9 9 9 — a ▁period ▁coinc iding ▁with ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁school ' s ▁best ▁and ▁most ▁prominent ▁football ▁seasons — BY U ▁school ▁colors ▁were ▁royal ▁blue ▁and ▁white . ▁ ▁The ▁football ▁team ▁generally ▁wore ▁royal ▁blue ▁j er se ys ▁and ▁white ▁p ants ▁at ▁home , ▁and ▁white ▁j er se ys ▁and ▁royal ▁blue ▁p ants ▁on ▁the ▁road . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁Co ach ▁Edwards ' ▁pen ult imate ▁year , ▁the ▁school ▁colors ▁switched ▁to ▁dark ▁blue , ▁white , ▁and ▁tan , ▁and ▁the ▁football ▁hel m ets ▁switched ▁from ▁white ▁to ▁dark ▁blue . ▁The ▁block ▁' Y ' ▁remained ▁on ▁the ▁sides ▁of ▁the ▁hel met ▁but ▁received ▁a ▁new , ▁more ▁current ▁treatment . ▁The ▁home ▁uniform s ▁consisted ▁of ▁dark ▁blue ▁j er se ys ▁with ▁white ▁" bib " ▁and ▁dark ▁blue ▁p ants , ▁and ▁the ▁away ▁uniform s ▁consisted ▁of ▁white ▁j er se ys ▁with ▁white ▁p ants . ▁ ▁These ▁new ▁uniform s ▁were ▁dis lik ed ▁by ▁both ▁the ▁conserv ative ▁fans ▁in ▁Pro vo ▁and ▁the ▁NCAA , ▁who ▁required ▁the ▁team ▁to ▁remove ▁the ▁white ▁bib ▁on ▁the ▁front ▁of ▁the ▁blue ▁home ▁j er sey ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁( N CAA ▁rules ▁require ▁that ▁a ▁team ' s ▁j er sey ▁have ▁a ▁single ▁dominant ▁color ). ▁The ▁home ▁j er sey ▁there after ▁was ▁modified ▁with ▁blue ▁replacing ▁the ▁white ▁on ▁the