Ohio Bobcats Wear Black in Win, Players Freak Out During Unveiling

The BJT received an email from Matt Morton, Ohio University's director of equipment, with information on their new football uniforms.  Black jerseys? Yup. 

The Ohio Bobcats surprised their players and broke out black jerseys for their rivalry game versus the Marshall Thundering Herd (the Battle for the Bell) on September 17th, 2011.  The players were told about the black jerseys during their team meeting just before getting dressed for the game.  Check out their reaction in this video.  Similar to most of our reactions on Christmas morning when we were 7 years old and opened the coolest toy known to man:

Their reaction starts at 1:10 and continue watching until the end.  These guys were PUMPED!  The scene in the locker room is pretty funny.

What a great way to get a group of kids excited for a football game.  Ohio followed that up with a 44-7 beat down of Marshall.  They are 3-0 this season and play at Rutgers on September 24th.

Sleeve design: "Ohio"