Danny the Sheeb Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 A picture in the College Football thread of a D3 team totally ripping off Florida got me thinking. Tons of high schools snitch college/pro logos, but does anyone do the same for uniforms? "It is better to have fought and lost than to not have fought at all." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSU151 Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Yes. Plenty of high schools wear the same templated designs as college and pro teams. Smart is believing half of what you hear. Genius is knowing which half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny the Sheeb Posted September 23, 2017 Author Share Posted September 23, 2017 I mean something like Georgia with Clemson's pawprint on the helmet. Something exact-or nearly exact. Not just a template. Sorry if I'm messing up here. "It is better to have fought and lost than to not have fought at all." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 UT-Martin copied Auburn until last year. St. Xavier University (D2) copies Ohio State. Delaware copied Michigan's helmets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_tattoos Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 5 minutes ago, MJWalker45 said: Delaware copied Michigan's helmets. Some would argue Michigan copied Princeton's helmets just changing the colors Hotter Than July > Thriller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Delaware copied color as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolvikings Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Dublin Scioto High School in Dublin, Ohio http://dstewartpaint.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Wolf Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 3 minutes ago, oldschoolvikings said: Dublin Scioto High School in Dublin, Ohio I know they're a dumb high school ripoff, but those rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolvikings Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 2 minutes ago, Red Wolf said: I know they're a dumb high school ripoff, but those rule. Agreed. http://dstewartpaint.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny the Sheeb Posted September 24, 2017 Author Share Posted September 24, 2017 17 minutes ago, oldschoolvikings said: Dublin Scioto High School in Dublin, Ohio This is what I wanted to see. Get a good laugh at some team's complete lack of originality. "It is better to have fought and lost than to not have fought at all." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 10 hours ago, Danny the Sheeb said: A picture in the College Football thread of a D3 team totally ripping off Florida got me thinking. Tons of high schools snitch college/pro logos, but does anyone do the same for uniforms? Old news You realize that universities gladly license their images to HS programs at little cost, right? Unless you wear solid colors and no stripes, a HS team will be a thought of as copying somebody, and if they went "plain Jane", people would scream Penn State. The uniform catalogs only have so many choices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny the Sheeb Posted September 24, 2017 Author Share Posted September 24, 2017 1 minute ago, dfwabel said: Old news You realize that universities gladly license their images to HS programs at little cost, right? Unless you wear solid colors and no stripes, a HS team will be a thought of as copying somebody, and if they went "plain Jane", people would scream Penn State. The uniform catalogs only have so many choices. Good point. I mostly want to see some recognizable uniform (see above) sadly color-swapped and with a different logo. I'm just looking for laughs. "It is better to have fought and lost than to not have fought at all." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_tattoos Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 42 minutes ago, Danny the Sheeb said: This is what I wanted to see. Get a good laugh at some team's complete lack of originality. To be fair, most high school and college programs outside of the P5 order their uniforms out of some sort of catalog. Not much they can do given the limited options they have. They surely don't have graphic designers making uniforms for them the way the major programs do. You gotta let lack of originality slide in those cases. Hotter Than July > Thriller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolvikings Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 12 hours ago, oldschoolvikings said: Dublin Scioto High School in Dublin, Ohio 12 hours ago, Danny the Sheeb said: This is what I wanted to see. Get a good laugh at some team's complete lack of originality. 12 hours ago, Danny the Sheeb said: Good point. I mostly want to see some recognizable uniform (see above) sadly color-swapped and with a different logo. I'm just looking for laughs. I'm not sure why this particular uniform would make anybody laugh. Its pretty awesome and spoken about highly in the greater Columbus area. As for it being a rip off (I know I posted it in the "rip off" thread, but I didn't realize you were after"laughs") I think there's a distinction to be made between homage and theft. IMO there's a certain amount of cleverness involved in a team from the Columbus area identifying the ways in which their color scheme matches Ohio State's and pulling a nice look together. They even have small shamrock award stickers in place of the buckeye leaves. I love it. http://dstewartpaint.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Unfortunately in recent years they've changed to mirror Ohio State's (bad) changes and their look has suffered because of it. also the pants stripe is no longer the correct striping. It's a bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolvikings Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 18 minutes ago, McCarthy said: Unfortunately in recent years they've changed to mirror Ohio State's (bad) changes and their look has suffered because of it. also the pants stripe is no longer the correct striping. It's a bummer. Wow. that's too bad. http://dstewartpaint.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichO Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 23 hours ago, oldschoolvikings said: I'm not sure why this particular uniform would make anybody laugh. Its pretty awesome and spoken about highly in the greater Columbus area. As for it being a rip off (I know I posted it in the "rip off" thread, but I didn't realize you were after"laughs") I think there's a distinction to be made between homage and theft. IMO there's a certain amount of cleverness involved in a team from the Columbus area identifying the ways in which their color scheme matches Ohio State's and pulling a nice look together. They even have small shamrock award stickers in place of the buckeye leaves. I love it. This is like Tulane baseball's homage to the Cardinals birds on a bat to me. Or Iowa's Steelers look. There's catalog ordering, and biting recognizable pro or higher level college styles and slapping together a uniform like 99% of high schools. Then there's this: taking a thing, making a choice, and going all the way with it. This school/coach decided they were going to be green Ohio State and they did not half ass it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianLion Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 On 9/23/2017 at 9:14 PM, MJWalker45 said: Delaware copied color as well. Delaware and their colors predate the University of Michigan by almost 75 years. And they aren't even the same colors. The Blue Hens are royal blue and gold. Michigan is maize and blue (navy). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VDizzle12 Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 I was watching the PSU - Iowa game on Saturday and this still really bothers me. Maybe because I dislike the Steelers uniforms so much, but I wish Iowa would do something different. and yes I know it's been this way for decades... This was pretty bad too: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichO Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 The EMU thing bugged me because I could never figure out why the Jets? Just "hey they're green too?" The Iowa/Steelers thing was a deliberate choice to take a bad to average program and identify with a winner. But EMU/Jets? "Hey let's look like late career Vinny Testaverde?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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