Pittsburgh To Play In White

On February the 5th in the Detroit Super Bowl XL - the Pittsburgh Steelers will play in their white away unforms. This despite being nominated as the 'home' team by the NFL, meaning that they are entitled to wear their more imposing traditional uniforms.

The Seahawks will be in their preferred metallic green/blue.

Interestingly enough, many teams favor a dark strip as it looks more imposing. The Oakland Raiders were once feared throughout the league and part of that aura was to do with the black strip. Overseas the one time invincible rugby side from New Zealand, appropriately named the "All Blacks" also opted for black.

It is probably the Steelers' success as a road team that has swayed the coach's decision to wear white for the fourth game in a row. They have won in successive weeks at Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Denver - all in white.