mattcoldagelli
- Script Illinois Enthusiast
We need to persevere. There’s a future out there where we effortlessly hop between Script, Slant, and Arch. It’s within our grasp.
Illinois Football Uniforms
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Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Well, if you are a superstitious person ... here is the road record by uniform in the last two years, haha. I also included the virtual home game vs. Northwestern at Wrigley since we wore white. Roughly in my subjective order of overall performance...
W 31-24 in OT at #22 Nebraska
L 7-21 at #9 Penn State
W 38-31 at Rutgers
W 45-19 at Duke
W 38-28 vs. Northwestern (Wrigley Field)
W 43-27 at Purdue
L 25-42 at Washington
L 9-38 at #1 Oregon
L 10-63 at #19 Indiana
Takeaways For the Superstitious
- Given that the Script helmet also gave us one of the biggest bowl wins in school history (provided the context) in its only other debut and the very clear fact that Indiana just continues to prove it is an elite team, it would certainly be foolish to start hating on the Script helmet, IMO.
- If you toss the Wrigley-themed Block I helmet under a "Block I" category, it might be easy to overrate the good luck associated with that one, lol. Its vibe is very much "mess around for a few quarters vs. an inferior team and eventually pull away because the other team sucks." The obvious exception is the Oregon game, which brings me to the real conclusion here...
- White pants on the road need retired for good. It looks goofy, and it has now given us nothing but two a$$ whoopings in the Pacific Northwest, haha.
- Lastly, it seems clear that if there is any "good juju" uniform for this team, it is the O/W/O and Slant ILLINOIS combo for road games. Even in the game we lost, we were in a nailbiter with a top 10 PSU team at their place until the final minutes. I don't want to hear a single poster here suggest that Bret is in any way superstitious about uniforms given we just ditched this look after the Duke game!!
- It's so clearly time to try #BPOTR for the Wisconsin game ... not sure how anyone can disagree, either. Not only would it be a good visual contrast with the Badgers, not only is it LONG overdue and not only would it be a huge hit with the fans ... we need to shake something up.
Patterns with home uniforms are a lot less noticeable, as we (A) play two easy non-conference opponents at home every year and (B) almost always wear our least exciting uniform vs. them.
W 31-24 in OT at #22 Nebraska
L 7-21 at #9 Penn State
W 38-31 at Rutgers
W 45-19 at Duke
W 38-28 vs. Northwestern (Wrigley Field)
W 43-27 at Purdue
L 25-42 at Washington
L 9-38 at #1 Oregon
L 10-63 at #19 Indiana
Takeaways For the Superstitious
- Given that the Script helmet also gave us one of the biggest bowl wins in school history (provided the context) in its only other debut and the very clear fact that Indiana just continues to prove it is an elite team, it would certainly be foolish to start hating on the Script helmet, IMO.
- If you toss the Wrigley-themed Block I helmet under a "Block I" category, it might be easy to overrate the good luck associated with that one, lol. Its vibe is very much "mess around for a few quarters vs. an inferior team and eventually pull away because the other team sucks." The obvious exception is the Oregon game, which brings me to the real conclusion here...
- White pants on the road need retired for good. It looks goofy, and it has now given us nothing but two a$$ whoopings in the Pacific Northwest, haha.
- Lastly, it seems clear that if there is any "good juju" uniform for this team, it is the O/W/O and Slant ILLINOIS combo for road games. Even in the game we lost, we were in a nailbiter with a top 10 PSU team at their place until the final minutes. I don't want to hear a single poster here suggest that Bret is in any way superstitious about uniforms given we just ditched this look after the Duke game!!
- It's so clearly time to try #BPOTR for the Wisconsin game ... not sure how anyone can disagree, either. Not only would it be a good visual contrast with the Badgers, not only is it LONG overdue and not only would it be a huge hit with the fans ... we need to shake something up.
Patterns with home uniforms are a lot less noticeable, as we (A) play two easy non-conference opponents at home every year and (B) almost always wear our least exciting uniform vs. them.
The arched Illini helmet with the orange facemask looked fantastic.
back to the block I.......
BZuppke
- Plainfield
Haven’t lost in them this year.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
You don’t think that has more to do with the opponents?
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Random uniform thought mid-game - we should standardize navy socks with our uniforms. We have players wearing navy, orange and white out there today, and navy looks the sharpest by a LOT.
The Block I is reigns supreme!!!
Would like to see the Butkus era helmet in the bowl game. IMO, it exudes old school, never say die toughness. Just like Butkus.
I agree, and at minimum, I think there should be a standard.
On a different note; a thing that has always bugged me about high school and college football is the no sock look. I just don’t care for it.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
I would agree that would be awesome!!! ILL
Did the Green Bay Packers wear the Illini throwback uniforms on Sunday? https://www.packers.com/1923-classic/
What's next? Tighty whities?
There should be a full NCAA investigation into this!
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