LOOK: College football teams honor 9/11 anniversary with tributes, special uniforms

With Saturday marking the twentieth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist assaults on america, school soccer groups throughout the nation deliberate tributes to commemorate the lives misplaced on a day that introduced sports activities world to a halt, and few had been extra poignant than these staged by the service academies. 

As Military ran onto the sector earlier than its win over Western Kentucky, every Black Knights participant carried an American flag. The gamers for Air Drive and Navy did the identical earlier than their sport in opposition to one another in Annapolis, Maryland.

However the tributes spanned throughout the nation, together with far into the heartland, the place Nebraska stretched an American flag formed just like the nation throughout midfield earlier than its sport in opposition to Buffalo. The Ohio State band fashioned to spell “Keep in mind” earlier than the No. 3 Buckeyes’ loss to No. 12 Oregon. Among the many different acknowledgements had been particular uniforms and uniform options to honor the victims and rejoice a nation that will probably be in a collective state of reflection.

Rutgers, the FBS program situated closest to New York Metropolis and the epicenter of the 9/11 assaults, unveiled a “By no means Overlook” theme for the uniforms it’ll wear Saturday at Syracuse. The Scarlet Knights additionally had “By no means Overlook” on their helmets, jerseys and gloves and an American flag on their helmets. Florida wore special helmets for its sport at USF, because the “Gators” lettering on the workforce’s headgear was coloured in with an American flag theme. Within the Solar Belt, South Alabama’s helmets had been outfitted with decals itemizing the names of all 2,983 lives misplaced on 9/11.

Boston College centered on a single hero from that day because it honored Welles Crowther, a BC alum and volunteer firefighter who labored on the World Commerce Heart. Crowther is credited with saving a number of lives earlier than dropping his personal throughout the assault. Survivors bear in mind seeing a person carrying a pink bandanna over his face ushering folks out of the south tower, and BC’s uniforms for its sport at UMass included the bandanna theme.

Here’s a take a look at among the tributes: