The biggest thing I'd wish with the new unis is for the helmets to be the same gold as the rest, instead of cardinal. I think that'd look better, especially with the I State being predominantly red already. It would stand out more.
Keep Cy Off the Helmet Petition
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While I liked the whirlybird logo, I still love I-State. The one argument that still makes me mad is the "What does the 'I' stand for? :wacko: Is it Indiana? Idaho? Iceland?" It's just as bad as "What's that thing on the helmet? A bird in a blender?"
Fortunately, I have the solution. If I had photoshop skillz, I'd make a picture, but for now you're going to have to use your imagination.
The side of our helmet should read as follows:
The Iowa State University of Science and Technology
Established: 1858
Located: Ames, Iowa, United States of America, North America, Western Hemisphere, Earth
Enrollment: 26,160
Nickname: Cyclones
Mascot: Cy (cardinal)
Below this is a map of the USA with a star on Ames, IA
Fortunately, I have the solution. If I had photoshop skillz, I'd make a picture, but for now you're going to have to use your imagination.
The side of our helmet should read as follows:
The Iowa State University of Science and Technology
Established: 1858
Located: Ames, Iowa, United States of America, North America, Western Hemisphere, Earth
Enrollment: 26,160
Nickname: Cyclones
Mascot: Cy (cardinal)
Below this is a map of the USA with a star on Ames, IA
I know the new look is going to be slowly implemented over the next year, but I would think cyclones.com's design would be updated with the revised colors and logo soon.....as well as the graphics for tv use.
My favorite part of that post was when that person got mad that we were getting rid of the navy blue.
NAVY BLUE IS NOT ONE OF OUR SCHOOL COLORS. If we're just going to use any random color we feel like, why don't we just make our uniforms black and gold with some pink trim, maybe a rainbow for a stripe?
*slaps self for blasphemy*
CARDINAL and GOLD. Not red, not yellow, not ketchup, not mustard, not pink, not blue, not black, not GREEN IN THE ******* STUDENT SECTION ON CARDINAL RULES DAY, CARDINAL and GOLD!!! :arghh::arghh::arghh::arghh::arghh:
I think everything, including the website, will start with football next year. I don't think they want to start changing things now because basketball, and even football for the remainder of the season will have punching Cy as logos.
Wait a minute...how long has that save Cy site been around? They just made the decision to switch recently and the vote has been on cyclones.com for months to let everyone have their say?
I love the post about with people complaining about losing the blue.
we have a large group of idiot fans that don't understand that the rest of the nation has a hard time dealing with "cyclones" and cardinal mascot. They think that if Miami and Alabama can pull off this confusion we should too...obviously not caring that we are not miami or alabama. Cy is great for the sidelines but has absolutely no business being in anything we market nationally.
You gotta understand the average age of people on Facebook, and the fact that they've grown up with ketchup and mustard and bird-in-a-blender. To them, that IS our tradition, at least as they know it. Elite 8, bowl games, all of that they associate with the old stuff. They don't comprehend the hundred years of history that lead up to the McCarney era.
You know what scares me...The current facebook/myspace generation. Wow, the two biggest sites for 20 somethings and it is the biggest mess on the internet.
Anyway back to topic, I LOVE the throwbacks, but I think I am going to love the IState just as much.
Anyway back to topic, I LOVE the throwbacks, but I think I am going to love the IState just as much.
Actually, 30+ people have caused a HUGE leap in facebook subscribers. Huge.
Regardless, the people that want to bring back Cy and the people that think it's stupid to bring back Cy can rest knowing Cy isn't coming back no matter how many ridiculous petitions they sign. Cy's gone people, unless you're talking about the undergrad in the costume. Time to move past denial into acceptance.
Only 6% of college teams actually have their mascot on their football helmet. This is not that big of a deal. People are reacting like we changed our name to something other than the Cyclones. It's just and image change, something Pollard said he would do on his first day here.
This is the stuff that when Jamie Pollard leaves. It will be because of stupid crap like this. He is trying to turn the whole athletics dept around and everytime he mentions a change. Everyone freaks out. Even over stupid little crap.
Not entirely correct - Cy's of the helmet - not gone. And even as a whirlybird lover, I like it that way. T-shirts and sweatshirts, great. Football helmet - used to think so, but not anymore.
