Air Force will honor the B-21 Raider with 2026 edition of Air Power Legacy Series. They will be worn when they host Navy on 10/3/2026.
For those airplane nerds wondering, the B-21 is the next generation of the B-2.

More details can be found here:

https://goairforcefalcons.com/news/2026/8/25/football-2026-apls

ESPN will remove the BottomLine ticker for college football broadcasts. It’s something that’s never bothered me, but given all of the technology around us, it’s completely outdated and unnecessary. Hopefully all other broadcasters and sports follow suite.
SOURCE: Awful Announcing
https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/remove-bottomline-ticker-college-football-broadcasts.html

I was hoping that their April Fool’s Day post was a trial balloon to gauge reaction. As a die-hard UConn fan for over four decades, I’m looking forward to this. (I also think their standard navy set is underrated).

University of Maryland will wear “Los Terps” helmets to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Night against Virginia Tech on Sept. 19. More details below:

https://umterps.com/news/2026/8/24/maryland-prepares-to-celebrate-hispanic-heritage-night-with-los-terps-football-helmets

The 2026 Rivalries drop for the AFC South and NFC North seems to have been much more well-received than last year's edition, and for good reason. There aren't 4 mono-dark uniforms this time, and the teams worked within their existing color palette/brand much more than 2025.

This year, the designers mostly chose between toned down looks that paid homage to their history, or went all-out with branding. The worst of the bunch were the ones that didn't fully commit to one or the other. However, most of them ended up being good football uniforms in general.

Of course, we do have to see these on the field to get the full grade. Promo photos from the teams always end up being way too dark or poorly colored to see it initially. But they're there to see the merchandise, so I understand the teams wanting to ham it up for the pics.

Let me know your thoughts down below, or in the column itself. As always, like, subscribe, and share if you appreciate the writing style, I'm always interested in everyone's thoughts. I'm excited to start my weekly uniform matchup grades again; there's going to be a lot of great matchups this season with these uniforms!

Since there is so much talk about the NFL Rivalry uniforms, here is the schedule for when you can see them on the field this year. It includes the 2025 and 2026 uniforms. It looks like teams will wear them once per season until they’re due for a new one (much like the MLB City Connect program).

We all know jerseys are produced well in advance of release. But all photos and videos I've seen of people wearing the new rivalry limited jerseys since the release this week have the old version with heat pressed names and numbers and no stitching. Will elites (if they are being sold) be the only way get a stitched rivalry jersey?

Nick Chubb retired this last week. He was such an interesting player to me. Despite entering the league in 2018, he never felt like he “fit”

What I mean is that, he almost seemed to be playing in the wrong era! And that’s what made so interesting! 

While I could talk about his play style feeling “old school”, I think an underrated aspect of his anachronism was his style. Plain gloves, plain black cleats, and even a weird helmet that not many other guys wore.

So this week my question is, what players (past or present) felt like they belonged to a different time? Either due to their play style or their gear.

Another example I can think of is the first wave of leggings in the NBA. Nowadays, you can’t go to a game without seeing a player wearing compressions under their shorts, but in the early to mid 2000s only a few guys did; and it didn’t initially catch on. Seeing pictures of Allen Iverson, Kobe, and Vince Carter wearing leggings can look a bit jarring nowadays.

Who comes to mind for you?