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Cory Woodroof

College football fans torched Illinois for its icky 1920s throwback uniforms

This story has been updated. 

No. 22 Illinois rolled out new throwback uniforms at home on Saturday as the team topped No. 24 Michigan.

The throwback uniforms paid tribute to legendary Illinois halfback Red Grange, who ran for six touchdowns against the Wolverines in 1924.

The uniforms went very, very, very far to illustrate how football fits looked back in the 1920s. The results were, shall we say, interesting.

While uniforms are certainly in the eye of the beholder, these felt designed to invite strong reactions in both directions.

Some college football found them to be, well, quite hideous. We’ll let you be the judge. See the uniforms and the reactions below.

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