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Anyone want to discuss the design of the rings from Super Bowl XXII?

Generally, I withhold criticism of championship rings, but the Redskins ring is awful!

This is the first Super Bowl ring Tiffany and Company designed and produced for an NFL championship team.

Here's why I dislike this ring: Small diamonds make up the two Lombardi trophies and the result is very sloppy. The two Lombardi trophies represent the Redskins two Super Bowl titles.

Adding to the yuck factor, the red stones on the top of the ring are surrounded by large gold prongs that are too large. The visual combination of red and yellow giant prongs creates too much mish mosh and ruins the elegance and beauty of the championship ring.

The shanks (sides of the rings) are unusual in their design. I like the style and think they are great, but perhaps other championship ring enthusiasts and collectors have a different opinion about the shanks.

The ring was made in 10K solid yellow gold and weighs 50 grams.

Tiffany made very few Super Bowl rings in the 80s and 90s, but started to become much more involved in making Championship rings in the last 15 years. The quality of their designs have improved dramatically since the debut of this ring.

Anyone want to add their thoughts?

It's the Stewie Griffin ring!

Bwhahaha funny

Wow, look at the design on the side of this College Championship Ring. Is this a precursor to future Super Bowl Rings?

We have a lot of pro football teams that have won four or more Super Bowl rings. As their individual championship numbers climb, a championship ring manufacturer can incorporate the Whitewater design into future super bowl rings and show off each Lombardi trophy and the year the championship was won.

I hope we see this championship ring format again on future super bowl rings. I wrote about this ring in greater detail on my blog.

Yeah that's UW Whitewater here in Wisconsin. The top is blah but I like the sides.

Billy Gabor and his surviving teammates get NBA Championship Rings they earned 60 Years Ago.

These rings were recently designed and awarded to the 1955 NBA Champions - Syracuse Nationals.

Any comments about the design of the ring?

I wrote a blog story and the very special gesture another Syracuse sports owner did to get the surviving players these rings.

I like it but why didn't they receive one when they won the title?

Wow for $25 that's damn good

North Dakota state ring. Very nice ring..man I love this time of year!

Not sure what school but in the Big Sky Conference

Oregon's rose bowl rings

Boise state Fiesta bowl ring

Badgers got their outback bowl rings.

I like the top but the sides are hideous

3 pack.

Wow look at that big 10 ring also

Ohio states newest championship ring

Wow that's a stunning ring. Love the design

It's amazing how Jostens just reuses designs over and over. That Redskins ring is from 1982 and here's the Packers NFC ring from 1997.

Yup just say Jostens Twitter feed and they posted this. Unbelievable that their just changing the date and that's it. Jostens really just doesn't care Anymore.

Late tonight we'll know who'll be awarded a new Men's NCAA Basketball National Championship Ring.

Here are Duke's basketball championship rings....

Any comments or thoughts about the design of the rings? Sorry the picture is not the best quality, it was the best one I could find.

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Yeah it's going to be generic so that way Jostens can pump them out quick. Just like the old NCAA championship rings. The school ring is the one everyone cares about.

OSU got their rings today.

Wonder what the school ring will look like.

I know ring companies reuse designs for colleges and high school, but make sure the design makes sense. Here's a ring from a division 3 football team. Why oh why would you copy the Patriots ring with the Lombardi trophy??

That makes sense now. Can't believe I didn't get that before.

The Championship rings from Super Bowl XII.

Anyone want to talk about the designs?

The Cowboys ring shown above is one of my favorites - lots of bling, but a wearable size!

The Broncos ring is nice - I love the way they captured the team colors!

Didn't the steelers do something similar for one of their super bowl rings with the stars? I always found that strange for them.

Cool ring, surprised the MLS teams can afford these rings. I know their on a shoe string budget.

Speaking to the Ray Lewis ring above, I like the Idea of an MVP ring. I think it would also be cool if teams gave rings to players who's numbers have been retired.

Pats are working on their rings, will be handed out in June according to ESPNBOSTON.com:

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was a guest on the Fox Business Network on Friday morning, and here are a few sound bites from his interview with Maria Bartiromo:

Super Bowl ring in the works. Were in the process now, a number of companies are working on design of the ring and well have a big party in my backyard in June and present them, and hopefully have a lot of fun with that. You never know if its going to happen again, so you like to make it special.

I am guessing largest ever SB rings, 120 grams

Surprised that they haven't named Jostens yet

Rod Woodson is selling all of his rings. Here's his HOF ring.

Actually he is not selling all his rings. He is keeping his Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl ring.

Oh ok well that's good, kinda wondering why he's selling everything else.

Rod Woodson is selling all of his rings. Here's his HOF ring.

I came across the images on this post earlier today and thought I'd put them up to show the designs for the three USFL championship rings. These particular rings were apparently sold at auction not long ago, fetching just $5,700 or so - grossly undervalued, IMHO, given their provenance and the league's history.

Really interesting that the 1985 Baltimore Stars ring features a design that references roman numerals ("II" and "III") that weren't ever used as a reference by the league itself for its championship games.

Look how much larger the first ring is compared to the the last 2.