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Lightning have unveiled their 30th Anniversary logo

Kyle Busch will be joining RCR in 2023 and driving the #8. 

Tyler Reddick, who currently drives the #8 was set to leave RCR after 2023 to join 23XI, but now I'm curious what this will do for Reddick.  Assuming he stays with RCR with a new third car, but a move to 23XI a year early to a new third car is possible.

Tyler Reddick, who currently drives the #8 was set to leave RCR after 2023 to join 23XI, but now I'm curious what this will do for Reddick.  Assuming he stays with RCR with a new third car, but a move to 23XI a year early to a new third car is possible.

Edit:  Looks like a third charter for RCR and Reddick will be in place for 2023

2 hours ago, sitboaf said:

Dear Tampa Bay Maple Leafs Lightning...

On 9/10/2022 at 2:30 PM, SSmith48 said:

Another random observation: Vanderbilt's jerseys still have the old star logo on the collars, despite the rebrand. Very interesting detail.

Many college teams get jerseys in cycles and use for a few years.  South Florida just got new home and road looks, but the black with lime alternates this week were the same unis as the past couple years just with a new black helmet.

On 9/10/2022 at 8:26 PM, Ark said:

 

The orange here looks worse than the orange in the Elway pic.

 

Although they could be the same shade and it's just the better camera quality

I'm pretty sure the Broncos regular orange jerseys are a different shade as their Color Rush orange jerseys.

On 8/5/2022 at 2:44 AM, Sykotyk said:

Way back when, the NFL had a lot of preseason games outside the US and teams that participated got an extra preseason game. This was also a time when a lot of NFL teams played in baseball stadiums and preseason games would be at neutral sites or nearby college venues. 

I seem to recall in maybe 1998 that the Buccaneers played the Chiefs at the University of Oklahoma

South Florida adds a new black helmet to pair with their black SoFlo alternate uniforms this weekend versus Howard.

Looks like there’s some green glitter in the base, like the black Arizona Cardinals helmet.

6 minutes ago, 4_tattoos said:

Old Dominion vs Virginia Tech was fun to watch on ESPNU tonight. I'm not sure why, but I want the Sun Belt Conference to do well.

Games like this one are why the 12 team

playoff will be interesting.  Anything can happen.

2 hours ago, shstpt1 said:

 

An expansion would be a nice change of pace. Right now... its so predictable. The same 7 teams fight for 4 spots, and the title picture has become stagnant. 

Agreed.  12 teams is good for the time being.  I believe the last proposal was to have the top 6 ranked conference champs be guaranteed in the playoffs, not necessarily the Power 5 plus 1.  The remaining 6 would be at large.  The top 4 ranked conference champs would be seeded and get a first round bye.

8 hours ago, CreamSoda said:

It’s crazy to me that the Capitals haven’t changed their uniforms since the 07 edge release. 

I wouldn't have expected a wholesale changeover, but keep the logo and update the uniforms.  Maybe add a logo crest for a jersey, and relegate the script to wordmark only.

We could have an update by Friday to know if we'll have a 12-team College Football Playoff in the 2026 season, or as early as the 2024 season if the right details line up.

https://www.si.com/college/2022/08/31/college-football-playoff-expansion-meeting-future

14 hours ago, GDAWG said:

The Dallas Cowboys have released their kicker, long snapper and three of their four QB's on the roster.  The reason explained is that the Cowboys want to wait 24 hours to bring those guys back once they put a few more players on injured reserve.  It was explained that putting players on injured reserve on Wednesday rather than Tuesday means those players can come back sometime during the season.

 

As it stands right now, the only QB on the Cowboys roster is Dak Prescott.  The only specialist is Bryan Anger.    

Bucs did the same with Logan Ryan, in assumption that Ryan Jensen is going on the IR today.  I assume most of the guys the Cowboys cut were vested veterans, who dont go thru waivers and become free agents.  In that case, they just hold tight and sign back the next day or so.

5 minutes ago, Ferdinand Cesarano said:

 

The alignment that I favour is similar to yours, except I retain the name Central Division.  The distribution of teams in the American League is exactly the same; and in the National League I have Cincinnati in the Central and Colorado in the South.

 

AL	NL
EAST: Balt Bos NY Tor	EAST: Mon NY Pha Pitt
SOUTH: Cha Hou TB Tex	SOUTH: Atl Col Mia Wash
CENTRAL: Chi Cle Det Min	CENTRAL: Chi Cin Mil StL
WEST: KC LA Oak Sea	WEST: Ariz LA SD SF

 

 

Colorado in the south makes that division spread across 3 time zones.  Not ideal for divisional TV matchups.  I know its not traditional, but at least with Colorado in the central and Cincinnati in the South it would have the divisions either in the same time zone, or one away in Colorado's case.

22 minutes ago, habsfan1 said:

 

A missed oppurtunity for Vegas to create a Golden Knights-inspired take on this Thunder logo:

Pretty sure the Thunder were the inspiration for the red Reverse Retros, as per this article.  The red was for the Wranglers and the design was for the Thunder.

https://www.nhl.com/goldenknights/news/vegas-golden-knights-and-adidas-unveil-all-new-reverse-retro-jersey/c-319636918

Leafs leaked as well...

This is a great move.  I've always felt you should play all teams at least for 1 series.  

So if shirt color in the leaks is the jersey color, the Lightning appear to be headed towards a white version of the 90s storm alternate.

Panthers light blue with the original hockey stick palm tree logo?

Some of the photos got cut off of the preview, but if you click in you can see them all.

2 hours ago, FiddySicks said:

I almost instinctually posted that you were wrong and that the stadium and those unis debuted simultaneously, but then I looked it up and…

 

My mind is completely blown. I had absolutely no idea that this current uni set was old enough to have seen SDS. That’s insane. When you put it that way, I think they basically have to change their look and soon. That’s FAR too long for any team to look that meh to bad. 

I believe the Cardinals were supposed to open the new stadium that year, but I think there were construction delays.

13 hours ago, neo_prankster said:

How will MLB's new scheduling format really work if the Padres for instance are gonna have one series against each from the American League? Will they rotate who plays at home every other year?

That's the thought.  I would think we'll know more in the next few months.  Usually the next seasons schedule comes out in September.

2 minutes ago, tigers said:

Most American sports that have the teams in the Final that have not or may have not met in the regular season.

 

It needs to be fixed.

Not exactly.  NBA and NHL play all teams, so at minimum the final 2 teams have played at least twice.  MLB will be fixing this next year, as all 30 teams will play at least 1 series each season starting in 2023.  The NFL is the one where it has the least chance to occur, but you cant have a 30+ week NFL season.

If I recall, there were some pretty serious wildfires in and around LA in the year prior to and around when the name was unveiled.

If Wildfire was the first choice, they made a good decision.

Also, just realized Colorado and New Mexico are in the Southwest region. With the new addition of the Mountain region, it makes me wonder if CO and NM will move there at some point.

On 6/17/2022 at 1:55 PM, MJWalker45 said:

Two regions playing simultaneously at the same complex is pretty strange too. San Bernardino will host the Mountain and Northwest Regions at the same time. 

 

I assume that the tournament format change forced some sites to double up this year with plans hopefully to find more local sites starting 2023.