Air Force Football Team Will Wear Shark Week-Themed Uniforms on Saturday

In the immortal words of Tracy Jordan, "Live every week like it's Shark Week." The Air Force Falcons will honor those wishes on Saturday by donning shark-themed uniforms against the Georgia State Panthers.

The helmets—with shark eyes and teeth—will make the Falcons look like vicious predators on the prowl. But as the Colorado Springs Gazette's Brent Briggeman explained, it's more than a fun nod to the massive ocean animal:

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If you hadn't heard, Air Force—led by equipment manager Scott Richardson and director of video operations Chris Miller—created a helmet design with a shark's open mouth that mimics the nose design on fighter planes dating back to the Flying Tigers in World War II and still in use today. In fact, four A-10s from the 47th Fighter Squadron out of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., bearing the sharktooth design will perform the flyover 30 seconds before kickoff.

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In addition to honoring history, the uniforms are also a big hit with the players.

"I think they're pretty sweet," fullback Shayne Davern told Briggeman. "I think everyone's real excited about them. The team's real excited about them. But we've just got to go play football."

The 1-0 Falcons will play the 0-1 Panthers at 2 p.m. ET at the United States Air Force Academy.

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