NFL Teams with best uniforms

[dragondawg]

#5: Denver Broncos (http://www.armchairgm.com/index.php?title=Denver_Broncos)

Quick Facts

Color Scheme: 10
Helmets: 8
Flashiness/Sharpness: 9
Tradition: 9
Overall: 36
Final Thoughts: The guys in Denver may have some of the best all-around uniforms in the NFL. They aren't the top in tradition of flashiness but they score well in multiple categories. If the Broncos sucess continues they could even score higher on the charts

http://www.armchairgm.com/index.php?title=Which_NFL_Team_Has_the_Best_Unifor ms%3F_Let_The_Beast_tell_You

[OrangeShadow]

i love the white ones as well as the blue.

[Dukes]

Rams at #1 is silly, Rams in the top 10 is silly. Personally, I like their old unies better. As much as I hate them the Raiders have one of the better uniforms

[Kaylore]

Rams at #1 is silly, Rams in the top 10 is silly. Personally, I like their old unies better. As much as I hate them the Raiders have one of the better uniforms

I agree on both counts.

[Hogan11]

#5: Denver Broncos (http://www.armchairgm.com/index.php?title=Denver_Broncos)

Quick Facts

Color Scheme: 10
Helmets: 8
Flashiness/Sharpness: 9
Tradition: 9
Overall: 36
Final Thoughts: The guys in Denver may have some of the best all-around uniforms in the NFL. They aren't the top in tradition of flashiness but they score well in multiple categories. If the Broncos sucess continues they could even score higher on the charts

http://www.armchairgm.com/index.php?title=Which_NFL_Team_Has_the_Best_Unifor ms%3F_Let_The_Beast_tell_You

The new uniforms still suck....and I don't care what we've won in them.

Tradition is based upon flashiness and success eh? That's a laugh ::)

Bring back the old D logo and the orange.....that's tradition!!

Viva the Old School!!

[BlaK-Argentina]

They have four of the ugliest uniforms I've ever seen in the top 4. That's one crappy list. (IMO)

[Raider Bill]

They should have used a different font for the numerals on the new Donk uniforms IMO. They went too far away from the old school "scoreboard" font to something that looks like the friggin Glasgow Rangers.

[Dedhed]

The skins getting a 10 for color scheme is a joke.

[Hogan11]

They should have used a different font for the numerals on the new Donk uniforms IMO. They went too far away from the old school "scoreboard" font to something that looks like the friggin Glasgow Rangers.

Teams are doing that so it's harder for people to create cheap, affordable knockoffs....gotta keep affordability as far away from the public as possible you know.

I hate the arena looking stuff with a passion.

[Jana®]

They have four of the ugliest uniforms I've ever seen in the top 4. That's one crappy list. (IMO)

A very crappy top 4.. the Redskins? Their uni's suck.

[Bronco Yoda]

Tradition = 9 for us ???

Me thinks looking at this entire list that was just a big joke.

I still strongly F@#%^*#@ dislike our new untraditional uniforms!!!!!!!

Thank you Bowlen for trading in our beloved orange crush jerseys and replaced it with nike-hee-haw suspenders! Not one of your better ideas.

[anthonypacino]

I am starting to like our road jerseys more than the home, maybe because of the blue pants they wore so much last year. I wish for the throwback days myself.

I saw the Chargers new uni's in action, they are not as cool as the powder blue but I like them, the font looks dorky though.

[Jana®]

I absolutely hate the blue pants.. I think they're hideous.

[Phobia]

They have four of the ugliest uniforms I've ever seen in the top 4. That's one crappy list. (IMO)


I was getting ready to make this very post. Their top four could easily be my bottom four. In fact, the Dolphins may well have the worst uni's in the league. Teal? Are you kidding me?

Let this list be a message to Bronco fans. The most confused uniform rater in the history of uniform rating just put Denver at #5.

[Jana®]

The Chiefs haven't updated their uni's in forever.

[boltaneer]

I actually think the current Bronco unis look pretty nice.

I agree that is one terrible list though.

[Jana®]

I haven't seen the Bolts new uni's yet...

[B-Love]

I was getting ready to make this very post. Their top four could easily be my bottom four. In fact, the Dolphins may well have the worst uni's in the league. Teal? Are you kidding me?

Yeah maybe the Dolphins could change their unis to black or navy blue.

Or maybe super duper duper dark navy blue.

That would be cool. Yeah, let's have 16 teams wear black and 16 more wear navy blue; that would be cool.

Then the Dolphins, the team with the best winning percentage in the NFL since the AFL NFL merger, would have tough intimidating uniforms. I mean screw the color that has the best win % over the last 37 years, let's make em look tough.

Because ya know, grown men who have played a sport their entire lives are intimidated by uniform colors right?

[Phobia]

Yeah maybe the Dolphins could change their unis to black or navy blue.

Or maybe super duper duper dark navy blue.

That would be cool. Yeah, let's have 16 teams wear black and 16 more wear navy blue; that would be cool.

Then the Dolphins, the team with the best winning percentage in the NFL since the AFL NFL merger, would have tough intimidating uniforms. I mean screw the color that has the best win % over the last 37 years, let's make em look tough.

Because ya know, grown men who have played a sport their entire lives are intimidated by uniform colors right?

Teal, dude. It's teal. Obviously I don't have a problem with uniform colors with the ketchup and mustard scheme belonging to my team but we're talking teal. Teal. Pink would be an upgrade.

[AlphaOmega]

Rams at #1 is silly, Rams in the top 10 is silly. Personally, I like their old unies better. As much as I hate them the Raiders have one of the better uniforms


There is absolutely nothing about the Raiders anyone on the O'Mane should like! :raidersux :raidstink

[Jana®]

There is absolutely nothing about the Raiders anyone on the O'Mane should like! :raidersux :raidstink

QFT!!!:thumbsup:

[(Jae)]

So am i the only one that likes the current Denver uni's? (Home)

[Jana®]

I like em. I just don't like the blue pants.

[Kaylore]

I'm still not a fan of our Nike swoosh pit stains.

http://www.texansrock.com/files/images/putzier.jpg

And I agree that the old font was better.

[Bronco Yoda]

I absolutely hate the blue pants.. I think they're hideous.

Me too. Thank God Elway hated them too... pretty much kept us from using them for a time.

I have a pair for my collection and my wife calls them smurfy.

...although she still has me wear them from time to time on certain occasions... :~ohyah!: .... but we won't get into that here.....

[Rock Chalk]

I like the new uniforms. I like the old uniforms. I like the Denver Broncos.

If they trotted their team out in Pink and Mauve, Id go buy a pink and Mauve jersey and wear it proudly.

Any one of you that wouldnt is a bona fide bandwagon bitch.

Funny how that would work out. Id be wearing pink and you'd be the bitch. ;D Anyway, I got Denver as the coolest uni's on my list and the Chiefs, Raiders and Chargers tied for 2 billionth just behind Trinidad & Tobago Lady Jellyfish Hunting Professionals.

[Killericon]

I think the old unis were ugly. I think the new ones are the best around. I also think it doesn't matter.

[StL Bronc Fan]

I wouldn't mind seeing orange pants again. I thought Boise State looked really good at the Fiesta Bowl.

[Phobia]

I definitely like y'alls logo much, much better than the old one.

[Sodak]

I'm sick of the pewter metallics, powder blue and dark, almost black crap that every team is adopting. Okay, so it worked for the Bucs, but damn, they could ONLY IMPROVE their unis. Seattle's colors look like **** now.

[Arkansas Bronco]

I like the new uniforms. I like the old uniforms. I like the Denver Broncos.

If they trotted their team out in Pink and Mauve, Id go buy a pink and Mauve jersey and wear it proudly.

Any one of you that wouldnt is a bona fide bandwagon b****.

Funny how that would work out. Id be wearing pink and you'd be the b****. ;D Anyway, I got Denver as the coolest uni's on my list and the Chiefs, Raiders and Chargers tied for 2 billionth just behind Trinidad & Tobago Lady Jellyfish Hunting Professionals.

My thought to the T. I dont realy give a crap what they look like I just love my broncos and would sport what ever the colors/design looks are.

[Vegas_Bronco]

Watch this hilarious piece (warning: charger bologne included)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ELbAX_GsDF8

bright future, popular past.... pansies - ARE YOU KIDDING MEEEEE!!!!!

[Phobia]

I'm sick of the pewter metallics, powder blue and dark, almost black crap that every team is adopting. Okay, so it worked for the Bucs, but damn, they could ONLY IMPROVE their unis. Seattle's colors look like **** now.

I don't hate the Seahawks colors. They're a whole lot better than what they had. Their logo is improved as well.

[Sodak]

I don't hate the Seahawks colors. They're a whole lot better than what they had. Their logo is improved as well.

I thought the blue and green were classic pacific northwest colors. Now, it's a metallic melange of boring greenishblueishness...

I don't think the chicken head needed a makeover either. The traditional tribal looking graphic was cool. The scary looking chicken head thing really does nothing for me.

[ZachKC]

I think the Jets and the Cowboys are the best. IMO. I really like the solid lines and deep colors. Use of negative space with their helmets. I think Denver's currents are pretty cool as well.

[BlaK-Argentina]

I like Denver's unis, and (like almost everyone) hate the blue pants. I love the blue jerseys with white pants though. The alternate oranges are great as well.
I'm with Alec though, I'd love Denver's uniform even if it was pink and green.

[B-Love]

Teal, dude. It's teal. Obviously I don't have a problem with uniform colors with the ketchup and mustard scheme belonging to my team but we're talking teal. Teal. Pink would be an upgrade.

You don't even know colors Chiefs dummy.

It's called Aqua and it is classic. A classic traditional AFL color.

Teal is what the San Jose Sharks started to make trendy in 1991.

[Phobia]

You don't even know colors Chiefs dummy.

It's called Aqua and it is classic. A classic traditional AFL color.

Teal is what the San Jose Sharks started to make trendy in 1991.
B-Lome,

Get out your box of 64 Crayons and find me an Aqua that matches the Dolphins unis. It's a "classic" prom dress color, perhaps.

[Hogan11]

I like the new uniforms. I like the old uniforms. I like the Denver Broncos.

If they trotted their team out in Pink and Mauve, Id go buy a pink and Mauve jersey and wear it proudly.

Any one of you that wouldnt is a bona fide bandwagon b****.

Bullshat.

I'll always be a fan of the team....but that doesn't mean I have to fall in line with every decision they make, especially when it's the marketing dept. making those decisions. I'd cheer on the team in my retro gear and tell anyone who didn't like that to suck it......kinda like how I do now.

[Los Broncos]

I always thought Denver was in the top five.

I like the orange jerseys with the painted on stripes

I have an Elway old school, love it.

[Rock Chalk]

Bullshat.

I'll always be a fan of the team....but that doesn't mean I have to fall in line with every decision they make, especially when it's the marketing dept. making those decisions. I'd cheer on the team in my retro gear and tell anyone who didn't like that to suck it......kinda like how I do now.

Fair enough.

I guess Im just not that snobby.

[azbroncfan]

I don't hate the Seahawks colors. They're a whole lot better than what they had. Their logo is improved as well.

Seattle used to have great Jerseys. Royal Blue and silver was sweet.

[Phobia]

Seattle used to have great Jerseys. Royal Blue and silver was sweet.

See, I'm not a big fan of Royal Blue but I see what you're saying. I mean, Royal Blue is eons better that TEAL but it's not one of my strong colors - ya know?

[c_lazy_r]

I like the blue pants.

[philiptr2]

I like the blue pants as well. All whites and all blues are my favs.

[HorseHead]

I know we have terrible luck in them, and we'll probably never see them again, but I do like our Orange jerseys with the recent uniform...face it, orange is our color, somehow it should be dominant again...but no complaints. You have to admit, as soon as we made our change, every team in the country whether it was college, high school or even pros seem to somehow emulate (Nike's) design...

Regarding the all blue ensemble, it makes us look like the fat chick in Willy Wonka when she eats that blueberry thing...

Best uni's in the league, umm..tough, I don't like the recent designs for the following:

New Falcons unis: horrible, too busy

Buffalo Bills: looks like a CFL uniform

Seahawks: what color is that?, did they mix colors with whites when they did the wash?

Chargers: the white helmets are cool..I have to admit

Cardinals: gotta admit, I kinda like 'em...

Vikings: what the hell is going on there?...change that horn logo, it should be their Viking guy on the side of their helmets

[chawknz]

I know I am biased, but I really love our uniforms. Orange has always been a favorite of mine, and I just think the whole package is great. We have the best logo too. :)

PS: There's nothing worse than yellow and green. Yah, I'm looking at you, Packers.

[ak1971]

I think they should start wearing pink jerseys

[Jana®]

I know I am biased, but I really love our uniforms. Orange has always been a favorite of mine, and I just think the whole package is great. We have the best logo too. :)

PS: There's nothing worse than yellow and green. Yah, I'm looking at you, Packers.

LOL true! I liked when we wore the old throwback jersies on Thanksgiving one year. Why can't we do that once a year?

[TomServo]

aahhhh the old uniform debate. i like both old and new broncos uniforms. i do have an affinity for the current ones seeing as how we hoisted the lombardi with them.
as for old vs. new, what, so the orange helmet with the cartoon horse was better than the blue "D" helmet because its even more "classic"? and which blue helmet uniform was better? dark blue with the almost red '70s uniform? or the light blue helmet orange jersey '80s uniform?
in 20 years or so probably-less, when when we change again i can hear all the "old timers" dercy the demise of the horsehesd uni.
at least we dont change every 3-4 years like the nuggets. who i think finally have a decent uniform since the '80s.
lastly i think the raiders logo looks old and decrepit and stuck in the '60s just like al davis himself. if i was a raiders fan i wish i could have a good pirate flag like the bucs.

[TailgateNut]

When I cut myself I still bleed the old orange and the old unis will allways be my favorite!

[RaiderH8r]

The Chiefs haven't updated their uni's in forever.

Neither has McDonald's...coincidence?

[Jana®]

Nope. They have the whole ketchup and mustard thing in common.

[AgentOrange]

Nobody has mentioned the Browns. I kinda like there Uniforms, not the orange one but the brown jersey and white jersey.

My favourites not in any order

Jets (classic green and white)
Colts (classic blue and white
Cowboys (tradition, simple)
Raiders (I hate writing this)
Broncos (old school too, not crazy on D helmet)
Browns (come on, Brown, colour of dirt, and ****)
Saints (like the colours)
Texans (for a new team not bad)
Cardinals (hey they haven't had tradition since WW2 but they look good)
49ers (glad they moved away from the black)

Worst list

Miami (teal, Aqua whatever they're gross)
Steelers (go logo on both sides or none)
Seahawks (WTF)
Alouttes I mean Bills (they should go old school 70's)
Vikings (not crazy on new uniforms)
bengals (new uniforms suck)
Jacksonville (tired of Black)
Carolina
Rams (like the old one better)
Eagles (looks like a bunch of eagles **** on there helmet) like 80's Reggie white uni better

[AgentOrange]

why is sheit a bad word?

[Jana®]

I can't believe you said you liked the Raiders jersies. Blech.

[MileHighMagic]

Best uni's in the league.

http://www.newyorkjets.com/image_assets/gallery_images/album_images/washcelebrate.jpg?

[Bronco Yoda]

I think they should start wearing pink jerseys

If Alec had his way we would..:clown:

[Bronco Yoda]

When I cut myself I still bleed the old orange and the old unis will allways be my favorite!


You and me both.... but lets face it, our love of the orange crush seems to make us look like fossils around here these days

[ak1971]

If Alec had his way we would..:clown:

Im going to see if I can order one of those in mens :approve: XL and wear it to the season opener.:approve:

[Jana®]

I think they should start wearing pink jerseys

Well, they DO make the Bronco Jersey in pink.. Hilarious!

[Arkie]

Color Scheme: 10


complimentary colors are opposite on the color wheel
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~sequin/CS184/IMGS/Colorwheel.GIF

We have the Broncos (the coolest), the Vikings (pretty cool scheme for girls), and Christmas (everbody loves christmas)

[Jana®]

I gotta say, I'm glad that we didn't go green and red. I look awful in red! :D

[Darkdoc]

I've seen several Bronco uniforms. I have to say, even though it will put me in a tiny minority, I am a big fan of the new uniform, swoosh and all. I liked them from the very start and I think they are one of the classiest uniforms in the league.

Traditional?... nope, not even maybe. There is nothing traditional about the new uniform, but I don't care, I love them anyway.

The old orange uniform? Although I think it's a great color of orange, the orange uniforms were ugly, ugly, ugly, and it's no wonder that we have lost all the recent games we played in them. (They lost many of their games back then, too, but I never realized it was the orange uniform. I always thought it was Steve Tensi).

I never saw the guys wearing the striped socks, but they sure matched the orange uniform.

Heck, we now have a strong tradition of winning, and that's the kind of tradition I can support. The old loser orange uni can go.

[Hogan11]

I justy love people who blame losses on a color of the jersey and not the players in them ::)

[MileHighMagic]

I love and miss the old orange jerseys. I hate our nasty orange alternates now. I've always liked the new jerseys too.

[B-Love]

I've seen several Bronco uniforms. I have to say, even though it will put me in a tiny minority, I am a big fan of the new uniform, swoosh and all. I liked them from the very start and I think they are one of the classiest uniforms in the league.

Traditional?... nope, not even maybe. There is nothing traditional about the new uniform, but I don't care, I love them anyway.

The old orange uniform? Although I think it's a great color of orange, the orange uniforms were ugly, ugly, ugly, and it's no wonder that we have lost all the recent games we played in them. (They lost many of their games back then, too, but I never realized it was the orange uniform. I always thought it was Steve Tensi).

I never saw the guys wearing the striped socks, but they sure matched the orange uniform.

Heck, we now have a strong tradition of winning, and that's the kind of tradition I can support. The old loser orange uni can go.


Um knucklehead, .....................

The Denver Broncos had the best winning percentage from 1977-1996 in all of professional sports at home, wearing orange.

But you only remember the losses eh?

[B-Love]

complimentary colors are opposite on the color wheel
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~sequin/CS184/IMGS/Colorwheel.GIF

We have the Broncos (the coolest), the Vikings (pretty cool scheme for girls), and Christmas (everbody loves christmas)


I thought it was

Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Indigo/Violet = Purple same ****

Anyway the complimentary colors I thought were

Red-Purple
Orange Blue
Yellow Green

I though you started from the outsides of the spectrum and worked in. Anyway, orange and blue compliment in both our examples, the other ones are off though.

[Arkie]

I thought it was

Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Indigo/Violet = Purple same ****

Anyway the complimentary colors I thought were

Red-Purple
Orange Blue
Yellow Green

I though you started from the outsides of the spectrum and worked in. Anyway, orange and blue compliment in both our examples, the other ones are off though.

Maybe on a straight spectrum, but the color wheel is a spectrum bent into a circle. The colors side-by-side are analogous. The opposites are complementary.


Complementary color scheme
Complementary colors are colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel, such as blue and orange, red and green, purple and yellow. These colors, when used side-by-side, make each other appear brighter. When they are mixed, they neutralize each other.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_wheel#Complementary_color_scheme

[B-Love]

Cool, learn something new all the time round here.

Thanks dude.

[Jana®]

That's the Mane.. one big classroom!

[BroncoBuff]

Rams at #1 is silly, Rams in the top 10 is silly. Personally, I like their old unies better.
I agree ... the old Rams unis were much better. That darker blue, with the darker gold, in the darker dome is just plain depressing.

This is all a matter of opinion of course, and everybody has one, but I've seen a few times where top fashion designers rank all the uniforms in all major sports, and they almost uniformly choose the Jaguars #1. Gotta admit, the teal plus gold with black borders is awesome ... and the Jaguar logo that blends into the black helmet is really terrific. It's just wrong these guys omitted Jacksonville altogether.

In college sports, I'm kinda partial to Florida State when they use that dark red more - like for their pants. And Ohio State had great uniforms before they minimized the silver a couple years ago.

Another uni that ALWAYS catches my eye is the Cleveland Browns, with Brown jersey over orange pants. They very, very rarely wear that combo though.

[BroncoBuff]

That's the Mane.. one big classroom!
Speaking of "learning," my MySpace friend Jana, here is some info on the morbid march of changing NFL uniforms, until every teams has either NAVY or BLACK. This was like the first thread I ever started here almost two years ago:

_______


This thread BEMOANS the EROSION of NFL uniforms! Ever since 1994 when the NFL lifted the 2-color max rule (Panthers and Jaguars 3-color expansion - plus the 49ers added black and the Pats silver). Now almost everybody has either BLACK or NAVY, NAVY or BLACK. I certainly understand that the bigshots at NFL Properties want to sell as much gear as possible, but this is ridiculous! Only the COLTS and GIANTS have a simple blue as their dominant color now. In fact, here's a list of teams who've dumped Royal or Powder in favor of Navy in the past 10-12 years (or a lot less regular less blue in favor of navy - like the Bills):
1. Broncos
2. Rams
3. Chargers
4. Seahawks
5. Patriots
6. Bills (some blue left)
7. Oilers/Titans (some lite blue left)
8. Cowboys (but they always had 2 blues)
9. Texans (expanded w/ navy)

That's almost 1/3 of the league. And HERE'S a list of teams that have added BLACK in the last 10 years:
1. Eagles
2. Lions
3. Cardinals
4. Panthers (expansion)
5. Jaguars (expansion)
6. 49ers
7. Buccaneers

And now, black is creeping into the DOLPHINS and JETS uniforms. Any year now, I'm betting even the CHEFS add black highlights!

Memories . . . All of these classic uniforms have been junked this last decade for either NAVY or BLACK:

http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/7514/unis19hh.jpg
http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/8630/unis29rt.jpg

[Darkdoc]

I justy love people who blame losses on a color of the jersey and not the players in them

Um knucklehead, .....................

The Denver Broncos had the best winning percentage from 1977-1996 in all of professional sports at home, wearing orange.

But you only remember the losses eh?

Well now.

My comments were sarcasm based on a recent Denver Post article making the same claim. I thought for sure everyone on the Mane would recognize the absurdity of the Post comment.

http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_6557791 See the third letter.

Football is a game - chill out a little - this isn't brain surgery seriousness.

Tho I guess it is for some.

[anthonypacino]

The Cowboys dark jersey is pretty cool, they rarely wear it. I like the old Bills uni's with the white helmets and lighter blue. The Lions throwbacks are cool as well. The 80's 9er's uni's are classic as well their new ones look putrid to me.

[Rock Chalk]

Speaking of "learning," my MySpace friend Jana, here is some info on the morbid march of changing NFL uniforms, until every teams has either NAVY or BLACK. This was like the first thread I ever started here almost two years ago:

_______


This thread BEMOANS the EROSION of NFL uniforms! Ever since 1994 when the NFL lifted the 2-color max rule (Panthers and Jaguars 3-color expansion - plus the 49ers added black and the Pats silver). Now almost everybody has either BLACK or NAVY, NAVY or BLACK. I certainly understand that the bigshots at NFL Properties want to sell as much gear as possible, but this is ridiculous! Only the COLTS and GIANTS have a simple blue as their dominant color now. In fact, here's a list of teams who've dumped Royal or Powder in favor of Navy in the past 10-12 years (or a lot less regular less blue in favor of navy - like the Bills):
1. Broncos
2. Rams
3. Chargers
4. Seahawks
5. Patriots
6. Bills (some blue left)
7. Oilers/Titans (some lite blue left)
8. Cowboys (but they always had 2 blues)
9. Texans (expanded w/ navy)

That's almost 1/3 of the league. And HERE'S a list of teams that have added BLACK in the last 10 years:
1. Eagles
2. Lions
3. Cardinals
4. Panthers (expansion)
5. Jaguars (expansion)
6. 49ers
7. Buccaneers

And now, black is creeping into the DOLPHINS and JETS uniforms. Any year now, I'm betting even the CHEFS add black highlights!

Memories . . . All of these classic uniforms have been junked this last decade for either NAVY or BLACK:

http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/7514/unis19hh.jpg
http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/8630/unis29rt.jpg

Maybe its just me, but most of those uniforms are ugly.

Exceptions were San Diego and Dallas, and I suppose Denver even though Im not particularly fond of the predominantly orange. I do wish we would have kept the royal blue as our main color with orange highlights. That might have been cool.

[BroncoBuff]

Wow ... this is the first picture I remember seeing of an actual game being played in the vertical striped socks. Lionel Taylor:

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/9122/verticalstripesyl6.gif

http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Fall05/brownlee/broncos.html

[BroncoBuff]

The Cowboys dark jersey is pretty cool, they rarely wear it. I like the old Bills uni's with the white helmets and lighter blue. The Lions throwbacks are cool as well. The 80's 9er's uni's are classic as well their new ones look putrid to me.

Yes, sometimes NAVY and BLACK are better, and the Cowboys rarely-used Navy jerseys are better looking than their older royal blue jerseys, also rarely used.

AP, I mentioned how much I liked the OSU uniforms until a couple years ago when they purposely cut back on the silver. Why'd they do that? They looked better before ... I generally like that brighter red - that scarlet-red like Ohio State and Tampa Bay. Normal Crayon-Red is gross (see Chefs, Bugshuckers).

[TexanBob]

I was getting ready to make this very post. Their top four could easily be my bottom four. In fact, the Dolphins may well have the worst uni's in the league. Teal? Are you kidding me?



It's not teal. It's aqua or, for us oldtimers in the Crayola universe, aquamarine. It's a very fitting color for a team called the "Dolphins" in a city most famous for their beaches.

They took that color in the mid-1960s before "teal" became a trendy sports team color. It wasn't chosen by a bunch of marketing lemmings (see Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, etc.). It was chosen as a representative color of the local scene fitting for a team named after an animal that lives in the ocean.

[TexanBob]

Wow ... this is the first picture I remember seeing of an actual game being played in the vertical striped socks. Lionel Taylor:

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/9122/verticalstripesyl6.gif

http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Fall05/brownlee/broncos.html

That is Fugly (probably looks worse when you factor in brown and copper instead of black and white). The taped-up thighs make it look worse, something the fashion police in the NFL would not allow today. Any taping would have to match the color of what had been taped over.

[B-Love]

It's not teal. It's aqua or, for us oldtimers in the Crayola universe, aquamarine. It's a very fitting color for a team called the "Dolphins" in a city most famous for their beaches.

They took that color in the mid-1960s before "teal" became a trendy sports team color. It wasn't chosen by a bunch of marketing lemmings (see Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, etc.). It was chosen as a representative color of the local scene fitting for a team named after an animal that lives in the ocean.

Well done and well said!!

[TexanBob]

FWIW, my top 5 current uniforms (their normal uni, not the alternates):

1. Dallas Cowboys. I hate saying this because I detest the Cowboys but the look is classic. It says Texas. It says "wild west". But it knows how to state it simply, like the Texas lone star. The metallic blue pants with the white jersies is both unique among the NFL and fitting.

2. San Francisco 49ers. Gold, naturally. The red made for a good contrast with the blue arch-rival Rams.

3. Oakland Raiders. They wore black before black was cool. If they'd adopted this look during the drug thug fashion trends of the 90s, I'd put them near the bottom but they came by it honestly. And, face it, if your whole persona is denizens of the Death Star, what other color should you be wearing?

4. New England Patriots. One of the few teams that actually improved on their previous uniform fashion. The numerals looks a little like soccer jersies and the Elvis impersonator on the helmet looks a little goofy but the colors work very well and even Elvis is probably an upgrade over the bent-over center (although as Massachussetts becomes more and more gay, perhaps a bent-over mascot would be better accepted).

5. Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Okay, here's another one that the new uni is far better than the old ones because the old ones were hideous so they could go out there in tutus and it would probably be better than their old clothes. OTOH, they look like Raider wannabes and cheap immitations rarely impress. I'll give them credit for making pewter work as a uniform color as long as you weren't looking at Warren Sapp's fat ass. That this can be fifth on the list tells you how bad I think the rest of the NFL glorywear are dressed.

[B-Love]

There is a story about how the Broncos chose their uniforms also. At the famous burning of the striped socks that took place at Bears Stadium in 1963, they paraded around 5 possible new uniforms for the Broncos, one of those being orange.

The owner at the time, as well as General Manager, made a trip up into the Rockies, while going over several business issues. While there, they viewed a "Denver Sunset". While all sunsets have some orange and blue to them, they remarked how the Yellow Setting sun against the Brownish mountains produced beautiful Red Orange sunset, set against the darkening Azure Blue sky. Hence the Red-Orange and Dark Royal Blue combo that was chosen for our Broncos.

Mitch Albom wrote about this when he was outraged over Denver's uniform change in 1997.

Even though you can critique Tampa's orange, if you've visited the area and know the climate, it was a perfect color offering for the city of Tampa; you know why they picked it.

As many have said, I'll take a true historical reason for a color combo vs some marketing douchebag fag who doesn't even know how hold a football, let alone please a woman.

[Billy Clyde Puckett]

Thus the bumper stickers that say "If God doesn't love the Broncos, why are sunsets orange"

[BroncoBuff]

Cool site: All uniforms, all the time: http://www.uniwatchblog.com/

Here is a look at the old Broncos vertical striped "mustard and brown" Copper Bowl unis color combo. Different team of course, but same colors.

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/425/padresmustardnd3.jpg


http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/6375/verticalstripescolorjw4.jpg

[TexanBob]

Even though you can critique Tampa's orange, if you've visited the area and know the climate, it was a perfect color offering for the city of Tampa; you know why they picked it.



Well, certainly, the orange color fits in Florida. The whole state is decorated in orange and some type of blue-green accent. The mistake the Buccaneers made was to accent orange with red and then put the little fairy pirate on the logo with the feather cap, the earrings and knife in the teeth. Talk about gay imagery! Other teams laughed at the Buccaneers because of the uniforms they wore and rightly so. They were embarassing.

I guess after the Miami Hurricanes (green), the Miami Dolphins (aqua) and the Florida Gators (blue), all the good accent colors for orange in the state were taken. Switching away from orange for them was a good move.

[philiptr2]

Here are my favorites for current uniforms. No particular order.
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/1717/bengalswz8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/4779/49ershq6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/7360/broncosok7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/4262/falconsuz5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/4333/giantsnj9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/1541/ravenshl8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/7161/saintsku3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/1874/texanszf5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

If either the Jets or the Colts had white face masks they would have made my list.

[BroncoBuff]

2. San Francisco 49ers. Gold, naturally. The red made for a good contrast with the blue arch-rival Rams.
Their unis were SO MUCH BETTER without the black, and with the scarlet-red instead of this deeper tomato-red.

The Montana era scarlet red+gold were mega-classic uniforms.

4. New England Patriots. One of the few teams that actually improved on their previous uniform fashion. The numerals looks a little like soccer jersies and the Elvis impersonator on the helmet looks a little goofy but the colors work very well and even Elvis is probably an upgrade over the bent-over center
Either of the earlier Pats uniforms were better than the current imo.

The more-red originals (see photo array, ↑ top of page) were awesome (bent-over center notwithstanding), and the mid-90s, royal blue with more red were better than these also. The current Pats unis, along with the just-discarded Chargers unis, the Houston dark-jersey unis and even the Bronco road unis - ALL LOOK ALMOST BLACK & WHITE from a distance. :oyvey:

5. Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Okay, here's another one that the new uni is far better than the old ones because the old ones were hideous so they could go out there in tutus and it would probably be better than their old clothes. OTOH, they look like Raider wannabes and cheap immitations rarely impress. I'll give them credit for making pewter work as a uniform color as long as you weren't looking at Warren Sapp's fat ass. That this can be fifth on the list tells you how bad I think the rest of the NFL glorywear are dressed.
Yeah - I love that scarlet red very much. And while their old tangerine and maroon unis were all wrong for football, they were a feast for the eyes imho.


The Texans unis are weird. They wear navy socks with their navy jerseys and it looks like crap, B&W from a distance. BUT - when they wear the white jersey with deep-red numerals, navy pants and deep-red socks ... HELLO! Beautiful ... The Texans should really wear the white jerseys at home.

And these different shades of red make all the difference imo. The Texans and newer 49ers red is a deep blood-red/tomato-red, and that's nice. Ohio State, old 49ers, Texas Tech and current Tampa Bay Bucs use that brighter scarlet-red, and that is wonderful.

.... and then there's the old-fashioned Crayola-crayon RED, boring and even ugly - of the Kansas City Chefs and Nebraska Cornjerkers. Blech ....

[BroncoBuff]

The Bengals Orange and Black is not my personal favorite, but the helmet with its faux-tiger logo is very very cool. The jungle motif of their stadium-level backdrop is awesome too with the grasses hiding the Tigers. The franchise really works their Tiger unis/motif hard ... here's a page where they announce their jersey and pants combos for every game of the upcoming year: http://www.bengals.com/team/jersey_colors07.asp


Talk about a "feast for the eyes" .... : http://www.conigliofamily.com/AFLuniforms.htm

The Dolphins unis are beautiful when they wear their aqua pants.

[cabronco]

I want more Orange ! Im prolly in the minority on this one, but I hope Bowlen has a change of heart and we wear the Orange alternative jerseys this year for a game or two. And I think we should wear them in our home game against the Chefs. :sunshine:

[BroncoBuff]

I want more Orange ! Im prolly in the minority on this one, but I hope Bowlen has a change of heart and we wear the Orange alternative jerseys this year for a game or two. And I think we should wear them in our home game against the Chefs. :sunshine:
A guy on BroncoMania told me last year that the Broncos had made up orange pants prototype to go with the orange jersey ... and the navy blue swoosh up the side. My knees get weak when I think of how an all-orange uniform would rile up the Invesco crowd. Think about it ...

Remember in 2003, a MNF game against the Raiders at Invesco. They warmed up in blue jerseys and white pants. Then right before the national anthem, they changed into blue pants in the locker room and came busting out in ALL BLUE! When they came out, the crowd was so crazed they absolutely hyperventilated, and the team had imo the best first quarter ever, leading 21-0 after 15 minutes. (Best 1st half was vs. Cleve in 1980, best 2nd half, vs. Seattle in 1980).

Anyway ... let's do that again. The Chargers Monday Night game on October 7. Warm up in the orange jerseys and white pants ... and then come out for the anthem in ALL ORANGE!

[HorseHead]

this is a great thread.....

the old Buccaneer logo, is it me, or does that old pirate look like a guy who would live in Key West with his life partner Bruce?

[BroncoBuff]

It's not all about colors alone though ... it's how you use them. Don't believe me? Think about this: Three teams with the same colors as Denver Broncos:
1. Auburn Tigers
2. Detroit Tigers
3. Chicago Bears

http://img.webring.com/r/d/dettigers/logo

http://www.teamblanketstore.com/college/auburn.gif

http://www.sportsfanhome.com/gridiron_collection/Chicago%20Bears.jpg

[Traveler]

Anyone here remember the time when Denver wore the orange pants and white jersey? I still can't get rid of the memory of a knocked kneed Craig Morton in that uniform.


2nd worst Bronco uniform ever!

[cabronco]

A guy on BroncoMania told me last year that the Broncos had made up orange pants prototype to go with the orange jersey ... and the navy blue swoosh up the side. My knees get weak when I think of how an all-orange uniform would rile up the Invesco crowd. Think about it ...

Remember in 2003, a MNF game against the Raiders at Invesco. They warmed up in blue jerseys and white pants. Then right before the national anthem, they changed into blue pants in the locker room and came busting out in ALL BLUE! When they came out, the crowd was so crazed they absolutely hyperventilated, and the team had imo the best first quarter ever, leading 21-0 after 15 minutes. (Best 1st half was vs. Cleve in 1980, best 2nd half, vs. Seattle in 1980).

Anyway ... let's do that again. The Chargers Monday Night game on October 7. Warm up in the orange jerseys and white pants ... and then come out for the anthem in ALL ORANGE!

That sounds sweet ! Works for me...Come on Mr. Bowlen do it !

[B-Love]

Anyone here remember the time when Denver wore the orange pants and white jersey? I still can't get rid of the memory of a knocked kneed Craig Morton in that uniform.


2nd worst Bronco uniform ever!

I disagree; I thought the oprange pants ruled.

From 1968 to 1971 they wore the Red-Orange pants and 1978-79 they wore the regular orange pants. The red-orange pants were so cool looking and definitely better than the straight orange Morton wore. In 1971 we played all 7 of our home game in the Reddish Orange pants and it looked cool.

For those that think "corporate bull****" only exists today, we succumbed to corporate BS back in 1978. The Broncos don't admit this, but they changed the hue of the orange after our fabulous 1977 season from red-orange to straight orange.

Now why would they change them after "Bronco Mania" and "Orange Crush" had just swept the nation. We were the talk of the league and the talk of the nation.

Because the Orange Crush thing was so popular, there were many complaints that our uniforms weren't really orange, from announcers and other media types. Even reps at the Orange Crush soda company used to say, "well the uniforms aren't really orange.

So we succumbed and changed the orange tone after the biggest season in team history. Doesn't make sense.

You can read Jim Saccomano's footnote here. Note number 2.

http://endzone.pscoggin.com/PDFs/Uni_1978.pdf

Anyone that has the 1977 videos should see that those uniforms were great. That was the best shade of orange we ever wore.

[B-Love]

For those that see me and Buff and Hogan and others rant on about our reddish orange era with the darker blue helmet, open these two link in seperate windows.

http://endzone.pscoggin.com/PDFs/Uni_1977.pdf

http://endzone.pscoggin.com/PDFs/Uni_1978.pdf

Scroll down to page 2 of both documents and you will see a picture of Craig Morton in almost exactly the same stance, waiting for the snap. The 1977 photo is a game at Riverfront Stadium against the Bengals, and the 78 photo is a home game against Green Bay.

Look at the difference in hue on not just the uniform, but the helmet too. The darker roayl blue and duller enamel looked much better.

We really pussified our helmet by the late Elway years. It was sissy sky blue and held nothing in common with our mid 70's helmet, with the exception of the D.

Those 1968-77 jersies ruled. That is what we should be wearing today.

[RkyMtnThunder]

I dont think I am color blind or anything, but I can barely tell the difference between '77/'78 shade of orange.

IMO, not really a profound difference but a subtle shade variation




Personally - wasnt happy when I 1st heard of the uniform change back in '97. Of course winning a superbowl in them helped them grow on me.

But I do like the alternate orange jerseys so much that I use them 99% of the time in Madden.

We should have orange jerseys and use the blues as alternates.

[RaiderH8r]

There is a story about how the Broncos chose their uniforms also. At the famous burning of the striped socks that took place at Bears Stadium in 1963, they paraded around 5 possible new uniforms for the Broncos, one of those being orange.

The owner at the time, as well as General Manager, made a trip up into the Rockies, while going over several business issues. While there, they viewed a "Denver Sunset". While all sunsets have some orange and blue to them, they remarked how the Yellow Setting sun against the Brownish mountains produced beautiful Red Orange sunset, set against the darkening Azure Blue sky. Hence the Red-Orange and Dark Royal Blue combo that was chosen for our Broncos.

Mitch Albom wrote about this when he was outraged over Denver's uniform change in 1997.

Even though you can critique Tampa's orange, if you've visited the area and know the climate, it was a perfect color offering for the city of Tampa; you know why they picked it.

As many have said, I'll take a true historical reason for a color combo vs some marketing douchebag fag who doesn't even know how hold a football, let alone please a woman.

Just when I think you can't be any more offensive you go and say something like this..........

AND TOTALLY REDEEM YOURSELF!

Seriousness aside, you're precisely right. The color scheme should have a connection to the city the team represents. The uni's should have a connection. The SB wins made a connection with the new unis, but I wouldn't be sad to see them shelved in favor of history and tradition.

[BroncoBuff]

Anyone here remember the time when Denver wore the orange pants and white jersey? I still can't get rid of the memory of a knocked kneed Craig Morton in that uniform. 2nd worst Bronco uniform ever!
Disagree ... I loved the orange pants.

And Traveler ... click on B-Love's second link above ↑↑↑ and look on page 2. It's the exact picture you just described. It's a black and white photo, but the knock-knees are barely holding him up in those orange pants ... :~ohyah!:



B-Love is totally correct - the blue was darker then, and the orange was a red-orange. I think it was called "burnt orange" for awhile there....

[Rock Chalk]

I disagree; I thought the oprange pants ruled.

From 1968 to 1971 they wore the Red-Orange pants and 1978-79 they wore the regular orange pants. The red-orange pants were so cool looking and definitely better than the straight orange Morton wore. In 1971 we played all 7 of our home game in the Reddish Orange pants and it looked cool.

For those that think "corporate bull****" only exists today, we succumbed to corporate BS back in 1978. The Broncos don't admit this, but they changed the hue of the orange after our fabulous 1977 season from red-orange to straight orange.

Now why would they change them after "Bronco Mania" and "Orange Crush" had just swept the nation. We were the talk of the league and the talk of the nation.

Because the Orange Crush thing was so popular, there were many complaints that our uniforms weren't really orange, from announcers and other media types. Even reps at the Orange Crush soda company used to say, "well the uniforms aren't really orange.

So we succumbed and changed the orange tone after the biggest season in team history. Doesn't make sense.

You can read Jim Saccomano's footnote here. Note number 2.

http://endzone.pscoggin.com/PDFs/Uni_1978.pdf

Anyone that has the 1977 videos should see that those uniforms were great. That was the best shade of orange we ever wore.

So what?

Change happens and the NFL and specifically the Denver Broncos are a BUSINESS.

This isnt 1977, the decade of bellbottoms, hip huggers and other fashion disasters. Thi sis 2007. Deal with it or roll over and die. Take your nostalgia and live ina ****ing corner.

And why stop at the pre-1997 uniforms? Why stop there Brian? Why not bring back the vertical socks and the copper and brown pieces of ****?

We finally get one of the best looking uniforms in all of sports, and the nostalgic ****ers stuck in the 70s are mad.

My best memory, is of seeing John Elway lifting the Lombardi trophy. Not wearing that orange, but wearing the Navy Blue with the orange suspenders. I'll never forget it. And while the uniform may not have had anything to do with the change, it is forever ingrained into my mind as the uniform of a back to back championship team. Conversely, the orange is forever ingrained in my mind as the uniform that we got our asses kicked 3 out of 4 years in the late 80s Championship games. (Since I was but a little squirt in diapers when we lost to Dallas, I'll not speak of that game).

Me, I hope we keep the new uniforms forever and all lmemories of that queer ass orange who everyone NOT a Bronco fan made fun of are erased forever.

[Natedog24]

I don't care for Green Bay or Washington's unis at all and I've never been a huge fan of San Francisco's unis either.

You know that Denver has pretty sweet uniforms when about 40-50% of college football has uni's that have the same or similiar design as Denver's currently or at some point.

[clean]

So what?

Change happens and the NFL and specifically the Denver Broncos are a BUSINESS.

This isnt 1977, the decade of bellbottoms, hip huggers and other fashion disasters. Thi sis 2007. Deal with it or roll over and die. Take your nostalgia and live ina ****ing corner.

And why stop at the pre-1997 uniforms? Why stop there Brian? Why not bring back the vertical socks and the copper and brown pieces of ****?

We finally get one of the best looking uniforms in all of sports, and the nostalgic ****ers stuck in the 70s are mad.

My best memory, is of seeing John Elway lifting the Lombardi trophy. Not wearing that orange, but wearing the Navy Blue with the orange suspenders. I'll never forget it. And while the uniform may not have had anything to do with the change, it is forever ingrained into my mind as the uniform of a back to back championship team. Conversely, the orange is forever ingrained in my mind as the uniform that we got our asses kicked 3 out of 4 years in the late 80s Championship games. (Since I was but a little squirt in diapers when we lost to Dallas, I'll not speak of that game).

Me, I hope we keep the new uniforms forever and all lmemories of that queer ass orange who everyone NOT a Bronco fan made fun of are erased forever.

Gonzolays and Freak6 are gone, but their spirit lives on.

[Hogan11]

So what?

Change happens and the NFL and specifically the Denver Broncos are a BUSINESS.

This isnt 1977, the decade of bellbottoms, hip huggers and other fashion disasters. Thi sis 2007. Deal with it or roll over and die. Take your nostalgia and live ina ****ing corner.

And why stop at the pre-1997 uniforms? Why stop there Brian? Why not bring back the vertical socks and the copper and brown pieces of ****?

We finally get one of the best looking uniforms in all of sports, and the nostalgic ****ers stuck in the 70s are mad.

My best memory, is of seeing John Elway lifting the Lombardi trophy. Not wearing that orange, but wearing the Navy Blue with the orange suspenders. I'll never forget it. And while the uniform may not have had anything to do with the change, it is forever ingrained into my mind as the uniform of a back to back championship team. Conversely, the orange is forever ingrained in my mind as the uniform that we got our asses kicked 3 out of 4 years in the late 80s Championship games. (Since I was but a little squirt in diapers when we lost to Dallas, I'll not speak of that game).

Me, I hope we keep the new uniforms forever and all lmemories of that queer ass orange who everyone NOT a Bronco fan made fun of are erased forever.

Yadda, yadda, yadda.....you must love the look of the CFL and Arena league then. Having bad taste is a terrible thing, I feel sorry for you.

[Hogan11]

B-Love is totally correct - the blue was darker then, and the orange was a red-orange. I think it was called "burnt orange" for awhile there....

It's Syracuse orange

[B-Love]

Me, I hope we keep the new uniforms forever and all lmemories of that queer ass orange who everyone NOT a Bronco fan made fun of are erased forever.

I always knew you were insecure and worried about what other people think.

[Bronco Yoda]

I loved the orange pants in the 70's.

We should have orange pants for away games, orange jerseys for home games and all orange once a year for an ORANGE SUNDAY!

Our color should always be predominately ORANGE. (give us the alternate pit stains if you must...gulp)

For those who feel that we should 'UPDATE' from time to time. FINE!
change the stripes, fatten them add more, take away some. Go crazy with the socks... fiddle with the logo if you want (I like the new version).

Just give us back the ORANGE!

There was a time when it seemed like we were known by the 'Orange Crush' more than the 'Broncos'. It's THAT ingrained in our history. It was our color for three decades!

For those who jumped on the wagon during our SB years... I understand you don't have the affection for the Orange... but it's our history man!

it's not about a fashion statement... just emotional attachement I guess you would say.

I like the 65-66 Rawling jerseys the best!

Sans serif tackle twill numbering\nameplates solid in color. The Orange was a little darker too than the orange crush days with the distinctive blue bands on the shoulder/sleeves.

[Hogan11]

Some random uniform thoughts:

I always liked the old Buc's and Pat's uniforms.....pewter has no place on a uniform, period. It's just too frickin' weird looking, like QB's that wear the #5....there's just something wrong with that.

Speaking of the Pats, if you ever go to the store in Gillette Stadium, you'll find just as much merch featuring the old Pat logo as you will the Elvis one....I wish the Broncos store would do that.

I used to love the Saints uni's...till they went with gold numbers and totally black pants, that looks horrible.

B - The Broncos store does sell the old dark blue, reddish D helmet.....the problem is it goes for about $250.00.

[B-Love]

I loved the orange pants in the 70's.

We should have orange pants for away games, orange jerseys for home games and all orange once a year for an ORANGE SUNDAY!

Our color should always be predominately ORANGE. (give us the alternate pit stains if you must...gulp)

For those who feel that we should 'UPDATE' from time to time. FINE!
change the stripes, fatten them add more, take away some. Go crazy with the socks... fiddle with the logo if you want (I like the new version).

Just give us back the ORANGE!

There was a time when it seemed like we were known by the 'Orange Crush' more than the 'Broncos'. It's THAT ingrained in our history. It was our color for three decades!

For those who jumped on the wagon during our SB years... I understand you don't have the affection for the Orange... but it's our history man!

it's not about a fashion statement... just emotional attachement I guess you would say.

I like the 65-66 Rawling jerseys the best!

Sans serif tackle twill numbering\nameplates solid in color. The Orange was a little darker too than the orange crush days with the distinctive blue bands on the shoulder/sleeves.

Right on Star Wars Man!!

The idea that orange is a bad football color is made up by behind the keyboard tough guys and drama fags like Alec.

Orange is a ****ing great football color. First of all it is the number one color of fall, being used duiring the number one game of Fall.

Show me another color, on a pound for pound basis, that represents college football greatness more than orange. Understand I said pound for pound.

Orange is the primary university color for the Florida Gators, Miami Hurricanes, Tennessee Volunteers, Texas Longhorns, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Boise State Broncos, etc. There are plenty more kick ass programs that sport orange as the main university color.

People who think they're tougher or their favorite football team is tougher because of the jersey they wear are insecure internet fags.

Orange is one of the greatest football colors around.

[Phobia]

You know that Denver has pretty sweet uniforms when about 40-50% of college football has uni's that have the same or similiar design as Denver's currently or at some point.
I'm not cracking on Denver uni's at all but don't you think that college football's jerseys might have something to do with Nike sponsorship?

[anthonypacino]

Yes, sometimes NAVY and BLACK are better, and the Cowboys rarely-used Navy jerseys are better looking than their older royal blue jerseys, also rarely used.

AP, I mentioned how much I liked the OSU uniforms until a couple years ago when they purposely cut back on the silver. Why'd they do that? They looked better before ... I generally like that brighter red - that scarlet-red like Ohio State and Tampa Bay. Normal Crayon-Red is gross (see Chefs, Bugshuckers).

Pretty much ends and begins with Nike, since the college replicas cannot have names put on them and players cycle through numbers a Mike Doss #2 is now a Malcom Jenkins #2. So Nike sells fewer jerseys, how do you boost sales? Make new ones. Woody Hayes himself designed the classic Buckeye uni, on the sleeve was what was called "The Buckeye Stripe".

They did toy with it a few times in the past, and the font size has changed sometimes. But the almost always had the grey Buckeye Stripe. The current jersey was worn at one time in the 70's but not for long. They recreate the stripe pattern on the helmet and sides of the pants on the sleeve, that pattern looked good on the pants and helmet because it is surrounded by the silver/grey. The sleeve stripe doesn't have the same effect with red around it. Tressel heard the complaints but simply said you don't win or lose because of the color of your uniform. I'm sure Nike will switch them up again in few years.