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I never said they were confused for one another, only that the two were unnecessarily similar. I'm not sure how one could argue that these two aren't remarkably similar, though: Of course, the Panthers' primary jersey is black, and they don't really wear the silver pants much anymore, so the point is pretty moot. But regardless, even if the two aren't confused for each other, maintaining distance, especially while remaining truer to the Lions' broader history, is a good thing. I'd like it if it matched the lighter silver. With blue pants it'd look especially nice (and maybe even the blue helmet). I wouldn't mind all silver once a year, though. Agreed.

I, like most people here, would prefer Michigan in navy over maize against Washington in white over purple, but there is something to be said about monochrome matchups offering the maximum possible contrast between the two teams, which is the purpose of having sports uniforms in the first place. I tend to prefer more traditional, colorful matchups myself, but calling anyone who disagrees “morons” is pushing it too far. It’s worth a reminder that this stuff is, like all forms of “art,” subjective.

The best thing the Lions did in their 2017 redesign was remove black from their color palette. It gave them necessary distance in color scheme from the Panthers, which I honestly forgot was even an issue back then, until this talk of a black alternate came up. The Lions set is honestly close to perfect as-is, the only change I would absolutely make would be to get rid of the dark gray, replacing the outline of the home jersey numbers with white, and sticking with the lighter gray for the alternate, using it as a road alt much like the Seahawks have done. The helmet finish on their alternate blue lid is honestly really nice too, though I’d probably make it closer in design to the main helmet. Overall though, I can’t say I’d be optimistic about a redesign improving on what they have now. Similarly, even though the Texans’ current set leaves a bit to be desired, from the sounds of it I don’t anticipate their redesign improving on what they currently have, although I can’t help but be curious. It’ll likely be a Titans scenario where a middle-of-the-road uniform set looks great in retrospect, compared to what replaced it.

It’s not professional sports, but FSU football won the national championship in 2013 and the school rebranded their logo and uniforms for 2014.

I think the navy sleeve caps on the away jersey are a wash, I like both versions but I probably slightly prefer the white sleeves, just because it preserves the white star and would match the white pants better whenever they (presumably) decide to do that combo. The navy numbers looked really nice, but looking at the red numbers they definitely feel like an improvement. The red socks are as well. With a red helmet, & the white sleeves returning, this set would be pretty much perfect to me.

These two ought to be each team’s primary “on-field” hat.

I actually really like the Falcons' current uniforms... *ducks* I'd just slightly adjust the numbers, use "Falcons" or "Atlanta" instead of "ATL," and get rid of white socks.

This set looks wonderful! It's pretty similar to what I'd do for the Texans (I'd keep the "USC style" stripes but just make them dual-colored like you did. I'd also make the helmet, away jersey numbers, and socks red). I'll echo the comments above that the "H-Town Blue" feels a bit out of place in the star on the home jersey, I think navy would look better. However, I'm still excited to see how you hopefully include the color in the alternates. I agree with you that the Texans only need minimal changes, but unfortunately I have a feeling that your designs will end up being a lot better than what the team actually unveils. We'll have to wait and see. I'm looking forward to seeing more designs from you, whether that be Texans alternates or (hopefully) other teams in the league!

I haven’t gotten a chance to talk about this, but I’ve been on this train for a while now. Even when I was playing baseball I didn’t really understand the need for buttons & thought they were a bit cumbersome.

The Cardinals article did say that Bill DeWitt III had to fight hard to keep the chain-stitching. Who knows if the Phillies fought as hard. That Phillies jersey is almost certainly a replica though, so it doesn’t say anything definitively of how the authentics will look.

We must have missed this, but here’s a good look at a lot of jerseys on the new Nike template. Some key takeaways: The Marlins’ stripes will be a lot bigger (an improvement, although their color scheme still needs to change). Pinstripe jerseys thankfully appear to be exempt from the collar and sleeve cuffs, as can be seen on the Rockies & Phillies. This should’ve been what the Nike template was in general. Patches appear to be heat-pressed, which, if these are replicas, is an improvement over the old replicas, which rarely ever had patches at all.

An idea I just had: maybe a white helmet, but with a red facemask? My main issue with the white helmet for the Bills is it makes them pretty close to the Colts, with them both having the same white/blue/white home combo, when they could really use (and have used in the past) more red. The benefit of the white helmet, though, is that the logo stands out a lot better. Maybe a red facemask on the white helmet, with the red socks like you mentioned, would be a good way to add some red while keeping the logo at its most visible.

I think the Bills & the Falcons are two of the teams that could benefit the most from the recent elimination of the One Helmet Rule — I’d personally like to have the Bills primarily in red helmets, and the Falcons remain in black, but I’d be perfectly okay with the Bills having a white helmet option & the Falcons having a red helmet option for a few games a year.

This is a major bummer, albeit unsurprising. Along with the Braves, the Brewers will likely be affected as well. Even more disappointing than the stripe being moved to the edge of the sleeve is that, like @ptay mentioned, the orange stripe now isn't wider than the black stripes, they're all equal. I have to imagine they'd at least alter the pants to match, but we'll see. It's pretty sad that teams seemingly can't have stripes above the edge of the sleeve anymore, nor can those stripes be of unequal width. This is also quite a bummer. I don't mind the Mets' black alt, the only thing that would've been needed to improve it would be to add back the black brim. I actually think the blue outlined by strictly orange looks more "purpley" to me, as the warm orange & the cool blue kind of blend together against the black background. I think the white outline all around was superior.

I hadn’t really watched Washington yet this year, but he seems ridiculously good. I wasn’t really invested in the Heisman race, but after watching him I’m really surprised he didn’t win it.

I agree, not sure if it's unpopular but the Rose Bowl graphic on the shoulders seemed a bit silly and excessive to me, though pretty inconsequential. I guess it's their version of Clemson adding the tiger paw or Ohio State going with the throwbacks in the playoffs. I also wasn't much of a fan of the white accessories most players were wearing, I would have much preferred they sticked to navy and maize. Also agree. I don't hate the all-purple but would much prefer the gold pants.

Yeah, Carolina wearing the blue pants with the white jersey is a combo I never would’ve thought of, but it looks great. The only unfortunate thing is they chose one of the worst possible opponents the wear them against in the Jaguars. It almost convinces me that a white or a blue helmet might be the way to go, as opposed to black. Also, Ravens - Dolphins looked great. I wish the Dolphins wore aqua pants instead, but a lot of the players at least seemed to wear aqua socks. It contrasted great against the Ravens’ black & purple.

I guess the word I was looking for was more along the lines of "logistically feasible." Obviously it's not realistic in the sense that college football is very clearly moving in the opposite direction, but I was more-so wondering if there was any reason something like that wouldn't be feasible, in a more ideal world. It's wishful thinking, but maybe the B1G & SEC will eventually get too big for their own good, and they'll end up dividing into subdivisions that are more geographically practical.

And that'll do it for this Marvel series! Thanks for following along, I hope you enjoyed it!

Earth Avengers To wrap up, I considered this as sort of an "All-Star" team, with each jersey representing one of the Avengers films. And as a bonus, two jerseys from the upcoming Avengers films:

Not necessarily, the argument is that the NCAA ought to be the broader governing body, over regional divisions/conferences, similar to how the NFL is. Is there any reason that kind of format, like the one I proposed above, wouldn't realistically work? I'm well aware that objective standards are not at all the way things currently are, but again, the way things currently are is dumb. That's why we're having this conversation. It feels pretty reductive to just say "it is what it is" and shrug it off.

I don't know why I'd bother getting back into this conversation, since it's such an uphill battle after that performance, but here it goes... I don't normally stoop down to the FSU-Florida rivalry banter, especially considering I've now attended both schools, but dancing on the grave of your rival after a historically successful season is a pretty low blow, especially considering your team did not even see a bowl game this season. I don't want to be making excuses, as there's no way of getting around that loss being embarrassing. But to say that FSU isn't the same team without Jordan Travis (which most people used as their justification for leaving FSU out of the playoff) while also saying that this team without: its 2 star wide receivers, its running back duo that carried them to the ACC Championship, multiple star defensive players, at least one of whom will almost surely be drafted in the 1st round, & the backup QB, all of whom we surely would've seen in the playoff, is the same team, is simply logically incoherent. I hope people realize the argument isn't that that FSU belonged in this subjective "best team" playoff system as much as it is that the subjective system itself is dumb. If Lamar Jackson somehow gets injured in tomorrow's game and is out for the rest of the season, no one would be arguing that the Ravens don't deserve their playoff spot. They will obviously be at a significant disadvantage without Jackson, they'd be much more likley to win having him under center, but what they've done up to this point in the season has earned them at least a shot to play in the playoffs. It ought to be the same in college. I mean, honestly, who would say no to something like this: ... where each conference champion gets a playoff spot? If any FCS teams have issues with being left out, then they could play the worst team of their respective region at the end of the season to earn their way into FBS, Premier League style. That'd be a great way to keep all of these random bowl games, while giving them actual stakes and intrigue.

Iowa Hawkeyes The most overlooked member of the original Avengers, this set takes inspiration from his TV show's great branding, which itself was inspired by the comics.

Malibu Iron Men The one who started it all in 2008, this set takes inspiration from the main character of the Infinity Saga. The Cinematic alternate takes inspiration from Tony Stark's more metallic gold suit in Iron Man 3.

I think that the same reasoning that you employ for the stripes not working on the orange jersey (that it makes them look too thin) would also apply to the current numbers, in my opinion. I agree with you that I'd like to see the Bears go with navy numbers for the orange jersey, but I think the current round numbers, while I love them for the primaries, wouldn't really work as well for the orange. To make it more of a true throwback, I'd like to see them adopt the font of the white throwback jersey, essentially making it the home version of that uniform: (I'd also love to see the white jersey incorporate those socks on the far right).