Gay Wolverines

The biggest question coming out of Sunday's game was why Jeff Lurie would have selected those ridiculous 1933 throwback uniforms to "celebrate" the 75th team anniversary. Perhaps an even bigger question is why any fan would have bothered to buy such a hideous jersey - and judging from the number of blue/yellow shirts in the stands, a surprising number did just that.

The whole throwback uniform has been overdone, though not apparently oversold. First you had the home and away jerseys. Then the "alternate" jerseys, which in most cases - like the Eagles - meant incorporating black into the outfit. Now you've got the throwback uni. It's getting absurd. But not as absurd as the choice itself. Keith Olbermann on Sunday Night Football took the Eagles' retro look and the Lurie to task for the ugliness of the uniform and hit the larger problem on the head - merchandising. And by the way, if you are going to needlessly tempt the fans with extraneous merchandising, at least select the 60's era green and white uniforms or the late 70's darker green and silver look. (The 90's kelly green is still relatively recent to be considered a "throwback" jersey.)

Just as bad, the Eagles players themselves - while being good employees in not trashing the 1933 look publicly - looked like a high school team. As one friend said days before the Eagles game. How unfortunate you are 0-2 and facing a must win at home and you have to take the field looking like that.

But the best line about the uniforms came from my friend TD. In the stands just after the Eagles had taken the field on Sunday, he observed, "My God, they look like the gay Michigan Wolverines."