Illinois Football Uniforms

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altgeld88

Arlington, Virginia
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(I mean, it's even Tommy DeVito! So funny)

My prediction will be that we'll get an orange and blue version of this

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Back in the day (waaaay back... early '70s), LSU had those stripes on top of the shoulder pads, but thinner. I've always liked them.

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redwingillini11

North Aurora
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(I mean, it's even Tommy DeVito! So funny)

My prediction will be that we'll get an orange and blue version of this

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These Syracuse jerseys are probably what we should have had all along. While I like them, the uniforms we've had the past 6 years have been much more Syracuse-y.

All that being said an orange and blue version of the LSU uniforms would be very clean. But a lot will matter as to what helmet we choose to go along with it.
 
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Mr. Tibbs

southeast DuPage
These Syracuse jerseys are probably what we should have had all along. While I like them, the uniforms we've had the past 6 years have been much more Syracuse-y.

All that being said an orange and blue version of the LSU uniforms would be very clean. But a lot will matter as to what helmet we choose to go along with it.
I will be pretty surprised if our helmet changes. I think BB has gone all in on the orange lid with the block I. jmo
 
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ChiefGritty

Chicago, IL
Back in the day (waaaay back... early '70s), LSU had those stripes on top of the shoulder pads, but thinner. I've always liked them.

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Yeah it's one of those things where you can't have exact design stability over decades and decades because the canvas you're painting on - the football uniform - changes.

The current football jersey presents a pretty clear, sharp corner demarcating the difference between the shoulder and the "sleeve" which is really just the cover over the side of the shoulder pads. Nothing goes all the way around the way those old stripes did.

One very old school design that I feel like the modern football uniform has caught up with is USC's whose OJ Simpson-era wedge thing kinda perfectly adds some design flair to that sharp borderline

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A strong contender for the best uniform in all of football. And lest you believe "oh, it's USC, that's just a timeless traditional icon that has always been perfection", that is absolutely not the case

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The devil is in the difference between those two pictures. That's where the magic happens.
 
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mattcoldagelli

The Transfer Portal
I would be pretty thrilled with "LSU but orange and blue" - it's just a timeless looking design.

Then the big matzo balls are:
- what goes on the helmet?
- what font is used for the numbers?

As a ground-floor member of the Scriptos, I hate to say it but I think @Mr. Tibbs is right and the helmet stays pretty close to as-is (although please, for the love of God, update the helmet stripe to match the other stripes).

Does the HTTO font get the call here? I'd like to see it, it could give us something just a bit more unique, but I'm guessing no - it's hard to pull off stylized numbers. That said, a future B1G school did it well for a long time:

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altgeld88

Arlington, Virginia
Yeah it's one of those things where you can't have exact design stability over decades and decades because the canvas you're painting on - the football uniform - changes.

The current football jersey presents a pretty clear, sharp corner demarcating the difference between the shoulder and the "sleeve" which is really just the cover over the side of the shoulder pads. Nothing goes all the way around the way those old stripes did.

One very old school design that I feel like the modern football uniform has caught up with is USC's whose OJ Simpson-era wedge thing kinda perfectly adds some design flair to that sharp borderline

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A strong contender for the best uniform in all of football. And lest you believe "oh, it's USC, that's just a timeless traditional icon that has always been perfection", that is absolutely not the case

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The devil is in the difference between those two pictures. That's where the magic happens.
Yes. The current retro stripe goes back to the '60s, IIRC. They ditched it around 1972 for those awful, generic side stripes. When we played them during my college years in the '80s they had those terrible things.
 
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altgeld88

Arlington, Virginia
Yes. The current retro stripe goes back to the '60s, IIRC. They ditched it around 1972 for those awful, generic side stripes. When we played them during my college years in the '80s they had those terrible things.
Frankly, the USC unis today are much sharper than the similar ones in the '60s. And those blank helmets back in the day were terrible IMO:

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We often went blue-on blue (and white-on-blue) in the '80s under Mike White. I didn't care much for the blue-on-blue but it was certainly a departure. We also had some white pants in '86.


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Theses Unis and all color combos, With just an updated ILLINI on helmet that is blue with white outline. (facemask could be white, grey, or orange) is the way to go. Helmet always orange.
 
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Blue top something like this
pretty good. Traditional yet with some subtle modernity. I like 'em and if that is what goes on the field this guy wont complain.

now helmets....... I'm repeating myself but "Illini" in blue with white outline, Orange helmets 99.999999% of time. like 70's-80s but updated to fit current (physical shape of) helmet designs. Id be ok with maybe a white one or even blue if it was a very special occasion.
Example if J Leman got all hyped up eating like a dozen raw eggs a day again and sent an email to Whitman asking for it. I'd consider that a special occasion.
 
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Right. I don't think there's a non-Patriot fan alive who would even know what you were talking about if you said "Patriots color rush uniforms." They're not like the Seahawks going full neon green.

Here's something I've been noodling on (because I, like you, think there's some credence here) - this creates an open space on the jersey: the area above the cuff and under the shoulder stripes. You could put a number there, like LSU, or a logo there, like the Patriots. Seems like a possible landing spot for the new script "Illini" we're seeing pop up all over the place.
As somebody with no design competence at all, I thought that spot seemed like it would be for the block I, if we’re still doing that.
 
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