It’s FSU-Miami week everybody. Hurricane flags are up, weather is unbelievable, just imagine if this were actually a big matchup. Nevertheless I can’t wait for the game this weekend, 2.5 point underdogs win all the time so we have a shot even with Vinny Testaverde 2.0 playing QB for the Canes. Maybe he gets shook if Doak is rocking this weekend? We’ll see. Now on to the important stuff, let’s talk uniforms.
Canes Uniforms
Miami has an interesting uniform history. Great uniforms in the 90s, then fell into the 2000s trap of weird Nike templates, unnecessary piping and an overall downgrade to its look. Miami moved to Adidas in the mid-2010s and instantly got the usual Adidas treatment – awful striping, huge lettering, etc. But a few years ago Miami adopted a throwback to the 90s and as much as its pains me to say this – they have a pretty great uniform set (minus the black Miami nights sets they break out here and there). Miami also has a pretty iconic helmet, and there may be no better helmet matchup out there for a rivalry than the Noles & Canes.
Miami did make one change this year, switching its number font to its Miami font rather than block numbers.
Here’s a quick preview of Miami’s standard uni set:
Miami vs FSU History
The Noles have played Miami in Tallahassee every single odd-numbered year since 1973. They also played the Canes twice in the ’50s – 1957 & 1959. In the modern era (1975+) FSU has never worn ANYTHING at home against Miami besides Garnet & Gold. Miami has worn White & Orange 18 times, All White 3 times, Green Pants once, and a Green helmet once way back in the ’70s. I love that FSU always wears garnet & gold against Miami. In my opinion teams should never ever wear alternates for a rivalry game. Sure change the pants up here and there but always stick with your standard uniforms against rivals. I love seeing the garnet and gold out there against green and orange, we don’t need grey or black or god knows what out there in a game like this.
News & Notes for this weekend
Miami has already released it’s uni combo (as it seems every other team in CFB does except the Noles but what do you expect?). It will be wearing white/white/orange, its classic combo against FSU in Tallahassee.
My prediction
If the Noles have gone 23 games in a row against Miami wearing garnet & gold why change now? Let’s get the classic garnet and gold vs white and orange.
Although I would not be opposed to the white pants from the 2004 Orange Bowl a lot of people have been clamoring for this week.
Unoffical Uniform Odds:
Garnet & Gold -800
All Garnet +1500
White Pants +2000
Black Jerseys +2500000
Blast from the Past
Shoutout to the unbelievable archive from Garnet & Great on Flickr for some of the pictures. Check it out here.
Florida State Uniform Database 