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The State Tartan Helmet!

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ClifSpliffy said:
the big clock on the wall sez it 2-0-2-2, very soon to be 2-0-2-3.
adapt accordingly.

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Right. Can't wait to see Michigan's 2-0-2-3 helmets with a cartoon wolverine in a yoga pants... hey it's the future dude- embrace it!
 
Kolumbo said:
The State Tartan Helmet!

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As a descendant of the MacTaggarts I fork-ing LOVE THAT. Imagine the nosebleeds on opposing teams if a we fielded an entire tartan uniform for special games? Rach coin!

EDIT: And screw field goal competitions during commercials- Lets toss the caber!!
 
I hope the brand deptartment has though of this already, but a pseudo retro alternate where we use the late 90’s/early 2000’s basketball uniform template with the old husky logo on a white helmet would be awesome
 

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HobokenHusky said:
I hope the brand deptartment has though of this already, but a pseudo retro alternate where we use the late 90’s/early 2000’s basketball uniform template with the old husky logo on a white helmet would be awesome
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I'd love that. Maybe I'm not in such a small minority
 
ClifSpliffy said:
the big clock on the wall sez it 2-0-2-2, very soon to be 2-0-2-3.
adapt accordingly.

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all design trends, cultural norms, and fan opinion suggests the return of the Proper Dog, the Old Dog, is inevitable. hope you're on board in "2-0-2-7" or whenever
 
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DMTCYNAW said:
After seeing the flag-themed block C to be used for the UMass game, I am convinced beyond a doubt that the Block C must remain the core helmet decal to be used by this team. I am a relatively new fan, so i recently learned about this being principally a RE-era branding, but it doesn't matter. it's such a clean design.

I sense that UConn may be looking for a fresh start, or to align branding among teams, etc.. those things are fine, but I still think this decal must remain a core part of the brand. It's a great design, and it is in the university font as well, so very much aligned to the overall brand strategy.

Additionally, something bout the navy helmets with navy facemasks and the dog decal, just doesn't sit with me. It looks boring, cheap even. The Navy Helmets with white facemask and block C is a solid look. However, the best look of all IMO is the white/white/white uniform, with block C and navy facemask on the helmet. gorgeous combination that will never age - think packers/alabama.

Finally, if my suspicions regarding UConn branding are correct, I want to remind the athletic leadership that plenty of schools have football-only quirks in branding, or specific-sport branding, within their greater athletic brand. Notable examples:

  • Princeton Football Helmet (wings - they do not use the "tiger print P" typically seen everywhere else)
  • Michican Football Helmet (actually princeton wings)
  • Delaware Football Helmet (same wings as princeton and michigan)
  • Tennessee Lady Vols basketball (sky blue accent to the standard Volunteer orange used by mens & other womens teams)
  • Many college baseball teams (Uconn included among those - "hook C")

There are surely others I can't think of at this moment, but you get the point. Block C may not have the history of these programs, but it's a simple, clean, and football-distinctive look that I believe deserves a place of prominence moving forward, as opposed to the path-to-extinction I'm seeing so far.
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Unfortunately I agree with coach Mora that the C from our baseball program (hook C ?) is the classiest and unique to Uconn
that we have which also goes back decades. the block C looks so plain ,industrial and unimaginative like someone came up
with it in 2 minutes.
 
so there we have it. we got the ol yeller dog crowd fighting with the dog who wears a coat gang, and then there is the throwdown going on between the hook c and block c crew, while us wolf warriors watch in bemusement from the sidelines, as we polish the crown. the king!
try and take it if u dare. just remember, we bite, hard, with our big and nasty chompers, and we never brush them.
ur mutts use water pics, and stand at the sink on little footstools, so they can see the mirror. prolly using cordless ones since its kind of ruff for them to plug it into the outlet.
 
Urcea said:
all design trends, cultural norms, and fan opinion suggests the return of the Proper Dog, the Old Dog, is inevitable. hope you're on board in "2-0-2-7" or whenever
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'fan opinion'
wait, whut? based on what?
why not just make it a poll here? let the people decide!
put 'em on the glass, urea!
and, u better register like a pantload of new accounts to even be remotely close to the inevitable outcome.
of course, if the poll was available to the universe, the result would obviously be 'why did u bother?'
 
I love the fact that despite how terrible UMass is we’ve embraced our special bowl of…

Gotta love it! Go dawgs!
 
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I only like the block c as a throw back uniform when we play a big east team. Otherwise time to turn the page
 
The block C is great. People don’t like it cause they don’t like Edsall. RE2.0 might’ve been a terrible football coach, but that doesn’t make him wrong about the logo. Bring it back full time.
 
I hate our 2023 helmets. They look so Pop warner.
rather put Baby Jonathan'e eyes on the helmet.
 
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Huskyforlife said:
The block C is great. People don’t like it cause they don’t like Edsall. RE2.0 might’ve been a terrible football coach, but that doesn’t make him wrong about the logo. Bring it back full time.
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People don't like it because it looks like a high school helmet from a school that has no one - staff or students - that have any creativity.
 
geordi said:
People don't like it because it looks like a high school helmet from a school that has no one - staff or students - that have any creativity.
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It’s a simply horrendous helmet and it should have been buried with Diaco and the Civil Conflict trophy.
 
geordi said:
People don't like it because it looks like a high school helmet from a school that has no one - staff or students - that have any creativity.
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I wouldn’t say that about block C. It’s not iconic but it’s not bad. If anything the white dog IS iconic. Personally I think the current husky looks more high school-ish than the old logo.

I would do a throwback game with the white dog which is something we’ve never done before. Bball does it. Football should do it too.

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geordi said:
People don't like it because it looks like a high school helmet from a school that has no one - staff or students - that have any creativity.
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How creative are Alabama's helmets? Penn St? Notre Dame? Georgia, Oklahoma or Texas? Ohio St? Tennesse?

The highest profile football schools are conspicuously uncreative when it comes to their helmets. The block C won't be a problem if we win and is far from our biggest concern if we don't win.
 
Austin316 said:
I wouldn’t say that about block C. It’s not iconic but it’s not bad. If anything the white dog IS iconic. Personally I think the current husky looks more high school-ish than the old logo.

I would do a throwback game with the white dog which is something we’ve never done before. Bball does it. Football should do it too.

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Something like this would be vastly preferable. That Husky logo is very appealing.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
How creative are Alabama's helmets? Penn St? Notre Dame? Georgia, Oklahoma or Texas? Ohio St? Tennesse?

The highest profile football schools are conspicuously uncreative when it comes to their helmets. The block C won't be a problem if we win and is far from our biggest concern if we don't win.
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We are not one of those schools. And just because we dress up in a bland “classic” helmet won’t make us more like them.
 
RioDog said:
I checked with Sesame Street and apparently the alphabet precedes FHCRE in history. It's time to let go of Randy, not the letter C.
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Couldn’t help laugh. Had an imager in my head of a guy with chisel making a C and crowd dudes in tunics heckling “too boring”.
 
ZooCougar said:
We are not one of those schools. And just because we dress up in a bland “classic” helmet won’t make us more like them.
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Neither would dressing up in some exotically decorated helmet.

We have a large number of things to worry about before we get to whether the helmet should stay or go. When we resolve the issues that are a higher priority than the helmet, the helmet won't matter.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
Neither would dressing up in some exotically decorated helmet.

We have a large number of things to worry about before we get to whether the helmet should stay or go. When we resolve the issues that are a higher priority than the helmet, the helmet won't matter.
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Alternative view:

Block C remains undefeated this season. It is our go to lid.
 
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