Fresh uniforms motivate players and catch the attention of recruits. For Saturday's Big Ten opener at Northwestern, the Ducks have a updated look and style in the "Generation O" series, yellow helmets with no stripes and a green facemask, a clean-looking white jersey with a green collar and numerals, yellow pants.
Perfect for looking sharp and playing fast. On a day that they're playing an unranked Northwestern team in a 12,000-seat stadium at 9 a.m. Pacific Time, it's a great way to create some of the juice they'll need in a situation where it would be easy to slip into a slow start.