 10.12.08 3:57 pm |
LI Phil said:
And that Maynard card was what prompted me to ask the question in the first place
#68 by Ben on 10.12.08 4:16 pm |
Vince said:
I think that it’s a sad, sad day when we use the Ducks as an example of uniform uniformity…. Besides, if they had TV numbers, how could they put that bitchin’ hideous faux-metal crap on their shoulders? ick…
Diamond plate Tv Numbers?
#69 by scott on 10.12.08 4:23 pm |
Mark said:
Maybe it is redundant, but NFL teams do it, too – the Patriots and Panthers, for example. But I’d guess that fans like having the helmet logos on the jerseys when they wear the replicas.
#70 by Ricko on 10.12.08 4:37 pm |
fluxcap said:
Those Fleer photos must have been taken at a preseason or early season photo session or game, cuz Maynard started cutting off his sleeves supershort that year, so he ended up having no TVs (he’d have cut off the bottom half of the his “13″) while everyone else did have them.
That photo of Titans chasing Billy Cannon is from ‘60, of course. For Titans, no shoulder loops, darker (old) gold (the color they are mistakenly wearing now with the ‘61 unis), two navy stripes on pants (no white), plain socks. ‘60 was only year of that uni. Plus, was only season Oilers wore arabic numbers edged in red. For ‘61 and several seasons thereafter were standard white block numbers with no red on home jerseys at all.
—Ricko
#71 by mdunner28 on 10.12.08 4:37 pm |
Mr. Blom said:
Do NOT give them any ideas.
#72 by Nick on 10.12.08 5:20 pm |
I’m watching a replay of game 1 of the 1988 World Series on ESPN Classic and Dave Stewart is on second. As pitchers do, he’s wearing a jacket on the basepaths…but its got his NOB. I’ve never seen a pitcher’s basepath jacket with an NOB, but maybe I ain’t been lookin’
#73 by Mike D. on 10.12.08 5:47 pm |
For any soccer fans, I bought a 2008/2009 Benfica away jersey last week. Here’s a couple of pics.
http://i142.photobuc...
http://i142.photobuc...
#74 by LI Matt on 10.12.08 6:37 pm |
The Jets have a pretty good record in the Titans throwbacks, don’t they? 2-0 this year, and I think 2-0 last year also.
#75 by =bg= on 10.12.08 6:52 pm |
scott said:
Niners have the SF’s on the sleeves. PS Rams looked GREAT with the blue jerseys/white pants. Top five uni combo in the NFL.
#76 by Filthy McNasty on 10.12.08 7:04 pm |
=bg= said:
You’ve got to be kidding? It’s awful. I was hoping the end on Linehan meant the end of the white pants, bring back the gold!
#77 by Jon Meerdink on 10.12.08 7:10 pm |
Bobby Engram of the Seahawks has some weird little patch or some kind of mending thing above his nameplate. I don’t have a picture of it…any help?
#78 by LI Phil on 10.12.08 7:17 pm |
Filthy McNasty said:
pretty sure larry isn’t a fan of that combo
#79 by Jon on 10.12.08 7:24 pm |
Filthy McNasty said:
Actually, they looked MUCH better in the royal blue and yellow unis than the navy blue and gold ones. Still, they look horrible in the white pants.
#80 by Kevin M. on 10.12.08 7:27 pm |
I just noticed during the Cowboys Cardinals game that the umpire has what looks to be two mini video cameras on his hat. Has Paul covered this before or is this something new?
#81 by Ricko on 10.12.08 7:52 pm |
Jon said:
I dunno. Kinda hark back to era of first TV numbers.
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—Ricko
#82 by =bg= on 10.12.08 8:04 pm |
‘Scuse me, the Niners got whacked by the Iggles, and oh this just in THE CARDS BLOCKED A PUNT IN OT TO BEAT DALLAS. Unreal.
#83 by scott on 10.12.08 8:04 pm |
Nick said:
I’m pretty sure other teams had warmup jackets in the ’80s with players’ names on them, but I’m by no means an expert.
#84 by Congo on 10.12.08 8:11 pm |
The Jets also have captain to captain hand offs when Brett Favre (offense) hands off to Leon Washington (special teams)
#85 by cah on 10.12.08 8:17 pm |
Nick said:
The A’s and Mets both wore similar jackets back then and they all had NOB.
#86 by =bg= on 10.12.08 8:26 pm |
Powder blues in SD. They need the numbers on the sides of the helmets IMO.
#87 by LI Phil on 10.12.08 8:29 pm |
how bout dem
cowboyscards?#88 by =bg= on 10.12.08 8:30 pm |
Cowboys blew chunks today.
PS ANGRY HOMELESS HOODIE MAN ALERT.
#89 by Marcus from B-More on 10.12.08 8:30 pm |
http://www.nationalp...
can we get the white pants back please???? Or if they stick with the black pants look,make the numbers black with gold, then *urple trim
#90 by LI Phil on 10.12.08 8:34 pm |
Marcus from B-More said:
but on the other hand…how great do those colts unis look at home in the sun???
#91 by LI Phil on 10.12.08 8:40 pm |
do we need a flag watch for chambers or lt this year?
#92 by Ricko on 10.12.08 8:49 pm |
=bg= said:
Absolutely. Look kinda sparse without them. They have numbers on the back, so just move ‘em to each side. Would serve the identification function and be true the franchise’s history (of that style helmet, especially).
#93 by Marcus from B-More on 10.12.08 8:51 pm |
LI Phil said:
http://www.10thcircl...
they will always be playing “away” in indy :-)
#94 by LI Phil on 10.12.08 8:58 pm |
Marcus from B-More said:
lol ;)
#95 by Marcus from B-More on 10.12.08 9:04 pm |
LI Phil said:
good one :-)
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http://www.gasolinea...
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etc…LOL
#96 by Jordan Pope on 10.12.08 9:16 pm |
LT is wearing his new cleat releasing next year. The Air LT 2.1
on page 33 of catalog
http://www.niketeam....
#97 by Frank from B-more on 10.12.08 10:39 pm |
Marcus from B-More said:
It would have been nice to have the Baltimore Colt records and colors stay here though. At least the old Colts didn’t go with the Mayflowers, they stayed here.
#98 by Robb on 10.12.08 10:49 pm |
Besides the uniforms, this is one of the best pictures I’ve seen out of the modern NFL.
#99 by MPowers1634 on 10.12.08 11:03 pm |
Robb said:
well done, Robb! That is a great pic!
I actually don’t mind the “Titans” too much however I used to love the Bengals unis as a kid, but they have soured in my mind, quite a bit!
#100 by Paul on 10.12.08 11:16 pm |
http://www.remembert...
fleer card with TV numbers. 1961.
#101 by TheDs69 on 10.12.08 11:34 pm |
Jordan Pope said:
If you look at page 7 of that nike team PDF, they talk about the new Nike Enforcer jersey, which won’t be debuted until the Army v. Navy game in December. Has anyone heard anything about what might be so special about these uniforms. I mean, Nike has put a lot of other stuff out thats pretty extreme, yet hasn’t been shrouded in secrecy. Also, from the sounds of it, both Army and Navy will be wearing the new uniforms. I’m a big Nike supporter in terms of their football stuff (I play I-AA football for a Nike sponsored team), but this one seems a little weird if you ask me.
#102 by Jordan Pope on 10.12.08 11:50 pm |
TheDs69 said:
ive been wondering the same thing given that both school are Nike sponsored teams
We will have to wait and see
#103 by Jason on 10.12.08 11:50 pm |
The Edmonton Oilers website has a story and photos on the retro-style masks of Mathieu Garon and Dwayne Roloson.
#104 by KB on 10.13.08 1:36 am |
The TV numbers on WKU’s uniforms look fine to me. Then again, I purchased my television sometime after 1960.
I could see how someone with a 13″ black-and-white television receiving a signal with a soon-to-be-outdated set of rabbit ears might have trouble making out the numbers on the shoulder/sleeve. However, in 2008, most televisions are able to clearly display practically a full spectrum of colors and contrasts. Rather clearly, too, I might add. (I have seen screenshots of the handwritten notes on shoes, caps, etc. on this very blog site)
I suppose what I am wondering is: are TV numbers really a necessity anymore? Is anyone sitting at home really having trouble figuring out who just made the tackle or scored the TD?
#105 by KB on 10.13.08 1:40 am |
One additional note:
Didn’t Washington State University wear those exact (WKU) jerseys a few seasons ago?
#106 by scott on 10.13.08 6:33 am |
Robb said:
Would be a lot better if it were real grass or mud below the players, instead of the plastic.
#107 by mmwatkin on 10.13.08 12:16 pm |
Anyone else rooting for a Penn State-Alabama National Championship game?
Two classic uniforms on the big stage.