Rockies pull out the purple alternate against the Padres in the khaki road set

Colorado went to the purple alternate at Coors Field on Thursday afternoon, against a San Diego club in the khaki road uniform. It is one of the better color pairings left on the September calendar, and purple at home is a rarity this late in a season going nowhere.

Earlier in the day the Brewers wore the powder blue alternate at PNC Park, where Pittsburgh answered in the black Pittsburgh alternate.

The purple alternate is one of my favorite uniforms in baseball. Interesting that they went to it for a day game in this heat.
Jake Daneshgar

Source: MLB uniform feed·MLB daily uniform tracker→

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San Diego State debuts the Age of the Jaguar uniform Saturday, its first red jersey and red pants together

San Diego State unveiled the Age of the Jaguar uniform on Tuesday and wears it Saturday against James Madison, 7 p.m. Pacific at Snapdragon Stadium.

The helmet is black, with the Ocelotl jaguar glyph on one side and the player's number on the other. The jersey is red with black numerals and red-on-red sublimated Aztec artwork on the sleeves, over red pants. The school says it is the first time the program has worn a red jersey and red pants together.

Source: goaztecs.com·San Diego State uniform schedule→

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Rams debut the gold Classic Sol on Monday night, their first gold jersey in a decade

The Rams wear the gold Classic Sol for the first time on Monday night against the Giants. It is a tribute to the 1951 NFL championship team: royal triple striping on the sleeves, block numbers, and white pants with a blue, gold, blue stripe down each leg.

It is also the first gold jersey the Rams have worn since the all-gold Color Rush set in 2015. They wear it twice this season, both in prime time, with the second date December 3 against the Chiefs on Thursday night.

Source: ESPN·Rams uniform schedule→

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Air Force's B-21 Raider uniform is a blackout where you can still read the numbers

Air Force wears its 2026 Air Power Legacy Series uniform against Navy on October 3, and it honors the B-21 Raider stealth bomber. Matte black head to toe, a dark camouflage helmet wrap with B-21 above the facemask, and chrome silver numerals.

The back plates read STRATEGIC DETERRENCE and POWER PROJECTION. The patches are Air Force Global Strike Command, the 412th Test Wing that flight tests the B-21 at Edwards, Air Force Materiel Command and the Colorado Air National Guard's 140th Wing. We graded it A-.

Uniform images courtesy of Air Force Athletics and Nike.

This one is sick. I do not usually like black uniforms, but the pop on the jersey numbers makes it.
Jake Daneshgar

Source: @AF_Football·Full breakdown and grade→

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Vanderbilt has not actually worn the all-gold uniform it revealed, and nobody noticed

Vanderbilt revealed a gold uniform in August: gold helmet with the black and white center stripe, gold jersey, gold pants. For the Gold Out against Delaware on September 12, outlets reported the Commodores "went all gold."

They did not. The broadcast frames show the gold jersey worn with the white helmet and white pants, not the gold ones. The complete gold set from the reveal still has not been worn in a game.

It is a small thing, but it is the kind of small thing that ends up in every season recap as fact once one outlet writes it down. We check the frames.

I do not love the all gold. It is a bit too much for me.
Jake Daneshgar

Source: @VandyFootball and the broadcast·Vanderbilt uniform schedule→