Week 2: September 7, 2024

Boise State comes to town and the Ducks are really hoping for a better game than last week and definitely better than their three previous losing games vs. the Broncos! They wear the same helmet and jersey from week 1 and add their new white pants. 

This exact combo was last worn in the 2023 Civil War victory, but that was its first appearance.

But white-green-white combos have been seen in 2022, 2021, the "Duck Mascot" inspired loss in 2016, a 2015 win, the 2014 Pac-12 Championship and the 2010 Rose Bowl loss.

IMHO I'm not  fan of white pants with all green top. I can imagine they might be saving yellow for week 3 Civil War?

Week 1: August 31, 2024

It's finally here! Real live Duck football in the Big-10! and many people didn't see it (and those who did may have wanted to look away from the really messy victory over Idaho) if they live in the Pac territory and have Comcast, but that is an other story! LOL

The Ducks going mono apple green with their new template. All new, but very familiar.

The helmet is glossy apple green with yellow O. The yellow facemask with green helmet is quite rare: the only other time I can find is the 2022 Georgia game!

Mono apple is a great combo, and thankfully it's Idaho, who hasn't beaten Oregon in 6 decades. Since the last 2 times the Ducks have gone mono-green they lost! Georgia and Oregon State in 2022. They did not wear this combo in 2023, but it's been a staple of each season in the last 10 years except for 2020.

Generation O #3: White and Yellow "The Catch" Throwback-ish

To compliment their all-green "Gang Green" set they released a few weeks ago, the Ducks are showing the road white version. 

So now they have green and yellow helmets with O on them; green and white jerseys; and green and yellow pants. Supposedly there will be 5 uniform reveals, so I'm expecting yellow jersey and some kind of all-white set.

Legendary Coach Rich Brooks explains the uniform......

According to their marketing machine these are mean to evoke the 1997 Patrick Johnson " The Catch" vs. Washington. But I kind of think it's a stretch (But don't get me wrong it's a nice uniform) The only thing this new uniform and that season's road uniform have in common is the warmer yellow helmet and white jersey with green numbers. Granted the vibe of this set is throwback, but not re-creation. All the rest is an amalgamation of other throwbacks and new elements:

• Yellow helmet with stripe and modern O. 1997 was stripe-less and had UO logo.
• White jersey with green sleeve and neck accents. Modern duckhead on sleeves. 1997 had Disney Duck and black trimmed green numbers. 
• Yellow stripe-less pants. 1997 had green pants.

The Duck/Nike team explain it more....

Generation O Uniform #2 "Gang Green"

The second uni drop happened today. See part 1 here. Supposedly they have six total? But they will need to speed it up since we only have about five weeks till opening day!

This one is called "Gang Green" and ostensibly references the the 1994-1995 season/s when they had a really good defense and went to the Rose Bowl and Cotton Bowl with Kenny Wheaton and Alex Molden. 

The hype video plays that up. 

The actual uniform is not really a throwback to that era since they already have that from last season. So it might be me being picky but I'm fine with them calling it Gang Green in a broad sense but to so intimately peg it to the 1990s seems to mix messages.  I say that because the actual uniform really calls back to Harrington/Mariota days of the last 20 years and is kind of an homage to the 2014 Mariota Rose bowl vs FSU in 2015

And even earlier in the week they teased this release with Joey and his helmet in a cute video. But that old helmet was the dark mallard green color-changing version with the first O from 1999 onwards. I personally wish they had actually brought back a dark green helmet. 

But thankfully they also released a video with the talking head designers explaing that this is a homage to multiple decades so that makes it better in my mind. 

So this new set has these features

• Apple Green colorway which is linked to Mariota days and the mono-apple is famous from the Rose Bowl game vs. FSU!
• Golden yellow that is warmer than previous lightning yellow and used in previous throwbacks
• Collegiate block numbers that are not like any non-throwback jerseys since 1998
• Helmet with O on the side, for the first time since a few stints in 2015-2017. But really a hallmark of the Joey Harrington and beyond years from 1999-2011. This appears to be glossier helmet than past apple green versions, but not like the mallard one that this pays homage to.
• The non-Disney Duck head which was introduced in the 2015 season.

Nike Oregon video documentary

Go Ducks put out a really nice 20-minute Twitter video doc on Phil Night-Nike and their relationship/history with Oregon. A must for any of us Duck watchers.

https://x.com/GoDucks/status/1805727835677417535

https://x.com/GoDucks/status/1805727835677417535

Generation O uniform #1: "Fly Era" black uniforms drop

What was teased all spring is now starting to trickle out of the Duck mothership. "Generation O" uniform #1 was released today with an all-black set nicknamed the "Fly Era" and a bunch of hoopla including DAT and Black-mamba themed video! . According to Ducks Wire:

"At long last, the Ducks revealed the first look at their new uniforms for the coming season, unveiling an all-black jersey that features nods to designs from past uniforms in Oregon’s rotation.

The classic wings return on the helmet, while the collar area of the jerseys features diamond plating from back in the 2005 era, along with wings that resemble jerseys over the past decade. 

There are expected to be a total of five different jerseys that will be unveiled as part of the “Generation O” series, but no timetable has been announced for when the next release will take place."

A nice behind the scenes video from Oregon Equipment: https://x.com/DuckSwag/status/1806059240865624294

They broke the jersey down into these 4 elements that are mean something to the current crop of players and the last 25 years of Oregon accendancy and "stand on the shoulders of giants:

• Diamond Plate: 2005-2008 Dennis Dixon era
• Carbon Fiber: 2009-2011
• Shoulder Wings: 2014-15 LaMichael, DAT, Marcus era
• Numbers: 2018-2023 Justin Herbert

What to wear in 2024

Oregon dropped its fan color chart today. And here are what I glean from it for what the players might wear:

Idaho: The Vandals use yellow as a color, so I find this an odd choice for the Duck fans to wear. But I guess it is a stripe out, so presumably it's not all yellow. Maybe the Ducks will wear green and yellow as well?

Boise St.: All black will be hot in early September.

Civil War: It's in Corvallis so who knows? Color-on-Color has been common so maybe they will wear green and beavers orange?

UCLA: Rose Bowl for first official "Big-10" game.... and presumably white-just hope it's not eggshell.

Michigan State: Makes sense to wear yellow since MSU colors are green and white.

tOSU at home: Most anticipated game of year, and probably both teams undefeated and in top 10 and maybe ESPN Gameday in Eugene. Let's hope the team wears some school color with the black and not just black and gray against Buckeyes in national spotlight!

Purdue: Away game...hopefully they will wear green and white?

Illinois: Fighting Illinis are orange and blue so just about any color will be good. 

At Michigan: Second most important game in upper midwest in November. Could be cold and snowy so white...hmmmm.

Maryland: Both teams known for crazy uniforms...

At Wisconsin: see note for Michigan, but add more snow.

Washington: wear green and please beat the Huskies!