So for next year, here are my combination picks/choices. This is assuming we get the gold and grey helmets, stripes on all helmets, and white accent, keeping the current shoulder stripe design. In no particular order of preference, 7 Homes games first, (whoops, 8 here, make one an alternate), and 5 Away games (next post...)
IBlack really is not an option for an ISU, too ....
Interesting. "gray storm clouds" is something I hadn't thought about. I thought our gray color looked a little sick and greenish, but now that you mention it, perhaps it makes sense as a sick storm cloud color. All of a sudden, I'm liking the gray uniforms a little more because it actually might tie into the Cyclones!
As with most things uniform design/coloration, it is all about the shade. If you went more with a silver (closer to that Wyoming uni, but even lighter)...that'd look pretty slick.
Or you lose the "storm" thing going on that @Cycsk seemed to enjoy.
Or you get an "unwashed jerseys" kind of thing going on.
I'd just rather we'd stick with cardinal, gold, and white.
The three look great together. There's a reason people like our current road set more than our current home set. We underdid the white in the home set last time around.
As far as the whole 'Storm' thing, that is what made me modify the Cyclone swirl/tornado. I would love to see it incorporated in some minor way, perhaps as a decal or secondary pant/sleeve logo, in the color of gray (w/ yellow and ligher gray shade for depth). It could also be cardinal/gold. View attachment 45573
What I'm gathering is that many of of like the "traditional look", and some of us hedge on too much gray, or the gray in general. I like like gray on occasion, especially if the Coach and players want it. I also like the traditional, and have found a place for the 'gray swirl/tornado'. I think it looks great in the front of the pant/hip. I also added a hint of gray/gold for the chest "XII and swoosh". I think adding a little subtle gray tones down the cardinal/yellow, which sometimes can be over-powering. Also there is some shading here on the swirl, XII and swoosh, and red jersey, gold trim lettering, and two tone yellow/gold 'yellow jersey (next post). Don't know if they will do any of this though.Some good combos there (and some I don't like).
If we do get gold helmets and don't use a G-C-G combo at least once (preferably more) I'd be extremely disappointed. The G-G-C and G-C-C combinations look fairly sharp, though.
I didn't realize how many combos were used. I'm traditional in terms of unis but I like the all gray once a year as an alternate. I would've liked a touch lighter so they don't look black, but overall thought it looked sharp.
I would like to see the all white as our core road uni. I'm less sure about the primary home uniform.
In general I would like to see these core uniforms with the all gray once a year, and maybe a Trice inspired uniform or throwback once a year as well.
w/w/w this year...I didn't realize how many combos were used. I'm traditional in terms of unis but I like the all gray once a year as an alternate. I would've liked a touch lighter so they don't look black, but overall thought it looked sharp.
I would like to see the all white as our core road uni. I'm less sure about the primary home uniform.
In general I would like to see these core uniforms with the all gray once a year, and maybe a Trice inspired uniform or throwback once a year as well.
Likely true, yes, we'll see. I hope we don't get too many odd combinations. As I think about it, we need the yellow/gold helmet, that would be great. But I think we could save a tiny bit of money and not get the gray helmets. There would be way too many combinations w/ the gray helmet included, already a ton, and would take away from our more traditional options.I don't think we will have a "core" uniform anymore. We used a different combination every game this year and I think we can only expect the number of possible combinations to grow.
I really hope Nike goes back in our history to get our colors right.
Here are so old pic s of our helmets in the 50s
I'm more curious about the Mini-Cy on the end of that video with a lower case i on its chest. Never seen that before.
#BringBackCloneClone
http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/exhibits/Cy/clone.html
Kind of our version of "Baby Jay" back in the day --
Cy and Clone.