DustDevil61

We've got another potential Utah name trademarked: Utah Outlaws, per detroithockey.net. "Outlaws" isn't the first thing to jump out to my mind when I think "Utah," and it might be a tad generic, but Butch Cassidy is from Utah, so there's at least something here. IMO this name does has a lot of potential going for it, especially if they channel imagery from his "Wild Bunch" photo, using something like a guy in a bowler hat instead of a generic cowboy hat (which I've always thought would be a great direction to take an Outlaws team identity no matter the location): (Yoinked from Wikipedia) I'm not too thrilled by the other choices, but "Yetis" does have alliteration going for it, despite the yeti being a creature of Asian origin--I don't hate it. This is due to how well the Seattle Kraken's identity was put together, despite Seattle not exactly being a hotbed of Norse mythology. It also seems that I've seemed to have some Bigfoot/Yeti imagery used locally in businesses, not just for winter sports but for general outdoorsy recreation. Of course, that could just be a form of the Mandela effect on me, but I swear that I've seen more of that in the last decade or so. "Venom" has potential and could have use of any venomous creature--snakes, bees/wasps/etc., lizards, spiders--all of which inhabit all parts of Utah in one capacity or another, but I'd much rather narrow that focus onto something like "Stingers," "Vipers," or "Spiders." Either that, or save Venom for a local AHL affiliate (if Utah were to acquire and bring in a closer affiliate a few years down the road). Whatever the team is called, I really hope that the colors channel some of the late 1990s/early 2000s Jazz colors. I don't mind using a black base if the pattern/other colors compliment it (just like how the other uniform elements worked with the black base of the Coyotes Kachina jerseys), but all I ask is that there's some thought as to the colors. If I had to guess what colors were to be picked, I'd go Black/Light Blue or Black/Purple. though I would add some Copper to either of those pallets. Either that, or do Purple/Light Blue/Black. In the event a bee-themed logo is picked, I would still try to add a third color--probably Copper or Light Blue--to what would likely be a Gold/Black color scheme to differentiate from Boston and Pittsburgh (though a Black/Creamsicle Orange color scheme could be another way around that). Anyways, are we still at least expecting team colors this week?

I know one way for Utah to get through this "No-Name" phase: Get a similar font as the "Eagles" on this guy's sweater, use said font to write "Utah" in whatever colors the team is going to wear, and you're good: That said, I'm not a fan of this Browns/Ravens approach for the Coyotes-to-Utah situation; if not for that, we could've had a season of Utah Coyotes hockey a la the Tennessee Oilers.

The brown remains unchanged?

It’s an understandable concern, though one way around that is to pair a more Creamsicle Orange with Black or any other darker color (Navy, Dark Green, possibly Brown or Dark Gray) and add a third trim color (maybe Light Blue or Red) in there.

I did a concept years ago for the “Utah Rockies” using MS Paint of all things that’s still floating around on the interwebs. Yes, it’s a name in use and the MLB (and maybe even the NHL) team(s) in Denver might take issue with it, but the name was floated for an ABA team (a merger between the Utah Stars and Spirits of St. Louis), why not use it here? It’s supposed to be a mountain behind a red (orange) mesa and refers to the two primarily-identified types of landscape (mountains and red rocks) in the state. Number font was pulled from whatever was available on the computers I was using. Colors are Navy Blue, Orange, and Light Blue. I’m kind of kicking myself for not submitting that or Dragons in the name submission link (which is now closed) just to have it in the submission pool.

Technically, that "brown" color is more copper or gold, depending on the application. Copper is one color I'd love to see used by the team. Not sure what the change to Fanatics manufacturing brings, but hopefully it won't affect metallics materials--I'd love to see how copper would be handled like the Knights' gold or Kings' silver have been under Adidas. If it's possible, bringing the Grizzlies name up to the NHL wouldn't be a bad idea. Neither would bringing back the Golden Eagles, minus the Golden, thanks to Vegas. But either of those names would likely need to find a way past lawyers in Memphis and Philadelphia, which seems more difficult now than even in 2011 when "Jets" was used outside of a certain NFL team in New York. I'd love to see it happen, but it seems to add another speed bump to this whole transaction; hopefully I'm wrong. That said, using a (slightly) different color scheme could help distinguish the original minor league variations of the Eagles or Grizzlies from the major league version. I could see an NHL version of the Utah Grizzlies maybe going with Purple/Black/Copper/Dark Green, for example. I could also see a Light Blue/Black/Purple color scheme as well, regardless of the team color--for some reason I like the idea of tapping the unused Quebec Nordiques color scheme, in terms of color and design. If the team name is bee-related, it's hard not to see anything other than some combination of Black and Yellow/Gold, though I'd be tempted to use a more Black/Creamsicle Orange pallet to hopefully stand out from Boston and Pittsburgh. I guess we'll see soon enough.

Apologies to the State of Ohio, but I submitted Yellowjackets and Stingers as a couple names. there already being a team named “Blue Jackets” currently in the league and a long-defunct WHA team that once used the “Stingers” moniker. Some other names I’ve submitted: —Owls —Stags (another WHA name) —Eagles* —Copper Eagles (if there has to be an adjective to “Eagles” that isn’t “Golden”) —Comets —Cosmos** —Browns (as in Brown Trout)* —Yetis —Vipers** *Not confident at all either of these would get past this point with how protective the NFL is of its trademarks, though the use of “Browns” referring to “Brown Trout” here has been stuck in my head for quite some time, regardless of the sport. **I recall a couple concepts here with a “Utah Vipers” and a “Cleveland Cosmos”(one an NHL expansion to 40 team concept, the other a sports fan fiction league), and figured either of these names would fit, given that there are plenty of snake species throughout the state, as well as Utah being known for having dark skies (hence why “Comets” is in there too).

And the $68.5 million question remains: Does Alex Meruelo actually have, or can get, said money to purchase the land and build an arena?

Here’s the link: https://kslsports.com/513636/utah-jazz-mailbag-is-a-rebrand-coming/ Still better than what they are wearing. If I had my way, I’d add a little Light Blue and maybe Copper and call it a day, at least with the based-off-the-modern-mountain look they’re talking here. I’m also intrigued with a New Orleans Hornets-esque Purple/Light Blue/Gold look as well if going all the way back to the drawing board.

Good: Unis will primarily be Honolulu Blue Could go either way: Multiple pants options Makes me nervous: Players who’ve seen the uniforms give them rave reviews Sounds like there’s no black alternate, so at least that’s a relief.

Paraphrasing: "The Ravens organization feel that it has maintained a classic look with the main home/road uniforms and don't plan on tinkering with them." That might be the best news I've heard regarding NFL uniforms in a long time. Baltimore has their flaws, but I'd much, much rather keep everything--sad bird head with shoehorned B included, IMO the weakest part of the Ravens identity--the same, warts and all, over any drastic changes to the whole set. That statement also implies that nothing huge is happening to the alternates either, which should be good news overall.

And now we wait for a QB on the Bills, Browns, or Eagles to wear 0.

A lot can be said about Peter Karmanos, but at least he cared about the consistency of his team’s appearance.

I know it’ll never happen (due to 20+ years of brand equity), but the more I think of it, the more I like the Texans and Titans effectively swapping their color schemes (provided the Titans go primarily Red and the Texans go primarily Luv Ya Blue). The Titans would largely match the Tennessee state flag while the Columbia Blue returns to the original home of the Oilers. If I have some time and resources, I might have to try a concept exploring this idea. That said, it still baffles me that the Titans, who are the primary reason why the Texans can only use so much Columbia Blue, would rather wear Navy like so many other teams—including the Texans.

What I feel is the best possible realignment option for a 32-team MLB, probably the better half of 10 years out, preserving the AL/NL setup, assuming the next 2 expansion teams are Nashville and Salt Lake City (in italics). AL East Baltimore Boston Cleveland Chicago White Sox Detroit NY Yankees Tampa Bay Toronto AL West Houston Kansas City LA Angels Oak/LV Minnesota Seattle Texas Utah* NL East Atlanta Cincinnati Miami Nashville* NY Mets Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington NL West Arizona Colorado Chicago Cubs LA Dodgers Milwaukee St. Louis San Diego San Francisco I at least find 4 divisions of 8 to work better for leagues that play so many games as opposed to 8 divisions of 4 (which is basically every Big 4 league except the NFL). The goal here was to preserve as many rivalries as possible while minimizing the number of time zones in each division, which gets tougher the further west you go. Part of me wanted to see if I could put the Astros back into the NL West, but ultimately decided against it due to the success they've had as an AL team, though you could effectively swap them with Milwaukee. *You can easily interchange Nashville with a Carolina team (whether Charlotte or Raleigh) and Utah with Las Vegas, Oakland, or Portland (and that IMO includes the outside chance that the A's themselves wind up in Salt Lake City permanently), but I'm going with what appears to be the likeliest outcome at the time of typing.

One good way to judge a logo (or uniform/overall identity)--at least in my book--is how well you can theoretically extrapolate it back to a given time and design a logo that feels like a faithful update it; in other words, you create a logo that feels like it's been around for much longer than it actually has. This new Lexington Legends logo feels like it's been--in one form or another--around since the 1960s or 1970s, and the work shows in it.

Ah, NFL QB Club ‘98, the game where Marv Albert was the in-game commentator despite his legal issues at the time and any free agent you signed would eventually become M. Clark #84.

I agree. Even for those throughout North America, moving the Super Bowl to Saturday could also give people more time to celebrate and/or recover over the remainder of the weekend before going back to regular life. It’s at least something worth looking into.

Super Bowl LVIII San Francisco vs. Kansas City

This Jazz fan hearing the name Alec Burks: Funny how he and Bojan Bogdanovic remain teammates in going to New York. I’m glad they’re both not rotting away the rest of the season in Detroit.

With the recent chatter in the news about putting the A’s on hiatus until their Las Vegas stadium is done, and some comments on here about a temporary team to fill in the gap, it honestly wouldn’t surprise me if MLB pushed Fisher to sell the A’s to Big League Utah while granting him an all-new expansion team in Vegas. Obviously SLC would need to figure out funding for the MLB stadium, but they almost seem to have a better plan there than Vegas at the moment. Salt Lake gets their team and Vegas gets time to figure out their stadium/funding, getting a new team of their own. No one goes on hiatus (unless Fisher wants the A’s brand/records and wants to do some form of Browns/Ravens situation).

With them likely losing, please tell me that Detroit’s new duds aren’t going to stink to high heaven.

If there’s any consolation in the Lions blowing the lead and losing this game, maybe it’s that they’ll come to their aesthetic senses in the years to come (it might be more than 5 years, though).

Conference Championship Sunday NFC CHAMPIONSHIP Detroit at San Francisco AFC CHAMPIONSHIP Kansas City at Baltimore