After a huge win against Miami to stay alive for bowl eligibility the Noles travel up to Chestnut Hill for a sleepy nooner. This game is always interesting from a uniform perspective because BC is basically FSU-lite. Up until 2020, the most common complaint about #IgnitionTradition was “WE LOOK LIKE BOSTON COLLEGE WITH THE GOLD NUMBERS”. Well guess what – BC changed to white numbers this year, so now we look like BC again? Is it time to change back? Many people are asking.
Eagles Uniforms
As I referenced earlier, Boston College rolled out a new set of uniforms this year along with a switch to Adidas as their uniform supplier. With this they switched from a very modern Under Armour uniform to a throwback Adidas set complete with a vintage Boston College logo. This is a little weird to me to go back to a vintage logo set full time without offically changing you logo but what do I know. To me, the BC unis are nice – but they’re almost too plain. It’s tough to pull off the Penn St/Alabama minimalist look and BC kind of does it I guess? They’re fine but nothing spectacular in my opinion.
The coolest uniform thing Boston College does is have its annual red bandana game. The uniforms themselves are not great – but it’s a great cause. The game honors Welles Crowther, a former BC lacrosse player who saved as many as 20 people in the 9/11 attacks, losing his life in the process. It’s an incredible story and if you’re one of the few people reading this you should find more information about it.
FSU at BC History
FSU has played BC every single year since 2005 when Boston College switched from the Big East. They also played in a couple one-offs in 1976 and 1957. In the modern era, FSU hasn’t worn anything but it’s traditional Gold/White/Gold on the road which is not all that surprising. Boston College has worn Gold/Maroon/Gold 5 times, Gold/Maroon/White (a great look) 2 times and broke out their rarely seen maroon pants once way back in 2011.
News & Notes for this weekend
Both of these teams keep things pretty close to the vest. Nothing yet news-wise for this weekend.
My prediction
This probably will not happen but I’m going out on a limb. What better weekend for the Noles to debut the white helmets????? BC will be wearing maroon and gold in some fashion so let’s go nuts and wear the all white. It won’t happen. But maybe it will happen. Would be awesome to see.
I mean how good would this look.
Blast from the Past
Florida State Uniform Database 