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Which team has the better Purple Uniforms, the Baltimore Ravens or the Minnesota Vikings?
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Posted December 2, 2005 - 22:22
The Vikings, because I don't like the Raven's use of black with the purple.
If the Vikings added the UCLA stripes and maybe a more custom number font, their jerseys would be sweet.
If the Vikings added the UCLA stripes and maybe a more custom number font, their jerseys would be sweet.
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Posted December 3, 2005 - 12:01
I like the Vikes better. As for the stripes, I have always liked how the Vikings had different stripe designs for their home and away jerseys. Of course, the classic Minnesota unis are superior to the modern ones, I think. Though the changes have been subtle, the purple seems to get more blue-ish every year, the horn on the helmet keeps shrinking, and I have never been sold on any facemask for them other than gray, even though I usually prefer color on most teams.
I have always loved the Ravens' font and I loved their first helmet, but I think they have serious uni problems with the current helmet. The logo is bad and the purple stripes vanish on the black shell and are in need of some trim. Gold or red, anyone? I think the black jersey is a bad look and they should stick with the purple. And they should stay away from the all-whites. I say pay the security guard and go back to the old helmet, wear purple tops with white bottoms at home and white tops with black bottoms on the road, and trim the helmet stripes with red and/or gold. But definitely keep the purple. It is an homage to the iridescence of their mascot's feathers.
I have always loved the Ravens' font and I loved their first helmet, but I think they have serious uni problems with the current helmet. The logo is bad and the purple stripes vanish on the black shell and are in need of some trim. Gold or red, anyone? I think the black jersey is a bad look and they should stick with the purple. And they should stay away from the all-whites. I say pay the security guard and go back to the old helmet, wear purple tops with white bottoms at home and white tops with black bottoms on the road, and trim the helmet stripes with red and/or gold. But definitely keep the purple. It is an homage to the iridescence of their mascot's feathers.
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Posted December 3, 2005 - 14:29
pittfan11, on Saturday, December 3rd, 2005 - 12:03:46, said:
The Vikings. I'd say the Ravens are more of a black colored team.
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As for the topic as a whole, I will recuse myself because I can't be unbiased about this.
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Posted December 3, 2005 - 20:42
Vikings. A raven is blacker than tar, so it doesn't make sense for the Baltimore Ravens to have purple uniforms... maybe as an alt.
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Posted December 4, 2005 - 00:29
Neither!!!! Purple stinks! It's second only too green as the worst football color. If the Ravens had gone royal and black...now that would be sweet.
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Posted December 4, 2005 - 01:12
Captain Apollo, on Sunday, December 4th, 2005 - 00:29:46, said:
Neither!!!! Purple stinks! It's second only too green as the worst football color. If the Ravens had gone royal and black...now that would be sweet.
So you would want them to look like football's version of the KC Royals?
And to say that purple and green are worst colors than powder blue - people should be beaten with really big sticks with lots of splinters for that
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Posted December 4, 2005 - 06:28
Captain Apollo, on Sunday, December 4th, 2005 - 00:29:46, said:
Neither!!!! Purple stinks! It's second only too green as the worst football color. If the Ravens had gone royal and black...now that would be sweet.
Except actual ravens don't have any blue in them. They have a purple tint, thus the color combination.
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A raven is blacker than tar
Actually, it's not. See above (and maybe below, where I think you can see the sheen to some degree -- best photo I could dig up without killing myself).
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Posted December 4, 2005 - 07:57
Ravens should wear black from head to toe, because really, does anyone care if the Lewises aren't impeccably dressed?
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If it is ever needed, the plural (belonging to a number of Jesuses) would be Jesuses'.
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Posted December 4, 2005 - 09:15
VIKINGS....i hate the Ratbirds and the Modell's...but you cant knock a classic look like the Vikings have.
i did see this one ESPN the Magizine cover with Randy Moss on the cover and they had him in this metalic purple and gold uni for the Vikings and that looked really hot
i did see this one ESPN the Magizine cover with Randy Moss on the cover and they had him in this metalic purple and gold uni for the Vikings and that looked really hot
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Posted December 4, 2005 - 09:20
Vikings in a rout.
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Posted December 4, 2005 - 09:24
boardname, on Saturday, December 3rd, 2005 - 20:16:22, said:
I don't know, but the Vikings/Bengals matchup a few weeks back was one of the most horrible looking games ever. Yeah, that's mostly Cincy's fault. But orange/purple are two colors that just dont mix.
I'm sure some people in Phoenix would disagree with you.
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Posted December 4, 2005 - 12:43
quadival, on Sunday, December 4th, 2005 - 09:24:35, said:
boardname, on Saturday, December 3rd, 2005 - 20:16:22, said:
I don't know, but the Vikings/Bengals matchup a few weeks back was one of the most horrible looking games ever. Yeah, that's mostly Cincy's fault. But orange/purple are two colors that just dont mix.
I'm sure some people in Phoenix would disagree with you.
Not to mention western South Carolina ...
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Posted December 4, 2005 - 20:15
bear69designs, on Saturday, December 3rd, 2005 - 17:01:56, said:
Though the changes have been subtle, the purple seems to get more blue-ish every year, the horn on the helmet keeps shrinking,
Thank God, i thought I was the only one who noticed the incredible shrinking Viking horn on the helmet.
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Posted December 4, 2005 - 21:03
leopard88, on Sunday, December 4th, 2005 - 06:28:41, said:
Captain Apollo, on Sunday, December 4th, 2005 - 00:29:46, said:
Neither!!!! Purple stinks! It's second only too green as the worst football color. If the Ravens had gone royal and black...now that would be sweet.
Except actual ravens don't have any blue in them. They have a purple tint, thus the color combination.
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A raven is blacker than tar
Actually, it's not. See above (and maybe below, where I think you can see the sheen to some degree -- best photo I could dig up without killing myself).
Wow... so purple does fit with the ravens colour scheme, and very nicely too! Stupid me must've been confusing a raven with a crow.
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Posted December 4, 2005 - 22:05
RickV, on Sunday, December 4th, 2005 - 20:15:25, said:
bear69designs, on Saturday, December 3rd, 2005 - 17:01:56, said:
Though the changes have been subtle, the purple seems to get more blue-ish every year, the horn on the helmet keeps shrinking,
Thank God, i thought I was the only one who noticed the incredible shrinking Viking horn on the helmet.
I don't think it's just them. The decals on many teams seem to be smaller. I thought that today while watching the Steelers.
Just seems like there's much more room for that kinda thing.
