Brave-Bird 08

That helmet really is beautiful, not going to lie. The fact the horse is white and the color orientation between the logo and helmet stripe are agreeable, it's nice. Just would prefer the Broncos to look like the old Broncos, but this is not the worst of the alternates -- not close, in my opinion.

Saints, take notes.

It appears MLS and adidas have entered "city connect" territory. This is going to go well...

Cardinals are a lot easier on the eyes than they used to be, but still, white pants with this jersey would look great. The big wordmark is not bothersome (again, I think my brain is just fine with that style b/c we see it with plenty of colleges). The new helmet is really nice, I LOVE the finish of the logo. I am going to laugh so hard if they "relent" and wear white pants with the red jersey, but screw it up by going with white socks too. That'll happen at least once this season, I guarantee it.

Glad Purdue went to this. While the cow catcher detail was a neat idea, the application with the funky material on the jersey just didn't work (plus it reminded me of the random plastic wrap stuff the Jaguars had on their Nike-fied uniforms).

I will never forgive the Titans for retiring that uniform.

I know they're in the past now, but holy hell those Jaguars uniforms were straight out of an EA Sports Madden franchise relocation identity option that you couldn't edit. Just an unmitigated disaster.

I agree. It's one of those things that made so much logical sense when the all-white alternates were released in 2016 that we all just kept waiting for it to happen, but when they actually wore them on the field I, at least, was like "oh man, this actually looks ridiculous and washed out." Plus, once my brain goes to zebra, I can't unsee zebra.

Is it though? The custom Cincinnati pattern is cool for graphics, stadium decorations, etc., but the way it was applied on the jersey with those weird, short collarbone stripes looked odd and clunky. These are really nice. I get that people on these boards pay enough attention to detail that little things like the way the logo is stitched on the collar front, the side panels apparently indicating these are cheap, etc., but the average fan won't notice anything other than the overall look and feel. And the overall look and feel is good. The logo, wordmark and numerals are so distinctly Cincinnati that they don't need anything else going on. The problem with their past uniforms is that they were way overdesigned: In every case above there's been WONKY design elements distracting from the fact their marks are distinct enough on their own -- it is unlike if a team with a standard color scheme just wears block numbers and stripes and *needs* a logo somewhere to be identified. When I see that font and the solid white numerals on black, I know it's Cincinnati immediately. Letting that be the case and letting red just exist in the sleeve cuff + logo/wordmarks is a case of finally letting their brand breathe and stand on its own, and that's clearly the intention of the new uniform.

Annoyed we only got a look at one uniform. But as I’ve said many times before, their marks are so good that no design quirks are needed to make them look distinct and unmistakable. Glad apparently people at Cincinnati thought the same thing.

Unless I am having a Mandela-effect moment, that cat looks awfully similar to a popular cartoon cat though I can't put my finger on it...

that jersey style by UA is not great, but at least when Cincinnati wore it there was a pattern so it had some sense of detail to it. LIU's colors are so good, they could rock plain jerseys and look incredible. I'm not a fan of those random jersey stripes though. Looks like blank stickers.

That same point about Lurie is what I try to explain to Falcons fans. Arthur Blank got the new logo project going the second he took over the Falcons, it's the differentiator between everything he did for the franchise and how absolutely soulless it was beforehand. I get the old logo has gotten more popular as it's entered the realm of nostalgia, but there's no chance Blank would go back to it full time.

I hate to say that my brain has adjusted to seeing all white uniforms, even though I don't like it. It's kind of like how soccer kits have for some reason shifted to being the same color head to toe much more often than not. Annoying, uninteresting. It's just going to make the beauty of the throwbacks even more apparent when they're worn, which might just lead to more teams shifting back to a traditional aesthetic. Finger's crossed.

^ those alternates were so bad that they were good, I can't explain it. Every time I am reminded of them I spam all of my UF friends with photos and no context, but DEEP DOWN on the inside I admit to myself they absolutely are like something I would have whipped up myself and tossed in the concept boards 10 years ago without apologizing. The issue they have with the new alt is the same Boise State ran into, which is that if you are blue and orange there's really no way to make a black jersey that doesn't look muddy unless you remove one of the colors altogether. In Boise State's case they just went with black + blue + grey and left the orange out. Granted, I not only don't think it looks any better, but it deviates from the school's brand and therefore isn't necessary. Another example is the Knicks alternates, which in some iterations have been orange numbers/lettering with white trim on black, making them look more like they're in Halloween jerseys than anything else. As Dr. Ian Malcolm said, just because you could doesn't mean you should.

The black UF jersey was doomed to look bad, the blue and white GATORS script just drives it down. Looks like a "blackout night" alternate a high school team ordered half way through the season.

oh duh. That's fair, will have to redirect my disdain for them to another area.

I mean the Phillies still have white, grey, cream, powder blue and red. I think teams get exceptions for anything that is considered a non-regular rotation uniform (like a throwback, or in the case of the Blue Jays, the Canada Day uniform), but that doesn't add up for Philadelphia because they wear the powder blue every Thursday home game. Annoying b/c Atlanta had to drop their cream jersey AND the City Connect was apparently b/c they were informed by MLB about this new four shirt rule, so they wanted to use the CC uniform as an opportunity to preserve a permanent chance at showcasing the overall look of the Hank Aaron-era uniforms. Yet Philly is trotting out five total uniforms regularly.

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Y'all, all the Texans have to do for a "throwback" is wear red socks with the blue pants.

Suns uniforms are great. Such an improvement over the generic design of before. Yes, would prefer the basketball be orange, but I think Conrad made a pretty solid argument for why it's not.

It's the blue hue in the Jaworski/Carmichael era green that to me just looks more like midnight green than Kelly, though I was born in 1990 so the most common reference of it I have is the Super Bowl, where the lighting made those uniforms look pretty drab. But most photos I can find it looks really dark. Did these look way more close to Kelly green IRL or something? What am I missing here?

the 49ers called and want their color rush uniforms back! (I just wanted to say that to highlight how stupid it was that the 49ers looked like this)

The only challenge is the "Carmichael uniform" would be pretty difficult to replicate on a modern jersey template. I personally agree with OSV and think it would be worth it to create a cleaned up sleeve and go with it. You could run the w-g-w stripe both across the sleeve cap and inserted in the sleeve cuff and just leave off the fat middle stripe, which never made sense to begin with. Of course, those jerseys aren't Kelly green so there would be no hype ::shrug:: -- I do find the throwback they went with very bland and too similar to the New York Jets of the same era. But throwbacks are still fun. I had fun when the Broncos wore the candy striped unis. I enjoy it all.

take these conversations to Reddit lol