Duke and UNC wearing special jerseys on Saturday and they are — interesting

Duke and North Carolina will be wearing special jerseys for their game on Saturday. The throwback uniforms are loose replicas of the jerseys the teams wore for their first game in 1920, according to Nike, which made the jerseys.

Here’s how Nike describes the jerseys on its website:

“The body is covered in the programs’ respective tones of heathered blue. The front of the jerseys are characterized by the program logo and are absent of numbers, mirroring the teams’ 1920 look. On the inside bottom hem of the jerseys are the Roman numerals MCMXX-MMXX, which translates to 1920-2020. A gold jock tag and gold ELITE tag on the neck signifies a special distinction: programs that have won at least one national championship as a Nike school.”

They are getting mixed reactions from fans.

This story was originally published February 6, 2020 at 8:53 PM.