Victor Simmons as shown in the 2013 KU football media guide.

Tuesday was head shot day for the Kansas University football program and 81 Jayhawks paraded through the photo shoot decked out in their Sunday best to pose for pictures that will appear in this year’s media guide and other promotional materials for the upcoming season.

Most years, it’s a snooze fest. Guys show up, throw on a suit jacket and tie, choose whether they want to smile that nice smile that mom would be proud of or give one of those tough, football-player glares and then head back to the basement of the Anderson Family Football Complex to hit the weights.

Generally speaking, it always looks something like this:

Victor Simmons as shown in the 2013 KU football media guide.

However, this year’s photo session came with a twist — quite literally.

Instead of regular suits and ties, the Jayhawks donned bow ties and were allowed to wear their choice of five different crimson-and-blue-themed tuxedo toppers.

Most guys were OK with the change, a few were extremely excited, a handful didn’t like the idea until they saw themselves in them and a couple started and stayed steadfastly against the whole idea.

It’s hard to pinpoint exactly who was responsible for the change-up, but, even though KU coach Charlie Weis almost certainly had to approve the idea, he probably was not the one who came up with it.

After all, Weis maintained throughout the 2013 season that he had absolutely no say in what uniform combination the Jayhawks went with on game days. If he didn’t care about that, I can’t imagine he cared much about this.

Personally, I think it’s a nice touch. It’s not something you see every day and it adds something unique to the same old mug shots that show up in the same old media guides. It also adds a hint of what the fun-loving attitude many on this team are known for and, who knows, maybe that whole “look good, feel good, play good” mantra might come into play, as well.

After the session wrapped, several Jayhawks threw their bow-tie looks onto various social media sites, but before we get to the photos, here are a couple more facts I learned about the new endeavor.

• None of the bow ties used in the photo shoot were of the clip-on variety.

• At the same time, not a single Jayhawk actually tied the bow tie himself.

• The most popular choices among the players photographed thus far — more newcomers will get their photos snapped later this summer — were the striped options (shown below on Keon Stowers, Mike Smithburg, Bobby Hartzog and Jimmay Mundine).

• It is believed that of all the thousands and thousands of head shots taken for KU media guides during KU photographer Jeff Jacobsen’s time at KU, this was the first time that any KU team has gone with the bow-tie look.

Enough build-up.

Here’s a look at a few of the best dressed Jayhawks from Tuesday’s photo day:

Defensive lineman Ben Goodman.

Senior defensive lineman Keon Stowers and KU photographer Jeff Jacobsen enjoying the day.

Senior tight end Jimmay Mundine.

Senior offensive lineman Mike Smithburg... and his beard.

Incoming freshman wide receiver Bobby Hartzog.