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HuskyfanDan said:
some 1 in the ath dept aproved the uniforms the girls team is wearing 2night? the c with a bball in it was cute and stupid for the girls shorts and always has been. now thats the main logo on there jerseys. are u kidding me? a c with a bball????? thats elementary school bull . pop warner teams put a fball on there jerseys. chesus christ we are screwed with decisions like this being made.
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"huskyfanDan" I wouldn't stress over this logo. Once Nike finishes up with Uconn's athletic branding it won't be that logo your so upset about. Nike will definitely touch up the huskies logo or the block C.
 
I hope they keep some deviation of the interlocking UC and make it universal for all sports.
 
HobokenHusky said:
Very cool. Hopefully our press release is very similar. Those uniforms are pretty ugly and uninspired, but whatever, they are unified, and that is what really matters in this whole thing.

One other thing I took away from that OSU link - There is about a 95% chance that our new "designed by Nike" husky logo will be our helmet decal. Hopefully it's tolerable.

Also, why do people keep making posts about keeping the block C and keeping the old husky logo? It has become pretty clear that neither one is going to happen. We just have to accept it and move on, and hope Nike did right by us.
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We may keep the Block C. I didn't see anything that indicated otherwise. The dog is definitely changing.
 
ConnHuskBask said:
Are you a ducking genius? Every single time there is a discussion about 'brand' you interject with some stupid comment like the above.

The two things are not mutually exclusive. What is so hard to comprehend?
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LOL.

Winning creates a brand. Not the other way around.

What is so hard to comprehend about that?

But if you think it's a "crisis", drama, drama, drama.
 
junglehusky said:
I liked the post, not because I like the script logo, but because I used to have a sweatshirt with it on it. Though... I do prefer the 3-d script to the older script version, and over the boringest UConn helmet ever:
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There is an obscene number of items in my parents house with that logo on. I was being facetious when I called it a beauty.
 
CL82 said:
We may keep the Block C. I didn't see anything that indicated otherwise. The dog is definitely changing.
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CL82, this is what I am going off of:

http://www.the-boneyard.com/threads/the-brand-prediction-what-u-want-vs-reality-thread.33420/page-7

The one "insider" guy says in there that it's gone, and the other UConn AD guy who was posting info, forget his handle, said in another thread that he had not seen a block C in any renderings he viewed.

Also, it just doesn't make a ton of sense to use a block C to brand "UConn" the block C was used to brand "Connecticut", based off of a Randy request if I recall.

So, this isn't verified proof, but I am going forward with the assumption that there is no more block C.

Sorry to go HFD on this topic, but this scattered branding has pissed me off for a while, very small-time. Pretty happy about the change.
 
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sdhusky said:
LOL.

Winning creates a brand. Not the other way around.

What is so hard to comprehend about that?

But if you think it's a "crisis", drama, drama, drama.
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I have to agree with this sentiment once again. I watched every minute of the ND / UCONN game and could not tell you what they had on for uniforms except what I read here. I was watching #2 vs #3, they could have been in practice sweats with red vs yellow practice jerseys and I would still know this was ND vs CT.

I wonder how many recruits from CT went to Penn ST. Fla, Wisconsin etc because their unis were more exciting? Our uniforms are not a crisis.

As for all those preaching marketing I could save a lot of drawer space if every UConn shirt looked the same. Some folks like myself get some new apparel every Christmas because it does not look like what I already have in stock. I would have to say this is smart marketing.

Last but not least I would advise all those banging their heads against the wall over uniforms to remove the padding, put yourself out of misery. We have much bigger bumps in the road to over come than the font of our C. I actually went back and researched our football win over ND and could not find a single article, blog or comment on a board attributing it to our uniforms.
Just say'n.........
 
They are going to make huge mistakes.

The dog is associated with WINNING.
The C is something plenty of college football folks have already become familiar with, and people are not so stupid (yet) that they don't know that UConn and the "C" of Connecticut are the same thing. There is no major dissonance here at all.

I fear we're about to become another Pitt. Their branding has been an absolute trainwreck over the last 20 years. They are Buffalo Sabres bad when it comes to branding.
 
There is also some speculation the logo changes from a block "C" to a block "U" like the one on the flag in the UConn Harlem Shake video:

 
FluxTZ said:
There is also some speculation the logo changes from a block "C" to a block "U" like the one on the flag in the UConn Harlem Shake video:

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when this vid came out i put it on the bball board and told ppl to check out the flag. 99% there didn't even get what i was talking about which is about the average state of mind in this fanbase but none the less....
 
upstater said:
They are going to make huge mistakes.

The dog is associated with WINNING.
The C is something plenty of college football folks have already become familiar with, and people are not so stupid (yet) that they don't know that UConn and the "C" of Connecticut are the same thing. There is no major dissonance here at all.

I fear we're about to become another Pitt. Their branding has been an absolute trainwreck over the last 20 years. They are Buffalo Sabres bad when it comes to branding.
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exactly. just more bad decision gets piled up. hey if the ship is sinking in CR might as well sink it in every other way possible also right? no reason to fight and try to prosper...
 
HuskyfanDan said:
exactly. just more bad decision gets piled up. hey if the ship is sinking in CR might as well sink it in every other way possible also right? no reason to fight and try to prosper...
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Dude, you've jumped the shark. It was a bit more amusing when you weren't intentionally trying to be an a. Now that you're trying (way too hard, btw), it just doesn't come off well.
 
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Jimmy Serrano said:
Dude, you've jumped the shark. It was a bit more amusing when you weren't intentionally trying to be an a. Now that you're trying (way too hard, btw), it just doesn't come off well.
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not trying to be a , trying to wake all of u up from the deep sleep u have been in since the bcs game.
 
Jimmy Serrano said:
When Butchy starts liking MY posts, it might be time to re-evaluate things.
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dont let a couple likes from butchy get to your head. he has a serious hate for me becuase he thinks i made fun of his condition, which i did not be he took what i said the wrong way in a thread. i made it clear to him and others here i did not do that and ppl saw it for what it was. ever since butchy wants me more dead than geroge washington.
 
businesslawyer said:
Out of curiosity, do you know the story behind why his parents named him geroge?
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Come on man, HFD has at least 3 sources that gave him a ton of info on the GW naming, and he has been telling us for WEEKS why he was named Goerge. He should have been named Jimmy. Our heads are just too far into the clouds to realize it. We all need to WAKE UP.
 
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FluxTZ said:
There is also some speculation the logo changes from a block "C" to a block "U" like the one on the flag in the UConn Harlem Shake video:

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U? Seriously? So ditch the C because we might be confused with Colorado (which has a Buffalo), Cal (which says Cal) or Cinci (bearpaw C), and instead go with the the one letter identified with every single program. Genius. Worse even that the "S" for State that some use.

UConn=Yukon. Huskies, dog sleds, snow. I want a whole team of huskies pulling a sled through snow from a snow machine at every game. White out days in the "blizzard fan zone". I hope they don't screw this up. Icicles hanging from the block C would work for me. In silver/chrome.
 
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I'd prefer something like this, though in different colors obviously. UConn wore uniforms like this in the 1940s and 1950s. http://www.uniformdatabases.com/images/1942_Philadelphia.png Where Philly has grey pants I'd go with white, Then reverse everything on the road. White with blue, and blue pants. I'd lose the leather helmets, too. You could go with Blue or White. Or mix and match if you felt the need to do so. I want one helmet for all occasions but I get that some folks think alternates is a good idea.
 
HuskyfanDan said:
when this vid came out i put it on the bball board and told ppl to check out the flag. 99% there didn't even get what i was talking about which is about the average state of mind in this fanbase but none the less....
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That was such a joke of a comment.

It's one of 5 flags the cheer squad, or whatever the hell they're called, has to spell out U-C-O-N-N.

You are such a ducking caricature.
 
BlueDogs said:
Win games and it will be amazing how the most basic uni is attractive. All the rest is a Nike induced circle j.
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Well, I've been saying that since the beginning. Totally agree.
 
Dan...get over yourself. I understand you like to think you are a message board rock star. My difficulty to pay for a season ticket easily IS related to my condition, you dumb duckk. My brother actually gifted me a season ticket for the upcoming season. Very nice of him. I was going to try to pay him back. But I'm over your stupid rampage about that and just think you're flat-out stupid. You act like you're UConn's Buddha while the rest of us are clueless.

Go cheer for the WCSU Colonials. Please. Maybe you can get WCSU to play at the FBS level. Danbury is clueless.
 
BlueDogs said:
Win games and it will be amazing how the most basic uni is attractive. All the rest is a Nike induced circle j.
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I was starting to think i was the only one that liked winning games more than playing dress up. As long as they're not ridiculously idiotic, I don't really care what our uniforms and logo look like. I still use a mouse pad at work with the 80s style cursive 'UConn' logo that HFD would probably chastise me for.
 
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