Preview of Alabama’s Nike Pro Combat Uniforms

Nike will unveil its 2010 NCAA Pro Combat uniforms this morning at 10, and Nike is doing a better job this year of keeping information under wraps. What I know so far:

- Alabama will wear them against Mississippi State on Nov. 13
- Their design is called “The Next Wave”
- The jersey numbers will be “coded” with a Houndstooth check
- The helmet will have a Houndstooth stripe
- Crimson jersey; white pants with a “truncated” crimson stripe. “A” logo on the pants
- There will also be an American flag on the jersey, as they are wearing it after Veteran’s Day
- Glove fingers will have Discipline, Commitment, Toughness, Effort and Pride written on them

Update - The Bama uniform in all its “glory”:

Alabama’s uniform changes are obviously the big question, what with the tradition and all. But Florida’s doing it again this year as well. Their workup will be:

- Worn vs. Georgia October 30
- Called “Threatened By No One”
- Features a “bold gator-skin pattern” throughout the uniform. (Nike says its designers “found parallels between the animal’s ruthlessness and Florida’s swift, aggressive game.” Gee, really? I don’t think anybody has ever thought of that before)
- Both the helmet and the uniform will have the gator-skin. The helmet will be orange with the traditional Gators script; the jersey blue

Update - The gator-skinneriffic Florida getup: