Considering the Oregon football team’s propensity for brash, unconventional uniforms — especially on special occasions — there aren’t many uniform concepts they could don in Monday’s national championship game that would surprise. And yet they’ve managed one: simple understatement.
Forgoing the bells and whistles of neon yellows, throwback greens and eye-popping chromes — to say nothing of the invisible uniforms for which Nikeblog has advocated for the last several years — Oregon will do the unthinkable. As the home team against Ohio State (edit: check out Ohio State’s uniforms here), meaning they can wear absolutely any color they choose, the team will wear a silver-accented white jersey, matching helmets, and solid-grey pants; as simple a look as exists in Oregon’s endless wardrobe rotation.
It’s certainly an unlikely move. No, your eyes don’t deceive you: The Oregon national championship uniform features no green or yellow. Unconventional, really. So perhaps it’s not all that unlikely. . . .