kimball Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 I love 'Color vs. Color' games. And, looking back at Super Bowl history there are a number of match ups that could have gone with such a match up. I wish the NFL allowed this to happen more often, because there are some GORGEOUS match ups. 1966: Green Bay vs. Kansas City 1969: Minnesota Vikings vs. Kansas City Chiefs 1972: Miami Dolphins vs. Washington Redskins 1977: Dallas Cowboys vs. Denver Broncos 1980: Philadelphia Eagles vs. Oakland Raiders 1981 & 1988: Cincinnati Bengals vs. San Francisco 49ers 1982: Miami Dolphins vs. Washington Redskins 1983: Los Angeles Raiders vs. Washington Redskins 1984: San Francisco 49ers vs. Miami Dolphins 1985: Chicago Bears vs. New England Patriots 1986: New York Giants vs. Denver Broncos "I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific." Lily Tomlin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimball Posted January 25, 2017 Author Share Posted January 25, 2017 Some more matchups ... 1991: Washington Redskins vs. Buffalo Bills \ 1994: San Francisco 49ers vs. San Diego Chargers 2002: Oakland Raiders vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2008: Arizona Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Steelers 2012: Baltimore Ravens vs. San Francisco 49ers 2013: Seattle Seahawks vs. Denver Broncos 2015: Denver Broncos vs. Carolina Panthers 2016: Atlanta Falcons vs. New England Patriots "I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific." Lily Tomlin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Bolton Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 This year is a definite opportunity for a color vs. color matchup and, in my opinion, it would be the most visually appealing of all the potential uni combos. Damn shame that it could never happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauly Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 While Kimball has a great idea and great pics by the way i wonder if even if this was an option would the designated home team defer on this due to the White Jersey blessing that has happened in 11 of the last 12 Super Bowls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWhiz96 Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Seeing as both the Falcons and Pats away uniforms are both unappealing, color on color would be the best route to go. Won't happen of course, cause tradition and all, but still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJ Sands Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 The color-on-color fetish on this board always amuses me. What an overrated concept. It is so much easier on everybody, from players to coaches to refs to stat guys to TV viewers, if one team wears dark and another white. Contrast, in the age of TV, is very important. The photos might be cool and at first the visuals could be neat, but it's not an idea that would work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WavePunter Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 while i agree that it is a bit "gimmicky" at times, and i can concede that it's perhaps an overrated idea, i do really like it as a concept when the entirety of the uniforms are visually contrasting.. when both teams have vastly different uniform elements (at least helmets & jerseys), it can be just as contrasting as dark vs. white.. the falcons and patriots could certainly pull this off, as black/silver are very visually contrasting, and red/navy are both great visual colors that obviously offer enough contrast for teams to frequently use them both in their scheme to accent one another.. i can see where some of the examples above might've been better color vs. white, but there are a few (packers/chiefs for example) that would absolutely be better color/color Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumpygremlin Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 I love color v. color, and I wish more of it happened. Contrast can certainly happen as long as the colors are different enough. Baltimore v. San Francisco or Minnesota v. KC don't provide that, so those would be two poor examples. The rest, though... Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayFinkle Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Ehhhhh, I don't like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sykotyk Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 On 1/25/2017 at 2:36 AM, BJ Sands said: The color-on-color fetish on this board always amuses me. What an overrated concept. It is so much easier on everybody, from players to coaches to refs to stat guys to TV viewers, if one team wears dark and another white. Contrast, in the age of TV, is very important. The photos might be cool and at first the visuals could be neat, but it's not an idea that would work. But, if it's, say, Browns with orange-brown-white and Bengals with orange-white-black... is it really THAT easy to see the difference unless you're actually paying attention? Color v. Color works because the same team is wearing the same uniform most of the time. Only in cases where they clash on the road. Seeing MLS switch from Color/White to Color/Color has made it much more enjoyable than always seeing "home team vs. white team'. It's the same argument I have in hockey since most leagues have switched to darks at home. Now, you attend home games, and it's a parade of white teams with some sort of trim color and pant color. It's like you're seeing the same game every time. Before you saw "White v. Green", "White v. Blue", "White v. Black", or "White v. Red", etc. Now, it's, in my case, "Black v. White" for every game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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