Over the last decade, we've seen an explosion of uniform changes and alternates being introduced to college football as teams look to solidify its brand with young people.
Ask an older college football fan to name their favorite uniform and you'll probably hear them fawn over Penn State's classic all-white look or maybe Alabama's crimson tops and white bottoms; but for recruits, those uniforms are simply boring.
A survey of 100 uncommitted FBS recruits -- mostly sophomores and juniors -- as compiled by Mike Nowoswiat of Pick Six Previews, revealed which teams (and brands) had the best uniforms in college football.
Unsurprisingly, the runaway winner was Oregon, which garnered 60 votes as having the best uniforms. The next highest were Baylor (8), TCU (6), Maryland (5) and Florida State (5).
Recruits were also asked to name the school they thought had the worst uniforms; teams with "classic" looks did not fare well.
Alabama and Penn State each had 11 recruits respond that they had the worst uniforms. Maryland's Under Armour uniforms clearly cause the most polarity as the Terrapins received five votes for worst uniform as well as the five for best uniform.
As for the brands that recruits like best, Nike rates out the highest among recruits (9.5 out of 10), but Adidas (8.1) and Under Armour (7.9) aren't far behind. (Russell Athletic is a 2.9 and, well, that's just not surprising at all).
http://picksixpreviews.com/fashion-wars.html
Ask an older college football fan to name their favorite uniform and you'll probably hear them fawn over Penn State's classic all-white look or maybe Alabama's crimson tops and white bottoms; but for recruits, those uniforms are simply boring.
A survey of 100 uncommitted FBS recruits -- mostly sophomores and juniors -- as compiled by Mike Nowoswiat of Pick Six Previews, revealed which teams (and brands) had the best uniforms in college football.
Unsurprisingly, the runaway winner was Oregon, which garnered 60 votes as having the best uniforms. The next highest were Baylor (8), TCU (6), Maryland (5) and Florida State (5).
Recruits were also asked to name the school they thought had the worst uniforms; teams with "classic" looks did not fare well.
Alabama and Penn State each had 11 recruits respond that they had the worst uniforms. Maryland's Under Armour uniforms clearly cause the most polarity as the Terrapins received five votes for worst uniform as well as the five for best uniform.
As for the brands that recruits like best, Nike rates out the highest among recruits (9.5 out of 10), but Adidas (8.1) and Under Armour (7.9) aren't far behind. (Russell Athletic is a 2.9 and, well, that's just not surprising at all).
http://picksixpreviews.com/fashion-wars.html
