Oregon Football Jersey Week: Part III - Gotta Love Them Wings

Slowly flap you arms and say “Ducks, ducks, ducks, ducks, ducks!” Does that ring a bell? It should and if it doesn’t, your 90s childhood was lacking in the amazing-underdog-Disney-movie department. As much as I would love to talk about these Mighty Ducks and their hockey playing ways, this post is reserved for a group of mallards that have more self-image issues than a high school freshman. Ladies (I hope) and gentlemen, I’m talking about the football team of the University of Oregon. 2009 marked another year that Oregon’s uniforms were updated. These new uniforms have “improved ergonomics and ventilation characteristics, and feature laminate numbering that does not soak up any moisture.” Ok, cool, I guess that pretty sweet, but why do they have to have so many!? Aren’t two sets of uniforms enough? One for home and one for away, that’s all a team needs. The Mighty Ducks had two sets of uniforms and they won their championship. The Oregon Ducks have more uniform combinations than any other team in the history of sports and they haven’t won a championship yet, not to mention a Rose Bowl since 1917.



The most ridiculous part of the new uniforms is the wings on the shoulder pads. Gone are the tough steel patterned pads and in are stabs at increased lift, bigger plumage for mating, and an overall attempt to be badass. I have to admit, I kind of like the wings if they were trying to be cupids or they were trying to work with an ancient Egyptian motif. They don’t even look like duck wings! If Oregon were not the Ducks, I don’t even know if I would guess they were wings. They look like kelp or the doodles I draw all over my lecture notes.

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