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I saw Nebraska play vs Bama in 67.  They came out wearing those bizarre cursive uni numbers and I just didn’t get it.  Bama and Snake Stabler beat hell out of them that day.  Undefeated but uncrowned.  That sucked but we have been fortunate.  I can’t complain.  But those cursive uni numbers were jarring to my 15-year old eyes.  I do rather like curves though.  Know wha oy mayne?!  Nudge nudge wink wink.

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On 7/23/2025 at 10:27 PM, Beau Vine said:

 

These are awesome:

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I know the consensus around here is that these are perfect, but there's something about the dark outline around the numbers that doesn't go well with the rest of the uniform. It's like the Cowboys problem of too many shades of blue. Then when they were away, they wore the darker shade of blue. The lighter blue is great, but I don't like the full execution of them from this era.

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Another thing I miss about unis - both teams wearing solid colors.  Bama/Tenn in Legion Field was always colorful - crimson, orange, green turf, green steel girders and trusses, fall colors on Red Mountain in the distance.  This game was a pisser, though.  We were thoroughly whipped.  Our #25, Dennis Homan, was a fine receiver but Tennessee had him covered all day.  Their best player was from Montgomery - Richmond Flowers a track star with great hands.  He went to Tennessee because his father, Alabama attorney general at the time, took incessant flak and bullshit criticism for taking the controversial position that human beings have civil rights!

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Texas and aggy did this once. Maybe Texas OU as well. Somewhere in the thread I posted a picture I ran across which I believe was either from the late 50s or early 60s. 

Edit: found it. We were wearing orange helmets and aggy was wearing white. That would flip to them in maroon helmets and us in our standard white helmets. 

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Tennessee and UCLA both wore their colored jerseys almost all of the time back in the 60’s and 70’s.

They could do so because they were so light colored.

In the 1969 Cotton Bowl (68 season) I remember Tennessee had to order white jerseys just for the game because even though it is a much lighter shade of orange, someone made the decision they could not wear their orange ones in that game.

UCLA wore their blue jerseys here in Austin in 1970.

Very colorful afternoon.

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On 7/28/2025 at 12:29 PM, fellside said:

I know the consensus around here is that these are perfect, but there's something about the dark outline around the numbers that doesn't go well with the rest of the uniform. It's like the Cowboys problem of too many shades of blue. Then when they were away, they wore the darker shade of blue. The lighter blue is great, but I don't like the full execution of them from this era.

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There's a reason for that, shitty old TVs needed high contrast numbers to be legible and light yellow on light blue is tough. Agreed it dilutes the amazing color combo in pictures somewhat.

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On 7/23/2025 at 10:27 PM, Beau Vine said:

I used to 100% agree with you, but the whole AD has fucked things up by changing to that bright blue.

These are awesome:

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These are not:

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What he said.

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58 minutes ago, Incredulity said:

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Notre Dame and Penn State are iconic and I very much respect that (plus it matches their grim Northern weather), but navy blue and white is uniform Ambien. At least ND has the gold helmets (and the Yankees have their pinstripes), but it's not exactly interesting to look at as a standalone color combo.

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3 hours ago, texifornia said:

Notre Dame and Penn State are iconic and I very much respect that (plus it matches their grim Northern weather), but navy blue and white is uniform Ambien. At least ND has the gold helmets (and the Yankees have their pinstripes), but it's not exactly interesting to look at as a standalone color combo.

PSU's best look, IMO. I like the pant stripes, socks, and old school numbers.

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3 hours ago, Woodrow Call said:

UCLA looked the best during the Cade McNown years when they used the Clarendon font for their numbers. Most UCLA folks want that to return. 

 

 

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3 hours ago, Woodrow Call said:

UCLA looked the best during the Cade McNown years when they used the Clarendon font for their numbers. Most UCLA folks want that to return. 

 

 

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We wore them one game last season and they were fire.  I do like the current ones as well though.

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45 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

We wore them one game last season and they were fire.  I do like the current ones as well though.

Numbers are too hard to read without the dark outline. It must've been a tough game for spotters and the PA announcer.

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5 hours ago, DFW Horn said:

Numbers are too hard to read without the dark outline. It must've been a tough game for spotters and the PA announcer.

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Those are so bad ass. Slab the dark blue monocolor UCLA logo on the helmet and they would be perfect.

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1 hour ago, Jiggy-Z said:

Those are so bad ass. Slab the dark blue monocolor UCLA logo on the helmet and they would be perfect.

Agreed.  Those are fucking great.  But I don’t hate these either.  I think they are more impactful on tv.

 

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