Love all things orange, but the blue bus looks better to me.
Are there really two buses, or is it orange on one side and blue on the other?
I can see the 262 on the orange passenger side but can't read the number on the blue drivers side. :noidea:
Mike Waddell @IlliniWad Jul 10
Two #IlliniOrange and Two #IlliniBlue busses will be on the road 52 weeks a year, nationwide @PeoriaCharter #Illini
There are actually 4 buses (or at least there will be) - 2 orange and 2 blue:
Just saw on twitter (per @illiniwad) that Jerseys available to purchase this year will be Orange, Blue, and White. #77, #50, #15 (2015), and #1 (the teams goal). No grays due to low sales last year, and no current player numbers b/c of the obannon ruling.
Not sure when they'll be available, but I hope they look better than the replica ones they sold last year
Interesting they offer #15, even though it is for the year as you say and not a player. Unless a number is retired, I would think a school would avoid all current numbers.
There is a man crouched near the bus wearing an orange shirt. We have pink buses.
There is a man crouched near the bus wearing an orange shirt. We have pink buses.
So you are saying the DIA, who has spent thousands of $$$$ on posting these busses don't even know our orange color??? Boggle
They probably did use the new Nike peach ink. I'm confident that in person, especially without a reference orange, it will look okay. Our brains will see orange and blue before pink and blue. It won't pop, but it'll be okay.
I don't want to rant. It's just a shame.
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Yeah ... So our latest rebrand sucks eggs ... A sad artsy, off color, non traditional orange and blue color scheme ... With a very lame shield thing logo ... But that is what we are stuck with for now ... Until the next hopefully way more imaginative re brand ... So sit back and try to pretend to like it until then ... Yes?
I still really like the football uni aspect of the rebrand (obviously not ever seeing the Navy ones in person, but I'm confident I'll like those as well since I've always preferred Navy tops to the orange ones and I love ANY pants that aren't white). I just hope we don't over use the white helmets like we did last year. I like them with the all white storm trooper look but I just think we have a fairly unique color scheme, especially in the big ten, and I'd like to see us using the orange and navy helmets as much as possible. The Wisconsin game with the navy helmet convinced me that without even seeing the navy pants that N/W/N is by far our coolest combo and I'd love to see that be our default road look.
Remember before the rebrand when Beckman first got here, and his slogan was "Only Orange" because Illinois was the only team in B1G to have orange in their school colors? That's why our primary is orange, but I also think it looks great as an accent color with the navy helmets and pants, and while yet to be seen on the field, probably the tops as well.
I am with everyone else about the white helmets though. I want to see more Orange and more Blue in helmet selection this year. O/W/O looked great at Ohio St. B/W/W looked great WI (I think?), definitely want to see O/B/O at home and B/W/B in the road.
Remember before the rebrand when Beckman first got here, and his slogan was "Only Orange" because Illinois was the only team in B1G to have orange in their school colors? That's why our primary is orange, but I also think it looks great as an accent color with the navy helmets and pants, and while yet to be seen on the field, probably the tops as well.
I am with everyone else about the white helmets though. I want to see more Orange and more Blue in helmet selection this year. O/W/O looked great at Ohio St. B/W/W looked great WI (I think?), definitely want to see O/B/O at home and B/W/B in the road.