Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Assuming you are talking about the comeback at the Big House, I was about to say ... what an amazing ambassador for #TeamNavyPantsontheRoad!
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The Jeff Arneson 99 yard fumble return for a TD in 1992 is a memorable play from a nice win over tOSU as well.
I love the all-blue look, always have.
Blue pants forever.
mattcoldagelli
- The Transfer Portal with Do Not Contact Tag
You’re making me tap the sign
MustangWally
- Mayfield
Do you want blue helmets?
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Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Wow, okay … I’m now in an identity crisis as far as what I want for our uniform combos, because hot damn did the O/B/B look excellent. 
I do think we should only have an orange helmet, though.
I do think we should only have an orange helmet, though.
Blue helmets with a canonically orange I yes. Especially against NW
I must have a really unpopular opinion on our new uniforms, because my first thought at the game yesterday was that the Adidas FAU version of our uniforms was better executed. The shoulder stripes don’t go as far down, and as a result it’s less cluttered.
Then I saw fans in my section wearing last year’s jersey sitting right next to someone with the new one … and it made me realize I greatly prefer the unique simplicity of the older one compared to the busy look of our FAU/LSU knockoffs.
Then I saw fans in my section wearing last year’s jersey sitting right next to someone with the new one … and it made me realize I greatly prefer the unique simplicity of the older one compared to the busy look of our FAU/LSU knockoffs.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Now that we know the navy pants are a thing (they were not in any photos), I wonder how many uniform combos we will check off our uniform bingo card this year! 
So far we have...
O/B/O
O/W/W
O/B/B
There is no indication we have anything but an orange helmet and we heard the orange jerseys are on delay due to supply chain issues. Maybe we will get the orange ones later this year, but I will assume no. That leaves the following three combos to potentially see.
O/W/O ... Almost certainly will see this on the road, and I am excited for this look.
O/W/B ... Pictured below is during the comeback at the Big House, and I think this is a fan favorite that a lot of people will want to see.
O/B/W ... This would call back to the Zook days, but I did manage to find an older photo that shows what these new pants would make it look like ... not bad, if you ask me!
So far we have...O/B/O
O/W/W
O/B/B
There is no indication we have anything but an orange helmet and we heard the orange jerseys are on delay due to supply chain issues. Maybe we will get the orange ones later this year, but I will assume no. That leaves the following three combos to potentially see.
O/W/O ... Almost certainly will see this on the road, and I am excited for this look.
O/W/B ... Pictured below is during the comeback at the Big House, and I think this is a fan favorite that a lot of people will want to see.
O/B/W ... This would call back to the Zook days, but I did manage to find an older photo that shows what these new pants would make it look like ... not bad, if you ask me!
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Yeah, my initial view was to just rock the O/B/O for nearly all home games and only deviate for special occasions ... maybe O/O/W for your annual "Orange Out" and O/B/B for a prime time night game once per year or something? But I agree ... that O/B/B looked great, and I am a little more okay with mixing it up from time to time now that we have a generally more traditional looking uniform.
I think the point of uniforms is to look cool. This is a generalization, but teams usually do this in one of two ways - by having flashy/trendy/modern uniforms that seem "ahead of the curve" or having classic/simple/iconic uniforms that become impossible for fans to separate from that school. I'd argue some schools like Missouri, Iowa State and unfortunately pre-2023 Illinois get the worst of both worlds sometimes. I like our new uniforms a lot, and I think mixing up the pants doesn't really detract from "establishing a clear look" as much as I thought it might, given the coherent pattern of the stripes throughout.
mattcoldagelli
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BPOTR. It's happening, guys. Just a matter of when.
I need an assist... Blue pants, orange tops, red?
I'm good with any combo shown except for the O/W/W.
On the road? (I.e., Rocky Harvey look)
I think the O/B/B looked better than the O/B/O. The matching stripes worked.
MustangWally
- Mayfield
Anything but O/O/O
I would be ok with it during an orange out game.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
I cannot agree, because our current white pants with the O/B/O stripe down the middle would make an O/O/W uniform too good to pass up ... why even mess with the orange pants?! I will leave it to a better MS Painter than myself to get this mockup done, but it would be:
This uniform look/combo...
... but with this jersey...
... with these exact pants and helmet.
That would look damn fine if you ask me.
Counterpoint: nothing but O/O/O
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