Texas Tech football: Counting down the worst uniforms in Red Raider history

No. 9: Gray-white-gray

Starting with No. 9, one theme is going to emerge…if it isn’t an official school color, it should only be an accent color on a uniform.  That’s why the gray-white-gray uniforms Tech wore in 2013 against Oklahoma were a bad idea.

First of all, gray is not scarlet or black.  Thus, it should not be the identifying color of a Texas Tech football uniform.

Remember, this program derives its nickname from its uniform color so the identity of what people know Tech to be is in what they see from a color standpoint.  Though there were traces of red on this look (the logo, helmet stripe, shoulder piping, and down the sides of the pants), it was all about the color gray.

What’s more, gray doesn’t pop when put next to white.  When it is offset by black or red or another bold color, it will look better.  But because it is a neutral color itself, gray and white are going to essentially serve the same purpose and that is to accentuate a primary color.

This was a dreary look for a game between top-10 teams, one in which the eyes of the nation were on Kliff Kingsbury’s program for the first time after Tech began his debut season 7-0 to climb to No. 10 in the polls.

Tech lost the game 38-30 in a valiant effort.  But the uniforms looked less than inspiring proving to us that gray is not a color that should be anything other than tertiary at best.