June 12th: On this date...

......in 2004, your University of Kentucky football team unveiled a new uniform that the team would begin wearing with the Louisville game in 2004. The new Nike uni's were a clean, fresh look that was sorely needed. Traditionalists can like the old stuff, but it doesn't hurt with recruiting in a conference where recruiting means everything. Both current and former players met with Nike reps to add input to ultimately get the design. The new look also included a throwback uniform that the players would wear during a home game vs. Ohio. The throwback helmet had a silhouette of the Commonwealth and a 1960's style Wildcat head. Coach Rich Brooks signaled to the Big Blue Nation that times were changing, and in the years ahead the team would prove just that.

Big Blue Booyah on Tom Leach