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I meant the other thumb. #6. (Sorry, should have made that clear.) That's what they were yapping about in Pittsburgh back in '08 when they won #6. (Or at least the Burghers I lived amongst at the time.)

We'll revisit this again in February. For as good as SF has been the past couple seasons—even making it to the SB twice—they haven't yet been able to finish the deal. Perhaps this is the season they get that elusive "one for the thumb" (and in so doing shut up the Puhlamalu Steelerheads at the same time), but until then, it is what it is. BUT, as Chris Berman once used to say, "THAT'S why they play the games."

Time out—the Chiefs are actually playing a road game??? Is that legal???

Where have you heard this? That'd be pretty amazing if any of them do shift over. For the time they had the NHL, adidas has probably done the best in terms of visual design and actual garment construction with the fit, finish, and fabric materials. (Well, minus the VGK gold fabric...it's still a tidbit too abrasive to the skin, but the actual look of the fabric, which was also used for the bronze on the Caps' Screagle RRs, is pretty nice up close.) That said, the absolute second the NHL season is over, that's when I intend to cash in on what at that point should be big-time discounted stock and inventory.

Alright, enough of this "ACC is the weaker conference" narrative horse. Here are the numbers as of 25 November: This season the ACC went 6-4 against the SEC, 4-3 against B1G, but 0-2 against the B12, for an overall out-of-conference (OOC) of 12-9. (Of note: the ACC has played the most OOC games of all the P5s, mainly thanks to Florida State.) The "perceived to be mighty" SEC? (Though Georgia and Bama clearly are, no disputing that.) 4-6 vs the "weak" ACC, 1-2 vs the B12, 2-1 vs the Pac-12. They played no B1G teams. Their overall OOC record? 7-9. Want more? Here's the B1G for you: 3-4 vs the "weakest" ACC, 2-1 vs the B12, 0-3 vs the Pac-12. Overall OOC? 5-8. How about that Pac-12? 3-1 versus the B12, 3-0 vs B1G, 1-2 vs the SEC. Their final OOC record? 7-3. Then there's the B12, the only P5 conference to play games against each of the other four P5s: 2-0 vs the ACC, 1-2 vs B1G, 1-3 vs the Pac-12 and 2-1 vs the SEC. Overall OOC? 6-6. So y'all look at those numbers and determine for yourself who's the strongest and who's the weakest again, after it was all said and done between the lines. If more people would dead the media narratives, see past the bias and look at things for themselves, they may be surprised at what they find. Maybe...the ACC is stronger than people give it credit for? Maybe...the SEC isn't as strong as the media machine-driven bias would have folks think?? Maybe, just maybe...the Pac-12 may have a chance??? Now I'll stand by to see who'll go to what lengths to tear into all this, BUT...as Isiah Thomas would say, "those are the facts".

I....l-like it??? Like...a lot???

And I DO love it. But hold up—what's Anthony Duclair doing in San Jose teal???

I KNEW THIS WAS COMING! The absolute second I saw that Cincinnati was rolling with the Jungle Kats alternates this upcoming week, I just knew it in the front of my head that Jacksonville was gonna counter with all-black. In other words: we shall have the ️️️️ Cincinnati Jungle Kats vs the ️ ️ ️ ️ Jacksonville Blaguars. Most appealing uniform matchup we'll ever see...

Well I can't speak to those first base line seats up top...because I didn't sit up there. I was probably a good three or four up underneath the third-base side grandstand. Which while being somewhat obstructive actually turned out for the best once it started drizzling out there.

Ok, I need somebody to explain to me what going on here. I can't figure out what's worse: the fact that UK has chrome helmets at all, or the style of #90s helmet. Thing looks like a chromed out Green Ranger helmet...

Not for nothing, and I have no clue what the Diamondbacks' park looks like, but sometimes those upper level seats are the best in the house. Or at least that's been my experience, Fenway notwithstanding.

I cannot for the life of me figure of why the braindeadtrusts of these multimillion-and-some-multibillion NFL franchises can't seem to figure this out...especially since OL are the guys chiefly responsible for protecting the hundred-soemthing-million-dollar investments called quarterbacks they keep putting out on the field. I mean, the Bills seemed to have figured it out two or three seasons ago, but aside from them and since then? I honestly cannot remember the last time a team put a first-round investment into an O-lineman, and I can't remember at all the last time a team drafted multiple OLs in the same draft (if one ever even has). But then, what do I know? I don't play in the Billionaire Boys Club...yet. Just quoting this to reemphasize the truth.

And then, depending on how one feels about this, LAFC being stood up out there alongside the LA Galaxy.

Soooo basically the same thing that needed to occur in Tallahassee four or so years back to thoroughly and completely exhume the combined stenches left behind by both Jimbo and slick Willie?? That's the only thing keeping me from guffawing my head off right now—well that and the fact that I'm not a total prick. I know way too well what both you guys are feeling. I also know that if not for a/ the fact that Florida State had been a second-half team all season and b/ some of absolute most boneheaded defensive miscues on two of your defensive players, there's a good chance Florida State isn't carrying a goose egg in the loss column any more. As it is, though, imma have this one: undefeated!! (Until the ACC 'ship game, at least.) Look, Florida State/Florida is infinitely better when both teams are on top, and last season's game was the closest both have been at the same time since what, 2002 or something like that?? That's what I'm wanting to see going forward. As for tonight, yeah...mental slip-ups galore. But for a game featuring two starting backups, it turned out just a wee bit better than I expected. (Of course y'alls backup looked better, as I figured would be the case. Rodemaker wasn't horrible, but he wasn't exactly confidence-inspiring, either.) Whatever the case, for y'alls sake I sho' hope that ehatever needs to be shaken out of the swamp gets, well, shaken out of the swamp so your boys can get back up. Like I said, I much prefer when both sides are up.

I don't think anyone expected either Ohio State or Michigan to drop below 4 no matter which team won or lost. Wayyy too much TV $$$ to be lost doing that. And about my Seminoles: >>>>>>--------->. Speared them swamp thangz again.

The black buckets blend in nicely with the black shoulder yoke, so it's perfectly fine to me.

If you ever wanted to know what VGK's colorway would look like in just gold and gray, absent black and red (and in this case, on a white sweater), here you go. The knight mannequin in their team shop is (or was, last time I was there) strictly in gold and gray. I do still wonder how much more streamlined a look VGK would have if they kept it to those two colors, though I suppose a slightest bit of black might help enhance even if only a teeny tiny little bit. As for Seattle, yeah...those things are gonna sell out QUICK. (For those who can afford them.) I'll say this...again...for adidas as they're on their way out the door after this season (though I wish they would have re-upped with the NHL): they do way better at designing for their teams. And at least their retail jerseys still mostly resemble the on-ice product in terms of quality.

Nope, there's two of us.

THE THIRD HERD!!! I ain't splurging on sports gear anymore, but I will DEFINITELY support those who choose to cop this. From my time at Benn--um, Moore, working with the 3d Herd I gained some deep connections. And at any rate, GO ARMY—BEAT NAVY!

And the graphic has "LIBERTY BELL JERSEY" screened across the front. I'm all kinds of lost on this one...

That's the spirit.

Not for nothing, but fun fact: the Bananas were actually in Vegas the weekend I was there this past May. (Of course I went and saw the Knights play instead.)

There's a couple of people in Nashville who found that out the hard way last season. (Smart people saw it coming after the 2021 post-season, during which the Snatit were about the paper-tigerest No.1 overall-seed team to ever paper tiger.)

When these first came out, that was one of my two major gripes about the set. That gripe went away after about two weeks, and now I feel it's the strongest aspect of this set (when not in NEMO mode)., as it just, to me at least, looks cleaner that way. Initially, I bemoaned the loss of the orange stripe against which the tiger stripes were set, but now I don't even pay it any mind. What I DO pay mind to is those CFCS Chicago Bear knockoff numbers with the unnecessary "custom" cuts and angles, as seen by the terminal of that 9 up above. And actually, if you really wanna see one of my main issues with Nike's approach to "custom" over the past decade or so, look at this: What other reason was there to angle that lower terminal like that other than "just because"? I absolutely cannot stand that kind of custom chop-job. And it ain't just the Bengals...Nike's had a habit of doing this. Check out the Peyton-Manning-forehead numbers of the Miami Dolphins...pay especially close attention to the upper left corners: What other reason was there to round off just the one corner except "just because"? (Curiously, the 0s in that set are rounded on all four corners.) The interesting thing is that those are the former Machine Block numbers minus the dropshadow (a good thing btw) but with the CFCS hackjob (not a good thing).

I feel like we're in a weird spot with this uniform. On the one hand, this still looks about as modern today (at least to me) as it did on day 1 in '96 (which is about all the aggrandizement Nike needs to further their own ambitions, no? lol). The navy pops off that orange SO well. I've always questioned, though, why they made the side panels navy on the white uniforms??? Orange against white has decent enough contrast (see Volunteers, Tennessee for definitive proof). On the other hand, this set has also been around for dang near 30 years now; in fact, it's older than a good number of the posters reading this . That combined with the, (what, tempation? Urge? Peer pressure?) to modernize in some way means I'll be very surprised if these make it past 2025. I wouldn't be mad about it if they did. But given Nike's track record of designing for the moment (which is how we get otherwise dang-near-similar uniform designs like the New York Jets and Atlanta Falcons, which came out dang near together right after a new template design), added to their self-stated goal/ambition of "moving design forward" (which I'm not totally opposed to but at the same time it's led to some, um, "stuff" out there, like the Rams), I'm also half-afraid of what they may come up with next for the Broncos. Whatever the case, I think they should at bare minimum keep the number/NOB font. I would rate those two in the order shown. And speaking of which, have the Bengals yet worn their current white-over-whites with orange socks? If not, I don't know how they haven't yet...