Rivalry Week part 2. The former "Civil War" was a bright color-vs-color matchup, but the others kept to normal road sets with Arizona and WSU going full stormtrooper. Utah used a 22 Forever decal on the helmet and Washington went with gold chrome helmet. ASU was a faux-back with Sparky on helmet, current jerseys and older pants. Arizona used its Military Appreciation white jersey again this season.
This weekend was rivalry weekend part 1—just The Big Game Cal vs. Stanford and the annual color-on-color USC vs. UCLA. This week also brought us some new special uniforms. Oregon State threw back to the 2001 Fiesta Bowl victory against Notre Dame, with its all black with retro logos and styling. Utah did its Military Appreciation with a tribute to the USS Salt Lake City, a decorated World War II battleship. It features a mono battleship gray outfit with another edition of their now-famous hand-painted helmets. Learn more here.
The second weekend of military appreciation/Veterans Day. Arizona had the most overt homage with their new "Dress Whites" set. The helmet and pants appear normal, but the jersey had a subtle digital camo applied to red numbers and blue shoulders. It matched up nicely with the all-red Utes. Oregon State also trotted out its flag logo decals on the helmets. With Beavers in all-black and Stanford in their usual all-white, it was quite the contrast! Cal and USC were postponed due to Covid protocols.
The first or second weekend in November used to be the time when most teams recognized Veterans Day with military touches. But the last couple years have seen a wane in that tradition. But ASU is one that still does, and this week's combo was a Pat Tilman special. All gold (yellow!) with some maroon/yellow digital camo and PT emblems. Paired with USC, there was a lot of that deep yellow! Oregon used a yellow/white/white combo that appears to have (surprisingly) never used in the modern Nike era of Duck uniforms. Six teams went mono-jersey/pants, but besides ASU, they all went for different helmet!
