Missouri Tigers
Traditional Road Uniforms:
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I always liked the traditional Mizzou uniforms. Their striping is done in a different but cool way. I thought that if they went to black pants with maybe a yellow stripe instead of all whites that they would look even better. Not only did Nike add the black pants, but they added some other cool touches as well. According to Nike, these Mizzou uni's are in "Beast Mode." If I'm not mistaken, that's from the cartoon Transformers: Beast Wars. Not sure why they're using that but it's cool with me.
The helmet is mainly what does it for me. Black on Black on Black. Easy to see from the stands? No way. But really cool. You never see anything like this with uniform design. The numbers on the uniform remain black but have a slick leather look to them. The same goes for the stripes on the black pants.
In college football today, white everything seems to be the most popular. The Mizzou Tigers flipped that upside down by putting black, black, and more black on their jersey's and I think they look really cool.
Florida State Seminoles
Traditional Home Uniform:
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Who needs Gold? I don't even know how to describe these, they're are so good. Look for yourself.
I was always a big fan of the Nole's spear head helmet, but turning it black just took it to a whole new level. Awesome.
Final Judgment: In this case, I have to say screw tradition. These are so well done that it would be a shame for the Seminoles to not roll out in these next season. I can't even imagine how cool it would be if they made them black on black with gold and red accents/feathers. I often think black on black is just a lame plot to fire up a team but those would be seriously intimidating. Two thumbs up.
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Don't know why FSU doesn't go to those black helmets full time. They are dope.
ReplyDeleteI am a Mizzou fan. Although I like the Pro Combat unis (and love the helmet), I really miss the uniforms the Tigers wore in 2001... all black home unis - very, very simple. Once their uniforms got Nike-fied it was piping and trim all over the place. No thanks.
Also Mizzou has an alternate look (which again, looked way better back in 2000) with the away uniform being a white top and gold pants.