Ohio State uniforms for Michigan game to honor 1942 team with military theme

The press release explains that the uniforms will include a camouflage-print base layer.

OSUCharles Csuri, Ohio State's MVP in 1942

There has been so much talk about the potential schedule change for the Ohio State-Michigan game, fans, as I expected, haven't had time to be angry about the different Nike jerseys for that game. Ahh, remember when all people had to worry about was what the players wore for that game? Those were the days.

Anyway, the Buckeyes might wear some sort of camo base layer. Huh?

Nike will officially unveil the Pro Combat uniforms for the 10 teams involved in the program at an event in New York on Wednesday. But the Miami website has leaked the news release, posting the info from Nike with a Sept. 1 date at the start.

No photos yet, but each uniform is describe. Here is Ohio State's:

Ohio State: Stylized script numbers, a replica U.S. flag on the jersey sleeve and the camouflage-print base layer honor the WWII-bound Buckeyes, National Champions of 1942.

This to me sounds more interesting than the white helmets and white jerseys from last season, which were modeled after the 1954 team. And the background story is right up Jim Tressel's alley. He's searching for Buckeyes who served in the military to add to a display at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center, and supporting the troops is something he focuses on at the Woody and on his website.

The Nike release explains that one representative from each university will be in New York to discuss the design of the uniform, and this shows Tressel's influence as well.

There for Ohio State will be Charles Csuri, who may be Tressel's absolute favorite former Buckeye. Csuri was an Ohio State captain and the MVP of 1942 team as a tackle before earning a Bronze Star for his heroism at the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, then becoming a pioneer in computer animation and a professor at Ohio State. Tressel loves to tell the Csuri story.

So maybe fans still won't like the idea of Ohio State wearing alternate uniforms for the Michigan game. I still think they could find a better game to do something different.

Of course, all of this is still just a way for everyone to make more money, no one will forget that. But that's part of the deal in college sports. And it's hard to argue when it comes to what the what the Buckeyes will be honoring this time around.

We'll just have to see what this camo-print base layer looks like.

By the way, Alabama is wearing a houndstooth check pattern to honor Bear Bryant. We can only be a few years away from the Buckeyes wearing jerseys with a sweatervest stitched onto them to honor Tressel.