8BW14 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Grey alt is EWWW gross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CS85 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 http://imgur.com/a/NINas#0Full album there.Houston Texans-sized collars to boot. Quote "You are nothing more than a small cancer on this message board. You are not entertaining, you are a complete joke." twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPDesign Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Triangle detailing in the basketball uniform trim: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lights Out Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Please, lord, let it be Vikings-like in terms of it's simplicity and not Boise St-ish.Huh? Boise's uniforms are even simpler than the Vikings'.Illinois' new look is okay... I wish they had worked in the zig-zag elements on the football uniforms, though. POTD: 2/4/12 3/4/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debo0775 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Other than the helmets being kinda garbage, I really, really, really like the Illini's football uniforms.They're a fairly cohesive uniform that's relatively traditional/representative of what a "traditional" Illinois uniform would be in a modern era. I think they did a really nice job there, personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcgd Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I like the orange helmet (single outline I! Rejoice!) and the subtle stripes in the jerseys which I assume connect with red grange but... Everything else I'm pretty disappointed. There is no character here. Not really sure what's up with that secondary. Just use the single outline I and be done with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STL FANATIC Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 There's like 3 redeemable elements to the whole thing. Mostly, though, it sucks. This isn't a consistent brand. It's three bad new fonts used on a bunch of random uniforms. It's a primary logo that was awkwardly tweaked and an alternate logo that's just awkward. Bleh. JUSTIN STRIEBEL | PORTFOLIO | RESUME | CONTACT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debo0775 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Adding to my thoughts above, this refresh is (more or less) a modernization of this:In that regard, I think this rebrand turned out nicely for the Illini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razorback447 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I wish they would have brought the white middle stripe down to the pants so it matches the jersey and helmet stripes but other that I really like them. That orange helmet looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdougfresh Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 My thoughts: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Ugh. Gray alternate for basketball.Football has sublimated vertical stripes. (interesting...)Full set of pics: http://m.imgur.com/a/NINasCollar logo is kind of nice though.The sublimated stripes are supposed to mimic the stripes on the Red Grange era uniforms.Should have spent that money on animating his corpse. It would have done them more good in the long run.And do the "1"s in the font symbolize the number of games they will win next season?-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------OK, and to meet the defenders of the designers halfway. The incompetent halfwit designers and the incompetent halfwit MAC athletic director, incompetent halfwit MAC basketball coach, and very incompetent eighthwit MAC football coach should all be terminated for this. For whatever definition of terminated you choose to use. 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...
mcrosby Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Here's the Red Grange uniform, for reference. A fairly common uniform of the time, a fairly uncommon player: might as well pay homage in some small way. https://twitter.com/OutOfThisWC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midway Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 The whole thing is pretty underwhelming for all the hype that came with it. But jesus the block I on the helmets is truly a massive eyesore, like a compromise they can't get away from. I do love the nod to the Grange era unis though, those were a true staple of old school Illinois football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Noire Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I don't have much of an opinion on Illinois new look as I'm not that knowledgeable about the Illini brand, but just in terms of design I'd say its not bad. Which at this point is a win for Nike. The italic font is unfortunate as are the number one letter I's but they are still pretty tame by Nike standards. We have seen some crazy fonts lately and this ain't one of them. Its just basic but again since I don't know the brand, based on some of your responses, this would've been a time for Nike to get weird. Or a least unique. The sublimation is a nice nod to the past that isn't over done, so that's a plus. I see a clean, modern uniform that doesn't make me sad so I'm giving Nike/Illinois the thumbs up. That new logo looks pretty cool too. I don't know what it means but at least it's not just an 'I' anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy B Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Here's a good look at the alternate logo.Not sure right now what my overall opinion on the rebrand is. I'll probably wait until it's all officially unveiled and I see it live tomorrow night to write up a long post on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clintau24 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Based on what we've got already (and I am waiting for the full reveal for more opinion) I really like this. Clean and crisp, but yes, a bit underwhelming. "I believe in Auburn and love it!" Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONUV Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 huge upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illini1 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Here's the Red Grange uniform, for reference. A fairly common uniform of the time, a fairly uncommon player: might as well pay homage in some small way. That's a Chicago Bears jersey. This is the jersey he wore at Illinois. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrosby Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Here's the Red Grange uniform, for reference. A fairly common uniform of the time, a fairly uncommon player: might as well pay homage in some small way. That's a Chicago Bears jersey. This is the jersey he wore at Illinois.So it is, thank you. https://twitter.com/OutOfThisWC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubsFanBudMan Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I'm not sure the changes we've seen so far qualify as a rebrand, and that's probably a good thing. Looks like Illinois. The details are nice but too small/subtle to notice (football Grange stripes, basketball triangle pattern). Even the 1LL1NO1S wordmark seems like an evolution of the Giants script, to me anyway.Not sure I like the shield... why bother? I'm sure Nike will say it "evokes the spirit of Red Grange and ... America." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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