Every week during the college football season, there is a day during the week — usually on Wednesday or Thursday evening — when the Oregon Ducks announce what uniforms the are wearing for the upcoming matchup against their opponent.
Sometimes the combination is special, be it the pink Breast Cancer Awareness uniforms, or the eggshell white uniforms. Other times it sets the vibe for the week, be it a color-rush game against Washington, or a blackout game vs. California. No matter what the uniforms look like, though, it becomes a staple of the football season to see what the Ducks are going to be wearing each and every game.
On Friday at the 2023 Pac-12 Media Day, Oregon quarterback Bo Nix talked a bit about what type of decision-making and thinking goes into the process of choosing the jersey kits for each game of the year.
“Kenny Farr, our EQ guy, is incredible. He’s great at what he does. One of the best in the business,” Nix said. “He selects a few people before the season to get together and collab with what we want to wear. We know our options. We put things together. He sends it off from there so they can have it before so the fans and everybody knows what color to wear on the weekends.”
While that process is done before the season so that the school can let fans know what color to wear each and every week, the process of modeling the uniforms comes on a more week-to-week basis. Nix says that the honor of being selected to be a model is definitely something to celebrate.
“We get it finalized, get it passed, then each week somebody has a chance to put it on,” Nix said. “They’re probably chosen by Coach Lanning or somebody in the department. They’re chosen to go flash it around, put it on, have the outfit of the week or whatever, and show it off. It’s special if you get picked.”
Last year, Nix was picked to model the eggshell uniforms that were worn on the road against the Arizona Wildcats. He said that they were some of his favorite uniforms of the year.
“I got picked actually with my favorite last year, so it worked out great. It was the eggshell.”
There are rumors that the Ducks will be sporting a new uniform design for the 2023 season. No word has come out on when those uniforms will be released, but we will show them to you as soon as we can.
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