Alternate Uniforms for Texas Game?

[ESPY]

This is the only helmet we should ever use. You don't repaint the Mona Lisa. You don't redesign the Eiffel Tower. You don't add a wing onto the Pyramids.

 

 

I love the comparisons here, knapplc. I had no idea we were talking about 8th wonder of the world

[Minnesota_husker]

changing the uniforms a little will not make us suddenly lose games..

 

I swear people are so hung up on keeping everything the exact same as 50 years ago. I am not saying change your jeresys every 3 games, but a little change here and there wont kill the program.

[Jeremy]

"As said before... They make minor changes to the uniform every year, which I'm ok with. But all-reds is not a minor change, and it's cursed. And the N on the helmet is our identity. It's sacred ground. You don't mess with the N on the helmet."

 

Boom.

[TMagic]

You guys know the cursive script is no longer in any way associated with the University, right? That's been "officially" gone for years now.

 

They still sell apparel with that logo. New era caps come to mind.... they may not be officially licensed but they distribute a ton of gear for all ncaa teams.

[captain obvious]

Here's the pic that I mentioned earlier:

 

New Husker Uniforms.pdf

 

The PDF says "Property of Bowen Hobbs" at the bottom. I searched for his name and came up with this: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Bowen/Hobbs. Apparently he's a graphic designer in Wisconsin. He's done uniforms/sports logos before: http://lumberkings.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/08/tonights_interview.html.

 

Is anybody sure that this is legit? Maybe it's just a design excercise he was doing? Maybe he's just beefing up his portfolio.

[knapplc]

This is the only helmet we should ever use. You don't repaint the Mona Lisa. You don't redesign the Eiffel Tower. You don't add a wing onto the Pyramids.

 

 

I love the comparisons here, knapplc. I had no idea we were talking about 8th wonder of the world

 

Of course. When I was a kid I had a t-shirt that said, "...and on the 8th day, God created the Huskers." There's proof right there.

[captain obvious]

I found more: http://boards.sportslogos.net/index.php?showtopic=74167&view=&hl=ou%20cream&fromsearch=1.

 

I don't think the NU athletic department was involved with any of this.

[knapplc]

A little more digging revealed this blog. Turns out this was something he did all on his own:

 

LINK

 

PARTIAL QUOTE OF BLOG:

 

Nebraska and Wisconsin appear to be separated at birth. Both teams are red and white. Both teams use a two-stripe motif. Both teams use white helmets with red facemasks. Both teams have put a patch on the left chest of their jerseys (the Badgers moved the patch to the left hip of the pants) and place the TV numbers on their sleeves, instead of the shoulders. The only noticeable differences between the two teams (in football) are the logos and helmet stripes. The two teams' “official" colors aren't the same (Nebraska is Scarlet & Cream, while the Badgers are Cardinal & White), but the application (and variation) of their colors make the two teams almost identical. I have two proposals for a solution to this conundrum: 1) Both teams change and consult each other to ensure each team emerges with a unique brand. 2) Play for it. In Nebraska's inaugural Big Ten season, they should play Wisconsin for the right to keep the uniforms, with the losing team making significant stylistic alterations. In addition, it would make a great start to an emerging rivalry. It could even be played at a neutral site, like Lambeau Field, not to mention the added stakes would certainly help draw a national television audience. Of course, this would have to happen at the end of the season, so the losing team could have enough time to make the uniform change.

 

“Playing for the uniforms" could also help historical powerhouses whose styles have been imitated. Michigan could play Delaware for the helmets, while USC could vanquish Iowa State from its look. This concept could also have helped Oklahoma keep Indiana from playing copycat a few years ago. And the SEC's Bulldogs and Tigers could play for the mascots.

 

This week's design concept takes the Nebraska Cornhuskers and strengthens their identity. I started with the colors, making Scarlet & Cream mean scarlet and cream. All of the white has been converted to the cream color, giving Nebraska a vintage, aged look. Keeping a modified form of the current primary logo, I removed all traces of the Huskers script, replacing the outdated font with a slab serif, giving the identity a tough, no-frills look to match the team's style of play. The secondary logo is based on the patch the team wears on its jerseys. The tertiary logo is based on a long-held Nebraska tradition: the “Blackshirts". Instead of using the skull-and-crossbones, I decided to work in a black ear of corn. The wordmark is a slightly tweaked version of one of their current versions.

 

 

He has some other uniforms for us as well, including all-whites and all-blacks.

 

 

Everyone can calm down now. It's just a blog.

 

 

EDIT - scooped by Captain Obvious by four minutes. Mine is the full blog, so it's a bit different. Feel free to ignore my link.

[Hskr86]

 

 

we oughta have an entire forum called 'changing stuff'...

 

(I'd avoid it.)

[sd'sker]

Nebraska didn't become a pillar of college football by changing to meet the current trend. We built our reputation on a solid foundation of excellence, and that's reflected in everything we put forth as our public image.

 

Let the Oregons and the Missouris of the world follow whichever way the wind blows. That's fine for a team without tradition - they have nothing to lose.

i agree. you can tell when a team gained excellence and maintained it by their uniforms. if their uniforms are tradition and old school, their program has been traditionally excellent since it was old school.

 

although i did like the throwbacks and would not care if they sparingly put out special uni's. i think they should allow the players to have some say in the matter.

 

i am surprised callahan or pedersen did not try new unis to encourage some excitement. they did not care about gimmicks or tradition.

[knapplc]

Wasn't it under the Callahan regime where we did that huge stripe down the leg? That was one of those "change with the times" things.

[Hercules]

Wasn't it under the Callahan regime where we did that huge stripe down the leg? That was one of those "change with the times" things.

 

I thought that was 2002, under Solich. Still a terrible idea though. And definitely didn't work out too well.

[knapplc]

Wasn't it under the Callahan regime where we did that huge stripe down the leg? That was one of those "change with the times" things.

 

I thought that was 2002, under Solich. Still a terrible idea though. And definitely didn't work out too well.

 

Could have been Solich. Let's just blame it on Callahan anyway. More poetic.

[huskeraddict]

I just downloaded the PDF off of here cause I was in class when I was originally reading the thread and could not. Listen up, this is important.

 

CALM DOWN. THIS IS NOT HAPPENING

 

The oringinal picture in that PDF file is from the SportsLogos.net Concept forum. The picture in question comes from this thread where the user created two concepts to distinguish Wisconsin and Nebraska after we joined the Big Ten.

 

So in closing, stop writing your angry email letters to Tom Osborne and adidas. Return to your normal Wednesday idiocy.

[corncraze]

Lets hope not!!!!!!! Those helmets are too traditional to not wear!