I was flipping channels last night, and there was a Fathead commercial, with Ocho Cinco, also known as Chad Johnson. They showed some action, and The Wife said: "Who is that? Those uniforms are ugly." It's the striped uniforms of the Cincinnati Bengals.
The Bengals have several different combinations, most of which are pretty repelling, in my opinion. This is one of the worst ones, modeled by Carson Palmer. Coincidentally, this is the play where he was injured in last year's playoff game. The orange and black tiger-striped helmet, the black jersey/black pants, and the tiger stripes on the shoulders and pants are an awful combination. It is a little better with white pants, but the black pants are a no-go in my book.
The Bengals have come a long way from the uniforms that founder/former head coach Paul Brown brought to the team. Brown wanted to mimic the look of his Cleveland teams, so he had a black jersey with an orange helmet. The orange helmet had no stripe, and said "Bengals" on the side. Simple, but classic. However, I don't think that would fly in the 2000's.
8 comments:
Do NOT throw the Bengals under your UUOTD bus! I love the Bengals uni and everyone else should too! ;)
It was the wife's idea. Actually, the black jerseys are ok with the white pants. The rest of the combinations, though, are pretty bad.
You want ugly - check out the cowboy unis! Bleah!
The white ones? No, those are classic.
The alternate ones, yes, those are ugly, though the white helmet is a nice throwback to 1960. I'm still mad at them changing the blue jersey from royal to navy, but the royal blue jerseys brought the old Cowboys good luck.
Any cowboy uni!
Where's the NBA brawl talk. I want to see the blame laid at the feet of the punk who's been a punk since he played for the Pistons!
I haven't seen the fight, but I just read about it. There's no excuse for that. This is not the playground.
These guys get paid millions of dollars to play a game, and ought to be professional enough to not instigate and escalate brawls.
There's no place for fighting in basketball. Hockey is another story.
Thomas should have been suspended with his players. Once a punk ...
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