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  1. It was definitely for both. They’ve definitely used the wheat for a retro feel.
  2. UNC-NC State needs to learn from UCLA-USC and BYU-Utah and become an annual color vs color matchup. Same with Florida-Georgia and Georgia-Ga. Tech.
  3. You’re right. I’d imagine UCLA-USC would fit well in the B1G’s rivalry week lineup during the USC at Notre Dame years. I image the B1G will move some rivalry week games to Friday night to keep their broadcast partners happy. I guess the other option for the B1G is to market a late October/early November mini-rivalry week for the B1G teams with secondary rivals and always have UCLA-USC there along with Michigan-Michigan State and Minnesota-Iowa.
  4. Iowa and Iowa State still play every year, so it wouldn’t be unprecedented for a B1G team to keep honoring an in-state rivalry. Though it won’t be rivalry week anymore, since I’m sure the B1G will want UO vs UW and UCLA-USC to be a part of the B1G rivalry week inventory (along with Michigan-Ohio State, Minnesota-Wisconsin, Indiana-Purdue, and Illinois-Northwestern).
  5. About as well as having 2 women’s pro hockey leagues went…
  6. I'm just here to say unironically that 757's rule.
  7. The primary reason the NFL would send a cease and desist letter would be to preserve its rights--in the end, they might not file an action against the school. But they do need to send the letter, otherwise they might be prevented from asserting those rights down the road. Not to go too far into the weeds on this one, but based on my experience working in IP damages consulting, my opinion is that the NFL would actually have a pretty good case trademark infringement on this (but there would be some hurdles to overcome). The standard for trademark infringement is not whether the mark has been copied or appears identical, but whether there is likelihood of confusion (not actual confusion), which I think would be pretty easy to show in this case. (As an aside, I think an action for trademark dilution would also be a pretty straightforward case as well.) The biggest issue for the NFL would be demonstrating they own valid trademark on the uniforms. Since color and uniforms can be trademarked, especially in combination--i.e., a trademark covering this specific uniform design in these specific colors-- it is very possible they have trademark rights. Ideally (from the NFL's standpoint), they would have a registered mark for this color/uniform design combo. That would put the burden on the school to demonstrate invalidity. The reason we don't see more cases like this is that teams and leagues didn't historically treat their specific colors and uniforms as trademarks in the past, so they would be prevented by principles of equity from asserting their trademarks now against teams who already use the same colors and uniforms. But, in this case U of Houston has no history of using these uniforms and colors, so the NFL would have less to worry about the equitable issues.
  8. * Army Air Forces. I believe they had switched names by the time of the Doolittle Raid. EDIT: Also, the chrome and metallic numbers are a weird tribute because, as far as I can tell, none of the Doolittle Raiders' B-25s were bare metal. They were all army green (as the obverse of their helmet appears to accurately depict). USAAF didn't start leaving planes metal until later in the war, when US war effort was churning out planes and had air superiority in all the theatres anyway.
  9. Thinking back, the overall design of Gophers’ primary set has been stable since 2006–mostly evolutionary changes with the striping that the average fan might not notice. But I agree the maroon’s an improvement. With the gold shoulder yoke and lids, I think the maroon set would look even better with gold socks.
  10. Not to open a can of worms, but Googling something like “Clemson navy blue” will turn up a lot of fan debate about what Clemson’s school colors actually were. It’s kinda comedic to see fans and alums trying to figure out their school’s colors. If you believe my friends from Georgia, that’s just par for the course for Clemson…
  11. And Clemson’s “regalia” was typically navy and wasn’t defined as purple until relatively recently—within the past 30 years or so.
  12. At least Gopher hockey gets it right.
  13. This was one of the few modern uniforms from the Y2K era that I liked—the piping and curved striping goes well with the U logo.
  14. I assume they’re trying to avoid this phenomena:
  15. I’m at a point where I figure as long as Gopher hockey looks good, I’ll just shrug my shoulders at the crap the football team wears. But I wish someone would try to tap into the Gophers’ ancient but proud football traditions from when they were considered a power (a loooong time ago, I know…).
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