(07-29-2013 11:57 PM)pat5775 Wrote:  

(07-29-2013 01:48 PM)eroc Wrote:  

Quote:Tom Gelehrter ‏@Tommy_G 8m
Per the desire of HC Tommy Tuberville, the #Bearcats will practice this August in white helmets to help with heat. pic.twitter.com/jt5yUQ51iN

https://twitter.com/Tommy_G/status/36191...76/photo/1

I understand how using white jerseys would make a difference... but a white helmet? It's gonna be hot as s*** under that thing regardless of the color...

But either way, I like the idea of keeping the players as cool and healthy as possible in the dangerous summer heat. And Patrick Coyne's jersey seems to resemble what I've seen in NCAA Football 14... can't wait to see them on gameday!

Apologies for taking this largely off-topic, but seeing as how we've arguably done it several times already in this thread...

The issue of helmets probably needs a different analysis, but I was curious about the conventional wisdom with regard to clothing color in hot weather. This is 12 years old and still rather confusing but it makes some interesting points imo:

Quote:Does black clothing keep you cooler?
February 21, 2001

Dear Straight Dope:

I had heard (via my high school physics teacher) the black clothes will keep you cooler than white clothes. Is this true? (I cannot quite remember, but I think he mentioned something about black-body radiation, an obsure theory of Einstein's.)

— S.

Not black-body radiation--simply radiation of heat from your body. But the more important factor, believe it or not, is wind speed.

An extensive and detailed study (Walsberg, Campbell, & King, 1978. J. Comp. Physiol. 126B: 211-222) examined different colors of bird plumage under different temperature conditions--with the added wrinkles of examining whether the plumage was fluffed or flattened, and varying the wind speed.

Under cold conditions with no wind speed, black, flattened plumage held in heat the best (though barely, compared to fluffed black plumage). Under hot conditions with no wind, white, fluffed plumage let heat escape the best. Both pretty logical findings.

But once the wind picked up, the results changed dramatically. With even a modest wind (anything above 3 m/s, or about 7 m.p.h.) fluffed white plumage exhibit the lowest net heat loss. This explains the large number of arctic animals that are fluffy and white. It's not just camouflage.

At high temperatures, as I say, white is best at not transmitting solar/ambient heat to the skin when windspeed is zero (only barely better when fluffed). However, with an increase in windspeed (again anything above 3 m/s), fluffed black plumage is the best at reducing the amount of heat transmitted to the skin. Flattened black plumage is the worst in terms of heat gain no matter what the windspeed.

What this means is relatively straightforward: black clothing absorbs sunlight and the heat radiating from your body, but if it is loose-fitting, and there is wind, the wind convects the heat away faster than it is absorbed. White clothing reflects sunlight, but also reflects internal heat back towards your body, so the net effect under identical conditions is less cooling than if you wore black. While it's true you don't often find fluffy black animals in deserts, you don't find many white animals, either--typically you find animals that blend into the background. So it appears that if heat gain and camouflage are in conflict, the need to avoid predation outweighs other considerations. On the other hand, desert-dwelling nomadic people such as the Tuaregs wear loose-fitting black clothing, and have been doing so for a very, very long time. If there were an advantage to wearing white clothes, you'd certainly expect they'd have figured that out by now.

— Doug

I would think some of it would be a mental advantage. If you think the dark colors make it hotter then you notice the heat more and it affects your play.

Saw this on instagram. Image quality isn't the best. If this is the new jersey and not just a one-time alternate, I can't say that I'm a fan of the new look. Maybe it'll look better in person.

I like everything but that "A" on the shoulder area....hopefully it will say ACC or XII sooner than later...