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2 hours ago, Pharos04 said:
Good: Unis will primarily be Honolulu BlueCould 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.
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5 hours ago, bowld said:
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.
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A lot can be said about Peter Karmanos, but at least he cared about the consistency of his team’s appearance.
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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.
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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.
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On 2/15/2024 at 4:47 PM, ORLMagic86 said:
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.
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1 hour ago, RyanMcD29 said:
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.- 1
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14 minutes ago, pepis21 said:
Hot take, but since NFL being more globally each year, they should considering move Super Bowl from Sunday to Saturday and become being more friendly for viewers outside North America.
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.- 1
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Super Bowl LVIII
San Francisco vs. Kansas City
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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.
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1 hour ago, gosioux76 said:
I don't understand this sentiment at all.
If I'm a baseball fan in a market without its own team and suddenly I learn that one's going to play there, albeit temporarily, I'd be beyond excited. I'd go to as many games as possible because it's a helluva lot easier than taking a flight or planning a road trip to Denver, Phoenix Seattle or San Francisco, which would be the closest MLB cities from SLC.
That's just accounting for the convenience of it all. Now say you're a city, like SLC, that thinks it's big enough and deserves to be a big-league city. In addition to being a baseball fan who is excited to see some games played locally, you've added a component of civic pride to the equation. It's even more powerful if you think going to those games, and showcasing that civic pride, increases the chances of getting your own team full-time.
If you're SLC, there's absolutely ZERO risk in this and all upside.
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).- 3
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With them likely losing, please tell me that Detroit’s new duds aren’t going to stink to high heaven.
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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).
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Conference Championship
Sunday
NFC CHAMPIONSHIP
Detroit at San Francisco
AFC CHAMPIONSHIP
Kansas City at Baltimore
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It ain’t the Super Bowl, but the words “Wide Right” continue to haunt Buffalo.
Maybe the Lions can finally break through and upset the 49ers.
*Crosses fingers for Lions/Ravens Super Bowl*
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4 hours ago, BBTV said:
Loved the Ravens’ black pants even more in 1997 and 1998:
I would’ve loved to see Baltimore wear the black pants with their purple jerseys at least once then, or would put stripes on their pants now.
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44 minutes ago, Dilbert said:
The A's arent just looking at Sacramento, Las Vegas, Oakland, and San Francisco for temporary sites. Salt Lake City appears to be in play.
Salt Lake might make more sense than you think. Smith's Ballpark is currently home of the Angels AAA club Salt Lake Bees. The Bees are building a new ballpark scheduled to open in 2025. University of Utah also uses Smiths Ballpark but they are looking into building a new on campus ballpark as well. With the Bees and possibly Utah out of the picture, the A's would have the ballpark to themselves. Upgrade the park to major league standards, like they did for the Jays in Buffalo and they got a ballpark until they get Las Vegas built. Salt Lake sits about 500 more than Sacramento. Las Vegas currently sits nearly 4,500 less than Salt Lake.
It was the big story around town yesterday. Currently, the AAA Bees plan to leave Smith’s Ballpark after the 2024 PCL season for the new stadium in Daybreak (on the southwest corner of the Salt Lake Valley) in 2025, but that still-under-construction ballpark is what the A’s are eyeing. Aside from a smaller capacity, the new ballpark as planned will have the facilities a Major League team needs, with separated bullpens and batting cages for both home and visiting teams. There’s not much of a geographic footprint to expand on at Smith’s Ballpark without tearing down nearby homes, either.
The seating capacity at the new park would be temporarily expanded from its planned 7,500 to about 11,000 for the A’s while the Bees remain at Smith’s Ballpark for the duration of their layover in Salt Lake.
Of course, I can see a (not very likely) situation where funding for the Vegas stadium is delayed or falls through and Fisher is forced to sell the A’s to the Big League Utah group (while being granted a Las Vegas franchise), who in turn would build their planned Power District stadium west of downtown Salt Lake.
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Divisional Round
Saturday
Houston at Baltimore
Green Bay at San Francisco
Sunday
Tampa Bay at Detroit
Kansas City at Buffalo
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5 minutes ago, infrared41 said:
You could live to be 237 and you're not going to see a Browns - Cowboys Super Bowl.
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This Utah State alum is happy for Jordan Love. That said, I’m bummed that we won’t be getting a Browns/Cowboys Blunder Bowl, at least this year.
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Wild Card Round
Saturday
Cleveland at Houston
Miami at Kansas City
Sunday
Green Bay at Dallas
LA Rams at Detroit
Monday
Pittsburgh at Buffalo
Philadelphia at Tampa Bay
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3 hours ago, DG_ThenNowForever said:
This is true. Wild conditions can sometimes take away both teams' advantages, and then you end up with a 6-3 finish.
And unlike last year, Buffalo can't use Detroit as a backup.
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Week 18
Saturday
Pittsburgh at Baltimore
Houston at Indianapolis
Sunday
Tampa Bay at Carolina
Atlanta at New Orleans
Jacksonville at Tennessee
NY Jets at New England
Cleveland at Cincinnati
Minnesota at Detroit
Philadelphia at NY Giants
Dallas at Washington
Seattle at Arizona
LA Rams at San Francisco
Chicago at Green Bay
Kansas City "at" LA Chargers
Denver at Las Vegas
Buffalo at Miami
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Posted · Edited by DustDevil61
Added link, copper, intriguing look
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.