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Florida’s black uniforms, set to debut in 2023, make 1st public appearance
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Florida is set to debut new black uniforms in 2023.
Although the program has not yet officially released images of the new uniforms, photos made their way to Twitter on Thursday. The uniform was evidently on display at the Florida bookstore.
Here’s a look:
BREAKING: Our first look at the #Gators black jersey ?
(?: @TernupUF) #GoGators #JUMPMAN pic.twitter.com/r1TT8Lx2ef
— Gators Uniform Tracker (@GatorsUnis) August 3, 2023
More pictures of the new #Gators #blackunis @AllKindsWeather pic.twitter.com/aT8uicU2ry
— JTernup (@TernupUF) August 3, 2023
Florida will debut the uniforms on Nov. 4 against Arkansas as part of Military Appreciation weekend. That announcement was made earlier this spring.
Florida’s plan is to don the black uniforms once per year near Veteran’s Day. In 2023, Florida will face LSU on the road on Veteran’s Day, so the occasion was moved up 1 week to Nov. 4.
Here’s what coach Billy Napier said about the occasion back in 2022 on his spring speaking tour:
“We’re going to take these black jerseys every year and we’re going to auction some of them off,” he said, per On3 Sports. “We’re going to take the money and we’re going to give it families of people in the military that were wounded or maybe had some type of setback.”
“So, it’s a win-win for everybody. We get to Black Out The Swamp. We get military appreciation. We get to create some awareness and education so we can be grateful for these freedoms that sometimes I think we take for granted.”
Florida opens the 2023 season against Utah on Aug. 31.
Spenser is a news editor for Saturday Down South and covers college football across all Saturday Football brands.
