When Did College Football Become a Fashion Show?

It seems that every football team now needs to show up in different uniforms virtually every game, with breathless reports in the sports press on which uniform will be worn which week.

Here is a report giving the schedule of weekly uniforms for my ASU Sun Devils for the coming season.

Arizona State University has many different football uniform combinations, so it's understandable if their color schemes can be a bit confusing. 

Knowing that, Friday the school released the combinations it plans on wearing for its 2013 home games. 

According to the release, the Sept. 14 game against Wisconsin will be the annual Blackout game, and the Sept. 28 contest with USC will be the second "Maroon Monsoon" game.

From there, fans will have the opportunity to choose what combinations will be worn for the games against Colorado and Oregon State, with voting to be conducted online and via social media.

This report on Notre Dame’s choice of ensemble for their 'Shamrock Series' sounds like something out of Vogue.

This years’ edition is another departure, though this time not as severe as last. The Irish will be wearing a gold helmet with a deep flake texture and a smooth, shiny gold shamrock outlined in green. Seriously deep flake. It almost looks like it should be rough to the touch. It is paired with a green metallic facemask. 

The all-white uniform has an interesting shoulder and body gradient texture, shifting below the shoulder seam. The smooth metallic shamrock appears again on the shoulder.

And heaven forbid that the fans should clash with the team’s color choices. What a fashion disaster that would be.

Oregon helps out by telling their fans what colors to wear to each game. You have no excuses now, Ducks fans, so don’t embarrass everybody by showing up in the wrong color, OK?

Does this strike anyone else as a bit silly?