Oregon's Grateful Dead-themed threads lead top Week 9 college football uniforms - ESPN

Oregon brings the heat with its uniforms every week, but few of its many combinations have a backstory like the threads it'll be wearing in Week 9 against Wisconsin.

On Sunday, Oregon unveiled its «Grateful Ducks» uniforms, a tribute to the famed band the Grateful Dead.

The Grateful Dead have a deep connection to the Ducks' home city of Eugene — the band played at Autzen Stadium 10 times between 1974 and 1994. Over the summer, Oregon announced that the stadium theme — a «tie-dye out» — for the school's Week 9 game against the Badgers would honor the band.

Fittingly, the Ducks' uniforms this week will draw upon similar themes. At first glance, the Grateful Ducks threads look like a simple enough black-and-green Oregon combination. But the details are both plentiful and aesthetically excellent.

Most notably, the green numbers and the trademark «O» logos on the helmet contain tie-dye patterns. The jersey shoulders contain distinct patches that mix the school's colors with the band's «Steal Your Face» motif. Inside the collar and on the back of the helmet is a line of the Grateful Dead's «dancing bears» — swapping in ducks for the bears.

Tied to history, dyed to match.

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Oregon isn't the only school bringing out memorable threads this week, though. Here are the top uniforms from around the college football world in Week 9:

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