Illinois Football Uniforms

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Dan

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Welcome to the Illinois Football Uniforms thread :illinois:
 
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phats22
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Mr. Tibbs
I liked our helmets yesterday, and am pretty sure they will work their way in to a rotation of one of 5 or so possibilities any given weekend.

I liked the subtle blue outline around the script and wished we did that with the slant Illinois as well, as we do it with the arched Illini already
 
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the juiceman cometh
Mr. Tibbs said:
I liked our helmets yesterday, and am pretty sure they will work their way in to a rotation of one of 5 or so possibilities any given weekend.

I liked the subtle blue outline around the script and wished we did that with the slant Illinois as well, as we do it with the arched Illini already
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We did the outline on the slant before, for a number of years, and I agree it looks better. Not sure why we don't prefer this to the non-outlined version.

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Fighter of the Nightman
the juiceman cometh said:
We did the outline on the slant before, for a number of years, and I agree it looks better. Not sure why we don't prefer this to the non-outlined version.

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JMO, but the slant ILLINOIS really only gained any steam recently due to looking pretty retro and evoking a feeling of nastolgia … it seemed like a decided majority of fans didn’t like them at the time. And the slant ILLINOIS without the outline looks much more retro than the version with the outline.
 
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redwingillini11
Hard, hard, hard disagree about the outline around slant Illinois. No outline allows the white to pop and stand out in a clean way. The late 2000s outline mutes the white, and I think that’s what led to it becoming such a stale ugly helmet by the Beckman era. Josh knows the 2001 era version absolutely slaps.
 
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OrangeBlue98
redwingillini11 said:
Hard, hard, hard disagree about the outline around slant Illinois. No outline allows the white to pop and stand out in a clean way. The late 2000s outline mutes the white, and I think that’s what led to it becoming such a stale ugly helmet by the Beckman era. Josh knows the 2001 era version absolutely slaps.
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Agree with you on the lack of blue outline on the slant. What is your opinion on the outline around the script? I think the outline looks better on the script than without, but I'm curious to hear what others think about it.

For the record, I would strongly support the blue outline around white letters and numbers on a hypothetical orange script Illinois basketball uniform, even though my overall preference would be to have blue lettering/numbering white trim on that orange basketball uniform as I've consistently advociated for in the basketball uniform threads.
 
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TheFlyingIllini1317
redwingillini11 said:
Hard, hard, hard disagree about the outline around slant Illinois. No outline allows the white to pop and stand out in a clean way. The late 2000s outline mutes the white, and I think that’s what led to it becoming such a stale ugly helmet by the Beckman era. Josh knows the 2001 era version absolutely slaps.
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They also need different sized stickers based on the helmet. It looked perfect on Pat's but too small on Luke's. We looked so good against Nebraska and Penn State in them, looking forward to seeing them on the home blues next year.

90s slant, Arched, and Block I should be our three helmets.
 
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mattcoldagelli
OrangeBlue98 said:
Agree with you on the lack of blue outline on the slant. What is your opinion on the outline around the script? I think the outline looks better on the script than without, but I'm curious to hear what others think about it.
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I'd agree with you, feels like you need the outline on the script to help it be legible. That's not really the case with the slant.
 
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Fighter of the Nightman
Here's my 2025 wish list, haha. For purposes of my explanation below, I will consider my two preferred "default" uniforms to be O/B/O with Script helmets (i.e., the bowl game combo) at home and O/W/O with Script helmets on the road. Yes, I am boldly proclaiming that we should wear the Scripts unless we have a good reason to do otherwise! :cool:

vs. Western Illinois: O/B/O with Script helmets
at Duke: O/W/O with Script helmets
vs. Western Michigan: O/B/O with Script helmets
at Indiana: O/W/B with arched ILLINI helmets
vs. USC: O/O/W with slant ILLINOIS helmets
at Purdue: O/W/O with Script helmets
vs. Ohio State: O/B/O with slant ILLINOIS helmets
at Washington: O/W/O with Block I helmets
vs. Rutgers: O/B/O with Script helmets
vs. Maryland: O/B/O with Veteran's Day helmets
at Wisconsin: O/W/B with arched ILLINI helmets
vs. Northwestern: O/B/O with Script helmets
Postseason: O/B/O with Script helmets if we are home, O/W/B with Script helmets if we are away ... could also be persuaded to do O/W/O if we are away to stay more "classic"

The "off" game notes/reasoning:

Indiana: FINALLY bust out the O/W/B combo for what should be a huge early game in Bloomington. I actually played with this combo for this game on EA College Football 25 last night, and our navy pants provided a great contrast against their red. Also, it seems we wore navy pants a lot more during the arched ILLINI helmet era, so that look went really well together.

USC: Hopefully this is a prime time game under the lights, and we can make it an orange out while the weather is still nice enough to get people to not wear navy!! I also really want to see the white pants with the orange jerseys just to make it a bit more understated, as we did during the Juice Williams years. On that same note, it's as good of time as any to honor the slant ILLINOIS legacy. If anyone needs nostalgia for that exact look, it is the uniform and helmet combo worn by Hawthorne when he chased down Michigan and we had that epic goal line stand!

Ohio State: Do you know the last time we beat OSU in Champaign? You might not want to look it up because it is pretty depressing, but ... here it is. In 1991, we rocked our classic home combo and the slant ILLINOIS helmets and took them down. Hopefully this brings us some good luck!

Washington: Figured we had to wear the Block I helmets once, lol.

Maryland: I believe this is the Military Appreciation Day game? I actually don't have a strong opinion whether we go with the Block I American flag design or the cool patriotic spin on slant ILLINOIS that we did this year vs. Minnesota ... both are great.

Wisconsin: Pretty much the exact same reasoning for the combo at Indiana.

Postseason: We looked so damn good vs. South Carolina, and it was an awesome look to showcase to a national audience; we should stick to it when we're in any type of postseason, from the Big Ten Championship to a bowl game to the CFP. As for the away combo, I think you can't go wrong. Our O/W/O is classic and looks great, but I also like the idea of some type of special "twist" put on "big games," which these would obviously be ... hence #BPOTR.

Unfortunately, I favor not replicating the Grange Era uniforms very often so as to make them special. I also think unless we enlarge the numbers and switch the striping from W/B/W to B/W/B, the Butkus Era helmets served their purpose for last year's anniversary. There are also a few combos that I either already love aesthetically (O/B/B) or would be curious to see aesthetically with these new sets (O/B/W), but not at the expense of sacrificing a consistent look.
 
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Cook
C'mon FOTN, you're slipping 🤦‍♂️. Re-work one aspect of your USC and OSU wish list and it'll be perfect. 🙂
 
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MustangWally
Fighter of the Nightman said:
Here's my 2025 wish list, haha. For purposes of my explanation below, I will consider my two preferred "default" uniforms to be O/B/O with Script helmets (i.e., the bowl game combo) at home and O/W/O with Script helmets on the road. Yes, I am boldly proclaiming that we should wear the Scripts unless we have a good reason to do otherwise! :cool:

vs. Western Illinois: O/B/O with Script helmets
at Duke: O/W/O with Script helmets
vs. Western Michigan: O/B/O with Script helmets
at Indiana: O/W/B with arched ILLINI helmets
vs. USC: O/O/W with slant ILLINOIS helmets
at Purdue: O/W/O with Script helmets
vs. Ohio State: O/B/O with slant ILLINOIS helmets
at Washington: O/W/O with Block I helmets
vs. Rutgers: O/B/O with Script helmets
vs. Maryland: O/B/O with Veteran's Day helmets
at Wisconsin: O/W/B with arched ILLINI helmets
vs. Northwestern: O/B/O with Script helmets
Postseason: O/B/O with Script helmets if we are home, O/W/B with Script helmets if we are away ... could also be persuaded to do O/W/O if we are away to stay more "classic"

The "off" game notes/reasoning:

Indiana: FINALLY bust out the O/W/B combo for what should be a huge early game in Bloomington. I actually played with this combo for this game on EA College Football 25 last night, and our navy pants provided a great contrast against their red. Also, it seems we wore navy pants a lot more during the arched ILLINI helmet era, so that look went really well together.

USC: Hopefully this is a prime time game under the lights, and we can make it an orange out while the weather is still nice enough to get people to not wear navy!! I also really want to see the white pants with the orange jerseys just to make it a bit more understated, as we did during the Juice Williams years. On that same note, it's as good of time as any to honor the slant ILLINOIS legacy. If anyone needs nostalgia for that exact look, it is the uniform and helmet combo worn by Hawthorne when he chased down Michigan and we had that epic goal line stand!

Ohio State: Do you know the last time we beat OSU in Champaign? You might not want to look it up because it is pretty depressing, but ... here it is. In 1991, we rocked our classic home combo and the slant ILLINOIS helmets and took them down. Hopefully this brings us some good luck!

Washington: Figured we had to wear the Block I helmets once, lol.

Maryland: I believe this is the Military Appreciation Day game? I actually don't have a strong opinion whether we go with the Block I American flag design or the cool patriotic spin on slant ILLINOIS that we did this year vs. Minnesota ... both are great.

Wisconsin: Pretty much the exact same reasoning for the combo at Indiana.

Postseason: We looked so damn good vs. South Carolina, and it was an awesome look to showcase to a national audience; we should stick to it when we're in any type of postseason, from the Big Ten Championship to a bowl game to the CFP. As for the away combo, I think you can't go wrong. Our O/W/O is classic and looks great, but I also like the idea of some type of special "twist" put on "big games," which these would obviously be ... hence #BPOTR.

Unfortunately, I favor not replicating the Grange Era uniforms very often so as to make them special. I also think unless we enlarge the numbers and switch the striping from W/B/W to B/W/B, the Butkus Era helmets served their purpose for last year's anniversary. There are also a few combos that I either already love aesthetically (O/B/B) or would be curious to see aesthetically with these new sets (O/B/W), but not at the expense of sacrificing a consistent look.
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Glad to see no O/O/O. Would really like to see O/O/B some day.
 
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OrangeBlue98
Fighter of the Nightman said:
Here's my 2025 wish list, haha. For purposes of my explanation below, I will consider my two preferred "default" uniforms to be O/B/O with Script helmets (i.e., the bowl game combo) at home and O/W/O with Script helmets on the road. Yes, I am boldly proclaiming that we should wear the Scripts unless we have a good reason to do otherwise! :cool:

vs. Western Illinois: O/B/O with Script helmets
at Duke: O/W/O with Script helmets
vs. Western Michigan: O/B/O with Script helmets
at Indiana: O/W/B with arched ILLINI helmets
vs. USC: O/O/W with slant ILLINOIS helmets
at Purdue: O/W/O with Script helmets
vs. Ohio State: O/B/O with slant ILLINOIS helmets
at Washington: O/W/O with Block I helmets
vs. Rutgers: O/B/O with Script helmets
vs. Maryland: O/B/O with Veteran's Day helmets
at Wisconsin: O/W/B with arched ILLINI helmets
vs. Northwestern: O/B/O with Script helmets
Postseason: O/B/O with Script helmets if we are home, O/W/B with Script helmets if we are away ... could also be persuaded to do O/W/O if we are away to stay more "classic"
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I'll play along. :) Here's my 2025 preference, using my personal standard criteria.

Script (SC) - big games wearing white or orange
Slant Illinois (SL) - Standard for orange or white
Arched Illini (AI) - Big games in blue
Block I (BI) - Standard in blue
I always assume orange helmets, so the sequence is Jersey/Pants/helmet logo (i.e. B/O/BI is blue jersey, orange pants, Block I helmet logo). Orange pants are standard. White pants only with orange jerseys, and all-orange only for a night home game.

vs. Western Illinois: B/O/BI
at Duke: W/O/SL
vs. Western Michigan: B/O/BI
at Indiana (1) : W/B/SC
vs. USC (2) : O/O/SC
at Purdue: W/O/SL
vs. Ohio State (3) : B/O/AI
at Washington: W/O/SL
vs. Rutgers: B/O/BI
vs. Maryland: B/O/BI
at Wisconsin (4) : W/O/SL
vs. Northwestern: O/W/SC

(1) - I ALMOST broke with my standard and proposed W/B/AI, because I do want to see that at some point. But I didn't want to break with my standard at the first opportunity

(2) - I'm assuming this will be a night game, and that's the only time I want to see all-orange. If this is a day game, then we could go O/W/SC here and go B/O/AI for the Northwestern game

(3) - I'm thinking along the same lines at FOTN, but I'm going all the way back to 1983. We wore B/O/AI for that game, and I'd want to rekindle that memory. Had we worn B/B/AI for the 1983 OSU game, I would have proposed that.

(4) - This is a spot where we could go W/B/AI, but I think I'd stay traditional here given Wisconsin is down right now.

I don't really like only using the Arched Illini once, so we could use that for either one of the Rutgers or Maryland games unless we go B/O/AI for Northwestern

Post-season - W/O/SC on the road. At home, O/W/SC (day game) or O/O/SC (night game) if the visiting team's primary color is a dark color like navy or black. B/O/AI if the team's primary color is bright like orange, yellow, or red. LONE EXCEPTION - always O/O/SC for a home night postseason game. Examples - If we hosted Notre Dame, we'd go O/W/SC. If we hosted Texas, we'd go B/O/AI.
 
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OrangeBlue98
Mr. Tibbs said:
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Yeah, I can see where my post could have done that.

Here's a simpler version. If Illinois is the home team in the postseason, they wear the jersey that is a bigger contrast with the other team's main color. If they are the home team at night, they'll always wear all-orange because I'd like to see all-orange always be the uniform choice for a big night game (conference game or non-con game against a ranked team).
 
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Fighter of the Nightman
Another uniform thought that has been echoed here before - the navy socks look SO damn sharp with our navy uniforms compared to white or orange. I wish the whole team would follow Luke's lead and make this a team-wide look, because it looks old school and badass! Comparison of the different colors below:

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No disrespect to anyone else pictured, but those high navy socks POP, man!
 
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TentakilRex
Do like Duke's variation of the script helmet

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Ain't helping them today.
 
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