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It looks like this was the old look? They don't seem to have updated their website, www.uvisports.com, with the new look. Also, the uvi.edu site doesn't easily link to uvisports.com. Terrible web design all around here.

These are all pretty awesome. I'd love to see what you do with UMass Lowell in the Northeast. They've got the Tsongas Center that they could conceivably play in, and they have not had football since the early 90s, when they were a D2 school.

24 minutes ago, MJWalker45 said:

I believe because it has connotations to a domestic terror group in the United States that had a massive rebirth in the 1920's in some parts of Indiana. 

That's fair then. 

Why wouldn't Valpo go with Knights? They wouldn't have to change the logo at all.

I wonder why football isn't included

Surprised nobody's mentioned this hat that University of North Florida used to rock:

12 hours ago, CaliforniaGlowin said:

I like the tsu wordmark.  Different, kind of a retro look.

 

That "TSU" mark is retro. It's a carryover from the legacy set.

That said, massive upgrade from the stock tiger.

5 minutes ago, Maroon said:

 

I guess something I've learned here from you and @BringBackTheVet is that far fewer people are just aware of Scottish clans. I guess as someone with Scottish heritage I just naturally associate the word with Scotland. I would have never imagined that other people's first thought would be to think of the KKK when they just hear the word "Clan" rather than assuming it referred to actual clans.  white supremacists ruining perfectly good words.

For me, I don't know about Scottish clans. If I were to hear a "The" before the word clan/Klan, I'd think of the KKK. Otherwise, just hearing the word "clan" would make me think of just a general group of people. It's not a word that's in my vernacular, but that's my association with it.

That said, even that tangential connection, especially when you'd be referring to the team in a way like, "We beat The Clan in basketball," would bring that association without context.

Could SFU have gotten away with not changing the name? I feel like, from my vantage point in New Hampshire, that they totally could have. However, I don't know what kind of uproar there was or wasn't in western Canada for the nickname of an NCAA D2 institution. But, being able to get away with not changing the name and it being a prudent thing to do to change the name are different things. If they come up with a unique nickname, that would be awesome.

14 hours ago, Wade Heidt said:

 

I know the school loves having the NCAA designation, but I would be way more interested in following what the football team was doing if they went back to playing Canadian ball in Canada West.  Been to SFU football games and would so much rather go to UBC ones because of who the opponents would be.  

 

Would have more of a vested interest if SFU was playing UBC, Saskatchewan, or Manitoba for example rather  than Azusa Pacific and Humboldt State.

I actually wish that there would be a way to either merge USports and the NCAA or move more Canadian (and Mexican) schools into the NCAA as a whole. I think, for example, that Carleton University in Ottawa would be a top 40 team in Division 1 in men's basketball. They regularly beat NCAA teams in exhibitions and have won 15 out of 18 USports championships.

3 hours ago, sportsfan7 said:

Not really sure if this belongs here, but I don't know where else it would.

 

Would the NCAA consider enacting an anti-Confederacy themed nickname policy, similar to the one involving Native themed nicknames? As far as I can tell it would only effect a few schools;

 

Washington & Lee Generals - named for General Washington, but also General Lee (This ones kinda iffy)

Ole Miss Rebels

UNLV Rebels

Millsaps Majors - in honor of Confederate Major Reuben Millsaps

 

The ruling could also be expanded to school names, which would knock out a few more.

It could. However, I would think that W&L and Millsaps nicknames could be made general enough to not evoke any confederate imagery.

The names of the schools themselves, that's another thing for people way smarter than me to tackle.

6 hours ago, Brian in Boston said:

I believe Incarnate Word University is affiliated with the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word.

Yes they are. I included them on the list because they are a Texas-based thing with two "orders," one in Houston and one in San Antonio. Since it was Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word being the organization that--is it oversees?--UIW, I included them.

I'm not familiar enough with Catholic religious orders to know exactly how that all works, the differences between Jesuits, Franciscans, and however many others there are.

My Wiki research essentially was looking at each school's Wiki page and seeing whether the affiliation said "Roman Catholic (Jesuit)" or some other such thing, or if it was just "Roman Catholic."

So forgive me if I made any mistakes in my admittedly cursory research there.

1 hour ago, MBurmy said:

In addition to being the North Star State's second D1 school, it is also (I think) the second Catholic school in D1 not to be affiliated with any specific religious order (it's affiliated directly with the Archdiocese of St. Paul & Minneapolis, just as Seton Hall is with the Archdiocese of Newark).

With some quick Wikipedia research, so take that for what it's worth, it seems that there are a handful of such schools:

• Incarnate Word
• Mount St. Mary's
• Sacred Heart
• Seton Hall
• Bellarmine (reclassifying from D2)
• St. Thomas (will reclassify from D3)

On 7/13/2020 at 7:41 PM, panthers_2012 said:

In OAC news, Capital University announced that they will retire the "Crusaders" name.

 

Some people will see it as "pressure" because of Washington's announcement today, but look closely, and it said it took place over 15 months, so it started back sometime in April 2019.

 

 

Reminds me of when Holy Cross did their study and decided to retire the crusader logo, replacing it with the "HC" shield, but kept the nickname.

https://hbcugameday.com/2020/06/30/delaware-state-sticking-with-the-meac/

Delaware State is not leaving the MEAC, and the other schools likely breathed a sigh of relief. For now.

1 hour ago, FinsUp1214 said:

I think what bothers me most about it is that the sloppy parts are extremely easy to correct, and the fact they weren’t makes the approach seem very lazy. Some designers use a grid to construct thier marks, some rather align it to a grid after construction to align things correctly. In any case, the top slant is something that should have been quite obvious with the aid of a grid, and I really question how thorough the work was here if they didn’t even bother to check how everything aligned.

The top slant is intentional. 9 degrees. Represents "energy" or some such nonsense.

7 hours ago, Dynasty said:

Why is it unbalanced on the top?

According to boldrush.com, it has a "9-degree forward tilt that illustrates the brand's positive energy and forward momentum."

Barf.

I think the tertiary logo for Stephen F. Austin should be promoted to the primary.

I like the second logo, the first wordmark.

I'm curious why they're painting all those logos on their practice fields. Why not just have plain fields for practice?

13 hours ago, TrueYankee26 said:

Thanks to CoronaVirus

 

and this

1 hour ago, MCM0313 said:

Love the subtle silver accents. 

IMO, if you're going to put silver trim on the uniform, then it should probably go on the logo set. I also think the eyes of the tiger need pupils of some sort. It looks like a squinting tiger.

1 hour ago, hettinger_rl said:

PDW must be really inexpensive when compared to other firms. This is the only explanation I can think of as to why they still get work even though everything they do looks like it came from 1997-2006. I know that there are better artists/designers that frequent these boards that could do a much better job and would be over joyed with whatever PDW got paid to make these.

I'm sure that, and that they somehow have a good portfolio. They've done work for Alabama, Arkansas, three U. of California campuses, Colgate, Delaware State, Fordham, Brown, Harvard, Houston, Iona, James Madison, Lafayette, LSU, Ole Miss, NC A&T, W&M, and University of Washington. That's four SEC schools in their profile, an Ivy, two Pac-12 schools, among others. So that, I'm sure, does carry some cachet that helps them get work. Likely AD's go to their counterparts at various schools and ask, "Who did you use to design 'X'?"

Old logo for Cortland for comparison. Like anything Phoenix Design does, downgrade...…...

On 10/5/2019 at 11:06 AM, Seadragon76 said:

Tarleton State's move isn't official yet, but the idea is that they're going to be in the WAC for all sports outside of football, which will be an FCS independent.

 

This is... a strange move, to a degree. They're in danger of being under the six school limit to considered a legitimate conference next season. They're losing Cal State Bakersfield to the Big West and Kansas City to the Summit. In return, you have two D-II invites (Dixie State and Tarleton State) coming in as replacements. Cal Baptist will only be halfway through the reclassification process. The WAC is basically one move or Chicago State closure from being dead meat.

Consider that the WAC has two west coast religious schools that could both conceivably end up in the WCC in Seattle and Cal Baptist, should they wish to expand. Also, Grand Canyon is religious and could themselves end up in the WCC.

This conference is barely more stable than the Great West conference was. (Notice that the WAC features THREE former GWC members in UTRGV, UVU, and Chicago State.)

27 minutes ago, BellaSpurs said:

That’s really interesting, demons is also super interesting. Also they spelled Wendi’s name wrong, it’s right there on the drawing, that’s embarrassing 

First AND last name, no less