PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Florida coach Dan Mullen hasn't been shy about the fact that he's willing to try some new things and form some new traditions for the Gators now that he's back in town as head coach.

And that might include some very untraditional looks for the Gators on the field.

"Here’s the one thing I want to do and it gets into uniforms," Mullen said Wednesday night at a spring speaking stop in Pensacola. "We won’t be able to get a black uniform this year because they’ve all been ordered (already) but we will have a blackout game."

Florida has worn a number of different jersey combinations in recent years, with the biggest break from tradition an alligator scales, dark olive green uniform last season against Texas A&M.

That jersey met with mixed results, but it still included mostly school colors.

A black jersey would potentially represent an even more stark break from tradition, as it isn't a school color. Still, Mullen wants to shake things up.

"We’re going to do some cool things, I’ll tell you this, because what we have to do, we can’t be afraid," Mullen said. "We’re not going to turn our back on tradition and the great tradition that we have at Florida. But also we’re not going to shy away from the future and how do we make ourselves better and have fun."

While fans often balk at the idea of breaking from tradition, recruits seem to love any time the team breaks out new jerseys. Even the current players clearly like wearing different combinations, as the team captains vote each week on the combination and it has varied quite a bit from week to week.

"The favorite uniform of every kid we recruited was the green uniform, and they are the ones that have to win games for us," Mullen said in March on a speaking tour.

"We’ll be doing some cool stuff for the guys, because that’s what they like to do. That’s what it’s about. When you sit there and say, ‘Hey coach, how’s recruiting going?’ Well, I’m recruiting 17, 16, 17 year olds, and we cater to what they think is really cool. Then the white helmets. The kids really like the white helmet. They think that’s really cool."

Florida's recruiting has gotten off to a bit of a slow start in 2019, with the Gators currently ranked 27th nationally and 10th in the SEC with eight commitments.

Mullen and company have landed just one commitment in the last month and a half.

So if it takes jerseys to attract some more top recruits, why not? Mullen seems open to doing anything and everything he can to produce results.

But he has already decided what the jersey combination will be for his home opener in the Swamp. And they'll stick to tradition there.

"I will say this for me, I can guarantee you Game 1 will be white pants, blue jerseys, orange helmet," Mullen said. "That’s my first game running out of the tunnel, and I’m going to take a picture of me, you’re going to take a picture of me with the Gators as the Gators in my first game."