Iowa State Cyclones Unveil Surprise New White Uniform | Uni Watch

The Iowa State Cyclones unveiled a fourth new uniform for the 2024 season on Thursday afternoon, which adds to the set of three new unis they unveiled in early May. Although that set did include a white uniform, the numbers, wordmark and sleeve stripes were cardinal and gold. This new uniform is white with only black accoutrements.

As always, lets start with the hype video:

Here’s how that compares to the other three sets they unveiled previously:

The new hype video unfortunately doesn’t show any rear views of the uniform, but we can safely assume that both NOB and number will be black.

There are some additional views here:

The helmet is white, and it was previously shown with the set released in early May. Clearly this uniform is designed to be worn as part of an “Icy White” or “Stormtrooper” theme. In fact, the video showing players holding what looks to be a lightsaber portends the Star Wars theme. However, Stormtroopers didn’t use lightsabers, so that’s a curious prop. And most Jedi didn’t wear mono white.

The white jersey and helmet were also shown with black pants, so it appears that will be an option.

I donno. Maybe it’s not a lightsaber.

This new uniform is fine, but it also seems completely unnecessary. They already introduced a perfectly good white uniform — in actual school colors — so this feels like overkill. But this is obviously part of the current trend in college football so it is what it is.

Your thoughts?