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Nevada Wolf Pack Nevada's current set is a perfect encapsulation of the modern Adidas template: nothing really offensive, but nothing really exciting, either. Generic paint by the numbers look. I set out to make these a little less cookie-cutter, without getting too busy like the early 2000's style of design (though I did include these as a throwback look). First off, I leaned into Nevada's excellent state nickname and included "Battle Born" wordmarks on the helmet and jersey collars. Sleeve detail changes to a wolf logo, while silver is used as a trim color on the numbers and helmets. Pants and helmet both get a single stripe to break up the monochrome-ness. Finally, I incorporated the cursive "N" logo from the baseball team into the look, as I think this is more interesting and aesthetically pleasing than the current generic block N.

San Diego State Aztecs I absolutely love the way SDSU incorporated the Aztec calendar into their uniforms, so I kept that aspect as is. Pants use a simplified angled stripe, while the primary logo is added to the helmet.Basic design of the jerseys stays the same as well, with some minor tweaks in colors. I also added red pants, made a red alternate uniform, and resurrected a 90's-era throwback uniform to complete this set.

Looks great! My only suggestion would be to add some gold trim on the numbers/hat... I think it would really make the colors pop

Not sold on the idea of using orange with the home uniforms... But that road grey unform is perfection. It looks so much better without white trim on the numbers. Nice series so far!

Well done on this series. Any plans on doing any more of these? Maybe like a 90's-style Mighty Ducks one for Anaheim?

Totally agree, that was their best look. And thank you, I appreciate it!

Hawai'i Warriors For these concepts, I went back to the previous-gen uniform style from Under Armour, as I definitely prefer this over the more generic Adidas look. Traditional tribal pattern stripe on the left (and only left) sleeve returns, and TV numbers are moved to the shoulders. Black uniforms use green numbers w/ white trim, and an "808" wordmark on the front helmet bumper is a nod to the people/culture of Hawaii. Finally, the completely ridiculous but also completely awesome Rainbow Warriors throwback look is brought back into the mix.

Colorado State Rams Main change I made to this set, was using the secondary Ram horn logo throughout the set. While the current helmet looks great as well, I wanted this to be a bit less derivative of the classic LA Rams look. I also used this pattern on the sleeves, and added a modified pants stripe to mimic the curve of a horn. Some other changes I made include: Changed the numbers on the home jerseys to gold w/ white trim Changed the chest wordmark from "Colorado State" to a simplified "CSU" Added a gold alternate jersey Retained the excellent Colorado state flag alternate jerseys, with a few of my own changes added to make them more colorful

Right on! Yeah, I can definitely see that looking pretty good on the field.

I like this, nice blend of the classic Vikings' look with some modern touches. Not really sold on that silver helmet, but I think silver does work well as an accent color with the purple helmets.

Houston Cougars This set is pretty close to the current one, just with bit of a modern twist. I used Houston's proprietary font for the numbers, and added their secondary cougar logo on the pants and front helmet bumper. Alternate is a silver jersey with a cursive "Cougars" logo on the chest and a helmet with an oversized cougar head logo. Black is dropped from the color palette completely.

Awesome work so far! That red Buffalo jersey, especially, is gorgeous.

East Carolina Pirates For this iteration, I basically made my own version of ECU's excellent "Modern Throwback" uniforms. These go in a more traditional direction than ECU's current set, with block numbers and a Northwestern stripe pattern on the sleeves and helmets. Chest wordmark is also changed to a simplifed "ECU". The secondary pirate-themed logos are placed on the inner jersey collars, and a crossed swords logo is placed on the back neckline. All-black alternate uniform goes in a more aggressive, modern style.

Solid start for sure! Pretty much exactly what I would've done with Dallas as well. Biggest thing for them is just consistency with the colors - pick one shade of blue and one of shade of silver, and stick with those (which you did). I like the stars on the sleeves as well, nice touch.

UPDATE: Used a more traditional block font and dropped the white pants.

Bonus: Commander-In-Chief's Trophy In the spirit of the annual Army-Navy football matchup (which has now become a uniform "tradition" of sorts) here are my own hypothetical matchups for the 2023/2024 seasons. Uniforms are taken from the respective threads I made for each school; I didn't create anything specifically for each game. There's 6 possible combinations: 3 matchups total per year, with each team being the home team once and road team another. Air Force Home/Army Away Air Force Home/Navy Away Army Home/Air Force Away Army Home/Navy Away Navy Home/Air Force Away Navy Home/Army Away

Air Force Falcons Last team up from the service academies is the Air Force Academy. Nice colors, clean design and really nice helmets (very LA Chargers type vibe), these didn't need much tweaking IMO. Main change I made was substituting lightning bolts on the jersey sleeves in place of the American Flag/Unit Patch combination (nothing wrong with this look, it's just Army already does the same thing and I wanted each school to have their own style). The other changes I made were going back to using white numbers on the blue jerseys, and adding silver pants & helmets to give them some additional looks. For the alternates, I made a couple new jerseys. First alternate is an all-grey uniform (modeled off these) that pairs with a matching helmet with the utterly sublime A-10 Thunderbolt nose art. I also used the Air Force roundel and corporate logos, in place of the usual lightning bolts. Second alternate is one I made based off the USAF Thunderbirds flight team. Uniforms are all-white with red, white, and blue trim, which is an homage to the paint job from the T-Birds aircraft. I also added some subtle details like the historical US Army Air Force logo on the jersey collars (the pilots wear white undershirts with this logo underneath their flight suits, which is a cool nod to the past). There's also a circle of stars around the front number like the Thunderbirds team squad numbers. Helmets are painted up to mimic the T-Birds flight helmets as well. Now that all 3 service academies are done, I'll also show my hypothetical matchups for each school's annual games against one another for the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy.

Yeah, I just meant the "Barry Sanders years" generally cause that's what I think when I think of that style of uniform. I was a 90's kid so I grew up watching him dancing circles around defenses, and thinking what a goddamn superhero that dude was. Sims was just what the article referenced, he was way before my time honestly and I wasn't even aware that their 80's jerseys were different. Thanks for clarifying.

Do you think it would work better with just regular block numbers?

According to an NFL source, Detroit has submitted paperwork to update their uniforms for the 2023 season. According to the article: "Per NFL Source, The Lions have submitted paperwork to the NFL to redo their uniforms. The prevailing thought is the Lions will be combining their current throwbacks with their current Lions logo with a modern twist on the jersey that would look similar to the Sims/Sanders years.” If true, this is fantastic news. Detroit has some decent, albeit unspectacular, uniforms currently - definitely an upgrade from the previous-generation ones, but still inferior to their 90's look IMO. As such, my take on the Lions combines some of my favorite aspects from different eras that I think would mesh well together. Uniform is upgraded to the newer Nike Vapor Fusion template Player name/number font switches to a modified version of the look from the Megatron years Home uniforms go back to using white numbers with silver trim. Steel grey is no longer used in the palette at all "Lions" and "WCF" wordmarks get moved from the sleeves, to the chest and helmet bumpers respectively Helmet and pants swtich from a 5-stripe Northwestern pattern, to the traditional 3-stripe pattern from the Barry Sanders era. I also brought back Honolulu blue facemasks With the one-helmet rule no longer in effect, I made a blue alternate helmet featuring an oversized logo, a la the Missouri Tigers. Facemask is a chrome silver color (I know these are MS Paint templates... use your imagination) Dumped the terrible steel grey alternate uniform and created a new silver alternate in its place. This jersey pays homage to Detroit's famous automotive industry, using "Motor City" wordmarks on the jerseys and helmets. I also made a modernized version of the classic lions logo, and used this on the sleeves Throwback jersey stays exactly as is, as IMO this might still be Detroit's best look Comments/feedback welcome!

Navy Midshipmen Moving along to the 2nd of the 3 service academies, here is the US Naval Academy. Navy definitely has a good thing going with Under Armour, a nice take on their classic look and some really good alternates for the annual Army/Air Force games. A summary of my changes are as follows: Dropped the 7-stripe pattern from the shoulders/pants, and used a traditional 3-stripe pattern Went to a classic, darker shade of metallic gold for the helmets and pants. Also used gold numbering on the navy blue home jerseys, in the same style as their excellent throwback uniforms Went back to using TV numbers on the sleeves, as opposed to the Navy anchor logo Added a pair of white pants, which when paired with the alternate white helmet gives them a clean all-white look which emulates the Navy service white uniform The excellent USMC alternate uniform is retained, with a few minor tweaks Finally, I made my own version of the excellent Blue Angels alternate uniform from a few years back. This version uses a gold helmet and pants, and a more traditional shoulder stripe pattern, which also pays homage to Navy's throwback jerseys. I also used Naval aviator badging in the place of the Globe & Anchor, and the helmet numbers mimic the tail numbers on the Blue Angels F/A-18 Super Hornet jets

Awesome series, this was really well done!

Army Black Knights First team up from the service academies is the Army/West Point Black Knights. I stuck with the same basic design that they currently use, with a few changes: Sleeves on the uniform use an American flag on one arm, and a unit patch on the other, mimicing how patches are displayed on the Army's service uniform Single stripe is added to the pants Black helmets featuring the Black Knight logo are added to the mix For Alternate #1, I made a set which mimics the Army Service Uniform (aka Dress Greens), including the Army eagle insignia on the helmet Alteratee #2, I used the OCP camoflage pattern throughout, which mimics the Army Combat Uniform. This one also features U.S. Army and player nametapes on the front of the uniform Navy + Air Force coming up next!

BYU Cougars BYU already has a pretty great look, so this one was pretty straightforward. Jerseys/pants stay basically as is; helmets get the 5-stripe (aka Northwestern stripe) pattern to match the jerseys and pants. Black jersey/helmet combo is dropped in favor of the royal blue and white combinations, leaving them with 4 total color combinations.

Probably Ohio State, since they're so iconic. Michigan, FSU, Oregon, Auburn would be some of my other favorites.