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LA Chargers vs. Kansas City New England vs. Pittsburgh Carolina vs. NY Giants NY Jets vs. Cleveland Indianapolis vs. Jacksonville Miami vs. Baltimore Tampa Bay vs. New Orleans Washington vs. Detroit Seattle vs. San Francisco Atlanta vs. LA Rams Arizona vs. Las Vegas Houston vs. Denver Cincinnati vs. Dallas Chicago vs. Green Bay Tennessee vs. Buffalo Minnesota vs. Philadelphia

Exactly.

I like both looks well enough, but if I were in charge, the Chargers would wear white over yellow and blue over white.

LA Fakers sums it up pretty well. That's pretty much what I was trying to say.

Before we get started, major kudos to @BBTV for doing a fantastic job of running the show last season. My original idea for this season was to combine our considerable talents and make this thing a joint venture, but Vet's work schedule won't allow it. So...after a two year hiatus, you're stuck with me again. It's been a while and Vet did things a little differently than I do so let's do a brief recap. In my humble opinion, "a good color match up" does not necessarily make for a good uniform match up. I decide the lists solely on which games I think looked the best and which games looked the worst. I have no "rules" or "formula" that I use to rank the games. It's all simply a matter of what I liked the best or disliked the most. There will be times where something like sunshine will make a difference, but it's not a hard and fast rule. Finally, I don't care about socks. Do I wish teams would always go with the best sock for the uniform? Of course, but socks are not something I get too worked up about. As always, your opinion (including the idea that nice colors make for a good match up) may differ from mine and that's perfectly fine. All I ask is that we keep the conversation civil. Let's get started. BEST 1. 49ers - Bears: Two of the best uniforms in the league. It's a shame they had to face off in such terrible conditions. Every game should look this good. This one is already in the running for match up of the year. 2. Raiders - Chargers: Another great looking game. Still wish the Chargers had gone with black numbers on the helmet, but considering what an upgrade the current look is, I can live with the blue. The Raiders road look is one of my favorites. 3. Steelers - Bengals: Welcome back to being a weekly contender for the best list, Cincinnati. It's been...you know what...you've never been a weekly best list contender while I've been doing this bit so welcome aboard, I guess. It's about time. The Steelers looked great...as usual. 4. Browns - Panthers: Yeah, the Panthers set is really showing its age, but the all white vs. the classic Browns look still works. I know I said I don't care about socks, but bonus points to the Browns for the socks. 5. Bucs - Cowboys: This may be an unpopular opinion, but I think the Bucs red over white is their best look. Bring back the "shiny" pewter pants and I might change my mind, but until then, this is the way. Some new guy is going to roll in here and point out all the issues with the Cowboys uniforms and my answer will be what it's always been; I don't care. It's a great look flaws and all. 6. Packers - Vikings: Loved the Vikings set when it debuted, but I've liked it a little less every season since. It's still a really good look, but it's starting to feel a little too much of its time...if that makes any sense. Packers are about as close to perfect as we're going to get. Honorable Mention: Colts - Texans: Houston made the right choice by going all white in this game. The blue pants would have been some serious blue overkill. Never change, Colts. WORST 1. Broncos - Seahawks: Do I really need to explain this one? I will pass along what my friend, Mick, said about the Seahawks uniforms"they look like those green popsicles no one would eat when we were kids." Exactly. 2. Patriots - Dolphins: This match up could look great. Give the Pats some white or silver pants, put the Dolphins in their throwbacks, and this one is vying for the top spot on the best list. Instead we got a high school team taking on a team sponsored by a cruise line. So close, but close doesn't get there in the cutthroat world of uniform aesthetics. 3. Saints - Falcons: Why did the Saints think playing the game in long underwear was a good idea? Good lord, they looked ridiculous. Feel free to mix in a stripe or two somehwere. Atlanta, your uniform situation is best described with a golf analogy. When you decided to update your look, all you had to do to was sink a two inch putt (go with the throwbacks) and you somehow managed to knock that two inch put into a water hazard while setting the course on fire. Throw your entire set into a dumpster and start over again. That's it for this week. We'll reset and do it all again next week.

Sometimes. #Jameis5000/50/50

Some of the things that didn't exist the last time the Browns won their season opener. the iPhone the iPad Android Phones Alexa Siri Twitter TikTok Instagram FitBits Uber and Lyft Air BnB 5G Air Fryers Tinder

Buffalo vs. LA Rams New Orleans vs. Atlanta Cleveland vs. Carolina San Francisco vs. Chicago Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati Philadelphia vs. Detroit Indianapolis vs. Houston New England vs. Miami Baltimore vs. NY Jets Jacksonville vs. Washington (God, really?) NY Giants vs. Tennessee Kansas City vs. Arizona Las Vegas vs. LA Chargers Green Bay vs. Minnesota Tampa Bay vs. Dallas Denver vs. Seattle (infrared41 upset special)

BASS, Basically a Football Show, here. Hell, I even sent it to Sports Illustrated after I read an article about how screwed up the BCS was. That's probably what led to it being stolen.

I didn't take it as a shot. I was just patting myself on the back some more.

I'm not digging through all that . @IceCap can verify.

You can look it up. It's somewhere in the 2010 College Football thread. Pretty sure I re-posted it many times over the years. The only real difference is my playoff was 8 teams. Other than that, they're doing pretty much exactly what I proposed.

Nice of College Football to finally implement a 12 team version of the plan I came up with 12 years ago right here on these boards.

Harsh, but accurate, probably.

Yes. Westwood One only has the rights to national radio broadcasts. All the teams have their own local radio deals as well as local TV deals for preseason games. Sirius/XM has the rights to carry local radio broadcasts as part of its NFL package.

There are five six sports - football, baseball, hockey, basketball, auto racing, and curling. The rest are just glorified leisure activities.

'Twas ever thus.

The jokes are writing themselves at this point.

Someone had to say it.

We're all familiar with Vin's call of Kirk Gibson's home run in the '88 World Series, but how many of you knew that Vin called an earlier clutch home run that Gibson hit in the World Series? Side note: Yours truly was at this game. Tiger Stadium was shaking after Gibson's home run.

Just when I thought I couldn't love Vin Scully more than I already do.

Vin Scully - the best there ever was. No one will ever do it better.

@Cujo will be thrilled.