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I wasn't overjoyed with that Maryland helmet logo, either... let me give it some thought. When approaching Nebraska and Wisconsin I knew I wanted to keep one in a standard block font, and give the other a (slightly) modern font... could be I should've switched who got what. Again, I'll give it some thought. -
Here we go with Nebraska and Wisconsin. At first I thought the similarities would make the designs boring to do, but it was actually kind of fun to try to delineate the subtle differences. I like looking at these back to back.
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Yeah, I know that's the popular opinion, but I love the black TV numbers. I've been advocating that for years, so when they actually pulled it out for the play-off unis I was completely stoked. My main complaint was that they weren't black on the white jersey, too. So as long as it's my concept, I'm keeping the black TV numbers.
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Change to what?
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I agree... I should rework it, but it took me so long to clean up the best version I could find, when I realized it was a bit big, I was out of energy. I'm sure I will eventually. More... Penn State is another B10 team that's somewhat untouchable. I did want to match the helmet stripe on pants, and bring in a NOB. Rutgers just needs to reel it back and calm down a bit IMO. The gray is supposed to be a bit darker than tOSU's. Kept their current font. And as for Maryland, I spent a lot of time trying to get myself happy with their flag motif. But then, I got a look at their recent throwback, went back and researched some of their older looks, and decided to go in a completely different direction. Again, kept the current font.
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And Michigan also has a pretty solid standard look that you can't really mess with. I am a fan of the new white road pants, so I kept them, although the yellow pants could be worn on the road maybe half the time.
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Indiana isn't a team I have given a lot of thought to in my life, so they were a bit of a challenge. But with the intro a few weeks back of the script helmet logo, I could finally find something to get excited about. I left off the TV numbers because with the sleeve logo and large wordmark, the upper chest was starting to feel a little crowded to me. Michigan State doesn't need a ton of reworking IMO, just needs a little of the Nike frosting scraped off.
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First up, the Ohio State University. I was a big fan of last year's playoff uniform so I basically kept them in that, with just a few minor tweaks to make myself happy. No real surprises here.
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*Update* This is an old thread I made a few years ago, dedicated strictly to Big Ten uniforms. I've decided to re-purpose it into a general thread for all my college football concepts. The first few pages will be just the older B10 uniforms, then I'll combine in a few other older non-B10 stuff, and going forward it will be what ever college concepts I come up with. IMO the current multi-uniform craze that's been strangling college football for the past 7 or 8 years now, has reached a point of maximum stupidity. At one time, you could argue that it was cool to be one of the teams that pulled off some unexpected out-of-the-box alternate look (I'd probably argue that it was never all that cool, but you could argue it was)... but now? When 4th tier nobody teams hit the field in chrome/matte/charcoal/pattered silliness "Jumped the Shark" doesn't even begin to cover it. With that in mind, I'm remaking the 14 teams of Big Ten, each in a solid signature look. Each team gets just one home jersey, one road jersey, one helmet, one pair of shoes, one pair of socks, and a maximum of two pairs of pants. IMO if the elements are most clearly what each team should be wearing nothing else is needed. I also wanted to put each team into a Nike template, the idea being that, if the conference was united in this "one best look" concept, they should also be united in a single template. With that... here we go!
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Oldschoolvikings' NFL concepts - Commanders concept added
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And finally a new Falcons idea. I was looking at a spaceship my kid built out of legos... he's only 7 but already fixated on color schemes. (I'm very proud.) He built it using only black, red, and dark gray bricks, and I started thinking what a great color combo it was. So I threw this together. (And yes, I stole the sleeve/chest stripe from myself on the Bucs concept above.) -
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Next is a Tampa Bay Buccaneer set. For myself, like a lot of you, I'd just want to see them go back to the previous set. It was pretty close to perfect. But, I know they aren't going to do that. Teams can't just go back that quick... its like admitting they were wrong to change. Which they were, but still. So, what if I was asked to keep the "feel" of the new uniform, but fix what just absolutely can't stay? Here's what I came up with. Things that MUST go; Oversized helmet logoPewter yokeWorst number font EVERMismatched sleeve logosBlocky pants graphicsPewter socksWhat I can work with to keep a bit of the new uniform's feel: New helmet logo at a decent sizeNew emphasis on orangeModern number fontnon-traditional stripes on sleeves and pantsI decided to simplify overall... drop the sliver/chrome idiocy, reduce black to logos only. Here's what I got... -
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Some new designs... First, this is a Dolphin idea based on the current throwback. I already posted it in it's own thread, but I wanted here in my uber-thread. -
Added an alternate...
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Florida Panthers... a return to the original, of sorts, with some updates.
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I'm not sure how I feel about laces... It strikes me as a little cheesy in 2015. They really are just cosmetic, although I suppose you could say that about a lot of uniform elements.
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Still going stripe crazy...
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New Avalanche uniform is actually pretty much the old Avalanche uniform... just a few small adjustments, plus a new alternate. The original Avs look is probably in my top 5 all-time NHL uniforms, it's a shame it got destroyed. And this particular alt design is something I've always wanted to see.
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Carolina Hurricanes concept. I miss the wrap around flag motif, and I'm adding a color. Thoughts?
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My goodness, I must be hallucinating again. All those unique stripe patterns that I'm seeing are actually boring and generic! Love the work OldSchool. Some really ingenious ideas here, though I'm not huge on the Columbus road jersey, I'd stick to white. I know it isn't matching with the home if you do that, but it'd still be close enough where I think it could work. Yeah, you may be right... I might have forced the gray into there for the idea of it. I'll revisit it.
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I haven't used even one strip. Stripes? Oh, hell, yeah, lots of stripes, but I've made it a point to avoid strips at all costs. Also, is "could cold come up with" some new slang? I'd like to know for sure before I start dropping it into my conversations.
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I was starting to think the same about switching the red breezers to green (especially since it would work so well with the alt) so your comment just pushed it over the top for me. Here you go... As for all the stripes... I'm going to be stubborn a little while longer, I think. There's an internal logic to the stripe pattern that works with other elements on the uniform, although maybe I'm the only one who can see it and/or cares.
