I don't know about you, but living in DC I get the...
"I-State? Are you from Illinois?" (when wearing Iowa State gear)
"I'm from Iowa." "Oh, you're from Ohio? That's neat." ...all the damn time
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I don't know about you, but living in DC I get the...
"I-State? Are you from Illinois?" (when wearing Iowa State gear)
"I'm from Iowa." "Oh, you're from Ohio? That's neat." ...all the damn time
Never but I don't live in DC either so my opportunities are usually at Reagan, the arena or at the Sheraton
I have lived in Michigan for 6 years and have literally had only one person not know the I-State logo referred to Iowa State, and that was an ******* Walmart Wolverine trying to pick a fight with what he thought was an Ohio State fan.
Your problem is you live in Washington, D.C., where literally next to nobody gives a rat's ass about college sports.
I wish we would have modernized this concept, rather than "I-State" out of nowhere.
We are not I-State -- we are ISU. The "State" is weirdly prominent and frowning. This was what Bruce and the team wore to the Peach Bowl, too.
Having the block "I" and the ISU at the same time is perfect.
That with updated colors, a sharper font, and a gold outline instead of a cardinal or white one would be killer. Anybody want to mock that one up?
I did something like it once for helmets...
My MS Paint skills are limited, however.
Add in the 80s tornado and the walking Cy for our nickname and mascot logos and we'd have been set for the next century. Alas, we have what we have.
Someone on this site used to use this ISU logo modified to the current "Cyclone" font, both the gigantic "I" and the "ISU", as their site avatar. It was a fantastic logo
Looks like they fooled us all; the big changes were multi-colored visors on the helmets.
I travel a decent amount around the southeast and people recognize the I-State logo more than anything else. I bet you that most people outside the midwest would not recognize the blender-bird or just the cyclone logo.
As a side note, I hate the vertical ISU inside the letter I. We aren't Iowa Iowa State; there is no purpose for the second "I" in the logo. If you must put ISU inside of a shape, just put it inside the freaking outline of the state. It'd look equally tacky to me but at least it would make sense.
As a note, is there any other current major sport logo that uses letters inside of a giant letter like that vertical ISU logo has?
Never saw that, but I had the same idea last fall when doing the Cyclone Soup series over at WRNL. See it on the helmet here:
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However, that design is cool, yet nags at me too, so I made this variation the following week to eliminate the redundant "I":
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I never said that we get confused with those schools... I am saying that neither "ISU" nor "I-State" is unique to us, in any way. I did say though that the cyclone mascot is unique to us and that it is a loss to not use it more effectively.
People recognize "I-State" and our basketball team, because our basketball team has been a national brand the past 6 years. It is in no way because of our logo make people think, "I-State? Oh that must be IOWA state.."
If we had any logo it would be more recognized now because of our success nationally with basketball. It's just too bad that the recognition came with a terrible logo..
Except for the fact that nationally when people who know anything about college sports look at the I-State logo they immediately identify it with Iowa State, it means the logo is working. Who cares if that's due to the success Iowa State has had in basketball in the 2010s. Do you really think the Duke logo would be nearly as recognizable if it wasn't for their 30 years of basketball dominance? It certainly isn't their football team that's making that logo recognizable.
As far as the I-State logo being "terrible", you are in an extreme minority in that opinion. Do people think the logo could be better (eliminating bevels, especially on uniforms, stenciling the logo, reversing the colors)? Of course. Do people want additional "character" logos like a cardinal logo or a tornado logo or - gasp - the whirlybird logo, in addition to the I-State logo? Of course (especially if it means the elimination of the "Bucky Cy" logo - which IS a terrible logo). But do most people want to eliminate the I-State logo? Hardly - especially since ISU has actually created a nationally-recognizable identity over the last decade with that logo.
I was exactly here not tooMy turn:
long ago. Then I started to realize that too much white, and too many accents, doesn't look so good, especially with different combinations. I'll play around w/ it some more, and post later. 
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Never saw that, but I had the same idea last fall when doing the Cyclone Soup series over at WRNL. See it on the helmet here:
However, that design is cool, yet nags at me too, so I made this variation the following week to eliminate the redundant "I":
I know its not your doing, but I absolutely hate that style of facemask.
Kagavi, you really need to get hired by the Athletic Dept. You've always got great ideas!Never saw that, but I had the same idea last fall when doing the Cyclone Soup series over at WRNL. See it on the helmet here:
However, that design is cool, yet nags at me too, so I made this variation the following week to eliminate the redundant "I":
With that said, Our primary I-State logo is here to stay. I like this though. Get em with some of your other ideas, haha.
You have the best avatar but absolutely the worst attitude.
The 90s want their catchphrases back, though. BOOYAH!
I agree with the primary logo not changing but we will use multiple helmet logos. In CMC time at toledo they used at least 12 different logos and like 5 diff helmet colors.
