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1 minute ago, oldschoolvikings said:

I feel like I’ve been looking at that number 14 Penn State jersey for about fifteen years. 

Sorta like how Iowa always seems to have a prominent player wearing number 16.

2 hours ago, Chawls said:

Now I’m sitting here, trying to figure out how many professional, North American, sports mascots I’ve eaten.

  

If we're just going by official team name I've eaten beef (Chicago Bulls), marlin, stingray and shark. Didn't care for shark the time I had it.

If we're including nicknames and mascots to the mix, then I can add chicken (some MLB team has/had a chicken mascot), pork (Commanders with hogs) and rabbit (the Sixers had a rabbit mascot during the Iverson years)

Oh... and I've drank Reb Bull before, so I've crossed over into MLS too

At what point will MLS schedule Austin to play on the road at Columbus? Is it possible the league is intentionally preventing that matchup from happening?

7 hours ago, Ridleylash said:

Dan Snyder choosing to represent his team with a pig, something traditionally considered either dirty and ugly or delicious when cooked, is probably the most fitting choice he could have made.

In fairness most animals are delicious when cooked properly.  Haven't eaten any NFL animals (yet) but I can tell you firsthand that marlins and stingrays are tasty. Would eat again. I generally enjoy beef, but I don't think there's a way to tell if the burger on your plate came from a bull or a cow 

Saw a quick glimpse of Washington players warming up in all burgundy on NBC.... I'd personally like to see how that combination would look with gold socks. Jalen Ramsey convinced me yellow/gold socks can look good with certain uniforms. I want to believe burgundy/burgundy/gold would be a good combination for the Commanders.

SN: the Rams should totally bring yellow socks into the fold to be worn with their blue pants next season.

North Carolina Central appears to be wearing new maroon jerseys in the Celebration Bowl. Nothing fancy, the have white numbers, letters and Northwestern sleeve stripes. A major upgrade from the maroon jerseys they've been wearing which had dark gray numbers with a white outline. Didn't have much visibility on the maroon.

These were Shepherd's previous logos. Primarily the weird overlaying SU.

It appears back in October, Shepherd University (D2 school in WV) unveiled a new logo.

Shepherd University | New Shepherd Athletics Logo!

The Colorado School of Mines Orediggers will be playing in the Division 2 national championship. I'm rooting for them solely because of their gloriously unique name.

14 minutes ago, DCarp1231 said:

Maryland vs NC State for Duke’s Mayo Bowl.

 

Let’s just hope the trophy stays intact this year

 

 

I may tune in to that one. Was always a good game when Maryland played NC State in the ACC from 2001 up to Maryland joined the Big Ten.

So what would a 12 team playoff bracket look like with this season's final CFP rankings?

9 hours ago, WSU151 said:

 

NFL brands are like Oreos…they can offer 12 different flavors but everyone still knows what a true Oreo is.

OT: they need to bring back the apple pie Oreo's that were in stores a few years ago

4 hours ago, WestCoastBias said:

 

UNLV's turf field, same as last year.

 

Both fields use the Raider's yard line numbers though which I find kind of interesting. Looks like the Mountain West logo is still somewhat visible on the 25 too, hopefully they get that out by game time. 

Didn't realize the site changed last year. Until the post earlier I thought it was still being played in Santa Clara 

Is the PAC 12 championship being played on the Raiders' grass field or UNLV's turf field?

I thought the ACC was going to switch from divisions to a pod model where each team has four ACC opponents they play every season, and rotate through the rest of the conference each season?

The podmates would generally be long time rivals. For example. North Carolina's pod would likely be NC State, Duke, Wake Forest & Virginia

1 hour ago, GoHawks said:

I can't wait for these uniforms it has been a long time coming. Hopefully they can keep the grey and green alternates as well.

Possibly an unpopular opinion, but I never understood the hoopla over those old Seahawks uniforms. Those made them the third blue and silver team in the league with some green stripes and an ugly logo. The 2002 unis gave them unique colors and a much needed upgrade on the logo.  I understand some people weren't fans of monochrome slate blue becoming their primary look, but even on the rare instances they wore slate blue over white, or white or slate blue it looked significantly better than the silver era uniforms imo 

3 hours ago, Burmy said:

That's different; no NFL team actually plays within the NYC confines.

Unlike Red Bull, the Giants and Jets actually played home games in NYC for decades before moving to Jersey.  With the exception of 1 US Open Cup match in the late nineties, Red Bull has only played in NYC as visitors at Yankee Stadium.

4 hours ago, Burmy said:

So, when that NYCFC stadium opens, is that other team finally gonna honor the state that's hosted 'em for their entire history and be the New Jersey Red Bulls?

I thought they would call themselves Metro Red Bulls or Red Bull USA before New Jersey lol

When they first announced the Championship Series was going to be a winter tournament, I assumed it was going to be held some place warm like Florida or California. It's going to be at an indoor sports facility in nearby Springfield, Virginia called The St. James which I never heard of before today.

This was a surprise coming from The Soccer Tournament. You see many college alum teams in The Basketball Tournament, but yet to see a pro team (from anywhere around the world) participate in it. Wonder if any other established soccer clubs will have teams in TST? I doubt any MLS clubs would since they have Next Pro starting up soon and TST will likely run concurrent to that league's season.

Club Necaxa - The Basketball Tournament (thetournament.com)

9 hours ago, GFB said:

 

Why not both? I don't think the Jets Bold wordmark and the 80s airplane are incompatible with one another:  

 

Somebody send this to Jets headquarters ASAP. Put a white facemask on the helmet it's even better.

Not sure how much attention this will get in the grand scheme of things, but 2023 will be the first year of The Soccer Tournament. Unlike The Basketball Tournament which takes place shortly after the NBA season, TST will likely run concurrent to MLS, USL, NISA, etc.

The Soccer Tournament - The Basketball Tournament (thetournament.com)