Nike To Outfit Gators With Creative New Design Elements In Popular Uniform System
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 | Football
The University of Florida is one of the 10 college football programs that have been selected to wear uniquely-designed Nike uniforms for at least one game during the 2010 season the company announced on Wednesday. The dates of the games will be announced at the unveiling of the uniforms on Wednesday, Sept. 1, in New York.
The Gators will join the University of Alabama, Boise State University, University of Miami (FL), The Ohio State University, Oregon State University, University of Pittsburgh, Texas Christian University, Virginia Tech and West Virginia University in wearing the innovative designs for a minimum of one game on their schedules. The dates of those games will be announced at the unveiling of the uniforms on Wednesday, Sept. 1, in New York.
The Nike Pro Combat System of Dress uniforms the schools will wear are engineered to provide superior protection and durability, while utilizing advanced fabrics and tooling that reduce weight. Nike worked diligently with each university to bring relevant elements of the school's rich heritage into the futuristic elite fit uniform designs. The collaborations with the universities produced the highly-customized uniforms that will be revealed just days prior to the start of the 2010 college football season.
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