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Originally Posted by FlamingLonghorn
I think you don't realize how many small schools in the MAC, CUSA, etc won't waste money on 3rd unis.
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Just for fun I took a look at the CUSA East
ECU Pirates have alt unis and helmets
Marshall has alt helmets
Middle Tenn doesn't appear to have alts
FAU has several variations of jerseys and helmets, I found five helmets on display at some 2013 press conference
LATech has three jerseys and 2 helmets
UAB has alt helmets
SMiss has alt helmets
And that's a low budget conference.
Anyway my point is that its rather funny that old guys scoff at what Oregon is doing and look down the end of their nose at them. What Oregon has done works. It works very, very well. They have a reach now that is a massive step change better than anytime in their history, and maybe the best improvement by a smallish program that has very little talent in state.
And now the vast majority of the NCAA is copying them. It was a nothing program in the middle of nowhere and now is arguably the 2nd best program in the country. Sure Nike put a ton of money into it but their success is a result of much more than money. They took a risk with their offense, which just like their gear is copied all over the place now, including in the NFL.
In fact try to name another program that has been replicated more than Oregon in the last 2 or 3 decades.