New Year’s Resolution: Buy Socks for, Like, Everyone

That’s not Kodi Burns. That’s Wes Byrum, the Kicker that beat Florida earlier this year… twice!!

Anywho, the look sure sucks. Bynum’s kicks were impressive…but how did he beat Florida twice?

I was at the Chick-fil-A Bowl last night, pretty close seats, and forgot about looking for the omnipresent bowl patch until…overtime! Auburn’s traditional striped uni certainly outclassed Clemson’s purple pants, but I wasn’t impressed by the behavior of the Auburn fans.

Paul, if you’ve never had a Chick-fil-A sandwich, you’re missing a slice of heaven.

I like the low black socks, but not THAT low!! I don’t like the socks up to the knee, thats whats wrong with the NFL.

Arkansas to wear all red today in the cotton bowl and I think Missouri is wearing all gold

[quote comment=”195985″]i could see how one could confuse link with link[/quote]
in their defense, they dont list “Race” on the score card.

I was wondering if Paul would like to comment on how this blight of unsightly shoulder patches started in the NHL. There doesn’t appear to be any good reason for them and they really take away from some uniforms. link and link come to mind; examples of teams whose jerseys might look better without said patches.

On the contrary, I’ve always liked those worn by link.

[quote comment=”195985″]i could see how one could confuse link with link[/quote]
(Rant ON) As a long-time play-by-play broadcaster, “duplicate numbers” oughtta be outlawed!!! As is, they’re only permissible in NCAA football; which leads to abominations like link! The “dupes” aren’t allowed on the field at the same time, which is why running back link and safety link both get to wear #1! If that weren’t bad enough, Jackson’s from Caruthersville, Missouri, while Moore’s from Hayti, Missouri… both Bootheel towns about 25 miles apart! Sheesh!

No other sport allows this… not MLB, the NFL, the NBA, the NHL, or any NCAA sport except football! C’mon, guys… you’ve got 100 different possibilities for uniform numbers (counting the use of 0 or 00)… there’s NO NEED for “dupes”! Heck, you could even use three-digit numbers like link does if you’ve got more than 100 players! (Rant OFF)

We now return you to your regular perusal of today’s bowl games… ;-)

let me ask a stupid question, as im only vaguely familiar with recruiting/walk on/redshirt etc. practices in NC2A…

would it be possible to actually keep the rosters down to say…99 players…or even a more manageable 75, so as not to need the double numbering?

i know this has been going on in college for some time (i remember back in the 70’s or 80’s when a classmate told me “nebraska’s got like 115 players” [he may or may not have been exaggerating])…when i asked him why, he said, “well, when nebraska is up 44-0, they put in the third string”

[quote comment=”196006″][quote comment=”195994″]Arkansas to wear all red today in the cotton bowl and I think Missouri is wearing all gold[/quote]

If that’s the case, hopefully Pat Summerall will go off on the teams for not “getting it.”[/quote]
Nope, drunk Pat likes the all red for the Backs.

[quote comment=”196011″]let me ask a stupid question, as im only vaguely familiar with recruiting/walk on/redshirt etc. practices in NC2A…

would it be possible to actually keep the rosters down to say…99 players…or even a more manageable 75, so as not to need the double numbering?

i know this has been going on in college for some time (i remember back in the 70’s or 80’s when a classmate told me “nebraska’s got like 115 players” [he may or may not have been exaggerating])…when i asked him why, he said, “well, when nebraska is up 44-0, they put in the third string”[/quote]

DI college teams can only have 85 on scholarship, but they have a number of walk-ons. Even with that, if you kept the rosters at just 99 players, you’d probably still have to duplicate some numbers due to numbering restrictions (which are much more relaxed, by neccessity, in college than in the NFL).

Couple that with the fact that many teams have retired numbers (at Auburn, 7, 34, and 88 are retired) and you can see the need to have duplicate numbers.

[quote comment=”196032″][quote comment=”196003″]unsightly shoulder patches started in the NHL.[/quote]

Columbus’ shoulder patch used to include a glow in the dark green bug, I think the Union army cap is a marked improvement. Something I noticed the other day is that all the Edge replicas have really cheap looking plastic shoulder patches, while only the authentics have actual patches. Makes me never want to buy one of the new replicas.[/quote]
I was in the NHL Store in Manhattan yesterday. I saw a modern RBK Edge Kings jersey (Black/purple crown) with Gretzky’s name and number. Most disgusting thing ever, especially because his real throwback (the black/silver “Chevy” logo) was on the next rack…

i could swear i just saw Casey Dick, Quarterback for the Arkansas Razorbacks with C. Dick on his jersey………………………

[quote comment=”195985″]i could see how one could confuse link with link[/quote]

Let’s play the “Count the # of Under Armour logos” game.

[quote comment=”196015″]

I’m not a Pens fan, but those powder blues are pretty sweet.[/quote]

Got that right!

-Jet

Oh, I was a Penguins fan before the Jackets were dropped into my home town, and not only am I pumped for the Winter Classic, but I too think that those powder blues are absolutely wonderful. I read somewhere that Pittsburgh likes them so much there are going to ask the league for permission to make them their alternates next year.

[quote comment=”196003″]I was wondering if Paul would like to comment on how this blight of unsightly shoulder patches started in the NHL. [/quote]

Thanks for bringing this up, since only yesterday I commented on the visual overload in the NHL and upbraided for it.

-Jet

[quote comment=”196058″][quote comment=”195985″]i could see how one could confuse link with link[/quote]

Let’s play the “Count the # of Under Armour logos” game.[/quote]

give credit to the photographer of the 2nd pic….no Under Armour logos can be clearly seen. The chin skin has one, but only half can be seen.

Anyone see the Pregame thing on NBC with a little kid wearing a Crosby jersey skating on a pond? The jersey is a fake. The numbers are only two colors instead of three. It was one of the knockoffs you get off ebay that non hockey fans won’t notice the difference. But I did! Anyone get a screen grab of it?

I just flipped over to the Cotton Bowl, and wow-o-wow, does Arkansas look terrible in the maroon-over-maroon (or is it crimson-over-crimson?). It is a bad look no matter what, but the stripe-free pants and different shades between jersey and pants are ghastly.

Not a hockey fan any longer really,—but those Pens blue jerseys are cool.

And those old Sabres jerseys remind me of my old Cincinnati Swords.

PS wouldnt it be great if someone plastered Costas with a snowball?

One of the Pens goalies, #30-something, isn’t wearing all-brown pads, it is black with gold swirls, maybe his regular pads…

Holy crap link have got to be the worst looking thing I have ever seen. What coach would actually put their players in these???

What is this guy singing?

Arkansas looks bad. Mizzou looks decent, although white with gold is to much brightness. Go with the black pnats, guys. I actually like the low/no sock look. I think it’s much better than the NFL

No buffaslugs! Snow flurries! Huge crowd! If only the NHL didn’t put this game up against one of the biggest College Football game days of the year!

This game just looks like hockey should…especially the goalies wearing the snow caps over their masks!

Ryan Miller (Buffalo goalie) has on a beanie, while the Pittsburgh goalie does not

correction: they ARE waaayyyy to much. Sorry, I’m hungover.

Florida’s all blue is bad. I wish they’d wear the orange pants.

I’ve never noticed the yellow piping around the Michigan jersey. Do they have the same piping on the blue jerseys? If they do, it isn’t yellow, is it?

How about the space in MANNINGHAM. More like:
M A N N I N G H A M

All in all, a classic matchup…gotta love the Michigan unis.

[quote comment=”196108″][quote comment=”196106″]Being a link, I generally despise winter. But watching the Pens-Sabres game makes the cold look tolerable.

One observation – I haven’t seen the behind the goal nets that are required in arenas. Is this likely because of the distance between the fans and the rink?[/quote]

It’s kind of hard to put up the protective mesh when there isn’t a ceiling to hang it from.[/quote]

I would think that with the liability risk, they’d find a way to put something up if they felt that there was serious chance of someone getting link puckfaced.

[quote comment=”196114″][quote comment=”196102″]No buffaslugs! Snow flurries! Huge crowd! If only the NHL didn’t put this game up against one of the biggest College Football game days of the year![/quote]

Well, the game will be over (or almost over) before the two BCS games are played, so they really are competing against second tier games.

Hopefully, the winter spectacle of the whole thing will draw some extra viewers to the game.[/quote]

Michigan vs Florida may not be a BCS game, but the ratings are expected to be HUGE…Both UF and UM draw a lot of ratings nationwide from their fanbase…I expect that game to quadruple what the NHL game will draw…

However, this game is MUCH prettier…especially in the sock department…

I don’t know what i like best, outdoor NHL in the snow, the AMAZING throwbacks, or the toques.

Something doesn’t sit right with me about Florida’s all blue though. Is it darker than the blue from the late 90’s. I remember really liking the all blue then. And even though I’m an Ohio guy, I’ve got to admit that UM’s unis are just classy.

[quote comment=”195985″]i could see how one could confuse link with link[/quote]
[quote comment=”195956″][quote comment=”195954″]Are you sure that is Kodi Burns in the headline photo? (Looks like the kicker or punter) I think it is Kodi Burns in the reference photo.[/quote]

Sorry, I took the name from the AP’s photo caption, which said it was Burns. Fixing it now![/quote]

So much for minimal fact-checking by the wire service. I guess they just want to get it out and they’ll correct it later. :(

Here’s some shot’s of Miller ski hat

link

link

The Sabers’ goalie looks like he is wearing a sock on his mask. Great looking game though.

[quote comment=”196068″]Anybody notice the referee in the Cotton Bowl is wearing green shoes?[/quote]
Yeah…It’s weird…I’m not sure if it’s something weird Fox is doing with the video, it’s making Tony Temple #22 look like he’s wearing green shoes too, though he’s plainly not in link I’m going back to the rubber room now…

Pittsburgh’s goalie Ty Conklin is going without laces in his sweater. No pics yet.

I was hoping one of the goalies would have a toque complete with puff ball, but we can’t have everything! The mesh behind the glass was put up after a little girl was killed at an NHL game a few years ago. However, the space between the boards and the stands is pretty huge. Ty Conklin has now played in both outdoor NHL games and link worn a toque in link.

Are the throwbacks RBK Edge jerseys? I don’t see the alternate fabric panels around the arm openings that are the basis for the Edge “design” template. They look like they might just be regular air knit fabric…anyone else notice this?

[quote comment=”196138″][quote comment=”196119″]try playing sports in RL someday losers[/quote]
Thanks[/quote]

polo has a sport line

/jackass

[quote comment=”196139″]Pittsburgh’s goalie Ty Conklin is going without laces in his sweater. No pics yet.[/quote]
Maybe he put them in during intermission, but he has them now in the 2nd P

Nebraska in its ‘men’s football’ era (pre-2004) regularly suited up over 120 players for home games because of its aggressive walk-on program. That said, there is no reason that players on the two-deep need to have duplicate numbers.

[quote comment=”196175″][quote comment=”196156″][quote comment=”196059″][quote comment=”195982″]

Paul, if you’ve never had a Chick-fil-A sandwich, you’re missing a slice of heaven.[/quote]

Intentional joke or not?

link

lol. “our mission is to glorify god by making kick ass chicken sandwiches, unless it’s sunday.”[/quote]

Not a joke. Go to any mall food court (or restaurant) on a Sunday and there will be a big sign explaining why it’s closed.[/quote]

Franklin Covey stores are the same way.

[quote comment=”196087″]This is off topic but somewhat uni related. CFL teams have locker room sales at the end of the season and sell off all kinds of random stuff, game used helmets, jerseys, and what not. One thing they have are the player’s name plates from their lockers. People fall all over themselves to get them, in particular certain players. I don’t really understand this. Does anyone have a collection of name plates? Do NFL and College teams do this?[/quote]

Last year, my HS team played in the state championship game in Memorial Stadium the week after Missouri played the Huskers. We got the visitor’s locker room, and every name card was gone except for one–Chase Daniel. And this was before Chase Daniel was Chase Daniel. I should have kept it.

And we also found an Independence Bowl championship ring.

[quote comment=”196163″][quote comment=”196150″][quote comment=”196133″]The Sabers’ goalie looks like he is wearing a sock on his mask. Great looking game though.[/quote]

I noticed this too, I’ve been listening for them to confirm that this is a sock. It really looks like a sock to me, which if true, has got to be the uni-story of the year.[/quote]
Are you guys joking? It’s a ski hat/beanie![/quote]

It is definitely a sock, just like the one all the sabres are wearing. Look at the end, you can see the little hemmed elastic part at the bottom.

Has anybody else noticed that some of the Revolution helmets being worn by the Michigan players have a spot to inflate the front pad right above the nose bumper while some do not? I wore a Revo in college (as did many of my teammates) and I’ve never noticed this before. In fact, I’ve got my Revo from my senior year (last year) and it doesn’t have that feature. What’s up with this? Can anybody explain?

[quote comment=”196192″][quote comment=”196163″][quote comment=”196150″][quote comment=”196133″]The Sabers’ goalie looks like he is wearing a sock on his mask. Great looking game though.[/quote]

I noticed this too, I’ve been listening for them to confirm that this is a sock. It really looks like a sock to me, which if true, has got to be the uni-story of the year.[/quote]

Are you guys joking? It’s a ski hat/beanie![/quote]

It is definitely a sock, just like the one all the sabres are wearing. Look at the end, you can see the little hemmed elastic part at the bottom.[/quote]

It’s not a beanie or a ski cap. It’s definitely a hockey sock (which is almost a legwarmer so that shin pads will fit under it). There is a company that turns the same material that turns link. They make lots of college teams, but I imagine that a professional hockey player could certainly have one custom made for an event such as this.

[quote comment=”196188″][quote comment=”196183″][quote comment=”196181″][quote comment=”196175″][quote comment=”196156″][quote comment=”196059″][quote comment=”195982″]

Paul, if you’ve never had a Chick-fil-A sandwich, you’re missing a slice of heaven.[/quote]

Intentional joke or not?

link

lol. “our mission is to glorify god by making kick ass chicken sandwiches, unless it’s sunday.”[/quote]

Not a joke. Go to any mall food court (or restaurant) on a Sunday and there will be a big sign explaining why it’s closed.[/quote]

Franklin Covey stores are the same way.[/quote]

pisses me off…the other day i wanted a spicy cool wrap and a day planner…and it was sunday…i was so fucked[/quote]

lmao…you had to wait till monday for those projects.[/quote]

What did I start? What fun! Bad adjective choice, but the sandwiches are great. Funny to take someone who’s never had one. The food and service are the best among fast-food places.

Uni-wise, at the bowl game Chick-fil-A dressed their cows in realy authenic Clemson and Auburn jerseys, complete with piping and stripes. The Clemson cows wore # 28 for the star RB and danced on the correct Clemson side. Didn’t see what number the Auburn cows wore.

I still say the sockless Auburn kicker only beat Florida once.

You think NBC, who has hyped this game up all year, would at least uodate their graphics..

dont they know there are blogs and websited dedicated to looking for this? i found this on NHL Tour. Of Logos. great catch..

link

[quote comment=”196178″]Has anyone noticed if the “Amp” logo has made its way onto the jersey’s Winter Classic logo?

The sheer beauty of this game is helping me feel not so hungover.

But only a little.[/quote]

There’s no AMP logo on the patch.

[quote comment=”196192″][quote comment=”196163″][quote comment=”196150″][quote comment=”196133″]The Sabers’ goalie looks like he is wearing a sock on his mask. Great looking game though.[/quote]

I noticed this too, I’ve been listening for them to confirm that this is a sock. It really looks like a sock to me, which if true, has got to be the uni-story of the year.[/quote]
Are you guys joking? It’s a ski hat/beanie![/quote]

It is definitely a sock, just like the one all the sabres are wearing. Look at the end, you can see the little hemmed elastic part at the bottom.[/quote]

Speaking of goalies, Ty Conklin’s mask (Penguins) looks specially painted for today’s game. It’s light blue all over with dark blue & white stipes down the middle (like a football helmet). It also has the retro Penguins logo on the side as well as small snowflakes all over it. IMO, it looks prety cool.

[quote comment=”196209″]You think NBC, who has hyped this game up all year, would at least uodate their graphics..

dont they know there are blogs and websited dedicated to looking for this? i found this on NHL Tour. Of Logos. great catch..

link

What do we have, five old logos on there?
Calgary, San Jose, Columbus, Boston and Tampa Bay.

Second thing I’ve noticed, after catching only a couple of glimpses, it looks like Percy Harvin from Florida might be wearing black and orange argyle socks. Has anybody else noticed this? Again, I can only get quick glimpses.

I love the retro jerseys and the eye black in the Winter Classic but i thought we were promised old school goalie pads. Conklin’s black and yellow pads look terrible with the powder blue uni. At least Miller’s pads match the color scheme of the jersey.

After a while, all Cotton Bowl refs and most of the players had green shoes and green stains on their jerseys. It certainly appears that they had to spray-paint parts of the field to get green grass on New Year’s day.

Has anybody else noticed that some of the Revolution helmets being worn by the Michigan players have a spot to inflate the front pad right above the nose bumper while some do not? I wore a Revo in college (as did many of my teammates) and I’ve never noticed this before. In fact, I’ve got my Revo from my senior year (last year) and it doesn’t have that feature. What’s up with this? Can anybody explain?

Where’d you play, EHC?

Emory & Henry College. It’s a small D3 school in Emory, VA.

anyone else notice that the Illini cheerleader uniforms look like basketball uniforms? and the USC cheerleaders wearing their special rose bowl sweaters or whatever you want to call them.

Pens/Sabres retro jerseys… a thing of beauty.

[quote comment=”196270″]Anyone know why Keith Rivers (#55) of USC has a 10 on the back of his helmet? From the looks of it, there aren’t any other USC players with numbers on the backs of their helmets.[/quote]

Damn — I was about to ask the same thing. I was also going to ask whose helmet #10 was wearing, but it really looks like Rivers is the only guy with a numbered lid. Has anybody got a pic?

[quote comment=”196235″]I love the retro jerseys and the eye black in the Winter Classic but i thought we were promised old school goalie pads. Conklin’s black and yellow pads look terrible with the powder blue uni. At least Miller’s pads match the color scheme of the jersey.[/quote]
the other penguins goalie had a set of brown leather gear made up for the game (dany sabourin?) but alas, he didn’t get to play.
He mentioned he may keep them and use them during regular games for the rest of the season so keep an eye out.

[quote comment=”196234″][quote comment=”196049″]i could swear i just saw Casey Dick, Quarterback for the Arkansas Razorbacks with C. Dick on his jersey………………………[/quote]

Oh you did my friend. Thats the background on my cellphone. His brother/counsin also is on the team with his first initial and Dick on the jersey.[/quote]

Andy Dick would go on talk shows and say “This is the sign my limo driver held up at the airport”

The sign read “A DICK”

It was interesting that Conklin on his mask had the skating penguin with the scarf, which was different from the skating penguin on the jerseys.

The logo on the mask was from 1967-68. The next year, they changed to the logo on today’s jerseys (albeit with slightly different lettering).

I think Ryan Miller is going to sell his helmet with hockey sock hat on it to charity.

Also back up goalie for the Dallas Stars is going to sell this helmet:

signed by jim Carey.

although i shuttered after glancing down and noticing the link i was amazed how the swoosh is absent from the rest of their uniforms. someone at nike is getting fired for this one

i like how Illinois helmets say team on them.

not Uni related, but the Illinois band played Stairway to Heaven… Impressive

[quote comment=”196087″]This is off topic but somewhat uni related. CFL teams have locker room sales at the end of the season and sell off all kinds of random stuff, game used helmets, jerseys, and what not. One thing they have are the player’s name plates from their lockers. People fall all over themselves to get them, in particular certain players. I don’t really understand this. Does anyone have a collection of name plates? Do NFL and College teams do this? On a Winter Classic note these guys are wearing a lot of underneath gear prompting my dad to say, “when I was a kid we had to get changed outdoors where we were playing and didn’t have any of this gear.” Made me chuckle![/quote]

Iowa State University has a garage sale type thing every year at one of the home football games. They sell old jerseys, clothing, I think even equipment, from all the sports. However, I don’t think they can sell anything with a current player’s name on it, since NCAA rules prevent schools from making any merchandising money off of a current player.

I hate myself. How do i do links?
link

link

I saw at least three players with eye black. One of them was Spacek on the Sabres. I just read that Ryan Miller was going to wear three different toques, one with the Sabres logo (which I saw), one with the winter classic logo, and one for a local charity. I didn’t notice the last two during the game, but the Pens didn’t have a shot in the second period so it’s possible the cameras didn’t get a good shot of Miller the whole time. Does anyone think that in 30 years if they play a game like this again that the Sabres will pull out the slug as a retro jersey and people will get all nostalgic?

[quote comment=”196316″][quote]Does anyone think that in 30 years if they play a game like this again that the Sabres will pull out the slug as a retro jersey and people will get all nostalgic?[/quote]

do we get nostalgic about link?

think in 30 years adidibok or nikejestic will be making replicas of link for your kids @ $500 a pop?

i say yes

here’s to hoping the AFC will break out throwbacks for their 50th Anniversary, including the broncos brown & gold striped socks[/quote]

absolutely right — it seems the link the link is, the more link it is

and Georgia is in black…

great photo gallery here of the Winter Classic

Picture seven has a great view of Miller’s Mask

[quote comment=”196319″]and Georgia is in black…[/quote]

with white bottoms.

ugh my bad Winter Classic photo gallery here

they better show link tonight

[quote comment=”196294″][quote comment=”196257″]anyone else notice that the Illini cheerleader uniforms look like basketball uniforms? and the USC cheerleaders wearing their special rose bowl sweaters or whatever you want to call them.[/quote]

Seeing the USC Song Girls in their Rose Bowl unis is yet another highlight of the day.

Thanks to the hockey game, all told this might just stand as the best Uni day of the year. here’s to the NHL for finally getting something right.[/quote]

Dude, it’s only the first day of the year. Let’s see what the other 365 days brings us.

[quote comment=”196331″][quote comment=”196327″][quote comment=”196324″]I have never seen this KINGS jersey before:

link
That is so terrible!
I hope they never wore that[/quote]

Um, the link shows a photo him wearing that in a game. And it says it’s from his rookie season.

Might want to read before you post…[/quote]
yeah i noticed that right after i posted it

I was hoping no one would spot it

[quote comment=”196313″]I just read that Ryan Miller was going to wear three different toques, one with the Sabres logo (which I saw), one with the winter classic logo, and one for a local charity. I didn’t notice the last two during the game, but the Pens didn’t have a shot in the second period so it’s possible the cameras didn’t get a good shot of Miller the whole time.[/quote]

I didn’t notice three different ones, but on the CBC broadcast they said that his hats would be auctioned off for charity.

[quote comment=”196338″]Last year, my HS team played in the state championship game in Memorial Stadium the week after Missouri played the Huskers. We got the visitor’s locker room, and every name card was gone except for one–Chase Daniel. And this was before Chase Daniel was Chase Daniel. I should have kept it.

And we also found an Independence Bowl championship ring.

All of Missouri’s HS championships are played at the dome in St. Louis. Save for 8-man which is in St. Joe I believe[/quote]

He’s talking about the NEBRASKA HS Championships.

Hawaii in silver helmets and all-white.

Silver helmets for Hawai’i in the Sugar bowl with the all white unis.

Hawai’i is wearing white pants that do not have the tribal stripe around the thigh, or a visible Nike Swoosh. Makes it seem as if their pants got lost on the plane flight and they had to go get generic ones. Anyone else think this sounds right?

I think the Warriors look like they’re going to an island wedding in the all-light.

I think they should go back to wearing waist length jerseys so we don’t have to see which idiots don’t know how to tuck in their shirts. Next, are they going to start wearing their pants down around their hips with their boxers showing at the top?

[quote comment=”196358″]I think they should go back to wearing waist length jerseys so we don’t have to see which idiots don’t know how to tuck in their shirts. Next, are they going to start wearing their pants down around their hips with their boxers showing at the top?[/quote]

If they did I’d be worried, not because of the blatent stereotypical image it invokes for some, bu because it would mean that they are not wearing a jock.

[quote comment=”196361″][quote comment=”196358″]I think they should go back to wearing waist length jerseys so we don’t have to see which idiots don’t know how to tuck in their shirts. Next, are they going to start wearing their pants down around their hips with their boxers showing at the top?[/quote]

If they did I’d be worried, not because of the blatent stereotypical image it invokes for some, bu because it would mean that they are not wearing a jock.[/quote]
Then I guess I shouldn’t be worried about the sideline/champion caps being worn sideways or the gloves being worn without the wrist straps closed.

Has Hawaii worn generic white pants at all this year? I’m guessing there is more to this. Here is one theory: they brought the black pants as the road team and maybe had to switch to whites with Georgia wearing black jerseys??

[quote comment=”196363″][quote comment=”196361″][quote comment=”196358″]I think they should go back to wearing waist length jerseys so we don’t have to see which idiots don’t know how to tuck in their shirts. Next, are they going to start wearing their pants down around their hips with their boxers showing at the top?[/quote]

If they did I’d be worried, not because of the blatent stereotypical image it invokes for some, bu because it would mean that they are not wearing a jock.[/quote]
Then I guess I shouldn’t be worried about the sideline/champion caps being worn sideways or the gloves being worn without the wrist straps closed.[/quote]

what link?

didn’t the city of atlanta try to ban baggy pants & sports bras a few months ago? anyone know what happened with that?

[quote comment=”196331″][quote comment=”196327″][quote comment=”196324″]I have never seen this KINGS jersey before:

link
That is so terrible!
I hope they never wore that[/quote]

Um, the link shows a photo him wearing that in a game. And it says it’s from his rookie season.

Might want to read before you post…[/quote]

I’m saying I have never seen it before and wanted to share it here, I wasn’t asking the story behind it. You might want to heed your own advice and read before typing, dickhead

[quote comment=”196367″][quote comment=”196364″]It’s a shame that Hawaii didn’t go with the silver pants — the “tribal” tattoo band on the thigh stands out and works well with the helmet. Nice to see June Jones with the lei on the road — maybe Les Miles should go with Mardi Gras beads at the Fiesta Bowl.[/quote]

Isn’t Les coaching in the BCS Championship Game, being played this year in New Orleans, site of tonight’s Sugar Bowl?

As for the lei, I think it’s part of a general mindset at UH of this game being a celebration. I think that’s also part of why they went with the all-lights.[/quote]

Right, right…. the BCS non-bowl Bowl thing always throws me.

[quote comment=”196368″][quote comment=”196363″][quote comment=”196361″][quote comment=”196358″]I think they should go back to wearing waist length jerseys so we don’t have to see which idiots don’t know how to tuck in their shirts. Next, are they going to start wearing their pants down around their hips with their boxers showing at the top?[/quote]

If they did I’d be worried, not because of the blatent stereotypical image it invokes for some, bu because it would mean that they are not wearing a jock.[/quote]
Then I guess I shouldn’t be worried about the sideline/champion caps being worn sideways or the gloves being worn without the wrist straps closed.[/quote]

what link?
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My jeans have a tendency to hang off of my backside, showing my not-so-tighty mostly-whities, it just means that my Arizonas are too big and I can’t wear a belt.

[quote comment=”196368″][quote comment=”196363″][quote comment=”196361″][quote comment=”196358″]I think they should go back to wearing waist length jerseys so we don’t have to see which idiots don’t know how to tuck in their shirts. Next, are they going to start wearing their pants down around their hips with their boxers showing at the top?[/quote]

If they did I’d be worried, not because of the blatent stereotypical image it invokes for some, bu because it would mean that they are not wearing a jock.[/quote]
Then I guess I shouldn’t be worried about the sideline/champion caps being worn sideways or the gloves being worn without the wrist straps closed.[/quote]

what link?

didn’t the city of atlanta try to ban baggy pants & sports bras a few months ago? anyone know what happened with that?[/quote]
The bottom line is that you shouldn’t be a friggin slob. Respect the game, the team and the uniform. Tuck in your shirt, pull up your socks and make it a uniform – by definition, it’s the same as the rest of your team. Let your individuality show through your performance not your rebellious socks. Show some class and if you have to make a fashion statement, go play tennis!

Jack Arute just gave everyone “The rest of the story” about the UGA Blackout tonight on the radio broadcast. Coach Richt said that, since the players get to keep their Sugar Bowl jerseys and every player loved the black jerseys, he would have them play in the blacks so that they can all get black jeresys with Sugar Bowl patches on them.

[quote comment=”196313″]I saw at least three players with eye black.[/quote]

link. It’s not just for hockey players anymore.

(Sorry — I’ve been flying a fair bit lately, and every time I see a WestJet plane I can’t help but think “Eye black! Eye black! Eye black!”)

june jones gets lei’d more than wilt chamberlain (rip)

two questions re: pride stickers…

one…has UH worn the silver helmets before, and if not, does the EM (or the player) have to affix like every sticker the player has accumulated throughout the season just for this one game? i thought part of the ‘fun’ of the pride sticker was to accumulate them on one helmet as the season progressed; and,

two…UGA keeps the jerseys…do they keep the helmets too and if so, do they get to add new breathe-right strips for their play in the sugar or do they just keep the helmets, as is?

/any UGA fans wearing blackface tonight?

link

If that doesn’t work, use old copy/paste on this:

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This is a good looking Oregon uniform. I mean really good looking. Bad player. Good uniform.

[quote comment=”196386″][quote comment=”196383″][quote comment=”196313″]I saw at least three players with eye black.[/quote]

link. It’s not just for hockey players anymore.

(Sorry — I’ve been flying a fair bit lately, and every time I see a WestJet plane I can’t help but think “Eye black! Eye black! Eye black!”)[/quote]

I’m amazed more airlines don’t to that. Now that I think about it, it should be an FAA regulation.[/quote]

link have been using anti-glare paint for sometime now, although it’s obviously not industry standard…might be due to the fact that, unlike athletes, the pilots are already behind shatterproof, bulletproof, uv protected anti-glare glass

I love the Wizards third jersey. I like black and gold combo way better then their usual.

[quote comment=”196393″][quote comment=”196362″][quote comment=”196359″][quote comment=”196329″]they better show link tonight[/quote]
the new zealand all-blacks do the haka way better[/quote]

I agree, but only because I know that All Blacks knows the story behind the motions. I’m not saying that the UH players don’t, I just don’t know that they know. Matter of fact, I’m pretty sure that Jones wouldn’t let the players oerform the haka without making sure that every single player learned the deeper meaning.[/quote]

It’s a modified Haka. Made up of traditional hawaiian dance movements. They did a story on it on Gameday this Morning. They used to do the traditional Maori Haka occasionally, but then they made one that was unique to their football team.[/quote]

Now that I know that you know that they know, it’s all good.

[quote]unlike athletes, they are directly responsible for the lives of other people[/quote]

unless, of course, your name is jim leyritz

Is it me, or did it seem like the stripes on many of the Florida players pants during the Capital One Bowl were not aligned properly, like they were set too far back?

Once I first noticed it, I was distracted throughout the entire game.

I’m having a hell of a time linking to it right now for some reason, but there’s a photo gallery in the sports section of the Detroit Free Press’ website, link to look for yourself.

[quote comment=”196410″]Is it me, or did it seem like the stripes on many of the Florida players pants during the Capital One Bowl were not aligned properly, like they were set too far back?

Once I first noticed it, I was distracted throughout the entire game.

I’m having a hell of a time linking to it right now for some reason, but there’s a photo gallery in the sports section of the Detroit Free Press’ website, link to look for yourself.[/quote]
I noticed that too. Like they were running down the back of the leg. Very odd.

[quote comment=”196421″]just on the off chance that any of you know:
ive looked high and low for a sweet nfl jacket (and i cant even find any photos of it) but i havent been able to find it online. its a white hoody sweatshirt/jacket with gray designs on it and the teams primary color stripe down the arm and the teams logo on the upper left chest. i see it quite often on the sidelines during games but cant find it. anyone know what its called or where i can find it? thanks in advance[/quote]

is it something like link?

what team are you looking for?

Just showed UGA, the bulldog mascot. He’s got a swoosh on his sweater. Awesome. I know it’s basically impossible at this point to keep logos off jerseys, but can’t they at least stay away from the mascots?

It’s called the link. They’re pretty cool. At the beginning of the season I found them in the team shop on the Browns website. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like they are still up on there and I could only find a Bungles jacket on clearance. Good luck trying to hunt one down!!

[quote comment=”196415″]quote comment=”196321″]great photo gallery here of the Winter Classic

Picture seven has a great view of Miller’s Mask[/quote]

I was at the Winter Classic game. A couple thoughts…

The RBK Edge cut on the Sabres throwbacks looks horrible. The yellow around the shoulder blue is too thin- almost like piping. The shoulder blue is too large. And the worst is the bottom curved hem which looks terrible with horizontal bottom stripes. On a white jersey it gives the diaper look in the back.

On pics 11 and 13 in that gallery you can see the Sabres regular pants peeking out under the retro pants. Last year when they wore the blue retros they wore the regular, mismatched, pants.[/quote]
Methinks the “retro” Penguins had the current font in corresponding colors. A bit odd, but it looked all right.

[quote comment=”196384″]“June Jones gets Hawai’i Warriors were lei’d down more than Wilt Chamberlain (RIP.)”[/quote]
The truth shall set you free. Not only was the original post the Post Of The Day winner, but James David Ryan disliked the “Chuck and Duck” offense. He was everyone’s Buddy in Philly in the late 1980’s.

[quote comment=”196108″][quote comment=”196106″]Being a link, I generally despise winter. But watching the Pens-Sabres game makes the cold look tolerable.

One observation – I haven’t seen the behind the goal nets that are required in arenas. Is this likely because of the distance between the fans and the rink?[/quote]

It’s kind of hard to put up the protective mesh when there isn’t a ceiling to hang it from.[/quote]
it was a distance thing not a no roof thing, the heritage classic in ’03 has a net behind 1 end only because they put temp stands on one end. They just used 7 poles to hold it up.