We’re on record as saying Tulane’s home light blue should be worn by the Green Wave in the 2023 Cotton Bowl, and that USC should wear its Cardinal and Gold home uniforms. Double home uniforms ought to be a regular part of bowl week.
It is true that in certain select instances, double home uniforms can’t be worn. A really good example of this is the Cheez It Bowl, in which Oklahoma and Florida State wear similar home colors. One team will have to wear road whites while the other team wears its home jersey. However, the other bowls this coming week offer a chance for teams to wear double home jerseys.
They won’t do so … but let’s provide our recommendations. Maybe in 2023, we’ll see bowl teams use double home uniforms and start a new tradition in college football.
Before we give our recommendations, one last note: See the cover photo for this story? That’s the 1966 Rose Bowl, with UCLA and Michigan State wearing double home uniforms. It used to be the case. It can become reality again. College football teams ought to bring back the double home uniforms for bowl games.
On to our recommendations, which appear below: