Cowboys Uni Watch

by Jordan2 on Oct 25, 2007 7:22 PM CDT in Dallas Cowboys News

Promoted from the diaries by me.

BTB-regular Jordan found an article about the Cowboys uniforms throughout the years. This is perfect reading material for a bye week. If you got time to kill go click on all the links in this story. As Jordan says below, forget about the author's football analysis and hatred of Dallas, it's not worth the time. His annoyance factor ratings make the article feel like something the E channel would use to counter-program the Super Bowl broadcast. I imagined Joan Rivers making an appearance and asking Tony Romo what designer he was wearing. But the Cowboys definitely have had some quirks in their outfits...err...uniforms.

Here's Jordan's post.

I found this article on ESPN's website and found it pretty interesting.

Since I'm a young cowboys fan, I don't have extensive knowledge of uniforms worn in the past. This turned out to be a pretty good read. The writer, Paul Lukas, does a great job of spreading Cowboys hatred to the masses and generally hating on everything we love.

He even uses and "annoyance factor" to rate the random parts of the uniform that he is looking at.

It's just downright unbelievable how the media hates us, and I'm always caught off guard when I here some pundit say something based on personal belief and not football.

But, like I said, I'm young. I suppose I'll get used to it someday.

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OMG that guy is such a tool

what a lame article. This just shows how rich ESPN is to give guys like that a job and publish articles like that. It has some interesting facts about the uniform but I could really do without the annoying comments from some guy who looks like a Jets fan with bad breath.

by Billito on Oct 25, 2007 6:50 PM CDT reply actions

Wowzers, nice find

I'll have to give this a longer look when I'm off work ... but wow. I've been a Dallas fan my whole life, and I didn't even notice all of these. Cool find.

Let him who hath understanding Reckon the number of the beast For it is a human number, it's number is 31.

by no1cowboysfan on Oct 25, 2007 7:34 PM CDT reply actions

thanks grizz

another pay raise I assume?

by Jordan2 on Oct 25, 2007 7:52 PM CDT reply actions

What a Prissy Article

I halfway expected the guy to spell with a lisp:

their socks, pants striping and uni numbers are royal, but the blue on their helmets is navy, so the two blues clash.

Can anyone else imagine a drama queen fussing over such silly, inconsequential details, and getting annoyed by them? Sheesh.

Anyone interested in NFL uniforms from a man's perspective can read these articles:

http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Fall...

[Sorry, Jordan, it was a good find, but man, that girly man tone got on my nerves]

by kindablue on Oct 25, 2007 8:14 PM CDT reply actions

No problem

I didn't write it

by Jordan2 on Oct 25, 2007 8:17 PM CDT up reply actions

Annoyance factor of the article

Off the charts high.

I'm surprised this guy didn't mention the effect the shimmering pants up against the players gluts had on him emotionally.

by FunCowboysFan on Oct 25, 2007 10:02 PM CDT reply actions

thanks for the link

I thought it was funny. And you have to admit the red stripe was awful.

by muddy waters on Oct 25, 2007 11:11 PM CDT reply actions

Red Stripe.

Hooray Beer!

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by Dave Halprin on Oct 25, 2007 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions

Lukas looks like

a porn flick director.

Didn't he have a bit role in the movie "Boogie Nights?"

I thought I saw him sportin' a loud-pattened, long-sleeved silk shirt with the top three buttons open, tight polyester pants, platform shoes, and thick, quarter-inch eyeglasses.

Yeah, he definitely earned a high-rating in the "annoyance" factor.

"It's either hit, or be hit... It's just that physical aspect of my game that has always been with me." -- Marion Barber III

by kcbrett5 on Oct 26, 2007 12:49 AM CDT reply actions

Great and interesting article...

But I'm not sure I get the whole 'annoyance factor' aspect of it. Who's annoyed by uniforms? 'Goof factor' might have been more appropriate. The numbers on the pants were definitely goofy, IMO.

I'm ashamed to admit it but I never noticed the little hats in 2000. Maybe it's because of how dreadful we were that year, and there weren't that many games on here in CT.

Why is it there wasn't a feature in this article about all the alternate uni's the Cowboys have worn over the years...?

I actually own an 'E. Smith' jersey that was blue on the body, white around the collar and giant outlined stars on the shoulders. I believe it was from the 75th anniversary year of the NFL, although I could be mistaken.

Thought it was pretty cool at the time, kinda tacky when I look at it now.

by Pete on Oct 26, 2007 11:28 AM CDT reply actions

I liked that the article had links

to good pictures of everything he discussed. If that had been the whole article, it would have been genius. But the other stuff was tragic.

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by Dave Halprin on Oct 26, 2007 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions

what a pencil-neck geke!

I got news for that dork, the Cowboys have always had the very best unis in the league, hands down. I know a lot of people like the powder blue Charger unis, but the Cowboys are extremely sharp and classy.

BTW, Jordan, the reason it seems as though the media hates is because media members are people just like anyone else in socitey, and you either hate or love them, so if a media member is not a fan, theres a really good chance he hates us.

This dork obvliously knows nothing about football and like Grizz stated should be writing for the E channel, not ESPN.

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Oct 26, 2007 12:49 PM CDT reply actions