RATING UNIFORMS OF SEC FOOTBALL TEAMS
BACK-IN-TIME: Carnell Williams Waves While Leaving Field After Auburn's 2003 Win Over Alabama.
Here's Southern Pigskin's 2008 rating of SEC football uniforms:
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1. LSU -- Sure the Tigers only have one look that they wear most of the time -- white on gold -- but the color scheme screams mardi gras and the uniform is very inimitable and original. The helmet is one of the coolest in college football and has had the same logo design since the late 1970s. The shoulder stripes stand out and give the jersey flavor.
2. ALABAMA -- The quintessential traditional look. No team in the game may be more identified with their uniforms, namely their helmets, than the Alabama Crimson Tide. Props for staying old school and for staying with what works. Please don't ever change.
3. AUBURN -- The interlocking logo looks great on the helmet and the orange and white stripes on the sleeves really stand out. The overall look is bold, mature and time-tested. The Tigers have one of the more classic uniforms in college football. Under Armour uniforms look great, too.
4. GEORGIA -- A fresh look that has for the most part stayed the same the past 40 years. The logo and the helmet are classic and just look good on the football field. The "silver britches" as they are referred to are a very real tradition in Athens. The Bulldogs look best, in our estimation, on the road with the white tops.
5. VANDERBILT -- Black and gold goes well together and we really like the new Vanderbilt helmet. The "V" inside the star looks great and dates back to the programÕs 1970s roots. The trim down the pants looks very nice.
6. FLORIDA -- The Gators stay here, assuming we donÕt see anymore orange shoulders. That experiment was rough. The colors make you think of the Sunshine State and Florida has a great helmet that stands out and is unique to the school. The home blue tops with white pants look the best.
7. SOUTH CAROLINA -- The new Under Armour threads are very impressive and look intimidating. It is the best design Carolina has ever had. The only thing knocking the Gamecocks down on this list is that recent change means their uniform doesn't have much tradition or history.
8. OLE MISS -- Clean-cut, bold and professional, the uniform makes us want to go tailgate in The Grove. The shoulder bands look tremendous and the color scheme looks so much better than the early 1990s model. We like the Rebels' alternate red jerseys, too.
9. TENNESSEE -- The Volunteers are orange, very orange, but they get points for tradition and consistency. When the Vols are playing at home, the sea of orange on the field and in the stands is almost blinding. There is a lot of history in that "T" on the helmet. On the road, the Vols look very plain.
10. KENTUCKY -- The new look is serviceable, not bad considering some of the other so-called upgrades we have seen in college football. When the Wildcats go with blue tops and pants, to go along with their helmets, that's just an awful lot of blue to look at. If Kentucky simply adopted the threads worn on October 2, 2004, we would be much bigger fans.
11. ARKANSAS -- The Razorbacks have a full hog on their helmet, and even their rivals have to admit that is kind of impressive. He has been there since 1964. The uniform doesn't really stand out, but it is not bad by any means either. It just doesn't have the immediate appeal of some of the others in the league.
12. MISSISSIPPI STATE -- Not ugly at all, but kind of a boring, plain format lacking the history and tradition of some of the others on this list. The Bulldogs have only had their current helmet look since the beginning of the 2004 season.
