WARNING: OPINION AHEAD....I'll be honest that I'm just not clear on the concept with this set? The one thing they have going for them is that they're not some wild, unusual, crazy concept. They are kinda boring, and only a logo/font away from the normal black set. But that is also their downfall. What is their hook here? This week is usually the week that teams wrap themselves in the flag for Veteran's Day and "Salute to Service" types of things. But the Ducks are saluting an—albeit great/famous—basketball star who has no connection to Oregon except that he is a brand ambassador for the hometown Nike? I love what Nike has done for UO, but just don't get the timing since this must have been planned for months/years? I'm not bagging on uniforms because of the W/L record since these are planned way in advance.
The Ducks have had some great alternate uniforms but more often some horrible ones ("Grellow" helmet, Lewis and Clark, State flag...) I would not lump this in with those, but these seem to fall into the category of the uniforms they wore last year for the childhood cancer game, which were variations of the normal uniform, but not special.
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