Each and every week during the football season, what the Oregon Ducks are going to be wearing on Saturdays is always a story. They have been given the de-facto nickname of “Nike University” for good reason, as the Ducks have made it a thing to debut unique uniform combinations for each game of the season.
That uniform combination for this week against the UCLA Bruins is more special than most.
Heading into the bye week, Oregon unveiled their ‘Stomp Out Cancer’ uniforms, meant to be part of the Breast Cancer Awareness that takes place in October. The jerseys are black, fit with pink numbers, wings on the helmet, and other accents throughout the kit.
๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ: ๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ฆ
๐๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ. #GoDucks x #JustDoIt pic.twitter.com/i4Sf3eh6BC
— Oregon Football (@oregonfootball) October 10, 2022
While these uniforms mean a lot to people who have experienced breast cancer or been close to someone impacted by it, they also hold special meaning to a lot of Oregon players. When talking to them this week, I asked about what the uniforms meant to a few of the guys we interviewed: