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JuggernautJ wrote:

BD Sullivan wrote:--or the George Allen blue and whites.

This.
And a Black and White TV and I'm 9 years old again.
Bonus points if they're playing the Colts.

Well I did read somewhere that at least they'll be wearing all white unis at home all year. Wasn't that the norm for them in the Allen years until the change to blue and gold?

By the way, another team to change its unis the year after winning a championship was the 1991-92 Pittsburgh Penguins.

Steviek wrote:

JuggernautJ wrote:

BD Sullivan wrote:--or the George Allen blue and whites.

This.
And a Black and White TV and I'm 9 years old again.
Bonus points if they're playing the Colts.

Well I did read somewhere that at least they'll be wearing all white unis at home all year. Wasn't that the norm for them in the Allen years until the change to blue and gold?

Yep. In 1968, they "forgot" their blue jerseys when they came to play Cleveland--the only time between 1964-74 that the Browns wore their Brown jerseys at home. In 1972, once Allen was gone and Carroll Rosenbloom took over, they wore their blue jerseys at home for the entire season before then switching to the blue-and-golds the following year.

Reaser wrote: As for champions getting new uniforms, didn't the Mets have a new road jersey in 1987 after winning the series in '86?

Yes, and those only lasted for one year.