Dave Parsons is the sports info director at Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Ohio. He checked in the other day with a tale of a classic uni-related mishap:
We had a funny incident on Tuesday night when the Cedarville University men’s basketball team arrived for a big conference game and then first-year head coach Pat Estepp realized that they hadn’t packed their uniforms.
So they ended up wearing our old blue road uniforms [creating a Cougars vs. Cougars situation] and ended up winning, 70-68, in OT. (They’re 19-1 on the season and ranked No. 5 in NAIA Division II.) Supposedly, someone was racing to the game to get the right uniforms to their team at the half, but they never arrived in time, or maybe never arrived at all.
Our crowd was a little hesitant to use our standard “Let’s go Cougars,” chant, since both teams were wearing Cougars jerseys, but they had a nice “Where’s your jersey?” chant early in the game. We also had several fans tell us to give them our women’s uniforms.
I was doing stats for the game and my spotter and I spent the whole time treating Cedarville like it was our former players who’d worn those exact uniforms.
Great story. For those who want a refresher course on such incidents, I did an ESPN column a little over a year ago on the subject of lost, stolen, and otherwise missing uniforms, and the makeshift solutions to such situations.
Bonus January Raffle: Our friends at Historic Football Posters have invited me to raffle off a framed poster — your choice — from their vast collection. To enter, send a blank e-mail with your name in the subject line to the raffle address (not to the usual Uni Watch e-mail address, please) by next Wednesday, January 21st, at 10pm eastern. One entry per person, but anyone enrolled in the Uni Watch membership program at the time of the drawing can send four entries. I’ll announce the winner on the 22nd.
“Look at me!” Reminder: If you’ve been dying to venture out into the bitter cold to watch a pair of misfits sitting in very tall chairs while giving PowerPoint-assisted lectures on eccentric subject matter that will make your friends scratch their heads when you try to describe it to them later (so you may as well just bring them along to avoid confusion later), then tonight’s your lucky night, because my side project is performing here this evening at 8pm. Admission is free. First two Uni Watch readers to show up will get one of my extracted wisdom teeth to sit next to the hot steam pipe and thaw out.
Uni Watch News Ticker: Check out this gorgeous team portrait showing the Sonics’ original uni design (with thanks to Jeff Demerly). … The official White House photo of the new prexy shows him wearing a flag pin. … Another untucked team: Old Dominion women, early 1980s (with thanks to Jason Craft). … Two cool Hartford Whalers patches available here (credit Stan Olechowski). … Sheah McMahon reports that his kid brother Clark McMahon, who plays basketball at Ohio Wesleyan, inscribed a Ricardo Montalban memorial tribute on his sneakers for Wednesday night’s game against Wabash College. … Oh. My. God (awesome find by Ben Wideman). … Yesterday’s Ticker photo of the Oilers’ barnstorming hoops team prompted a note from sporting goods scholar Terry Proctor: “Those uniforms were made by Southland Athletic Mfg. Co. of Terrell, Texas. That was one of a series of knitted-in striping patterns that Southland came up with in the early 1970s to compete with Sand-Knit. These particular uniforms were columbia blue, with the pants striping and neck/arm trim being white with a red feather-edge on a columbia blue background. Southland still offers that pattern today — it’s used primarily for warm-up pants and baseball pants.” … Someone on the Chris Creamer boards has noticed an interesting inconsistency with the Cavs’ blue uniforms. Look at the sequence of the color stripes on the shorts piping. As you look downward, the color sequence runs gold, red, blue. I’m not talking about the first color just below the waistband or the last one just before the him — I’m simply talking about the order in which the colors appear. And it’s always gold, red, blue (additional examples here and here). The one exception: LeBron, whose color sequence is gold, blue, red. There are similar inconsistencies in the armhole striping, but that’s a more complex situation, because the stripes loop around 360 degrees. The shorts striping is simpler to assess, because it simply runs in a vertical line. … Another day, another soccer ball design (thanks, Jeremy). … Remember that Etch A Sketch artist? Here’s a new video that shows him creating an Obama portrait. He’s also offering a free Obama print on his site. … “I was watching the Cavs at Bulls [on Thursday night] and noticed Craig Sager doing a segment outdoors,” writes Eric Guthier. “He was clearly wearing an MLB logo on his coat during an NBA game.” … Reprinted from last night’s comments: In addition to the Flames’ memorial decal for Doc Seaman, the team’s coaches are wearing lapel memorials. … Also from last night: 2009/10 MLS jersey designs are shown here. … Bryan Justman has just completed his latest DIY hockey sweater — a Stan Mikita treatment. “I’m very proud of how the shoulder patches came out,” he says. “I used scraps of felt to piece these together. Black fabric paint made the ‘x’ on the tomahawks. Also, I finally figured out how to reinforce the neck, which enabled me to get eyelets in.” … What’s the deal with that black butt stripe on Baylor’s shorts? (As spotted by Matt Mitchell.) … While looking for something else, I came across this. I once owned this pin, as part of a set of nine pins devoted to the nine Super Bowl winners as of 1975. The pins were mounted on a large football-shaped cardboard display, which hung in my bedroom. Not sure what happened to it. Did anyone else have this? … Ridicule of the Mets’ sleeve patch has really gone viral over the past week, and last night it reached its logical conclusion: a segment on The Colbert Report. I think my work here is done.
#1 by Glen on 01.16.09 8:18 am |
My Alma Mater sends out its Magazine and I usually just throw it out, but as i flipped through I saw an article about Ed Summers and the 1909 Tigers. There are some pics I will try to get them on here.
#2 by Glen on 01.16.09 8:20 am |
Here is one of the pics
http://www.wabash.ed...
#3 by Glen on 01.16.09 8:21 am |
and the article
http://www.wabash.ed...
#4 by PETER on 01.16.09 8:27 am |
Anyone else notice on the blue jays cap that the logo was etched in white and facing the opposite direction?
Was that just an artists rendition or a proto type that never made it?
#5 by D. Thorpe on 01.16.09 8:27 am |
Here is another untucked jersey, Suzie McConnell of PennState
http://media.knoxnew...
#6 by Stuby on 01.16.09 8:54 am |
Sportscenter is showing a highlight of LeBron slipping on the court and leaving about a 2-foot long black skid mark from his shoe. I’ve never seen a court shoe do that before. Since they have it on continuous loop this morning, hopefully someone will be able to get a screen grab.
#7 by Bob A on 01.16.09 8:58 am |
I’ve got the Baltimore Colts Super Bowl V version of that button in my collection of ’stuff’, but I don’t remember the display. I only picked up the Colts button.
#8 by Ricko on 01.16.09 9:13 am |
re: Yesterday’s discussion of NFL barnstorming basketball teams. Somewhere in my files have shot of Warren McVea shooting a jumper for KC Chiefs team. I’ll try to dig it out tonight. Striping on teams’ red shorts matches striping on Chiefs red football pants.
—Ricko
#9 by Stuby on 01.16.09 9:13 am |
You can watch the Sportscenter clip of LeBron’s skid mark here:
http://sports.espn.g...
It’s about two-thirds of the way in.
#10 by Johnny O on 01.16.09 9:18 am |
Stuby said:
I just took a screen grab from that clip…so enjoy!
http://i147.photobuc...
#11 by Bret the Jet on 01.16.09 9:20 am |
Ever see an 88 year old man wear a full head-to-toe Red Pimp Suit?
Bonus: It’s the former owner of the St Louis cardinals …
http://homerderby.co...
#12 by Ricko on 01.16.09 9:20 am |
Johnny O said:
And that’s why so many gyms used to prohibit black-soled basketball shoes.
—Ricko
#13 by LI Phil on 01.16.09 9:24 am |
good thing he wasn’t wearing brown-soled shoes
#14 by MPowers1634 on 01.16.09 9:25 am |
I did some investigating concerning the Ohio Wesleyan Ricardo Montalban shoes of Clark McMahon.
I couldn’t figure out what type of shoes they were so I HAD to check their website.
Their nickname is the Fighting Bishops, which tickles me to no end.
They wear Nike Horns unis but are not made by Nike.
http://bishops.owu.e...
Imitation=Flattery?
BTW McMahons, Clark is my daughter’s name.
#15 by Duck on 01.16.09 9:26 am |
Bret the Jet said:
Only when I look in the mirror.
#16 by MPowers1634 on 01.16.09 9:27 am |
Ricko said:
Interesting, he was wearing the General released version of the 6’s last night:
http://lh5.ggpht.com...
#17 by Stuby on 01.16.09 9:29 am |
MPowers1634 said:
Are they equipped with a special “oil-slick” feature like the car in the old Spyhunter video game?
#18 by bill on 01.16.09 9:42 am |
Saw this floating around some Baltimore sports blogs. These fashion caps are a plague, but in the spirit of a Baltimore Mashup, I thought this one was rather funny. Hell, I’d even take one if I didn’t have to pay.
Baltimore Orioles (Ravens)
Since both teams have a bird logo, this sort of works. What other cities could pull this off? One that immediately jumps to mind is Detroit morphing a lion and a tiger to form a liger.
#19 by Ricko on 01.16.09 9:50 am |
bill said:
Viking Twins, maybe? Y’know, Eric the Red and Ole the, um…Purple.
—Ricko
#20 by Mark W on 01.16.09 9:55 am |
That CBC/Blue Jays isn’t that bad – at least the bird is wearing stirrups.
#21 by Chillicothe Craig on 01.16.09 10:06 am |
Followed ESPN’s Reilly article on Beer Pong and found this vaguely familiar logo Couldn’t find any previous reference on Uniwatch. Even as an obvious “homage” to the MLB logo I think it could have been better. It’s hard to tell what exactly the figure is doing. I would have seperated the ball from the figure as in the MLB logo. And perhaps a cup in the lower left rather than a URL.
#22 by Brian Erni on 01.16.09 10:07 am |
And still the Mets think that this matter reflects and issue of individual “taste.” Ya gotta love it.
Paul, if they ever stop being stubborn and redesign this thing, you will be a god walking among mere mortals.
#23 by tim on 01.16.09 10:14 am |
I’m surprised Cedarville didn’t just forfeit the game. The jerseys they wore were almost certainly “unclean” by their hyper-Baptist standards.
For anyone unfamiliar, Cedarville makes BYU look hedonistic, and Bob Jones University look downright satanic.
#24 by timmy b on 01.16.09 10:19 am |
Mark W said:
The CBC logo from that era was awesome. Didn’t they call it the “exploding pizza” logo??
#25 by NickTav on 01.16.09 10:30 am |
Excellent work on the Mikita sweater, Bryan. The laces and neck look pretty impressive; I’ll have to try one on my next one. And the shoulder patches are great, too. That’s the best shoulder patch in the NHL.
Again, well done!
#26 by Johnny O on 01.16.09 10:33 am |
So you think it’s cold where you are? This is what my car said this morning on the way to the gym. Mind you, this temperature is WITHOUT the windchill!
http://i147.photobuc...
I’ll probably be off the map for a couple of days since I am headed to Buffalo, NY for the weekend. (I’ll actually be in Fredonia, but I’m flying into BUF). I will be visiting one of my best friends from college who is a Professor of Scene Design and theater at SUNY Fredonia (they are the Blue Devils).
Enjoy the weekend everyone! And stay warm!
#27 by Jamie on 01.16.09 10:34 am |
I liked the Etch-a-Sketch item, but do you think he could have picked a more obnoxious song for the background music? Geez.
#28 by JTH on 01.16.09 10:37 am |
Looks like it’s only the shorts that are inconsistent on LBJ’s uni. If you look at the side panel, it’s gold, red, blue but the shorts are gold, blue, red.
Perhaps the shorts piping was sewn in upside-down.
#29 by JTH on 01.16.09 10:39 am |
oops. Left out an important phrase in the last comment:
JTH said:
fixed
#30 by Teebz on 01.16.09 10:45 am |
Johnny O said:
I’m not one to point out how cold it was through the Canadian prairies this week. But I will anyway.
On Wednesday night, we played a game for our outdoor hockey league. The temperature at game time was a balmy -38.2 F (-39C), and it was -59.8 F (-51C) with the wind.
-14F is beach weather, Johnny. ;oP
Don’t freeze, man!
#31 by JTH on 01.16.09 10:45 am |
Johnny O said:
Yes. As a matter of fact, I do. It was -17 when I woke up this morning.
And we’re in the middle of a construction project on our house, so there’s a whole section of the ceiling upstairs that’s just exposed rafters with no insulation. Lots of heat is escaping because of it. The house isn’t getting anywhere near the 68 degrees we’ve got the thermostats set at.
So back to the subject of the post, I remember an old SI cover that featured an NBA team (the Spurs?) that had lost their uniforms so they were forced to wear the home team’s (Bullets?) road uniforms with the jerseys turned inside-out.
This ring a bell with anyone?
#32 by pk on 01.16.09 10:46 am |
MPowers1634 said:
One of the kids in the second row has Red Lettering vs black
#33 by pk on 01.16.09 10:47 am |
One of the kids in the second row has Red Lettering vs black
Also, he looks like he is wearing an older version because the kid right next to him is also wearing #40
#34 by Chillicothe Craig on 01.16.09 10:47 am |
My Beer Pong Logo suggestion
#35 by JTH on 01.16.09 10:51 am |
pk said:
Also, he looks like he is wearing an older version because the kid right next to him is also wearing #40
Missing shoulder horns and a much thicker red collar stripe, too.
#36 by Sammy on 01.16.09 10:53 am |
Michigan’s 1989 throwbacks. If Michigan’s wearing blue, I guess Ohio State will have to wear their silver/gray unis? Or could it be blue-on-red?
#37 by pk on 01.16.09 10:55 am |
Here’s the latest on the next WNBA expansion
http://coloradoan.co...
#38 by JTH on 01.16.09 10:56 am |
What the hell happened with the last one? It should have looked like this:
pk said:
Missing shoulder horns and a much thicker red collar stripe, too.
#39 by JTH on 01.16.09 11:01 am |
Ricko said:
Viking Twins, maybe? Y’know, Eric the Red and Ole the, um…Purple.
—Ricko
Cubs/Bears, Cowboys/Stars, Marlins/Dolphins, Raiders/Warriors?
… Brewers and uh… Packers?
#40 by Giancarlo on 01.16.09 11:01 am |
JTH said:
Voila.
http://vault.sportsi...
#41 by JTH on 01.16.09 11:02 am |
OK, that’s it. I officially can’t post comments when I’m under the influence of Sudafed.
#42 by Ricko on 01.16.09 11:02 am |
Chillicothe Craig said:
That sure looks like Jerry West.
#43 by Craig on 01.16.09 11:02 am |
Anyone monitor this proposed new league? http://www.ufl2008.c...
#44 by JTH on 01.16.09 11:04 am |
Giancarlo said:
Nice. I thought it was the whole team, but obviously not.
#45 by Ricko on 01.16.09 11:11 am |
Just occurred to me: Macalester College in St. Paul is the Scots.
Their basketball team should go to SOD with an orange and royal Tartan (their colors) for the shorts. Would look like frickin’ KILT.
—Ricko
#46 by Gretchen on 01.16.09 11:14 am |
What doesn’t Terry Proctor know about uniforms? I’m proud to know that I live in the same city as he does!
#47 by pk on 01.16.09 11:15 am |
Craig said:
I mentioned something about it a few weeks back when I thought it was a spring leauge, but was corrected that it is, in fact, a fall league.
Its on wikipedia
#48 by MPowers1634 on 01.16.09 11:16 am |
pk said:
good catch! I thought sudafed was banned because it is a component of crystal-meth
#49 by Craig on 01.16.09 11:19 am |
pk said:
I thought it was unique that they were taking team name submissions.
#50 by cheechoo on 01.16.09 11:20 am |
Johnny O said:
Wow Johnny I live in Fredonia, NY. Small world! I was at SUNY Fredonia Tuesday night to check out the Blue Devil hockey team take on the US Under 18 National team, saw some Nike Swift unis up close-they were actually quite sharp in person.
#51 by Brendan on 01.16.09 11:21 am |
I still can’t find any good images of Nabokov’s new mask (which presumably will be only worn with the team’s alternates), but I did find this shot.
Here’s his normal one for comparison.
#52 by Kek on 01.16.09 11:26 am |
Was the mystery ever solved on that Wayne Gretzky versus Philadelphia Flyers in Cooperalls and #24 wearing a mask of some sort?
If I may throw my hat in the ring, I saw this spot the other day and I thought maybe it was a handband or bandana of some sort.
#53 by LI Phil on 01.16.09 11:26 am |
Brendan said:
here’s another pic…might be a tad easier to see
#54 by JTH on 01.16.09 11:28 am |
MPowers1634 said:
In Illinois, you can’t buy the “real” Sudafed over the counter anymore. You have to get it from a pharmacist. There’s no prescription needed, but I think there’s some kind of limit as to how much you can buy in a set period of time.
I had to show my driver’s license and the transaction took about 5 minutes.
#55 by Andy11 on 01.16.09 11:28 am |
tim said:
Don’t be a hater, Tim.
And for those keeping score, Bob Jones has much stricter rules than Cedarville.
#56 by Lincoln on 01.16.09 11:36 am |
Nebraska also has a similar butt stripe to Baylor. It is red on the home white uniforms and black on the road reds. I assume the reason for this is they are both adidas basketball schools.
http://www.nmnathlet...
#57 by Jeff on 01.16.09 11:39 am |
OK, not quite lost unis, but back in the early ’70s …
My high school basketball team showed up for a road game at a school 5 miles from home and discovered it had all the gear necessary … except jocks. I don’t recall how it was resolved that night, but our coach was steaming. Thereafter, the players were responsible for checking the contents of their gear bags before leaving for road games.
#58 by Mike on 01.16.09 11:41 am |
Craig said:
I think PacMan Jones is…..
#59 by Duck on 01.16.09 11:44 am |
“Your athletic prowess is no match for shininess of my uniform!”
http://scores.espn.g...
Btw, my thermometer read -22 this morning, but that was at 8:30 after it had warmed up a bit. My garage door keypad apparently doesn’t work at that temperature and I had to frantically search the house for the extra opener. Oh the joys of a Midwest winter and having a house with an unattached garage.
#60 by Terri on 01.16.09 11:46 am |
Teebz said:
Move. Move immediately. You are living in my version of hell.
#61 by MPowers1634 on 01.16.09 11:47 am |
Duck said:
I’m sorry…but why on Earth would you people CHOOSE to live in places licke that?
#62 by Jeff P on 01.16.09 11:48 am |
Johnny O said:
So? It was -26F early yesterday morning in Potsdam according to my computer. A cozy -7 now though.
#63 by MPowers1634 on 01.16.09 11:48 am |
Lincoln said:
Adidas and their shananigans
#64 by M.Princip on 01.16.09 11:51 am |
bill said:
Detroit Ligers: http://www.conklincr...
#65 by Craig on 01.16.09 11:52 am |
MPowers1634 said:
Ask us again in the summer when you’re feet start sizzling at 100+ degree temps on the pavement.
#66 by Robert in Dallas on 01.16.09 11:56 am |
Check out the Redlegs jersey. Since the Reds never wore such a jersey, my guess is that this was worn by one of their Southern minor league teams of the ’50s.
http://cgi.ebay.com/...|65%3A10|39%3A1|240%3A1318
#67 by Paul Barrett on 01.16.09 11:57 am |
Logo Creep on bobbleheads on my co-worker’s desk.
http://farm4.static....
name that brand!
#68 by who cares on 01.16.09 11:58 am |
Teebz said:
It’s not even supposed to reach 60 F today here in Tampa. I had to break out my jeans, socks, and sweat jacket.
#69 by Glen on 01.16.09 11:59 am |
Craig said:
The bitch of it is that the Midwest gets to the “sizzling” 100+ temps in the summer. So essentially we/I are/am screwed. :(
#70 by Robert in Dallas on 01.16.09 11:59 am |
MPowers1634 said:
So butt-striping is the type of branding that Adidas wants to do? As much as I disagree with this type of thing (the Nike jersey horns are an example), I can usually understand what the maker is trying to accomplish. With butt-stripes, I am lost, however.
Someone needs to call Adidas and ask them about their corporate strategy vis-a-vis butt-stripes.
#71 by Duck on 01.16.09 12:00 pm |
MPowers1634 said:
Honestly I don’t mind the cold that much, I rather be cold than hot any day, I hate sweating just for the hell of it. But most importantly, I’m deathly afraid of spiders, and you won’t find too many in an area that gets this cold in the winter. I really can’t stress how much I hate spiders, and if you don’t think I took that into account when settling down you’re crazier than I am.
#72 by Kate on 01.16.09 12:01 pm |
Here in Calgary it was 8 degrees Celsius this monring (+46F). Nice to see everyone else getting the weather we had over Christmas. :)
PS: The Flames owner who passed away is Daryl (Doc) Seaman, not “Seama”.
#73 by Duck on 01.16.09 12:07 pm |
Glen said:
Word. My area is also prone to some pretty violent thunderstorms in the summer too. All fear the mighty microburst!
#74 by Craig on 01.16.09 12:08 pm |
Glen said:
Can’t say as it’s hit 100+ for more than a day in Michigan…scratch that…maybe HELL, Michigan…muahahaha!!
#75 by Jonathan Sluss on 01.16.09 12:10 pm |
Chillicothe Craig said:
I call elbow rule!
#76 by LI Phil on 01.16.09 12:11 pm |
so much for global warming
#77 by Eric on 01.16.09 12:12 pm |
Not sure how this is all uni-related, but I find it fascinating, none the less.
After a brief cold snap a few weeks ago, things in the greater Phoenix area are back to normal. Overnight temps at 44F last night, expected high temp today = 77F.
Six weeks ’till pitchers and catchers report!!!
Personally, I’ll take the 115 in PHX in July over winter snow anyday.
#78 by Bizzle on 01.16.09 12:12 pm |
LI Phil said:
Not Global Warming…ManBearPig
Excelsior!
#79 by Teebz on 01.16.09 12:18 pm |
Eric said:
It’s Uni-related when you head outside at -51C and look like Randy from A Christmas Story.
I have never worn three layers of clothes under my hockey gear before Wednesday night. And let’s just say that hockey gear doesn’t have the give I thought it did in terms of adding layers. I felt a bit of a squeeze on my shoulders all night.
#80 by JTH on 01.16.09 12:23 pm |
Eric said:
It takes diff’rent strokes to move the world.
Now I’m just as guilty of furthering this discussion as anyone, but could we please move on?
Hmmmm… how do we tie this into something uni-related? Ah-ha! So will the refs be wearing their chilly weather trousers in Glendale this weekend?
#81 by LI Phil on 01.16.09 12:23 pm |
Teebz said:
like this guy?
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on a completely unrelated note…if anyone is going to any spring training games, and is planning on bringing a camphone or camera, please send me the pics…i’d like to do a weekend post on the subject…k thx
#82 by MPowers1634 on 01.16.09 12:24 pm |
Paul Barrett said:
Blue Ribbon Sports. JK
#83 by Teebz on 01.16.09 12:28 pm |
Paul Barrett said:
I’m thinking that watch is either a Rolex or a Timex. Can you get a closer picture? LOL
#84 by Harmy G on 01.16.09 12:29 pm |
Ok, what happened to your Ricky article?
#85 by Namhob on 01.16.09 12:32 pm |
Paul Barrett said:
Pepsi! Oh, wait…I don’t think you were talking about that one.
#86 by LI Phil on 01.16.09 12:33 pm |
Harmy G said:
um…like rickey, i had a brain cramp–the interwebs are not my friend…it’ll appear in my regular slot on Saturday…stay tuned
#87 by MPowers1634 on 01.16.09 12:42 pm |
Alright, more non-Nike brand horns:
Tappan Zee HS Varsity girls, where my kids will go:
http://jukebox.lohud...
They are playing Spring Valley HS, my alma mater, and their Lady Tigers in faux Lakers/Pistons templates:
http://jukebox.lohud...
#88 by Patrick on 01.16.09 12:43 pm |
Glen said:
Yep, it’s called “continentality”. You’re going to get the extremes in summer and winter. My suggestion would be to move to San Diego.
#89 by Patrick on 01.16.09 12:44 pm |
…San Diego, where the Padres really should consider a complete uniform overhaul immediately.
There, now it’s uni-related.
#90 by Glen on 01.16.09 12:46 pm |
Teebz said:
http://www.foxnews.c...
#91 by Pedro on 01.16.09 12:54 pm |
USC wore their gold SOD’s last night for the first time.
http://sports.espn.g...
#92 by RedWing in Colorado on 01.16.09 1:00 pm |
Pedro said:
Yuck,
Ketchup and Mustard belong on a hotdog, not a basketball uniform.
(and yes I’m a communist and put ketchup on my hotdog)
#93 by Duck on 01.16.09 1:09 pm |
RedWing in Colorado said:
I actually think they’d be pretty damn nice if it weren’t for that stupid shoulder patch/stripe/whatever. And my hotdogs get mustard and celery salt, we paid for them and we’ll put whatever the hell we wnat on them.
#94 by Pedro on 01.16.09 1:16 pm |
Duck said:
Yeah man!! It’s all about the ketchup my hot dogs too.
#95 by MPowers1634 on 01.16.09 1:29 pm |
Pedro said:
I think that they look outstanding. Especially next to those awful ASU kits.
They are clean, well-fitted and smart!
#96 by Kek on 01.16.09 1:29 pm |
Pedro said:
Feel free to put WHATEVER the hell you want on a hot dog…just make sure it’s an all beef frank. I can’t get down with the bologna dogs. I prefer Hebrew National, but Nathan’s and Ball Park are fine too.
#97 by Bizzle on 01.16.09 1:30 pm |
Duck said:
Now they just need to make a football jersey like this with white pants….that would be frickin sweet.
#98 by mtjaws on 01.16.09 1:39 pm |
That Etch-a-Sketch guy is quietly raising his shipping rates a dollar each week on those “free” prints.
They are beautiful though and I’d love to see classic stadiums drawn that way.
#99 by Joel Hooper on 01.16.09 1:40 pm |
Could someone please help me with this…
What were the award decals given to the Arizona Wildcats football team in the 80’s and 90’s. I always thought they were paws until they were on ESPNclassic a few weeks ago, now I don’t think so.
Sorry if this is in the wrong comment section. I’m new to the site.
Joel
#100 by Bryan on 01.16.09 1:44 pm |
The photos I sent Paul didn’t really highlight the color – here are the touched up versions:
shoulder patch
and here.
#101 by LI Phil on 01.16.09 1:58 pm |
Joel Hooper said:
welcome joel…
you realize you’re interrupting the weather and hot dog discussion with this silly uniform comment ;)
…but seriously, the wildcats wore “wildcat paw” stickers according to a couple of sources, am trying to find a decent pic to confirm
#102 by Joel Hooper on 01.16.09 2:06 pm |
Li Phil,
Thanks, that would be awesome…
#103 by Eric on 01.16.09 2:09 pm |
JTH said:
The black slacks would look hilarious on Sunday.
More to the point, for me, is will the roof be open or not? Apparently, Kurt Warner has expressed a preference for the roof closed, and it was closed on a beutiful, sunny day two weeks ago against the Falcons. Stuff like this pisses me off, and here in Phoenix, we have to deal with it for both our stadiums. Curt Schilling was the worst, always wanting the BOB roof closed, no matter what. They spent so much of my (Maricopa County resident) extra money on the roll out field in Glendale, why pay extra for a slightly larger than TX Stadium sunroof if you won’t open it on a 72 degree sunny day?????? Just roll the field in on gamedays and call it a dome.
For me it’s as bad as when pitchers choose the teams (worst) uniform based on their personal preference, Like Zambrano and the Blue Cubs softball Alts, or also here in PHX, Randy Johnson always chose the vest back in the purple days . . .
#104 by StevenS on 01.16.09 2:10 pm |
I thought it was interesting on that MLS jersey link, they claim these are the “2009/10″ kits for various teams. However, the MLS season occurs in one calendar year (like the MLB) from sometime in March through October. It would seem more appropriate to call them the “2009″ MLS kits, since Adidas will undoubtedly have new kits for 2010 also. The European seasons stretch over the calendar boundary from August to April (give or take) but ours doesn’t. THAT must be why soccer hasn’t caught on here…
#105 by MPowers1634 on 01.16.09 2:46 pm |
LI Phil said:
I am usually the biggest perpetrator of Off-Topic digression, but today has been BAD!
So bad that if I posted a pic of my favorite Southern Cal uniforms, I’m sure that noone would even notice:
http://www.trojanwir...
No wait, someone would…they have red and a form of yellow in their unis!
#106 by MPowers1634 on 01.16.09 2:48 pm |
MPowers1634 said:
BTW, isn’t this hysterical?
http://www.cnnsi.com...
No wonder he hasn’t jumped ship to the NFL!
#107 by Jamie on 01.16.09 3:10 pm |
I think I can top all of the weather stories. This morning in Lubbock it was twenty-six whole degrees. King me.
#108 by Teebz on 01.16.09 3:17 pm |
Jamie said:
Let me know when you hit -59F, ok? I’ll crown you then. :o)
#109 by Mike Engle on 01.16.09 3:19 pm |
Teebz said:
Hey Teebz, what is that in Celsius?
I’m a Southern American studying at McGill, and it’s -20 C here in Montreal. I think it’s brutal…
#110 by Mike Engle on 01.16.09 3:27 pm |
Mike Engle said:
Just checked. -50 C in your neck of the woods!? I don’t know if you could pay me to stand outside in weather like that!
#111 by Duck on 01.16.09 3:29 pm |
Mike Engle said:
That’s amateur freezing-to-death. That’s like -4F.
#112 by LI Phil on 01.16.09 3:34 pm |
this is for the birds
#113 by Jeff on 01.16.09 3:37 pm |
Paul don’t know if you have any info or can get any but there are some rumors floating around that Iowa Men’s Basketball team will be getting new uniforms for the Feb 14th game against purdue. Not only that but purdue will also have new uniforms also. Hopefully it isn’t just some Pink valentines day thing either.
First time poster long time reader.
#114 by Duck on 01.16.09 3:39 pm |
Mike Engle said:
As long as I had one of those lavender Ravens jackets and a hotdog with ketchup, I’d make due.
#115 by Beau A on 01.16.09 4:01 pm |
I think I’ve figured it out. We’re all ADD, as we can easily tell from the everyday comments. We manage to go from, “Hey, look at these cool unis/patches/archives” and end up with, “I think it’s cold here. Here’s exactly how I like my hot dog.”
Now, we all know there’s a ridiculous amount of side-effects in medicine. Could one of Ritalin’s be…an extreme attraction to all things uni-related?
#116 by JTH on 01.16.09 4:02 pm |
LI Phil said:
It may be nitpicky, and the people may mean well, but I’ve spent a lot of time honing my power of bird-observation, and I’m not going to turn it off just because I’m at home on the couch. Plus, if you’re producing a big-budget American TV commercial, how hard is it really to make sure that the bird you’re using isn’t restricted to, say, the South American rainforest? Isn’t that your job? I mean, there’s a reason he’s named Smoky the Bear and not Smoky the Wallaby, right?
Regardless of whether some hotshot commercial producer cares, I care. You know what else I care about? Sports. And, as it just so happens, sports teams represent (and misrepresent) birds all the time in their team logos. So today I’m going to do a breakdown, Uni-Watch style, of the best and worst bird-themed sports logos in the National Football League. Grades will be given out based on ornithological accuracy and whatever other criteria I see fit. Let’s do it!
Awwwww… A hyphen? Really? Yer killin’ me, Mr. Observant Nitpicker.
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mustard
relish
pickles
Celery salt
onions
peppers
tomatoes
Ketchup is for fries and burgers — never on a hot dog. The ketchup/relish combo makes it too sweet. A dog without relish is not worth eating.
#117 by The Hemogoblin on 01.16.09 4:09 pm |
Beau A said:
And there’s always at least one obsessive/compulsive person trying to get everyone back on topic….
#118 by Ricko on 01.16.09 4:14 pm |
Beau A said:
Absolutely. Evidently we all forgot to take our Tangendental Medication.
Focus, people. Imagine a green dot far, far away.
Ohhhhhhhhmmmmm…
—Ricko
#119 by M.Princip on 01.16.09 4:19 pm |
LI Phil said:
I agree with the Ravens logo assesment. I wish the front office would just suck it up and pay whoever needs to get paid, or, recognized and go back to that wonderful winged B shield they had from the get go.
#120 by Ricko on 01.16.09 4:23 pm |
M.Princip said:
Yup. Far more evocative of Poe than Woody the WoodRaven…or Ravenpecker…or whatever that is.
#121 by Jeff on 01.16.09 4:32 pm |
Glen said:
Speaking from the shadow of Lambeau Field, we like those 120-degree temperature swings from season to season. It’s believed to keep out the riff raff.
#122 by Justin B. on 01.16.09 4:47 pm |
JTH said:
I saw a blue lion the other day and a space man in patriots gear too. And I don’t think PETA would like a helmet forced upon a dolphin. I get the point but give some leeway to artistic style and color.
#123 by Ken on 01.16.09 4:55 pm |
Ricko said:
The only green dots I want to see far away are Ben and Donovan’s as they take the long walk off the field with head bowed.
Go Ravens Go Cards
#124 by LI Phil on 01.16.09 4:58 pm |
what’s this transgender medication stuff?
#125 by JTH on 01.16.09 5:13 pm |
LI Phil said:
I think I just got an e-mail from someone selling that stuff. The subject was:
She will surely enjoy your changes
#126 by Teebz on 01.16.09 5:14 pm |
LI Phil said:
, says Phil with an active interest. LOL
#127 by Teebz on 01.16.09 5:23 pm |
Teebz said:
Stupid formatting.
#128 by joe on 01.16.09 5:35 pm |
Teebz said:
but if you skated *really* fast with the wind you could make the wind chill not as bad.
#129 by Mike on 01.16.09 5:37 pm |
“Awwwww… A hyphen? Really? Yer killin’ me, Mr. Observant Nitpicker.”
Fixed. Blame it on me, the editor.
#130 by Teebz on 01.16.09 5:50 pm |
joe said:
I’m going to assume that’s sarcasm. It has to be.
#131 by MG12 on 01.16.09 6:07 pm |
Cycling News:
The Garmin-Slipstream team unveiled their new kit.
http://garmin.blogs....
#132 by Justin on 01.16.09 6:35 pm |
on the subject of misplaced or lost uni’s, I remember the Boston Bruins in what I think was a road game in Montreal in the 2006-2007 season. The Bruins were set to wear their third vintage uniforms but everything except the sweaters showed. The Bruins played the first period with their vintage socks (yellow with black stripes outside a fat white stripe instead of their normal white sandwiching black) and regular black home sweaters. Montreal was in their white vintage uni’s so the B’s were in black. I can’t find a picture anywhere but I watched it on tv and am positive it happened.
Also, the first game of the Detroit Red Wings – Colorado Avalanche rivalry played in 1995 on the opening day of the season featured the home Avalanche in their whites, but the problem is that they were wearing their road black helmets. Once again, I can’t find any photographic proof, but I was reminded of this while watching the NHL Network’s coverage of the Red Wings’ radio broadcaster Ken Kal, they have multiple shots of the Avs in their black buckets at home.
Can anybody back me up with pictures from either of these two games?
#133 by LI Phil on 01.16.09 6:40 pm |
Joel Hooper said:
sorry for the late reply…but i have searched high and low, to no avail…
fear not, however, for i have put my best man on it…if he can’t find your helmet pics…no one can
#134 by MRoy on 01.16.09 6:56 pm |
The best way to tie in the freezing cold and sweltering heat into uni-related comment is this logo.
It’s a tacky design, but the name is original enough for me to like. It’s a million times better than this embarrassment of a logo. In this case, “Rafales” is french for snow flurry (makes sense for a Quebec City based team).
Stay warm.
#135 by JTH on 01.16.09 7:00 pm |
Mike said:
Heh.
Nice blog, by the way. Really slick.
#136 by Paul Barrett on 01.16.09 7:05 pm |
Jose Theodore’s new mask with the caps
http://farm4.static....
http://farm4.static....
#137 by Ricko on 01.16.09 7:19 pm |
LI Phil said:
Oooo, I hate when websites use stocks photos.
(rimshot)
—Ricko
#138 by Brendan on 01.16.09 7:59 pm |
We here in the Bay Area win the weather argument: Right now (4:44 pm) in the Oakland Hills it’s a balmy 61F, and the sky is clear enough for a five-bridge and two-peak view. The high today was 73, the temperature hasn’t gone below 50 since Sunday morning (and even that day the temp. got into the seventies), and not a drop of rain since the 2nd (five hours of showers adding up to 2/5ths of an inch). San Francisco and Berkeley have been gorgeous as well, but usually a few degrees cooler. I haven’t had to wear anything heavier than jeans and a long-sleeve t-shirt for more than a week.
We’ll pay for it over the summer, though; an exceptionally dry winter means water rationing and wildfires in the summer and fall.
#139 by LI Phil on 01.16.09 8:07 pm |
cavs and hornets in throwbacks tonight (cavs in their yellow and reddish/maroons) and hornets sporting “new orleans bucs” unis (white)…on espn for anyone who’s interested
#140 by Greg B. on 01.16.09 8:11 pm |
This is pretty stupid, but I think it’s notable: this website features an ad banner which shows Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen wearing an inexplicably photoshopped blue helmet and blue pants as part of the ND road uni, as opposed to their actual road uni. Can anyone explain this?
#141 by MPowers1634 on 01.16.09 8:49 pm |
LI Phil said:
Here is what I’ve found:
1. Here is a video of the 1994 Fiesta Bowl between Arizona and Miami:
http://www.youtube.c...
At certain points in the video, the pride stickers are visible.
0:01, 1:39, 1:47, 1:57, 2:33, 6:13, 8:22
2. A pic of Tedy Bruschi from the 1994 Fiesta Bowl:
http://www.fiestabow...
3. A pic of Dan White from the same game:
http://www.tempe.gov...
4. A pic of Chris McAlister during the 1998 Holiday Bowl:
http://kenthorner.co...
5.Random McAlister pic, who played with the Desert Swarm as a freshman:
http://i153.photobuc...
6. In this album, you will find many pics of the stickers:
http://www.gettyimag...
Hope that helps
#142 by Brendan on 01.16.09 8:56 pm |
LI Phil said:
Ahhhhhh… Hi-res.
#143 by MPowers1634 on 01.16.09 8:58 pm |
Here’s another:
http://cache.gettyim...
#144 by Phil W. on 01.16.09 9:49 pm |
The Buffalo Bisons (new Triple-A affiliate of the Mets) introduced their new uni’s and caps. Story at http://www.buffalone...
#145 by Patrick in MI on 01.16.09 9:57 pm |
Nice choice for a contest, hope I win! Here’s an interesting poster: The 1929 home opener for the Wolverines had them playing two teams, Albion and Mt. Union. I wonder how the won-loss record was compiled for all three teams.
http://historicfootb...
Also, here’s a great Dartmouth poster:
http://historicfootb...
Think I’ll go browse this site for the next 3 hours!
#146 by Glen S on 01.16.09 10:16 pm |
Kek said:
#147 by LI Phil on 01.16.09 10:17 pm |
here’s some pics from the cavs v.
hornetsbucs throwback gamelook at the damn three stripes around the cavs collar, shoulders and waist…and up and down the ‘bucs’ unis…were those part of the original unis, or is adidas screwing with the uniforms again???
#148 by Glen S on 01.16.09 10:18 pm |
# 24 in Philadelphia is wearing a Northland helmet with a white stripe around the back. No mask.
#149 by LI Phil on 01.16.09 10:21 pm |
here’s another shot…look at all those “3 stripes”…
#150 by mtjaws on 01.16.09 11:23 pm |
Phil W. said:
I wouldn’t say that NY logo is on the “chest” like they say, but rather the belly. Looks terrible.
#151 by asufanwithbagoverhead on 01.16.09 11:29 pm |
Teebz said:
I think it was 81 today here, brrr!
#152 by MPowers1634 on 01.16.09 11:32 pm |
LI Phil said:
The Hornets/Bucs player is wearing the Reebok Talin’Krazy that you can actually write upon and then wipe clean, like a greaseboard:
http://dimemag.com/w...
#153 by Tony Miller on 01.16.09 11:57 pm |
Middle school basketball player wears watch in game (Bleeding Bruin Blue)
#154 by husul on 01.17.09 6:09 am |
i love this ad
http://viz.cwrl.utex...
#155 by husul on 01.17.09 6:45 am |
lots of sports ads
http://staffannounce...
http://staffannounce...
http://bp1.blogger.c...
http://bp3.blogger.c...
http://www.chicagoti...
http://insidethepark...
http://www.westmount...
http://www.midatlant...
http://www.sportsart...
http://www.frontiern...
http://farm1.static....
http://www.hockeyzon...