the brand prediction(what u want) vs reality thread

[huskysupporter]

As others have posted, above all else, wins gets the name out there. But I would like to see some changes, as well. We have talked about this before, but here are some things I would like to see:

Stadium/Game Atmosphere

• Have an actual, real live Husky(s) on the field during the game. Every team I have seen with an animal mascot has the real live thing. Heck, if LSU can get a TIGER on the field (it is in a cage, but you get my point), why can't UCONN have a couple Huskies? We all know UGA the Georgia mascot, he is always on tv. Ralphy the Buffalo looks like he could trample half the people on the field, and Colorado runs him out. Would love to have a husky(s) run onto the field, even if they are on leashes escorted by handlers, when the team comes out of the tunnel.
• Really promote the Husky walk, I think someone here talked about painting paws on the street.
• Get rid of the lame DJ. Please.
• Start some tradition with the crowd. People think chanting Blue! . . . White! is stupid, but it is something to do between a quarter. (LSU shouts Go! Tigers!)
• Lets get a UCONN song for the student section, and everyone, to dance to. Wisconsin has "Jump Around". When that song came own at Camp Randall Stadium, everyone was going insane:

 

[Adios]

Check out this Gonzaga alternative uni. Do not like.

 

[huskymedic]

As others have posted, above all else, wins gets the name out there. But I would like to see some changes, as well. We have talked about this before, but here are some things I would like to see:

Stadium/Game Atmosphere

• Have an actual, real live Husky(s) on the field during the game. Every team I have seen with an animal mascot has the real live thing. Heck, if LSU can get a TIGER on the field (it is in a cage, but you get my point), why can't UCONN have a couple Huskies? We all know UGA the Georgia mascot, he is always on tv. Ralphy the Buffalo looks like he could trample half the people on the field, and Colorado runs him out. Would love to have a husky(s) run onto the field, even if they are on leashes escorted by handlers, when the team comes out of the tunnel.
• Really promote the Husky walk, I think someone here talked about painting paws on the street.
• Get rid of the lame DJ. Please.
• Start some tradition with the crowd. People think chanting Blue! . . . White! is stupid, but it is something to do between a quarter. (LSU shouts Go! Tigers!)
• Lets get a UCONN song for the student section, and everyone, to dance to. Wisconsin has "Jump Around". When that song came own at Camp Randall Stadium, everyone was going insane:

Isn't the real Jonathon on the field every game? Handled by one the fraternities - ?Alpha Phi Omega maybe?.

 

[huskysupporter]

Isn't the real Jonathon on the field every game? Handled by one the fraternities - ?Alpha Phi Omega maybe?.

Is it every game? I do remember seeing a husky on the sidelines occasionally. That just goes to show they don't show Jonathan enough. Put him on the big screen!

 

[UConn Dan]

Check out this Gonzaga alternative uni. Do not like.

That's this year's Nike Elite uniform -- unfortunately, our men's team wasn't chosen this year, but our women's team was for our game at Notre Dame, I believe. They will probably be sporting something similar -- not sure when the images of our uniforms will be released (or maybe they have been already).

 

[SubbaBub]

the issue is were never going to be michigan or bama or usc. when were 100 they will be 200 age wise. so in the mean tim in order to close the gap any way possible we should be doing. if thats giving our brand a 1up, then do it. in bball we will never be the 6 blue bloods. were winning our way towards there stat lines but its simply a tradition thing. but once the mania kicked off, what did we do? we tried to play big boy any way possible and that includes back then changing/updating our brand. we have done it once before actually twice. but ppl here think im nuts.

Then why change logos to match the dozens of other Huskies in college and HS? UW, Northeastern, and NIU all use a version of the black and white husky. As for the block C, it's unique, same for the term UConn. They are valuable if underutilized.

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[UConn Dan]

My biggest issue is the use of italics for UConn and the "C" logo in women's basketball. Please, no more italics... it's so bush league.

We need more alternate uni's... For basketball we have blue, white and grey. The grey has grown on me, but how about a "HUSKIES" on the front of the jersey occasionally? Yes, there are plenty of other huskies out there and it's not representing our full UConn brand, but we are the real huskies! Don't let those UW posers out play us. For football, let's not go full Maryland, you should never go full Maryland, but we should have an alt uni with some zip.

 

[pj]

It would be like the Stanford Cardinal taking their tree and putting teeth on it to make it look like a nastier tree.

Hmmm. This Stanford tree does have teeth:

But it looks sickly and perverted. They really should get a nastier tree. The new Stanford logo:

 

[UConnDan97]

Hmmm. This Stanford tree does have teeth:

But it looks sickly and perverted. They really should get a nastier tree. The new Stanford logo:

Classic!!! And by the way, I'd settle for being the sickly tree...

 

[BoatShow]

As others have posted, above all else, wins gets the name out there. But I would like to see some changes, as well. We have talked about this before, but here are some things I would like to see:

Stadium/Game Atmosphere

• Have an actual, real live Husky(s) on the field during the game. Every team I have seen with an animal mascot has the real live thing. Heck, if LSU can get a TIGER on the field (it is in a cage, but you get my point), why can't UCONN have a couple Huskies? We all know UGA the Georgia mascot, he is always on tv. Ralphy the Buffalo looks like he could trample half the people on the field, and Colorado runs him out. Would love to have a husky(s) run onto the field, even if they are on leashes escorted by handlers, when the team comes out of the tunnel.
• Really promote the Husky walk, I think someone here talked about painting paws on the street.
• Get rid of the lame DJ. Please.
• Start some tradition with the crowd. People think chanting Blue! . . . White! is stupid, but it is something to do between a quarter. (LSU shouts Go! Tigers!)
• Lets get a UCONN song for the student section, and everyone, to dance to. Wisconsin has "Jump Around". When that song came own at Camp Randall Stadium, everyone was going insane:

This really needs to happen. Just put Noonan on the big screen smiling and asking us to cheer politely.


I think this has been mentioned but for the love of God, we need to not have the spirit squad hold up the U-C-O-N-N letters during timeouts and stuff. That is a sacred chant to be used during big momentum swings in basketball and after long gains/TDs and forced turnovers in football. They are completely cheapening it and taking away the meaning.

 

[huskysupporter]

Also forgot to add. Have the fans get familiar with the players on the big screen. Have several players answer a question and play it on the scoreboard. When I went to Camp Randall, they asked the players what the best invention of the last 100 years was. One offensive lineman said "Dippin Dots". I would much rather watch that then 1980's sports bloopers.

 

[BoatShow]

YaHoo! sports just leaked this as our new logo

 

[junglehusky]

This really needs to happen. Just put Noonan on the big screen smiling and asking us to cheer politely.


I think this has been mentioned but for the love of God, we need to not have the spirit squad hold up the U-C-O-N-N letters during timeouts and stuff. That is a sacred chant to be used during big momentum swings in basketball and after long gains/TDs and forced turnovers in football. They are completely cheapening it and taking away the meaning.

Seriously? You may not know this but this was started up by some Boneyarders a few years ago. I don't recall who it was but some yarders came up with the idea that it would be cool if the U-C-O-N-N chant could happen at football games, but since it's harder to see Big Red in a football stadium they needed to get the cheerleaders to do the cheer. Then one yarder actually decided to cut out the big letters and delivered them to the cheerleaders. At the time the response was pretty positive. But I guess everybody's a critic these days.

 

[Dann]

i'm on boats side with this. good idea at the time but horrible ending. i have had a great idea about how to fix this for a while and i think its the answer but i see no reason to come forth with it right now with what the ad is showing us fans. btw, how freaking sad is it if true that yarders had to do the sign instead of the school. unreal.

 

[junglehusky]

i'm on boats side with this. good idea at the time but horrible ending. i have had a great idea about how to fix this for a while and i think its the answer but i see no reason to come forth with it right now with what the ad is showing us fans. btw, how freaking sad is it if true that yarders had to do the sign instead of the school. unreal.

So if Uconn adopts all your awesome ideas then that's a further indictment on them, and if they don't they're idiots. Win-win for you.

 

[Adios]

Fans are the ones who contributed and still contribute to cultures. Unless you really want the school to manufacture a culture for you. Hopeless.

 

[BoatShow]

Seriously? You may not know this but this was started up by some Boneyarders a few years ago. I don't recall who it was but some yarders came up with the idea that it would be cool if the U-C-O-N-N chant could happen at football games, but since it's harder to see Big Red in a football stadium they needed to get the cheerleaders to do the cheer. Then one yarder actually decided to cut out the big letters and delivered them to the cheerleaders. At the time the response was pretty positive. But I guess everybody's a critic these days.

It's completely inorganic that way. Having John Tuite come on the PA and say "oooooookkkkkaaaaaaay Huskies fans it's time for the U-C-O-N-N chant!" is lame. It's time for the chant when the whole arena/stadium is on their feet doing it.

Edit: Sorry if this was unclear, I'm not against the cheerleaders holding up the letters part, thats actually pretty cool. I am against them doing at timeouts and between quarters. Not the time for it!

 

[MidTown Husky]

post up what u wish uconn comes out with soon brand wise. then lets see what they come out with.

here is mine:
-take the baseball C and use it like alabama. when we have tshirts and things u can write connecticut out in block but the logo is the cursive/oe C. no crapy woutline of the C like the blockl C we have now has. just a blue or white C depending on what the background color is.
-everything on our 2 main jerseys is connecticut and needs to be written on all. for our 3rd jerseys "uconn" is fine. that 3rd jersey needs to be a new one every year that we do for 1 game. thats how u ever year keep yourself in the news with kids and pump the fanbase with cool stuff. we need to pump "connecticut" all day in everything form newspapers to sportscenter. uconn becomes our cute nickname. and yes, tell the fake cheerleaders to give us abck our u-c-0-n-n chant because i have a grand idea for that also. big red would be proud. anyway.
-everything needs to be blue and we need to redo the state flag to a darker blue. i mean everything.
-take the husky dog and drop the tounge and put some teeth in it like the florida gator or ark piggy. this is a basic logo that helps keep some tradition but its not used much. its mostly for kids gear and hopefully it fits the idea of reaching the state at a young age.
-now for our 2nd main logo. take a look at the clemson paw and make it a bit more of a triangle and agressive to fit a husky dogs paw vs a tiger. blue and white just like the new C. put the logo in the lines of football pants, check fsu or fl football pants. on bball shorts put it in the bottom left corner. stuff liek that. the C goes on the helmets like usual. u can get creative with the uniforms from there but a obvious 3rd uni would be the paw on the helemt etc...
-other small things like our bball courts need to change. websites and 3's need to be everywhere and the middle needs to be a ct outline shaded wood different with the C over it or paw print.
-husky walk gets paw prints painted and so on with small things. the brass or w/e metal life size husky on campus is great, we need to put those in several places so pictures are taken 24/7 and its a uconn bucket list thing. thisrts of "i rode the husky" shoul be big hits and so on. heres a hint to the fball program. put one in the lockerroom or somewhere inside the pf right next to where u should have manicans with our new jerseys on them to show off. when players come they try on the gear and the new cool gloves and so on and pose for pics with the family with the life size husky. then guess what, the kids who commit end up with that all ove rsocial media. its about thinking steps ahead so that u can partically control and help pump yourself. florida has a gator in the middle of its lockerroom. kids can't wait to get in and throw on the unifrom(every # is on a rack so that kids pick it for fun, we all know the emotional fun that is), they put cool gloves and all these headbands and helemts etc etc and then go pose with the gator. its a small thing but a highlight to kids. simple but effective. i'll stop before i rip uconn for lacking.

thats my 2 cents, its a wild change but imho the best to capture the fanbase and new fans and also at the same time be attractive to hs kids and recruits looking at uconn in there future. i would liek to hear what others think the brand should end up as.

here is a combo picture of what i'm thinking.

cute ideas Dan..draw me some sketches

 

[junglehusky]

It's completely inorganic that way. Having John Tuite come on the PA and say "oooooookkkkkaaaaaaay Huskies fans it's time for the U-C-O-N-N chant!" is lame. It's time for the chant when the whole arena/stadium is on their feet doing it.

Edit: Sorry if this was unclear, I'm not against the cheerleaders holding up the letters part, thats actually pretty cool. I am against them doing at timeouts and between quarters. Not the time for it!

Oh, OK. After touchdowns is good, we just need to score more of them!

 

[BoatShow]

Oh, OK. After touchdowns is good, we just need to score more of them!

Something we can all agree on!

 

[joey3$trike$]

Somebody referred to a song that could be played every game, wasn't their a bon jovi song that the student section was singing at the final game of the season. I remember people saying it was a high point of the game. Since the J-E-T-S- can have some drunk guy wearing a firemans helmet, maybe we can get HFD to wear one and start the U-C-O-N-N- chant. C'mon HFD u can do it

 

[ConnHuskBask]

The Cheerleader led U-C-O-N-N cheer makes me cringe and depending on how many Rolling Rocks I've had tailgating, nearly makes me puke.

It's contrived, the cadence is off and at best maybe 25% of the stadium does it. I mean, I hate to be a jerk about it, but it's a pretty simple chant and the fact they mess it up every single time is bewildering.

Nothing and I mean NOTHING gets me more pumped than a Big Red 'U-C-O-N-N' chant. Just do it right after TD's and not after TV time outs.

Also, DJ Joey Moron needs to stop jumping on the U-C-O-N-N chants at the games.

Scenario: Big basket, crowd goes wild, timeout, Big Red gets up. and.....

YO YO YO YO YO HUSKYYYY FANZZZ IN DA HOWSSE MAKE SUMMMM NOISSEEEE.

Way to try and kill off any tradition we have UConn Athletic Department.

Also, the BLUE WHITE chant is pathetic. Just please stop embarassing ourselves.

The great thing about tradition is that it happens organically. Not because some student intern jerk off played NCAA Football 2011 and saw something and forces it on UConn.

Sorry for the rant!

 

[junglehusky]

Somebody referred to a song that could be played every game, wasn't their a bon jovi song that the student section was singing at the final game of the season. I remember people saying it was a high point of the game. Since the J-E-T-S- can have some drunk guy wearing a firemans helmet, maybe we can get HFD to wear one and start the U-C-O-N-N- chant. C'mon HFD u can do it

Nah, FDNY99 should do the U-C-O-N-N chant and HFD should slide down into a pool of beer like the Milwaukee Brewer mascot.

 

[weyuo]

the(The) issue is were(we're) never going to be michigan(Michigan) or bama(Bama) or usc(USC).when(When) were(we're) 100 they will be 200 age wise. so(So) in the mean Tim(time) in order to close the gap any way possible we should be doing.if(If) thats(that's) giving our brand a 1up, then do it. in(In) bball we will never be the 6 blue bloods. were(We're) winning our way towards there stat lines but its simply a tradition thing. but once the mania kicked off, what did we do? we tried to play big boy any way possible and that includes back then changing/updating our brand. we have done it once before actually twice. but ppl here think im nuts.

J-e-s-u-s C-h-r-i-s-t please tell me this guy was NOT a UConn grad with grammar like that. I could only make it through half of that diarrhea. I'm embarrassed for the poor guy.

 

[BoatShow]

Does anyone know the Mexican wrestler guy who hangs out around section 221? Is he a poster on here?