Oregon's style choices often reflect a keen sense of the program's history, and that element was played up Wednesday when Akili Smith Jr. was chosen as one of the uniform models.
Twenty-eight years ago on November 8, 1997, his dad Akili Smith Sr. faced third and 20 with 2:39 to go in the fourth quarter, trailing the Huskies in Seattle 28-24.
The Huskies sent six, with single coverage on the outside. Smith Sr. hung in there and threw a pass to speedster Patrick Johnson in the right corner of the end zone. Johnson laid out for the catch and a 30-28 lead.