Name A Better Looking College Football Game. I'll Wait.
My Fighting Illini football team have done something that I've appreciated this year uniform-wise: they've stuck with orange. Orange helmets every game. Sounds like it is something that Bret Bielema has pushed . And I'm here for it. This past weekend in Iowa City, we had a lovely uniform matchup with the Illini going O-W-O. And the Hawkeyes doing their traditional home B-B-Y. But, that clearly wasn't the best-looking college football game of the weekend. Not by a mile. That honor is held by the UCLA vs. USC game. Here's a look at the 2nd half kickoff that was happening as I tuned in (The Illini game had just finished up). Both teams wear their home colors during this game - both at the Colosseum and at the Rose Bowl. At least that's what I thought happened. Turns out, there's a bit more history to the story. According to the OC Register there was a period when it wasn't the calvalcade ...