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I love watching college football games, especially during the Bowl season. Well most years I do. This year was a struggle. There was honestly only a couple of games worth watching…most of them ended up as blowouts.

But there is something that is going on in increasing measure that needs to stop…the special “bowl uni.”

There were some teams that had perfectly great looking uniforms all year long only to bust out a hideous version for the bowl game. It should be noted that none of these teams contacted the Uniform Czar for approval.

Exhibit 1: Arkansas Razorbacks
They went all red. Red pants - granted with a little cool hog on the hip - but they jettisoned their traditional (and sharp looking) white pants with red striping and red jersey. Very disappointing look and was probably the reason they got blown out. Or it could have been that Missouri was that much better.

Exhibit 2: Oregon Ducks
We should be gentle with the Ducks. They don’t really have a ‘good’ uni. The colors are there - yellow…green…black. I mean, the Green Bay Packers make it work…why can’t Oregon?

But this one was…it made the game painful to watch. What’s with the diamond plates on the shoulders and knees? Why three different shades of green? I get the yellow shoes - ducks, webbed feet…I get it. It’s just not working with the rest of the get up. Every version they come out inevitably ends up being worse than the one before it. It’s just terrible looking.

Special Exemption: Georgia Bulldogs
This is the only special uni that they should think about wearing all the time. Love the black jerseys with red helmets. Just looks freakin’ awesome. I think I actually like this better than their red jerseys.

What I’m not a huge fan of are the patches. The SEC wore their 75th Anniversary patch all year. It looked…well…ridiculous. It was huge. Someone sitting on the upper deck could read those patches. Add to this the special BOWL patch…it starts looking like a Girl Scout Merit Vest.

Why do teams have to put the patch on their jersey anyway? In case we forget what bowl is playing? I mean - give the patch to the team, let them put it on whatever they want - but does the rest of the country have to look at this?

Alas another College Football season is over…only a few more weeks of football.