I don’t know what astounds me more about this story – that a kid would pick a college based on the school’s uniform, or that a kid would pick Oregon based on the school’s uniform.
… The recruiting gossip last winter was he was almost certainly headed to Florida State, but the seeds of his cross-country sojourn were initially sown on a faithful October afternoon when he and some buddies watched Oregon nip USC on television.
Said Blount, “Those uniforms are tight.”
“Would you go there?” a buddy asked.
“I’d go there.”
And the rest, as they say, is history.
(photo courtesy ESPN/Eric Evans)
Aww, MANNNN. I’ve always heard they liked those flashy unis for recruiting, and now that they have one piece of supporting evidence, they’ll NEVER get rid of them.
I guess that’s what will console him when he finally leaves Oregon and without a championship…. “well at least our uniforms were tight!”
Maybe he’ll get lucky and end up playing for the Packers.