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5 minutes ago, Chi-Tex_Kidd said:

I feel like when Michael leaves the office and their stuck with Will Ferrell yelling at cake and then Jim and Dwight look at each other and say “uh oh” and me and the collective of this board is Jim and Dwight.

I've never watched the Office. Would you mind explaining your post using references that I might understand?

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It's official: College football is adding the two-minute warning. (It won't be an additional TV timeout)

That's about as likely as Vanderbilt winning the SEC next season.

1 hour ago, BBTV said:

While I'm not in the XII, these are collectively the POTD.  Well done.

Nominating and seconding is open to anyone. The M-XII just confirms the process.

2 hours ago, Cujo said:

 

A nod to the past? I see a slight resemblance 

 

If the Broncos pulled off a reasonable facsimile of those throwback jerseys, I could live with it. Here's hoping they didn't do a halfway decent jersey only to royally screw up the helmets and pants.

1 hour ago, Sodboy13 said:

Texans: Oh good God who cares. Yeah this was focus-grouped straight into a toilet.

Precisely. We will, however,  have more music in the mornings, so there's that, I guess.

1 minute ago, BBTV said:

 

Pluralzz

Needs more Zs.

Utah Plurals.

Who do I see about my check?

1 hour ago, infrared41 said:

there is too much potential for some truly awful combos

As I was saying...

26 minutes ago, HOOVER said:

You're wrong here because you simplified the problem. 

One of the things I'll never get tired of around here is someone saying an opinion is wrong.

2 minutes ago, DCarp1231 said:

It’s interesting that both the Texans and Lions have given their uniforms names

If by interesting you mean dumb, I agree.

Pros:

• The home uniform is great.
• Cool take on the pants stripes.
• I'm surprised that I don't hate the blue helmet.
• In a vacuum, the black jersey is solid. Unfortunately we're not in a vacuum.

Cons:

• I take back what I said about the word mark on the road jersey. It looked OK in the Fanatics leak, but it's way too big on the actual jersey.
• The lack of stripes on the blue and white pants.
• BFBS set. Black monochrome  has never looked good and it never will. They're wasting a decent helmet on it.
• We're going to see Honolulu blue monochrome more than we're going to see the actual home uniforms.

Overall grade: B. What the Lions got right, they totally nailed, but there is too much potential for some truly awful combos and no one needed another BFBS uniform.

9 minutes ago, HOOVER said:

You all really need to read the articles.  

 

The NFL came to Nike wanting something like this.   They all collaborated and came up with Color Rush.  

Let me use your subscription and I'll be happy to. Until then, I'm not paying to read an article about those Jets uniforms. That said, I don't care who asked for what with Color Rush, the end result was a disaster and that dude designed it.

9 hours ago, MJWalker45 said:

 

From 9:41  - Can someone explain to me why this is called a balk? Apparently the pitcher has to declare how he's going to pitch ahead of time with each batter? Is that what they are saying? 

Hard to tell when the clips are so short. I'd need to see the unedited sequence.

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As you may recall, I’ve recently done two extremely informative interviews with former Nike art director Tom Andrich — one about how he created the NFL’s Color Rush program,

Now I know who to blame for that disaster.

1 hour ago, SCL said:

What does an English H have to do with the Texans? Rice University being in Houston? 

 Close enough, I guess.

4 minutes ago, rfraser85 said:

 

It's a slow healing process. But maybe it will look better with the uniform when we see it.

And maybe the hurricane damage won't seem as bad in daylight.

1 minute ago, LogoFan said:

Anyone not liking block numbers, take heed.  It could be worse.  SEE:  Texans, Houston has terrible taste and should not be taken seriously.

Edited for accuracy.

3 hours ago, infrared41 said:

The world is healing.

I may have spoken too soon.

2 hours ago, Survival79 said:

 

 This.

 

Good Lord. Really? Whose brilliant idea was it to go full Madden 04 create a team on the poor Texans? That is every kind of awful and probably a few more that no one has thought of. It's really looking like the Texans are the team we had to sacrifice to Nike to get the new Lions and Jets looks. This bodes well for the Broncos...maybe.

1 minute ago, Old School Fool said:

Block numbers?! IN 2024?!

 

WHAT IS GOING ON?!

The world is healing.

The word mark on the white jersey is pointless, but it's small enough that I can live with it. The mesh numbers are a choice I would not have made, but they're hardly a big deal. The stripes look good. I'm thrilled with the plain ol' block number font. The idiotic BFBS alternate could have been worse.  Overall, these jerseys are a huge upgrade over the previous set. Let's hope they didn't go all stupid with the pants.

4 hours ago, DCarp1231 said:

I still think about this.

There's a pill for that. Talk with your doctor to see if it's right for you.

2 hours ago, Brave-Bird 08 said:

The problem with the Falcons uniform history is there's no glory days associated with any of the uniform eras they went through,

Can you explain to me how a uniform looks better or worse based on its "glory days" or a team's performance while wearing it? I may be in the minority, but I've always believed that the aesthetic quality of uniform is based entirely on, you know, what it looks like.

The Falcons got it right on the first try.

On 4/16/2024 at 4:11 PM, BBTV said:

Wait who’s driving 200 miles to an NHL game? 

Not enough people to make any real difference.

2 hours ago, HOOVER said:

Alright, since I've been talking about it forever, I ran a quick & dirty mock-up of my ideal Falcons uniform with Dark Silver helmet (sans Gold):

 

Add a Gold outline to the helmet stripe, logo, and the Swoosh & accessory details (like on cleats) if you wanted to go that route.  Either way, this would do it. 

 

(I wouldn't even be completely heartbroken if they added a small 1" tall "ATLANTA" above the number in a clean new non-italic font.)

Solid work, but it's way too dark for a team that plays in a dome.