Fine. I admit it. I DO want the 1990s Cynado logo to come back.

[CascadeClone]

Agree except I prefer the circle Cy to the fisting Cy. I'd never put it on a uniform or helmet, but it's great on a hat, or a polo.

Fisting Cy is better than tertiary blue Cy by a mile, but still its a busy mess.

 

[Cloned4Life]

A while back I made a Cynado throwback uniform on CFB25 Team Builder but replaced the blue with black.


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Fantastic.

 

[Jeffrey Scott]

I-State works. I live in New England and it is recognized mostly for basketball. Why confuse anybody? Football will catch on after a few more poundings of the hoks.

 

[kevdiv48]

I wanted to hate these when I saw them but they work somehow lol. Too much black tho.

I concur with less black and more gold. but I like these way more than I expected.

 

[NickTheGreat]

Somewhere in my parents' attic I should have a Navy Blue Blender Bird flag. I should look for it and hang it high and proud!

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

Exactly. I just don't get it. Someone is being really stubborn here and given Campbell has been wearing retro logos to press conferences, my guess is it's Pollard. I understand with marketing, you want brand consistency, but we've had the I-State for long enough that it wouldn't hurt to mix things up for a few games a year. Okie St does a great job of this. You never know what logo is going to be on their helmet and no one wonders who they are.

Now, this isn't a big deal in the grand scheme, but it would be fun to try some different things once in awhile. It's inexpensive to buy decals...especially vs different uniforms or helmets. Try helmet stripes, do the stencil I-State, mix in Trice Stripes, Walking Cy, Cy-Nado, etc. a few games a year.

Not to mention lucrative. Think of the merchandise sales you could generate with the buzz from these splash logos and emblems. I'm dying to buy something that doesn't have I State on it. The colors are more important than the logo on tv imo. You can't hardly see the helmet logo on the camera anyways.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

I-State works. I live in New England and it is recognized mostly for basketball. Why confuse anybody? Football will catch on after a few more poundings of the hoks.

I've had different experiences and I've traveled to 40 states.

 

[HFCS]

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I agree it should/could be this simple.

The 90s whirlybird concept really overthought it by combining all of these into one thing, even two versions because one said "ISU" and one said "Iowa State Cyclones".

I wouldn't hate if the tornado graphic were refined a tiny bit, but the bones of the 70s/80s mark are fine. Resist the urge to go back to having text attached to that tornado. Keep I State for that.

 

[EnhancedFujita]

I wanted to hate these when I saw them but they work somehow lol. Too much black tho.

Well the black was a reaction to CW frequently saying to ditch gold and use black.

 

[CySanka3]

Issue with recent logos is multiple shades of red. Anything with 2 sometimes 3 tones of red is pure s***. Use black as the shade instead of dark butt doo doo red. It ain't hard. No more multi doo doo reds.

 

[HFCS]

Issue with recent logos is multiple shades of red. Anything with 2 sometimes 3 tones of red is pure s***. Use black as the shade instead of dark butt doo doo red. It ain't hard. No more multi doo doo reds.

Using darker shade of same color to outline was very contemporary when I State logo dropped, but also it avoided black/yellow similar to Iowa.

Right now the trend is avoid outlines completely, zero outlines.

A lot of it is driven by screen technology. In the early 00s we were an "online world" yet computer displays and tvs generally had horrible low resolution so that's why you saw so many "full rendered" shiny 3D looking logos, that masked the low res screen better than anything. Now in the world of 4K displays and insane smart phone resolution, for the first time you can have flat color simple graphics that explode off the screen without any additional bells and whistles. Print and physical merch has always had that, but now screens have it too.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

Issue with recent logos is multiple shades of red. Anything with 2 sometimes 3 tones of red is pure s***. Use black as the shade instead of dark butt doo doo red. It ain't hard. No more multi doo doo reds.

Ahhh yes the oft neglected dark butt doo doo shade of red.

 

[EvilBetty]

The blender bird isn't a bad concept but if it were used again, needs a less cartoony look.
I forget the history of why this won't work logistically but it's the best imo for a helmet decal.

100% this.
whirly bird looks dumb as hell. walking cy is fine, but there are too many other schools/pro teams with red birds as mascots. including but not limited to Illinois State University. Another ISU with basically the same damn mascot.

ISU is the only team with cyclones as a team name. lean into it. it is dope as hell.

 

[hhunter]

I would curious to see a hybrid of cynado and I-State or Cyclone and I-State together. It might be too busy but it might be a way to not lose the I-State but also get some of the uniqueness of the Cyclones nickname.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

100% this.
whirly bird looks dumb as hell. walking cy is fine, but there are too many other schools/pro teams with red birds as mascots. including but not limited to Illinois State University. Another ISU with basically the same damn mascot.

ISU is the only team with cyclones as a team name. lean into it. it is dope as hell.

Ya it's incredibly annoying that we don't use a tornado as a logo. If Jamie is hell bent on sticking with I State that's fine. Don't have to use I State for everything.

 

[CycloneSpinning]

100% this.
whirly bird looks dumb as hell. walking cy is fine, but there are too many other schools/pro teams with red birds as mascots. including but not limited to Illinois State University. Another ISU with basically the same damn mascot.

ISU is the only team with cyclones as a team name. lean into it. it is dope as hell.

Just do a Google search for cyclone logo. There are several that could be slightly altered and be better than anything we’ve had.

We probably should lean into the cyclone more as an alternate though. It’s a good thought.

 

[AirWalke]

Yeah, I think this would look good on a white helmet once or twice a season:

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I never got the love for the whirly-bird logo but after seeing this color combo, I get it now. If they bring it back, it needs to be this but without the black or blue in it.

 

[KidSilverhair]

Ya it's incredibly annoying that we don't use a tornado as a logo. If Jamie is hell bent on sticking with I State that's fine. Don't have to use I State for everything.

You’re in luck! Guess what is the official Iowa State “nickname” logo?

 

[cyclones500]

I never got the love for the whirly-bird logo but after seeing this color combo, I get it now. If they bring it back, it needs to be this but without the black or blue in it.

I'm fine with this punching-Cy (without the awful lettering, blue and swooshies) - if I'd change anything, I'd make the darker-cardinal border about 50% that width.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

You’re in luck! Guess what is the official Iowa State “nickname” logo?



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I hope you stub your toe.