The Design Game

David & Justin excitedly discuss the enhancements to Syracuse’s hoops unis. They also touch on some of the new NBA looks – now that they are on the court – and Justin goes bananas about the Clippers’ uniforms.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• 0:24: Intro and Cuse hoops
  • New
    • Road and home
    • In action: one, two, and three
  • Old
    • Previous home
    • Previous road
    • Last year’s Hyper Elite
    • Original system of dress: unveiling and an image of Cuse/Florida
  • Very quick mockups
  • Cuse ‘S’ basketball logo
  • “SJ” logo
• 13:08: NBA’s new unis on the court
  • Faaaaaaantastic commercial… FEATURING OJ
  • Other NBA pods from this summer: Raptors, Hornets/76ers/Clips/Hawks, Bucks
  • Bucks court (RIP, Grantland)
  • Hawks
    • Uniforms (oops – Charlotte wore teal, not white)
    • Court
  • Clippers
    • Unis
    • The may-or-may-not be true story of the Miami Heat design team executing the Clippers rebrand
    • It gets worse
    • Our quick hitter episode on the Clippers rebrand

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David & Justin wrap up the Royals’ World Series victory and go nerdy and deep on a baseball score graphic crisis: how should a broadcast properly display the number of outs in an inning?

Topics discussed in this episode:

• 0:23: Halloween costumes
  • “Hotline Bling” video
• 2:11: Field of Dreams
  • James Earl Jones speech
  • Burt Lancaster being awesome
• 4:43: World Series wrap
• 8:10: How to display out(s) during a baseball broadcast
  • Episode 15: our discussion on broadcast graphics from 2014
  • Our Twitter exchange during the NLCS
  • Singular vs plural
    • Nerdy discussion around singular and plural from 2008
    • No one knows the answer: Yahoo and Fun Trivia
  • Comparison of graphics: ESPN, Fox, and TBS
  • NBC basketball graphics

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David & Justin discuss the impressive rise and success of Under Armour over the past decade, especially its recent campaign featuring Tom Brady, Steph Curry, Jordan Speith, and Misty Copeland.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• UA commercials playlist
• Steph signs in 2013
• The crazy James Harden deal
• Fila’s Mantis commercial
• Fox’s NHL commercials
  • Golf would be better if it were hockey
  • Bowling would be better, too
• ESPN’s fantastic black and white NHL commercials
  • Peter Forsberg
  • Brendan Shanahan
  • Too much curve
  • Ice guru
  • Paul Coffey
• The ESPN NHL theme, because it’s awesome
• Older UA commercials
  • Click clack
  • Protect this house!
  • Protect this house, newer campaign
• Bonus note: Steph just re-signed through 2024!!!

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David & Justin discuss the new — and in some cases, old-school — graphics package for ESPN’s Monday Night Football.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• History of MNF announcers
• The new MNF graphics
• NYG vs Buffalo score bug
• Arizona State uni
• Our episode discussing ESPN’s new graphics package
• A closer look at the new ESPN (non-MNF) graphics
• ESPN ties to the NFL: Goodell and Mortensen
• New MNF opening package… sponsored by GMC?

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The ‘Cuse has rolled out a new football uni set and David & Justin discuss its positive and negatives. How ’bout them Orange hanging in with LSU!

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Game highlights
• The unis: Syracuse.com and Nunes Magician
• A few more looks at both the new uni set and some former all-orange versions

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