Aesthetics has become a factor in landing recruits which is why so many teams have numerous uniforms. Getting solid recruits is imperative in the quest to win a national championship. Our traditional blue and gold will always be my preference, but I'm not opposed to alternate uniforms if if helps us get stud players in the door. These particular alternate uniforms aren't my cup of tea though, I would have preferred them to lean into a gold theme if they wanted something different.

^ this this and this. We need alts and they need to be cool. These are alright but cool alternates are a recruiting tool.

All the major schools do it.

We already have alternates

I wasn’t saying we don’t have alts. The more alts the merrier.

So when do we see a gold cleat, a Tahoe cleat, and the mirror helmut - at the same time?

So I will tell you the tale of a one man uniform change, maybe the only one in Aggie history. And what it accomplished. The player was Khary Jones an Aggie player in the early 2000s. Early in the season (i dont remember which) Khary was our quarterback. Khary had painted his shoes gold. We were playing st Mary’s in one of the last games before they quit football. When he took the field the st Mary’s players were all over him with insults and taunts about his golden shoes. He was not at all distracted or visibly annoyed. He shredded the st. Marys defense with his passing and running. St Marys lost big that day and I don’t believe that it had nothing to do with their decision to eliminate football from their ICA program. Khary has gone onto a great football career up in Canada as a player and a coach.
I believe he was 17-4 winner for the Aggies. Not bad at all.
So lastly a comment about mobile quarterbacks. No one has mentioned Khary. He was extremely mobile and very successful. So was Chris Peterson and I don’t have to remind anyone that he was a great player. The addition of Pinnick as the Aggie quarterback is a huge plus for Aggie football next season IMHO.

Per Wikipedia Khari Jones played for UCD 1992-1993. That sounds about right because he was at some point before Daft. It says Jones was 17-2-1 for UCD.

The last season for St. Mary's was 2003. Per the UCD website they beat SMC 45-14 that season. The box score shows that Flanigan, Barragan, and Grant were the QB's, but Flanigan did most of the damage in that game. Maybe you were thinking of a different QB or a much earlier game ?

For St. Mary's the decision was driven by finances. They're a small school + with the scarcity of nearby opponents they just couldn't afford it anymore.

Yolo got to give you credit for the amazing in depth Google research you did into Khary jones 3 decade old history with his time with Aggie football. Should have got those stats down better. Shame on me. The point of the post was 1) his special uniform kit and 2) his abilities as a very mobile player. Both are the current subjects of this ongoing thread.