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At the same time the Bears bust out the mythical orange pants, I assume

The example that came to my mind is an admittedly obscure one...my alma mater, Case High, has seen three baseball players make it to the majors. Giants fans are pretty familiar with the first of the three, Duane Kuiper; the second guy was a pitcher named Eric Rasmussen, who I was admittedly unaware of until just now; the youngest of the three is former Pirates backup catcher Jason Jaramillo, who I was in the same graduating class as. The Phillies drafted him twice, the first time out of high school and then again out of Oklahoma State, and he initially was in their system, going as high as AAA before he was traded to the Pirates, with whom he made his big league debut. The last time I was inside Case's fieldhouse, I'd noticed they had some jerseys on display on one of the walls overlooking the basketball court, one being Kuiper's Giants jersey, another being Jason's Phillies jersey, which he may have worn in a spring training game (he was on the Phillies' 40-man roster before he was traded) but never wore in a major league game, as he'd only ever see big league action with the Pirates. A related, even more obscure example are Jason's older brothers, Lee and Frankie, who each spent time in the Brewers system but never went past A ball...but they did make it to Miller Park as extras in Mr. 3000...one of them was an Astros infielder, the other was an infielder for another team, it's been a while (I'd read about it in the newspaper, I've never watched the movie) so I forget which was which. Neither brother was ever in the Astros system, though Frankie had been drafted by the Rangers... ...aaaand down the rabbit hole, TIL that a young Buster Posey was also an extra in the same movie...

I kinda miss when the season didn't start til Halloween...I'm not in hoop mode yet...though TBH I'm never really in hoop mode til New Year's

The clubs you've heard of are trying to win the league and qualify for the Champions League (and also win the CL if they're in this year's edition); the weaker clubs and those that just got promoted, their main aim is to avoid relegation (notably, unlike here where a team that's out of it usually sends out younger players when they're playing out the string, a team staving off relegation tends to load up on cheap veterans, and there are even managers considered relegation specialists)...the clubs in the middle are trying to qualify for the Europa League, or the CL if they're lucky.

A mix of both, but I'm leaning more toward the former. These ain't the Jest no more. Bengals, during the Freezer Bowl as mentioned... there's even a Dumb Decisions episode on a 50 yard attempt from that game.

Seeing this young Jets team in action, ding dong the Jest is almost dead. They're gonna be a problem in the next few years. That young D lineman they got, it's like what the late 90s Jets would have looked like had they drafted Warren Sapp instead of Kyle Brady.

I'd read somewhere that former Chiefs guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif asked for, and was denied, the Dr. prefix to be sewn on his jersey. Got me thinking of something similar in context...I guess the NBA doesn't mandate that players with the same surname wear first initials, at least from what I see with the Bucks. We got Giannis... ...and we got his brother Thanasis

Out in East Lansing, Sparty BS Activate. Throwing it out there that Graham Mertz is seemingly doggedly determined to prove himself to be the worst quarterback in the B1G, or at least the dumbest.

It's been a while...I've gone through cardstock, experimented, failed a lot, and stumbled on the right track. I used to post at NHL modding forums despite not being a modder, guess I've been the tabletop equivalent ever since I crossed paths with Techno Bowl. Anyway, let me explain what you're seeing. Normally, I basically steal ideas from what electric football guys are doing; in this case, though, I'd thought about modern Madden's ability to mix and match uniform parts and ended up working out a way to somewhat replicate that with cardstock minis. Given I make these slightly larger than 3/4", I figured something that was two pieces would be more manageable than something three-piece...and I'd printed this Bears set before I'd heard anything about an orange helmet. You can see the various combinations available to me above, and I'd thrown in the mythical orange pants for the hell of it, so 9 combos (I didn't make the throwbacks, though I'd make those with my older one-piece setup because who does mixing and matching with throwbacks?). I found myself surprisingly attracted to this look... I'm still not satisfied with my board, but what else is new? I'm getting closer to where I want it, though... won't bore y'all with the details right now, but I finally figured out a good way to do what I've been aiming for.

What the heck am I looking at here? figure I may as well douse them fire emojis

Please tell me that's not black and navy on the same uniform.

If Geno Smith isn't comeback player of the year, I'll be shocked. And I used to call Louisville's games the Lamar Show when he was in college...looks like today's been the Taysom Hill Show down in Nola.

Well...if the Browns end up with a game winning field goal or TD here, the Chargers' attempt to go for it will be JG9's next Dumb Decisions episode It still should be regardless of the miss.

I see the Frank Gifford Memorial Infirmary has opened an overseas branch

Screw you too, Minnesota So breakfast and football...I sort of feel like halftime would be a good time for a meat pie

Oh......ohhhh....another addition to the "Awesome Plays That Won't Count" files down in Miami. Heroic effort to bat that onside kick inbound...but he was out of bounds

I'm a bit conflicted about how I feel at the half. UW has thrown 4 touchdowns in a half. Can't remember the last time that happened. Almost can't believe that Graham Mertz has thrown three of them. Dude is one of the most frustrating QBs I've ever seen. Against bad teams, he feasts; against even average defenses though, boneheaded throws and holding the ball too long are the norm. It's depressingly common for me to think the other team's third string QB would be better than him. Hell, Braelon Allen might be a better QB at this rate.

Yeah, as far as I'm aware, a lot of teams didn't use their word marks that way on their own until relatively recently, the Cowboys being a notable exception. I've seen some old footage of a Patriots game from the late 70s or early 80s where they had PATRIOTS painted on the turf in big red, white and blue letters...outside of the endzones, which were mostly blank. I remember the Broncos using a few different endzones designs back in the Elway era, only the last one or two pre-97 variants actually using their wordmark. Even in more recent years, some teams have gone back and forth, notably the Browns, who've used their wordmark, various cursive scripts, stripes, and the wordmark again.

I almost wish that matchup would be LSU in all gold and the Vols in all white....all we'd need is a constant buzzing sound and jumbo sized electric football bases

Kinda feeling like this Sunday's gonna be a bit of a letdown after all the close games last week...aside from the primetime games, felt like the only outright stinker was Cowboys-Commies.

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And in other news, the sun rose . What else is new?

Everybody wants to be a Hab, eh?

The logo's almost better than the name...the Son of Gorton is solid, but the waves around him look cartoonish. Granted, I have no answers as to how I'd make them less cartoony, so just an observation.

And you can throw the Air Coryell Bolts into the mix...Coryell era blues... ...compared to shortly after the elder Spanos bought them... ...compared to the Seau era The Broncos might have almost joined the fray, apparently they'd thought about switching to blue jerseys in the 80s. Not sure how well that would've gone.