Announced today that the Bearcats will be Under Armour as of June 31 of 2015. The details of the contract are yet to be announced but It is rumored to dwarf their previous Adidas contract. As mentioned previously, Cincinnati had been with Adidas since 2006 (2008 in football). They were Nike/Jordan before that.
UPDATE: Deal is rumored to be worth $4-5 million/year. Previous deal with Adidas was worth $1.5 million/year.
Adidas shocked the college football world recently by announcing their addition of Miami (FL) as a member school. Miami has long had ties with Nike and was one of their first premier schools, revolutionizing the equipment landscape with “The U Swagger.” A new age is coming upon the Hurricanes as the cut the ties of their iconic relationship with Nike. So what does Adidas have to offer Miami? The specific details have not been released but it is speculated that the deal is worth $90 million over 12 years. Here is what Adidas has released thus far. I do not expect either of these to hit the field. The brand just had to put something out there to appease the fans.
The cleats are a bit outrageous but I find the uniform to be too simple for Miami. Both are purely concepts at this point. This, however, I hope to never see again:
8. Yale vs Penn – Great Ivy League match-up. Yale’s uniforms are classic. The pants are a bit strange, but I can deal with it. Penn’s uniforms are unique. They have that weird Nike chest stripe. They wore their blue helmets with gray pants. I thought it was a good look 1 on 1. It’s nice to give the small schools some attention.
8. Utah vs Oregon State – Utah went full stormtrooper. Their all-white look is great. I’m a big fan of the red, white and black color scheme. Oregon State wore semi-chrome orange helmets with orange jerseys and black pants. The numbers on the helmets sold me on this combo. Great job by both teams. Utah went on to win in 2OT.
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8. Cincinnati (White/White/Red) vs. Miami (White/Orange/White) – Cincinnati wore their white helmets with new red chrome decals. The red socks and white shoes worked very well with the jersey/pants combo. Miami went classic in their orange on white. They also stuck with their classic helmets rather than one of their 3 new ones for this season.
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