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According to the Athletic, supposedly the club will be San Diego FC and this will be their badge. Absolutely horrendous. Did we go back in time to 2002 with the gradients?

Don’t think it has been confirmed but someone from the Mariners made a comment suggesting they may update. I can’t find the quote but it had to do with the font on one of their jerseys (either the name or number, maybe both) not matching the rest of their set. The person said something to the extent of “it would be fixed next year.”

Big fan of the Bucs creamsicles but not sure I’d like to see them full time. I like their regular uniforms but they need to tone down the pewter pants about 3 or 4 shades lighter, if they must stick with the matte material and can’t get metallic. I’m sure they could get metallic, but it seems like 98% of the teams in NFL and college opt against it due to the lightweight material and breathability. Only ones I can think of are the Raiders, Cowboys, and Kansas State.

It looks like Purdue isn’t exclusively wearing the Drew Brees throwbacks as their primary. They brought back the modern black jersey for today’s game. To my knowledge, they still only wear the modern style on the road.

Footy Headlines keeps pushing this narrative that the 2024 template is inspired by 2006, but I really don’t see anything similar between the two. Those kits were defined by multiple panels that framed the entire chest, not just a single stripe at the bottom of the shirt. You could make a case that the template is closer to this 2008 Nike design (though Nike didn’t roll this exact template out to every team).

What’s the point of those pants? They already have white pants that match their striping pattern! Mizzou needs a rework. They seem unsure of what they’d like to be between the classic stripes, supersized wordmark, modern numbers, and tons of mix and match. I don’t like how they constantly swap out the decals nor do I like the white helmet stripe against the yellow. While I didn’t like their uniforms ten years ago when they became “Nikefied,” at least they were all cohesive and had a theme. Their current uniforms look like teamwear.

Just noticed that the Notre Dame green uniform inexplicably uses a gold UA logo on the jersey but a white UA logo on the pants.

Bayern have a pair of change shorts for their third kit. Really a lovely design which looks great with either short. Feels very vintage. For comparison, these are the standard shorts.

Apparently Vanderbilt has multiple black jerseys. Their primary black jersey has white numbers.

The story gets stranger with Tennessee. Apparently they wore the SEC patch opposite the swoosh on both their white and gray jerseys. This lack of attention to detail is killing me.

Atlanta United had a game there 18 hours prior, which probably had an impact on how much they were able to paint. You see this kind of treatment at multipurpose venues a lot.

This level of mix and match should be beneath Florida State. Leave it to the directional schools. You’re garnet and gold. Play around with garnet pants, white pants on the road, even the occasional all black. But this looks totally wrong.

The weird thing with the yoga leg sleeves is that there’s nothing stopping teams from ordering the exact same product but in their usual sock colors. There might be a couple teams with certain colors (or a couple teams with sock stripes) that would have to be specially manufactured, but I bet you could solve 80% of the yoga pants look just buy only supplying the right color instead of all this one color stuff.

They were top tier when they started integrating the powder blue helmet occasionally. Then it turned into white pants for no reason and white helmets. Then it turned into multiple decals and stripe patterns. Next it was a powder blue jersey (which isn’t the same shade as the helmet) and powder blue and white camo helmet. It’s all too much. Nothing is cohesive anymore. It’s just flavor of the week. Match the stripes and decals and eliminate a few of the pieces of the wardrobe and they could be elite again. But they have a way to go.

Florida State in all garnet tonight and looking great. While their gold pants should be the norm, I always liked their occasional garnet pants at home and on the road. This is taking me back about a decade ago when they wore this uniform and looked very clean before they added the sleeve graphics. Tennessee looked fine in my opinion. I didn’t think I would like them but they aren’t bad as far as alternates go. They’ve made the smokey gray their own and there’s historical precedence for the contrasting shoulders so it makes sense. I think this is our first look at Vandy’s new white jerseys. They wore the white lids and pants last week. Probably not a bad idea to go all white for what would otherwise look like a scrimmage against Wake Forest. Not feeling the all white with powder blue trim on the helmet for Ole Miss. Feels very forced and follows a different stripe pattern than their normal helmets. Purdue looks like a bit of a mess right now. While they brought back the Brees era throwbacks at home, they are still wearing their modern uniforms on the road. VT in all orange. Cincinnati looks pretty clean.

Ole Miss needs to clean things up. They have too many mix and match elements. Between the navy helmet, powder helmet, white helmet with the plain red decals and single stripe, multiple other white helmets with outlined logos and triple stripe, the powder blue and white camo helmet, striped pants, stripeless pants, it’s all too much. Strip is down to a few pieces and make it cohesive. It’s a mess right now.

Super subtle observation I noticed with Georgia tonight. They are wearing the FUSE template that includes built-in thigh, hip, and butt pads (not sure what those are called, tail bone pads?) in the pants. Even though they wore the new Nike template in the CFP, those uniforms did not include the built-in pads. ——— Tennessee confirmed to wear the SEC above the swoosh despite the new template (remember the only reason they relocated the SEC patch was to accommodate other patches a couple seasons ago). ——— Vandy still doing mix and match with their new uniforms. ——— Kentucky looks respectable again. ——— I think they’ve worn these before but I find myself liking these South Carolina alternate lids. ——— I am fine with the elimination of gray for Mississippi State and also like dropping the massive chest wordmark. I think losing the M State banner logo on the helmet is a mistake, though. The script looks like it belongs on the baseball diamond. Overall a nice look.

When I heard about new Colorado uniforms, I was anxious because their standard set is so good with the italicized numbers and wordmark. I am pleasantly surprised and like these since they follow the same template, just recolored.

There was also that time Mississippi State wore Patriots themed uniforms because they played UMass at Gillette.

How often would that schedule arrangement actually have them in all navy? It would only be games played on TNF, SNF, or MNF. Otherwise most of their games are played in the day due to typically playing the 4:30 EST / 1:30 PST game since they’re on the west coast.

USC did not show off the new template all off-season but did wear it yesterday. Their version uses the horizontal seam similar to teams with the Colts style shoulder stripes.

Haha. I think they are less likely. But put it this way: as college football splits further and further into the “haves” and the “have nots,” they are definitely closer to the top. Whether they can make it happen or not remains to be seen!

Michigan is one of the top programs in the country who could win the title any given year. You don’t play around with musical chairs for the head coaching role and use the program as a “showcase.” All that will do is breed instability and confusion. Who should the players listen to? They will win all of those games but it’s ridiculous. What a joke.

Michigan is not a serious football program. https://x.com/umichfootball/status/1694836460489155040?s=46&t=fJldYzp_3ZnF5iTRlBZtWQ Since I can’t figure out how to embed tweets now, here you go. Four different head coaches for three games (including a head coaching change at half time vs UNLV!).

Atlanta makes the third kit official. It includes a solid black back. Also, here is how NYCFC’s third looked on the pitch. I really like it and think this is one of the best thirds we have seen in MLS. One last thought: historically third kits are worn for one single season never to be seen again. Will that be the case here? I haven’t seen any mention of their lifespan. If they are for 2023 only, I have to ask, what’s the point? There’s only 9 or 10 games left in the season. These would make a lot more sense if they are introduced earlier in the campaign or worn for two years.