NY Jets/Titans away uni?

Just a few days ago Stiener was wondering if the NY Titans had an away uniform back when they were the precursors to todays Jets.
Well, apparently he wasn't the only one thinking along those lines. I just read this little item in Paul Lukas' Uniwatch.com

According to this message board post (sent my way by Steven James DeBlasi), the Jets “have announced that they … will unveil an away Titans uniform next season.” I have my doubts about that, at least in terms of a game uni, although a fashion replica isn’t such a stretch.

As I recall when the subject was last raised, I didn't follow up because my lovely partner had just offered to "love me long time". Since she's out with having coffee with the girls I'm going searching for that info right now... really... no really. Back soon

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Ken, (Left center) and his agents of the Swedish national guard have their eyes on your suspicious activities Mr. Hate mail person

Well, here I have a semi response to Danny Rocks response to my response of his hate mail from yesterday. You still with me? Anyway, although I can't recall all the details of Mr. Rocks complaints because, lets face it, nobody can spare the amount of short term memory that would be required to store the endless stream of nonsense that spews from the front of his head on a daily basis. (Am I right Ulrika, eh? are you feelin' me?)

First off, I was referred to as "Snapperhead" ! A throwback insult... Well played sir!

But I do recall something to the effect of wanting more images to go with the commentary. Well Daniel, go to the just posted power rankings and behold the glory. In each review is a "click here" that brings you to the teams slide show for the week and you will have a chance to see with your own two beady little eyes the details being "diskussed" ; ) ... and so continues our relentless march to NFL fashion website perfection.

Whoshyadaddy, whoshyadaddy, whoshyadaddy....

btw, thnx for Homer sox n corn muffins

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Daniel said...
Hey! Old man river! Could you diskuss some current events too so we who didnt exist during the civil war can participate. And post more pictures tho what you are discussing. Its kind of hard to follow when you cant see it. Specially for a rookie like me. There you go Ken! Your first of many hatemails! Dannerock

All right, lets break it down... Old man river... good. A pedestrian hit but it brought the man down. Next up, the spelling of "diskuss". It's discuss but hey, he's not a native English speaker so we're gonna let that one slide. The civil war comment... its just a continuation of the old man river theme. A little bit of piling on there... I like! Next up another spelling error... "specially".... "hey Lucy, you got a lot of 'splainin' to do. ; ) ... ok, sorry, now I'm piling on.
All I can say is that I feel your pain and that as I get better with handling images in the software I will try to remedy that situation and violate copyrights left and right till I have lawsuits coming out my ass... this I promise.
Aside from that what can I say, I'm grateful and humbled and I'm going to print this out and frame it as my overdue first hatemail on this site.
Thank you Dannerock

Dick Lynch, former NY Giant player and later radio announcer died this past week. He had a special connection to our own FFF commissioner Rich Geary.


He took off his commisioner's hat and prepared to step into a nearby phone booth to undergo his weekly metamorphosis into Giant man. But the usual joy associated with this process was tinged a somber streak. He pulled the Topps trading card from its protective plastic cover and slipped it into the other protective plastic cover of his quarterbacks wristband.
The big Dick in the sky would be calling the plays for Giant man this weekend. He paused to wipe the tear from the corner of his eye as he looked at the worn card. It was scratched and worn from the many "flipping" competitions he'd battled through as as a kid at St Joe's grammar school. Back then being a Giant fan meant nothing but seemingly endless crushing defeats and non stop taunting from the other kids.
But Dick Lynch had symbolized hope for him. Dick Lynch had come from an era just before his time when the Giants were a powerhouse to be feared. Dick Lynch was his namesake. You see Giant Man didn't just pop up out of the ground or appear out of thin air... no, his is a genetic condition inherited from his father. And so it came to pass that when the future Giant Man was born on 11/11, the father added up the numbers and coming up with 22, he realized it was a sign from the football gods and he named his new son after the Giants current 22... Dick Lynch.
And so with the disease succesfully passed along to a new generation, he did what all Dads back then did right after a birth, (before all this mamby pamby, touchy feely crap trapped us all in the delivery room for the bloody duration)... he hung up the phone, made the announcement to the other bar patrons, passed out cigars and went back to work on his third tumbler of scotch.
I was watching the Giants tattoo the Seahawks last night and one of my uniform related thoughts was about how much I love the Giants white numbers with no border. Bold, great, simple. Ditto the helmet numbers. Then I look at the picture above and see how this is exactly what the commisioner aka Giant mans current uniform configuration is and I know that the football circle of life has come around to form the big Ok thumb and forfinger sign and that it's coming from Dick Lynch up in the clouds... and I think he's winking too. Or maybe he just has something in his eye, I'm not sure.
But you get my point. RIP Mr Lynch. Any fan of Dick Butkus knows that there has been more than one great Dick in the NFL but as far as Football Fashion Fanatics is concerned... you were the biggest.
Ken

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I love the fashion joke aspect of this site so much because women are as much a part of football as the ball itself. There’s always cheerleaders, female sideline reporters and lady fans of all ages. Ritual combat in nature is always about impressin’ the ladies so it’s no surprise that they go so well together… in most situations. You don’t want to spend your time during a crucial game explaining what a touchdown is to some ditz you picked up the night before. There’s a flag right there.
But Sunday afternoon on the couch watching the game usually involves women in some way, whether it’s dealing with the interruptions of a girlfriend or spouse annoyed that your watching the game instead of mowing the lawn or munching the carpet or the women who’ve given up fighting the whole thing and just gotten into watching it with you.
And of course no game feels really complete until you’ve oogled and chuckled at the latest version of the bikini team on that years inane but loveable beer commercial. Hmmmm … beer. But I digress.
The parallels are everywhere. When discussing girlfriends or wives with the guys I’ve often heard them referred to as draft picks and then analyzed to land somewhere on the scale between bonanza and bust. Relationship faux pa’s by the ladies are referred to as “rookie mistakes” …as in “we had two great dates, then when I told her we couldn’t go out Friday because I already had plans to play pool with Dave she got all pissy and said “well, if you’d rather spend the night with your friends than me, go ahead”… after two dates! Nods of assent all around before he wraps up the story with “Rookie mistake”…
Football does not stand alone in any fans world (except maybe Tony Kornholer, since I would imagine most women on the planet would rather spend the night with nuclear waste than him) Women are indispensable ingredient in the mix.
Which brings me to my point. I read Nick Bakay’s column on “Throwbacks that make me throw up” and just loved it. http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d80b462ba&template=with-video&confirm=true
I had just days before put up a post on how I loved the Jets throwback, the NY Titan uniform. Reading Bakay’s column just made me feel like I was a chick and I heard that some other woman who had been to my house had gone to a third party and called my drapes “hideous”. I just love when women trot out that adjective to take a catty swipe at some other women and reading Nick’s column made me feel like someone had called my drapes “hideous”. I felt that little thrill when someone’s fired a shot across your bow and your mind goes on full alert and you start thinking about how to respond.
The first reaction was the, incredibly fun just to think, “Oh no he di-int. He did not just call my Titans uniforms “fecund” …Ricky lake head shake, Oh it’s on” I suddenly felt transported to the set of the Jerry Springer show and could just imagine that bald headed bouncer coming out to restrain me. I’m as twisted as the next guy but have never been into any kind of cross dressing but I must admit a little joy at getting to channel some Ricky Lake head shaker for a moment. And at that moment, I was so happy to have this blog to vent my nonsense to the other two and a half people who get this joke.
First of all I thought “hell, I’m not even sure I remember what “fecund” means. I thought it meant fertile but I guess in this context it must mean “like fertilizer”. I hate it when I have to think about what an insult means before I can respond. Couldn’t Mr. Fancypants have spared us all a trip to the dictionary and just said “they look like crap” ?
Well, I kind of get why he’s not crazy about the Pittsburgh throwback (the other target of his claws) since it’s not a favorite of mine either, and have to admit to really enjoying his well worded rant on the subject, but when it comes to the Jets throwback I heartily disagree and so after hours of work and wordsmithing I’ve come up with the following eloquent rejoinder to Nick Bakay and his manly house of footballs claim that the Jet’s NY Titan throwbacks are “fecund”..... SEZ YOU ! (bitch) ; )

Ken

Oh no he di-int !

Nick Bakay on NFL.com ... http://www.nfl.com/news/author?id=09000d5d80207805 Manly house of football disses the Titans throwbacks. It's like when one woman critisizes another womans choice of drapes, calling them "hideous".... I'm doin' the Ricky Lake head shake and wavin' the finger side to side. Oh, it's on... ( I love it ; ) I will be back with a proper rejoinder

Great e mail points by Stiener

The following e mail came in from Stiener and it makes great points. Check it out

I love the Titan uniforms but this is one problem with them. The color of the numbers are not bright enough so is very hard to read them, especially at the game. I believe they need to be a little brighter. The jets have played 2 of their best games in the last 2 season, yesterday and last year in Dullfin land with them on. We are wearing them at least once more against the Bills. I wonder what the Titans road uniforms looked like? Back then, did they have home and away uniforms? Stien man

The number visibility issue is valid. Perhaps a number outline in lighter yellow... And if I wasn't about to get a massage from the little woman, I'd be all over checking out what the NY Titans away uniforms were. Will get right on that after she love me long time ; )