pianoknight Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Not groundbreaking, but Boise State announced that they are wearing all blue for the opener against Washington. Also, they aluded that the orange helmet is not in the rotation for this year. What happened to the ruling about them wearing all blue on the Smurf Turf? Was that just a Mountain West thing for in-conference games, or was it an NCAA ruling? I'm not anxious to reopen the whole "Boise gets an advantage from camouflaging themselves into the turf" argument.After Boise St. had agreed to join the Big East (when it had a bcs spot) and had some leverage power to come back to the Mountain West, the conference decided to do away with the rule.AH, right! Totally forgot about that. Thanks for the refresher.That was back when everyone and their brother was going to join the Big East. 5th in NAT. TITLES | 2nd in CONF. TITLES | 5th in HEISMAN | 7th in DRAFTS | 8th in ALL-AMER | 7th in WINS | 4th in BOWLS | 1st in SELLOUTS | 1st GAMEDAY SIGN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuordr Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Chris Peterson says blue turf is not an advantage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolvikings Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Unless you consider being butt-ugly and annoying to be an advantage. http://dstewartpaint.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Halloween isn't until October. At least they'll be able to be seen from space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coogrfan Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Houston's TDECU Stadium is getting a small but welcome upgrade. Last season:This year: The wall covering will extend around the entire stadium at field level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhking Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Virginia Tech is going to honor the two journalists killed during a live on-air television report last week. Alison Parker and Adam Ward were reporting for Roanoke CBS station WDBJ7 when they were ambushed and shot to death by a former colleague, who later killed himself. During the Labor Day game against Ohio State, the Hokies will wear a sticker that features the number "7", one teal ribbon, one maroon ribbon and the initials of the two victims. Teal was Parker's favorite color, and maroon represents Virginia Tech grad Ward. The number 7 represents the television station. For more details: http://www.hokiesports.com/football/recaps/20150830aaa.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOldRoman Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 I can't blame VaTech for trying to do a nice tribute, but I think they should have left off reference to the station. Not only does it already include reference to the two victims, but I don't like them putting the station's logo on their helmets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTknight Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 For Boise they should only use 2 helmet colors. Blue and white. And then blue, white, and orange jerseys, pants, and socks. I'm fried from a recent test so I can't think of what I would like the design to be but I think this would be a good start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawk36 Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Halloween isn't until October. At least they'll be able to be seen from space.I've often wondered why there aren't more bright uniforms. It would seem on offense it would be an advantage to see your teammates more easily. Although I guess it would be the opposite for defense (you'd want to be hidden). But if the goal of a uniform is to differentiate your team from the other team, the brighter and bolder the look, the better it is at achieving that goal. Right? Design Hovie Studios Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStoicPaisano Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 I can't blame VaTech for trying to do a nice tribute, but I think they should have left off reference to the station. Not only does it already include reference to the two victims, but I don't like them putting the station's logo on their helmets.The CBS eye/station logo isn't on there, it's simply a generic '7'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtrich11 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Valparaiso (DI-FCS, Pioneer League) will get new white jerseys, updated from the Destroyer template. No official word yet, but it sounds like they will not get matching brown sets. New:Old:My gosh those numbers look so small and childlike. I prefer the old, even if the piping isn't en vogue. cafepress.com/artbyrichards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoknight Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I can't blame VaTech for trying to do a nice tribute, but I think they should have left off reference to the station. Not only does it already include reference to the two victims, but I don't like them putting the station's logo on their helmets.The CBS eye/station logo isn't on there, it's simply a generic '7'.Still feels a bit odd with the station number. Maybe they could have put their birth years or the date of the incident if they wanted to include a number? This sort of thing is hard to do, though, because it's not like you're just putting an American flag on it or a pink breast cancer ribbon. How exactly do you honor murder victims? It's not an exact science, but points to VT for trying. 5th in NAT. TITLES | 2nd in CONF. TITLES | 5th in HEISMAN | 7th in DRAFTS | 8th in ALL-AMER | 7th in WINS | 4th in BOWLS | 1st in SELLOUTS | 1st GAMEDAY SIGN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djam2410 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Temple has new uniforms for this season they have somehow kept under wraps.here is a sneak peek Cal Bears | Miami Dolphins | Cleveland Cavaliers |@dcjames5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razorback447 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Temple has new uniforms for this season they have somehow kept under wraps.here is a sneak peekDo like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_tattoos Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Hmm. So far no complaints with Temple. That one shot of the white jersey looks good. Hotter Than July > Thriller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brave-Bird 08 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Already have an issue with that Temple look -- if you're going to have something as generic as fading dots, you can't also have the diamond pattern that's unique to Temple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenjiJ Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Washington announced they will wear all white in Friday's season opener at Boise State Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guest23 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Chris Peterson says blue turf is not an advantageToo bad he's wrong. The advantage is not massive but it exists especially from the scouting standpoint. Player identification and movement breakdowns from an all 22 frame is more difficult which requires additional time to identify thus making the scouting process more difficult. On field is debatable but defensive recognition may be impaired as well as opposing qb's may overlook db's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShlyKBMT Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I can't blame VaTech for trying to do a nice tribute, but I think they should have left off reference to the station. Not only does it already include reference to the two victims, but I don't like them putting the station's logo on their helmets.The CBS eye/station logo isn't on there, it's simply a generic '7'.It's actually the TV Station's 7 logo, not a generic 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljginger Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I'd really like to contribute to this site more but I'm sure how to post on here...It seems really confusing! Ugh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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