Oregon's latest uni surprise offers contrast
January, 3, 2013
Jan 3
8:24
PM ET
By
Paul Lukas | ESPN.com
Fiesta BowlKansas State's Fiesta Bowl uniforms are quite simple, while Oregon's ... are not.Now you don't feel so cool.
And Oregon has a special twist in store for this game: The feathers and numbers on the jerseys are made from a fabric that will shift colors depending on the angle of the light. We've seen this before for helmets (in the NFL, for example, the Jacksonville Jaguars' helmet color-shifts from teal to black as the light hits it), but never for a jersey. Intriguing!
And if the K-State players aren't completely psyched out by Oregon's jerseys, then the Ducks' helmets will probably finish the job. That's apparently already the case for K-State defensive back Carl Miles, whose eyes practically bugged out of his head when he got a close-up look at an Oregon helmet earlier this week.
Meanwhile, give Oregon credit for one thing: It successfully found a way to camouflage those big, ugly sponsor patches that all the teams have to wear during bowl games. The Ducks' "feathers" form such a dense pattern that the patch practically disappears.





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