Uni Wash.

No need to adjust your TV on Saturday.

When USC ventures into Washington, the Huskies will be wearing throwback uniforms to honor their 1960 national championship team. Along with lace-up pants, decal-less helmets, and gray facemasks (usually purple), the most noticeable change will be blue jerseys.

Even though purple and gold have been the school's colors since the late 1800s, uniforms were blue up until 1972. The first game in their true colors was against the Pacific Tigers and a little-known safety named Pete Carroll.

According to Washington Sports Communication Director (and USC alum) Jeff Bechthold, they used the so-called Northwest Purple "mainly due to the fact that purple just wasn't available from the makers of athletic apparel, or what they could find wasn't good (as in, it faded quickly, the colors ran, etc.)."

Washington's letterman jackets are still dark blue, and the rowing team still regularly uses the old color.

Jerseys used on Saturday are being auctioned off on the Huskies' website. Unfortunately for Washington, they will not be able to use a throwback team against the #1 ranked Trojans.

It must be a good weekend for Uni Watch blogger (and ESPN contributor) Paul Lukas. Another purple and gold team, the LSU Tigers, will be tinkering with their threads on Saturday. Iowa State also just announced a new scheme which looks strikingly similar to USC's. Then again, maybe USC is looking like that other team from Iowa.

Photo courtesy Univ. of Washington. From left to right: Don McKeta, Chuck Allen (both all-conference players in 1959 and 1960) and Coach Tyrone Willingham.

Comments

[Your_Daddy]

"in the stands..." :all I need to know.

[Bobak]

Those awful warm-up suits need to go. I admit I like the pelican logo on the throwback LSU jerseys.