UConn James

Major downgrade. The old ones had a classic look. These are just a complete mishmash of design. And they incorporate the worst Nike trends that they’re pushing on every team. Large wordmarks, red helmet with dark blue logo producing chromostereopsis to the human eye (while the jersey has a white outline with the dark blue), no consistency, perforated numbers, incomplete or no pant stripes. The H Color Rush design is absolute trash. Terrible. F the Nike design group and the teams who accept this 💩 — although I imagine there’s a ton of pressure from Nike and the league to just go with what Nike throws at them. They are destroying everything classic. They’ve done it with baseball too.

The more they have to explain the design choices like the little mountain ticks that now compose the center helmet stripe and the sleeve slashes that represent mountains and the 5280 for Mile High yadda yadda yadda. I don’t want a friggin story with a design. I just want it to look good and this does not. The late-90s ones were dated but they’re better than these things. Ultra-modern design that makes them look like an arena league team; Nike likes to push the envelope in this regard and it disgusts me. Now they’re pushing the perforated numbers on everyone and it looks terrible. God help us if our Bills do a redesign. Tradition & classic design will never go out of style, whereas this crap will be in the bargain bins in 8 years, tops. OTOH, the sky blue early Elway era throwback that was revealed is so sweet, tho. Chef’s kiss. Wish that had been the primaries. Wish we had done a red helmet Kelly era set now that alternate color helmets are allowed. I don’t know what we’re waiting for.

I’d love to be an equipment guy.

https://youtu.be/-9lPVGyvST4?si=dBPy-tf-lWAXT0B- Sorry I don’t know how to embed the video. Aerial drone footage from the Bills YT page. So cool to see work progressing with more pace now that better weather is upon us.

After the Challenger disaster, NASA implemented a policy of coming forward with any concerns, no such thing as a dumb question or too small of a detail (because something like a faulty O-ring was the cause of the explosion), safety of the program is paramount. How quick the human race is to forget. We learn nothing.

For…. all the people who collect… all of the different colors of helmets? This is much more just an on-field ‘look’ thing than about money-making. Otherwise for different jerseys, it simply gives fans more options.

Please let New Orleans bring out the Old Gold to match their awesome throwbacks. Why they went with a black alternate helmet last year is just beyond me. Like pairing a $5,000 bottle of wine with a peanut butter & jelly sandwich on wonderbread. Haven’t heard anything about us adding a red helmet Kelly-era throwback. Maybe they’re waiting until the new stadium? But why?

Well… my alma mater UConn team wins with some regularity and two in a row now, so yeah much more enjoyable for me in the same way that having an ice cream sundae is better than getting kicked in the nuts, repeatedly.

🎵 UConn Husky, symbol of might to the foe 🎵

I’m assuming that something happened in pre-game or the previous game that carried over to the puck-drop? Coordinated thing when everyone starts fighting *right away.*

But then we won’t get to have games blacked out by helium Mylar balloons let go by children!

Ughghh

Perhaps this rumor note for the iOS 18 release (usually in mid-Sept.) can calm the snarling dogs?

I also wonder how it will affect McDermott’s penchant to keep 3-4 guys solely for special teams tackling. iirc Matakavitch and Neal were released. Maybe he had word this was gonna happen since he’s now on the competition committee?