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20 hours ago, Championship Sports Rings said:

Looks like UCF was bold enough to do what the 2004 Auburn team did and make and gave out National Champs rings after they finished the season with a perfect record.  In 2004 Auburn was not the only team who finished the regular season undefeated and thus they were not invited to play in the 2004 BCS title game as it was USC vs Oklahoma for the National Title.  Also finishing the regular season with NO losses were Auburn, Utah and Boise State.  USC destroyed OU 55-19 in the Orange Bowl.   Auburn only beats Virginia Tech 16-13 in the sugar bowl.  Utah does finish the season undefeated and Boise State lost their bowl game.  So in the end 3 teams were undefeated and i would guess if Auburn would have beaten VT by a lot more or if USC had not just totally destroyed OU Auburn might have been awarded a split National Championship but Auburn did give out rings to their players that had National Champions on them.  I am sure that angered the USC players.  

 

As we all recall last year UCF finished the season and bowl season undefeated but many did not feel that they deserved to share the title but it looks like outgoing Head Coach Scott Frost or someone at UCF thought they should get rings with National Champs on it.  This shouldnt have been a surprise since they did make up a National Champs banner and did hang it up a few months ago.  I am willing to bet the Bama players wont be too happy to hear about this.  In case you all dont know Auburn this last year put out SEC West Champs rings and the Bama players publicly slammed Auburn for putting out the SEC Division rings.   The Alabama ring designed have been kind of shown in bits and pieces for over 2 weeks and a leaked photo has come out as the new designed does appear it has 2 of the National Champs trophies on top.  Look for the new Bama Ring to come out soon.  In the meantime check out the 2017 UCF Rings which were made by Jostens and are the same basic design as the 2016 Clemson National Champs rings.

 

 

Good for UCF. They did everything they were supposed to do to get into the College Football Playoff. Hopefully the next undefeated team from a non-major conference will get a chance. 

51 minutes ago, BringBackTheVet said:

 

Only in a world where "underrated" means "eww yuck gross barf".

 

1) it looks like two separate words: "Diamond" "Backs", not "Diamondbacks"

2) stacked emblems have never looked good on a baseball uniform (possibly not on any uniform)

3) the shadows and extra white outline against the pinstripe backdrop is a bit much.

So is having D-Backs on the uniform better? 

On 3/31/2018 at 11:53 PM, BShaw20 said:

The Diamondbacks word mark is underrated IMO

29 minutes ago, BJ Sands said:

Why give him two banners? Ridiculous.

I don't mind this so much. In my mind, there were two eras of Kobe, with and without Shaq. Kobe was very accomplished during both, so acknowledging this by retiring 8 and 24 is fine with me. 

For the record, I wish he had stuck with 8 only because it was a number he could have made synonymous with his name. 

Last year’s design for comparison. IMO, the all diamond penguin is a bad look.

The Penguins’s Stanley Cup rings are out and they are...lazy.

The White Sox gave Jose Abreu a ring today for hitting for the cycle. Outside of not looking very good, I really don’t see this as a ring worthy accomplishment. 

UNC Basketball received a 2nd championship ring yesterday. 

13 hours ago, UHCollector said:

The Cubs buried that history last season, beating the Cleveland Indians for their first title in 108 years. Bartman was presented his ring in owner Tom Ricketts' office at Wrigley Field on Monday morning. The Cubs gave out three tiers of rings to everyone, from players to security guards. Bartman did not receive the same ring given to players; he instead received the ring given to many staff members, ESPN has learned.
 

"On behalf of the entire Chicago Cubs organization, we are honored to present a 2016 World Series Championship Ring to Mr. Steve Bartman," Ricketts and the Cubs said in a statement. "We hope this provides closure on an unfortunate chapter of the story that has perpetuated throughout our quest to win a long-awaited World Series.
 

Link to Full Article: Chicago Cubs giving World Series Ring to Steve Bartman
 

Consolation gift after the way the man was treated by Cub fans the previous 13 years. 

Was Buckner given a ring after Boston won in '04?

13 hours ago, Championship Sports Rings said:

I don't think it's a very good design. The vertical football layout taken from the 3rd ring has never been a favorite of mine. A horizontal football shape would have been both unique in the ring set, and may have avoided the appearance that 5 trophies had to be forced onto the ring face. 

I do like the inclusion of a blue stone in the background. Hopefully touches like this become more common again. Gives

depth to the ring. 

USC Rose Bowl ring ✌️

I really like the trophies on the shank. Visible dig at UCLA putting the Victory Bell in the center? 

Indians 2016 American League Champions championship ring. Looks a lot like the Rangers 2010 ring. I think a solid red block C would have looked better, but it is what it is. 

If this is true, the shanks are great (my favorite aspect of a ring). Not a great modern day depiction of the logo on the face. The blue is too thin. Gives the ring a retro look, but I don't think that's a good thing. 

Here's a better shot:

Looks like Clemson's national championship and ACC rings are out. Sorry for the poor quality. I took screenshots from a video posted to Clemson TE Jordan Leggett's Instagram account. 

On 3/17/2017 at 3:31 PM, WSU151 said:

 

I just want the arena to go back to being named "The Pond".  Wish Honda could do something with that name, but not necessarily name it "Honda Pond".  

How about The Pond at Honda Center or The Pond presented by Honda?

Johnson City Cardinals 2016 Appalachian League (Rookie League) championship ring. 

8 minutes ago, ridenlow71 said:

kind of disappointing as they look just like the Blackhawks rings =\

Except better because there is more than one color, but I know what you mean.

On August 4, 2016 at 9:17 AM, WSU151 said:

 

I liked this set...but am puzzled by the baseball coming out of the wing, and am also puzzled as to why no one asked "Does this look like a phallus?"  The Anaheim patch is really nice though.

I was a kid when this set came out, and thought the ball going across the wing looked like the wings had arms and we're hanging onto the rest of the A. 

Outside that, I loved the home whites. 

I can't embed this from Instagram, but there's a video of a guy opening his Broncos ring lockbox if you search for #championshipring. Inside is the ring box, a football, and confetti. 

On 6/12/2016 at 8:59 PM, Cujo said:

 

 

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I know it was Super Bowl 50, and that is noteworthy by itself but I am not a fan of putting the 50 on the face of the ring. I would have rather seen a much larger Broncos logo and putting the 50 on the shank (where the Lombardi Trophy is). This ring design seemed to force the Broncos into sharing their win with the NFL's championship anniversary. 

The shanks look great. I am a big fan of the way the Broncos have celebrated their AFC titles on this and past rings.