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<blockquote data-quote="mattcoldagelli" data-source="post: 1956475" data-attributes="member: 11524"><p>I would think Marquette is actually a pretty good model for the most mascot-skeptical (including the people that are weirdly compelled to use the word "furry" in every post....you might be telling on yourself!). Obviously, they had a name change first, but the Eagle has a relatively low profile in the overall brand - there are past and current versions of the "MU" lockup and they also use a lot of imagery of the state of Wisconsin. They also let just a color (powder blue, or what they call "Championship Blue") do a ton of work for them, not dissimilar to what we do with orange.</p><p></p><p>Conversely, look at Alabama, who has only had the current/official version of their elephant mascot since 1980, and Big Al is effing EVERYWHERE.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, another good moment to plug one of my other hobbyhorses: making script Illinois from the basketball jerseys a DIA/University-wide mark. It's unique and it looks fantastic - who says no? Why haven't we done it already?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mattcoldagelli, post: 1956475, member: 11524"] I would think Marquette is actually a pretty good model for the most mascot-skeptical (including the people that are weirdly compelled to use the word "furry" in every post....you might be telling on yourself!). Obviously, they had a name change first, but the Eagle has a relatively low profile in the overall brand - there are past and current versions of the "MU" lockup and they also use a lot of imagery of the state of Wisconsin. They also let just a color (powder blue, or what they call "Championship Blue") do a ton of work for them, not dissimilar to what we do with orange. Conversely, look at Alabama, who has only had the current/official version of their elephant mascot since 1980, and Big Al is effing EVERYWHERE. Anyway, another good moment to plug one of my other hobbyhorses: making script Illinois from the basketball jerseys a DIA/University-wide mark. It's unique and it looks fantastic - who says no? Why haven't we done it already? [/QUOTE]
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