micahmccoy
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I'll be running in my new "Secondary" logo dri-fit tee tomorrow. I'm fully expecting to get booed and jeered along the way.
The 2014 Illini Nike Uniforms and Rebrand
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CardsIllinifan8
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Can you make jerseys like you did that say Fighting Illini, but in cursive writing? I don't know if that's possible.
DaytonIllini
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Kams Bathroom
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Bingo. Team Shield assemble.
micahmccoy
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Yup, that's the one. I'm in love with it.
micahmccoy
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Can you make jerseys like you did that say Fighting Illini, but in cursive writing? I don't know if that's possible.
Are you thinking like a throwback kind of look?
CardsIllinifan8
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Yes sir.
micahmccoy
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I'll see what I can do!
DaytonIllini
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It's cool. I like the back too.
AHSIllini32
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I like that shirt and the white with the orange I and orange strips on the sleeve.
CardsIllinifan8
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Thank you! :thumb::thumb:
YOU DON'T SAY!
Sometimes, it's good to be "that guy". :thumb:
danielb927
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It seems like your logic is that because the logo is flawed in your judgment, there's no way others could think it's a good logo on their own accord. We have no idea what the reaction to the shield logo would have been last week, and calling the overwhelmingly positive reaction group psychology now doesn't change that.
Kams Bathroom
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By the way, maybe this has been discussed already, but I don't think it has.
Re: "Fighting Illini", everyone seemed surprised that that phrase was used pretty sparingly in the overall profile. But did you notice that just "Illini" was not used anywhere in any materials or on any uniforms? I don't believe that word was spoken on its own in the entire presentation either.
Seems to me, given that virtually all of the other whispers seem to have been legitimate rumors, that what was meant by emphasizing "Fighting Illini" was in fact the elimination of just "Illini" as something that would be used in official materials.
Re: "Fighting Illini", everyone seemed surprised that that phrase was used pretty sparingly in the overall profile. But did you notice that just "Illini" was not used anywhere in any materials or on any uniforms? I don't believe that word was spoken on its own in the entire presentation either.
Seems to me, given that virtually all of the other whispers seem to have been legitimate rumors, that what was meant by emphasizing "Fighting Illini" was in fact the elimination of just "Illini" as something that would be used in official materials.
Never thought of that. While I wish it was used more I like it on the back of all of the football helmets. I also like it on the back of the shirt that I bought!
I like the shield, but it's not because of loyalty. I thought trying to use the old shield (and Grange-era stripes) were both bad ideas (because the originals were too old-fashioned looking.) So I was ready to dislike them if they were used. But I think those features look great.
In contrast, as much as I love the chief, I really HATE the "feathers" on the basketball uniforms.
I think I understand why you don't like the shield, GHD (if I sort of squint, I can see how you see it as a beard), but to me it reads "superhero-y". And I thought that before the Nike guy ever said anything about that.
STL FANATIC
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I'm a bit weird. (But I also make my career working with brands, so if I didn't consider them important I wouldn't have a very fulfilling life. And—like many here—Illinois is a part of who I am. So I don't view it as just the shirts a bunch of 18-22 year olds are wearing.)
homemade two-tone? #NotAnArtist
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YOU DON'T SAY!
The post I was responding to was deleted. I wasn't just saying that again to say it. Just for what it's worth.
STL FANATIC
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Just a guess (not that you guys can't mock it up for fun), but I doubt we'll ever see the two-tone on anything but ILLINOIS and FIGHTING ILLINI. I'm betting that treatment is reserved only for the word marks, while the font itself will see use in other instances as well.
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That's the impression I'm getting too, which I'm fine with. I was hoping to find the full alphabet in the two-tone so I could use it for a signature of my own, but in all the press releases, I only see it used for the wordmarks, while the full alphabet was only in solid orange or blue.
TheBossIllini
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I love the way everybody preached consistency yet the football unis trace back to old times and the bball unis go back to the chief.
Your point being? We finally established wordmarks, a font, and standardized colors that will be used for all sports, which we were sorely lacking before. That's pretty nice consistency in my book now. No one was ever trying to say that every sport's uniforms should be identical. Let each one have their own touches.
It was mentioned, but not discussed much. I presume the FI will be on upcoming product, but given what was presumed to be a focal point, not seeing it on any of the product to date is surprising.
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