Week 2 Uniform Review: Black-Gray-Black Looked Amazing, Was a Surprise

Oklahoma State threw a curve ball and wore Black (Phantom Pete)-Black-Gray for the home opener against Central Arkansas. Everyone was probably expecting White-Orange-White with that combination being the trend since 2012. This was the first time OSU has worn this combo, even though we have seen Black-Black-Gray before vs. Kansas in 2013.

I like this combo for a few reasons:

1. The black Phantom Pete helmet looks great with black and gray, and this was the first time we really got to see that. Another thing that I noticed last season was the black numbers on the back of the helmets. It’s subtle, but it shows that OSU is all about the details.

2. This look is consistent from head to toe. The black socks even have the gray design in the back (see below).

3. Not a lot of schools can pull off the black and gray look because it’s not part of their color scheme, but Oklahoma State can and they should.

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One of the combos that I’ve really wanted to see is Black (Phantom Pete)-Gray-Black, especially since the gray jerseys have black numbers now. The combo we wore Saturday might be as close as we get to that since OSU has seemingly shunned the gray jerseys[1. Fun fact: the Cowboys are 2-0 in gray jerseys.]

Oklahoma State added another tick to the win column for the black jerseys this past weekend, but I’m wondering why we busted out such a slick combo for a non-conference game. One can only assume that we’re about to see a lot of awesome new looks for the Pokes this season.