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  1. The new logo is very slightly different. The arc is the most obvious change, being solid white and tapered instead of using the gradient. More subtly, the "+" is a bit thicker, and it's now properly aligned. In the original version, the top of the vertical stroke is slightly further left than the bottom of the stroke. It always annoyed the hell out of me, so I'm glad they fixed it. I'm not a fan of the teal gradient they've gone with. I understand why they went with teal, but it just looks weird.
  2. Yes, the kicker needs to get the ball somewhere between the 20 and the goal line. If it lands in the endzone and stays inbounds, the returner has to either down it for a touchback to the 30, or they can choose to return it. If the ball hits inside the landing zone and bounces into the endzone, then downing it would be a touchback to the 20. If it lands short of the landing zone, regardless of bounce, the ball is placed at the 40. I wonder if we'll see some attempts at low-angle, line-drive kicks to try and bounce them into the endzone. They don't need the hangtime anymore for players to get downfield, and the coverage can't even move until the ball is caught or touches the ground.
  3. Players giving them "rave reviews" means absolutely nothing. Players just like anything new. Most of them have zero sense of uniform aesthetics. The Lions' insistence last year on wearing Monolulu Blue and those plain white pants does not make me optimistic for what these players like.
  4. According to Uni-Watch Bernie was in Tecmo Bowl, but not Tecmo Super Bowl.
  5. Some notable bits from the FAQ page: Interesting that there's no question about Findlay changing its name. So Findlay will stay "University of Findlay", but Bluffton could change.
  6. That may have been the original intent, but it doesn't really work. Sure, bootleggers may not have the number font when the jerseys are first revealed, but once those jerseys are out in the world it's pretty damn easy to make a copycat font. It also doesn't work because people that buy counterfeit jerseys don't care if the number font is accurate, or even if the color and striping are accurate. I have seen some absolute abominations in Detroit, and the people wearing them don't care. The main reason for CNFCNS(Custom Numbers For Custom Numbers Sake TM) is that it's just another way for the designer/manufacturer to experiment and put their stamp on teams. The Texans didn't need a new number font. Their outgoing numbers were already a clean, modern font with tasteful design elements that evoked the bull horns of the logo. It would have worked well with the new horn stripes. But they were a Reebok design, and Nike didn't want them on their jersey. So they designed a new font that looks like the old font is glitching out. It's still using the same ideas as the old font, but they shuffled elements around just to make it different.
  7. They could go the Bad News Bears style with blue single color number and letters, with yellow piping and undershirts. And the perfect sleeve sponsor: But in all seriousness, it would be interesting to see an MLB team try yellow as a primary again.
  8. As a disgruntled Washington fan, I can confirm that this is a horrendous idea.
  9. So is the stripe truncated, as Nike has been known to do, or is he wearing an untucked navy undershirt? I don't think this phrase has ever been said before, but... I'm hoping his shirt is untucked. It is most definitely a stripe. If that were the swoosh then it would be backwards, too far down the sleeve, and too far forward. The blue spot above the horn is the swoosh. You can see it in the reflection.
  10. If you click the [+] next to "Quote" you can quote multiple posts at the same time.
  11. They've been using the same exact shade of dark navy blue their whole existence. The same shade that the Bears have also used since 2002.
  12. It looks like a 9 with a bite taken out of it. Just terrible. The horns on the sleeves are... fine. It's basically a variation on what the jets are now getting rid of. The lack of red is very disappointing. If the rest of the uniforms were to be color swaps of this design, it would be passable (minus the numbers). But we know Nike is too enamored with their own farts to allow such a cohesive set.
  13. "Delay of game on the kicking team, number... eight-hundred, five-eight-eight, two-three-hundred, Empiiire."
  14. The only other example I can think of is the Patriots, and they wore the updated uniforms for 5 years before changing to their current set. Although it's unclear if that was by rule, or by choice. When the 49ers finally updated their uniforms with the classic wordmark they also went back to 3 stripes. They wore the 2 stripe sleeves for 5 years as well.
  15. I think we can all agree that calling 187C "maroon" is absolutely ridiculous.
  16. According to the team directory in the Colts' 1964 media guide, the darker pre-Lombardi shade was also called Burgundy. Colts 1964 Media Guide
  17. Well dang. That does explain some of the more unusual colors on there. But maroon is a pretty standard uniform color that any manufacturer should have available, so it's crazy that UA doesn't have it. I wonder what the timeline was for UA taking over uniforms for the USFL teams. They probably didn't have enough time to dye new colors before the team needed them. I would hope they can manufacture the proper color by next season, if there is a next season.
  18. What's crazy about the Panthers' colors being wrong is that Under Armour has more accurate colors available in their uniform builder. Maroon and Powderkeg Blue are right there, yet they chose to go with Cardinal and Carolina Blue.
  19. They even creamed their pants.
  20. Those pants are awful and don't match the traditional style jersey at all. I think they were trying to mimic the panther logo, but it just does not work. They look like a high school team that ordered mismatched styles out of the catalog.
  21. What about Oklahoma? They haven't made it past the semifinals in their four trips to the playoffs, and two of them weren't even close. Only one of those times did they lose to the eventual Champions. Notre Dame lost to the eventual champions both times, and the teams that lost in those championships lost by even bigger margins than Notre Dame did. That's not to say Notre Dame shouldn't be criticized for how they performed, as they clearly faceplanted, but there has has been a lot of lopsided football in the playoffs.
  22. I never noticed it before, but apparently they had the logo on the belt buckle until 2011. Crazy that small details like that and the sock wordmarks can slip by.
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