I think you’ve got the top unis confused. The pic you posted we wore from 2012-2014. Those shoulder stripes and helmet stripe are horrendous.
Those uniforms look awful by any standard. The fact they were so similar to A&M had nothing to do with it. Those may be even worse than the Russell Croom-era uniforms.
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