New Illini Uni?!

Here is a picture of a future Illini uniform that was tweeted from the head coach.  As you may know, the late 90s Illinois unis are in my top 10 with the navy-white-burnt orange stripes on the sleeves and pants.  I own a pair of Illini basketball shorts with the stripe design on the waist and it’s not too bad, but it looks like they are trying too hard.  Go back to when Nike first got into the game with the patterened sleeves and collars like TAMU and FSU.  Down the side of the pants look cheesy and the photo looks copied and pasted anyway.  A grey/dark grey uni with their colors?  I wouldn’t hate it.  I’m also a non-Illini supporter.

Bonus points for the shoulder stripe, but why is #55 running the ball?

WYO camo uni

I got nothin'



Source: http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1262313/wyomingcamojersey.jpg via http://www.uni-watch.com/2012/07/31/a-brief-history-of-olympic-swimming-uniforms/

Update: New Nebraska "Unrivaled" Uniform?!

One more picture from twitter...too many to name but it's up there...


Lost Letterman Update: SCREEN CAPS! WHOOPIE!! Here you go, Husker Nation.
These will be worn on Sept. 29th as they host Wisconsin under the lights in Lincoln.





Thanks to Lost Letterman
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Um...so this is going to happen?  I doubt the faithful in Lincoln will be down with this.  I think Stanford already did this.

http://youtu.be/iYkIpx0D-dU

Source: http://www.uni-watch.com/2012/07/27/u-s-baseball-at-the-olympics/

7/27/12 Update: New Northwestern Uni

7/27/12 Update: First picture of the actual NW jersey via @BTNBrenttYarnia

New Mississippi State Unis

Northwestern wasn't the only team to show off their new duds yesterday.  Miss. State, one of my top 10 unis of all time in the late 90s, showed off their new adidas unis as well.  A complete upgrade from what they had previous and OMG no stupid grey.  One thick stripe down the pants and coming out of the neck to the sleeve number and a think white stripe on a maroon helmet.  I love the look.  And the socks!  The biggest takeway: It could have been a lot worse.  Bring back the MISS. STATE on the front and we're all set.

Here's a link to the video: http://www.hailstate.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?id=891808


Late 90s


Recient Road


New Road

Source: http://www.hailstate.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205531833&DB_OEM_ID=16800

Raw 1000

Last night, WWF (I know it’s WWE but it’s still WWF to me, damnit!) aired their 1,000^th Monday Night Raw, that started in Jan. of 1993 (which I watched).  Over the past weeks/months, they have been hyping it more than any PPV and last night was a tribute to the main stars of my era (The Attitude Era) mixed in with current and new storylines.

For those of you who care, here is my backstory on the WWF and wrasslin in general.  I started watching WWF around 1992.  My favorite guy was Undertaker and then was Razor Ramon, Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart and Diesel.  I had missed the primes of Hogan, Macho and Ric Flair.  I was part of the new generation.  My dad having a cable descrambler, hence getting all the PPVs every year really helped as well (damn I wish I taped those on vhs).  That then morphed into what is now known at the Attitude Era with DX, Stone Cold, Mankind, Rocky, nWo and the Monday Night Wars with WCW.  I probably watched every Monday Night Raw from 93-00/01 (and PPVs) until I became too cool in high school and WWF bought WCW and all that crap.  So I go kind of go  “way” back and it was great to see all the old guys.

My hiatus: When I got my first high school girlfriend, I dumped WWF.  When they bought WCW and the wars were over and the two didn’t face each other, I was done.  Then in college, I maybe watched 10 seconds of it and I didn’t know any of the new guys.  I knew Brock Lesnar and HHH were still doing their thing, and John Cena, a white guy who liked rap and wore jerseys (finally) was the newest big guy, but I was in college and on Monday Nights, if it wasn’t on a tv at the bar, I wasn’t watching it.  I did buy the Hell in the Cell dvds and have gone back and watched those from the mid 2000s but yeah, missed when they went to the PG Era.  Then something happened…

Last summer, I got wind of a WWF guy losing his mind and going off script and basically calling the President of the WWF and all the muscle meat heads a pieces of shit.  It is also known as The Summer of Punk.  At the end of a Monday Night Raw, he took the mic, sat down on the stage, and aired his grievances.  His mic was cut and the show ended.  Nobody had any idea what was going on (this taught me a lesson: if it is meant to be on tv, then it will be on tv).  I was hooked.  Also, living with two boys in elementary school, I had someone to watch it with.  I have been watching it now for over a year, and have bought numerous PPVs, and even though the boys aren’t really into it, I am still watching.  Not as a true fan, who would get really upset if the 1-2-3 kid would take out Tatanka, but was a “grown-up” fan who enjoys good actors that mix athletic ability with mic skills and good promos.  I tend to root for the baddies in order to get the boys rooting harder for their guys.  I get it’s all staged and look for subtleties and what is coming next. 

It’s pretty fun to try to predict who will run out or who will get hit in the face with a chair (NO BLOOD).  None of my real friends watch nor care about WWF, but it’s cool to me to come back to something that was a major part of my childhood.  The question that will come up in the next few years will be if I will let my daughter get into it…stay tuned.

Here is a great post by a 3X Smackoff Champion about the Attitude Era in rasslin…the Golden Age if you will.

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2012/07/in_honor_of_tonights_raw_1000.php

CBJ trades Nash

The Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL) traded their best and franchise player yesterday to the New York Rangers. Some people love the deal. Some people hate the deal. The GM Howsen usually gets bent over on deals, so it is assumed that he gave Nash for next to nothing, and a lot less than what he could have gotten for him at least year’s/this year’s trade deadline. The worst team traded their “best”player, so now the CBJ will really suck. I don’t know who they got for Nash, I don’t care. I’m kind of glad the Nash saga is over, and he was the only player I knew on the CBJ and he will for sure be an all-star with the Rangers when Columbus hosts the all-star game next February. Awesome! Carry that tattered, lame, damp, rotted Flag.

War Damn Tattoo

This is a few days old, but it involves a recruit switching to a hated rival, and a on-a-whim tattoo.  Reuben Foster, the number 1 LB and Top 2/5/10 recruit had originally verballed to Roll Damn Tide switched to War Damn Eagle.  He had changed high schools and there was some rumbling that he was wavering on his commitment to Saban and co.  He did switch, and the old adage of “if he switched now, he can/will switch again” seems not to apply, since he, seemingly hours after the change of heart, posted a picture of a nice new, AU tattoo, colored, on his forearm.  Obviously he can rock a half sleeve, but this seems like he is warring damn eagle and warring damn eagle for life.  Way to go, young’n.  If you’re going to Heisman Bama after giving your undying support, Heisman them in the gnads, with new, visible, ink.  Earmuffs in Tuscaloosa.  Earmuffs.

Got Heeeeeeeeeeeeeemmmmmmm

By the looks of it, in the Pacific Northwest there won’t be any problems for a 5-star football player deciding on whether or not to sign a huge MLB contract and give up the gridiron for the diamond.  In the winter, when Cal lost their assistant coach and head recruited to Pac-12 rival Washington, the fallout was almost immediate.  Shaq Thompson, 5-star DB almost instantly switched from Cal to UW, a major get for the Huskies.  He is an all-around great athlete, as evident by him being in the Red Sox minor league system.  Same story as most two-sport stars.  Then, in the summer, he got to play a few AA games.  Now, I’m not a big stat guy.  They can give you the whole story, or empty fodder for your point of view, with other factors not playing a part.  Anyway, let’s get to Shaq.  Here is what he accomplished in the summer: 0-39, 37Ks.  He didn’t have one hit, and all but two of his outs were not strikeouts.  Got HeeeeeeeeeeeemmmmmmX37.  Looks like we’ll see Shaq full-time in the fall on Saturdays and probably Sundays.  Good job, good effort, Shaq.  Stick to cover 2 buddy.

New Michigan uniforms: Cowboy Classic

These are what Michigan will wear on the night of Sept. 1 as they play Alabama in Jerry's World.  The article also states that numbers will be on the helmets, but for this game only.  I don't mind the block M on the sleeves, but the sun shoulders look stupid.  They could have done a lot worse, and it's only for one game, and it will be a beat down so don't expect to see these again.  I am all-in on grey facemasks, but with this helmet, the blue facemask looks much better.  Their gloves also have the words of "The Victors" on the palms, which shouldn't come into play much as they will score maybe 7 points in Dallas..  Could have been worse, could have been better.  Not bad for an adidas school.




Here's a nice video from the people of adidas

Source: http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/072312aab.html
Source: http://www.lostlettermen.com/michigan-gets-new-unis-for-alabama/