Everyone on twitter seems to think slant Illinois is back. I doubt that but I guess we'll see.
I hope that's not the case, I can't see how they'd look decent with the current uniforms and orange on our new helmets. . . but if it's for one game only, it could be kinda cool assuming they tweaked it a bit to make it work.Given all of the hype that the football social media accounts are putting out there for the 20 year anniversary of the 2001 team I'm betting that the helmets will be very similar, if not the exact same.
Probably not the exact same, but outside possibility.
The Phil Simms-era Giants at that.Confused at the depth of antipathy so many of you have for the New York Giants.
Haven't been good since slant Illinois, I say pull out all of the tricks!
Can’t speak for everyone, but I think the Slant Illinois logo was about the biggest proclamation ever that we were a bland, vanilla, white bread athletic brand, haha … it’s like we ran 400 mph in the opposite conceptual direction of the Chief logo.I don't get it, when we had the slant Illinois and hired Beckman/Thomas I recall a good number of people seemed excited at new uniforms and acted like the slant Illinois was tired.
Have we come full circle without anything in between?
I know there are a lot of people who did not like the Dartmouth two-stripe style, and I would not suggest bringing it back, but I personally always kinda liked it.The worst was when Bob Blackman brought the Dartmouth helmet design to Illinois and we had two stripes from front to back.
Most of the country would have no idea what state that was at first glance. I can't reiterate enough how un-iconic the shape of the state of Illinois is.I keep forgetting about these, but this without the stars, and maybe a white faceguard, would be 10/10 for me:
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I mean, have you seen the shapes of most of the states west of us?Most of the country would have no idea what state that was at first glance. I can't reiterate enough how un-iconic the shape of the state of Illinois is.
Yes, exactly. Also extremely hard to parse out on their own.I mean, have you seen the shapes of most of the states west of us?