John in KY

Picture was taken on Dec 3rd, 1974... oddly enough these uniforms never featured the "Warriors" mark under the circle... anyone has any explanation for this addition to this games jersey's?

Sorry, no explanation but after seeing this shot I was searching through Getty Images and did find a shot from the same season of a Warriors player in the navy road uniforms that aslo had the "Warriors" on the bottom of the circle. Maybe Golden State was trying out that look and had one set of uniforms with the "Warriors" on it and multiple sets without it, and they only wore the set with it early in the season.

Despite this move by the ACC, I still think we will eventually see 4 power conferences who call the shots.

I agree - I also agree with you that 20-team conferences are very awkward, but I think that's where we are heading.

I think Big 10 and SEC will remain as conferences with added members, and there will be some kind of consolidation among those left in the PAC 12, ACC and Big 12 leaving only two of those three conferences remaining. How that shakes out will depend on who the SEC and Big 10 select as they expand.

Might as well add bsu, sdsu, UNLV and byu and then call it good

That is about all they can do without absorbing some Big 12 schools - although they would have to get over the "no religious-affiliated schools" stance to accept BYU.

Another random thought - if the end game is really 4 20-school conferences what happens to Notre Dame? Do they have to finally join in because they would be reduced to only scheduling mid-majors as I'm sure that teams from the 4 conferences would find their schedules pretty filled. I know their ACC deal gives them scheduling access to 5 games per year from other member schools, but if the ACC collapses under the 4 conference alignment then they are back to square one. I know this has been discussed earlier in this thread, but the situation is fluid enough that its probably worth bringing up again.

Okay - I guess that the power conferences are taking a brief Final Four break from reorganizing and letting the Big East complete it's disintigration into the "new" Big East and the AAC.

What's happens next? Do the SEC and BIG 10 stick at 14 for a couple of years, or do they start going after more ACC and Big 12 teams? What about the PAC 12? How where do they go for expansion - picking off better mid-majors like Boise St and San Diego St or trying to also poach from the Big 12 (with the assumption that the 14 SEC and 14 BIG 10 schools are "unpoachable")?

It is better than bringing back the Metro. Reviving a dead league name is problematic, plus it'd be the same problem if they go out of region again (ECU isn't metro) or whatever. This name gives them the flexibility to do whatever they want and it's a nice trick to force people to start calling them the AAC and to get them confused.

I like it.

"Metro" doesn't refer to a region, which makes it perfect for this league. Greenville, NC may not be a bustling metropolis, but neither were Blacksburg, VA or Hattiesburg, MS.

True, but to kind of prove the point about the name Virginia Tech and Southern Miss were replacements for more "Metro" teams of Georgia Tech and St. Louis.

No it is a REVO Speed. I recognise the shape of the ear hole as well as the little "Riddell" sticker where the horizontal and vertical bars meet directly below the tip of the arrow.

My bad for putting a question mark when it was more of a statement.

Better eye than me on that - I think what they did was to insert Smith's face, facemask, and a bit of his helmet padding (an Air XP) photoshopped it over one of the Chiefs QBs (both wore Revo Speeds last year). Really odd looking photoshop.

Anyone got a photoshoped pic of Alex Smith in, what is not offical but most likely, his new KC Chiefs uni? This is all I could find.

Found one.

They didn't even bother to change the facemask color..... That looks REALLY out of place with a KC uniform

Isn't that a regular style facemask on a Riddell REVO Speed too?

No, I think that's one of the Rawlings helmets - they have those Revo-style vents on a more normal shell.

Wait, what's this about Jacksonville being forced to change their logo?

Their original logo was too close to the logo of the Jaguar car company.

I remember them trying two different logos that Jaguar objected to - the full "leaping" jaguar and another logo that kind of cut the cat in half.

Probably a modification of this one:

That's it - after they the full cat was rejected they tried this version of the cat on the helmet. Jaguar thought that this version was stiil too similar to their trademarked hood ornament they call "the leaper". Of course back then Ford still owned Jaguar as well; none of the current models made since Tata motors bought Jaguar have "the leaper" any more.

Wait, what's this about Jacksonville being forced to change their logo?

Their original logo was too close to the logo of the Jaguar car company.

I remember them trying two different logos that Jaguar objected to - the full "leaping" jaguar and another logo that kind of cut the cat in half.

The only place I have ever seen the 2004 Cardinals Blue Alt is on ESPN NFL 2K5 and eBay.

I don't think they ever wore it.

That always was a fashion jersey like the gold 49ers, yellow Packers, silver Raiders, and navy Dolphins that were all out at various times in the 1990s and 2000s.

The team isn't necessarily wrong, but the style is quite wrong.

Yes, I think the Suns did a throwback during the Barkley era to the original uniforms which had been used all the way up to just before Barkley joined Phoenix.

I think they may have worn those in preseason that year and busted out the new ones for the regular season...but I may be making that up

I don't think you're making it up - I also remember the Suns wearing the old unforms in pre-season that year and not using the new ones until the regular season started. Also wasn't that their first season in America West (or whatever it's called now) arena?

Here's a few to ponder-

Although the card says "Yankees" the picture isn't a "wrong uniform" since Elway is wearing a Stanford unform - he was known as a 2-sport star in college.

Now that to me fits as a wrong uniform - particularly since Mr. Ed just used the Yankees to make sure he didn't wind up with Colts.

Regarding Favre: All I have to say is thank God the Jets don't wear the unis they wore for most of the 80's and 90s. I think that'd make my eyes bleed seeing Favre in that get up.

Either way it's going to be awfully weird seeing him in that uniform. At least i'll somewhat get used to it since he'll be in the same division as the Bills.

As a packer fan, seeing Brett in a Jets uni will be hard enough, I agree, thak God it isnt one of those lime green and white disasters they used to where. Now I think they have one of the better unis in the league, so that might help ease the pain a little

When exactly did the Jets where[sic] "lime green and white"?

Never; however, I will agree that the kelly green did "look" a bit lighter after they added black (1990-1997) since they also went to a shinyer fabric on the jerseys and added the green pants (which of course also use a shiny fabric).

People crap on the Blazers' selection of Bowie, but 1) they needed a big man, 2) they drafted Glide the year before and 3) who knew Jordan would turn out so good?

By the same note, you could say that the Rockets screwed the pooch by drafting Olajuwon over Jordan...

Not really - after all, Olajuwon did win the two trophies available while Jordan was chasing baseball. Rankly, big Sam was damaged goods coming out of college and everyone knew it. Bowie really only had one to one-and-a-half seasons of playing in his 5 years at Kentucky - granted, he played most of his senior season, but that was pretty much it. You have to wonder what kind of player he would have been without all the foot injuries, but with his history he wasn't a top 5 pick.

How about Brett with the Falcons?

Not only is that Farve in his first uniform, check out the helmet - it's not his now familiar Riddell WD-1 with a standard 2-bar OPO facemask and single-snap chinstrap but a Schutt Air Power with a Deon Sanders-approved EGOP (eyeglass protection) version and a high-mount chinstrap.