Dan T. Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Ever since the NFL became a television-centric sport in the football-crazed America of the late 1950s, the league has mandated that one team must wear a white uniform while the other wears a color uniform in NFL games. This was needed so that viewers watching on their 20 inch black and white television could easily tell the teams apart. That is changing, at least for Thursday night games. Starting in 2016, each team playing on Thursday night will be required to wear a color uniform instead of white. For 2015, the color on color look will be voluntary. http://www.uni-watch.com/2015/07/29/nfl-going-color-vs-color-for-thursday-night-games/ So... will we be seeing burgundy vs. blue Thursday night? truebluelarry over on Big Blue Interactive says the last time that happened in a Skins-Giants game was November 22, 1953: http://corner.bigblueinteractive.com/index.php?mode=2&thread=521222 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper Skins Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Wouldn't mind it. I like the burgundy jerseys but never been a fan of the gold pants. Color scheme and uniforms absolutely have psychological effects on players and fans I think. I'm sure romoSUCKS breaking his collarbone while the team wore their unlucky blues added some fuel to Dallas's hatred for those jerseys. I wish they made Thanksgiving weekend throwback weekend for every team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsGuy Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Have they announced what the Redskins will wear this Thursday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted September 22, 2015 Author Share Posted September 22, 2015 Wouldn't mind it. Color scheme and uniforms absolutely have psychological effects on players I think. romoSUCKS breaking his collarbone while the team wore their unlucky blues added some fuel to Dallas's hatred for those jerseys I'm sure. I wish they made Thanksgiving weekend throwback weekend for every team. Joe Gibbs always made the Cowboys wear blue at RFK to feed into Cowboys' fears that their blue jerseys were a jinx. Belichck did it too with the Patriots against the Cowboys, knowing from his days as a Giants assistant about the supposed jinx. http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/articles/2011/10/16/against_patriots_cowboys_will_cope_with_case_of_the_blues/?camp=pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Probos Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 I kinda like one team wearing white jerseys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFK Lives Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Call me old fashioned, I like the one team in white as well. Trying to change this up for only Thursday Night Football is the NFL's way of admitting the every Thursday game plan is probably suffering in the ratings war and they will throw anything up against the wall to make it stick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmuss1 Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Thursday night football sucks to watch. Maybe we go Burgundy tops and bottoms!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted September 22, 2015 Author Share Posted September 22, 2015 It's a move sure to alienate the NFL's colorblind fans... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenDavis Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Thursday night football sucks to watch. Maybe we go Burgundy tops and bottoms!! Burgundy on burgundy would be sick! And I wish we would do away with the yellow pants. Burgundy on white or white on burgundy would look better IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFK Lives Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Burgundy on burgundy has been tried, believe the last time we did it we were pantsed by the Steelers, 23-6 or something like that and FedEx looked like Heinz Field South. I refer to that color combination as the Grape Ape look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooleyfan1993 Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Burgundy on burgundy has been tried, believe the last time we did it we were pantsed by the Steelers, 23-6 or something like that and FedEx looked like Heinz Field South. I refer to that color combination as the Grape Ape look. That was Zorn year 1. We then wore burgundy jerseys/burgundy pants in Zorn year 2, that MNF swinging gate play against the Giants in December (Monday night before Christmas) and the following weekend, SNF home game against Dallas where we lost 17-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balki1867 Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 How does that work with teams that have very similar colors? e.g a Chiefs-Redskins game, or a Jets-Eagles game? I remember going to an Illinois-Wisconsin basketball game in college where both teams chose to wear their colored jerseys (Orange for the Illini, Red for the Badgers). It was sometimes confusing at the game, but when I got home and watched the highlights it was really hard to tell the two jerseys apart. EDIT: OK, it looks the article already starts to cover some of this, but there really aren't many great options for some teams. It seems ridiculous to force this on teams. The NFL really wants TNF to be a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFK Lives Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 That was Zorn year 1. We then wore burgundy jerseys/burgundy pants in Zorn year 2, that MNF swinging gate play against the Giants in December (Monday night before Christmas) and the following weekend, SNF home game against Dallas where we lost 17-0. That brief history right there should not only retire that combination but perhaps be burned in effigy and never spoken of again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 I like one team wearing white. Its simply easier on the eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildbunny Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Thursday night football sucks to watch. Maybe we go Burgundy tops and bottoms!! They should make it played by Lingerie League teams! Back to topic, I don't really care color vs color. I'm not that old school and have always like evolution in anything, just like Darwin taught us. But I still don't like the gold pants... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balki1867 Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 But I still don't like the gold pants... I've posted this in the Uniform thread before, but AFAIK they can do gold pants with the burgundy jerseys if they like; but the white on burgundy combo is sacred and it needs to come back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illone Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 I prefer white on burgundy. 2¢ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM72 Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 What happens when teams of similar color plays each other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 But I still don't like the gold pants... Maybe they've decided it's too much like Florida State, then they could do truly gold pants rather than french's mustard yellow. I wouldn't mind that, though it would clash with the helmet stripes right now. What happens when teams of similar color plays each other? Chaos without end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 What happens when teams of similar color plays each other? All color TVs revert to black and white by the mystic powers of the dark realm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RemoveSnyder Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Not into it. But, isn't there some rooted tradition in the color on color thing, like with USC and UCLA? Don't want to google/wiki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Section106 Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Maybe they've decided it's too much like Florida State, then they could do truly gold pants rather than french's mustard yellow. I wouldn't mind that, though it would clash with the helmet stripes right now. The "yellow" we wear is a shade of gold that is aptly named "Maize." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zguy28 Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 The "yellow" we wear is a shade of gold that is aptly named "Maize." Yes, yellow is the Chiefs. I always liked how Gibbs had them wear white on burgundy at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markmills67 Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 I am hoping that we could finally wear my favourite Skins colours again, Burgundy tops and White pants. Can anyone remember the last time we played in these colours? HTTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balki1867 Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 What happens when teams of similar color plays each other? If the Giants are one of the two teams, the opponent is immediately docked cap space for making things confusing and the Redskins are docked an equal amount of cap space because reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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