OrangeAndBlue217
- Decatur, IL
I thought wrosie24 did a better job on b-ball unis, IMHO.
Those would have been perfect.
The 2014 Illini Nike Uniforms and Rebrand
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Those would have been perfect.
Although those do look slick, that is a generic decision that some high school teams are sporting. It would not have given Illinois the unique design that they were looking for.I thought wrosie24 did a better job on b-ball unis, IMHO.
IlliniNation05
- Champaign, IL
I'm 100% certain we'll see some "F1GHT1NG 1LL1N1" uniforms...just give it some time. Groce even said that we didn't see everything tonight
matt1all
- Chicago, IL
this. As much as i like that design with the fighting illini and the simplicity and strength of it, it doesn't have personality or anything unique about it.
Again I'm not saying it's worse, just saying that doesn't check all the boxes the school is looking for
Kams Bathroom
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Those are for the women's team
ForbesHall7750
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Does anyone know how close Nike's Total Orange is to Illini orange?
Color Fail. There are no marks in our brand book that have a blue I with an orange outline...
Edit: Other merchandise is using this color combo as well. White hat and golf polo...
From the press kit:
ivwilsoniv
- Aurora, IL
I'm a little confused by the fact that the white men's jersey's have the two-tone lettering, but the women's jerseys are orange lettering with the blue outline. Wish that would have been more consistent.
Oskee67
- Champaign
I never thought I'd say this, but having some time to take it all in, I think there's no question our football jerseys are better than basketball.
Those zig zags are brutal and look different for the sake of looking different because some old people thought young people would think it's cool..I predict these basketball jerseys will get a makeover in a year or two.
Get rid of the lightning bolts and just put the shield at the bottom of the shorts similar to how the Bulls have that diamond design on their shorts and you have yourself a winner. Or transposing the same vertical bars style from the side of the football pants to the jersey and shorts. That is kind reminiscent to the 05 jerseys but the vertical bars would not be so thick this time around. And Fwiw, I like the two tone font, but liked it better when it just said illini rather than Illinois.
Regardless, good job Nike and Illinois for a job well done!
Those zig zags are brutal and look different for the sake of looking different because some old people thought young people would think it's cool..I predict these basketball jerseys will get a makeover in a year or two.
Get rid of the lightning bolts and just put the shield at the bottom of the shorts similar to how the Bulls have that diamond design on their shorts and you have yourself a winner. Or transposing the same vertical bars style from the side of the football pants to the jersey and shorts. That is kind reminiscent to the 05 jerseys but the vertical bars would not be so thick this time around. And Fwiw, I like the two tone font, but liked it better when it just said illini rather than Illinois.
Regardless, good job Nike and Illinois for a job well done!
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ivwilsoniv
- Aurora, IL
Also, I'm still debating whether I like the Nike shield/badge design or my modified design. It's a slight change that eliminates some of the architectural undertones and column elements at the top, but it does stay in line with the "superhero" influence that was mentioned. Thoughts?
Oskee67
- Champaign
Not bad but I think it loses the F imagery a little bit in your version, which was your intention, but i personally prefer the column imagery.
Could you try making this version since I have no editing skills? Could you take the current shield and simply flip the stripes from where they currently are and put them on the top so it's pointing "up"? Then perhaps moving the I from it's current location and moving it up higher so it's touching just below the stripes.
This may help distinguish the Fs while making it look less like a locomotive, as somw people have suggested, (though I like it as is).
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ilphotog
The camera never lies
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I was told tonight that baseball's uni's are not totally done.
IlliniNation05
- Champaign, IL
This...everything there looked great today. Especially the football helmets, the pictures online don't do them justice
Oskee67
- Champaign
Any idea what the back of the basketball jerseys are like? Is Foellinger still on it or is there some other design? I don't think I've seen any pictures of that. Thanks!
AZillini
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same as before
classof2016
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This is by far the best shirt imo
IlliniNation05
- Champaign, IL
I'm actually not sure...I wasn't keeping an eye out for that. I remember seeing a picture online that shows the backs of all the athletes, but I can't find it. Maybe someone else can help out with that
Edit: thatguy92 just said it's the same as before ^^
illiniparkie
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I actually like this better than the official shield...not that Nike or Illinois will change it. But well done.
Overall, I like the new look. Lots of color combos, wording & symbols to choose from. The white football uniform does look awesome...until the first grass stains. The basketball shorts are too long for my taste but the feather illusion is great.
Overall, two thumbs up from me.
classof2016
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It was pretty obvious that most of the stuff the Nike rep was saying was cliched crap. It sounded like something I'd say if I were BS'ing a paper at the last minute. I really like the re-brand, but I could have done without the buzzwords and superhero comparisons at the ceremony.
classof2016
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I thought wrosie24 did a better job on b-ball unis, IMHO.
I like our new ones, but these would have been better. Oh well, maybe Groce's secret throwback will be somewhat like these.
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