University of Maryland Jackin' For Helmets??

Even though my previous entry purposefully left out details from Maryland's unique and flag-themed uniforms, a recent development has me questioning just how unique the uniforms actually are. After scouring the internet for pretty much every article related to last weekend's College Football games, I came across this article on NBC Sports that actually pinpointed the source of UMD's inspiration...Baltimore's Charm City Roller Girls’ All-Stars team.

You read that correctly.

The Charm City Roller Girl's All Stars team.
The original helmets were designed by the husband of one of the team members and have been in use for the past three years.

Go figure. The only positive thing I initially had to say about Maryland's new look was towards its creativity. I guess no idea's original after all.

But whether they jacked the design or not, the new uniforms were the talk of the country and actually gave the Terrapins [and Under Armour] some great national exposure. Any great marketer can see the value in that.

No matter how absolutely turrible the jerseys are.

The Orange Bowl featuring Touchdowns, Safeties and.....Sleeping Mothers???

Aaaaand we're back with awr's first Bowl Game review for the season. Yea, late...I know.


This year's Orange Bowl was a game for about...the first half. Andrew Luck went crazy for four TD's en route to a 287 yard game as (5) Stanford routed (12) Virgina Tech 40-12 last night in Miami. It was rough for my man Tyrod and the ACC Champs pretty much throughout the game. And when I say rough, I mean "Man, my mama sleep in the stands" rough. But seriously, look:
I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't surprised by the outcome, and that Tyrod's mom was alseep, but it is what it is. Here's the recap:
I'm intrigued to see where Jim Harbaugh, who Darren Rovell nabbed as the most :coveted coach at any point in football history," ends up next year.
I was very impressed by Andrew Luck so maybe he is who we he thought he was....or maybe Virginia Tech just wasn't that good this year.

Probably both.