Oregon unveiled their "Shoe Duck" uniform to honor Phil Knight. They will wear it for this weekend's Civil War game. To not reinvent the wheel, I'll just link to several really good write-ups about it here:
Our own Phil Hecken on Uni-watch
https://uni-watch.com/2025/09/15/oregon-ducks-unveil-new-shoe-duck-uniforms-honoring-phil-knight/
The official Oregon announcement
https://goducks.com/news/2025/9/14/football-rivalry-uniform-honors-impact-of-shoe-duck
A good overview by Uniswag
https://www.uniswag.com/blog/oregon-honors-phil-knight-with-shoe-duck-tribute-uniform
Here is my honest opinion: I'm all for honoring Phil and the legacy Nike and the lore of the waffle iron etc. But this is giving me the vibe of the over-storytelling uniforms that the Ducks wore in the 4-8 2016 season. Plus wearing black for the Civil War game against your rival who wears black?? I hope the Beavers wear a lot of orange with the their white, to give the matchup some life from a distance. If this was green and gold with black and white accents would please me more. The small details are kinda lost from a distance and nobody will understand the backstory for some components.
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