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1 hour ago, BBTV said:

 

I thought I read at one time that one of the reasons the Bills went from white to red helmets was that all the other AFCE teams had white helmets and one of their QBs thought that there wasn't enough contrast when he was looking down the field.  I may also have just made that up.

That was Joe Ferguson with the Bills.  As it turned out, the helmets weren't the problem.

11 minutes ago, tBBP said:

Time out...were some of the hockey players in those throwback video clips wearing pants??? What were those? 

They only lasted a couple of years in the early '80s.  They didn't provide much friction when you fell on the ice in them, so players would slide into the boards harder than they would in traditional breezers and socks.  Only two NHL teams wore them, the Flyers and the Whalers.  The Whale ditched them after a year, the Flyers kept them for 2 years.

1 hour ago, TheBigFiz21 said:

Color Rush purple vs whatever Buffalo has in store this Sunday.

Bills beat reporters are saying mono-white for the Bills this week.

13 hours ago, fouhy12 said:

I'm honestly shocked people hate Cincy's white tiger look this much.

I don't hate it, it's just that when I see white with black stripes, I think "zebra", not "white tiger". 

2 minutes ago, spartacat_12 said:

Tampa wears too much blue, and would benefit from black pants, much like the Sharks.

Tampa would also benefit from black jerseys, socks and helmets.

On 9/21/2022 at 1:45 PM, infrared41 said:

Bills: As long as they keep winning, the Bills are going to keep wearing that awful mono-blue thing. We'll be stuck with it and a team that should be on the best list every week will be down here hanging out with the clown suits of the league.

And now that they went blue over white in week 3 and lost that probably dooms us to mono-blue for the rest of the season.

I feel like Vegas got it right right out of the gate and that everything they've done since then has been a downgrade. 

2 minutes ago, adsarebad said:

where will the cup patch go?

On Florida's jersey?

14 hours ago, jp1409 said:

Can't believe these clowns always go with their worst combination on national TV.

The Bills' worst combo is mono red.  Mono blue is a close second.

On 9/13/2022 at 11:02 PM, chrispw12 said:

While doing some research I found that the Broncos played the Tennessee Oilers in a pre season game on August 29, 1998 as that would be the only time the modern Broncos uniform faced the classic Oilers uniform

I just checked and the Broncos did not play the Oilers/Titans at all in the regular season between 1995 and 2004.  Just that one pre-season game in 1998.  That seems crazy to me.

10 minutes ago, CDCLT said:

Isn't this also why the hems are curved like dress shirts?

I would assume so.  

When Reebok originally designed the Edge system they intended for the jerseys to be tucked in to the pants.  That's why so many of the original Edge designs did not have hem stripes.  When players began to test the new uniform system they learned that tucking jerseys in trapped too much heat, so that idea was (thankfully) quickly abandoned.  Additionally, the materials used for the first version of the Edge uniforms trapped more moisture from sweat than the previous jerseys did, which lead to sweat pooling in players' gloves.  About halfway through the '07-08 season they switched to a slightly different template, which was a little looser and more moisture-wicking. 

35 minutes ago, FiddySicks said:

Mono in hockey is weird because unlike some other sports, it’s totally acceptable.

I think it's because there's enough horizontal striping on most hockey uniforms to break up the color so you don't get the leotard-effect that you do with football uniforms. 

18 hours ago, ramsjetsthunder said:

Come on y'all, these are the best (with white pants)

Have they ever worn those with white pants? 

23 hours ago, Chawls said:

 

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While I agree with you there, I also believe that this:

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16 hours ago, pepis21 said:

Speaking of Sabres, it always curious me (esepcially that Sabres team with Peca, Hasek and Satan was my faviourite one back in early 00's) why this logo is named a Goathead when it isn't a Goathead but Bisonhead, there is any explanation behind that?

The late Jim Kelley, a Sabres beat reporter in the '90s, first called the logo a '"demonic goat head" in an article about the opening of the Marine Midland Arena in 1996.  The name stuck. 

32 minutes ago, ebod39 said:

Nike did a street hockey line of jerseys and apparel, even had ball hockey specific sneakers with a hard-toe cap

Wow. Never saw those before. 

BTW, what in the hell is this monstrosity?

6 hours ago, AFirestormToPurify said:

I want that jersey so bad! But with Kariya's name on the back. They're impossible to find these days. I've looked everywhere

Don't know what size you're after, but there's a 2XL available on eBay right now.  They want $235 for it though.

6 hours ago, AFirestormToPurify said:

Even for the Devils?

Especially for the Devils.

Hate squared-off shoulder yokes.  In general, not just on those Caps jerseys.

18 minutes ago, colinturner95 said:

I mean he started his career with this as the team logo, but I'd argue the majority most people associate his time spent with the team with the the navy/yellow. 

The '05-'06 team is probably the most beloved team in Sabres history since the '74-'75 French Connection / Stanley Cup Finals team.  MIller had his best individual year in navy and gold, but his best team wore black and red. 

3 minutes ago, CreamSoda said:

Maybe Buffalo fans have different memories but my biggest recollection of the goat head is the 99 foot in crease goal.  

Obviously that's a big part of it, but as Buffalo sports fans even our best moments end in heartbreak, so we're still able to overlook that.

42 minutes ago, spartacat_12 said:

I don't remember the goat head being beloved at the time.

It was pretty popular in Buffalo.  There was always a pretty vocal minority who insisted the Sabres belonged in blue and gold, but the majority of people here embraced the goathead while the Sabres wore them.  It helped that the team was pretty likeable (Ted Nolan and the "Hardest Working Team in Hockey") and had a couple of deeper playoff runs around the time they switched.