The Maryland Terrapins, continuing their drive to be the ‘Oregon of the East’ have announced yet another special uniform, this time in ‘Black Ops’ fashion for their upcoming game against Florida State. While the name is pure hokum, the new look seems to be comparatively clean and tasteful. Though, compared to some uniforms this team sports, a jockey’s silks could appear tasteful.
The uniform is mostly black, with the Maryland state flag images placed large and grey on the pants striping, shoulders, and helmet. Touches of yellow trim in various spots and a red ‘Maryland’ across the chest are the only colors to be seen.
We judge this to be a FAR more acceptable way to honor the great Maryland flag, even if black and grey aren’t exactly main team colors. If you’ve got to have a black and grey, we think this is a pretty good way to go about it.
The flag appears again on the numbers as a texture, an increasingly common design detail.
Do you think Maryland has a winner here, or is this just more noise from an already loud team?
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Skyler W.
Friday, November 16, 2012 at 10:01Sheesh. I think they're trying to re-stock their jersey options for the online store.
Mark Z.
Friday, November 16, 2012 at 10:25I actually like this compared to the other clown outfits them been rockin the past few years.
ingmar66
Friday, November 16, 2012 at 15:57Is this a football team or a bunch of catwalk prancing fashionistas with a new outfit for every game? One home set, one away set and maybe something different once a year to surprise a bitter rival and that should be it!
Aaron
Friday, November 16, 2012 at 20:22As it should be for any league. These are proof that black is overused especially when it's not part of a team's colour scheme.
wolfgangII
Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 21:52Agree
Eric
Monday, November 19, 2012 at 00:33The University of Maryland needs to spend less time trying to look pretty on the field and more time concentrating on becoming a winning program again. Enough with the gay outfits!!!
Keith
Monday, November 19, 2012 at 09:25That's a full time look right there, then again I liked the crazy full flag helmets as well. Still, this is even better.