The college football season is nigh, and thank god! There’s only so many more Saturdays I can spend outdoors, or racking up quality time with family and friends, without yearning for the sweet release of 14-hour days in front of three screens, drinking in the sweet, hermit-like isolation (and a beverage or two) that is college football. Where was I going with this? Oh! UConn unveiled an alternate all-grey uniform.
A cool bit of sartorial neutrality, the new UConn Football grey uniforms are more or less solid through the pants and jersey, with red-outlined blue numbers tying in to those same colors in the shoulder-stripes. The helmet goes the grey route as well, but incorporates a bit more detail, as UConn’s Husky logo is exeucted in metallic silver, while red facemasks and a red-blue-red triple stripe contrast.
UConn hosts Villanova September 3 to open the season, before home tilts with Army and Navy on September 12 and 26, respectively. No word yet on when they’ll break out the new alternate look, but any of those seem like good opportunities.
Photos via Connor Freeborn & UConn Football.