A couple of years ago the University of Oregon football team unveiled a new array of uniform options. While I wasn’t a big fan of the uniform designs, I loved the idea of including multiple helmet options (and jersey and pant colors) instead of the traditional (and limited) home and away jersey variations.

I haven’t seen much coverage of this online, but during last weekend’s ESPN’s College Football Final highlights show I caught a glimpse of the latest design collaboration between Oregon and their close friends at Nike.

I love the flat black helmet color (which, like the head of a Mallard, has a slight hint of green in certain lighting conditions), and think that the silver duck wing design on the shoulder pads is wild but way better than the ugly diamond plate pattern on the other jerseys.