Week 1 of the 2025 college football season has arrived, with most teams officially getting their seasons underway.

As the saying goes, you get only one chance to make a first impression. And the very first such impression teams will make on their fans in Week 1 will come when they run out of the tunnel, fresh threads and all.

One team making a major early splash with its gear? The Baylor Bears .

Baylor has asked fans to make the team's Friday night opener against the Auburn Tigers a blackout, with the Bears' uniforms matching such a theme. Last season, Baylor added an anthracite jersey to its uniform repertoire. This week, the anthracite will make its 2025 debut -- and will be paired with a new gold chrome helmet. The Bears often wore gold chrome lids in the 2010s, but the helmet

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