The shoes and socks are a bit much and the idea itself is silly; but having said that, minus the socks and shoes the uniform itself is actually pretty nice. It's definitely one of the most "normal" football uniforms they've worn in a while.
The path toward inheriting the Webfoot moniker began the week before the Thanksgiving 1894 game against Pacific University. In its preview of the last game of the inaugural season of UO football, the Eugene Guard used the term to describe the team for the first time:
The grounds will be somewhat muddy tomorrow, but that never stops an enthusiastic football player. In fact Webfoot boys would rather play on a muddy field than on one that is dry and solid.