▁plain ▁white ▁practice ▁p ants ▁could ▁be ▁purchased . ▁Hence , ▁the ▁practice ▁p ants ▁double d ▁as ▁game ▁p ants . ▁Russell ▁bought ▁solid ▁blue ▁hel m ets ▁and ▁had ▁the ▁players ▁put ▁a ▁piece ▁of ▁t ape ▁down ▁the ▁middle . ▁With ▁the ▁subsequent ▁success ▁of ▁the ▁E ag les , ▁the ▁basic ▁design ▁has ▁remained ▁the ▁same , ▁with ▁the ▁only ▁real ▁changes ▁in ▁recent ▁years ▁being ▁a ▁white ▁stri pe ▁down ▁the ▁middle ▁of ▁the ▁hel m ets ▁and ▁the ▁addition ▁of ▁names ▁to ▁the ▁back s ▁of ▁the ▁j er se ys . ▁Sports ▁Illustr ated ▁has ▁ranked ▁the ▁uniform s ▁as ▁being ▁the ▁third ▁best ▁in ▁college ▁football . ▁ ▁Y ellow ▁school ▁bus es ▁When ▁the ▁football ▁program ▁was ▁restart ed ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁money ▁was ▁tight . ▁In ▁fact , ▁there ▁wasn ' t ▁enough ▁money ▁to ▁furn ish ▁transport ation ▁to ▁home ▁games . ▁The ▁Bul lo ch ▁County ▁school ▁system ▁sold ▁two ▁bus es ▁for ▁a ▁doll ar ▁each ▁to ▁the ▁team . ▁The ▁bus es ▁have ▁been ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁team ▁ever ▁since ▁as ▁transport ation ▁to ▁Allen ▁E . ▁Paul son ▁Stadium . ▁This ▁tradition ▁continued ▁even ▁when ▁the ▁E ag les ▁rose ▁to ▁power house ▁status . ▁ ▁This ▁briefly ▁ended ▁with ▁the ▁arrival ▁of ▁Brian ▁Van G order , ▁following ▁his ▁scra pping ▁of ▁the ▁E ag les ' ▁triple - option ▁r ushing ▁attack . ▁The ▁tradition ▁was ▁rev ived ▁after ▁Van G order