Yesterday, Florida State played NC State in Tallahassee falling 28-14 to the Wolfpack. Not an entirely unexpected result as the Noles faced issues with the flu all week, lost their starting QB and were likely outmatched anyway.
But the big takeaway from the game that has the Twitter-sphere in a tizzy are the controversial black jerseys the Noles wore with their gold pants and gold lids. There is nothing that fires up a fanbase quite like a bad alternate uniform. Coach Norvell has generally been pretty traditional in his two seasons at the helm, so yesterday was a bit of a change. The only other time FSU wore the black alternates was the weird makeup game against Duke that I’m sure most people have long since forgotten about.
Now, don’t get me wrong – the black/gold is not one of FSU’s better looks. Garnet and gold looks so crisp that I tend to agree there is no need to bring black jerseys/pants into the equation. But they’re not THAT bad. If recruits and players like them every once in a while, fine with me. The way people reacted you would think we decided to roll out something as awful as the olive green alligator jerseys UF wore not that long ago (never forget).
So this morning, Tallahassee radio personality Greg Tish (@Greg_Tish) decided to ask for opinions on the uniforms yesterday. He tagged me and several other prominent FSU Twitter personalities (thanks for the clout Greg #Engagement), and boy have the replies been something. I’ve spent all day reading these tweets in between errant tee shots at the golf course – and I love every single one of them. The fact that there are so many other people out there like myself that are as passionate about something as dumb as FSU’s uniforms is awesome.
Here is a quick ranking of the top 5 “I hate the black uniforms” opinions that were out there today:
***As of 7:55 PM Sunday – I’m sure there will be plenty more hate coming***
#5 – @warddavide remixing the hit single “We’re not Boston College” with an entirely fair point
#4 – I mean using this logic, the way FSU football has looked the last few years maybe they technically should be wearing black for every game?
#3 – A common theme in the black uniform criticism is constant drive-by shots at the Oregon Ducks. Are the Ducks an underrated rival for starting this whole uniform combo mess to begin with? Is this a conspiracy that goes all the way up to the top at Nike?
#2 – Simple. Elegant. And pretty accurate?
#1 – I have been at this for a couple weeks and there is no one more passionate about this stuff than Scalphunter. A great follow for uniform takes – I couldn’t even decide which of his (hers?) was my favorite but the 2013 nostalgia mixed with an Oklahoma porn star reference really does it for me here.
Honorable Mentions:
Florida State Uniform Database 