Michigan football reveals uniform combination for Fiesta Bowl against TCU
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Michigan Wolverines football will wear maize pants with its blue jerseys against TCU in the Fiesta Bowl, the program announced on social media. No. 2 Michigan is the higher seed and thus the home team in the College Football Playoff semifinal matchup versus the third-ranked Horned Frogs.
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The Wolverines have worn blue jerseys with maize pants — their classic home look — on five occasions this year, the first four games (against Colorado State, Hawai’i, UConn and Maryland) and the Nov. 19 contest against Illinois. They actually went with blue on blue for three of their eight home games, as well as the Big Ten championship against Purdue.
Michigan’s leadership council, made up of captains and other team leaders, along with head coach Jim Harbaugh make the decision on uniforms. The group of players provide their input, and Michigan typically practices in that combination during the week.
TCU to don Mike Leach helmet sticker
TCU, the road team, will wear white helmets, jerseys and pants against Michigan.
The Horned Frogs will also honor late college football coach Mike Leach after his recent, sudden passing with a helmet sticker. TCU head coach Sonny Dykes worked under Leach at Texas Tech in the early to mid 2000s.
“Tomorrow will be a little bit of a reflection maybe for me before kickoff, just thinking about my mentor Mike Leach passing,” Dykes said Friday. “I think that’s going to be a big part of my feelings pregame tomorrow. Just the impact Mike had on my life and really college football in general.
“We are going to wear a helmet sticker in remembrance of Mike Leach with a pirate flag on it. He was a big impact on me and really, as I said, football in general.
“I’m sure there will be a little bit of a shout-out to Coach Leach before I take the field, just again what he meant to me personally in my life. And certainly wouldn’t be here without his guidance and mentorship and the huge impact he had on my life. And just an original guy that did things his way and outside-the-box thinker. And I was just really blessed and fortunate to have a chance to work with him. I’m sure his memory will certainly cross my mind before we take the field tomorrow as well.”
Michigan set for Fiesta Bowl against TCU
Michigan and TCU will kick off at 4 p.m. ET Saturday afternoon in Glendale. The Maize and Blue are 7.5-point favorites and considered a better than 50 percent bet to make the national title game Jan. 9 in Inglewood, Calif. The Horned Frogs are 12-1 this season with their lone blemish coming in the Big 12 title game against Kansas State, while Michigan is undefeated at 13-0.
The Wolverines will return senior EDGE Mike Morris but will still be without star junior running back Blake Corum, who’s out for the season with a left knee injury. Morris played sparingly in the beginning of the Ohio State game but did not play versus Illinois the prior week or Purdue in the Big Ten title game the following weekend.
