Thursday, January 27, 2005
WHERE'D HE COME FROM? LOUISVILLE!
The Arizona Cardinals have updated their logo to "a tough bird", in the words of owner Bill Bidwell.
Yeah, I've seen this "tough" bird before...
When they were called the Louisville Cardinals.
Difference being, the Louisville Cardinals could have been a .500 team in the NFC West in 2004, unlike the Arizona Cardinals who finished 6-10. The Cardinals will unveil their new uniforms sometime this spring. No word on whether they will identify their version of red as "Cardinal Red".
"As they say, it's not the size of the bird in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the bird," coach Dennis Green said. "The cardinal is a small bird, but it can be a very aggressive bird. That's the idea."
Several prominent Cardinals -- including Josh McCown, Larry Fitzgerald and Leonard Davis -- modeled apparel with the new logo.
With his rural Texas background, McCown was asked if he was something of an expert on birds.
"The only birds I know about are the duck and the dove and the quail, birds that you shoot," the Cardinals quarterback said. "You're not really supposed to shoot cardinals. I don't know if I'd shoot this bird. It looks pretty mean. This bird might pull a gun out and shoot right back at you."
That's great stuff.
However, I'm sure there are more than a few people in St. Louis and Phoenix who have thought about shooting Mr. Bidwell. So McCown's theory of how you're not really supposed to shoot Cardinals may be off base. Hell, McCown may not even be in Arizona for the 2005 season. We'll see what happens.
(Hat tip to Doug, one of the many great readers we have here at Sports and B's)
Yeah, I've seen this "tough" bird before...
When they were called the Louisville Cardinals.
Difference being, the Louisville Cardinals could have been a .500 team in the NFC West in 2004, unlike the Arizona Cardinals who finished 6-10. The Cardinals will unveil their new uniforms sometime this spring. No word on whether they will identify their version of red as "Cardinal Red".
"As they say, it's not the size of the bird in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the bird," coach Dennis Green said. "The cardinal is a small bird, but it can be a very aggressive bird. That's the idea."
Several prominent Cardinals -- including Josh McCown, Larry Fitzgerald and Leonard Davis -- modeled apparel with the new logo.
With his rural Texas background, McCown was asked if he was something of an expert on birds.
"The only birds I know about are the duck and the dove and the quail, birds that you shoot," the Cardinals quarterback said. "You're not really supposed to shoot cardinals. I don't know if I'd shoot this bird. It looks pretty mean. This bird might pull a gun out and shoot right back at you."
That's great stuff.
However, I'm sure there are more than a few people in St. Louis and Phoenix who have thought about shooting Mr. Bidwell. So McCown's theory of how you're not really supposed to shoot Cardinals may be off base. Hell, McCown may not even be in Arizona for the 2005 season. We'll see what happens.
(Hat tip to Doug, one of the many great readers we have here at Sports and B's)
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