WATCH: Oregon drops uniform combo for UCLA showdown

Ahead of a showdown against UCLA that will have the nation’s attention, the Oregon Ducks revealed a unique new uniform combination.

Change the game.

Week 8 uni combo. #GoDucks pic.twitter.com/OPwCWP2wXm

— Oregon Football (@oregonfootball) October 22, 2021

Featuring an iridescent helmet that shifts between matte dark green and black, Oregon’s new uniforms are unique from head to toe. The jersey and pants are white with black speckles and feature green-black iridescent numbers. The uniform is Oregon’s eighth unique combination of the season.

Oregon, sitting at 5-1 on the season, is coming off a tough two-week stretch which saw the Ducks lose its first game of the season, to Stanford, and barely fend off Cal, 24-17. Now Oregon faces likely their biggest test left on the schedule in UCLA.

The Bruins started their season with dominant wins against Hawaii and then-No. 16 ranked LSU. After vaulting up to a No. 13 ranking, UCLA was upset 40-37 by unranked Fresno State in Week 3. The Bruins’ pain didn’t stop there. After a win over Stanford, they lost again in Week 5 to the underdog Arizona State Sun Devils at home.

Now, all eyes will be on the Ducks and Bruins as College Gameday travels to Los Angeles for the matchup, marking a first in quite some time — GameDay has not traveled out west for a single show this season, and the Pac-12 is the only remaining Power Five conference that has not yet hosted the live show.

UCLA head coach Chip Kelly understands the the impact GameDay can have on fans, recruit and players alike.

“I think it’s cool. I think it’s great for our fans, I think it’s great for our student body, especially after last year, when nobody could go to games,” Kelly said ahead of the matchup with Oregon. “And the fact that now we get to come back, everybody gets to attend — we’ve had some unbelievable settings there [at the Rose Bowl Stadium]. The win over LSU and the crowd that we had there was memorable, and you start to think about it — it’s an early kick, so I think we’re going to get a lot of people there, a lot of kids there. I think it should be fun. So, I think it’s a great opportunity for our fans and a great opportunity for our students.”

The last time College Gameday went to California was on Jan. 1, 2020 (the 2019 postseason), when it traveled to Pasadena for a Rose Bowl matchup between No. 6 Oregon and No. 8 Wisconsin; the last time it went out west for a regular-season Pac-12 game was Sept. 22, 2018 for No. 7 Stanford at No. 20 Oregon.