Iowa State Uniform Discussions
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After this I'll be done complaining I swear... but I agree, our previous unis were actually unique and just needed some updating.
Add some white accents to the red jersey to tie into the white pants better, move the shoulder number to the top of the shoulder and make the shoulder design much larger and add a white accent to it (it would be covered up half the time the way the jerseys are super tight). And add a pant stripe or design.
They got striped away all the unique design elements of the previous unis and replaced all that with plain colored stripes on the shoulder and that's it I think If they were going for a more old school look they should have just done the different size stripes like the chiefs or packers.
Anyways that just my opinion.
I think they are great. Simple and classy. The only thing I would have loved to see is "CYCLONES" on the front of the home jersey. I love how the men's basketball team has that on the front of the white home jerseys. It's subtle, but a nice touch. There are no other teams called Cyclones. Love when we promote it.
Other than that, I'm a fan. Really like the addition of gold pants. Cardinal tops with Gold pants would be a great regular home uniform.
Other than that, I'm a fan. Really like the addition of gold pants. Cardinal tops with Gold pants would be a great regular home uniform.
Well, and as I look at these more, welp! The design is not great and it starts with the shoulder stripes. It moves on from there. It might have been better with some pant or helmet stripes (at least for the white and gold pant). The choice of the shoulder stripes indicates to me they wanted no stripes elsewhere. They would have been problematic to match thruout the set.
Beyond that, I'm amazed that they appear to have brightened our cardinal that we've had for the past 16 years. Either that or Nike whiffed on getting the shade right. And we whiffed on allowing it and accepting it. The cardinal helmet is now uncomfortably much darker than the cardinal jersey, visually. A little bit darker is acceptable, but what I'm seeing is more than that.
The numbers are questionable, as some have said, they do look stretched lengthwise, too much. Perhaps more reveal with different angles and consistent lighting, I'll change my mind on the colors and numbers.
I don't believe the white helmet with the black logo is a different helmet. That is just the equipment department changing out the decals and bumpers, IMO. It's work but I don't think that's a huge deal for them, as long as they are not doing it frequently.
Please, for the love of god, use some alternate helmet logos once in a while now!
Is there a reason we have so many cool iterations of Cy but refuse to ever adorn our football helmets with them?
If you have time do you think you could take that picture of Noel in C/W/W from the promo today and inverse the colors of the numbers? I'm curious how the gold would look wrapped in cardinal and I think it would look awesome with the gold pants.We can start working on the next change now.
Yeah, I thought no stripes in the pants (white pant for sure, possibly the cardinal pant as well (and the gold), was a strong possibility. The black pants do not need a stripe! That is for certain, I think.
But they were limited in what they could do, with the selection of the 5 stripe (white predominant) shoulder stripe. With that pick, Stripes were a little more busy and hard to figure. So they went no pant helmet stripes, again.
The no stripe (pant and shoulder) has a certain value. It's a cleaner, more basic look. Check that box anyway. The maintenance on the helmets are easier. I would have liked to have seen a stripe in the helmet or pant.
Next time!
Happy to do that. I'm going to wait a few days and let all this reveal sink in, though.
Regarding the use of alternate or retro logos, I believe Pollard said the coaching staff and decision makers for each individual team have full access and discretion to use whatever is within the marketing guidelines and style guide for uniforms. Really sad that we don’t leverage much outside of I-State. The Trice stripes were definitely a start though.
Campbell must fancy making the I State sacred which makes me want to puke. If we wore the updated tornado like was posted a page or so back I'd probably die from over joy.
I doubt Campbell cares either way. He often wears gear that doesn’t have the I State on it.
At minimum, we should be using alternative logos on the helmets. That’s has to be cheap and I would guess each helmet gets reworked after each game so it’s not like the EQ staff doesn’t have the time to switch them out week to week.
Just takes the interest from Campbell to give enough of a **** to put the effort towards making it happen. Imma put that likelihood at around .001% chance.
Among things I would change, within the same template -- cardinal jersey, shoulder stripes should be gold-white-gold-white-gold. White "floats" at the edges and I think it'd be make the white strip/white numeral more complementary.
Note: That's seeing it from front-on view, may not matter much.
Note: That's seeing it from front-on view, may not matter much.
