On the Tar Heel Alternate Navy Jerseys

// November 26th, 2008 // Sports Stuff, UNC-CH

A few weeks ago, the Heels unveiled an alternate jersey, full of Navy blue, and only a splash of Carolina blue at a home game at Kenan Stadium.

Tarheelblue.com has a whole writeup on it, about halfway down the article linked below. Here is more on the colors tradition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill:

The unveiling of the navy blue jerseys for a home game followed the introduction of navy pants for a road trip to Rutgers in September. Some have complained that navy is not a traditional Carolina color (wrong, the Heels were wearing navy more than a century ago and as recently as half a century ago) and that the shade reeks too much of Duke (wrong as well, as the Blue Devils’ hue is a lighter version of royal blue).

Read more (about halfway down the article)

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