I went to my first egg bowl in 77 and I've seen them with both. Brewer brought back the powder blue, and as I recall, because the winning didnt return with it, the fan base wasnt all that attached. That's why Tubberville brought back the Yale Blue which is their actual school color.
THis is similar to my absolute confused state over why our fanbase wants the uniforms from Rocky's first years. I could maybe understand if we had some sort of winning tradition in them. My memory of them is horrid.
Hell, if uniforms bring back performance lets get the 1998 unis or the 1941 uni's.
But back to UM......the powder blue just seems out of place.