These 1920-themed helmets are especially awesome.
Illinois football will play its biggest game in a long time on Saturday when Michigan comes into town. The Fighting Illini are 5-1 on the year, ranked in both polls, and have somewhat reasonable College Football Playoff aspirations.
They are smartly pulling out all the stops for their contest against the defending national championships, including reaching way back in the close to bring back some 1920s-themed uniforms. Illinois will wear these sweet throwback uniforms vs. Michigan Saturday. The 1920s-themed uniforms commemorates 100th anniversary of Red Grange’s 6-TD game vs. UMFashion is all about taking risks and Illinois is going for it. Those faux leather helmets are either a work of art or a monstrosity, depending on one's perspective. The pants may have the affect of making it look like the players aren't wearing pants at all.
These threads are going to be worn as a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Red Grange scoring five touchdowns in a win over Michigan. A performance that earned him the nickname of "Galloping Ghost," which is an objectively great nickname.Kyle Koster is an assistant managing editor at Sports Illustrated covering the intersection of sports and media. He was formerly the editor in chief of The Big Lead, where he worked from 2011 to '24.
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