Boston College, Holy Cross, UConn, UMass (2019)

Better late than never, it's the final four schools in our review of the uniforms of 2019.

Boston College (6-7 overall, 4-4 ACC) trudged through another mediocre season, and coach Steve Addazio was replaced by Ohio State defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley at the end of the season. BC's uniforms were identical from last year; the only exception was the return of the maroon pants, last worn in 2015. Including minor variations (bowl patch, red bandana game trim), the Eagles for seven different styles, the most since they wore eight in 2012.

And speaking of multiple uniforms styles ... Holy Cross (7-6 overall, 5-1 Patriot League, PL champs) wore TEN different designs over 13 games, one shy of 2013 UMass for the most of any team covered by this here blog. Most of the excess comes from unnecessary use of black and gray shirts or pants, which don't really scream "Holy Cross." On the bright side, the Crusaders debuted a classy white helmet, which they badly need to adopt full-time. The 'Saders last wore white helmets in the early-mid 70s (see here and here).

UConn (2-10, 0-8 in American Athletic Conference for second straight year) kept it relatively simple for a team with four helmet designs (blue or white, each with a "C" or a husky head), with "only" five different looks. UConn adopted a clean, simple uniform vaguely reminiscent of what the Huskies wore when they went to the Fiesta Bowl after the 2010 season. (I can't believe I just wrote "UConn" and "Fiesta Bowl" in the same sentence, considering we're discussing a team that likely wouldn't have made the FCS tournament in 2019.) The Huskies lost their last 19 games as AAC members before they go independent in 2020. ("AAC" backwards is "CAA," which is where I wish they were playing.)

The bad news is that UMass (1-11, and the "1" was over 0-12 Akron) remains a gridiron joke. The good news is that the Minutemen looked great while losing games and relevance. UMass debuted a look that's even cleaner and simpler than UConn's, very vaguely recalling the school's 70s glory days. The 90s logo reappeared a couple times, for the opener and for homecoming. (The uni reveal last summer also featured a maroon helmet with the throwback logo, but it was never used.) The font UMass uses in its logo and marketing is nice, but the thick double outlines don't work as well for a sports jersey.