Posted Tuesday, September 06, 2011 03:33 PM
All the buzz in the college football world Tuesday morning wasn’t the Maryland Terrapins’ win over the scandal-plagued Miami Hurricanes Monday night, but the uniforms they did it in.
The Terps rocked home uniforms incorporating the Maryland state flag, splitting red and yellow on the helmet, shoulder pads and gloves. The uniforms, provided by Under Armor, whose founder Kevin Plank is an alumnus of the university, have received mixed reviews from football fans and fashionistas alike.
Another uniform under scrutiny in Week 1 were the black and neon green outfits worn by the Oregon Ducks in their loss to LSU Saturday night. Oregon gets numerous uni sets from Nike founder Phil Knight, an alumnus of that school’s track program. The Ducks' getup bordered on safety vest/electric Tron suits, and those radioactive gloves sure didn't help when it came to holding on to the football.
So in the spirit of those “Who wore it better?” debates in the rag mags, which college program rocked the best Week 1 uniforms – Maryland, Oregon or someone else?