No. Those are so hard to do well. I agree with the spirit of this but it just doesn’t ever look good.
Iowa State Uniform Discussions
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If you're going to do a retro uniform, you HAVE to get it right. You can't just order a crappy set of them and call it good. We'd have to get the correct colors for all aspects of the uniforms and get it perfect. A lot of throwbacks turn out bad because they don't spend the money on high quality uniforms because they're only going to be used one time.
Well for most of the world "state" is used to mean "nation" more than it is used to mean "province" like it is used in the United States. The whole thing comes from the idea that we are a confederation of sovereign states (or nations).
I've never understood the loss of the gold/yellow helmet option. I remember when they did the I-State redesign and had the uniform options with white helmets it struck me as odd. We don't have any white trim on the home uniforms, so the white helmet just looked out of place. I'll admit, they look fantastic with our away uniforms though. I guess since they've added the black, we'll never see them, but I would rather have had the yellow helmet to go with a yellow pant, red jersey combo. Keep the red helmets, they still look OK with the away uniforms and we would want them for an all cardinal look. Could be I'm old school and when I became a fan, we had yellow helmets, but I think we are missing out on a really sharp look that few teams have.
I do not get why there would be any opposition to gold.
It is just as much of a school color as cardinal and differentiates us from the bevy of red and maroon schools out there. Our gold basketball uniforms...
...are absolutely great, too.
All gold is pretty good for basketball.
Not a huge fan of them in football...definitely that 'Ronald McDonald' thing. Maybe gold helmets too? I also think the below looks more yellow although a darker shade of gold is more of a 49ers look. Maybe an inbetween.
I ain't asking for gold jerseys and am mixed on gold helmets compared to many on here.
I just want C-C-G for home games and maybe C-W-G for road games occasionally.
Good Point! Now the former Boy Scout in me wonders if the Australian flag will be placed under the US flag, or side-by-side?
The I-State logo looks just fine on the gold helmet if it's a stencil.....
Yuck. I want a gold helmet option, but if we actually do it, the branded I-State logo could be adapted to the background. I prefer not to go half-*****.
Wut? I guess I'm not sure what you're getting at?
Isn't the stencil one still the branded I-State logo? What makes is half-***** in your opinion?
Not bad, but I think I still prefer the stenciled look.
My first choice would obviously be the one on the right below (but it sounds like it will never happen)....
My second choice, and I know this will be unpopular, but a stencil of just the Cy below without the "Iowa State" part.....
I admit I was feisty when I wrote that.
I should've said I prefer standard logo over the stencil --- I don't like that stencil prototype for some reason -- @Draf stencil example above is quite cool.
When streaming ideas I would suggest not getting too particular on shade of color. Both of these are 'about' the same. So no biggy either way, right?I admit I was feisty when I wrote that.
I like the @Draf gold helmet with his stencil a little better because the cardinal color is more true, and I also prefer the solid cardinal "I", just looks better and more contrast to the gold background.
Here we go!
Don't get me wrong. I appreciate your opinion, that's fine. I hope we don't get into too much of a re-hash (OK I guess, I don't really care) on alternate logos though.
That said, yes, the Orr-tornado would be awesome!
I was thinking, the Akron look last year, c-c-w (wht socks), my least favorite combo to date (that we've used anyway)... how would that look now with the new Cardinal jersey? Would it improve any?
OK a little better, red socks help but still not a great combo for me.
Would yellow socks help? Not so much.
How about black socks and alternate modified black collar (that ship has sailed I think)? Maybe a little better, but I like black better than some on here. Still a meh for me.
C-c-w still not a great combo for me. Would gold pants solve that, use c-c-g instead, say once per year. Well, duh, yes!
OK a little better, red socks help but still not a great combo for me.
Would yellow socks help? Not so much.
How about black socks and alternate modified black collar (that ship has sailed I think)? Maybe a little better, but I like black better than some on here. Still a meh for me.C-c-w still not a great combo for me. Would gold pants solve that, use c-c-g instead, say once per year. Well, duh, yes!
Then I thought how would this poor combo of c-c-w look with a gold helmet? Would that help it? Gold socks to try first?
Even better, red socks...? Now that's more like it. Another reason for a gold helmet. So much better than the c-c-w, IMO.
Even better, red socks...? Now that's more like it. Another reason for a gold helmet. So much better than the c-c-w, IMO.
