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

No. 4: Lone Star Pride 2012

The Lone Star Pride concept just never took off.  And when the head coach openly voices his displeasure with the uniform concept on the day it was revealed to the media, that’s not a good sign.

Granted, the head coach I’m referring to is Tommy Tuberville, who would criticize puppies and apple pie if they had a Double T on them.  So it was no surprise that he hated the 2012 Lone Star Pride uniforms.  But he wasn’t alone.

The black-red-red uniforms were trimmed with a patch on the shoulder that was navy blue and which contained inside it a star colored like the Texas flag.  A similar design and color scheme went down the side of the pants.

The helmet was also adorned with the Texas colored star on one side and the Double T inside the state of Texas on the other.  That same Double T/Texas logo was atop the numbers on the front of the jerseys where the school name typically can be found.

It was a catastrophe on the part of Under Armour during a time when that company was making uniform blunders around the country on a nearly weekly basis.  Tuberville was not a fan.

"“As a traditionalist,” he said (as you can see by watching the video atop this page) “I’m not big on it.  Neither are our fans…I think one time a year is probably good.”"

In the end, Tuberville was wrong on even this account.  That’s not surprising given that he was wrong on just about everything he did and said during his time in Lubbock.  One time a year was not good for these threads.  They never should have been worn at all.