Similar to my high school. Unfortunately, we'll never see something like this from Illinois.How about this helmet look? Its the Kankakee Kays, but is similar to what Chief Illiniwek would be.....
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Similar to my high school. Unfortunately, we'll never see something like this from Illinois.How about this helmet look? Its the Kankakee Kays, but is similar to what Chief Illiniwek would be.....
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Those are badass.Gritty, can you go yell at Tennessee please?
FWIW, I like that we’re taking a more classic approach to uniforms, but those are pretty sick.
They definitely are, but different things work for different schools. Given our color combo and the identity we seem to be developing under BB, something classic just seems to fit best.Those are badass.
Oklahoma state but with a worse shade of orange.Those are badass.
If I were Tennessee, I too would be interested in turning the clock back to the early 2000s.Gritty, can you go yell at Tennessee please?
FWIW, I like that we’re taking a more classic approach to uniforms, but those are pretty sick.
Agreed. If one of your prime colors is navy blue, black will never be in the equation for you. Your neutral third options become gray and white.They definitely are, but different things work for different schools. Given our color combo and the identity we seem to be developing under BB, something classic just seems to fit best.
They do look good, still think I might like orange or blue pants instead though.I have always and continue to live the all whites with orange lids on the road. It’s working for us.
Add a blue jersey and I'm in....We need something like these!!! Hail to the orange
I'm just surprised wearing those didn't cause them to lose what looked like a trap game against Kentucky.Gritty, can you go yell at Tennessee please?
FWIW, I like that we’re taking a more classic approach to uniforms, but those are pretty sick.
I was just thinking that I absolutely hate this combo on the Bears.We need something like these!!! Hail to the orange
Does the “C” on the helmet stand for Champaign?We need something like these!!! Hail to the orange
Yeah, the orange looks off. And either way, I just think all three Bears sets should have a blue helmet.I was just thinking that I absolutely hate this combo on the Bears.
We have the same colors...but we don't use blue leaving us orange and white...Tired of us looking like Syracuse. Not many teams wear orange jerseys.
That's fine, but the orange-orange-white looks rough. I'd rather we wear Blue-Orange-White or White-Orange-White if we want to focus on orange jerseys. Hell, even an orange out would look better than what the Bears trotted out today.Tired of us looking like Syracuse. Not many teams wear orange jerseys.
I don’t want us to look like Syracuse either, but you think we should get rid of orange jerseys? That’s our primary color so we shoul figure out a way to wear it well if we aren’t already.Tired of us looking like Syracuse. Not many teams wear orange jerseys.
How can you look at these beauties and think they look rough? SMHThat's fine, but the orange-orange-white looks rough. I'd rather we wear Blue-Orange-White or White-Orange-White if we want to focus on orange jerseys. Hell, even an orange out would look better than what the Bears trotted out today.
I also don't think anyone other than a few on this board think we look like Syracuse. Outside of this season, no one outside of upstate New York is thinking about Syracuse football.
That's not the monstrosity the Bears were wearing today, and I don't have high hopes for the modern Illini take given that Nike makes both NFL jerseys and ours. I've been proven wrong before but OP used today's Bears as their preference. Those uniforms look awful and I say that as a lifelong Bears fan.How can you look at these beauties and think they look rough? SMH
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We’ve done it in basketball.We have the same colors...but we don't use blue leaving us orange and white...
Because the basketball blues are cursed. We've done quite well in O-B-O for football this yearWe’ve done it in basketball.