andrewharrington

Yeah, but it looks like the Louisville Cardinals, not the Chicago / St. Louis / Phoenix / Arizona Cardinals.

To be fair, you asked how a grey face mask works with this *helmet* (not uniform).

Without a doubt. Honestly, I think dark-colored jerseys with (different) dark-colored pants is the worst look for pro football. It definitely screams youth/high school/small college much more than monochrome does these days. Dark-colored jerseys look best with light-colored pants, and orange is the official dividing line between light and dark in that rule; anything lighter works with a dark jersey, anything darker doesn’t, and orange is case-by-case.

I don’t necessarily like it, but I think I get why they do it. At this point, I their legacy is settled as a team that’s never going to be a permanently relevant NBA franchise and also a team that’s going to be third fiddle in its own city for eternity. It’s the Pepsi mentality of trying to constantly reinvent yourself in an attempt keep your target audience younger and fresher, since there aren’t enough old fans around to make building a “forever” identity worth the effort. It’s just life for lots of small- and mid-market teams. I think it needed the side panel on the shorts because it’s just so empty down there, but yes. These were nice. I wish the type was a little less bubbly, though.

White fabrics are bleached or chemically brightened rather than dyed, because dyes aren’t opaque (meaning there’s not really a way to “dye” something white). Natural fibers (cotton, flax, wool) normally produce yarns and fabrics with a beige/cream color. Undyed synthetic fibers are usually brighter, but still produce yarns and fabrics with an off-white appearance. What you’re actually doing when you make white fabric is taking that natural color out, rather than adding color in.

Having no dye in the jersey fabric saves 1g on the weight of the jersey, which gives the players dressed in white a small performance boost.

Yes, I’m just saying that blues of that hue and value are often colloquially called “cyan.” Not me, but I don’t disagree on that particular point. The composition needs work, but stylistically, the old one is much more suited to succeed as a logo, in my opinion.

I’m surprised this wasn’t mentioned before, but process blue is most commonly referred to as “cyan.”

Big schools typically get a specific amount of product per year according to their contract, so they very well may have them even though they didn’t wear them. I like them, too, for exactly this reason. It’s their thing, and it works well as an extension of the CFP brand (black + silver/gold + team color).

Stripeless Primeknit pants are available as a stock item in maroon. If A&M wanted to wear maroon pants, you’d have seen it.

Exactly. With a season like this, it was impossible to compare to so the committee really had no chance. People just get salty when you have a G5 team sitting there undefeated (knowing the history of how G5 teams have showed up in big bowl games), or a team that finished its season with a half dozen conference wins in a row after losing to the team it would have matched up against. Those are more compelling games for me than rewarding a team who just got shellacked. Maybe I’d feel differently if ND actually showed up and gave someone a game even one time, but they’re running out of chances in the public’s eye. Ten years ago, the Buckeyes couldn’t shake their own reputation that they were too slow and traditional to compete with top-tier teams. They are 11-6 in BCS/CFP/NY6 games since 2000. Notre Dame is 0-7 (with none of the losses by fewer than two touchdowns), yet they’re still getting the benefit of the doubt year after year.

Thats my issue with it. The playoff is entertainment for all CFB fans. It can’t effectively folllow the simplistic, traditional selection model of “who’s going to fill the seats” if it wants to be taken seriously as a fan-focused entertainment property. Nobody wants to watch a team go into the postseason off a loss in their biggest game. Apparently, they didn’t learn many lessons from the BCS era...

Eh. They were temporary rules the conference created. They put themselves in a bad position by making the rule in the first place with such uncertainty afoot, but I don’t think they anticipated Penn State imploding and Wisconsin having to cancel most of its season, so they ended up inadvertently painting themselves into a corner. Ultimately, the conference made the best decision for its own long-term health by giving its best team a chance to prove it belongs on the biggest stage. Every team with a “gripe” about this had their chances during the season and lost their biggest game, except for Cincinnati and Coastal (who waited until the bowls to lose their biggest games). Either way, I think Cincinnati and A&M both deserved the #4 spot over Notre Dame. Losing your conference championship game should be automatic playoff elimination, in my opinion. That’s the first round as far as I’m concerned...

It’s the New Mexico Bowl, a game whose primary role in our society is background noise for people who get together and bake traditional Eastern European desserts as a family the week before Christmas. We’ll survive red vs. green on this one.

Eh. They only go half way around, get folded up under many players’ pads, and really don’t add much to the design as a whole. Vestigial, if you ask me.

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They went “uh our marble is cool” because It’s the 175th anniversary of the Naval Academy. Thus, they are celebrating with a uniform that incorporates features of... the Naval Academy. How is that conceptually lesser than what West Point did?

Really? Find me another campus with marble like this.

What’s “dumb” about the design?

Again, I understand you think the execution failed, so I’m wondering what you think is the right way to execute this.

The patterning was designed by a Polynesian artist. How else would one execute this?

This must be the uniform for the alumni team: the Arkansas State Silver Foxes.

UNC rollin’ the dice a little using Disney IP for a uniform post.

Right, and that third photo is exactly what the uniform pattern is, three-tone grey blob camo.