Old School Fool

Here is how I decided to watch the NFL on Christmas.

I didn't like it when they wore that jersey on Thanksgiving in 2004. The genius of the Bears orange jersey is that it's a color swap, which I think is a lost art among alternate jerseys nowadays in sports. Don't get me wrong I love myself some wacky looks from time to time but sometimes the best alternates are the ones that don't go all out.

Raiders are thankfully wearing throwbacks for Christmas. I really hate that they never announce when they will do it, so I wasn't sure if it would happen since they've only really worn it in primetime games.

I like how they had a chance for very obvious Christmas colors and instead they went with the color of coal and burnt yule logs. I guess they're expecting to get cooked by Tommy Devito.

I've always wanted the Yankees to wear this in a regular season game. This is all you need to do.

The Texans are going to be stupid and put H-Town on the front of the jersey in giant lettering like the Falcons. I bet they get a black helmet for an alternate with the H-Town script too. It's gonna get stupid.

No doubt in my mind it was done to give it legitimacy. In like 10 years it'll probably be normal. I just wish the tournament was referred to as the NBA Cup because that sounds way better and could get the casual sports fan intrigued.

NFL Network used the old Baltimore Colts logo too.

Funny you bring up red socks because the original Pat Patriot look in the 60's had red socks with blue stripes. They wore it several times in 2009 as part of the AFL 50th Anniversary.

Allegiant Stadium most likely needed a roof that wasn't clear because of it being in Las Vegas. The desert heat would have cooked the players and the crowd. It's funny how Sofi Stadium has a translucent roof that isn't even connected to the building, so there's no air conditioning and they have to worry about the LA heat. That's what Stan Kroenke gets for being a dork. Also, the natural light gets in Allegiant just fine in my opinion. Also the complaints about the Superdome being dark is funny because I loved how dark and grungy the Oakland Coliseum use to look for night games.

Saints haven't worn the proper throwback helmet since 2002. I think it was a different shade but it wasn't the uniform gold either, but it still looked better. It's annoyed me they haven't worn a grey facemask ever since then.

Raiders pants aren't what they use to be under Reebok regardless of the fact they are still shiny. The issue is that whatever is going on with Nike isn't shiny enough as far as I'm concerned.

All of this effort for the In Season Tournament only for them to realize late in the game that the idea was stupid. Incredible job by Adam Silver. It's almost like regular uniform matchups and courts would have been this whole time!

They introduced brand new Playoff and end of season awards just last year and they are all very good. The stuff that mattered more came first before the tournament. https://www.nba.com/news/nba-introduces-new-lineup-of-postseason-hardware https://www.nba.com/news/photos-nba-unveils-6-new-trophies-kia-performance-award-winners

In some pictures it looks like the Raiders use to have a hint of blue in their silver back in Los Angeles but it was likely a consequence of the metallic look they were going for. However here is a real game used helmet that Tim Brown used from possibly the late 90's or early 2000's due to the Raiders logo not having the helmet shine. You tell me what color this is.

It's interesting to see this uniform matchup because it never happened in the past. Both teams switched to and from these uniforms within a year.

Yeah, I remember they played a couple games at the end of the 2000's in Indian Wells, CA at a tennis venue which essentially looked like a regular arena with no roof. Was only in preseason though and not the regular season.

Wondering what the neutral site games later in the In Season Tournament will look like? Here's the court from NBA 2K24. It's exactly what you expect. Also yes, all 30 courts are in the game during the tournament. Play at your own risk.

I noticed that CBS has been sort of experimenting with the scoreboard graphics, it seems like they switch it up when there is a potential clash of colors or something. I've seen CBS use both black and silver for the Raiders off the top of my head.

CBS is using throwback graphics for the Eagles which is awesome. First NBC did it for them and now CBS. I hope this continues with other teams.

And before this the NBA had a short lived contract with Stance where every NBA team had sock designs for home/away/alternate. I loved it. https://news.sportslogos.net/2015/09/18/nba-and-stance-begin-to-reveal-team-colored-socks-for-upcoming-season/basketball/

I was wondering if the Texans would ever do this. The red pants havent been seen in 13 years and yes it has really been that long.

It only works BECAUSE of the shiny fabric and black pants as far I'm concerned. If Nike made it now, it would either be monochrome tan with either tan pants or white pants and it would look bad.

I feel like I'm the only person that liked that Saints jersey.