GeauxColonels 736 Posted April 8, 2019 Love the move. Navy and gold are a really boring combination, sports-wise. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dynasty 2,418 Posted April 8, 2019 I wasn't around when Pittsburgh used brighter colors so this feels a little weird to me. Still, this was the right move. The number font looks tremendously better than before, and that secondary logo is solid. I still wish they would tweak the primary logo a bit; I don't like how unbalanced it feels... Is it suppose to look like someone wrote it with a paintbrush? Plus, the i not having a dot bothers me. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sykotyk 954 Posted April 8, 2019 55 minutes ago, Mingjai said: As I posted in the other thread, I wish Pitt had returned to the actual mustard yellow. Their stadium features bright yellow seats. I think that's the reason for the bright yellow. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mafiaman 1,900 Posted April 8, 2019 Our long national nightmare is over! Well done, Pitt! 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JayMac 3,873 Posted April 8, 2019 I'm a PSU alum so I'm conditioned to not like Pitt, but that is a beautiful color scheme. I'm glad they have returned to it. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Survival79 2,177 Posted April 8, 2019 9 hours ago, panthers_2012 said: Maybe it's suppose to represent this? Yes, that is what it is based on. Chris's article mentioned it and I posted this in the College Football Uniforms - 2019 thread. Quote The new number font and striping pattern pays tribute to Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning, a historic landmark and centerpiece of the university, while the new secondary logo is based on the fountain at the entrance of the building. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mafiaman 1,900 Posted April 8, 2019 7 hours ago, Dolphins Dynasty said: Plus, the i not having a dot bothers me. I was a fan of Dan Marino back in the day...how on earth have I not noticed the missing dot all these years. Can’t unsee it now. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tBBP 2,718 Posted April 8, 2019 9 hours ago, Sykotyk said: Their stadium features bright yellow seats. I think that's the reason for the bright yellow. Setting aside the whole "that's the Steelers' stadium" thing, I think a better reason for the bright yellow is that it's one of Nike's stock yellow colors. Don't discount this...Nike and other manufacturers would rather either get all it's teams with similar comes onto their own, sometimes proprietary, stock swatches (this happened with Florida State's garnet, going from it's more unique reddish to one of Nike's stock "dark red" swatches), or at any rate, produce as few color swatches as possible (which I'm sure the whole Seattle Seahawks fiasco under Reebok's watch had something to do with). It just makes good business sense on the supplier's end...even though it may rob us viewers of some of the more unique shades--such as Pitt's former mustard yellow. (I do however love the shade of blue they paired with it, so that to me makes up for it--plus yellow has always been my favorite anyway, so I'm good with it. ) Speaking of Pitt...I wanna see what the rest of this Cathedral-of-Learning-inspired number set looks like. Oughtta be interesting. But here's what's not interesting... What up with that placket piping tho?? I'm sure that's probably a casualty of Nike's baseball template...but why do they continue to do things like this??? It gets irritating...) 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VandyDelphia Mike 481 Posted April 8, 2019 4 minutes ago, Buc said: Setting aside the whole "that's the Steelers' stadium" thing, I think a better reason for the bright yellow is that it's one of Nike's stock yellow colors. Don't discount this...Nike and other manufacturers would rather either get all it's teams with similar comes onto their own, sometimes proprietary, stock swatches (this happened with Florida State's garnet, going from it's more unique reddish to one of Nike's stock "dark red" swatches), or at any rate, produce as few color swatches as possible (which I'm sure the whole Seattle Seahawks fiasco under Reebok's watch had something to do with). It just makes good business sense on the supplier's end...even though it may rob us viewers of some of the more unique shades--such as Pitt's former mustard yellow. (I do however love the shade of blue they paired with it, so that to me makes up for it--plus yellow has always been my favorite anyway, so I'm good with it. ) Speaking of Pitt...I wanna see what the rest of this Cathedral-of-Learning-inspired number set looks like. Oughtta be interesting. But here's what's not interesting... What up with that placket piping tho?? I'm sure that's probably a casualty of Nike's baseball template...but why do they continue to do things like this??? It gets irritating...) Holy moly! That's the baseball version of cutting off armhole trim on the NBA template for no discernible reason! What if they do this nonsense with the MLB uniforms once they take over that in 2020? 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Waffles 639 Posted April 8, 2019 I'm usually a stickler for consistency of design elements across all of a university's sports, but I love the idea of having a crest design for use on the school's soccer kits (I only noticed this as part of the photo set from this unveiling, but it looks like it was unveiled last summer): 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NicDB 3,013 Posted April 8, 2019 14 hours ago, Dolphins Dynasty said: I wasn't around when Pittsburgh used brighter colors so this feels a little weird to me. Still, this was the right move. The number font looks tremendously better than before, and that secondary logo is solid. I still wish they would tweak the primary logo a bit; I don't like how unbalanced it feels... Is it suppose to look like someone wrote it with a paintbrush? Plus, the i not having a dot bothers me. Those "paintbrush" script helmet logos were kind of the thing in the 70s and 80s. I think half the Pac-8 schools had them at one point. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tBBP 2,718 Posted April 8, 2019 14 minutes ago, NicDB said: Those "paintbrush" script helmet logos were kind of the thing in the 70s and 80s. I think half the Pac-8 schools had them at one point. This right here also illustrates the mindsets of far too many in the western PA region, which I have no doubt also largely contributed to the push to return to this paintbrush Pitt script. (They also don't like to acknowledge the times when their teams weren't winning championships out the wazoo, but we won't go there. ) Still though, super solid update all around. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Waffles 639 Posted April 10, 2019 Seems like Syracuse might be going back to one of their old logos: Still on their site as of now: https://store.nike.com/us/en_us/pw/collegiate/80o?vst=college&redirect=true&ipp=120 If it's real, I think it's a downgrade. I like their current identity and system, and this is one of the weaker and more generic ones in their history. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WSU151 10,092 Posted April 12, 2019 On 4/10/2019 at 4:44 PM, Waffles said: Seems like Syracuse might be going back to one of their old logos: Still on their site as of now: https://store.nike.com/us/en_us/pw/collegiate/80o?vst=college&redirect=true&ipp=120 If it's real, I think it's a downgrade. I like their current identity and system, and this is one of the weaker and more generic ones in their history. The Virginia V is a throwback/alternate logo as well. And I just clicked on the link, and both Syracuse and Virginia logos have been updated to the modern versions. That Nike header is a mess though. Starting with the Purdue logo, none of the links correlate with the teams. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maroon 533 Posted April 12, 2019 Apparently the Evansville Purple Aces just announced a rebranding. I hadn't seen anything leading up to this on MVC twitter, unlike the Saluki logo change. EDIT: Based on twitter and the Evansville website, it appears the purple and white UE is the new university academic logo. The UE with the bevel and orange outline is the new athletics primary logo, with the Ace gambler being the mascot secondary logo and the script Aces serving as a secondary athletics wordmark. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B-Rich 1,230 Posted April 12, 2019 New look for Mizzou football: Watch: Missouri officially reveals new design for football helmets Lame. Copying Clemson? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WSU151 10,092 Posted April 12, 2019 1 hour ago, B-Rich said: New look for Mizzou football: Watch: Missouri officially reveals new design for football helmets Lame. Copying Clemson? That helmet is for the spring game only. Though it is awesome. The M-Paw logo has been around for a while. Better helmet logo than the oval. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Derek 228 Posted April 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Maroon said: Apparently the Evansville Purple Aces just announced a rebranding. I hadn't seen anything leading up to this on MVC twitter, unlike the Saluki logo change. EDIT: Based on twitter and the Evansville website, it appears the purple and white UE is the new university academic logo. The UE with the bevel and orange outline is the new athletics primary logo, with the Ace gambler being the mascot secondary logo and the script Aces serving as a secondary athletics wordmark. Kinda surprised they went with a white male character. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1991 93 Posted April 13, 2019 On 4/12/2019 at 7:32 AM, Derek said: I wonder how long it will take the Jaguar automotive company to tell this college to change their leaping cat logo, like they did to Drury University Panthers! I 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites