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  1. 22 hours ago, Green27 said:

    So many beautiful color v color and generally contrasting matchups this week! Some of my favorites:

     

     

     

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    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.

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  2. On 11/27/2023 at 9:04 PM, crashcarson15 said:

    Just noting that UCLA-USC hasn't been on the last week of the season since 2015, and is only ever on that date in odd years due to USC traditionally finishing even years at home against Notre Dame. There's always the chance the Big Ten puts an end to that, but you'd think their media partners (read: NBC) would rather have Notre Dame @ USC penciled in for the last game of the season than UCLA @ USC (not to mention the 2024 and 2026 ND-USC games are already scheduled to end the year).


    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.

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  3. 11 hours ago, Silver_Star said:

     

    Reason why I said that was because Texas A&M moved to the SEC and only played University of Texas once. So to be honest, Oregon State will be without Oregon because the main focus of Oregon, Washington, UCLA, and USC is that they will be more focused or in tuned to the Big 10 teams and would only play Oregon State once, Texas will renew their Texas A&M rivalry once they go into the SEC with Oklahoma and two other teams joining them.


    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). 

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  4. 2 hours ago, Sodboy13 said:

    I was wondering where Madison, WI was in this, so I looked it up. Turns out they're in a different league, League One Volleyball, which is set to begin play in November 2024 and will have franchises in markets including... uh, Atlanta and Omaha. Ah jeez, this isn't gonna go well.

    About as well as having 2 women’s pro hockey leagues went… 

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  5. On 10/30/2023 at 1:40 PM, MJWalker45 said:

    Uniforms cannot be copyrighted or trademarked. Colors cannot be trademarked either, though Nike's been trying to create a version of kelly green that is theirs alone to control. If that were the case  there are a lot of schools in Ohio that would have to change their uniforms because they look too much like the Browns. 

    Sources - NFL told Houston to stop using Oilers-inspired uniform - ESPN

     

    Tennessee Titans vs Atlanta Falcons: Best photos from Sunday's game

     

    Based on the two jerseys being worn, you can't even say they are the same design. The only things that are the same are the closeness of the colors and the template used. The two blues are not even a match as you can see by looking at the helmet stripes. And the pants are obviously not the same. 

     

     

    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. 

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  6. 12 hours ago, MJWalker45 said:

    And the uniforms recognize when they were the Army Air Corps. So yes, Army dress up! 

    * 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.

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  7. 23 hours ago, SCL said:

    White is a neutral change but the maroon is a huge improvement with the addition of signifanctly more gold. Old school skating goldy on the alternate is terrific and going to sell in insane numbers.


    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. 

  8. 2 hours ago, Brave-Bird 08 said:

     

    Good to know I am not tripping, I remember seeing all sorts of old highlights where they looked orange and navy. It was around the same time Barney the Dinosaur kept switching between blue and purple too. The 90s were interesting times.


    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…

  9. 2 hours ago, Discrim said:

    Given that they were wearing black for a minute in the 80s, as well as how their logo was colored for a long time, I don't blame you.  Kinda like how black wasn't actually an official school color for Colorado until recently (gold and silver).


    And Clemson’s “regalia” was typically navy and wasn’t defined as purple until relatively recently—within the past 30 years or so.  

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  10. On 9/19/2023 at 3:02 PM, HopewellJones said:

    What a friggin goon. Good lord. You wanna add BFBS uniforms? Go for it. Yours look terrible when you're using dark maroon as the accent color, with none of your gold for contrast, but go for it. But adding oars and "row the boat" to the uniforms is so selfish and annoying. 


    At least Gopher hockey gets it right.

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  11. 2 hours ago, Midway said:

    Personal preference, green tops > orange tops for Miami. 


    They’re also one of few teams that look better in modern aesthetics vs traditional.

     

    F it just go back to this:

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    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.

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  12. 1 hour ago, tBBP said:

     

    As long as we're scrutinizing this with a fine-toothed comb, the bigger issue is that tail...why does it come out of one of the legs? To be real, though, this may be one instance where the tail may not even be necessary; if it wasn't there, would anyone notice considering the forward-leaping perspective?

    I assume they’re trying to avoid this phenomena:

     

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  13. 1 hour ago, Sec19Row53 said:

    PJ Fleck putting his stamp on things.

    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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  14. Washington’s one of those schools that doesn’t need any white on their home uniforms. I wish they’d use this set as a basis—add a purple W (with no white outline) on the helmets and single purple stripe the helmet and the pants and they would look classic. I’m a sucker for rounded art-deco numbers. 

     

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  15. 6 hours ago, DTConcepts said:

    The league also announced that four teams will be participating in next year's Stadium Series. The Devils will host the Flyers at MetLife Stadium for the first game, while the Islanders and Rangers will square off the following night. It's worth noting that the Devils, Islanders, and Rangers were the first teams to participate in the Stadium Series ten years ago.

     

    Have to wonder if the event logo will follow the Heritage Classic's lead and make a bunch of nods to the inaugural game held in (roughly) the same location a decade ago. It'll also be interesting to see if Lou Lamoriello refuses to let the Islanders wear modernized jerseys for the event like he did with the Devils in 2014.


    They should just add a game Feb 19 and make it an actual tournament. 

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  16. 37 minutes ago, tyst13 said:

    Ignoring daylight savings is one of the few things Arizona gets right. Technically we're always on Mountain Standard Time. It's just that Mountain Standard Time is the same as Pacific Daylight Time. 

    Arizona got that wrong, too. They should be ignoring standard time and always be on daylight time. Missed opportunity. 

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  17. On 3/11/2023 at 6:41 PM, Kevin W. said:

    Yes, but there wasn't a considerable difference between the final Reebok Edge jerseys and the first Adidas jerseys given that they were essentially shifting manufacturing from one division of the company to another. Changing to a completely different parent company will likely be more drastic. Additionally, the Leafs did their redesign one year before the changeover as well.

     

     

     


    I’m curious—anyone here know if manufacturing locations actually changed during the Reebok-Adidas shift or was it just the same facilities retooling to a different template and slapping on a different logo?

  18. 17 hours ago, ltjets21 said:

    They are Navy Blue. This year their colors are navy and orange

    So they are. I saw the pics of their New Era hats and figured they were still black with just a logo change. But on closer inspection, the hats are dark navy too.

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