Adidas Loses 2 Premier Schools; Adds 2 More

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:

Best/Worst Uniform Match-Ups: Week 10

I just want to start by swallowing my pride a little bit. I expected the Florida State/Louisville game to look TERRIBLE…. But I was wrong. Florida State altered their uniforms a bit to the point where they actually look good. Louisville wore special adidas uniforms that definitely looked better in action.

Fixing Florida State

Winning 23 straight games, Florida State has been the most successful team in college football over the past 2 years. With success comes scrutiny and they have received their share of scrutiny, deservedly so. FSU has had multiple scandals involving players, most notably Jameis Winston. But we’re not gonna get into that. This season, the Seminoles received new uniforms from Nike with collaboration from the local Seminole Tribe leaders. Recently, Native American mascots in sports have come under fire from the tribes. Florida State is one of the few teams that has gained approval of their tribe. The school and the tribal leaders got together and came up with a new logo and wordmarks along with new uniforms for each sport in order to preserve the likeness and tradition of the Seminole Tribe.

Best/Worst Uniform Match-Ups: Week 9

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.

Wake Me Up When Pinktober Ends

Every year in October, breast cancer awareness month, teams break from their color schemes and wear pink. Whether they wear a little or a lot, it usually looks terrible. Now, I’m not hear to say that raising cancer awareness is bad. I’m all for it. I just hate seeing teams ruin their look by adding pink. Most traditional schools stray from it, but teams like Oregon are not shy to mix it up.