RyanMcD29

11 hours ago, Bruhammydude said:

Also, who remembers the Patriots' silver jerseys?

Those made me confused for like 4 years straight after they wore them on whether the Patriots were in white or in silver during any given road game

Kind of interesting last night that ESPN made this graphic of the longest title droughts and in the process used the style of logos they use for each of the 4 sports

On 11/11/2021 at 8:18 PM, RyanMcD29 said:

I joked around with @raysox after this first came out that Fox is totally going to come out with some ungodly scorebug for the Clash, face a huge swarm of backlash, and reverse course to something else for the 500 like they've already done like 3 times before when trying a new graphics package out

Yep, bracing myself for the absolute cluster:censored: of a scorebug after seeing this

8 minutes ago, Dynasty said:

So when did they change the title of "Wild Card Weekend" to "Super Wild Card Weekend?"

Last year, and I'm shocked they continue to milk the hell out of it after I thought they'd only do it the first go round

Well, the CAA having the two Long Island schools (with respect to my grad school of LIU they aren't really at the same level as the other two) would be something

Time to drag this back to the usual point of emphasis in this thread

21 hours ago, Cujo said:

The Soldier Field air raid siren. Between every play. Even immediately after the Bears turn it over on downs. ENOUGH.

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

-Bears 3rd down tornado siren

-Patriots 3rd down foghorn

-Vikings 3rd down Inception sensory overload or whatever

-Bills 3rd down train horn

Because each layer of Coyotes stuff gets even More Coyotes

After the Tom Goes to the Mayor episode in 2013 I'll still believe it when it actually happens but at this juncture

19 minutes ago, DG_ThenNowForever said:

I just wish the NFL were more like the NBA which would mean...I don't know exactly in this context. The Lakers get a Christmas game -- the Thanksgiving equivalent -- every year, even when they're bad.

Better comparison for the Lions game might be the Knicks Christmas game. Every year, no matter how terrible, they get the nooner on Christmas Day. Though that game's also a weird spot where although it's a Christmas Day game, it's probably moreso a cornerstone of a NYC Jewish Christmas where it kickstarts the Chinese Food and a Movie tradition, so I dunno if it's real apples to apples comparison

4 minutes ago, infrared41 said:

 

Do it. Owning an NFL team is fun.

Do you vote on any NFL rule or business related stuff on behalf of ownership or things like that? Got some per session money heading my way that I may look into purchasing a share

17 hours ago, Silence of the Rams said:

Wait till after daytona in february.

I joked around with @raysox after this first came out that Fox is totally going to come out with some ungodly scorebug for the Clash, face a huge swarm of backlash, and reverse course to something else for the 500 like they've already done like 3 times before when trying a new graphics package out

I think that we should consider having Fox Sports' graphics department arrested

Guess it's time to dust off the "Nike alts were the best jerseys the Ducks/Mighty Ducks have ever had" take. I dunno, jade as a primary works a little bit better than eggplant as a primary

On 10/6/2021 at 8:25 PM, RyanMcD29 said:

I like that it looks pretty unified with what they had last week for the NHL on TNT with a few tinkers for the scorebug that borrows from the last set. They do the same for the NBA in a few weeks and it's probably the first time since like 2003 Turner Sports has had a unified graphics package for sports

lololololol no they're bringing back the same NBA scorebug for like the 8th straight season

And whaddya know, ESPN's now got the SOG counter up all the time for tonight's ESPN+ feed. Hockey Twitter terrorists win again

10 hours ago, CreamSoda said:

 

Yup, agreed.  I hate score bugs that have shots on goal all the time and especially ones that the shots tally is nearly the same size as the score.  As if there were some direct correlation or relevancy to that SOG count.   It's too much and clutters up the screen. 

Worst part is how much hockey twitter wants everyones heads cut off if there's not a SOG counter on the scorebug. Meanwhile I'm all

Sportsnet finally finally finally updated their graphics package. Quite bright but otherwise thank god that 2009 ass scorebug is gone

7 hours ago, CreamSoda said:

Reports from the Athletic that the reverse retro is getting a reboot for the 22/23 season.  

It was the one leaguewide jersey program that was executed well, so hopefully they hit again this go round. Just hope they space it out a year or two (and let teams use them for 2 years) so it doesn't become overload like the NBA City program

Leave it to Fox to come up with one of the worst scorebug redesigns I've ever seen. Also gets into my nitpick of networks not having unified looks and boy this clearly is meant for only baseball and it looks so out of place with everything else

On a side note, ESPN's new graphics set for the NHL based on The Point show looks pretty slick, utilizing both primary and secondary colors for teams. Wait and see on the in-game graphics but so far so good

I like that it looks pretty unified with what they had last week for the NHL on TNT with a few tinkers for the scorebug that borrows from the last set. They do the same for the NBA in a few weeks and it's probably the first time since like 2003 Turner Sports has had a unified graphics package for sports

16 minutes ago, buzzcut said:

FS1 and the Big East think you're a loony

Hey now, that's where the "almost every from championship week onward" kicks in for Fox's Big East and CBS' B1G, A10, Mountain West, and Missouri Valley telecasts

Getting our first look at the NHL on TNT graphics tonight

4 hours ago, the admiral said:

That's what Fox Sports 1 was supposed to be when they tried to build the network around Katie Nolan.

Yeah, there was that 6 month run of being THE FUN NETWORK! and then they shifted gears to become the place for even hotter takes than ESPN. NBCSN could've been that alternative around the time they were on that hot streak landing the EPL and NASCAR, but missing out on other contracts and then NBC Sports deciding to commit suicide by getting rid of NBCSN and then kinda giving up on putting on an effort on everything besides SNF once they lost the NHL contract happened.

Complete aside, I don't think it's hit anyone just yet about the absolute duopoly ESPN and Turner are going to have with winter sports with this NHL deal. NBA? ESPN and TNT. NHL? ESPN and TNT. Almost every meaningful college hoops game from championship week onward? ESPN and Turner (plus CBS). It's going to become a lot more apparent once football season's over and done with.

7 hours ago, DTConcepts said:

 

This is probably why people are weary of Nike doing hockey jerseys:

I was gonna say Nike does a good job with NCAA, but 6 months later and I'm still trying to figure out which was Syracuse's and which was Princeton's in the stands at the Women's Frozen Four (though to be fair, ESPNU's potatovision camera didn't help)