Remember the 90′s? Remember laughter? I was 11 years old in 1995, with less than none of the world sense and street smartz I possess today. I was preadolescent drunk (translation: pretending to be buzzed after a single Mike’s Hard Lemonade) on the notions of blatant carelessness, blatant recklessness, and blatant disregard. In short, I had no clue, which is no excuse for, but probably part of the reason why, I asked for a Carolina Panthers Starter jacket for Christmas that year. To give you idea of what this puffy monstrosity looked like, the answer is none more blue.
’95 was of course Carolina’s expansion year. Good ole’ Dom Capers was the skipper. They had just drafted a promising rookie/ stud drunk QB Kerry Collins to command the helm, and the future never looked so bright.
As we all know, the team has floundered – not unlike the Starter jacket fad, which gave way (at least in the Northeast) to the psuedo-hipppie Northface yupper fleece. Fun fact: Jake Delhomme wears these, always has. Collins exclusively wears lined flannel, and beat up 11-year old kids in the 90′s who had the Chicago Bulls Starter pullover. Trendy little twerps got what was coming to them (He was like 23 at the time too).
But I digress. This week, we’re polling the sports blog intelligentsia to share their own engaging anecdotes about Starter jackets. I’m sure there’s at least one good tale of a kid getting faced that’s tied to the outerwear that defined an era of sport.
Email me your submissions here. And if you need to bone up on your history, check out this post on Barstool Sports, where they break down the three types of Starter jacket wearers (I guess this makes me a Color-Me Bad Trend Starter? – goddamit)
As per usual, will post the best of the best Friday in the A.M.
