Thursday, January 8, 2009

Top Ten College Football Uniforms

OR: Top 11. Because there are 11 teams in the Big Ten.
Watching the National Championship game has inspired me to make my list of top college football uniforms.

11. North Carolina, Carolina blue and white.



Powder blue is my favorite color, and it looks great with white on a football uniform. I'm also a big fan of the NC logo on the helmet and where the necklines meet. If they someday incorporate argyle, like the hoops team, these uniforms will be in the top five.






10. Georgia, alternate black jerseys.
These are awesome. But the last time they broke them out they got WORKED by Alabama, so I can't rate them as high as I would like to. I love the bones for pride stickers (white for on the field and black for academics) and UGA is the best mascot ever.

8. (tie) Texas and Penn St. all white.



Ain't nobody dope as me I'm just so fresh so clean.


I love when you stare at me I'm just so fresh so clean.




7. Hawaii, silver and white.

Sadly, this was the last year Hawaii will wear their sharp Nike uniforms, as Under Armour just paid a shit ton of money to make them ugly. The best were the silver and white road uniforms. Also, I have to give Hawaii credit for inspiring me (copying them) to create the logo for Savage Logistics.

6. Florida home throwbacks.



I like these mostly because they are so much better than any other uniforms Florida wears. And it's always nice to see the old-school white helmets with nothing but an "F" on them. But it'd be a lot cooler if they said "FU"...







5. Texas marching band.


Are you kidding me? These actually exist? They really wear these? Awesome.

4. Florida State garnet and gold

They don't get any flashier than this. The hatchet pride stickers are the cherry on top.


The only thing that would make them look better is if they were shimmel jerseys showing off hairy stomachs, like back in the eighties when Deion played.









3. Michigan maize and blue.

I know what you're thinking: "#3?! These are widely recognized as the best uniforms in all of sports! How can they not be number one in your ranking?!"

Well, they lost a little bit of their appeal when Adidas took over the uniform sponsorship from Nike this year (although this picture is of their older Nike uniform). Also, when you see my explanations for the top 2, you'll understand.




2. Notre Dame shamrock green.
The legend has it that Knute Rocknie started his second stringers against Navy in 1927. After the Midshipmen marched down the field and scored on their opening drive, Knute ordered his starters onto the field...after they took off their blue jerseys to reveal green ones underneath! "Instantaneously the Notre Dame regulars yanked off their blue outer sweaters and like a horde of green Gila monsters darted onto the field. From that moment on Notre Dame held the initiative, imposed its collective will upon the Navy..." - George Trevor, New York Sun

Ever since then, Notre Dame has worn the green jerseys for special games. And while they don't always win those games, they still look awesome.

1. USC song girls white sweaters with roses:


I rest my case.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ummm, you are forgeting one very important jersey combo that will make an appearance when i strike it rich and can donate these...

http://share.shutterfly.com/share/received/welcome.sfly?fid=db491f5a2df5657e3315f89dbf2f35f7&sid=0ActmbJq1bsWTmY

Tanner said...

sadly, i am not a shutterfly member so i can't see that pic. but i venture a guess at what uniform you are talking about...once a logger always a logger!

Anonymous said...

Yes, they are the logger throwbacks. Green and Gold. Ill email you and the boys the picture

Stefan said...

i have to say im a big fan of the UW jerseys too.

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