The Washington Football Team has released their new name, marks, and uniforms. The team will keep the burgundy and gold color but will now have the players numbers on the side of each helmet, along with the removal of the center stripe. Another change comes on the front of the jersey, where we will now see the new Washington wordmark. The change as of now is a quick fix for the upcoming season as the team undergoes a proper rebrand to make sure the organization takes the correct steps as one of the NFLs most historic franchises.
The Las Vegas Raiders new Headquarters and home in Las Vegas in nearing completion. The performance center will host the team’s work out facilities, practice areas, front office area, and more. Take a look below at the progress that is being made.
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Riddell has released the 2020 special edition NFL helmets, NFL Eclipse. The all matte black helmets feature only the teams logo in color adding a pop to the black ‘eclipse’ theme. These helmets are not for on field use but instead a fan collectable.
The Alabama Football program has revealed the renovations to their new locker room. Each player’s locker now features their photo, name, hometown, position and number. There is also a leather recliner and plenty of storage space to the left of each locker. Along with the new locker room the facility will be getting a brand new Sports Science Center, that features advanced treatment services and technology with spaces dedicated to cryotherapy, chiropractic, massage, relaxation, recovery and mental health services.
“Mal Moore’s actually coming together here very well. I took a tour a few days ago, and it’s really impressive to see. We’re getting this building and facility set up for the next 10, 15, 20 years so it can continue to really serve our student-athletes, our coaches, our staff, and at the same time, too, it helps us make sure we always have the legacy of Mal Moore at the forefront of what we do and what a great man and what a wonderful athletic director, coach (he was). So, that’s going well.”- Alabama AD Greg Byrne
The Oregon Ducks football team received their championship rings for winning the PAC-12 and Rose Bowl this past season. Each player and coach received a ring for both of the major wins. The Rose Bowl Championship ring features the Rose Bowl logo on the face of the ring. While the PAC-12 Championship ring shows off the the PAC-12 trophy with the Oregon O on the face.
The Ohio State Buckeyes football team has released images of their 2019 Big Ten Championship rings. On the face of the ring we see "2019 Big Ten Champions" with the Block O in front of three Big Ten Championship trophies from the 2017, 2018 and 2019 seasons. On the one side of the ring we see the player/coach's name and position, along with the Playoff Semifinal logo. On the other side of the ring the Ohio State vs Michigan (The Team Up North) score, as well as a pair of the gold pants the players get for winning the rivalry game. To add the finishing touches to the ring the word “Brotherhood” is engraved on the bottom of the ring.
The NFL Training Camp official headwear has been released for all teams except for Washington as they decided on a new name and logo. That hats will be featured during NFL Training Camp and worn by the players on the sideline for the opening weeks of the season. Each hat will come in the teams color with each teams nickname on the front in a split color.
Madden has announced the first player to be in this year’s 99 Club, Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes. Mahomes was a lock to get the 99 overall rating and to let him know his rating Madden sent over a gift box that included a 99 chain.
“The Madden 99 Club is an exclusive tier of NFL talent that represents the highest level of video game prestige, reserved solely for earned and maintained excellence on the field. A 99 OVR is the maximum possible rating in Madden, and 99 Club status elevates a handful of players above even the most skilled superstars in the league.”- Madden
Texas Tech has announced the extension of their partnership with Under Armour through the 2023-24 season. With the extension comes new uniforms for the Red Raiders that now features the updated uniform template from Under Armour, the ArmourGrid. The new jerseys will now have the striping pattern from the collarbone area removed and added to the sleeves. The pants stripe is now widened with the colors flipped and the phrase ‘Guns Up’ has been removed. The team will keep the main options of red, black and white uniforms that we will see mix and matched throughout the season, with the options to bring in the retro uniforms we have seen Texas Tech wear the past few seasons.
The LSU Tigers have received their Championship Rings. Each player has received three rings, a SEC Championship Ring, College Football Playoffs Ring, and the National Championship Ring. The crown jewel of the group being the National Championship Ring is a one of kind ring that is the first to have the shape and size.
The top of the ring features a diamond LSU over a gold National Championship Trophy. There are 16 round cut stones that represent LSU’s conference titles, along with 4 marquise cut stones in honor of the team’s 4 national championships. On the one side of the ring we see the LSU Fight Song, Recipient’s last name, LSU’s Louisiana logo, the team’s 15-0 record, and recipients position/title. On the other side of the ring the team mantra, 2019, and Tiger Stadium with Geaux Tigers are present. The final touch comes on the inside of the ring with Geaux interlock LSU logo and the words ‘Standard of Performance’.
"When you design the ring, you want to represent obviously the team that just won, the 2019 team, but you want it to be a history of the whole program as well. You want those guys from the 70s and the 60s to still be proud of what you're doing today. So elements like Tiger Stadium will relate across the board. There were 102,000 people that came out to those games to support that. So to have Tiger Stadium on there isn't just because it's a pretty facade. That's the symbol for the people that are in the stadium, that supported these guys every single time they took the field." -Derek Ponamsky, special assistant to head coach Ed Orgeron.
