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Well you sure answered your own question there.
The 2014 Illini Nike Uniforms and Rebrand
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Well you sure answered your own question there.
Also, the university of Illinois and many other schools have slightly different colors for the University itself and the Athletic department. Michigan state uses different shades of green and also bronze...
I'm not the biggest fan of gray myself, but I wanted to emphasize that white is not a school color. If you're going to complain about gray, you might as well be complaining about white as well.
dgcrow
- Kelso, WA
Of course white is not a school color. But the NCAA mandates white jerseys on visiting uniforms for football unless both teams agree in writing to wear colored jerseys for a particular game (the colors must contrast and be certified by the conference). As a result of that mandate, white has been quite common on many uniforms for many many years. That makes it pretty easy to differentiate between white and any other non-school color.
OrangeandBlue4eva
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On some of the pics for media day it is showing blue pants. I probably missed it but will the team have blue pants just not blue jerseys?
orangeroses07
- Centralia, IL
Those white uniforms look so slick!! :thumb:
In the picture with the two models, we see the blue helmet and blue pants. Are we still expecting to not have these for the season?
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Those models have been making the rounds since the launch.
Ransom Stoddard
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- Bloomington, IL
Did they really take the new uni's to media day? Color me cynical, but that seems kind of pointless.
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classof2016
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The ILLINOIS font looks much better with an outline as shown behind the display table. When it's left without an outline or border I think it looks kind of bad, like on the cheerleading unis. I think it looks sharp with the white font and orange outline.
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Agreed. Not a big fan of the two tone, looks cheesy like something designed on paint shop pro.
Call dibs on the blonde on the left!
That's my freaking daughter dude. Back off.
Yes th two tone looks terrible and very amereurish. However it has important symbolism that Nike explained at the unveil. "The blue on top symbolizes the sky and the orange underneath symbolize the fertile farm land of Illinois." Hopefully that helps you embrace it more. For some reason it makes me want to punch something.
Did they really say that? With a straight face? Makes perfect sense other than most skies aren't navy blue and I don't recall seeing any soil that was orange.
Yeah, if I recall correctly, the Nike guy really did say that.
Yeah he had some other good ones too. He didn't seem all that enthused about saying them either. It was slightly uncomfortable. I think one was about the Block I not just being for Illinois but symbolizing two crossroads coming together. Something like academics and the outside world. Even the talk of the shield being based on super hero chest badges seemed forced.
Just based off my gut instinct it all felt like crap. Like they created everything and then went back to try to find meaning. Made me wonder if they didn't have a more meaningful design that they scrapped and just went bland for our re-brand.
Just for the record though, I love the white uniforms!
illini1
- Springfield, IL
It sounded to me that the designer wanted to use some Native American elements, but the school wouldn't let him. He kept mentioning that creatively they were very limited because they weren't allowed to use Chief Illiniwek or anything Native American related. I heard people at Nike really like wILL-INI's concepts using the zigzags.
If that was the case, the university made a wise decision.
zig zags have no connection to native american imagery and they look super goofy.
If the old chief logo could have been used, it could've been a very cool re-branding. But zig zags would've made our re-brand a target of much ridicule.
illini1
- Springfield, IL
The zig zags are based on the feathers in outer edge of the Chief Illiniwek logo.
OrangeandBlue4eva
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Maybe we should see how the zig zags look on tv first.
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