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Boise State adding a white version of the modern-retro Bronco helmet.

Not a new uniform, but my alma mater installed artificial turf, replacing their longtime natural grass field. Wish they'd went with the block BK logo instead of the clip art logo they've transitioned to.

I'm not super familiar with Florida football's aesthetic history, but I'd rather them use the blue pants sparingly and primarily use the white and orange.

Last little bit of business for me to attend to, the whole reason these kids play: to win a championship. I originally wanted to go with a tournament just like Minnesota's, 8 teams down the middle, win and go to the right, lose and go to the left. But I ended up wanting to keep it a little similar to how Idaho's janky tournament is run now. 8 teams still make it, but are split into two groups, play 3 games a piece, top two from each group play in the semifinals, 3rd in the group play the consolation game, 4th, well, better luck next year. Group A: Group A was the less fun of the group, with BK clinching a spot in the semifinals with two early wins over Mountain Home and Moscow, but not home free, with a huge matchup with Idaho Falls still looming. Idaho Falls, still lurking behind state #1 BK, also dispatching Mountain Home and Moscow, but in the crucial third game for IF and BK, it was a slugfest that BK managed the single goal and top seed in the semifinals. Mountain Home was two goals away from stealing first place and a semifinals spot, but the puck bounced the wrong way twice, relegating Mountain Home to play for a consolation trophy Moscow, well, Moscow managed to get goals in all their games, but their opponents managed to score more in all their games too. Moscow gets sent home early to the Palouse. Group B: A much more exciting group play than Group A, with all teams each sharing a win and loss through their 2nd games. Burley, the 2nd seed in Group B to start, managed a semifinals spot with an early win over Pocatello, but dropped a shocker to Lewiston, but salvaged their weekend beating top seed in the group, Nampa to lock up a semis spot. Pocatello loses to Burley in the first game, but bounces back with a huge win over Nampa and in a pivotal game at the end of Group play, knocks off Lewiston in OT to join Burley as team #2 in the semifinals. Lewiston was a bounce the other way close to the semifinals, but Pocatello took that game from them. But Lewiston was able to upset Burley early but was set back in their first game by Nampa, which sends them to the consolation game against Mountain Home. Nampa, a favorite on paper, got a win in their first game but couldn't manage anything else after that. A close loss against Pocatello made things precarious and it was Burley that would put the nail in their coffin and send them home west on I84. Consolation Game: The Consolation Game turned out to be a good back and forth battle, with neither team taking a hold on the game and trading goals back and forth. In the end, Lewiston was able to get one more and took home the consolation trophy with a 5-4 victory. Semi Finals It's hard to call the top team in the regular season "cardiac kids", but the regular season doesn't matter when we get to the post season. Pocatello gives the wire to wire #1 team all they can handle, but BK is able to survive, needing a late regulation goal and the OT winner, less than 5 minutes into the extra frame. Idaho Falls and Burley squared off in a East-Central battle, but Burley was no match for IF. Down 3 early, they were able to make a decent comeback attempt, but an insurance marker early in the 3rd secured a group play rematch for Idaho Falls and BK. Third Place: Not the game they wanted to play in but a chance to finish the season off strong. Another eastern team for Burley to face and this one went about the same way as the first game. Pocatello jumped out to a 5-0 lead and appeared ready to coast, but Burley again made a run at a comeback but still fell way short, and Pocatello was able to take home 3rd. State Championship: The big game, ironically, between two teams that did have successful runs in high school hockey in Idaho. BK and Idaho Falls turned in one of the best games of the season. Both teams striking in the first period. A rather mundane 2nd period leads into an exciting 3rd period. Bk scores halfway through the period and seemed prepared to add one more on the powerplay, but in a turn of events that hits a little too close to home and my real life state championship game, a late regulation goal equalizes the game for Idaho Falls and sends it to overtime. The first half of overtime is back and forth, but Idaho Falls gets called for a penalty that would end the game 11 seconds later, on a tip drill goal that clinches the state tournament and championship for Bishop Kelly! Well, that's all I got for this series. I know it wasn't the most exciting for everyone, but it was fun for me to see one of my passion projects come to life, and getting a chance to imagine a better hockey experience for high school kids in Idaho. Thanks for following along if you did or just taking a peek at this project and we'll see you on the next one!

12. Thunder Ridge Titans - Est. 2018 - Idaho Falls, ID - Classification: 5A The last team up in the series, also one of the youngest, if not the youngest in the series. Thunder Ridge opened in 2018 as the 5th school in the Idaho Falls area, and thus far, the only one to not have a hockey team with their own name attached to it. They've also not managed a state championship in that time as well. But they're only 5 years old, gotta give them a shot. They do play on a stacked side of the state however, so the odds are against them there. Thunder Ridge Titans - Identity: Colors - Similar to Skyline, but a more muted blue and navy blue, with silver accents. Primary Logo - When Thunder Ridge opened, they unveiled a nice Zeus mark that was meant to serve as the primary logo, but with no access to a vector version of the logo or a clean enough image to trace for use here, I had to settle for the TR monogram that came with Zeus. Secondary Logo - Fear not, but I did keep Zeus's lightning bolt, now with a double circle outline. Wordmarks - Titans wordmark in the same font and style as the TR lockup. Jersey Fonts - The Lightning's old font worked well for a number style. Thunder Ridge Titans - Uniforms: Home - Away: Jerseys /Socks - Thunder Ridge's football team debuted wearing UCLA style uniforms, in their own colors, and I liked the triple stripe. So that became the main feature. The home and away uniforms are very classic in style, with smaller stripes around the ends of the sleeves. TR front and center. Equipment - Pants have a stripe running vertically and around the bottoms of the legs. Helmet is navy, gloves are light blue. Alternate: Jersey/Socks - Rather than a simple recolor of the home and aways, I opted for something much different and more off the wall. Borrowing the design from my Thunder redesign in the NBA series, a much less classic style uniform with a silver lightning bolt, followed by a line gradient of the lighter blue. Equipment - No changes. That's all for the teams! Now to the last state tournament: The High Country Conference seemed pretty well balanced before the first round pucks dropped: First Round: Madison rides a strong 2nd period, doubling up Hillcrest and adding 2 more in the 3rd to move on to the quarterfinals. A much closer game than fictional talking heads in the state would have guessed, but Century sneaks past Blackfoot in a tight game. Rigby takes down Thunder Ridge after a 4 goal 3rd period turns a 3-2 game into a 7-2 game. The lone upset in the first set of games, Highland falls to Bonneville after a natural hat trick in the 2nd blows the game wide open. Quarterfinals: Shelley entered the game as the top team in the conference, but undisciplined play in the 2nd period helps Madison continue their run with a 3-1 win. A crosstown rivalry is always heightened when there's playoff implications, and in this Pocatello showdown, it's the Thunder outlasting Century after a late 3rd period flurry of goals. Idaho Falls and Rigby meet for a well matched game, but Idaho Falls' early goals were too much for Rigby to overcome. Skyline gets a real test and almost went home early, after trailing for most of the game to Bonneville, but 2 goals back to back in the 3rd was enough to get Skyline through. Semifinals: Madison's run doesn't end in champagne (or sparkling juice for the high school kids), as Pocatello puts up 3 early and never looks back. While the Emotion Bowl ends with one student section painting the goal posts, hockey doesn't get that luxury but if they did, it would be Idaho Falls painting the posts orange, with a 4-2 win to face Pocatello in the championship. Championship: It was an evenly matched game, very defensive with neither team being able to muster more than 20 shots apiece. In this story, it's Idaho Falls earning their trip to Boise, with the game-winning goal coming half way through the first overtime period. The final color breakdown: We're seeing red, as 5 teams have red in some capacity. Shelley sees a two-fer: brown making its second appearance, and white being kicked to the curb. A lot less blue than conferences past: just three schools using it in a capacity. Purple and Green get some use. Well that's all for the teams/conferences. Just have the big dance and that's the wrap!

Holding out hope for 2 new teams when they settle into home cities, then they could go to 6 teams in the playoffs with 10 total teams.

11. Skyline Grizzlies - Est. 1968 - Idaho Falls, ID - Classification: 4A The second half of the schools with an (technical) Idaho Falls address. Skyline was opened in 1968 to help alleviate Idaho Falls HS enrollment numbers but wouldn't actually see a student attend the physical building until 1970, due to delays in construction. So to help graduate students, a modified schedule was worked out where Idaho Falls students went to school in the morning and Skyline students went to school in the afternoon. Skyline forms the second half of the Emotion Bowl rivalry with Idaho Falls, which I touched on in Idaho Falls' post. For sports outside of hockey (mostly just football), BK and Skyline have gone in a similar trajectory, though Skyline has seen more success as of late, beating BK for the state championship in football 2016 and 2022. Skyline has won 3 straight titles starting in 2020, the first 4A team to do that since BK did it from 2013-2015. Skyline Hockey history/Personal story below: Skyline Grizzlies - Identity: Colors - Light blue, but not powder and navy. Primary Logo - So they took Montana's logo, added a Z to Griz and recolored it. And I kept it. Secondary Logo - S logo from their football helmets. Wordmarks - Split Grizz from the paw and added a new Skyline mark. Jersey Fonts - I liked LSU's skinny block and I can't remember the exact reason why. Skyline Grizzlies - Uniforms: Home - Away: Jerseys /Socks - The Skyline I played against wore Maple Leafs blanks, which was a good look IMO, but they wore the blue socks with both uniforms, which dragged the look down a little for me. The home whites are more navy dominant, owning to the navy yoke. double stripe, doubled again on the sleeves and hem. Primary logo on the chest. Away blues lose the shoulder yoke. Equipment - All navy, gloves with a lt blue cuff and pants have the same stripes. Alternate: Jersey/Socks - Not too dissimilar from the home and away jerseys. Biggest change outside of base color, is the stripe changes to a full triple stripe, adds a stripe to the shoulder area and the logo changes to the secondary S. Equipment - No changes. One team left and we can wrap this one up and put a bow on top!

10. Shelley Russets - Est. 1909(?) - Shelley, ID - Classification: 4A The smallest of the current 4A schools, based on the 2022-2024 enrollment projections, but what Shelley HS lacks in students, she makes up for in being unique. Shelley is known nationally for their nickname, the Russets, very much named after the potato variety. Adding to how cool that is, owning to the shape of the high school building, it received the nickname, "The Spud Cellar", and in the last little bit of potato related facts about Idaho's potato high school, the academic calendar has a 2 week break built into late September, early October because the majority of the enrollment helps with the potato harvest. Just Idaho Things. Because Shelley moved up so recently to 4A, BK has little to no modern history of competing with Shelley. Doesn't mean the Russets have no success or competitive drive, their football team dominating the 3A ranks in the early 2000s and 2010s, in addition to a very successful debate team and dance teams. Shelley Russets - Identity: Colors - The only high school to get a palette change. Shelley's current colors are red and black. Not very unique when it comes to teams around the state and in this conference. For more of a farm, country feel, I changed the team's colors to a dark brown, orange and vintage white. Primary Logo - Shelley's mascot is called King Russet and in another first, Shelley is the only school to have a hockey-specific logo, based on the Famous Idaho Potato, only this time he's a lot less happy and is ready to play, set in a roundel. Secondary Logo - Nothing crazy, just a block S. Wordmarks - Keeping things pretty classic, a drop shadowed Russets script. Jersey Fonts - Despite not having a super classic look, I used the Canadiens WC font, minus the faux stitching. Shelley Trojans - Uniforms: Made the first and only real mistake with my teams, I had Shelley as team #11 because I'm an idiot that can't alphabetize properly. Home - Away: Jerseys /Socks - With the vintage feel of all the other elements, vintage themed uniforms felt like a good way to go. These jerseys bear a certain amount of resemblance to the Rangers' Winter Classic jerseys from 2012, though the stripes are an adapted version of the football team's pant stripe. Roundel takes point on the chest, S on the shoulders. Equipment - All brown, though for a split second the pants had a matching stripe like the jerseys, but I thought it was too much with the stripes on the shoulders too. Alternate: Jersey/Socks - this jersey was inspired by my Portland NHL expansion team from my Nike series, which in turn were inspired by the Portland Rosebuds of the PCHA. Orange becomes the main color here, with the vintage white taking on the role of secondary here. Northwestern stripes on the sleeves and socks. Modified version of the stripe on the hem. Sublimated barberpole stripes on the sleeves, up to the shoulders. Russets script on the chest, number under that, with an added drop shadow. The contrasting nameplate was an accident, like it normally is with me, from changing colors of objects and bam, accidents create good things. Equipment - No changes. Just two teams left!

Not paying 165 American Schillings for one though.

Utah State's new navy jersey Pairs nicely with the white uniform:

Definitely a valid argument. Idk, I feel like it takes the creativity out of uniforms, but maybe less of that is more these days. I agree on the pants needing stripes and the numbers don’t need the double outlines

This might be better served for the Unpopular Opinions thread, but am I the only one that doesn't like when teams (this goes across all sports) go to a throwback design as is for their regular home and away uniforms? To me it feels like a cop out, like "we can't think of anything better so here's our old uniforms again"

Getting down near the end here, with just 4 teams left. 9. Rigby Trojans - Est. 1912 - Rigby, ID - Classification: 5A Rigby is one of the last cities/towns in Idaho as you head northeast towards Montana and Yellowstone. And for a town & county seat of all of about 5,000 people, Rigby HS has one of the largest 5A enrollments outside of the Treasure Valley and the couple schools up north. Also a fun fact about Rigby, Philo T Farnsworth, inventor of early technology that would lead to the modern television moved to Rigby when he was about 12 years old, and he excelled as a student in sciences at Rigby HS. Athletically, Rigby has modest history when it comes to championships. The basketball team had a dominant stretch during the late 70s, and the 1980s , winning 7 championships in 12 seasons. They then added 3 more in 4 seasons, coincidentally during my high school years. Their football team, before making the jump to 5A, had one notable matchup with BK, one that had Rigby fans all sorts of angry. So the whole week in November that year was cold and there was off and on snow, but Wednesday night and all Thursday, nothing but snow. From what I remember, Rigby officials were told the game would be postponed or moved, BK officials communicated to the state that they'd have the field cleared off for a Saturday game. Idk where the disconnect was but Rigby was incensed about the situation. In the end, on a cold, ridiculously bright Saturday afternoon, BK eked out a 23-14 ground and pound win, setting up the defensive battle against Blackfoot. Since then BK won one more chip, lost a few more and Rigby got their first one in 2019 at the 5A level and followed it up with back to back championships in 21 and 22. Rigby Trojans - Identity: Colors - Garnet and Gold. They've alternated between an athletic gold and old gold, but I felt the old gold was the better look. Primary Logo - Trojan helmet. Secondary Logo - RT lock up logo. They use this logo in real life, but the plume is different from the primary logo so that changes to match. Wordmarks - A new creation, since the team doesn't have a traditional wordmark, using Friz Quadrata to match the lock up logo. Jersey Fonts - For a long time, and I think to this day, the football team has used Michigan State's font, which was not a tradition I was going to uphold. The Florida Panthers double blue alternate jersey font, I felt was a good substitute and had a similar feel. Rigby Trojans - Uniforms: Home - Away: Jerseys /Socks - The inspiration for the double stripe came from something you could consider a stretch. The football team used to wear Miami's old Nike football pants, and I distilled that down into a more contemporary double stripe. Trojan helmet on the front, RT logo on the shoulders. Equipment - All garnet based, pants have the double stripe down the side, gloves are three colored. Alternate: Jersey/Socks - the old gold didn't lend itself well to being a jersey color, and so I did something I didn't really want to, but they've had precedent of doing anthracite for anthracite's sake on other sports, so I went with it. The double stripe changes to a full triple stripe and the logos swap places. Equipment - No changes. C&C welcome!

Much better than the first attempt. I think they're all top shelf

looking like a 90's inspired throwback weekend?

8. Pocatello Thunder - Est. 1892 - Pocatello, ID - Classification: 4A Pocatello HS is the oldest of the 3 schools in the school district, and at once point was the most successful, though that success has been largely sapped by Highland's growth as the preeminent school in the region. To that end, Poky and Highland still play each other in an annual rivalry game, much like Idaho Falls-Skyline up the road, called the Black and Blue Bowl which ends with the winners paining a large rock in front of the other school, something Highland has done 12 seasons in a row. Pocatello hasn't traditionally had an indoor hockey rink, and to my knowledge the closest hockey rink of any kind to Pocatello, is an outdoor rink in Chubbuck, a 12 minute drive from downtown Poky. So Hockey in Pocatello has been largely non existent. Though there is a push to get a rink in either city, but that has not materialized. But with Idaho State pushing to put an ACHA team on the ice, that might change, but for the time being, ISU will be skating up in the Hailey area, just outside Sun Valley. Pocatello Thunder - Identity: So up until a couple years ago, Pocatello's athletic teams were known as the Indians. They were named as such in honor of Chief Pocatello, the city's namesake of the local Shoshone tribe. When the announcement was made, there was some outrage, the same "erasure of history" argument was made that we see with stuff like this, but there was some argument made to keep the nickname from the local tribes. But in the end, the decision was set and the Thunder were born. Colors - The Colors stay the same, navy and red, grey now joins the group as part of the new logo set. Primary Logo - A charging buffalo, set with an angular P. Secondary Logo - I guess it's kind of a logo, but a somewhat abstract buffalo herd(?) design. Wordmarks - Pretty close to Futura, but a nice and bold set of wordmarks, Thunder having a lightning bolt in the U. Jersey Fonts - Michigan State's font fit pretty well with P logo and it worked in my opinion. Madison Bobcats - Uniforms: Home - Away: Jerseys /Socks - The designs here stayed the same, since I had the original sketches for them done when they were still the Indians. Only changes to the OG designs were the addition of a three color collar, the new branding and a sublimated stampede on the hem lines. Equipment - All navy, primary logo on the pant leg. Alternate: Jersey/Socks - I didn't have an alternate design in mind in the beginning, and the new logos gave me an idea for something a little wild. On the chest of the red alternate, the secondary logo becomes red and subtle and takes up most of the chest, with Thunder arched above it. The stripes meet up and shrink up higher on the sleeve, which also applies to the socks. Equipment - No changes. C&C welcome!

7. Madison Bobcats - Est. c1923 - Rexburg, ID - Classification: 5A Rexburg has been more famous for less than happy news in recent days, notably the trials of noted pieces of :censored: Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell, and maybe in a more humorous vein, I learned today that Rexburg is often considered the antithesis to San Francisco, as Rexburg is considered the "reddest place in America" (I know i'm treading close to the politics rule, just thought this was funny). As for the high school, Madison serves a good portion of Madison county, hence the name. The Bobcats in recent years have wavered on the line between 4A and 5A, having one of the smallest current enrollments in the 5A bracket. This has resulted in stints with and without their primary rival, Rigby, though Rigby eventually joined Madison fulltime in 5A. Despite a competitive history, Madison hasn't found too much success in recent years, their football team winning the school's last title in 2012. That being said, with Madison's movement between classifications, BK never really faced off with. Madison Bobcats - Identity: Colors - Very Washington State inspired, shades of grey with a red. Primary Logo - Watch out Meth Bear, you might have company. This crazy looking Bobcat has been around seemingly forever, and it sticks around. Secondary Logo - Madison's more contemporary and much more used script and paw logo. Wordmarks - Bold/rounded/cut and then some font. Jersey Fonts - Also used Wazzu's number set. Madison Bobcats - Uniforms: Home - Away: Jerseys /Socks - Just the second team to not have a white home jersey and the only team so far to not have a white jersey period. Madison's football team, before going for a Colts style uniform wore Adidas claw mark jerseys, which is where the four stripes come from. A solid color hem, secondary logo on the chest. Equipment - Dark grey equipment, red cuff on the gloves. Alternate: Jersey/Socks - Design stays pretty much the same. The colors on the stripe now alternate between silver and red, and the script changes to the wordmark with the paw print under it. Equipment - No changes. C&C welcome! 5 teams left

Could be worse

6. Idaho Falls Tigers - Est. 1897 - Idaho Falls, ID - Classification: 5A The oldest high school in the conference, Idaho Falls HS was incorporated just 7 years after Idaho was added to the union officially, and 6 years after Idaho Falls itself was officially incorporated. Aside from that, my great grandparents settled in Idaho Falls and so, a lot of my family lived and still lives in the area, my grandma and most of her siblings, actually I think all of them attended IFHS. I didn't know this when I was younger, but my great-grandparents house was actually less than 10 minutes from the high school, but of course I was young, so naturally I wasn't paying attention all the time. Idaho Falls and their citymate Skyline have one of the more unique football rivalries in the state. The game is called the Emotion Bowl, which according to local papers and such, is an accurate way to describe the rivalry. The coolest thing about this rivalry is that the winning team's student section paints the goalposts in the winning school's colors, orange for IFHS, columbia blue for Skyline. Had my grandparents stayed living in Idaho Falls, she would have gone to Idaho Falls for high school and the teacher she worked with for almost 15 years went to Skyline, so they gave each other some grief over that. Idaho Falls Tigers - Identity: Colors - Idaho Falls has worn orange and black forever and that doesn't change. Primary Logo - A modernized version of the IF monogram that's been around for years. Secondary Logo - Similarly to Bonneville, this logo was a cleaned up version of a yearbook tiger. Wordmarks - Aachen Bold worked as a pretty close match to the monogram and now it comprises the wordmark. Jersey Fonts - Classic block font, serifed NOB font. Idaho Falls Tigers - Uniforms: Home - Away: Jerseys /Socks - Back in my day, Idaho Falls wore the 90s Flyers blanks, and if you can believe it, they still do. but like the NHL team they borrow their uniform style from, it's time for some minor tweaks. The biggest change is that I went with orange as the away/dark jersey. As one of only two schools in the conference that uses orange, I felt like they should lead with it, instead of black. Otherwise, the shoulder design changes, now running from the ends of the sleeve to the collar, with black trim. IF monogram on the chest, also echoed on the socks. Equipment - All black, gloves have a orange cuff, pants have a wide orange stripe. Alternate: Jersey/Socks - As a nod to the travel side of Idaho Falls hockey, the alternate looks like a black version of the Red Wings' white jerseys. (Tried to find some decent photos and got more of me than the other team, but it at least helps give a sense of the IRL uniforms.) Orange sleeves, instead of the travel team's gold, and the tiger logo takes its place on the chest. Socks change to a solid orange stripe. Equipment - No changes. C&C welcome! That marks half way!

yeah the helmet stripe being contrasting and the jersey/pants stripes being subtle doesn't work for me. Good look overall though. The black uniform is definitely iffy, but I think I'll take it over the neon nonsense

I can't quite place why, but these scream practice jersey to me. Very catalog for sure, but an added dash of training camp IMO

5. Hillcrest Knights - Est. 1992 - Ammon, ID - Classification: 4A Hillcrest joined the Bonneville School District in 1992 due to overcrowding at Bonneville through the late 70's and 80's. Now, like the city it's located in, Hillcrest has grown into its own as a high school. Hillcrest formed the second part of the Bonni-Crest combined hockey team, which I feel like was a disservice to both teams because they have much stronger identities than what they were forced into. I was able to track down an image of what their combined identity looked like finally: So what I remember in our few matchups with Bonni-Crest, they wore the transitory uniforms the Stars wore after their move to Dallas, which really took a lot less from both schools, the minor green elements representing Bonneville and the black representing Hillcrest. The picture above is from 2010 and the Wild jerseys do a lot better job of representing both schools. Plus I'm guessing the team logos on the chest of the players represent which high school the player is from which is a nice touch. Outside of hockey, despite both schools being at the 4A level for a long while, there hasn't been a lot of matchups between BK and Hillcrest, though in 2018, Hillcrest demolished BK en route to their 2nd state football title. My brother, who was actually in high school at the time, went to the game with his friends and classmates and they all said that it was the first time they'd seen another high school just be better top to bottom, from coaching to athletes in a football game. He also said that they only needed to run 4 plays, run left|center|right and throw it deep. Hillcrest Knights - Identity: Colors - Red and black, the inverse of Highland, but Hillcrest has emphasized red a lot longer and I think they look stronger leading with red. Primary Logo - After years of using a Rutgers logo in some fashion, they switched to this simpler knighthead logo and I stuck with it. Secondary Logo - In conjunction with the new wordmark I created, a new H monogram, with a sword illustration in the crossbar of the letter. Wordmarks - Angular font spelling out Hillcrest Knights, with the sword from the secondary logo replacing the I. Jersey Fonts - Ended up using the number set from the wordmark font. Hillcrest Knights - Uniforms: Home - Away: Jerseys /Socks - Hillcrest has worn a double (one color) stripe or a triple stripe, either Colts style or just traditionally on the sleeve caps and that works out nicely here, for a nice and easy, classic hockey jersey. Knighthead logo on the chest. H logo on the shoulders. Equipment - All black, gloves have a red cuff and fingers and the pants have the H logo on the front. Alternate: Jersey/Socks - No real change to the style, white is phased out to a shimmery silver, logos swap places. Equipment - Nothing changes. C&C welcome! Almost half way through the conference!

Understanding that geography doesn't mean that much anymore but: SDSU and Fresno helps kind of offset the loss of the LA market. Boise State at least brings you football competition (I know the academics fall short of PAC standards) UNLV brings the Vegas market i guess? SMU would get you Texas. If Washington or Oregon jump though, I think it becomes much more dire for the PAC's continued existence.

From what I've read comparing Modell's antics vs the Oilers' move, the City of Houston had just put millions into renovating the Astrodome in the late 80's, but Bud Adams wanted a more modern stadium with more money generating amenities. The city was hesitant to go for a new stadium after pouring money into the Astrodome and it became apparent a new stadium wasn't going to happen in Houston for the Oilers.

Yes. that was my mistake. Read ahead to the Ravens section and got mixed up.