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If you are anything like me, on Saturdays in the fall (whenever you're not at a game) you have as many screens as possible trained on college football. But last weekend, you may have felt as if you needed to adjust the color settings on your television or computer.
From Oregon to Maryland, NCAA football games across the nation are starting to look more like a Van Gogh painting than football games. Maryland blew up Twitter on Monday night with their black, yellow, red, and white state flag uniforms. Oregon upheld their reputation to wow with their all-black uniforms with fluorescent lettering. Georgia decided to join in, sporting a new helmet and all-red uniforms on Saturday. And Arizona State is planning a blackout in the desert with their all-black uniform and a flaming pitchfork on their helmet in their upcoming matchup against Missouri. Boise State sported an all-white look that had a retro spin while Michigan will roll out their throwbacks against Notre Dame this weekend.
But despite the negativity toward the new fashions on the gridiron, I like the new uniforms so many teams are using. My top three would be: 1) Maryland, 2) Arizona State, and 3) Michigan. As someone who was born and raised in Maryland, I was proud to see the state flag incorporated into the flashy outfit. Arizona State’s all-black uniforms were awesome. I’m looking forward to Michigan’s because of the M on the front of the jersey. It isn’t as self-righteous as the number in the front.
Now, you might be wondering: Why do teams wear specially designed uniforms like that? Well, let me break it down for you. The first reason that schools do this sort of thing is for press attention. Don’t believe me? I bet most of you hadn’t even thought of University of Maryland football before last week. Second, is to attract fans. If I was a Terps fan and I was going to pick a game to go to, I would probably want to go to the one where they wear a snazzy uniform. And the biggest reason of all is money. Donors and alumni will pay big bucks for “game worn” equipment. But after all is said and done, I really like the new colorful uniforms and the fun it adds to game days.
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Gators better do it, if they're gonna be bad they should at least have good uniforms
boo gators
Go Blue!!!!!!!!! 5-0 Baby !!!!!!!!!!!
haha
NO MICHIGANS LOOKS SICK
me 2
i love football!!!
in that picture did it look like a heart?
thats beast
i knw rte
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
was sup homey
go george bulldogs roof roof roof.
Go cocks baby last time i checked the score was SOUTH CAROLINA 45 -georgia 42.two years in a row GO COCKS!!!!!!!!!!
hi
hey
cool
just tell me how to get more points
just go to diffrent places and scroll down
uniforms are uniforms...
michagan look so beast
The 1/2 and 1/2 is cool but the helmet and gloves are tacky.
This is @ the reply (:
Ya!!!!! Go Blue
I know right but Maryland with the half and half is boss
Interesting take on the uniform change... I liked the reference to Van Gogh, that was pretty funny. Besides that though, I thought a few points were a little weak. Not trying to pick apart your article, I know this was just a sort of "for-fun" piece, but just thought I would point a few things out.
I disagree with your claim that one of the top reasons for uniform changes is to attract more fans to the games. While saying that press attention was the main priority was spot on, I don't think schools are employing their new uniforms for an increase in fan attendance, and here's why: College crowds are very consistent, almost always regardless of how well the team is doing. The student section always fills up at games because their school's football games are a big social event to attend with friends, and it's just something many college students like to experience, and while obviously they want their team to do well, these seats will generally fill either way. The rest of the crowd also is fairly consistent, starting with the fact that college games are not nearly as expensive as pro games. Secondly, alumni of the school, or fans who are from the town of the college may not go to all of the games, but if they are really fans of the school, they'll try to get out to at least one game during the season. This results in a consistent attendance, whereas pro teams involve huge time investments, larger money investment, and the only special bond between the team and fans generally is just the geographic aspect, rather than the fan having had personal experience with the organization where a college fan might have gone to the school. Hope that helps...I know that was a bit drawn-out.
Man that is a long comment.
u wrote way to much!!!!!!!!!!!
hmm idk about marylands
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
syracuse is my team and they dont need weird jeseys to win a bowl