Wyoming and CMU both wearing home uniforms on Boise State's blue field makes for a Potato Bowl color explosion
MY EYES.
The 2017 Potato Bowl kicked off Thursday afternoon between Wyoming and Central Michigan. The two teams share similar color schemes — Wyoming is brown and yellow, and Central Michigan is maroon and yellow. The game is played annually on Boise State’s famous blue-painted turf, so the color schemes together paired with the bright blue field, is uh, something. A lot of people started noticing the combination:
Is this a really great uniform matchup or a really awful one pic.twitter.com/AtuTBnNMlL
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger_sherman) December 22, 2017
Yo @SBNationCFB just wanted to let you know Spuddy Buddy looks on for coin toss. pic.twitter.com/SGGRv1pE06
— OBNUG (@OBNUG) December 22, 2017
Look, you can’t really help that both of these uniforms look similar, as well as the colors, but the whole thing paired with the blue makes it look interesting on the eyes.
This is one of the strangest combinations of colors during a football game ever pic.twitter.com/ql8KqimW5a
— Matt Brown (@MattBrownCFB) December 22, 2017
Both teams in home colors for the #PotatoBowl pic.twitter.com/56kC1U7j9G
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) December 22, 2017
Some people on Twitter pointed out how hard it was keeping the teams straight on the field, which you can’t really blame them.
@UniWatch This Idaho Potato bowl is an absolute uniform disaster. CMU's colors couldn't be uglier and Wyoming's pants blend in with the Chippewa monochrome yellow Color Rush. Hard to tell them apart. The bright blue turf is icing on the cake.
— Christian Gomez (@CGomezEnergy) December 22, 2017
Blue Turf Idaho Potato Bowl
— Steve (@stevechimenti) December 22, 2017
Is Brutal to look at both teams wearing same colors
I wanna watch Josh Allen...but the problem I'm having is the colors that have been seemingly vomited on my Tv screen. Ugly uniforms. Uglier field. #PotatoBowl
— Matt Gould (@MattGouldRF) December 22, 2017
I’ll watch any football that’s on TV, but the colors of the Idaho Potato Bowl are making it unbearable.
— Sydney Dalton Cash (@sydsterr) December 22, 2017
It’s really not in anyone’s control that these two teams have similar uniforms, but having it with the bright blue turf is pretty comical for sure.