TentakilRex
- Land O Insects between Quincy-Macomb-Jacksonville
AI sucks at spelling in general, but at it got the right letters this time lol.
(Unlike eg the Carolina Poonats)
New Illinois Football Uniforms
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(Unlike eg the Carolina Poonats)
skyIdub
Winged Warrior
Actually that is cryptic AI code signaling the end of human rule.
TentakilRex
- Land O Insects between Quincy-Macomb-Jacksonville
A couple of the failed AI designs for jerseys would make interesting T-shirt designs (Orange Krush for Halloween?) with better spelling.
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Illini92and96
- Austin, TX
Well it IS an alternate jersey, so maybe it’s a brilliant idea for an alternative spelling we hadn’t thought of. We’ll be ahead of our times and eventually everyone will be doing it.
TentakilRex
- Land O Insects between Quincy-Macomb-Jacksonville
Good news: it is only Bing AI, so it cannot be too bright
Bad news: the better stuff is probably dangerous
mattcoldagelli
- The Transfer Portal with Do Not Contact Tag
Time for another weekly installment of “What Not to Wear: NFL Edition”
The Lions’ blue helmet. I’m not crazy about it. The retro lion logo is cool, but not a great fit for a helmet. Plus there’s the opportunity cost - there are few stronger visual associations in football than “Lions = silver helmet”.
But say we give them a pass on it - after all, Honolulu Blue is a legitimately great color, take a fun flier on it. Why monochrome the rest of your uniform? And in the drab gray, to boot. AND in a game against the Raiders.
Stop. Matching. Pants. And. Jerseys.
The Lions’ blue helmet. I’m not crazy about it. The retro lion logo is cool, but not a great fit for a helmet. Plus there’s the opportunity cost - there are few stronger visual associations in football than “Lions = silver helmet”.
But say we give them a pass on it - after all, Honolulu Blue is a legitimately great color, take a fun flier on it. Why monochrome the rest of your uniform? And in the drab gray, to boot. AND in a game against the Raiders.
Stop. Matching. Pants. And. Jerseys.
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- North Aurora
Wearing gray uniforms against the raiders was a wild move. I also agree with the critique of the helmet. You shouldn't have a different helmet color just for the sake of it. It works for some teams, but not others. I don't understand what teams are doing out there. Even though I have been a Nike defender for years, I think they are going too far with alternate uniforms. Thankfully their NFL and MLB uniforms haven't gotten to the point of the NBA's city edition jerseys being worn every other game.
Without considering the context, I really like that helmet. Matte finish > shiny
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Bret ... it's time, buddy.
O/W/B
O/W/B
aiwpfan
- Springfield, Il
I was at that game.Bret ... it's time, buddy.
O/W/B
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
mattcoldagelli
- The Transfer Portal with Do Not Contact Tag
Our BPOTR quest soldiers on, unfazed.
Could’ve really stood out vs. Minny’s gross double-maroon.
Could’ve really stood out vs. Minny’s gross double-maroon.
TentakilRex
- Land O Insects between Quincy-Macomb-Jacksonville
I am convinced Nike is not send the best and brightest uniform designers
Heck, Rice got this combo today! Rice, the most obscure Southwest Conference ex, that Rice!
Heck, Rice got this combo today! Rice, the most obscure Southwest Conference ex, that Rice!
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Yep, I am choosing the comforting story in my head that we are saving it for when we go play spoiler in Iowa City.
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- North Aurora
Adidas really bungled the 2010s, but they have really seemed to come around in a good way the past few years, and their new uniforms seem to be meaningful and quite aesthetically pleasing. Indiana, Kansas, Washington, Arizona State, and Georgia Tech have taken good steps forward in the last few years. I am not sure if I would go as far as saying I would want Adidas over Nike, or even Under Armor (who has its own problems), but the gap has definitely closed.
Certainly, Nike's "best and brightest uniform designers" seem to spend a lot more time creating annual NBA city edition jerseys (I am beyond over these) and MLB city connect uniforms (ok-ish so far) than putting an ounce of thought into college football.
mattcoldagelli
- The Transfer Portal with Do Not Contact Tag
But here's the thing - we should absolutely not want the same mindset that is developing City edition jerseys (a creative, short-term marketing-focused exercise) anywhere near the development of our standard uniforms.
Thankfully, CFB was at the vanguard or the Uniform Experimentation Era, it is largely over, and we can incorporate the lessons from it. The NFL and MLB are late adopters on this, to the (misguided) results we see all around us right now.
By the way, because it's just a thing I do now, here were some gorgeous uniform matchups from the NFL this weekend, showing the raw aesthetic power of wearing football uniforms correctly:
These are pretty plain.
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- North Aurora
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying I want city edition jerseys in college football. Frankly, I absolutely hate what city edition jerseys have become in the NBA. I'm saying that it would be nice if Nike used its creative resources to put thought into individual football programs' uniform sets for more of the hundreds of schools they supply rather than just cycling through the same templates and just changing the colors. The reason they won't is because that doesn't make them money, while NBA city edition uniforms do make them money.But here's the thing - we should absolutely not want the same mindset that is developing City edition jerseys (a creative, short-term marketing-focused exercise) anywhere near the development of our standard uniforms.
Thankfully, CFB was at the vanguard or the Uniform Experimentation Era, it is largely over, and we can incorporate the lessons from it. The NFL and MLB are late adopters on this, to the (misguided) results we see all around us right now.
By the way, because it's just a thing I do now, here were some gorgeous uniform matchups from the NFL this weekend, showing the raw aesthetic power of wearing football uniforms correctly:
MoCoMdIllini
- Montgomery County, Maryland
I would be a little curious what the city edition for Champaign would look like. Maybe "Boneyard" in a Gothic font.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Just another random uniform thought on a slow day at work. I have said this before, but what I really didn't like about our previous uniforms is that they seemed to take the worst parts of flashy/new (weird font for the letters, no outlines for the font) and traditional/old school (somewhat antiquated helmet stripe, aggressively plain uniforms). I think if you are going to have a uniform that looks relatively "trendy" in style like ours did at times last year, you cannot stick to the Bret-Bielema-approved simple color schemes (O/B/O at home and O/W/W on the road).
I prefer our current uniforms to both of these, but look at these different approaches to our previous uniforms:
Recruiting Visits
How We Actually Wore Them
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Again, I prefer what we have now because it has committed (at least 90%, gotta fix that font...) to looking traditional. I felt like our previous jerseys had one foot in the flashy world and another in the traditional world of uniforms. If you want that trendy/flashy look, we should have been wearing combos closer to what you see in the recruit photos, IMO. If you want that classic orange helmet with the stripes and only traditional color combos ... I mean just commit to this, which actually has a nod to our past!
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Rant over, but I do not think it is said enough that the main issue with last year's uniform is that it just seemed all over the place stylistically while still somehow looking boring, lol.
I prefer our current uniforms to both of these, but look at these different approaches to our previous uniforms:
Recruiting Visits
How We Actually Wore Them
Again, I prefer what we have now because it has committed (at least 90%, gotta fix that font...) to looking traditional. I felt like our previous jerseys had one foot in the flashy world and another in the traditional world of uniforms. If you want that trendy/flashy look, we should have been wearing combos closer to what you see in the recruit photos, IMO. If you want that classic orange helmet with the stripes and only traditional color combos ... I mean just commit to this, which actually has a nod to our past!
Rant over, but I do not think it is said enough that the main issue with last year's uniform is that it just seemed all over the place stylistically while still somehow looking boring, lol.
Cook
- Richmond, VA
@Fighter of the Nightman Think I'd prefer the number font seen here with our new uniform set. Thoughts?
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- North Aurora
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- North Aurora
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