Lights Out

What a pathetic call. Such a bad look for the sport.

Staley's probably not even getting fired, and if he is, all Dean wants for a coach is a cheap sycophant who's just happy to have a job. The next guy won't be any better.

More proof that San Diego was never the problem with the Chargers. The real problem was, is, and always will be the family of cheap inept weasels in the owner's box.

The script appears to be a middle ground between the old-school cursive and the Metrodome wordmark.

It's nice to see the road pinstripes back, I guess. The rest of the look feels interchangeable with half the other teams in the league.

That was the most pathetic call I've ever seen, and Brady has had plenty of bogus calls in his favor over the years to choose from. It was a normal sack like you see in any NFL game. I don't even care about the Falcons and I was pissed when I saw that.

The Jaguars were so close to wearing their only good combo today, but alas, they went with black socks instead of teal.

This is really nice. Only suggestion I would make is flipping the colors of the white jersey's sleeve stripes.

I also liked that look for the Flyers, and I agree that an orange version would have been nice as well. The sleeve stripes were almost wing-like. A while back, I made a concept to that effect. I also think the Islanders nailed it with their Edge 1.0 look and every change they've made since then has been a downgrade. The orange sleeves popped, especially on the road whites. And as much as people complain about phantom yokes, I think they were used to great effect here. The front numbers were unnecessary, and the shoulder patches should have been on both sides, but beyond those minor details, this was a fine look. Unlike most of the early Edge experiments, this could have been worn in any era without raising an eyebrow.

I always did like the teal jersey (black numbers and all) and the white jersey. The other two, I could take or leave.

Maybe he didn't want them to do this while he was still alive.

Even knowing the history, it still has to be said: UCLA wants their uniforms back.

They didn't put 3 stripes on every jersey, sure, but they still made sure to put their stamp on every single jersey with those ridiculous-looking collars.

"We tried nothing and we're all out of ideas."

Not sure how unpopular this opinion really is. IMO, those uniforms were the only redeemable aspect of the Padres' navy era.

I'm not sure we can really judge what Nike would do with the NHL from their college hockey uniforms. They use a completely different template in college basketball compared to the NBA. That could also end up being the case with hockey.

Can't say I've noticed this so-called freakout, just people pointing out that there were a ton of issues with Adidas, so Adidas walking away the NHL isn't the end of the world. Again, we have no idea who's getting the contract yet, so all the doomposting about Nike "projectile vomiting" all over the NHL is very premature.

Kind of weird that they're just not acknowledging the Minneapolis era even though they still claim those championships.

Bone was never going to work because it's not an appealing color. It's just dark enough to clash with their bright shades of blue and gold, but still way too light to work as a grey jersey. It really does look like they forgot to wash their road whites. It will always boggle my mind that a team wanted to look unsanitary and gross.

While I'm not sold on all-black for the Mets, or most other teams for that matter, I honestly do think the Pirates somehow made it work back in the day. The "bumblebee" combo also looked nice.

Most of Reebok's messes were already cleaned up before Adidas took over. The ones that weren't - Arizona, Calgary, and Ottawa come to mind - still kept their Edge looks well into the Adidas era before eventually switching to throwbacks full-time (so nothing that required any effort on Adidas' part, since those uniforms were already designed decades ago). Adidas then went on to make their own messes and also downgrade uniforms that were already perfectly fine, like how they oversimplified Nashville's stripes for no reason, removed the Devils' hem stripes, and swapped out the Canes' logo for their wannabe-Rangers wordmark on the road. IMO, the one mess that Adidas deserves credit for cleaning up is Colorado, and even then, they pretty much just went back to their old uniforms, so again, it's not like Adidas really had to do much. On the other hand, I do have to give props to Adidas for somehow making shiny gold sweaters work for Vegas (which makes it even more baffling how badly they screwed up with Georgia Tech). My biggest worry is that the next manufacturer will either ditch those entirely or butcher them.

Thank you! I don't kiss the ass of any corporation, but it's just a fact that Adidas is responsible for way worse stuff over the years than Nike. Look no further than the dumpster fire uniforms they recently revealed for Georgia Tech football. Even in the NHL, it was Adidas, not Nike, who was responsible for those ugly navy Oilers sweaters they just got rid of, and the half-assed "stealth pattern" Sharks thirds, and the Justin Bieber Leafs jerseys, etc. It was Adidas, not Nike, who screwed up something as simple as jersey collars, causing several teams to adopt the same "toilet seat necklace" look that was despised in football when Nike did it with the Pro Combat template. The idea that Adidas' departure is going to be some huge loss for the NHL's aesthetics is puzzling and seemingly backed by nothing other than people's kneejerk negative response to Nike - who, by the way, might not even end up getting the contract for all we know.

Thank goodness Adidas' stupid-looking collars will be gone soon.

The new helmets are an improvement for sure, but I wouldn't go that far. They're still pretty bland. Overall, I still don't think they look better than Clemson, FSU, UNC, VT, or (unpopular opinion) NC State. If Miami ever fixed their stripes, they would move ahead too. I think Virginia had the basis for a nice identity with the uniforms their basketball team wore for their national title and they should have just copied that in every other sport.

No? They modified the logo after the lawsuit to make it look less like Iowa's. They've worn the new version on their helmets as recently as 2020 (against North Alabama). As far as I can tell, the tiny cramped double-decker wordmark has stuck around out of some misguided sense of "tradition" after being in use since 1990, not due to legal issues.