This is more inspired by. The C paw logo is close, but I wouldn't have bothered. But I am not a school that has a logo that immediately makes people think of UC. Pick your battles. The Xavier guy is just going to have an opportunity to marry two historic schools together and I am interested in the results.
Boise is 11 spots ahead so unless the Notre Dame win throws gas on Army, Boise will get the spot. A 13 win Army team might be too attractive AND some of these P4 teams will start falling out too. That possibly could lwt them both in. 16 teams wouldn't make this any easier because those P4 teams just get some cushion.
I agree 100% once the NBA Cup is done, they could strip the inbounds areas and repaint it. There's certain teams that you know are in and out so theirs can be recycled or whatever. My only stipulation i s that they do it in the base logo colors, so no city edition looks.
I love that these aren't hollow merch dumps and actually show the history and lore of the major military commands. My fave is the B1G Red One, but I am extremely biased.
I like this design, but I think the helmet is over designed. I understand trying to make it look like a fighter pilots helmet. I just don't think it translates well onto modern football shells.
I would make the numbers and lettering white and the side stripe, I would make tan or brown. This is a really good option. I think the actual helmet would have looked even better with some "snow"