Lights Out's NCAA Football

[GeauxColonels]

I've been struck with the college football concept bug lately, so here goes...

LSU

Lots of inspiration taken from their ProCombats (color scheme, sublimated tiger stripes). Every striping pattern and wordmark is now unified, the Geaux font is finally used for the numbers, and the tiger logo on the helmet is an actual tiger instead of a vague blob.

Oregon State

While finding stuff for the concept, I came across Oregon State's academic logo, and it's so badass that I had to use it on the helmets. Everything here is mix-and-match, like the Ducks, but unlike Oregon, I wanted to emphasize a more classic look. Simple rounded striping and a beaver tail pattern make it pop.

I like the idea you have here for LSU. Using the "Geaux" font on the helmet is a definite upgrade. The newer tiger logo is fine. I'm just not sure I could get used to the old gold versus their canary they use now. It just looks to Washington-like for me. But it's still a great concept. I would also suggest trying the numerals without the outlines.

I like the Oregon State unis and that logo. But I think a different font make look better. The rounded font and wordmark they currently use just clash badly with the pointy "OSU" logo you used.

[JPDesign]

The OSU one feels weird to have rounded stripes when that logo is so geometric. It'd be cool to see some more of that layering/angling from the logo in the striping.

[andrewharrington]

UNC is really good. One of the best packages you've ever put together. I like the emphasis on gold and white for Georgia Tech (their true colors), but I don't know if the honeycomb is executed properly. The rest are a collection of some promising ideas and some creative throwaways, but none of it is really finished quite right. Always fun seeing your imagination at work, though.

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Duke

Just like with UNC, I pretty much went for the obvious approach with Duke, going with a simple basketball-inspired look.

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Virginia Tech

This one is less of a concept and more of a recreation. I took this uniform set and adapted it to the ProCombat template, while adding in a couple helmets and tweaking the pants stripe.

[nuordr]

Add a white helmet to the Duke set and it would be perfect. VT on the other hand, not so much. I understand that it is a re-hash, but no matter how many times you shine a turd, at the end of the day it is still a turd.

[thespleenenator]

The pants stripe ruins the VT uniform. I actually like the jersey and helmets, but the pants stripe reminds me too much of the old Mizzou template. The problem with this concept is that if they don't go monochrome, it's going to look very disjointed. You could probably get away with a maroon jersey with orange pants, because the piping is white on both of them. But if you pair any color jersey with the white pants, or colored pants with the white jersey, it's going to look strange. I'm not entirely sure how to fix this, but you're going to need a redo on the pants.

[Raysfan12]

I would say Duke is an upgrade and Virginia Tech is a downgrade in my opinion. Still, you did a good job and I can't wait for more of your concepts.

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Iowa State

Pretty much a modernized version of the Troy Davis-era uniforms, which I liked.

[JPDesign]

VT is an über downgrade.

The inclusion of black into th ISU set is a negative as well.

[Raysfan12]

The inclusion of black on ISU's uniform is actually an upgrade because it separates them from Southern California (USC). I also like the helmet and hopefully the logo has a bit more contrast. Great Job! (**) (**)

[henburg]

These are all really good. Iowa State and LSU are my favorites so far. However, I would like to see a version of Iowa State without black.

[Kevin W.]

Sorry, but that Va Tech one does not work at all. All you've done is thrown out a great solid look and replaced it with a rehashed less-than-stellar "modern" look.

[mattb6]

that iowa state helmet is awesome

[Lights Out]

The inclusion of black on ISU's uniform is actually an upgrade because it separates them from Southern California (USC).

That's one of the reasons I went with black. The other reason is that the original Davis-era uniforms (as well as the Seneca Wallace set) used a dark royal blue color in the striping and logos, which always reminded me of Kansas.

[Lights Out]

Sorry, but that Va Tech one does not work at all. All you've done is thrown out a great solid look and replaced it with a rehashed less-than-stellar "modern" look.

I know I'm biased since it's my concept and all, but I must quibble with the idea that VT has a great solid look. Currently they're juggling a million different helmets, two completely different Virginia Tech monograms, and trying to do an Oregon-esque mix-and-match thing with bland classic uniforms. They look like a slapdash mess.

I brought back the previous uniform set for my concepr because I liked it the best, but I wouldn't be opposed to the return of either the Druckenmiller/Mike Vick uniforms or the Marcus Vick uniforms.

[capitalcanuck]

With your VaTech concept use the pro combat template to your advantage you probably could make a better one using the template lines as bounderies but thats just my opinion

[Saathoff]

I like what you've done with Iowa State. But I'm 100% against black or any blue color. Reasons being, one black is the main color of our in state rival Iowa. Which won't go over well with the Cyclone fan base. For blue, it just isn't a school color, and never should be. ever. Plain and simple.

But I do like the design. I still like what Iowa State has now, and personally think if someone can modernize the old 3 stripe design or bring more life to it and get a way from the overall USC look that'd be great.

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Iowa

Basically a mix of their Tim Dwight-era and Apex-era uniforms.

Baylor

Firstly, in an effort to restore coherence to Baylor's overall aesthetics, they're an Adidas school now that uses green and athletic gold like nearly all their other sports. I also used a simple piping pattern similar to what their men's basketball team uses, and updated their BU monogram to match their custom font.

[Kevin W.]

I'm not sure about the shape of the stripes. It just looks weird how they end on the sleeves.

Otherwise, that looks excellent.