Sodboy13 Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Maybe this is just an oddity of the press release, but every single mention of the team name on the CFL's website, and on what little there is of the team's site, is in all-caps: "REDBLACKS". No "RedBlacks" or "Redblacks" to be found anywhere. I hope they weren't silly enough to make the team's name all-caps. On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleuet Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 IMHO the name is so so.And it is sad because they took the right direction bringing a fresh logo with the legendary white "R" on a black background. So they had to find an "R" name..If they had unveiled a "animal" logo, I would send my resignation "sur le champs" to the CFL! ;-)A 6.5/10 note for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 My main problem is that however you want to capitalize it Redblacks/RedBlacks/REDBLACKS is made of two words, one that starts with R and one that starts with B. Having a logo that only uses a R is a bit odd and lacking. PotD 26/2/12 1/7/15 2020 BASS Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Regular Season Champion 2021 BASS NFL Pick'em Regular Season Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartacat_12 Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Well Rough Riders was two words but they only used one R on the helmet (except for one year). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Well Rough Riders was two words but they only used one R on the helmet (except for one year).That does seem weird in retrospect. PotD 26/2/12 1/7/15 2020 BASS Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Regular Season Champion 2021 BASS NFL Pick'em Regular Season Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stampman Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Well Rough Riders was two words but they only used one R on the helmet (except for one year).That does seem weird in retrospect.Tradition rules sometimes. Comic Sans walks into a bar, and the bartender says, "Sorry, we don't serve your type here." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stampman Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Name= Fail. Logo = Fail.I like the logo--it recognizes tradition and history.the name however, is kind of lame. Comic Sans walks into a bar, and the bartender says, "Sorry, we don't serve your type here." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Doctor Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Name= Fail. Logo = Fail.I like the logo--it recognizes tradition and history.The logo is okay. The saw blade aspect of it seems to come out of nowhere unless one is familiar with the history of Ottawa. Though I suppose some might think it's a black sun (black hole? Yikes!) or a black tribble...It is certainly better than having a stand alone block letter as your logo.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Why is the Redblacks logo a saw blade?Ottawa got its start as a lumber town.I thought Ottawa got its start because Victoria threw a dart at a map. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 The Ottawa Ye Olde Royal Hair Pins tested poorly.Though that didn't stop RedBlacks from being chosen.... PotD 26/2/12 1/7/15 2020 BASS Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Regular Season Champion 2021 BASS NFL Pick'em Regular Season Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH42XCC Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 I speak for every CFL fan on the CCSLC forums: BRING BACK THE RENEGADES!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 I speak for every CFL fan on the CCSLC forums: BRING BACK THE RENEGADES!!!No, you don't. PotD 26/2/12 1/7/15 2020 BASS Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Regular Season Champion 2021 BASS NFL Pick'em Regular Season Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torin_2 Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 I speak for every CFL fan on the CCSLC forums: BRING BACK THE RENEGADES!!!Let's not revisit that.Anyway, the president-guy-person said the name would grow on us. Yeah. No. Can someone help me please with my predicament?-TorinK29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH42XCC Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Meh, regardless, I'd pick RedBlacks over Renegades any day.Though it could've been a lot better to go with Rough Riders (had the owners of the Saskatchewan Roughriders not trademarked it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianLion Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 This only works if your team was founded in 1913, not 2013.Also that logo makes me want to go out and cut some crown moulding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Meh, regardless, I'd pick RedBlacks over Renegades any day.You just said you wanted to bring back the Renegades.Though it could've been a lot better to go with Rough Riders (had the owners of the Saskatchewan Roughriders not trademarked it).Well they did :\ PotD 26/2/12 1/7/15 2020 BASS Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Regular Season Champion 2021 BASS NFL Pick'em Regular Season Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chawls Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 I speak for every CFL fan on the CCSLC forums: BRING BACK THE RENEGADES!!!Meh, regardless, I'd pick RedBlacks over Renegades any day. Quote If you hadn't noticed, Chawls loves his wrestling, whether it be real life or sim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Via Cam Cole of the Vancouver Sun, my dumbest suspicions have been confirmed:So Ottawa's CFL entry wants to make sure media spells team name REDBLACKS in all caps. Good luck with that.Not RedBlacks. Not Redblacks. It's the Ottawa REDBLACKS, the team name you can't pronounce correctly below 90 decibels.Something tells me this outfit is going to have Ottawans longing for the Gliebermanns by late-summer 2014. On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMac Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Via Cam Cole of the Vancouver Sun, my dumbest suspicions have been confirmed:So Ottawa's CFL entry wants to make sure media spells team name REDBLACKS in all caps. Good luck with that.Not RedBlacks. Not Redblacks. It's the Ottawa REDBLACKS, the team name you can't pronounce correctly below 90 decibels.Something tells me this outfit is going to have Ottawans longing for the Gliebermanns by late-summer 2014.Or like I said on Facebook "the owner is a 12 year old girl on twitter"... or Max Power "where every letter is just important as the letter that precedes it" lol... what a mess GDB... Brothers from other Mothers www.pifflespodcast.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Maybe even more important!No, wait, as important.Maybe this is just an oddity of the press release, but every single mention of the team name on the CFL's website, and on what little there is of the team's site, is in all-caps: "REDBLACKS". No "RedBlacks" or "Redblacks" to be found anywhere. I hope they weren't silly enough to make the team's name all-caps.There was a while there where we were supposed to refer to the Miami Heat as the HEAT. I don't think it ever really took. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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