The product the Florida football program put on the field this past season was anything but pretty. According to ESPN, one of the Gators’ alternate uniforms worn this fall was not just ugly, but one of the 10 worst duds of the 2023 campaign.
Senior writer Ryan McGee took on the task of listing the bottom 10 unis worn by college teams over the past few months, and predictably, Florida’s blackout jerseys against the Arkansas Razorbacks were among the bottom of the barrel.
“The Gators still own the distinction of having won our Bottom 10 All-Time Worst Uniforms title a few years back, via their duds that were supposed to resemble real gator skin but wound up looking like tree bark,” McGee begins.
In case one has forgotten, he is alluding to the reptile uniforms worn in the Swamp back in 2017 against the Texas A&M Aggies. Florida lost that game, 19-17.
“There were no such distracting details in their military salute unis against Arkansas, which instead were solid black. Not orange. Not blue. Not even white. Black. At noon in central Florida.
“Those in the Swamp were having a difficult time deciding how they felt about the look. But when the Hogs were already up 14-0 after three minutes of play, Florida fans’ minds had gone to a place as dark as the threads on the field.”
To add fuel to the fire, the Miami Hurricanes also took a tough loss wearing their blackout uniforms against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. The Florida State Seminoles, on the other hand, stuck to their traditional colors and went undefeated.
Maybe the Orange and Blue should stick to what works.
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