Oregon gets new uniforms? Which school has the best?
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by user The Beast
The Oregon Ducks have unveiled their newest uniform changes for the upcoming season and apparently the plans for chrome helmets were scrapped. This will be the 4th change in uniforms for the Ducks since 1996. Uniform designs now include black, white and yellow while helmets include white, green and yellow. The yellow helmet design unveiled is apparently just a tentative one.
The Ducks’ game-day apparel will consist of four different colors of jerseys and pants to go along with three different helmets Oregon is expected to wear at some point during the coming season.
But of greater importance is the advanced design and technology of the uniforms will help to diminish the weight of the uniforms by 28 percent when dry and help make them 34 percent lighter under wet condiditions. The jerseys and pants also encompass a diamond-patterned grid on the shoulders and knees, respectively, to improve the durability of the product in areas susceptible to greater wear.
In addition to the green, yellow and white uniforms Oregon has employed in the past, it will add a predominantly black version to the wardrobe similar to the uniforms the Ducks unveiled in last year’s 56-14 win against Oregon State. The option of helmets Oregon will have available will expand from the one green version that it has worn since 1999 to an all-white variety and a third yellow helmet that is still in a developmental stage.
The new-look attire also will include "Oregon" inscripted down the left leg of all four pants while "Ducks" will appear on the front of the jerseys above the numbers to help further enhance the identity and exposure for the university.
This leads me to ask all of you, what happened to the days of one home uniform and one away uniform, which are recognizable. When you see a uniform you identify it with a certain school. Numbers on the helmets, Alabama, stripes on the helmets, Michigan, Golden helmets, Notre Dame, and nothing on the helmet Penn State. Such schools, USC, Texas, Notre Dame (with the exception of the green), Michigan, and definately Penn State all have basically had the same uniforms throughout time. There are more, but lets not list them all. So which schools have the best uniforms. Lets give props to those schools that have tradition behind the jersey, Alabama being another good one.
I am biased of course, but i'll take USC. They have sweet stripes and the cardinal and gold mean so much to the school. Michigan gives 'em a good run at #2.
Date
Fri 07/14/06, 9:52 am EST
With that said, I give you the team with the coolest uniform (that displays another color on their arm)
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