College Football World Reacts to UCF’s Space-Themed Uniforms

The University of Central Florida football program unveiled its latest alternate uniforms Tuesday to great fanfare online.

In what is fast becoming an annual rite at the University of Central Florida, the Knights football program unveiled a set of space-themed alternate uniforms on Tuesday.

UCF’s campus is located only about 35 miles from the Kennedy Space Center on Cape Canaveral, and the school is a leader in space research.

This is the sixth consecutive year the Knights have represented the space industry on their uniforms, and it’s perhaps the most extravagant set to date. UCF will wear the uniforms Thursday night when the Knights play host to Temple at FBC Mortgage Stadium in Orlando.

The uniforms are black with blue and gray trim and futuristic letters and numerals. UCF explains all the astronomy-related uniform minutiae in detail here.

Meanwhile, the college football world had some strong reactions on this year’s UCF space uniforms. Below is a look at the uniforms and some of the best reactions.

Real uniform here!! #SpaceU https://t.co/2pduDwK6r9 https://t.co/sVlDgDygLa pic.twitter.com/FPzK5pB1U8

— Coach Gus Malzahn (@CoachGusMalzahn) October 12, 2022

Each player’s helmet features decals from previous missions they were a part of 🚀 pic.twitter.com/4odIakASDw

— UCF Football (@UCF_Football) October 12, 2022

The special Space uniform for @UCF_Football #uniswag pic.twitter.com/ejzKb104f7

— UNISWAG (@UNISWAG) October 11, 2022

This was all of us watching the #SpaceU reveal 🥹 pic.twitter.com/6Z5QYRLsOE

— UCF Alumni (@UCFALUMNI) October 12, 2022

UCF heard other schools were claiming space and went above and beyond with the space uniforms for Thursday's game vs. Temple. pic.twitter.com/onSDmEfr8G

— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) October 11, 2022

Astronaut count:

Purdue: 25
UCF (claims to be “SPACE U”): 2
UConn (does not claim to “SPACE U”): 2 https://t.co/py7jtHj362

— No Escalators (@NoEscalators) October 12, 2022

UCF if they sold these Space jerseys pic.twitter.com/Lu0OmM6K0J

— Mario Paez (@lonelybeeUCF) October 11, 2022

UCF: *was founded as a university specifically to support the Space Program, remains deeply tied to NASA, provides huge chunk of KSC employees, has literal rocket launches arc over the stadium*

Twitter: tHeY sHoUlD HaVe MoRe aStrOnAutS

— Christian Simmons (@ByCASimmons) October 12, 2022

... and meanwhile, down in Miami ...

We got tons of fun stuff going on this Friday for @FIUFootball 🆚 UTSA 👀 pic.twitter.com/DNq5A6itmD

— FIU Athletics (@FIUAthletics) October 11, 2022

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