Indiana unveiled a “Candy Stripe” alternate jersey in its homecoming loss to Nebraska, and the new-look adidas jersey was well received by the players.

Devine Redding was particularly impressed.

“I loved them,” the junior running back said. “I was telling some guys on our team it should be our home game jerseys.”

Candy Stripes every week? Would sophomore Jonathan Crawford want that?

“Yeah,” he said. “Maybe. No wait. Nah. Just sometimes.”

Okay, so not everyone would jump on board with Redding’s idea to wear the jersey with candy stripe trim on the sides, the state flag on the crimson jersey, white pants and the crimson socks to complete what the school called a “head-to-toe” candy stripe theme.

After not using much in terms of candy stripes in the past—the scoreboard used to have candy stripe pillars before they were changed just recently—the football program has accepted it more and more as of late. The Hoosiers also wear candy stripe shorts during the pregame.

The candy stripe, as many IU fans know, has been made most famous by the IU basketball team, who wears candy stripes on its warm up pants. The look was originally worn by the Harlem Globetrotters, but former IU head coach Bob Knight wanted it at IU.

The swim and dive program also has rich history in candy stripes. Recently, the soccer programs have incorporated them into their jerseys with other teams also jumping in. By this point, just about every team uses them in some capacity.

Redshirt junior Chase Dutra said he liked that the jersey didn’t feature “too much candy stripes” at the risk of getting a little out of hand. He was fine with the look in small doses after mostly wearing the same jerseys his whole career sans for a few helmet changes.

“I thought it was a nice little add on,” Dutra said. “It was cool to have a different look to us. I know we’re real traditional. The boosters, or whoever it is, they don’t really like us to change too much. I like that.”

Indiana isn’t about to become Oregon any time soon by changing jerseys nearly every week, but the players who were asked about the candy stripes seemed happy enough with the result.

“I thought they were sweet,” redshirt senior receiver Mitchell Paige said. “They looked really good on film.”