Why the Dark uniforms?

[JTrue]

31 minutes ago, USF Bulls Football said:

In summary, the home team wears dark and the away team wears light/white. 

Wearing green at home is going to be hot for us. We should wear white jerseys instead.

[BayIslandBull]

12 hours ago, Triple B said:

I doubt that observation came from a knowledgeable source .... unless the source knew they were wearing white and knew the following:

Heat is not just coming in off of the sun. It's also coming off a person's own, sweating, warm-blooded, mammalian body, which is a lot closer than the sun is. When all that body heat hits the white clothing covering it, it gets reflected right back towards the body. When we wear white, we cook ourselves.

The best color to keep cool in the heat, it turns out, is to wear black. Black absorbs everything coming in from the sun, sure. But black also absorbs energy from the body instead of reflecting it back. Now, the helpfulness of black clothes depends on finding black clothes that are the same thickness and looseness as those summery white clothes. Black clothing also needs a little help from atmospheric conditions. Once it has absorbed heat, it has to have some way to radiate it away. If there's even a little wind, black clothing is the better choice for those who want to keep cool, like goths who understandably don't like sweating through their make-up. So find something black to wear this summer.

 

Black as a color does not intrinsically absorb more heat (from any source) than other colors, it reflects less light which generates more heat. If it were that easy, we'd just paint **** black to generate energy.

Edited September 12, 2018 by BayIslandBull

[Mike Stuben]

11 hours ago, NewEnglandBull said:

If there is a change BOTH TEAMS have to agree to it. The home team does not have absolute power to determine the uniform color. 

Right, meaning road wears white, unless both teams agree to a switch. 

We switched for a couple road games. At WVU for a Pat "White Out" and at FSU come to mind. There is a photo above for a home switch. There might be more, but that is all I can think of. 

[usf97]

Except for LSU and Georgia Tech can wear white at home all the time. (They are special apparently)

And UCLA and USC can both wear dark home colors for their game together. 

 

 

[Apis Bull]

1 hour ago, usf97 said:

So I guess that means we will be in the green uni's in Atlanta on 9/7/19.

Or black

[Apis Bull]

25 minutes ago, usf97 said:

And UCLA and USC can both wear dark home colors for their game together. 

I think both teams can get a waiver to wear their dark colors if they are different enough

[GaUSFBull]

12 hours ago, JTrue said:

We cover this every time someone brings up the heat. 

Come on, you know this board.  We'll cover it 250,000 more times before people get it.

[CousinRicky]

Maybe they can pin the OCS thread and one about dark jerseys.  Save us all a lot of time.

[JTrue]

14 minutes ago, GaUSFBull said:

Come on, you know this board.  We'll cover it 250,000 more times before people get it.

Totally unrelated, but what are your thoughts on an OCS?

[MMW]

14 hours ago, Triple B said:

I doubt that observation came from a knowledgeable source .... unless the source knew they were wearing white and knew the following:

Heat is not just coming in off of the sun. It's also coming off a person's own, sweating, warm-blooded, mammalian body, which is a lot closer than the sun is. When all that body heat hits the white clothing covering it, it gets reflected right back towards the body. When we wear white, we cook ourselves.

The best color to keep cool in the heat, it turns out, is to wear black. Black absorbs everything coming in from the sun, sure. But black also absorbs energy from the body instead of reflecting it back. Now, the helpfulness of black clothes depends on finding black clothes that are the same thickness and looseness as those summery white clothes. Black clothing also needs a little help from atmospheric conditions. Once it has absorbed heat, it has to have some way to radiate it away. If there's even a little wind, black clothing is the better choice for those who want to keep cool, like goths who understandably don't like sweating through their make-up. So find something black to wear this summer.

 

 

1 hour ago, BayIslandBull said:

Black as a color does not intrinsically absorb more heat (from any source) than other colors, it reflects less light which generates more heat. If it were that easy, we'd just paint **** black to generate energy.

 

Please site your sources.  If I get my kid to pick this all up somehow for his STEM project I will get to read this forum more frequently at home so I can help him with his homework.