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College Uniform Arms Race

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By John Ekdahl

Earlier this year, the University of Texas unveiled new Nike practice uniforms that worked in a lot of black along with slick modern design elements.

Texas is taking the trend one step further by spicing up its practice jerseys.

The Nike duds for Longhorns players have integrated black with is traditional burnt orange and white colors.

There are three separate jerseys with each color being prominent on one. All have ?Eyes of Texas? written on the back of neck.

Naturally, even a change to Texas?s practice uniforms created a bit of a panic in fans that didn?t want to see the game day uniforms touched. At the time, Coach Mack Brown assured the Texas faithful that there was no need to worry, but blogger Randy Riggs at The Statesmen isn?t so sure anymore.

?When they get Oklahoma, USC and Penn State to start changing, then come talk to us,? Brown said at the time. ?The Texas uniform is the Texas uniform, and it?s not changing.?

Uh, well, it might be time to talk to Mack again.

Would Oklahoma go new-age on the apparel front? In this item from The Oklahoman newspaper, coach Bob Stoops didn?t say the Sooners? traditional game gear definitely is going to change, but he wouldn?t rule it out, either.

The article he references is this one over at NewsOK.com.

If Nebraska ? and Wisconsin, and Michigan ? are giving in to the trend of non-traditional uniforms, can the Sooners be far behind?

Maybe. Bob Stoops says it?s possible. He didn?t say it would happen, but he said OU is open to discussions about the possibility.

Stoops knows what a firestorm that would cause among older-generation fans. He also knows how attractive it would be to potential recruits.

Wha-oh.

It?s been interesting to watch in recent years how this obsession with creating new, hip, futuristic and stylish uniform elements and equipment has gone from a bit of a wink-wink/nod-nod (outside of a few schools) recruitment tool to a fairly overt and publicized one. The pressure felt by some programs that are so committed to their own traditional uniform history (Alabama, Penn State, etc) to embrace this trend must be immense. I?m beginning to wonder if we might see a couple of them peel off and give in to it soon. Of course, I hope not.

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Some U.S. Senators are pushing for a common military combat uniform.

The powerful Senate Appropriations Committee has joined the campaign to get the services to share a common combat uniform, including a provision in a 2014 defense funding bill that would put an immediate end to the development and fielding of service-unique utility uniforms.

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In a report accompanying the Senate funding bill, the appropriations committee says it ?is concerned about the high cost and disparity in protection? of the different combat uniforms with varying camouflage patterns now used by the services.

I?m sure this has something to do with a report released last year criticizing the military?s development of camouflage uniforms.

A government watchdog issued a scathing report Friday blasting the U.S. military for the way it has developed camouflage uniforms over the past decade, putting troops at risk and wasting millions of dollars.

The Government Accountability Office picked out the Air Force and Army as extreme offenders among the services lambasting their development of the Airman Battle Uniform in 2002 and the Army Combat Uniform in 2003.

Each service has developed its own camouflage uniform over the past ten years. Military service leaders have introduced seven new patterns ? two desert, two woodland and three universal ? since 2002.

Certainly, controlling costs is always a concern, but the truly offensive part is the ?putting troops at risk? portion. The prior ?pixelated? camo design developed in 2004 has been widely criticized, and for good reason.

Whereas pixillation is usually very successful at obscuring images otherwise unfit to be seen, the US Army is $5billion in the hole, with its pixellated camo uniform (introduced in 2004) being dubbed a colossal mistake.

The Daily reports that soldiers have ?roundly criticized the gray-green uniform for standing out almost everywhere it?s been worn.?

?Essentially, the Army designed a universal uniform that universally failed in every environment,? an Army specialist who served two tours in Iraq told The Daily.

The Week wasn?t nearly as charitable, saying the pixelated uniforms ?turned soldiers into walking targets?.

Let?s hope they get it right this time.

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Chinese star emulates Grant Hackett with freestyle sweep

Head to head: China's Sun Yang, top, against Ryan Cochrane in the men's1500m freestyle final.

Head to head: China's Sun Yang, top, against Ryan Cochrane in the men's1500m freestyle final. Photo: AP

BARCELONA: Chinese star Sun Yang completed the set of long-distance freestyle world titles on Sunday with a commanding performance to win the 1500m final at swimming's world championships.

After victories earlier in the week in the 400 and 800m, Sun, 21, picked up his third gold, taking the final in 14min 41.15sec, with Canada's Ryan Cochrane 1.33sec back for silver and Italy's Gregorio Paltrinieri 4.22 adrift in third.

Male swimmer of the meet, Sun Yang.

Male swimmer of the meet, Sun Yang. Photo: Reuters

In doing so he becomes only the second man after Australia?s Grant Hackett to clean sweep the distance events at a world championships.

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"Normally at the Olympics I have two days after the 4x200m relay before the 1500m, whereas today there was just one so I really felt it at the end," said Sun after also being crowned the best male swimmer of the meet.

"I just tried to convince myself to stay as close to Cochrane as possible because I knew I could go faster in the last 100m."

The double Olympic champion had broken the world record in the 1500m at both last year's Olympics and the world championships in 2011, but admitted that a disruptive year in which he changed coach meant he wasn't in the best condition to break the record for a third consecutive major championships.

"This is an amazing night for me in my swimming life. After the Olympics I had to overcome a lot of problems, but I have come back and learned a lot through this process.

"My training was not very structured and that is why I was not in condition for a world record, but I am very happy to win another world championship title."

Although Cochrane led for the early stages, Sun stayed on his shoulder, then drew level and powered away in the final 50 metres to defend the title he won two years ago in Shanghai.

Cochrane is one of Sun's few serious rivals in this event, having also finished second to the Chinese giant at both the Olympics and in Shanghai.

But the Canadian has insisted Sun is good for the sport.

"To have someone that pushes the event is definitely positive," said the 24-year-old.

"It can be a frustrating process to finish second over and over again, but it is exciting to go up against someone like Sun.

"I was satisfied with how I took the race out and I think I can go even faster.

"I am still developing as an athlete. I want to push the race on as soon as possible in the future and have the training base to last it till the end.

"You know he (Sun) is always going to have the back-end speed.

"I knew I had to push the pace early and build a lead.

"It wasn't enough, but I know that if I can push the pace earlier and feel good about it, why can't I build more of a lead and hold onto it."

AFP

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Dos horas a cuatro bandas con 'Diablo III' en PS3

Diablo III

Llevamos algo m?s de un a?o con ?Diablo III? tanto en Mac como en PC, pero todav?a tenemos que esperar un poquito m?s para verlo en consolas, tal y como pas? con el primer ?Diablo? en PSone. En esta ocasi?n las agraciadas ser?n PS3 y Xbox 360, el pr?ximo 3 de septiembre en Espa?a.

M?s adelante har? lo propio en PS4, pero por lo pronto llegar? a esas dos consolas dentro de un mes. Una de las principales caracter?sticas de esta versi?n para consolas ser? la posibilidad de jugar con tres colegas en modo local, por si preferimos este m?todo cl?sico en vez del juego online, y es precisamente lo que vamos a ver ahora al detalle gracias a la gente de Penny Arcade.

Dos horas de juego a cuatro bandas, ni m?s ni menos. Toda una locura que nos servir? para comprobar qu? cambios ha experimentado el juego multijugador de ?Diablo III? trasladado al modo local. Como tener que pausar el juego cuando un usuario abre el inventario, entre otras cosas.

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Motorola presenta su primer tel?fono desarrollado tras la compra por Google

Motorola present? hoy su nuevo tel?fono inteligente, el Moto X, la ?ltima incorporaci?n en el cada vez m?s atestado mercado de los ?smartphones? y el primero que lleva la impronta de Google, quien compr? la empresa el a?o pasado.

Para intentar destacarse del resto, el Moto X, que es el primer aparato dise?ado totalmente desde la llegada de Google, puede recibir toda una serie de ?rdenes con la voz de su due?o y se puede personalizar hasta niveles hasta ahora in?ditos.

El consejero delegado de Motorola, Dennis Woodside, hizo una demostraci?n con algunas instrucciones durante la presentaci?n a la prensa hoy en Nueva York, a fin de resaltar las diferencias respecto a modelos de la competencia.

El tel?fono tiene una pantalla de 4,7 pulgadas y alta definici?n, as? como c?mara de 10 megap?xeles y bater?a de elevada capacidad, gracias a un nuevo microprocesador (el X8) dise?ado para optimizar el rendimiento y la energ?a acumulada.

Sabiendo que la est?tica es un factor muy importante a la hora de comprar un tel?fono, el Moto X tiene una carcasa curvada y podr? personalizarse al m?ximo, ya que se podr?n elegir hasta entre 18 colores para la carcasa trasera y otros elementos del terminal, lo que supone que se pueden realizar m?s de 2.000 combinaciones, seg?n el fabricante.

Adem?s de ser el primer tel?fono bajo la ?gida de Google, Motorola se juega mucho con este nuevo aparato, despu?s de que tras ser uno de los l?deres en el sector de los tel?fonos m?viles a finales del pasado siglo fue perdiendo poco a poco cuota de mercado hasta el punto de que se resign? en mayo del a?o pasado a ser absorbida en una operaci?n de 12.500 millones de d?lares.

?Esto es un relanzamiento de Motorola?, afirm? rotundamente Woodside durante la rueda de prensa de presentaci?n.

Motorola ha apostado tambi?n por la ?nacionalizaci?n? del producto, ya que mientras la gran mayor?a de los tel?fonos m?viles se producen actualmente en China u otros pa?ses asi?ticos, hasta el ensamblaje de la producci?n para EE.UU. se realiza en una planta de Fort Worth (Texas).

El nuevo tel?fono estar? disponible en Estados Unidos, Canad? y Latinoam?rica entre finales de agosto y principios de septiembre.

Source: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/elsentinel/os-motorola-telefono-google-20130802,0,1830570.story?track=rss

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