I always liked this one for a traditional look (1978-79):
Hated the cursive, but better than what we have now.
The new basketball uniforms
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Hated the cursive, but better than what we have now.
mattcoldagelli
- The Transfer Portal with Do Not Contact Tag
Right? Let's get back to dissecting logos and font styles
It matters. All the blue bloods have a classic look that sets them apart and establishes a brand. We need to get our brand back. Whitman is headed in the right direction with coaches but uniforms are a huge part of the brand. Recruits care about this and having horrible zig zag uniforms does not help. Do u think it was coincedence the team chose to wear the 89 uni's a bunch of games this year?
The zig-zags are bad. Perpetual throwbacks that are not a continuous tradition but rather fan-facing nostalgia pieces for a time when our current players weren't even alive would also be bad.
What would be good is drawing from tradition to create something visually appealing and contemporary. Let us not be blind to the fact that the zigzags were an unambiguous wink and nod to the Chief. It was an attempt to weave tradition into a modern context, but a failed one (as was the two-tone letting in a kinda roundabout way). Whereas the football uniforms were an unqualified success. The rebrand gave us a platform that can go a bunch of ways. Time to steer towards what's working and away from what's not.
By the way, basketball is not like football. The elites of the sport have not worn the exact same uniforms forever, except perhaps for Indiana and UCLA, the two programs most desperately clinging onto faded glory.
That would be the Flying Illini jerseys for me
While we're at it let's also discuss who really started the long short trend in college.
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- North Aurora
2011-2015? Hah no thanks. A few years before may have been worse, but I'm not looking to go back to that.
GortTheRobot
- North Bethesda, Maryland
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FinalFour88
- Charlotte, NC
I agree as well. I've never liked "Illinois" being on the jersey. Fighting Illini it should be. But I also loved our white "ILLINI" jerseys that were worn for a few years with DJ, B-Paul and even back to Demetri McCamey.
Yeah, "Fighting Illini" just resonates, and it fits well on a basketball jersey.
Ransom Stoddard
Ordained Dudeist Priest
- Bloomington, IL
I've seen that pattern on stock Nike shorts in different colorways. Groce & Co may have chosen that design from a Nike booklet for that purpose, but the design was not created for the Illini.
TownieMatt
CU Expat
- Chicago
I'll use the resurgence of this thread to repost my jersey concept from before the rebrand. As others have mentioned, having "Fighting Illini" on the front of our jerseys should be the tradition we build on.
I'll use the resurgence of this thread to repost my jersey concept from before the rebrand. As others have mentioned, having "Fighting Illini" on the front of our jerseys should be the tradition we build on.
Those look awesome! You did much better than nike!
I'll use the resurgence of this thread to repost my jersey concept from before the rebrand. As others have mentioned, having "Fighting Illini" on the front of our jerseys should be the tradition we build on.
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Orange should be our main road color. It stands out. Brand is recognizable.
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- North Aurora
These look great. If you pair the old fashioned white version with this more modern orange version, thats an elite uni set.
also, while our current jerseys are not good. I'd like to wait until after the spaghetti-strap fad that nike is going through runs its course.
I'll use the resurgence of this thread to repost my jersey concept from before the rebrand. As others have mentioned, having "Fighting Illini" on the front of our jerseys should be the tradition we build on.
Bullseye. And that's pretty close to where our fonts ended up.
I'll use the resurgence of this thread to repost my jersey concept from before the rebrand. As others have mentioned, having "Fighting Illini" on the front of our jerseys should be the tradition we build on.
Since you are obviously more talented than nike can u also mock up shorts that say ILLINI going straight down in white letters
matt1all
- Chicago, IL
I agree not a fan of the new style, but I think the new font would look a lot better on the new style Nike jerseys than it does on the current ones
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Whitmans Sampler
- Eastern Iowa
How about the shield emblem on the side of the shorts?
I would prefer the Block I ir ILLINI going down the side. Not a fan of the shield. Just my oponion
You can do a lot of stuff with the shorts and the piping and all of that.
But that formatting and coloring just instantly pops as something that looks like it's been our uniforms all along, even though it never has been.
Whitmans Sampler
- Eastern Iowa
I would be okay with that too. Zig zags need to be gone
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