New Husky Logo - All White Version

[tykurez]

Only if Nike tells them to do it...

Good lord you are the most insufferable curmudgeon on the planet.

 

[Rico444]

Were people this upset about Jonathan the Samoyed back in the 80s? That logo ignored 50 years of tradition by not even using a Husky.

Here's the bottom line: this logo isn't going anywhere, and in 2 or 3 years, people will associate this with UConn -- ALL of UConn's sports, might I add -- and forget why they hated it so much. I can't believe the previous logo had many supporters when it first came out; as much as it grew on me and I love it, it IS pretty cartoony.

 

[Penfield]

Well UCONN put out a release adressing some of the FAQs

http://s.uconn.edu/1k5

Why the new husky is not white has not been addressed yet

 

[freescooter]

Honestly, this is the gang that couldn't shoot straight revisited. First they make a production about the new identity, but leave out the Husky for some new unveiling...it gets leaked so in desperation they email the world last night "releasing" the new logo...it gets panned by the majority of students, alumni and fans, so now they are back pedaling...it is no wonder they got schooled by Louisville...Maybe Susan needs to spend another couple of hundred thousand on another media advisor. This one seems at best modestly competent...

 

[freescooter]

Were people this upset about Jonathan the Samoyed back in the 80s? That logo ignored 50 years of tradition by not even using a Husky.

Here's the bottom line: this logo isn't going anywhere, and in 2 or 3 years, people will associate this with UConn -- ALL of UConn's sports, might I add -- and forget why they hated it so much. I can't believe the previous logo had many supporters when it first came out; as much as it grew on me and I love it, it IS pretty cartoony.

First of all, the Samoyad version has only been around since 2002. The one before that was really more husky. Second, when it came out is was more or less done without all the fanfare and it was a relatively modest alteration really. This is dramatic. I think in 2 or 3 years this one will go the way of the BC duck eagle...it lasted 2-3 years, everyone hated it, and they gradually phased it out. They didn't really announce the were doing it. But they just stopped using it and started using something else. That, I think will be Toupee Dog's fate. They've made too big a deal about it to back off now, but in a year or two it will be dumped either in favor of UCONN entirely, or it will be quietly replaced with something similar but more consistent with UConn's history.

 

[HuskyHawk]

They're changing the worn mascot too. So soon Jonathan XIII will be the one not like the others.

Good. End this all white nonsense.

 

[Husky25]

I think this is a great point.

Not really. Used to play Party Poker with my Husky25 moniker and I got way more Go UDub!!!'s than UConn.

Of course that might just mean there are more degenerates on the West Coast. Alas, I don't judge.

 

[Penfield]

You guys are gonna be jealous. Just got myself a new UCONN jacket to go along with the new look husky logo...

 

[Husky25]

If you go back all the way to even the awful 1959 version it was all white. There is a reason. That was the UConn tradition. Penfield gets it. Nike, Susan Herbst, Ward Manuel, they don't and never will. The toupee husky could be pretty much anyone. Which is fine with Nike. They probably just pulled it out of their stock wolves/huskies anyway. For all the market babble about branding, they ignored the one thing that has been distinctive about UConn's Husky for 75 years...it is ALL WHITE!

HFD? Is that you?

 

[Husky25]

Nike did get Quse to throw the swoosh on theirs.

That's not a real orange. It's a clemantine.

 

[huskymedic]

it gets panned by the majority of students, alumni and fans, so now they are back pedaling...

I think there is a vocal minority... (and please - Facebook is a small sample of the demographics)

Suprisingly, the WBB has very few complaints about the new logo. http://the-boneyard.com/threads/new-logo-leaked.37847/

 

[freescooter]

I think there is a vocal minority... (and please - Facebook is a small sample of the demographics)

Suprisingly, the WBB has very few complaints about the new logo. http://the-boneyard.com/threads/new-logo-leaked.37847/

I think it has been panned everywhere...Worst, or best I guess depending on your point of view, was a comment that said "This is almost as bad as our new conference."

 

[TheChamps990411]

I dont love the new logo but i like it and i definitely like it better than the white version thats been posted. the blue around the eyes looks terrible without the rest of the blue. if the blue was removed from around the eye and put on the brow to give the dog a scowl it could work.

 

[UCHuskies08]

Honestly, this is the gang that couldn't shoot straight revisited. First they make a production about the new identity, but leave out the Husky for some new unveiling...it gets leaked so in desperation they email the world last night "releasing" the new logo...it gets panned by the majority of students, alumni and fans, so now they are back pedaling...it is no wonder they got schooled by Louisville...Maybe Susan needs to spend another couple of hundred thousand on another media advisor. This one seems at best modestly competent...

 

[UConn Hoops1]

I REALLY liked the new logo when I first saw it; and, quite frankly, couldn't understand any of the criticism. I looked at Penfield's version and my first reaction was, "C'mon, can't we just leave well enough alone?". BUT, I have spent the last few minutes looking at them side by side and the plain fact of the matter is that PENFIELD NAILED IT!!! I doubt the school or Nike will make the change; but they absolutely should. Great job Penfield!!! The nice thing is that, if they don't make the change, we still have a great freakin' logo.

GO HUSKIES!!!

 

[Adios]

My guess is they are trying to make this new husky logo look like a wolf on purpose. Well, guess what? There's white wolves, too!

 

[huskymedic]

My guess is they are trying to make this new husky logo look like a wolf on purpose.

... and why would that be Butch?

 

[iam76]

my bro did these.. he works at espn and went to uconn in the 90's... he wasn't happy with the finished version either.

What do you all think?

 

[Dove]

Hey Pen can you do your magic and touch up the husky in this graphic? I want to make love to this graphic. I'd like to see what your version looks on this if you can do it.

Well, if you're going to make love to it then you'll have no problem adding white to it. Just aim good.

 

[UConn Hoops1]

Well, if you're going to make love to it then you'll have no problem adding white to it. Just aim good.

Yo Dove, how long have you been the 'Yard's "Resident Disgusting Pig"? As far back as I can remember(and that's gettin' a bit harder to do these days).

GO HUSKIES!!!

 

[Dove]

Yo Dove, how long have you been the 'Yard's "Resident Disgusting Pig"? As far back as I can remember(and that's gettin' a bit harder to do these days).

GO HUSKIES!!!

Whooooa! I debuted as a "sexist pig". Never been called disgusting. "Sick", yes. But never disgusting.

 

[GlastonTim]

my bro did these.. he works at espn and went to uconn in the 90's... he wasn't happy with the finished version either.

What do you all think?

OMG! These are AWESOME! Why didn't they just have a competition for this?

 

[District-Husky]

Hilarious.

not enough white!!! here's what the all white version should look like:








looks better right?

 

[Adios]

my bro did these.. he works at espn and went to uconn in the 90's... he wasn't happy with the finished version either.

What do you all think?

Tell him to share those with the powers that be. MUCH better than what Nike came up with! The white one could use a little touch-up.

 

[Adios]

... and why would that be Butch?

....a wolf is more intimidating than a husky.