The new snugger fitting NCAA football jerseys should help with the newly enacted rule prohibiting the “horse collar.”  Starting this season, the NCAA will assess a penalty when a runner is yanked to the ground from the inside collar of his shoulder pads or football jersey.

The ban on the horse collar was enacted to help reduce injuries to players.  Rogers Redding, NCAA football secretary-rules editor and coordinator of football officials for the Southeastern Conference, said, “What we’re hearing from trainers and physicians is we’re getting some back injuries when the ball carrier is immediately snapped to the ground by being jerked quickly….”

The cut of the new NCAA football jerseys should make it more difficult to get inside the jersey and impose compliance with the new rule.

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Reggie Fish modeled the Razorbacks new NCAA football jersey on media day amid much speculation that there would be massive changes to the jersey this year.  Instead of making major changes, Adidas took the traditional Razorback jersey and added some flare to it.

The jerseys still carry the traditional cardinal color with the name, “Arkansas” on the front of the jersey.  However, the name is printed smaller than it has been in the past.  Some changes include a pair of tusk-shaped stripes on the sides of the torso.  Also, the player’s numbers are larger and the white is outlined.

Head coach Bobby Petrino summed up his impression of these new NCAA football jerseys as “tight” and most players agreed.

The Michigan Wolverines kickoff their new season on August 30^th against Utah in new NCAA football jerseys, courtesy of their new licensing agreement with Adidas.

The authentic game jerseys will be very similar to those of the past.  The home uniforms will feature blue jerseys with solid maize numbers on the chest and on the biceps.  However, the road jerseys are less traditional than the home uniforms.

This year the football jerseys are white with blue numbers outlined in maize on the chest and biceps, thin maize stripes between the shoulder and the upper chest, and thicker, more pronounced stripes beginning in the middle outside the numbers and wrapping around the side, forming dual tails in the back.  The stripes on the home jersey are all in blue, so they are barely visible.

On this NCAA football jersey will also be a sticky strip that says Go Blue across the bottom to hold the jersey in the player’s pants.  The inspirational message of legendary Wolverine coach, the late Bo Schembechler’s, “Those who stay will be champions,” is embroidered along the inside hem of the jersey. Silicone prints of the 42 Big Ten championships won by Michigan are located on the inside shoulder panels to serve as a reminder to players of their role in the Wolverine’s football history.

But, don’t get too excited, the replica jerseys are a completely different design than the authentic NCAA football jerseys.

NCAA football has always been a big deal for their schools.  Now NCAA football has become a big deal maker for at least seven different schools.  Adidas has capitalized on the popularity of NCAA football jerseys and penned multi-million dollar deals with Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Tennessee, UCLA, Indiana, Nebraska, and most recently, Michigan.

The deal between Michigan and Adidas begins with the 2008-09 school year and runs through the 2016-17 seasons, with a five year renewal option following that. The agreement is valued at $7.5 million annually in cash and NCAA football jerseys and other athletic gear over the term of the contract.