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Fly, Eacles, Fly.

I think this is going to look pretty cool. However, it doesn't look like there will be dueling helmets at midfield. The stencil outline looks like a Chiefs helmet on the 50 yard line, with either an old school double bar facemask or one of these.

I went on a vacation for a week and they totally remodeled the place. I vote for recombining them.

If I remember the story correctly, Benito Santiago switched from 9 to 09 because the center strap on his catchers' gear blocked/ran down the middle of the number when he wore 9.

I'll second this. The NFL is getting ready to celebrate its 100th season, but it acts in many ways as if championships won before 1966 don't count.

I had forgotten about this. If they really wanted to be accurate in throwing back to 1969, the Brewers should have at least dressed as the road team. The White Sox and Pilots played in Milwaukee in 1969 . . . but the White Sox were the home team. https://www.jsonline.com/story/life/green-sheet/2018/05/08/when-chicago-white-sox-called-milwaukees-county-stadium-home/576362002/ The White Sox played one game in Milwaukee that year against each of the other American League teams.

This is more or less the model the Orioles have followed. There isn't a lot of St. Louis Browns imagery in Camden Yards or on their website (with the "Franchise Timeline" and "Logos & Mascots" sections of the site beginning in 1954). However, the year-by-year records part of the site goes back to the 1901 Milwaukee Brewers and the top 19 players on the season batting average list are all St. Louis Browns. https://www.mlb.com/orioles/history/timeline https://www.mlb.com/orioles/history/logos-and-mascots http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/bal/history/year_by_year_results.jsp http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/sortable.jsp?c_id=bal#sortColumn=avg&sectionType=sp&playerType=ALL&statType=hitting&season=&season_type=SINGLE&game_type='R'&elem=[object+Object]&tab_level=child&click_text=Sortable+Player+hitting&league_code='MLB'&page=1&ts=1561395802664&split=&timeframe=

This just seems like an unworkable situation. Teams have played parts of the schedules in other cities before (White Sox in Milwaukee, Expos in San Juan, Bullets in Baltimore, Dodgers in Jersey City). Teams have also shared/rotated among cities (Virginia Squires, Floridians, Carolina Cougars, Kansas City-Omaha Kings). However, the latter situations all involved either one primary city (more or less) and/or teams with some regional/geographic connection (usually being within one state). This would involve a team playing in two cities located about 1,500 miles apart with no apparent/realistic connection. If you're a fan in Florida, it seems like it would be difficult to retain an attachment to a team that you know won't be in town for the home stretch of any playoff race. Meanwhile, if you're a fan in Quebec, you know you won't be able to watch your team in person for several months of the season.

Me too. I can't unsee it.

I can safely say that I had no idea F&M was D-1 in wrestling. Also, I'm old enough to remember when Hartwick was a legitimate national power in soccer. They had a pretty nice run in the 70s and 80s. Six College Cup appearances in twelve years, with one championship. Hartwick Hawks (Division I independent) (1973–1999) 1973 Timo Liekoski 9–2–1 NCAA Quarterfinals 1974 Timo Liekoski 10–4–3 NCAA 3rd Place 1975 Timo Liekoski 9–3–1 NCAA 2nd round Timo Liekoski: 30–9–7 (.728) 1976 Jim Lennox 16–1–1 NCAA 3rd Place 1977 Jim Lennox 16–0–2 NCAA Champion 1978 Jim Lennox 10–5–1 NCAA 1st round 1979 Jim Lennox 12–3–2 NCAA 2nd round 1980 Jim Lennox 14–7–1 NCAA 4th place 1981 Jim Lennox 10–6–4 ECAC Champions 1982 Jim Lennox 13–5–1 1983 Jim Lennox 13–4–1 NCAA 2nd round 1984 Jim Lennox 16–5–1 NCAA 3rd Place 1985 Jim Lennox 17–3–1 NCAA 3rd Place 1986 Jim Lennox 13–7–1 NCAA Quarterfinals 1987 Jim Lennox 10–5–4 NCAA 2nd round 1988 Jim Lennox 9–8–2 1989 Jim Lennox 13–5–2 NCAA 1st round 1990 Jim Lennox 10–7–3 1991 Jim Lennox 8–10–2 1992 Jim Lennox 12–5–0 1993 Jim Lennox 16–4–2 NCAA 2nd round 1994 Jim Lennox 11–5–3 1995 Jim Lennox 13–2–6 NCAA 2nd round

The football and basketball rule was already in place around the time frame you mentioned. Besides Georgetown moving up, a lot of mid-majors moved up then too (e.g., Butler, Dayton, Drake). The second round dealt with other sports, like hockey and lacrosse (though I'm sure there are other examples). I can't recall whether they just allowed grandfathered schools to continue in D-1 or continued allowing schools to play up in sports other than football and basketball. I just know that JHU is still D-1 in lacrosse only (men's and women's) and that there are still a lot of schools that are still D-1 in hockey only.

I knew there was a grandfathering date that was established after a proposal to prevent teams from being able to play up. I just wasn't sure what the date was. For some reason, I thought it was farther back than 2011. My recollection is that JHU was rumored to be a candidate for the Patriot League if it had been forced to move its other sports up to D-1 to join lacrosse. Obviously, that never happened, but I think they would be a good fit . . . even now.

I thought Bellarmine was already D-1 in lacrosse. The article confirmed that. Now, I'm just not sure how they were able to be D-1 in lacrosse and D-2 in everything else. I thought schools had to be grandfathered in some time ago to be D-1 in only one sport (like JHU in lacrosse and multiple colleges in hockey).

Congratulations to North on its thrilling Game 6 victory over Town!!!

I will second, third, fourth and fifth this!!!!!!!* * -- Except the part about the Twins' TC logo. I'm not sure if I would feel differently it was introduced today. However, it has been around as long as the team has played in Minnesota, so I have no problem with it . . . even if 7-year-old me didn't get in back in the mid-70s.

I will second, third, fourth and fifth this!!!!!!!

Lock Haven, PA (home of Lock Haven University). It reads a little too much like L7. The problem is the white portion on the right is superfluous.

It's safe to say this team would have had a different name. National Lacrosse League -- 2002-04

1,000,000 points to the person who found the Ricky Williams picture to use for this.

The wordmark is an upgrade, though I'm not sure why the U is smaller than the other letters. The D logo is a downgrade, in part because it almost doesn't read as a D (particularly in isolation) and in part because an Old English D makes sense for a team named the Dukes.

This looks familiar. I saw it on a van earlier this morning.

Remember, there are a few us of around who are old enough to remember the USFL (and, in my case, to have lived through part of the AFL era, though I'm not old enough to remember it). That said, I can't fault the choice. I love that style. You also managed to improve the Carolina Panthers helmet by getting rid of the stupid curved stripes (though they're still no match for the classics worn by the Michigan Panthers).

Ummm . . . this one is basically the Michigan Panthers recolored . ... and without as cool a helmet.

Not bad, but now I feel like I have to listen to "Spinning Wheel".

I'm pretty sure it's Corey Hart.