Links at Lunch: Bobby Bowden’s Battle, Combat Pros, Week 3 Previews
By Kyle Kensing
Bobby Bowden appeared on “The Today Show” to stress the importance of prostate cancer and reveal of his own struggles with the disease late into his Florida State tenure. Recruiting is an ugly business, and Bowden waited until after he retired to make his battle public so as not to give competitors ammunition. The columnists at Crystal Ball Run convened to weigh in. Was Bowden right and had he earned certain privacy in decades of coaching, or did he owe his players and recruits (and coach-in-waiting Jimbo Fisher) an explanation?
- Bowden’s announcement overshadowed the other big news of the morning, the release of Nike’s new line of Combat Pro uniforms, which can be seen at Dr. Saturday. They are certainly…different.
My thoughts:
- The LSU uniform looks a lot like Washington’s, sans the white helmet.
Stanford’s all-cardinal with the black helmet almost reminds me of a 1920s uniform. It’s certainly the closest to something traditional of this batch.
The use of gold in Michigan State’s uniform is interesting given the Spartans are green and white.
Ohio State’s helmet is fantastic. The jerseys and pants? Very high school.