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  1. My oh my this is bad. It looks like a logo designed for an U12 traveling team in 2012. Absolutely nothing unique, local, or memorable about this. I’d be quite shocked if this logo ever makes it on the pitch. According to The Athletic, the colors are “chrome and azul.” Woof. How will they even treat “chrome” as a color in print, merchandise, and especially jerseys? This isn’t a Mountain West football team from 2015. This is bar none the worst identity to come out of MLS, and that’s really saying something when you look at most pre-2010 logos.
  2. While the black and red jerseys already vaguely give off Georgia vibes, I think a red collar on the white jerseys really would’ve looked like a UGA ripoff. Black was the right choice.
  3. Cincinnati has unveiled their white jersey, announced with the black-white-black combo for tomorrow’s game against Pitt: https://x.com/gobearcatsfb/status/1699834092458766378?s=46 The red jersey has also leaked via a local bookstore. Interestingly, they’ve gone with “Cincinnati” on the front, instead of “Bearcats” which has been used on all red uniforms the last few seasons. Retail versions of the red and white jerseys are below.
  4. Cincinnati will be unveiling their new Nike uniforms tonight at 6: https://twitter.com/GoBearcatsFB/status/1688943201330028544?s=20
  5. It’s baffling that instead of slowly phasing it out after nobody seemed to like it, they’ve doubled down and added it to both the football and basketball uniforms.
  6. These might be my favorite uniforms in college football. Gorgeous.
  7. The players have been told that these are placeholder/prototype/“Media Day” uniforms. I do not expect these to be the final product as Cincinnati did not tease them at all before Big 12 Media Day, and I don’t think there’s a college program in the country that could unveil new uniforms without an over-the-top video. I expect them to have a more polished product that isn’t just numbers/logos cheaply stitched on. If what I’ve heard/expect is wrong… yikes. Those do not look good at all, even if they are placeholders.
  8. That’s an oversight on my part. I would bet it’s a FUSE template. They actually did USC-style stripes in the mid-aughts when Brent Celek was around, so that template could be a possibility. I think fans would be happy with it.
  9. The Cincinnati Bearcats have agreed to a deal through a third party for Jordan to outfit its basketball teams and replace Under Armour starting this fall. As I mentioned in the college football thread, the two-year deal through a third party signed less than three months ago all but guarantees UC will be in customized catalog uniforms for their first two seasons in the Big 12. The contract was signed for two years to allow the Bearcats to leave Under Armour early and order from Nike catalogs until the team can sign an official deal with Nike and receive custom looks. After the news broke yesterday, 2023 commit Rayvon Griffith posted this to his instagram account. The post looks like an official graphic made within the program—the “Men’s Basketball” logo at the top and overall style are dead giveaways. The jersey is notably very similar to the ones worn by the team during its original run with Jordan from the mid-90s to the early 00s. I checked the Jordan Nike Team catalog and found no such template. However, the Nike Team Men’s Basketball catalog has a template that seems almost inspired by the Kenyon Martin-era Bearcats jerseys on page 7. This look could be easily customized with a colored collar and the Cincinnati word mark and font. Which leads me to believe that a white and black version of the jersey in Rayvon’s post will be the Bearcats uniform in 23/24 and 24/25 until the team has a direct contract with Nike and receives fully custom looks.
  10. I’m nearly certain it will be a Vapor Pro template from the Nike Team catalog with custom numbers and logos/wordmarks. I think the “Shard Stripe” template would fit with UC’s identity, but could see them using the Virginia template with stripes done in the colors of the current Lindner Center triangle stripe. I could also see a completely blank template with contrasting collars/cuffs and custom numbers on the sleeves. I have a much better idea of how the basketball team will be dressed next season based on the available templates and the designs we’ve seen for teams of a similar stature and doing a similar Nike/Jordan split like San Diego State and Houston (and will post my theory in the College Basketball thread)
  11. The contract with a third-party for two years seems to guarantee that we’ll see the Bearcats in template uniforms until 2025. That and the fact that the article confirms that the deal was only signed two and a half months ago and that the uniform designs haven’t been finalized yet. Either way, it’s still better than the overdesigned-but-somehow-still-bland Under Armour designs. I’m excited. And we’re that much closer to throwbacks to these (basketball) classics, hopefully sans the tramp stamp.
  12. Are those non-Nike uniforms with the Swoosh stitched on? The construction of the upper jersey (especially the collar and arm trim), the stitching on the letters, and the weird placement of the Swoosh don’t seem consistent with Nike uniforms. The waistband on the pants is definitely not a normal Nike construction, and the overall shine of the uniform makes me think these were purchased from a third-party and Nike logos were switched on. Not sure if other teams have done this before. I could be wrong but it’s a nice throwback either way.
  13. Needs more diamond gradients and black imo
  14. They did use the catalog Nike Michigan State numbers on the set that came before the 2016-21 unis. I agree with the numbers being too thin. I would take everything about the new uniforms sans the numbers and use the 2016-21 numbers. While the stars on the pants are small, it’s better than the plain pants they’d been using. Looking forward to Cincinnati beating them this fall in the Bounce House, no matter what they’re wearing.
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