ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Illinois Football Uniforms
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Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
mattcoldagelli
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"The 80's Broncos unis are mid and the Terrell Davis-era ones are iconic"
I will say, any team that goes for it and ushers in an entirely new era of uniform design trends (1990s Broncos, 2010s Seahawks) deserves due credit
Update - guess the collars were done for the Seattle throwbacks so wtf do I know. Nobody tells me anything.
217sports
- Springfield
Nike is all around lazy in their uniform designs across all sports - CBB, CFB, premier league, etc. in recent years. IMO we're going to get templated uniforms of the branding that their team has come up with as the "new" style without much creativity/individuality to us
So I'm expecting something similar to these and we'll have some BS spin on how it "honors our traditions": https://okstate.com/news/2023/5/10/...present-and-future-with-new-football-uniforms
So I'm expecting something similar to these and we'll have some BS spin on how it "honors our traditions": https://okstate.com/news/2023/5/10/...present-and-future-with-new-football-uniforms
I highly doubt it. Bielema wouldn’t disclose that he had conversations with Mikey about what could, and could not be done the moment he took the job, discuss brand identity, and put this much hype into it. If the end result is going to be something with absolutely none of his input. Wow all the information, whether truth or not, hasn’t all exactly been aligned, it does seem like there’s a general understanding that there will be some form of stripes, and that would recognize some of the look. It’s hard to tell, and I suppose we could get a replica of white OK state just got, and then it seems more likely not to be the case.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
The marketing blather is one thing, but those uniforms are basically an exact replica of what OSU wore when Mike Gundy was a player, it's absolutely specific to their history.
mattcoldagelli
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I have beaten, buried, exhumed, and beaten again the dead horse that is "our rebrand font was lazy and ill-conceived" but the rebrand effort also featured a new secondary logo that us members of #TeamShield loved and everyone else (unwisely) crapped on, and a "Grey Ghost" alternate that, while (as far as I know) was unique to us, was pretty lame. So we got new stuff - it just didn't have staying power.
We're never gonna be the uniform school, nor should we attempt to be. My kingdom for a classic-looking template that we can lock in and stop thinking about for the foreseeable future while we find new ways to deploy the Barge formation and send more maniacal DBs to the first round of the draft.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
The rebellion against the rebrand font is going to continue to be a lingering problem across all sports.
Agreed. I don’t think it’s going away given that it’s on the recently redesigned field
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
It's everywhere. It would take a long time to get rid of.
skyIdub
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mattcoldagelli
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It'll happen slowly, then all at once.
This seems like a golden opportunity for Pru to chime in.Key words here are “by me.”No way I could replicate the curves.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Posted this back on Feb. 2. Goodness, that's an '80s stripes combo. From the White (coincidence?) era:I disagree for the home uniforms, as I actually think this basic look (which it sounds like we are going to be very similar to) looks VERY sharp and classic:
Perfect amount of navy, orange and white, IMO. However, when it comes to a potential road uniform, I REALLY think we too often look like a team whose colors are just white and orange, especially if we have orange numbers with no outline (like our current ones). I know people have said it looks "weird" for a team to have a different color helmet than pants with a white jersey, but hey ... maybe that could be a unique and defining look for us. Because in my opinion...
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Also, as far as those Broncos throwbacks go ... here is some interesting food for thought RE: ditching the orange pants, at least for an alternate. I posted this a while back in this thread, but even though I have ABSOLUTELY ZERO memory of us EVER wearing white pants at home during the 1989-2005 era, I found this photo online:
Personally, I think that looks like a slick combo ... maybe for bowl games or the Mizzou rivalry game or something special? Those white pants are a must if we EVER wear an orange jersey, as O/O/O and O/O/B are both terrible, lol.
EDIT: Come to think of it, given Bret's love of the white pants on the road, I will change my prediction to the new uniforms will include the literal exact white pants above for a O/W/W combo on the road.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Seriously!
I feel like I’ve made enough crappy edits that one of them has to hit lol
You know how you go in to a sports store to buy a simple Illini tee shirt and find that most of the shirts have numerous and/or big graphics. That's what these jerseys look like to me.From the Syracuse O&B spring game.
Lose the "ORANGE" (or Illinois in our case) on the front...and I love this WBW. Better than Auburns imo.
Sorry if already posted...didn't see it.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Yep. Less is usually more.
I keep coming back here and checking Twitter for this reveal, let's get it moving, I have work to do.
skyIdub
Winged Warrior
I agree, which is why I began with “lose the ORANGE…”
The orange border and shoulder stripes make this look for me. Clean it up and it’s solid.
Eh don’t feel like it has any staying power and I think that’s what Bret is going for.
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