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And the Snatit doing what the Snatit do...that's thy they're the Snatit. Oh...and that, too.

Exactly what the powers-that-be that tuke CFB want us to do to do: continue to talk/debate/fight about it. Keeps the interest up, keeps them in the headlines...keeps the revenue dough rolling in.

They're definitely the MAC of this time. I mean shoot, App State nearly beat UNC last week, and did beat the #6-ranked ATM today. (This by the way is another reason I say scrap the preseason rankings--theyre so biased kts ridiculous.) Georgia Southern hopefully just kicked Scott Frost out of Lincoln for good. And oh by the way...lost amid all this craziness (and DANGIT, Texas...you had ONE JOB!): Kansas--went into Morgantown and took down West Virginia in overtime...on a walk-off pick-six by a guy named Cobee Bryant.

They serious about boosting that Dallas skyline, ain't they? It'd be better if more than maybe 3 or 4 people outside Dallas even knew what was in Dallas' skyline. (Shoot, there's probably people in north Fort Worth who couldn't recognize the Dallas skyline if you put it right in front of them.) The killing thing is the skyline actually looks rather distinctive for what it is.

Ah... wasn't aware the rest of the teams switched over. Sidebar...that kelly green and yellow looks so sharp there...I promise that's all Oregon needs. Double down on that and ride out...

I've long wondered why Oregon football hasn't gotten back to using the same font the rest of their teams do, especially considering the football team is the one that introduced it in the first place. I don't know how I want to feel about this. I mean, they've had these white helmets (or at least a prototype of it) around since Taggart was still there, so I've seen the combo once. That said, aside from the Unconquered black sets (and one or two other one-offs from that Pro Combat phase about a decade back), FSU has done well to stay away from the unnecessary alt stuff. White-on-white is a rare enough combo for the Seminoles that I don't know that I want the white helmet with it. That said, if they win at Louisville, I guarantee it won't be the last we see of the ️ Seminoles...and again, I don't know how I want to feel about that yet...

No surprise, as this has definitely been their favorite combo since the rebrand. It's quite the shame, too, since these days you have to squint the right way to even notice (what used to be their signature) light blue...until they wear the light blue alt tops. (Oddly enough, few as they are the only Tennessee jerseys I see for sale in this part of the country are in fact the light blue ones...I have yet to spot a navy jersey anywhere in the Siouxland area that I've seen thus far.)

And now for the stills... AND... of note from the Saturday Down South writeup on these one-offs--well, two things: And... everyone's favorite trend: I don't know what about the moon inspired that font, but I'm certainly not over the moon about it...I do like that R patch, though.

Alright, I'll go ahead and join in on this...keep the crow on ice. Buffalo vs. LA Rams New Orleans vs. Atlanta Cleveland vs. Carolina San Francisco vs. Chicago * Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati Philadelphia vs. Detroit Indianapolis vs. Houston New England vs. Miami Baltimore vs. NY Jets Jacksonville vs. Washington NY Giants vs. Tennessee ** Kansas City vs. Arizona Las Vegas vs. LA Chargers Green Bay vs. Minnesota Tampa Bay vs. Dallas Denver vs. Seattle * upset pick of the week ** though I won't be surprised if they lose by 20

WHAT THE WHOLE ENTIRE...I can't even right now. Somebody get some oxygen and/or a pacemaker. I don't even...I can't right now. But doggone it my Seminoles pulled through and came up big when they absolutely needed to. This is almost up there with that Saints/Jaguars game about a decade or so ago back when New Orleans scored that last miracle TD only to miss the tying extra point. I know "instant classic" gets thrown around way too much...but this game definitely may be an early candidate for one. Whatever...2-0 babyyyy!!!

I know there's still a quarter left to go, but after the mess of the past few years and the down-to-the-wire tease of last season's opener, I am LOVING the fight I'm seeing from my Seminoles in this game. I ain't finna say Florida State is "back" just yet, but this...this I can deal with. This patchwork line is holding up better than I expected, and now three years in, I think Mike Norvell's system is starting to click. Best of all, whatever Jordan Travis did this offseason is paying off in this game...dude is pulling off some Patrick Mahomes-esque stuff out there. I know one thing: if FSU wins this thing, I got a whole other side of the family (they're all big LSU fans) and a whole lotta people back home in the Panhandle to laugh at heartily--but there's still a lot of game left to be played yet....

Yeah...before we get too excited about the playoff expansion, you may wanna check and see who the helmsmen are in charge of that ship (really more like who financed its construction) because if it's still majority-controlled by the major conferences, all that means is more of their teams will get in now. The only way CFB playoffs will be true and fair is to a/ eliminate the preseason rankings; b/ allow each conference champion a shot in the tournament and c/ seed teams by win-loss record (and then if need be, points for/points against in-conference and then overall to break any potential ties). But we know the powers that be ain't finna do that, because that would sacrifice too much moola...

Let me guess...Acrisure is some kind of insurance or hedge fund company, isn't it?

Them. (That was from the 2009 Hall of Fame Game aka the AJ Trapasso fake punt game.)

Okay...I missed something in this. I was sitting here thinking Pitt had a new stadium or something. When the heck did Heinz Field get renamed???

That navy set, if they insist on keeping that colorway, seems a great basis for a permanent set. Pull the logo from the red sweaters and place them on the navy sweaters (and make the W red, of course), reverse it out for a white set and I think they'd be set for good. That being said... I've screamed it before, and I'm gonna scream it again: THESE RANK AS MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE UNIFORMS EVER IN THE HISTORY OF MAJOR PRO SPORTS, PERIOD.

Does anyone know or has anyone heard or read from the players themselves why they do that? I'm sure some do it because it's trendy, but whoever started it probably had a legit reason to...

You mean the guy that was hired to "restore the roar" in Detroit?? Sometimes the parallels--and the jokes--write themselves.

You know it's bad in Lincoln when even live music acts get in on the fun. I spent the weekend down in Omaha...while there I caught a live music show downtown at Jewell Jazz Lounge. Nikki Boulay and her band performed Aretha Franklin's I Will Survive...as an ode to the fans of Nebraska football. She even went so far as to pause right in the middle of the verse, speak a short soliloquy to Scott Frost...and then picked right back up with "Go on now go, walk out the door/just turn around now, cause you’re not welcome anymore..." Had the whole place dying of laughter.

Re: the Rockies, y'all do realize that the fact that their uniforms were in Colorado flag colors was a happy coincidence, right? I also love how y'all are completely bypassing the fact that the Rockies actually began life as the Kansas City Scouts...

I remember those well...the teal flake definitely showed up under direct sunlight--and especially whenever they played the Colts, mostly due to the superweird lights and shadows cast on the field due to those windows Lucas Oil has at the north end of their stadium: That seemed to be the only condition under which the flake showed up though--it was barely if ever noticeable during night games or if the sky was overcast. And until now I completely forgot they applied the flake job to their facemasks, too. (Actually, until now I'd done a pretty good job in forgetting that particular uniform set even existed...now I've been reminded. Ugh )

It'd be funnier than a mug if Watson pulls the ultimate uno reverse card on the NFL and chooses to sit that one out--or the Browns keep him on the bench--citing "not wanting to be a distraction to the team or the game"* while alluding he/they know what the league is up to...

From a pure color perspective, this is one of the better color-contrast match-ups in the league. Probably even underrated. (Note: I said color, not uniform.) It still baffles me that the Patriots' practice jerseys have the former (and to me superior) number font...

As I mentioned in a previous post upthread, I believe the 24 is a quiet signal for 2024, as in a potential brand refresh or maybe total overhaul. (I also believe that's a current jersey with the piping details edited out.)

Not yet, anyway. Now, as to my suggestion of what to fix: the entire financial structure of the NBA. That is the only big sport where max contracts, mid-level exceptions and protected/unprotected draft picks are a thing (to my knowledge, anyway), and to this non-analytics and not-math whiz, and teams literally build/draft/deal/tank around all that needlessly complicates stuff. So for any of you smart(er) guys, is there some kind of way to simplify all that bullcorn?