I certainly thought that about Leon Best, especially as he was wearing shorts and socks too. It was almost as if he thought he was really a footballer!
Being naively optimistic, I was hoping for a more interesting colour bearing in mind their Alabama effort. But it seems that Nike believe "crimson" is simply another word for "red," whereas the Oxford English Dictionary claims it is "a deep rich red colour inclining to purple."
That image that the club has just "revealed" was in the Brighton & Hove Independent this morning, along with the news that the third kit will be "crimson with a subtle pinstripe."
What, exactly, they mean by crimson I don't know, but Nike's kit for the Alabama Crimson Tide suggests it could be...