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It feels weird to see the Lions in anything other that a silver helmet, but that is a great looking helmet. I've always loved that logo (and, like @infrared41, I'm old enough to remember when it was use), so it is good to see it resurrected. Also, a few people posted they could do without the stripes on the helmet. In case there is anyone who doesn't know . . . the stripes are part of the logo.

I'll second this. Out of the current PLL names, Waterdogs would work best with Chesapeake or Maryland. The Chesapeake Bay Retriever presumably counts as a "water dog", so it sort of fits. That said, I pretty much hate all of the current PLL names except for Archers and Cannons (and maybe Redwoods if I'm feeling generous). The rest sound like something out of MLS circa 1996.

Funny, I always think of the bay whenever I hear Chesapeake, not the city in Virginia. Must be my Maryland bias showing.

Interesting that Baltimore and Maryland are listed separately. I assume "Maryland" would be used for a team in Annapolis . . . or maybe "Chesapeake" again.

I think this sounds similar to something I may have concocted once upon a time, but this version sounds better than what I remember. In particular, it seems especially fair for playoff race purposes -- division games all home-and-away, non-division games all neutral site.

It's about damn time! I know we've had this discussion before and I've always said the PLL would eventually need home cities even if they used some sort of hybrid home game/touring model. This is basically that. It wasn't clear to me whether each team would get one or two home weekends during the season. I think two would be preferable to help build local ties. However, if my math is correct, they could only have one each in order to still leave dates for neutral site tour stops.

It's certainly a move in a very different direction. That said, the new set is very well done. It's definitely an upgrade in quaiity. However, now that @stumpygremlin has pointed it out, it is hard to get away from (a) the change from a pilot to a plane and (b) the corporate air freight vibe. Maybe the new logo would work even better for a team called the Jets or the Bombers.

. . . and Nittany Lions.

I'm rooting for this to be the new logo. In seriousness, the name is more than a little clunky. I expect to see/hear "Revs" used a lot. I also expect to see minimal changes to the overall brand package since they're more or less staying in the same realm. Beyond that, I can picture them making a lot of use of the name on the academic branding side -- "Your Revolutionary Education Starts Here" "GW Research Leads To Revolutionary Developments"

It's 8:41 a.m. and you're making me hungry.

I think you and I have been polling different Orioles fans. I know I'm not the only one in my circle that can't stand it.

I am pleasantly surprised that I find these decent. The socks and cuffs provide a little splash of color and I expect that a lot of players will roll their cuffs to show that off. I also think a few players who are long pants guys will opt to show the socks with these. I do wonder how white pants would look. However, the black pants look better than I expected even though I generally can't stand dark baseball pants. There is also precedent for all black uniforms in Baltimore baseball history. The 1901 Orioles, for example -- http://oldtimebaseball.com/wp-content/uploads/1901_baltimore_orioles_nugent07-270x300.jpg For some reason, I can't post the actual image.

One. Sentence. Too. Many.

I wonder if the Twitter post means they have a cursive B cap.

Maryland was good this year, but not great . . . and definitely inconsistent. They just lost too many offensive weapons from last year. The Army matchup scared me as soon as it was announced . . . and now I'm at least glad and I didn't visit my son in College Park and sit through it (which my wife really wanted to do until the weather forecast stayed rainy). I was also disappointed that Delaware couldn't hang on against Duke . . . first, because upsets are fun and second because I went to high school with the parents of one of their defensive middies (and my son went to elementary school with him).

Louisville has always been a very odd fit in the ACC to me. It seemed like a bit of a marriage of convenience. As you say, many of their old rivals are in the Big XII now, so it would make sense for them to follow.

Old Bay advertising has exploded in recent years. I have lived in Maryland for 55 years and never saw a lot of Old Bay advertising or merchandise until the last few years. Also . . . where haven't you lived.

It's definitely very close. I really need to see them side by side. At first glance, the O in the City Connect font doesn't seem to have the slight curve on the sides that the Old Bay font does. However, that could just be my eyes playing tricks on me since we can only see a very small version of the City Connect font. Either way, I can't imagine using Old Bay as an inspiration but not including yellow and blue. Assuming there is a connection, maybe those colors show up elsewhere.

Two of the most iconic pieces of Baltimore culture. It all makes sense now.

You assume correctly. That's why the ACC doesn't get an automatic bid with only five teams. . . and why the B1G added Johns Hopkins as an associate member to make sure it had enough teams to get one.

Assuming this is legit, I've lived in the Baltimore area for 55 years and I'm having no luck thinking of the likely explanation. In particular, there is nothing about the wordmark font that reminds me of anything Baltimore related unless I'm just overlooking something. At least the Nets' minimalist color scheme and font was supposed to mimic New York subway signage (if memory serves me). As for a slogan, "Ain't The Beer Cold" would have worked just fine . . . and has been dropped a few times on MASN recently by Kevin Brown and Ben McDonald. For the uninitiated . . . If there is any upside based on just this, it isn't some sort of over the top monstrosity.

Pretty much.

Before your time, young whippersnapper. https://static.cubuffs.com/custompages/football/2017_Info_Guide/569-570_logo_uniform_evolution.pdf I was always of the impression that Chuck Fairbanks demanded the change when he was the football coach at Colorado. However, multiple articles that I found suggest that he has been unjustly accused.

It was like the Little Mermaid voice-for-legs thing.

Really throw a curve ball -- bring back the powder blue!