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re: UK unveils new CWS turf design
Posted on 5/14/15 at 12:15 pm to JDHLaw
Posted on 5/14/15 at 12:15 pm to JDHLaw
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and incorporating the Secretariat racing silk pattern that was included on the new uniforms a couple of years ago
Why does Kentucky use a blue on blue checkerboard pattern instead of the blue and white checkerboard silk that Secretariat actually wore?
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Posted on 5/14/15 at 12:18 pm to JDHLaw
I'll be in the minority but I've long thought the UK blue is the best color in the league. When the majority of the stadium wears Blue, it's a very cool look from wide camera shots.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 12:19 pm to TbirdSpur2010
I thought it was UK, not UH?
Posted on 5/14/15 at 12:20 pm to Sao
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When the majority of the stadium wears Blue,
Posted on 5/14/15 at 12:21 pm to Sao
UK and UT and LSU = most unique colors in conference
Lets all be friends
Lets all be friends
Posted on 5/14/15 at 12:23 pm to Serraneaux
Zip it
They turn out 50k sometimes
Posted on 5/14/15 at 12:24 pm to Serraneaux
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Serraneaux
Posted on 5/14/15 at 12:26 pm to Sao
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Zip it
They turn out 50k sometimes
they actually averaged 58k last year. Their stadium holds 62k. Not bad for a team that has never been good at football. And not to be a dick to Serraneaux, but it's not like UT has been packing the house the last several years...
This post was edited on 5/14/15 at 12:27 pm
Posted on 5/14/15 at 12:27 pm to lsufball19
Exceptions are your friend.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 12:29 pm to Serraneaux
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Exceptions are your friend.
see above. Kentucky did alright in attendance last year. Tennessee, in 2012, only averaged 89k per game, far below the capacity of the stadium. that number rose in the past couple years, but UT still averaged several thousand below stadium capacity in 2014. Glass houses and such. For a bball school, I actually think their support of a bad football program is not too bad
This post was edited on 5/14/15 at 12:30 pm
Posted on 5/14/15 at 12:31 pm to TheCheshireHog
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Why does Kentucky use a blue on blue checkerboard pattern instead of the blue and white checkerboard silk that Secretariat actually wore?
As I remember the Nike/UK release at the time, it was an acknowledgement to Kentucky's thoroughbred racing history. It's widely accepted that Secretariat is the pinnacle of that.
I doubt Nike/UK wanted to explicitly use Secretariat's racing silks and potentially expose themselves to a claim for licensing/use dollars.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 12:32 pm to Serraneaux
See? Looks awesome
Posted on 5/14/15 at 12:32 pm to JDHLaw
Looks good. I like it
Posted on 5/14/15 at 12:32 pm to JDHLaw
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I think that's actually from 1930ish. I think they were using them long before, but not a lot of pictures exist.
Here is a shot from 1924 from their game with Centre College, and there weren't any checkerboards in the endzone, then.
And one from 1956...no checkerboard then either (note that the light poles from the picture in the earlier post don't appear to have been added, yet)
Below is an aerial view of McLean Stadium (Stoll Field) in 1946. Note that at that time there are no bleachers in the endzone, or fence around the perimeter. So, it would appear that the picture with the checkerboard endzone is later than that.
From these pictures, it would appear that the checkerboard was added sometime after the 1956 season. No telling how long after.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 12:33 pm to BluegrassBelle
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I think I've waited all my life for blue endzones.
Well, Kentucky is the "blue grass" state.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 12:36 pm to JDHLaw
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At any rate, Kentucky was using checkerboard end zones at Stoll Field more than 30 years before Tennessee adopted the checkerboard pattern
Wait, so UTenn's famous, nationally-known tradition was already in use by UK? Not cool, Vol fans.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 12:38 pm to lsufball19
I will agree with lsufball19 on this one. From the pic below (taken from a UK/Vandy game) nearly everyone in the stadium is wearing blue)
Posted on 5/14/15 at 12:39 pm to TheDude321
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Wait, so UTenn's famous, nationally-known tradition was already in use by UK? Not cool, Vol fans.
By looking at the pictures, it isn't clear if UK was using it befor UT or not. I will say that Bama was using them in '62, so they predate UT by a couple of years.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 12:41 pm to madmaxvol
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I will agree with lsufball19 on this one. From the pic below (taken from a UK/Vandy game) nearly everyone in the stadium is wearing blue)
am i doing it right?
Posted on 5/14/15 at 12:41 pm to lsufball19
Again. Exceptions are your friend.
Wow, a whole 58k?
I think we averaged 65k for the last 2 spring games.
Wow, a whole 58k?
I think we averaged 65k for the last 2 spring games.
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