I like it, especially as the base sets for the uniform. They can throw in alternate helmets and logos anytime on top of that too.
Reminds me a lot of Toledos various sets of uniform parts, so that makes sense.
POLL: Football Uniforms... Where Do You Stand?
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I like it, especially as the base sets for the uniform. They can throw in alternate helmets and logos anytime on top of that too.
Reminds me a lot of Toledos various sets of uniform parts, so that makes sense.
Those "Trice Stripe" shoulders are fun as hell. Need a side view to really show them off. I also love the Criner Clone on the red helmet. Looks iconic and classic.
When the poster came out a while back with that picture, I saw Iowa State Football's Twitter respond to people asking "ARE THOSE THE NEW UNIFORMS?!?" by basically saying that it is just a generic red jersey with Iowa State on it and it isn't the new uniforms.
It depends if we suck or not. If we suck and keep running out with new uniforms. It's still no fun. If we are good and we are mixing up the Uni's. It's all good. The only thing that is always good is the tailgating. We can suck or be good. Either way. We are doing tailgating right.
Personally, I don't care. Wear whatever as long as you're winning. But I also understand that the alternate uniforms aren't really for the benefit of the fans. The players get excited about that stuff and so do recruits, so it's just part of what a coaching staff has to do to be or remain successful.
edit: I will say that if I never saw the alternate gray unis the men's basketball team wore last season that would be alright with me. Those things were an affront to humanity.
edit: I will say that if I never saw the alternate gray unis the men's basketball team wore last season that would be alright with me. Those things were an affront to humanity.
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Helping how? I hate adding a lot of black to uniforms when it's not part of your color scheme. But since Campbell and the kids obviously have huge boners for black swag, I say let them indulge themselves every once in a while if they keep winning football games.
I like how they mix and match right now. Black seems a little over the top to me, but if it helps with recruitment I'm all for it.
The way I see it is if the kids want to go out and play wearing an alternate scheme once in a while then what does that hurt. In the end they're still kids that put in a ton of time so they deserve to have some fun with it.
Land Shark is correct in that the '80s Cyclone first originated with the football team and Roger Gade, who worked for Iowa State for nearly two decades, (well after Criner left) and remains a lifetime member of the Cyclone Letterwinners Club.
That era was much more casual with logo usage than today. There were many different logos floating around, but only one logo had both the school name and nickname, hence the '80s Cyclone was put in use as the school logo for about a decade. Some of it made its way over to the basketball program. Just look at the jacket Hornacek is holding here:
In some of my previous stories, I chose to frame it as the Orr Cyclone, given that Johnny Orr was the most prominent face of ISU athletics at that time, and the Cyclone logo was the most prominent school logo at that time. While Johnny did mostly use Cy, it was the only Cyclone logo during Johnny's time at Iowa State. This cannot be disputed.
Sure, the football team was mediocre, aligning completely with ISU's historical record, but as Pollard explained earlier this year regarding the bugle logo, game results (aka Texas) don't have any bearing on the logo quality.
You know what else happened during the decade of the 1980s Cyclone?
Johnny Orr and Barry Stevens originated Hilton Magic
The 1987 wrestling team won the national championship
The 1989 cross country team won the national championship
The 1987 wrestling team won the national championship
The 1989 cross country team won the national championship
Even with all of that wonderful history, the 1980s Cyclone is undeniably dated. Thus a forum member (IG: Friendan.Design) redesigned the entire Cyclone to be less stilted and modern. It's the best of both worlds--it retains the iconic concept of the 1980s logo and successes without explicitly being attached to Criner.
When I think of the 1980s, I think of Hilton Magic and national championships.
Embrace Heritage.
Embrace the Orr Cyclone.
Land Shark is correct in that the '80s Cyclone first originated with the football team and Roger Gade, who worked for Iowa State for nearly two decades, (well after Criner left) and remains a lifetime member of the Cyclone Letterwinners Club.
That era was much more casual with logo usage than today. There were many different logos floating around, but only one logo had both the school name and nickname, hence the '80s Cyclone was put in use as the school logo for about a decade. Some of it made its way over to the basketball program. Just look at the jacket Hornacek is holding here:
In some of my previous stories, I chose to frame it as the Orr Cyclone, given that Johnny Orr was the most prominent face of ISU athletics at that time, and the Cyclone logo was the most prominent school logo at that time. While Johnny did mostly use Cy, it was the only Cyclone logo during Johnny's time at Iowa State. This cannot be disputed.
Sure, the football team was mediocre, aligning completely with ISU's historical record, but as Pollard explained earlier this year regarding the bugle logo, game results (aka Texas) don't have any bearing on the logo quality.
You know what else happened during the decade of the 1980s Cyclone?
Johnny Orr and Barry Stevens originated Hilton Magic
The 1987 wrestling team won the national championship
The 1989 cross country team won the national championship
Even with all of that wonderful history, the 1980s Cyclone is undeniably dated. Thus a forum member (IG: Friendan.Design) redesigned the entire Cyclone to be less stilted and modern. It's the best of both worlds--it retains the iconic concept of the 1980s logo and successes without explicitly being attached to Criner.
When I think of the 1980s, I think of Hilton Magic and national championships.
Embrace Heritage.
Embrace the Orr Cyclone.
I hope they keep it simple, utilize the Cardinal and Gold most games and mix it up for some games to keep the guys/recruits excited. And, can we have a GOLD helmet to the mix? Just don't ever use that garbage cyclone logo they rolled out for the Texas game ever again.
Please use this Cyclone logo for our "nickname-logo."
Please use this Cyclone logo for our "nickname-logo."
Well I think the football helmets would look odd with the Orr Dribbling Cy.
Just my 2 cents
