Here’s where the mind of a certifiable thrice-diagnosed hoopaholic goes.

Down an absurd peripheral rabbit hole.

Eventually to a challenge for you my loyal readers.

Sunday night I get an email from inveterate cheesehead Bookstore Billy, weighing in on the unis of the Seahawks who are playing his beloved Packers.

“There is and has never been a uniform as ugly as the Seattle Seahawks tonight. Beyond Gawdawful.”

Neon lime green.

Who am I to disagree?

But . . . and here we go . . . I seemed to recall how at the end of maybe the ’12 hoops season, some yahoo idiot at adidas decided to outfit that company’s sponsees with some pretty absurd outfits. With but a peripheral connection to actual school colors.

Notre Dame wore unis, the color of which was mighty close to what BB was referring to viz a viz Seattle.

And now fully in pursuit of Alice down that rabbit hole, I recall how U of L was ordered to wear unis that were, uh, orange. I believe it was that foretelling but surprising season when the Cards ended up in the Final Four, falling to the eventual national champs.

Plus those unis, if memory serves, were t-shirt style.

Which style the Cards wore to the crown the following season, though in white, since U of L was the #1 seed.

No I’m not lost down here, though I did just chat with some Cheshire cat, but not sure I’ll find my way back.

So, I started thinking, as obsessive hoopaholics are wont to do, about other schools which wore such unis?

Evansville. Duh.

Elgin Baylor’s Seattle team that got jobbed in the title game at Freedom Hall.

And I thought of another NCAA title winner who also wore t-shirt unis.

Name ’em — without the Google s’il vous plait — and claim your Jeopardy Home Edition, Volume 17.

If nobody can name ’em, I’ll put the answer in the Comments section after a suitable response time.

(By the by, I love the unis the Browns wore yesterday. Old old school. Vintage All American Conference. Otto Graham. Marion Motley. Dante Lavelli.)

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Love Ashton Jeanty’s game. Sort of admire his chutzpah. KInda anyway.

But, dude, Travis Hunter was clearly the best player in college football.

Accept it and move on.

That Hunter won should not be a surprise. It was not out of the blue or anything.

Recall that he was the top HS recruit in the land when Coach Prime flipped him from his commit to Florida State to play at Jackson State. Following along to Boulder.

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I watched a streaming doc the other day on Yacht Rock.

Don’t get me started. Let’s just say that designation has absolutely nothing to do with the music and is total BS. It’s a retrospective made up “genre” that is cultural not musical.

But, since Kenny Loggins has been grouped in by the progenitors of this shuck, there was a great interlude in the documentary.

With “This is It” playing in the background, they showed a few seconds of the Cardinals title game in ’80 against UCLA.

Which was pretty cool.

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Miller Moss.

His commitment got me to wondering, what do those QBs currently in the Louisville QB Room think when they keep getting portaled over?

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What Cardinal fan doesn’t love Teddy Bridgewater?

I’ve never met one.

Well, Teddy B, after his pro career, signed on to coach his HS team, Miami Northwestern.

In less than a year, ten months to be exact, at the helm he totally reversed the Bulls’ fortunes.

From 4-6 to state championship.

In the school’s five playoff games, they outscored their foes, 262-12. In the final, they beat a formerly undefeated team, Jacksonville Raines, 41 zip.

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Coming Soon: Seedy K’s Fun is Bowling.

With no predictions, because only an idiot would try to project which teams will show up and which won’t. Either figuratively, like Florida State last season, or literally like Marshall this.

— c d kaplan