They used grey, so the rebrand is bad.
No. It's imperfect. Man is it frustrating to have your words twisted just because they're in disagreement with someone else's.
Black has been an alternate color for Arkansas for some time. That means grey is a more natural fit, and also at the same time not necessary because black is already there.
I actually like deep charcoal grey quite a bit. If I could do anything with their colors, I'd have probably replaced all black with that (Nike calls it "anthracite"), dropped black, and not bothered with that light grey.
But as much as it may annoy me for technical reasons, grey is just a shade of black, so it doesn't stand out as bad when it is used for Arkansas.
And it's a minor note that I can overlook given the strength of the rest of the brand.
I do agree, of course, that they had a stronger starting point than we did. I still think they got a better effort and a better result.