Script is the best but really this shows how much better jerseys look when the text has an outline.
Stroke
They literally look cheap, simplistic and lazy in what appears to be some cringe attempt to chase a "minimalist" trend that has probably already gone out of style now. Sometimes I think I am too hard on them because they are rather inoffensive, but man ... they're just bad uniforms.
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As much as I dislike our current white default jersey, I think they are much better than any of these other ones... we just need to outline the orange letters and Numbers with blue.I had previously done a history of our orange default jerseys, so ... time for the whites!
CURRENT DEFAULTS
2018
2015-2017
2012-2014
2009-2011
2007-2008
2001-2006
Sorry, I don't know what that means. But, I'm old so ....
I had previously done a history of our orange default jerseys, so ... time for the whites!
CURRENT DEFAULTS
2018
2015-2017
2012-2014
2009-2011
2007-2008
2001-2006
Agree. Maybe change the font too. Other than that it is a nice looking set.
Couldn’t agree more. No better opportunity than the 20 year anniversary of the 04-05 team.If we don’t do this throwback white this year it is a colossal failure of epic cottage cheese and beach house proportions.
Heads should roll.
A navy outline would certainly help, but the true culprit is the awful font, especially the lettering being comically small compared to the number. Plus, this is all KIND of a pointless argument, at least to me ... because we have two ELITE throwbacks. The only reason to insist on us coming up with a totally new design to go along with them, IMO, is hubris or incompetence by Nike. We aren't going to do better.
I really loved that uni design, minus the bagginess (and not just because we were amazingly good that year). Agree that if we don't do a version of these it would be a travesty.If we don’t do this throwback white this year it is a colossal failure of epic cottage cheese and beach house proportions.
Heads should roll.
I'm worried they'll only bust out orange or white (if we are even lucky enough to get one...), and I think you kind of HAVE to go with the orange throwbacks if you only pick one ... but the whites would look so great at home!
The whites were easily the best looking of the 04-05 unis. Gotta go with those if we have to make a choice.
Are there any plans to change the uniform design?
Aesthetically, I agree ... but that team was kind of famous (at least at the time, at least to me!) for NEVER wearing the navy jerseys one time that year. I would not be shocked if they were the only Illini team to ever do that in a season in the last 25+ years. It seemed they literally wore orange if they could and only wore white vs. teams with only a red away jersey like Wisconsin or Arizona. So, I think any branders or whatever will consider the orange more associated with that team.
I guess they actually wore the white more than I thought, the orange just stuck in my memory because they wore it for EVERY road game and also a significant number of home games.What year was the orange vs red travesty at home against Wisconsin? I remember watching on my crappy 27" non-HD TV trying to figure out which team just got the reboundAesthetically, I agree ... but that team was kind of famous (at least at the time, at least to me!) for NEVER wearing the navy jerseys one time that year. I would not be shocked if they were the only Illini team to ever do that in a season in the last 25+ years. It seemed they literally wore orange if they could and only wore white vs. teams with only a red away jersey like Wisconsin or Arizona. So, I think any branders or whatever will consider the orange more associated with that team.
But for fun ... I tried to look it up, lol. 2005 game by jersey:
WHITE vs. Delaware State
WHITE vs. Florida A&M
WHITE vs. Oakland
ORANGE vs. #24 Gonzaga (Indianapolis, IN)
ORANGE vs. #1 Wake Forest
ORANGE at Arkansas (Little Rock, AR)
ORANGE vs. Chicago State
ORANGE at Georgetown
ORANGE vs. Oregon (Chicago, IL)
ORANGE vs. Valparaiso
ORANGE vs. Missouri (St. Louis, MO)
WHITE vs. Longwood
ORANGE vs. Northwestern State (Las Vegas, NV)
WHITE vs. #22 Cincinnati (Las Vegas, NV)
WHITE vs. Ohio State
ORANGE at Purdue
ORANGE vs. Penn State
ORANGE at Northwestern
ORANGE vs. #23 Iowa
ORANGE at #18 Wisconsin
[Orange Flyin' Illini Throwbacks] vs. Minnesota
ORANGE at #12 Michigan State
WHITE vs. Indiana
ORANGE at Michigan
WHITE vs. #20 Wisconsin
ORANGE at Penn State
ORANGE at Iowa
ORANGE vs. Northwestern
ORANGE vs. Purdue
ORANGE at Ohio State
ORANGE vs. Northwestern (BTT in Chicago, IL)
WHITE vs. Minnesota (BTT in Chicago, IL)
WHITE vs. #23 Wisconsin (BTT in Chicago, IL)
WHITE vs. (16) Fairleigh Dickinson (NCAAT First Round in Indianapolis, IN)
ORANGE vs. (9) Nevada (NCAAT Second Round in Indianapolis, IN)
ORANGE vs. (12) UW-Milwaukee (NCAAT Sweet Sixteen in Rosemont, IL)
WHITE vs. (3) #9 Arizona (NCAAT Elite Eight in Rosemont, IL)
ORANGE vs. (4) #4 Louisville (NCAAT Final Four in St. Louis, MO)
ORANGE vs. (1) #2 North Carolina (NCAAT Championship Game in St. Louis, MO)
BTW, Illinois' website had a picture of every game so this was SO much less difficult than I thought it would be!
2004What year was the orange vs red travesty at home against Wisconsin? I remember watching on my crappy 27" non-HD TV trying to figure out which team just got the rebound
This is perfect, but I'm on board with the script becoming our home and not needing the home Flying Illini uni.Alas ... burn those rags!!
Home: Flyin' Illini WHITE (wore up until about 4-5 years ago)
Away: Flyin' Illini ORANGE (currently have)
Alternate: Flyin' Illini NAVY (have not seen since the 1980s)
Throwback #1: Script WHITE (currently have)
Throwback #2: 2005 ORANGE (20th anniversary ... this is such a frickin' obvious move)
Or for our visual learners...
HOME
(Preferably touched up to be more similar to the Flyin' Illini orange below)
AWAY
ALTERNATE
(Definitely touched up to be more similar to the orange)
THROWBACK #1
THROWBACK #2
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Get it done, Nike! It's so obvious!!
