Don’t see the point in changing just to change.

I don’t really care. If that’s the change, fine; if it’s not, whatever. I don’t think the changes are extreme enough for me to give a dang.

Even more than the Block S if I’m to be honest. I’m really quite angry that Nike and the AD thought they could just change this and we would be ok with it.

With an April unveiling, any chance this is a joke? I mean, this thing looks awful.

Change for change’s sake is often dumb change. I don’t know what this redesign brings to the table.

That original logo, according to sportslogos.net, has been in use since at least 1977. It is, to me, Michigan State’s best and most distinctive logo.

Why change it?

As many have already said — why change the classic one? New one looks like a bad drawing of the old one.

But I don’t think it’s too fair to judge the new logo as depicted: it has blurry edges and the graphic generally isn’t sharp. I’d bet the final version will look better.

I don’t buy the brand recognition argument for keeping the old logo. The one on the left looks like a green Spartan helmet, and so does the one on the right. The brand’s the helmet itself, and changing the plume, eyes and earpiece (YEAH OXFORD COMMA) won’t change the brand.

Now for keeping it the same because you think the new one looks ugly? I can see that argument, but if I’m being completely honest, the new one’s grown on me a bit since I first saw it.

Obvious downside. Voted no.

Clearly this is NOT the real logo… Anyone who knows anything about graphic design and marketing should know that those directing this campaign would not LEAK an MS Paint version of a draft logo. This is clearly someone’s IDEA of what the logo should and would look like…

The result was this. The new Spartan is similarly “new.” By which I mean it goddamn fucking sucks. Let’s hope your new Spartan is as quickly abandoned as Iowa’s was. If voting results are any indication, you guys are in good shape.

Looks new, rather than classic. It’s a crappier version of what we’ve got now. If we were going to change the helmet logo, let’s do something more radical, like this thing
 an M fan made up. Which is a little funny because what I like about that logo is that MSU is claiming the entire state of Michigan for our own.

Mostly, I don’t like the constantly changing uniforms. Just stick with some damn thing. Who’d you rather be like Penn State? Or Oregon? I’d choose Penn State every time over Nike U. Honestly, the basketball team has worn a lot of ugly unis, including winning the national title in them.

If you want to do some alternate jerseys for a game a year and try to make some more cash, great. Some Spartan Tailgate people suggested we wear this as a throwback for the M game. I’m on board for that, just because they’d pitch a fit.

However, this is a travesty. I hope he is testing the alumni waters. If not, buy your Sparty stuff now. That will send a message.

Maybe it’s just because that is the logo that I’ve associated with MSU all my life. It speaks to history and is understated and classic. As spartakles78 has admirably demonstrated, it also has the benefit of being historically accurate. I say we keep it forevermore.

The new one, if that picture is an accurate portrayal, looks like something a community college would dream up. The new one is made to look “fierce” by overemphasizing the brow to evoke someone who is glowering under pinched eyebrows in anger. It looks hokey, amateurish, and stupid, and will most likely look out of date in 10 years.

My dad went to U of M, and I basicall grew up a U of M fan because of it. I switched allegiances when I started attending MSU. However, even as a boy, I thought the old helmet logo was way cool – cooler than anything U of M had. In short, it’s a classic and should not be changed.

I voted like, because the post says the new logo is on the left. Evidently the new logo is on the right, which I don’t like.

…“300” reminds me how much I hated that movie. Most movies I don’t like because they’re just kind of ‘meh,’ but that one actually made me angry at its inexplicable horribleness. I get to be reminded of it far too often because I’m an MSU fan, whereas, say, Texas A&M fans get no more exposure to it than the average American. Texas A&M fans just have all the luck, eh?

I just can’t wait for it to finish swirling the pop cultural drain.

to have a speech bubble with the word “Nooooooo!” coming out of the helmet?