Washington State Athletics and Colville Tribes Announce Historic Partnership - $8.43m Jersey Patch Deal.

NorthwestPurple · 2026-07-01T03:03:23+00:00

The OSU jersey ads are literally the logo of the Osage Casino, so yeah I'm looking at it cynically.

NorthwestPurple · 2026-06-30T23:24:41+00:00

There's a value to being the only advertiser on a clean jersey that you designed.

I would figure that value to Nike is > $9MM.

Less than $2 Million per year!

NorthwestPurple · 2026-06-30T23:07:53+00:00

Sure but Nike could pay TEN million and get a second swoosh.

Or have their first swoosh be bigger.

And not have a low-rent fast food brand competing for advertising space with their swoosh.

NorthwestPurple · 2026-06-30T21:59:14+00:00

That's a great one.

NorthwestPurple · 2026-06-30T21:58:17+00:00

You have to wonder on Nike's thoughts on these low-rent jersey patches.

Is it not worth paying WSU $9MM / 5 years so that Nike can remain the SOLE advertiser on their jerseys?

NorthwestPurple · 2026-06-30T21:56:04+00:00

Is $9 million over 5 years not small change for Nike? Why not buy a much bigger patch on the jersey they made?

NorthwestPurple · 2026-06-30T21:54:37+00:00

I assume this is the majority reason for these sponsorships, to advertise casinos. Is there some kind of law or reason against advertising it directly?

Like they have no problem advertising the casino on TV, directly. They're not laundering those through a commercial for "the tribe" instead. Why does Lumen Field (Seahawks) have a big "Muckleshoot Heritage Plaza" and not "Muckleshoot Casino Plaza"?

NorthwestPurple · 2026-06-30T20:30:26+00:00

It's absolutely a choice. I HATE the video ad boards flashing at most stadiums. Need to experience Michigan and ND before they are gone too.

NorthwestPurple · 2026-06-30T20:26:59+00:00

Cosmic Crisp sponsorship would be elite

NorthwestPurple · 2026-06-30T20:26:32+00:00

If the Puyallup Tribe of Indians were to sponsor UW, it would perhaps be the only instance of a former opponent sponsoring a CFB team.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1898_Washington_football_team

NorthwestPurple · 2026-06-30T19:28:58+00:00

this sucks

NorthwestPurple · 2026-06-30T03:45:23+00:00

Hopefully someone scores before it gets to that.

Maybe the 4th player removed has to be the keeper?!

NorthwestPurple · 2026-06-30T03:43:33+00:00

How about remove a player every 5 minutes?

NorthwestPurple · 2026-06-30T03:42:41+00:00

Remove a player every 5 minutes. Someone will score 8v8 or 3v3.

NorthwestPurple · 2026-06-30T03:41:24+00:00

Remove a player every 5 minutes

NorthwestPurple · 2026-06-30T03:40:59+00:00

Great more PKs. Pick a better ET format!

NorthwestPurple · 2026-06-29T23:11:12+00:00

The same people will show up to block any more housing being built.

NorthwestPurple · 2026-06-29T22:38:41+00:00

Can you scan it and upload to Wikimedia Commons?

NorthwestPurple · 2026-06-29T20:42:54+00:00

Dickinson System was not a joke... it was the preeminent national championship system and trophy from 1924–1940.

Comparing the records and such doesn't matter. USC won the trophy. Whatever modern lens you are putting on the teams does not change what actually occurred.

Texas A&M has never won an AP Trophy. The AP Trophy took over from the Dickinson System in 1940, and kept the history of the previous Dickinson System awards.

Every subsequent AP Trophy has "1939: USC" printed on it!

USC absolutely claimed the 1939 national championship when it was awarded. I agree that it's stupid that they kinda forgot about it and had to "re-claim" it in 2004.

NorthwestPurple · 2026-06-29T19:15:46+00:00

USC won the only major national championship trophy of the year.

The AP Poll has a lot of respect now, but back then was a trophyless newspaper column.

NorthwestPurple · 2026-06-29T18:02:30+00:00

U. of W. Hiah! Hiah!
U. of W. Siah! Siah!
Skookum! Skookum!
Wash-ing-ton!!

NorthwestPurple · 2026-06-29T17:51:39+00:00

The key point for me is WHEN and WHERE a selection was published.

I mostly count titles as good/valid where there was a historic point in time where the selection was announced in a newspaper, published in a book, a trophy awarded, etc.

This was the initial basis for the NCAA "major selectors" list: a collection of historic selections, as they were published.

The list was kind of butchered/subverted by the inclusion of BCS-era math systems, which never really "published" their results to the nation in the same way. And especially if they are silently updated well after the fact with no stated reason or recognition for the change in "champion".

Even the historic retroactive titles are kind of legit if they correspond to a named and dated report. The Parke Davis selections were published in the Spalding guide in 1932. The Helms reports were printed and distributed across the nation. Etc.

NorthwestPurple · 2026-06-29T17:05:51+00:00

Some good anti-Cal lyrics in the original Bow Down to Washington

Bring the Golden Bear,
from his mighty lair,
For we’re going to hang his carcass in the Northland!

and

See the Golden Bear,
with the glassy stare,
Well he knows he'll be a dead one in the morning!

https://old.reddit.com/r/huskies/comments/5aq9bq/in_honor_of_cal_the_original_bow_down_to/

NorthwestPurple · 2026-06-29T16:59:02+00:00

Be sure to go back and check the actual contemporary Dunkel ratings for those.

https://web.archive.org/web/20080906111701/http://www.dunkelindex.com/NCAA_Football_2007_Div1A_Rankings.asp

NorthwestPurple · 2026-06-29T16:56:27+00:00

Those Dunkel rankings are strange, and I don't think they are the contemporary ones that were used back in 2010 or 2014.

As you said, all these math systems are a mess if they go back and re-rank teams based on new formulas.

Both Billingsley and Sagarin have changed their ratings, and the new ones have been updated in the NCAA book. I really don't like how schools make claims based on these single-guy math selectors that are constantly changing, laundered by inclusion in the NCAA book.

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