Kams Bathroom
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Are we agreeing? I feel like we aren't.
The 2014 Illini Nike Uniforms and Rebrand
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Are we agreeing? I feel like we aren't.
illini1
- Springfield, IL
The striping is inconsistent even if you wear the same color from head to toe. For example, the striping on the orange helmet and jersey is blue/white/blue, but the striping on the orange pants is blue/orange/blue.
IlliniRoy
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New uniforms are great and all, but I agree with you on the inconsistency in a number of elements of the uniforms. Hard to believe when consistency was preached as a hallmark of the rebrand.
IlliniRoy
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lxAsTrOxl
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I really wish they didn't mix and match the top n bottoms... It's the small details that are bothering me like the diff color stripes.
Kams Bathroom
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Huh? You don't want the all orange look do you?
orangeswarm76
- hastings Nebraska
Just ordered 2 of the new shirts. Game on
lxAsTrOxl
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I'm just glad they didn't put the silly zig-zags on the football uni's.
denmig
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I don't have anything official, but I can offer this. I teach at Urbana High School and Beckman's son was in my class ( great kid by the way). The day after the unveiling of the rebrand which I attended I was talking to him before class and told him I liked the new uniforms. He agreed but told me the blue jerseys wouldn't be available this year. It seems consistent with what I'm reading on this forum, so take it for what it's worth.
classof2016
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Three months since the rebrand and I still am dumbfounded that we can't get the blue jerseys this year. I liked when we did the Bears look last year with blue helmet/blue jersey/white pants.
IlliNOISE33
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New shirt on Nike's site:
New shirt on Nike's site:
Maybe it's the Steelers fan in me, but I cannot stand a blue and grey shirt for Illinois.
dgcrow
- Kelso, WA
Agreed. Since when did grey become an Illinois school color?
DrewD007
- Woodridge, IL
OrangeandBlue4eva
- Secretcity
No matter what the colors are for the rebrand, there is going to different variations of clothing made. That is just the way NIke is. It is the same for every school.
dgcrow
- Kelso, WA
I don't think Nike or the athletics department have the authority to change the school's official colors, which was my point.
Kams Bathroom
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Yeah, I would imagine that same shirt is available in school-color-and-gray for every Nike school out there.
OrangeandBlue4eva
- Secretcity
Yeah its like every time Nike comes up with a new shirt or something people freak out. Its just how they do business. As a fan I like all the different options. Not sure what people are expecting. (I get that people at least want the logo consistent).
cunningfox
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Couldn't agree more. AND, how many of us do not have grey t-shirts/sweatshirts etc. with Illinois logos. I know I have a closet full of grey, orange and blue. Hell, my daughter has a pink Fighting Illini t-shirt.
DrewD007
- Woodridge, IL
They were delegated the authority to change the athletic's brand. It's not as if our colors are grey and black now. Orange and Blue are still the primary colors. Nike added silver and gray as secondary colors along with white. Hardly earth shattering.
dgcrow
- Kelso, WA
Never said it was "earth shattering". But Orange and blue are the official school colors and they, along with white, can make great combinations. Don't see the necessity for adding grey (or silver) except, of course, as a way to sell more merchandise.
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