New Husky Logo - All White Version

[CAHUSKY]

Stupid statement. You're conveniently forgetting about the fact that EVERY OTHER logo we've had is of an all-white husky. The samoyed thing is a copout.

Please show me a Uconn logo in the last 20 years that was an all white husky. We had an all white Samoyed as pointed out in a bunch of previous posts. I'm not suggesting it wasn't all white, just that it wasn't a husky. Mascot? Yes. Logo? No

 

[Penfield]

Has anyone attempted to share this with UConn Marketing? It's a simple change that makes a world of difference. I think the all white version is something the fan base would support and be proud of.

I tweeted it to Kyle Muncy @UCONNTrademark, he's the licensing & branding director. I just got a response back - he appreciates my enthusiam but respectfully disagrees.

If anyone wants to tweet him go right ahead.

 

[CAHUSKY]

Change to look like... everyone else.

Change to an actual husky which, for the record, looks absolutely nothing like the other husky logos I've seen. Perhaps they are out there but not at North eastern, UW, NM and the couple of others on that folks on this board have referenced.

 

[Penfield]

Please show me a Uconn logo in the last 20 years that was an all white husky. We had an all white Samoyed as pointed out in a bunch of previous posts. I'm not suggesting it wasn't all white, just that it wasn't a husky. Mascot? Yes. Logo? No

That would be impossible because we have had two versions of basically the same logo since 1980.

If you go back further we had 3 all white huskies before the 80s.

 

[CAHUSKY]

That would be impossible because we have had two versions of basically the same logo since 1980.

If you go back further we had 3 all white huskies before the 80s.

Understood. However, i was responding to pepband99 suggestion that its ALWAYS been an all white husky which, as you pointed out, hasn't been true for 40 years. Why wasnt he complaining then?

 

[Penfield]

All im trying to say is if you think of the UCONN Husky which image comes to mind?
This...

Or this...

They are both Huskies so we can stop arguing about Sammys and Malamutes or whatever else.

 

[Penfield]

Understood. However, i was responding to pepband99 suggestion that its ALWAYS been an all white husky which, as you pointed out, hasn't been true for 40 years. Why wasnt he complaining then?

I think you are just being too technical.

According to that article, was the logo used from 1980 - 2013 based on a Samoyed? Yes, I will give you that.

However, the artists intention was for it to depict a Husky. The team was still called the Huskies. Its not like we changed our name to the UCONN Sammies for 30 years. The fact that the artist based the drawing on his pet Samoyed does not negate that fact that it was used to represent the UCONN Huskies for 30 years.

Jonathan the real live husky dog has been an all white siberian husky since 1936.
Jonathan the costumed mascot has been an all white husky since 1963.
The logo depicting Jonathan has been a white dog of some sort since 1959. Why change it now?

 

[Mr Blueskin]

All im trying to say is if you think of the UCONN Husky which image comes to mind?
This...

Or this...

They are both Huskies so we can stop arguing about Sammys and Malamutes or whatever else.

Up = UConn
Down= Washington and Northeastern
Penfield, you are dead right but I think we may be in the minority on this...I can't believe more people don't see this most obvious point that you have shown above.

 

[SubbaBub]

I tweeted it to Kyle Muncy @UCONNTrademark, he's the licensing & branding director. I just got a response back - he appreciates my enthusiam but respectfully disagrees.

If anyone wants to tweet him go right ahead.

Internally, everyone has to support the new design. Geno, KO, everyone whether they think it's the best one or.not. Changing it now would be a huge embarrassment but only for a few minutes.

If enough people want a white husky, they will eventually crack. It's practically a cliche how this works.

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[bdbd]

For all those making the point that huskies are not "all white", please explain just how many huskies are partly navy blue?

 

[8893]

For all those making the point that huskies are not "all white", please explain just how many huskies are partly navy blue?

The same number of huskies that carry rifles and dress in Colonial-era attire.

 

[upstater]

Change to an actual husky which, for the record, looks absolutely nothing like the other husky logos I've seen. Perhaps they are out there but not at North eastern, UW, NM and the couple of others on that folks on this board have referenced.

I'm referring to the husky itself rather than the stylization. I can't think of any other school with an all-white husky.

 

[Penfield]

The school says they want cohesive branding, but...
one of these things is not like the others

 

[Mr Blueskin]

Where is HFD...maybe he can help with this...plaster the white one everywhere! Do a report on how the all white husky is UConn while the blue toupee husky one is Washington and Northeastern...put it up for a vote right next to the Calhoun Fund on the main page...although Fishy probably won't go for this because he's more into the blue toupee.

 

[pepband99]

Understood. However, i was responding to pepband99 suggestion that its ALWAYS been an all white husky which, as you pointed out, hasn't been true for 40 years. Why wasnt he complaining then?

Reread what I said. You're misquoting me.

To be simpler: Every other logo we've had but the "samoyed" has been a white husky. The "samoyed" was a white husky, at least in theory. This one isn't.

 

[AtlHusky]

For all those making the point that huskies are not "all white", please explain just how many huskies are partly navy blue?

How about...

For all those making the point that huskies are not "all white", please understand that you are wrong. All-white Huskies are somewhat rare, but they certainly do exist. In fact, one could argue that in this country the most famous one is probably Jonathan, the UConn Husky.

 

[8893]

All im trying to say is if you think of the UCONN Husky which image comes to mind?
This...

Or this...

They are both Huskies so we can stop arguing about Sammys and Malamutes or whatever else.

Up = UConn
Down= Washington and Northeastern
Penfield, you are dead right but I think we may be in the minority on this...I can't believe more people don't see this most obvious point that you have shown above.

Up = nice doggie I want to pet, or have as a pet.
Down = please don't rip my face off.

 

[UCHuskies08]

For all those making the point that huskies are not "all white", please explain just how many huskies are partly navy blue?

It's called using the primary colors in the logo, are we really being this obtuse at this point...

How many bears are partly blue? OH SOMEONE INFORM CAL...

 

[Penfield]

It's called using the primary colors...

How many bears are blue? OH SOMEONE INFORM CAL...

Golden Bears

 

[Penfield]

Up = nice doggie I want to pet, or have as a pet.
Down = please don't rip my face off.

 

[upstater]

And another thing...

Dos UConn have the whitest home unis you can think of? I know they went gray for a while, but UConn seems to have less piping and off colors than any other uni. No? Can you think of anything whiter? Penn State? Kentucky?

 

[Penfield]

In fact, one could argue that in this country the most famous one is probably Jonathan, the UConn Husky.

I think this is a great point.

 

[PhanTom]

All white does it for me!! Otherwise it will take time for an adjustment. I wonder what will become of our living and breathing Jonathan? Is he at the hair dresser today?

 

[UCweCONN]

All white does it for me!! Otherwise it will take time for an adjustment. I wonder what will become of our living and breathing Jonathan? Is he at the hair dresser today?

Jonathan is at the vet as we speak about to be euthanized. Unless we get them the change to the new white version, Jonathan's a goner.....

 

[freescooter]

Because it wasn't a husky. It was a Samoyed.

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!

 

[freescooter]

Really?

It needs to be "all-white"?

Talk about nitpicking.

The real one looks a lot better than yours, IMO. I don't know where you get this illusion that all huskies are all white either.

All Huskies are not white. The point is that the UConn Husky IS! Every mascot since 1935 (Jonathan II) has been white. and that has been by design. Now it doesn't matter apparently. 75 years of tradition give way to Nike's desire to have a blue one.

 

[UCHuskies08]

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!

I guarantee you that a minuscule amount of people outside of this message board consider the one thing about the UConn Huskies that is distinctive to be an all-white husky.

 

[freescooter]

Fine, you don't think the current one looks like a Husky, ok. Repalce it with a Husky. But make it white.

 

[PhanTom]

My daughter's Samoyad is not happy!! He's attended some of the victory parades in Hartford, and he was treated like a rock star! He even marched in it one year, and loved the attention. This was bad news for him, and the biggest bummer is not only will he miss the parade on Sunday, and the controversy may have drawn even more attention, he will actually be spending a long weekend in the kennel due to family commitments and trips scheduled with school vacations. He does like the kennel stays, however, and will come home with his winter coat gone and he will actually be streamlined for awhile, and very white!

 

[freescooter]

I guarantee you that a minuscule amount of people outside of this message board consider the one thing about the UConn Huskies that is distinctive to be an all-white husky.

And I guarentee you that an even more miniscule number know that the current logo is a samoyed.