New Uniforms Revealed
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I believe 1978 was the same as 1977 (no UCLA piping / varsity stripes) for regular season, but am not sure (I was only 8 at the time). 1979 photo is attached, showing same color scheme w/ new logo for that year. Jersey numbers are gold.
Donnie stayed with this jersey look his first two seasons and switched helmet logos his first three seasons. His teams looked pretty good minus the constant helmet changes
For some reason, at the time, I thought the cardinal looked too maroon-ish compared to 76-78, but when I see photos of it now, they seem almost identical. Possibly I was distracted a little because there was "more red" because Duncan had switched to cardinal helmets so it was C-C-G and I was accustomed to gold/cardinal/gold - gold/white/gold. Hard to say. I definitely noticed the brighter red (and probably yellower gold) with Criner's changes.
These are fantastic. Could we see what it would look like with just the red orrnado without the yellow outlining. Also with red pants and the full length stripe. I’m picky I know. Lol
I thought the Stapleton era uniforms looked good. It would be nice to see a good colored photo of the actual C&G worn back then
Not sure if anyone would go for it, but I was curious if there any way to work the Orrnado into the helmet similar to the Oregon duck wing helmets, or like the Eagles/Vikings helmets.
I tried to do my own jank version, but I'm sure someone else could make it look way better than I did.
Not bad. As Colonel Clink would say, “Very interesting!” Or was that Arte Johnson?!
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I should have clarified that I liked them also. It’s just that it goes to a whole nother level of gold!
It’s amazing really if you just start say at the Stapleton era unis, and go to recent times, how much things changed, and not for the better.
Not a bad idea at all. I'm thinking a gold or white face mask might improve it a little.
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That is a million times better with cardinal socks instead of making it look like a golden pair of yoga pants/a golden leotard when the pants and socks match.
Even a relatively neutral color (e.g., white or black) would be better.
I think that looks pretty good -- but I would prefer a cardinal mask with it.
Definitely cardinal mask is necessary with that get-up. I didn't attempt it because my limited skill I thought it'd look worse.
Yeah, it looks good. Thank you for that.
I know Campbell is anti-gold, and he was at Toledo, too.
But having a set of gold pants and/or a gold helmet would be really easy and pair well with the existing cardinal and white assets that we have.
G/C/G
C/C/G
G/W/G
C/W/G
etc.
= would all look really nice in the rotation.
I know a gold football jersey is controversial around here (even if I like it, but not as much as I love the one for the basketball team), but you do not need to do that.
Oh well.
Always love to see some photoshop work. I know that gold is a very hard shade to get right, even if you have the color shade in mind. The more I do PhotoEditing the more I realize how difficult it is to get a correct shade, particulary Gold for us Cyclones!
One of the recent gold shades I did, this one,
, I really thought I had the sunflower or '76 gold shade down. I probably took it from pic of gold helmet in Earl Bruce era. I realize now that it is too red/orange. It took many takes to get that shade. My latest effort to get close to our historical '67-'83 gold is here,
again after many takes/attempts. I think this second one better approximates our '70's and early '80's gold.
, I really thought I had the sunflower or '76 gold shade down. I probably took it from pic of gold helmet in Earl Bruce era. I realize now that it is too red/orange. It took many takes to get that shade. My latest effort to get close to our historical '67-'83 gold is here,
again after many takes/attempts. I think this second one better approximates our '70's and early '80's gold.
Quote: "I know Campbell is anti-gold, and he was at Toledo, too."
Do we really know this or are we just speculating? Could it be he does not like our current shade of gold? Would he be open to an addition of our historical '67-'82 shade of gold?
If the answer to that last question is "possibly" then the time might be right to consider it.
I have two pieces of evidence for you.
(1.) The proof is in the pudding. Toledo is navy/gold and Iowa State is cardinal/gold, but both schools experienced a significant decline in gold elements as a part of their football kits once Campbell became the head coach of each program.
(2.) I think Campbell basically said it on a podcast with CW. I think CW has repeated a few times on podcasts and the radio show when the inevitable uniform conversations come up. I know I remember Campbell saying he loves black, too, and you can see that in his personal wardrobe, which presents complications considering black and gold is still something of a taboo for our athletic department and fan base.
The fact the redesign led to cardinal, white, and black elements -- like we are Louisville or something -- instead of gold a few years ago should tell you everything.
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Just need to periodically remind folks of how INACCURATE the Trice throwbacks were:
Carry on.
Carry on.
