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Auburn debuted some new throwback-inspired uniforms yesterday vs Florida A&M.

These are meant to be based on the 1997 College World Series team's uniforms. But I'll be honest, they missed the mark badly. No placket and sleeve piping is one thing that I could excuse, but the front number 1) being present and 2) being all navy is my biggest gripe. The Tim Hudson uniforms in 1997 used traditional block numbers as well. Auburn wore this same design as a throwback in 2007-08 using the Copperplate numbers and the front number placement. Yesterday's uniforms are a bad combination of 1997, 2008, and the 2024 primary uniforms and it's driving me nuts.

It's official.

Still awaiting details of the deal. Will update my article when that information is available.

The South Carolina uniform is their "Cocky" uniform based on the mascot.

12 hours ago, Huntr said:

Rumoring that Auburn may sign with Nike for apparel providers.  

Unfounded rumors are fun. 

I think it will happen - and have said so for years - but there's no credence to the "rumors" that are going around right now. Here are the facts of the entire situation if you desire to read into it.

17 hours ago, dont care said:

You’re wrong but believe what you want I guess.

He's correct but believe what you want I guess.

I hit it a few times last week, but as others said, using Ingocnito solved it. I haven't gotten the error in a few days now.

17 hours ago, MJWalker45 said:

Lending Tree Bowl is now the 68 Ventures Bowl. I feel like the stepbrothers had to rename it since the logo includes a friggin' boat. Granted this one is a battleship. It's also pretty strange that South Alabama is playing in their home stadium, and they just put South Alabama in both end zones instead of putting Eagles (Eastern Michigan) and Jaguars in the end zones, even if you use the same colors. 

 

It's the USS Alabama, permanently parked in Mobile Bay, not too far from South's campus.

16 hours ago, tBBP said:

Has Arkansas ever gone garnet-on-garnet before? I can't recall ever having seen them in mono-red before (not that I've had much reason to notice until now)...nice little change of pace.

Orange facemasks for Auburn this weekend at Texas A&M. It's the first time the orange masks have been worn with the white jerseys since 1983 and the first time ever for the new chrome-finished masks.

As promised, here is my detailed breakdown of the new Auburn Basketball uniforms. They have some throwback inspirations and actually callback to other, more recent uniforms.

I like them better than the previous set, but the mismatch of the jersey and short stripes bugs me. The orange uniform is the best of the bunch, in my eyes.

Auburn officially revealed the new uniforms this week:

And here are my mockups of all three colorways.

I'm currently working on the detailed breakdown article that'll hopefully get posted Monday. There's a lot of historic inspiration that isn't entirely accurate and tiny details that will get missed here.

Auburn is breaking out the white masks for the first-meeting against Cal tonight in Berkeley.

6 minutes ago, 4_tattoos said:

Thought this was a decent looking game. Has TUNA (North Alabama) officially changed their colors since they moved up to FCS?

 

TUNA? lol It's just UNA.

They've always been purple and yellow/gold but clearly utilizing the yellow more with this set.

(I grew up in central-north Alabama and had a lot of friends that went to UNA)

5 minutes ago, GriffinM6 said:

Fantastic job as usual, but Georgia Southern is in the Sun Belt, not FCS. 

Had to fix that and at least one other team's conference placement. It happens lol.

Had the opportunity to speak to a designer at Under Armour who shared some details of the new Auburn MBB and WBB uniforms coming for the new season. Here's my mockups of what information was shared.

13 hours ago, solvetica said:

 

Is this a cry for help? Trent Dilfer & Co. – blink twice if UA has your family tied up somewhere!

Dilfer designed these things himself lol. He said he was relieved when the players liked it.

Under Armour canceled their deal with Cincinnati way back in 2020. They paid $10 million to end the deal early.  They had time.

BSN has been growing rapidly lately. They handle a ton of high schools and clearly looking to move up with colleges. I've heard that, at least by one account, they aren't great to work with and cut corners for even high schools, so who knows what this relationship will look like. 

In yet another Auburn Baseball uniform development, the Tigers debuted a new orange jersey this past weekend. They also sported new throwback hats in honor of Frank Thomas, who had a statue unveiled outside the ballpark on Saturday.

Mentioned it previously, but Auburn has 3 new uniforms so far this year. I broke down all the details and the historic context of the designs on my site this week. There have been questions about an orange and white colorway, which I think are coming.

16 hours ago, Discrim said:

No ties to either, afaik, though Vandy is donating $4 off of every sold ticket to ALS research.

Sure hope ticket prices were $5.

Auburn Softball has three new uniform sets this year. The blue and greys are the most interesting, with large Northwestern Stripes on the pants, sleeves, and collar. Full breakdown of all the designs and changes on my site here.

Auburn Baseball has a few new uniforms for the season, most notably an all navy set. A cream throwback look is also added to the rotation. A full break-down on what we saw in today's intrasquad scrimmage and additional photos from yours truly are available on my site here.

17 hours ago, GriffinM6 said:

I feel like those could just be for recruiting visit pics. Seems weird they wouldn't put stripes on either helmet. 

 

The helmets are still in the box. They aren't fully decaled yet.

They're actually happening. Word is the alternate helmets have been scheduled and scrapped multiple times due to production issues. The orange lids were supposed to happen last year but they apparently couldn't get the color to match well.

Wanted to throw another tidbit into the SEC nicknames discussion.

I spoke to the former Auburn AD years ago about this very topic. One of the baseball players told me that they wanted to design a new jersey that had "Tigers" on the chest, but it was denied. The AD explained that Auburn was actively marketing the school name over the Tigers nickname, especially since Missouri was added to the conference. There was an intentional effort to differentiate from the other Tigers in the SEC. 

That effort has been rather moot recently as the MBB and WBB teams both have worn "Tigers" jerseys. The baseball team still doesn't have one, much to their chagrin.