UNI is also using a "third" uniform for the first time in...what has to be over a decade.
Haven't seen the purple on a player yet, but here are the whites from media day and a black "behind the scene" shot at a photo shoot
UNI is going away from "Northern Iowa" on pretty much all uniforms and going with UNI as the "primary" mark. I would venture to guess we'll start seeing UNI on TV instead of No. Iowa at this point.
I think the initial reason to go with Northern Iowa instead of UNI was to avoid confusion with N..I..U. At this point that's either not an issue, not an issue worth worrying about, and trying to build a "better" brand