UCF leads Week 2 uniforms with Pediatric Cancer Awareness month
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Kalan Hooks, ESPNSep 6, 2024, 08:42 PM ET With Week 2 of college football settling in, more consistent and helmet heat is set to strike the gridiron.The UCF Knights will take their helmet game to new heights against the Sam Houston Bearkats. They will sport colorful decals on their headgear with a heartfelt meaning behind them.Last spring, UCF checked out the Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Health Center for Children. The patients took part in a coloring activity with the players in which they colored the UCF logo. The team’s devices manager, Brad Anderson, plastered the logo designs on the group’s helmets for their spring game.With September being Pediatric Cancer Awareness month, Anderson wanted to recycle the concept in a regular-season game.Decals created by pediatric clients at@APHospital pic.twitter.com/yy4Co0mt7U!.?.!— UCF Football (@UCF_Football)September 3
, 2024 Here are the cleanest uniforms from Week 2 in college football. Gold rush After starting hot in Week 1 with a win versus the Wyoming Cowboys, the Arizona State Sun Devils will have their very first huge test against the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Mountain American Arena. In the SEC-Big 12 matchup, the Sun Devils will use alternate yellow uniforms. Arizona State is no stranger to yellow threads– the group used yellow in its 2021 season.Modern shine, with a traditional style #ForksUp/// #ActivateTheValley pic.twitter.com/7KesCiFoWY!.?.!— Sun Devil Football(@ASUFootball )September 5, 2024 The West Virginia Mountaineers came up short last weekend in their 34-12 loss versus the No. 8 Penn State Nittany Lions. In the loss, the Mountaineers used an unique mix that included their gold jersey and navy blue trousers. This week, they’ll face the UAlbany Great Danes, and will switch out the blue pants for gold ones with
gold helmets to finish their own gold rush.It’s a RUSH @GoMartStores pic.twitter.com/C8kx8SK21Q!.?.!— WVU Sports (@WVUSports) September 5, 2024 Special combinations In the No. 6-ranked Ole Miss Rebels’match versus the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders, they’ll rock their red and gray mix with a powder blue helmet. Ole Miss wore the consistent combo last season when it defeated the Vanderbilt Commodores 33-7. Finest consistent combo? #DripInTheSip
| #HottyToddy pic.twitter.com/UZ6MePMPQY!.?.!— Ole Miss Football(@OleMissFB)September 6, 2024 As lots of fans are buzzing about Arizona State’s
yellow threads, their in-state rival Arizona Wildcats are featuring the very same level of strength and are wanting to extend their eight-game winning streak to nine with their Tucson uniforms against the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks. The uniform’s name is a nod to the city of Tucson, Arizona, where
the university is located.Week 2 Tucson Threads pic.twitter.com/gWFKCALKU4!.?.!— Arizona Football (@ArizonaFBall)September 6, 2024 The UNLV Rebels managed their business in Week 1 versus the Houston Cougars, wearing their icy white uniforms in the 27-7 win. The Rebels are keeping the trousers and are exchanging their white jersey for red this week versus the Utah Tech Trailblazers.UNLV will also use a retro helmet against Utah Tech, which will admire the 1974 squad that published the Rebels’only unbeaten routine season. The ’74 Rebels won a school-record 12 games and made it to the NCAA Division II semifinals that season.Party like it’s 1974 Our threads for Game 2 pic.twitter.com/m9JJw1btq9!.?.!— UNLV Football (@unlvfootball)September 5, 2024
The helmet is all-white and features red face masks, in addition to UNLV’s 1970s”sunburst “logo design.