Illinois Football Uniforms

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The Galloping Ghost

Washington, DC
I dont think its a one off for week 0. I think Brett has made it clear he is not into that kind of stuff and is into more of a classic identity
I find it so bizarre that football coaches get a say when it comes to uniforms. It should be handled by the athletic department with extremely precise guidelines that every sport follows. The goal should be to keep the brand consistent throughout. Bielema is here to coach, not for his sartorial flair. If I'm not mistaken, didn't Lovie veto the use of the shield because he didn't like it? I don't want our coaches making that kind of decision.
 
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#102      

ChiefGritty

Chicago, IL
I’m not sure I’m a fan with bringing back the white accents on the helmet without bringing back any white numbers or letters or accents on the jerseys. To me that leaves a disconnect between the helmet and the rest of the uniform. I feel like we have to go all in on one approach or the other.
Thing is, we've always had all kinds of white accents, including white socks and shoes which was always a bizarre oversight in the "no white" unis. (Michigan wears no white uniforms but with blue shoes and socks.)

White towels, white accents on gloves, there's always gonna be some white.

In terms of the jerseys we only get new ones of those when Nike tells us we do, maybe we'll return to white numbers then, I guess we'll see.
 
#103      

The Galloping Ghost

Washington, DC
I’m not sure I’m a fan with bringing back the white accents on the helmet without bringing back any white numbers or letters or accents on the jerseys. To me that leaves a disconnect between the helmet and the rest of the uniform. I feel like we have to go all in on one approach or the other.
Agreed. We've been through this so many times. We change things piecemeal and it completely messes up the flow of everything else. Remember when we first changed to the block I on the helmet? The outlining wasn't consistent with the numbers on the jerseys and it looked like it was done completely haphazard...because it was.
 
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ChiefGritty

Chicago, IL
Agreed. We've been through this so many times. We change things piecemeal and it completely messes up the flow of everything else. Remember when we first changed to the block I on the helmet? The outlining wasn't consistent with the numbers on the jerseys and it looked like it was done completely haphazard...because it was.
I'm guessing the changes are going to be more just getting right the look we were screwing up previously but we'll see.
 
#108      

ChiefGritty

Chicago, IL
That I do. Think you were on the right track earlier. Maybe not straight up like the old helmets but a nice little change.
Everyone on twitter seems to think slant Illinois is back. I doubt that but I guess we'll see.
 
#110      

Cook

Richmond, VA
So the changes we can see so far are only on the helmet: white face masks and some sort of stripe added?
Ffs they better not go back to the epically awful underlined slant ILLINOIS on the side.
 
#113      

Cook

Richmond, VA
Everyone on twitter seems to think slant Illinois is back. I doubt that but I guess we'll see.
If so, the whole Ath. Dept. should defenestrate themselves immediately thus ensuring they can never endeavor to lead any sort of visual or aesthetic design ever again.
 
#114      

mattcoldagelli

The Transfer Portal
Team Shield?
oscar nunez band GIF by People of Earth TBS
 
#117      
So the changes we can see so far are only on the helmet: white face masks and some sort of stripe added?
Ffs they better not go back to the epically awful underlined slant ILLINOIS on the side.
The underlined Illinois at least fits the helmet. Would love of we went with a script Illini curved on the helmet in Blue with a white outline.
 
#121      
I'm sure this was mostly said as sarcasm, but I would love for the shield to be on the helmet (assuming it would be done well). It's something unique.
 
#124      
I'm sure this was mostly said as sarcasm, but I would love for the shield to be on the helmet (assuming it would be done well). It's something unique.
I like the shield. Call me crazy, but I kinda like different looks depending on the color of the helmet. Script Illini for white. NY Giant style Illinois for orange (I know, unpopular opinion). I think the shield would look great on a blue helmet. Honestly not a huge fan of the block I on helmets, but it looks equally ok on all colors, as long as it's outlined. Un-outlined block I is terrible.
 
#125      
I think we can't get our stickers properly placed it won't matter what we do with our helmets.

My proposal is to trademark a unit shade of Orange as "Illini" and just become the Illinois Illini ala the Stanford Cardinal.
 
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