Most big-time college football players weren't the boys reading a lot of comic books. They were probably more the types to beat up the boys reading comic books.
So it's amusing to see so many players in "modern" uniforms that resemble the tights worn by some of geekdom's most beloved crime-fighters and villains. At least one new uniform for 2011 looks like it was stolen straight from the wardrobe closet on the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers set. Seriously.
If you're going to dress up like people who used robots that assembled into a bigger robot, at least be Voltron.