New coach makes us due for a new look. Let's burn the current uniforms and appeal to recruits with multiple combinations. Bring back the Cyclone to the helmet, our identity. A red bird is not a cyclone, and yet to hear anyone refer to us as "I-State". Happy to see Campbell has used multiple uniforms....if he's the guy.
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Yeah, hopefully our new coach isn't stuck in the '70's. The identity is blue collar I guess, which translates to square IMO.
Please no. The current I-State logo and branding presents a unified national brand. All that multiple combinations of all the different logos we've had before does is dilute that brand and make us less recognizable.
When anyone sees this anywhere:
they know it is Iowa State. We need to build on that, not tear it down. Yes, a shift away from the #one campaign might be in order, but not from the recognizable brand that is Iowa State athletics.
When anyone sees this anywhere:
they know it is Iowa State. We need to build on that, not tear it down. Yes, a shift away from the #one campaign might be in order, but not from the recognizable brand that is Iowa State athletics.
I dont see another "I-State" in a power conference.
This branding has probably been the best we've ever had. It wont be changing.
A cyclone looks cluttered and silly when on a TV scoreboard. I-State stands out. Go back on an old TV broadcast and look at how stupid our logo looked when it was the whirling tornado bird with blue.
There's a lot of stupid on this board (and some of it is me), but changing the I-State logo might be the stupidest.
Alternate uniforms are becoming too mainstream. They certainly aren't all the rage like they were 5 years ago.
This was an edit I made on a previous uniform thread:
ISU needs a uniform that is both unique and has ties to who we are. We cannot do something flashy like Oregon or OkSt, nor something crazy like Maryland. But at the same time we cannot do the simple solid jerseys with a number on the side of the helmet like OU or Bama. Thanks to the Trice stripes on the helmet, shoulders, legs, and shadowed on the midsection, this design is both a call back to ISU's history and something completely unique in CFB.
ISU needs a uniform that is both unique and has ties to who we are. We cannot do something flashy like Oregon or OkSt, nor something crazy like Maryland. But at the same time we cannot do the simple solid jerseys with a number on the side of the helmet like OU or Bama. Thanks to the Trice stripes on the helmet, shoulders, legs, and shadowed on the midsection, this design is both a call back to ISU's history and something completely unique in CFB.
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We need to ditch all of these slogans above and go to "I Will". Nothing comes even close to that IMO. It's the words straight from Jack Trice's mouth. What could be better than that?
Some variations are all I'm asking for. Even KU has some alts. Oregon will always have the lead in that department but a few tweaks and variation isn't out of line.
Pollard is about branding. So the I State logo will remain. The head coach will be able to make uniform decisions. Cardinal or Gold helmet; all red uniforms or the USC; look the head coach will decide. But whatever helmet color ISU goes with, it will have the I State logo.
This was an edit I made on a previous uniform thread:
ISU needs a uniform that is both unique and has ties to who we are. We cannot do something flashy like Oregon or OkSt, nor something crazy like Maryland. But at the same time we cannot do the simple solid jerseys with a number on the side of the helmet like OU or Bama. Thanks to the Trice stripes on the helmet, shoulders, legs, and shadowed on the midsection, this design is both a call back to ISU's history and something completely unique in CFB.
I might be in the minority, but I am just not a fan of these uniforms. I get they're a play on Jack Trice's uniform, but as we've found out when Kagavi tracked down a jersey from that era they are not the same. I'm one of those people where if you're going to emulate history, do it right - and IMO these just are not done right.
I honestly prefer the other uniform set that's been going around the last couple of years - the one where the pants essentially remain the same, but the over the shoulder stripe gets moved to a vertical set of stripes on the shoulder panel. I would also be in favor of changing the gold to a more metallic gold.