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Block C Helmet is back

Husky25 said:
Leather helmets might reduce concussions, but modern players don't know how not to lead with their head.
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I read somewhere that Cornell was the last college team to stop using them. The other ivy coaches all said they had far fewer injuries after playing the Big Red than any other team.
 
blue93 said:
In fairness, I think the idea was for UConn to move to one logo across all sports programs to have a more consistent and uniform brand. Michigan doesn’t have that problem.

I agree with the rest of your point though.
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That was crap and just an excuse. Everybody who followed college sports knew the white Husky. Even today people don’t recognize the clip art one as UConn. And the block C was UConn football. Dopey Warde threw away 75 years of equity (that is how long UConn had a White Husky as its logo-started with Johnathan II) and was unique. But clip art was easier for Warde to use as he designed the eyeball helmets. God that man was a disaster as AD.
 
freescooter said:
I read somewhere that Cornell was the last college team to stop using them. The other ivy coaches all said they had far fewer injuries after playing the Big Red than any other team.
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The last leather helmet in the NFL was used roughly 3/4 century ago. The average offensive lineman was 6'-2"/6'-3" and between 235 and 250 lbs. 98% of all other players at all levels were much smaller (In 2010, the average was 6'-5", 310). The incremental increase in injuries attributable to speed and size has most likely out gain the incremental decrease due to technological development of equipment.

This why I have less fear about my kids playing football beneath the college level Of course, my oldest is almost 6 years old. He's barely 4 feet tall and weighs 45 lbs.
 
Alum86 said:
Have we ever worn the white block C? That’s new, yes?
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i dont like it...but im guessing they wanted something to match with the white unis...we should just go back to our 2010 unis
 
huskiepride said:
i dont like it...but im guessing they wanted something to match with the white unis...we should just go back to our 2010 unis
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My guess is the Block C will be on display for the home games (blue uniforms). Opposing fans don't give a C-rap. This move is for the home fans.
 
Husky25 said:
My guess is the Block C will be on display for the home games (blue uniforms). Opposing fans don't give a C-rap. This move is for the home fans.
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A tiny, vocal portion of the home fans. Which is fine.
 
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Waquoit said:
A tiny, vocal portion of the home fans. Which is fine.
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With attendance where it is, it is a larger fraction than January 1, 2010.
 
J187Money said:
There is a C on the baseball hats. Not sure why it is that controversial.
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In creating a single brand across all sports, I think Baseball was given special dispensation to keep the old style C because it is classic looking for baseball. I like the block C for football. That said, college football helmets have become a gimmick for some programs so I am not sure it really matters or how often they change them. I like old school, like Penn State. Others prefer constant change like Oregon. There are some God awful helmets out there.
 
freescooter said:
That was crap and just an excuse. Everybody who followed college sports knew the white Husky. Even today people don’t recognize the clip art one as UConn. And the block C was UConn football. Dopey Warde threw away 75 years of equity (that is how long UConn had a White Husky as its logo-started with Johnathan II) and was unique. But clip art was easier for Warde to use as he designed the eyeball helmets. God that man was a disaster as AD.
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Well, UConn has had many different helmets and the Husky was never on the helmet until Warde so I don't see any equity being thrown away in terms of football.

SimonOnSports: Ranking UConn's Historical Helmets
 
Husky25 said:
my oldest is almost 6 years old. He's barely 4 feet tall and weighs 45 lbs.
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Feel like that is tall for a six year old, big too but not for his height.
 
CL82 said:
Feel like that is tall for a six year old, big too but not for his height.
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I really have no frame of reference because he's my oldest and I didn't really pay attention to any other kids before him. He's 46 1/2 inches tall. Mom's tall for a woman and her shortest brother 6'-2"/3" or so.

He has a friend who is only 3 months older and towers over him (both parents tall). He actually wears some of this kid's hand-my-downs (for the time being).
 
Husky25 said:
I really have no frame of reference because he's my oldest and I didn't really pay attention to any other kids before him. He's 46 1/2 inches tall. Mom's tall for a woman and her shortest brother 6'-2"/3" or so.

He has a friend who is only 3 months older and towers over him (both parents tall). He actually wears some of this kid's hand-my-downs (for the time being).
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He's probably going to be a pretty big guy. Let us know when Randy offers him a scholly.
 
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CL82 said:
He's probably going to be a pretty big guy. Let us know when Randy offers him a scholly.
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That is when I'll worry about permanent long term injury. Who knows though? Football may look completely different by then.

Besides that, while we have a local youth program, our public school football team is regionalized with Vinal tech and Goodwin Tech. I'm fine with him focusing on Tee ball, soccer, basketball, and karate for the time being.
 
Husky25 said:
That is when I'll worry about permanent long term injury. Who knows though? Football may look completely different by then.

Besides that, while we have a local youth program, our public school football team is regionalized with Vinal tech and Goodwin Tech. I'm fine with him focusing on Tee ball, soccer, basketball, and karate for the time being.
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I loved that time of life. He gets to try new stuff, learn about competition and being a part of team and you have an excuse to be doing it too. I remember talking to an opposing coach before a little league game and he was complaining about getting out of work to get to the game. I laughed and said "Jim it's a beautiful day and we get to play some baseball." It's definitely a time sponge, but I look back on those days fondly.
 
The logo thing is a mix bag: I Think we could appease Many this wearing it 3 times

The UConn brand was so all over the place. Women's and Men's basketball had their own logo. Baseball had a C. Football had a block C. And we have a happy dog logo and the word "UConn cursive logo". We were all over the place with marketing, our logo situation was a mess. It confused TV & Media outlets as they would use the incorrect logos (ie woman's for men's logos on TV & internet scoreboards) I really could not recall a school that had so many different logos for each sport. Nike came up with a mean looking husky to become our brand and unique identifier. And I truly believe it was 100% the correct move.

And as much as us couch potatoes like the classier block C.... the kids, I would bet, want the mean looking dog on their helmets.

The Oregon stuff is crazy but we have seen that kids have committed to Oregon because they like Nike and the crazy unis. We need all the help we can get and we need the crazy unis and a mean dog...The Block C is for grandma & grandpa.


My two cents.I think each year/season we have a game where we explain the history, trailers etc..... of our program to the kids and we wear the Block C unis for a game. This will let us relive the glory days for a few games a year and still keep us current with the mean dog. I would push to wear the block C if we play an old big east team as a "throwback" game so to speak. We must wear the block C against Syracuse, USF and Cincy
 
BigEastCT said:
The logo thing is a mix bag: I Think we could appease Many this wearing it 3 times

The UConn brand was so all over the place. Women's and Men's basketball had their own logo. Baseball had a C. Football had a block C. And we have a happy dog logo and the word "UConn cursive logo". We were all over the place with marketing, our logo situation was a mess. It confused TV & Media outlets as they would use the incorrect logos (ie woman's for men's logos on TV & internet scoreboards) I really could not recall a school that had so many different logos for each sport. Nike came up with a mean looking husky to become our brand and unique identifier. And I truly believe it was 100% the correct move.

And as much as us couch potatoes like the classier block C.... the kids, I would bet, want the mean looking dog on their helmets.

The Oregon stuff is crazy but we have seen that kids have committed to Oregon because they like Nike and the crazy unis. We need all the help we can get and we need the crazy unis and a mean dog...The Block C is for grandma & grandpa.


My two cents.I think each year/season we have a game where we explain the history, trailers etc..... of our program to the kids and we wear the Block C unis for a game. This will let us relive the glory days for a few games a year and still keep us current with the mean dog. I would push to wear the block C if we play an old big east team as a "throwback" game so to speak. We must wear the block C against Syracuse, USF and Cincy
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I would have rather they kept the white husky tradition, more like this:
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I do associate the block C with UConn's best years. It will be fun to have it back a few games.
 
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BigEastCT said:
That looks absolutely horrible....total JV hand me downs
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Wouldn’t go that far
The helmet will definitely be a topic of conversation amongst the media. That’s not a bad thing.
This recruiting class looks good and 2019 has the potential to be even better.
I like the momentum being built here
 
uconnphil2016 said:
Def agree. Brutal look lol whatever it’s just one year but the blue shade looks different on the helmet as opposed to the jersey
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It's a process. REv2 is just introducing the concept this year.
 
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