Congratulations, Everyone: Those $9.99 Jerseys You Bought at Steve and Barry's 5 Years Ago Now Look More Authentic Than You Ever Could Have Imagined
by LVS on Apr 23, 2010 1:28 PM CDT
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PrintVia the RCMB, the new MSU football, basketball, and hockey jerseys:
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In case the title of this post doesn't betray my feelings clearly enough: these are awful. Awful, awful, awful. My God, they're abominable. Particularly the white hockey jersey, which really looks like something you'd pick up at Meijer. But the rest aren't much better. Kalin Lucas and Durrell Summers don't look particularly thrilled to be modeling the new basketball unis, do they? And the football jerseys look like ones you'd design in NCAA Football's Create-A-Team mode. The current football jerseys were great. Like, the best ones we've had in years. And now, our guys are going to be wearing these? Unbelievable. This is worse than the logo semi-fiasco. Much, much worse.
Anyway, vote in the poll and/or comment with your feelings. I'll be here gouging my eyes out.
[HT: My wife.]
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I'm not a fan of the script
What’s with the little tails? I have to agree, big step down from previous years.
by formerlyanonymous on Apr 23, 2010 1:40 PM CDT reply actions
Totally agree LVS
Bball are the worst by far…..would the Purdue bball jerseys say “Boilermakers” on them?
Why don’t the Basketball jerseys have the name of the school on them?? I could live with at least State.
by RickTheBloggerMartel on Apr 23, 2010 1:47 PM CDT reply actions
The script State on the basketball unis...
was the coolest thing we’d had in years. It actually differentiated us. Ugh. That was our brand. That was nationwide.
I won’t even get into the football jerseys.
"Particularly the white hockey jersey, which really looks like something you'd pick up at Meijer."
Not gonna lie I think it looks top notch. Except for the weird looking color that outlines the number.
All the rest just kinda ok. Really anything with Green, White, and the spartan head are gonna be above avg in my mind.
The only thing Id change is the “Spartans” back to “State” for bball and the same on Jones jersey back to Michigan State. and then make the Green hockey jersey just the oppo of the White one. The only really big problem is the number outlines. They look lame and unneeded
"You think our war drill is something now. Next year is going to be fist fighting."- Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
I liked the hockey scrip a ton also.
Ive got my hockey jersey with it and it looks fantastic. But when they said they were gonna try and make them all look very similar I knew the Hockey scrip was not long for this world.
Im not a huge fan on the new font and numbers with the random cuts but it is what it is. In the long run a MSU jersey will just also look good for the most part.
"You think our war drill is something now. Next year is going to be fist fighting."- Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
Football unis
look like the cowboys…these are just ugly
Whoa, whoa, whoa. There's still plenty of meat on that bone. Now you take this home, throw it in a pot, add some broth, a potato. Baby, you've got a stew going.
Basketball uniforms
Can someone explain how whatever the font SPARTANS is printed in contributes to a "department-wide brand and identity"?
Football uniform on the right is fine. The others look like they took Oregon uniforms and replaced the colors.
UGH.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Apr 23, 2010 2:21 PM CDT reply actions
The font is the same on the hockey and football jersey
its just bigger and easier to see in the bball uni.
"You think our war drill is something now. Next year is going to be fist fighting."- Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
Aha
In that case, it’s just an ugly font.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Apr 23, 2010 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Here it is
Also, you’re right, the football uniform on the right is the least problematic. But still, look at the shot from behind: I hate the design on the back of the pants.
PP-TPW.
The Only Colors
U-G-L-Y
It ain’t got no alibi.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Apr 23, 2010 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions
How long till The Only Colors get the new darker Green??
"You think our war drill is something now. Next year is going to be fist fighting."- Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
Note that they even screwed with the Block S
The final touch for Project Stick Your Finger in Your Fanbase’s Eye.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Apr 23, 2010 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Let me just say...
As a design professional (architecture/graphic design/lighting)… You know some senior intern in Oregon at Nike right now really thinks they were clever. Take the existing font, cut some notches out of it, at those notches removed to the ends of other letters VOILA! New Font!
Holy God that is a disaster
Whoever signed off on that font ought to be on the next rocket to the sun along with Ed Hightower.
I though the same about the one on the right
Then I saw the back of the pants. What the hell is that. Can we take the swears ban off for this thread
luttez pour les seuls couleurs, vert et blanc
by vert_et_blanc on Apr 23, 2010 6:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Assuming
That any of us had the final say what would you do?
Id have used the new darker green all over the board like MSU did.
Id have took the The basketball State font we used and put in on all the non hockey jerseys.
Id have got rid of all the non Green and White. Zero Black, Silver, gold or anything else.
"You think our war drill is something now. Next year is going to be fist fighting."- Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
I would also
have done 1 and 3. But as for logos and such I wouldn’t have changed anything on any of the teams. Our jersey’s in football and hockey looked good, simple and had some history in the case of hockey.
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I'm obviously in the minority here, but
I actually like the bball jerseys and the footbal jersey Gordon is wearing. I’m not a fan of anything else though.
Basketball jerseys are OK outside of the new font
Although there’s no photo of the backs of the jerseys, which I assume include the goofy mural of Spartanishness.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Apr 23, 2010 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Just noticed the gold trim around the numbers
Add another UGH.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Apr 23, 2010 2:49 PM CDT reply actions
Bronze?
You know, to match those bronze helmets Spartans wore back in the day.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Apr 23, 2010 2:56 PM CDT up reply actions
I swear, 300 was the worst thing ever to happen to us.
PP-TPW.
The Only Colors
by LVS on Apr 23, 2010 2:57 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Look on the bright side,
300 could have inspired something like this:
Consider yourselves lucky.
Furthermore, it’s nowhere close to:
Or
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Apr 23, 2010 7:23 PM CDT up reply actions
So we have a third Football jersey now?
I’m assuming it’s Gordon’s since Jones’ and Cousins’ color schemes match.
It looks like we also have a green mismatch again — look at Cousins’ 8, must be a material (or glare) problem.
Of all these, I dislike the hockey jerseys the least. Although I’m not really liking the black hockey pants.
The green is probably not a mismatch
It just looks like it because it’s outlined in bronze…ugh.
by AlkalineKidAP on Apr 26, 2010 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Here's to hoping it's like New Coke....
….an attempt to get a fan base to accept a little bit of movement by taking a wildly circuitous route.
In the end they will just change again
I mean we are MSU. How long have are last 5 football jerseys lasted?
"You think our war drill is something now. Next year is going to be fist fighting."- Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
GAH
See, everyone bitched and griped and moaned and complained about the “new logo”, and so now we have the “classic logo” (which wasn’t all that classic)—and it doesn’t match these unis at all. I’d rather have it all make sense together.
Peace
Ty
http://www.thelionsinwinter.com
by ty@thelionsinwinter on Apr 23, 2010 3:01 PM CDT reply actions
Yeah, but those weren't the only two options
They could have taken the fan uproar seriously and designed a consistent scheme that used the darker green (which is consistent with what existed in the 1990s) and was built around the existing logos, to try to build on what tradition we do have.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Apr 23, 2010 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, but . . .
. . . fan uproar is fan uproar. Fans aren’t designers. When teams re-do logos and unis, suddenly all these beer-swilling sport-loving meatheads (such as myself) start critiquing ideation and line. It’s ridiculous.
This reminds me of the “outrage” over the new Lions’ logo, which was UNQUESTIONABLY A) a tremendous improvement and B) totally faithful to the spirit of original.
I don’t know that these are either A) or B), but the old logo with these new unis UNQUESTIONABLY sucks balls.
Peace
Ty
http://www.thelionsinwinter.com
by ty@thelionsinwinter on Apr 23, 2010 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions
The issue
with the new logo is that it will not always appear on uniforms. For example, my favorite hat by far is just a green hat with a white spartan head on it. That logo looks good. The new one on its own looks like crap.
In summary:
Old Logo with New crap uniforms > New Logo by itself
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Light a man afire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
The not classic lgo has been used at MSU since 1961
its almost 50 years old
"You think our war drill is something now. Next year is going to be fist fighting."- Tom Izzo
Go Spartans
Meh
Extremely inconsistently. It’s not exactly the block M, people.
Peace
Ty
http://www.thelionsinwinter.com
by ty@thelionsinwinter on Apr 23, 2010 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Er
No, it isn’t. The block S is. And the kinda diagonal block S. And the Cartoon Sparty.
Peace
Ty
http://www.thelionsinwinter.com
by ty@thelionsinwinter on Apr 23, 2010 5:51 PM CDT up reply actions
No
The cartoon Sparty has not been around as long as the current helmet logo. And the problem with the block S is that it’s the same block ‘S’ used by a number of other universities (Syracuse, Stanford, etc….probably a multirude of “State” schools). People outside of Michigan (or at least outside the Big Ten footprint) don’t associate it with Michigan State. It certainly is not synonymous with the block ‘M’ for Michigan.
It’s kind of like if you say UofM in Minnesota, people will not think you are talking about the University Michigan. They’ll think you’re talking about the University of Minnesota. In Michigan, they will clearly think you are talking about Michigan.
The ‘S’ is not distinct enough to be a national symbol for MSU.
by AlkalineKidAP on Apr 26, 2010 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions
FWIW
Google associates the “Block S” with MSU and Stanford.
Ironically, the MSU website says this:
The block “S” may not be commingled with other marks or altered except to be enlarged or reduced proportionally. It may not be contained within other graphic devices or be used as a replacement letterform in any name or word.Apparently, altering it and then using it as a replacement letterform in a name is cool, though.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Apr 26, 2010 7:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Also
The Stanford Block S is outlined, making it clearly distinct from the MSU Block S.
Syracuse does, in fact, utilize a similar looking Block S, but also has two other logos with the letter “S” in them.
I just did Google Image searches for the logos of any other high-profile “state” school I could think of; the Block S didn’t show up on the first page of results for any of them.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Apr 26, 2010 7:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Next closest
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Apr 26, 2010 7:47 PM CDT up reply actions
As far as the other stuff about the Block 'S'
Specifically referring to this comment I made:
The ‘S’ is not distinct enough to be a national symbol for MSU.
It’s true, google does have MSU and Stanford show up first when you search “block s” on google. But who searches “block s” on google? No offense meant, I’m just trying to make a point. All I was trying to say is people not as die-hard about our school or college sports in general see things they way we do. I see the differences in all these different block “S’’s just as you do (especially because I’m kind of a graphics/logos nut), but a LOT of people don’t. Another example is the ‘S’ of ”http://www.amesphotos.com/psu/images/the_s_zone.jpg" target="new">Penn State, which I admit is different, and looks even more different when actually printed on something, but it’s still a white block ‘S’, and a lot of people do not play that close attention.
I attended the University’s “Branding Conference” about 3 weeks ago where they unveiled their new graphic standards, new look for ads, the website, etc. During that conference, they talked about studies they did regarding the ‘S’ and how recognizable it was across the country (these studies sounded more legit than the Nike ‘Ancient Greek" studies BTW).Turns out the answer was apparently “not very”. Now I’m not necessarily a fan of this. I like the S. But they’ve decided to only use it on internal documents and not as an external symbol of the University, and I can sort of see why they’ve made that choice. Doesn’t mean it won’t still show up on T-Shirts, mugs, etc, but I guess they won’t be using it as much.
On top of that, I’ve always been told that the ‘S’ is supposed to be more of a symbol for MSU the university, and the helmet logo is more of a symbol for MSU athletics. Now clearly these lines are blurred often, but that’s supposed to be the standard, even though whenever I see our ranking flashing in the background of some ESPN studio show, it always seems to be overlaying a “Block S”. I guess it’s up to ESPN what they want to use, but I would think if that was the University policy, our SID would request for them to change it. I don’t really understand it.
Long story short, I definitely think the block ‘S’ is a university symbol worth protecting, and I don’t think it’s going anywhere. I’m just telling you there’s been a bit of a change in how the powers that be at the university view it as a national symbol.
by AlkalineKidAP on Apr 27, 2010 11:29 AM CDT up reply actions
So what then?
It’s not a nationally-recognizable symbol (although it does appear to be a pretty distinctive symbol, even on a national basis). How many schools have nationally-recognizable symbols? Is that generally a result of the design of the symbol or the school’s athletic success? Is this new font with the sliced up S going to become nationally-recognizable?
I simply don’t understand how manufacturing something brand new is better than building on what you’ve already got if the goal is to build a consistent brand.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Apr 27, 2010 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions
These are the same things I wonder
1. I’m not really sure what the baseline is here. I don’t know what would make a symbol “nationally recognizable”. It’s certainly not this although that is apparently supposed to be used on external communications now. It’s not a new symbol, but it’s also not one I was very familiar with. At all. I guess it’s more descriptive…
2. I would guess athletic success is a big-part of the equation, but again, we’re in a niche that pays attention to these sorts of things.
3. No. Unless we win a national championship and that makes it super-recognizable, in which case, eh…I’ll live with it. Just changes the meaning of “rooting for laundry”…
As for your last point, I could not agree more. We need to stop changing someof this stuff! This new stuff is not “timeless” to me, and that should be the goal. Seems there are a lot of unilateral decisions being made at MSU these days though, and I wonder if some (any) of these questions are being considered…
by AlkalineKidAP on Apr 27, 2010 12:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Alright, I think we're basically on the same page
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Apr 27, 2010 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions
I agree with this
I think Spartan Athletics is going against University policy in doing what they’ve done to the block ‘S’.
Playing devil’s advocate though, the only thing I can think of is the ‘S’ in the original font was maybe not considered the ‘official’ block ‘S’, it just looks similar to it so therefore they have carte blanche to do what they want with it.
The only reason I say that is because they get very specific in the MSU Graphic Standards document about the size of the corner cuts at the top of the ‘S’ (they are supposed to be deeper on the top than on the bottom) and the size of the white space inside the ‘S’ (supposed to be smaller on the top than on the bottom). What I’m saying is in editing the font on the jerseys as they did, apparently just pulling cuts out and sticking tails on (which, for the record, I think looks awful), they may have just been changing a standard sans-serif font, and not an official block ‘S’, even though the ‘S’ contained within that particular font looks very similar.
by AlkalineKidAP on Apr 27, 2010 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions
Is Nike getting back at us?
Is this revenge for the logo scandal? For Tom Izzo spurning Oregon? (Or to impersonate Oregon’s uniforms on the theory that eventually he won’t be able to tell the difference?)
Anyhow, apparently the unis are changing every year now, so if you hate ‘em, just wait it out. Though, if we win the championship next March, we’ll be living with the photos for a long time. (Personally, I don’t mind the basketball uniforms, though I wish they said ‘State’. Football, those shoulders, that’s another story.)
by Steve Hendershot on Apr 23, 2010 3:11 PM CDT reply actions
If they win the NC, I promise to drop all jersey-related complaints
I don’t mind looking at those Reebok-produced monstrosities when I see photos of the 2000 team.
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Apr 23, 2010 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Ugh.
About the only jersey that looks like an improvement is the road hockey jersey. Everything else is uglier than the uniforms that are being replaced. Our “old” football uniforms were awesome. Absolutely awesome. A classic uniform scheme. This is…well…I guess this fits in with the new 16 team Big Ten. Classic Big Ten, not so much.
I wonder if they focus grouped these things before actual Spartan students, alums and (least important) fans before they rolled them out. Have we ever worn a two-tone football jersey? Does any respectable program (Bama, Texas, UM, ND, FSU, USC etc?) with a storied history wear a two-tone jersey? These are quiet guy wearing a Hawaiian shirt bad.
I'd be interested to see what they did to the other teams (baseball, soccer etc.)
Sorry. These are atrocious. The one thing I loved about the basketball uni’s was that they only had “STATE” on them. Swing and a big miss here guys.
In the minority too...
I actually like the new hoops jerseys. I was never a fan of the futuristic “STATE” font across the front.
And I really like the green/white football jersey that Jones has on.
I like that “Spartans” is becoming highlighted as the identity of the athletic programs. “State” just never did it for me.
Of course, I don’t live in Michigan, so anytime I would mention “State,” I’d have to explain which state I was talking about.
Of course.......
I also really liked the universally-panned green jersey / green pants look the football team wore during the years. So, my tastes may be in contrast with everybody elses’
I hate these as well
Basketball unis have said Spartans before, but I prefer just State. When it comes to college hoops, we are State.
For Hockey, I liked the script, but I don’t mind the Spartan head logo, it is everything else that I hate.
The football unis are terrible from the back and for the font, but the solid green uni looks cool.
I also prefer the style of the basketball unis, it is just the font and the word Spartans that I don’t like.
on closer inspection...
The backs of the the White jersey doesn’t look that bad, I just don’t get whats happening with the shoulder striping on the front….
The basketball jerseys are pretty much the same, the hockey jerseys are kinda silly but for some reason I don't mind the whites, and the football jerseys are bleh
I really don’t understand the design on the back of the pants. At all.
I liked being defined as ‘State’, but all things considered, they could have screwed up much worse. The only definitively worse jerseys, to me, are the football ones.
Basketball Shorts
Is it just me or is there some sort of patterning on Durrell’s shorts? Right pant leg behind his hand. It looks like he got run over by a bus or something on the way to the photo shoot.
by Respert's Elbow Pad on Apr 23, 2010 4:41 PM CDT reply actions
My Review on a 4.0 scale
Gordon’s Football Jersey: Acceptable it gets a 3.0
Cousins’s Football Jersey: Eh, could’ve been better, 2.5
Jones’s Football Jersey: Ugh, do not wear this often please, 1.5
Gordon’s Pants: Hard to get upset about pants, but what’s with the extra color on the back? 2.5
Cousins’s/Jones’s Pants: Same issue, but to a lesser degree, 3.0
Overall Football Impression: Other than the alt home (please tell me it’s the alt) these uniforms are wearable, but not good looking or an improvement
Basketball Jersey: The issue here is not with the patterns or anything like that. The issue is they broke the rule. They changed from the script “State” to “Spartans.” This raises the question about how anyone can claim this is for brand consistency: MSU has gone to the last two Final Fours wearing the script State and is nationally recognized as one of the only teams with the chutzpah to put nothing but “State” on their jerseys. For this reason I give them a 2.0. They’re not embarrassing but they’re a step back rather than forward.
Hockey Uniforms: I need to preface by saying I’m not married to the old script Michigan State since I haven’t followed them like others have over the years. That said, I actually like both uniforms, though the white one is superior. Home gets a 3.0 while I’m giving that road jersey the only 4.0 in the course.
…
I can play devil’s advocate a little bit. I mean, yes I like the old jerseys, but maybe (mostly in football) a facelift will help the team? I mean, if we do well this year combined with the new look it may get recruits to look at MSU as something fresh and exciting. I don’t know, it’s just a possibility. I mean, look at Cincinnati. Their uniforms look like something out of arena football, but they win and maybe their look combined with their success makes them look like something energetic and exciting for kids to be a part of.
That’s all I’ve got. Let’s just say I was considering getting a new jersey and waited to see what new stuff would be coming out today and that I’m probably not getting a new jersey anymore.
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Good analysis
Note: The “millenium” script “State” has graced the chests of four Spartan Final Four teams (2001, 2005, 2009, 2010).
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by KJ@theonlycolors on Apr 23, 2010 8:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Also, does everyone notice the triangular slices taken from random places on each number?
What the crap is that?
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Jones's 53 looks like it's wearing guyliner.
In fact, that’s the best I can describe this font in general: it looks like regular block font wearing guyliner and heels.
That's what I find inconsistent about the font.
The “cut-out” is designed to give the number depth (which you can see best on the back of Gordon’s jersey). It looks incomplete when you look at the bottom of the number, however.
From best to worst
I actually like the white hockey jersey, though it’d be better with green pants instead of black (and without the ridiculous font). I’m not sure it’s an improvement on the old one, but it’s not any worse either.
Basketball: The basic design is great, though I’m sure they have the stupid watermark crap on the back again and I would rather it said “State” instead of “Spartans”.
Green hockey: Ugh. Don’t like the text so small; “Michigan State” is too long to fit on one line cleanly with any design (unless you’re putting it on Terrence Cody). Arched text works for basketball jerseys but I don’t like it for football or hockey at all. Just do a white helmet logo if you must change it.
Gordon jersey: Top is fine, the green bands on the outside of the back of the legs seem really weird though.
The other football jerseys: It’s Oregon without the day-glo. Make it go away.
The font: Wingdings would be an improvement.
In regards to the font...
It’s the exact same font we currently sport, with embellishments and serifs add from the pieces removed from certain letters. If you look closely you could see it.
I am merely pointing it out...
I never said the modifications made it better… I don’t like it, and it looks like a hack job, but it is what it is.
Like I said earlier, you know some student intern thinks that’s the best work they’ve ever done, and that is definitely going in said asshat’s portfolio.
I know I'm not helping anything
as a Penn State fan…those look positively MAC or C-USA level right there. You guys are a proud program with tradition, and you look like Ohio University or San Jose State with a different color scheme. Ouch.
Fiya Minaya.
Thanks
I love PSU gear they seem to manage both a block S and logo.
by RickTheBloggerMartel on Apr 24, 2010 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions
New uniforms
GET a Message to Hollis to change the uniforms Back!!….STATE is the coolest brand I ever saw!!!….These are like retro….NIKE sucks
HORRIBLE!!!!
The football uniforms harkened back to Perles and Duffy, why change them???$$$ The new colors are terrible, the pants are really terrible, the gold outline is terrible. Gold?, is this South Bend?? Everything about the new uniforms just make me sick.
Late, but blargh
The two-toned football jerseys and pants are not good.
The new font is really not good.
The basketball jerseys are pretty good, as I never cared for the “State” font
The hockey jersey are pretty good, (I really ddin’t like the ‘classic’ ones posted above) though the black pants are a big ‘huh’? I guess I’m more okay with a two-toned hockey jersey than football.
Oh well, we won the national championship is some basketball unis that haven’t aged well at all.
The logo I’ve always thought was underrated and should have a higher profile was the ’State" with the outline of Michigan on the floor of the Bres. I liked its look and I liked the not-so-subtle implication.
My Perspective as a Graphic Designer and a Lifelong Spartan Fan
UGH!!!
I fricken hate these. Everything Nike does tends to look dated within 5 years. I think they do it on purpose so that they can sell more gear when they change it over and over again. The Bball unis changed twice last year, did they not? They opened the season with the gay * subtle design in the fabric on the back which was new, and towards the end of the year they changed to a jersery that looked a little more retro with the piping around the edges.
Do you think Kalin Lucas is sick of doing these new jersey photo shoots yet? We probably haven’t even seen all of them.
Overall I think it’s really bad design. I’m most upset with Bball, but let’s talk about football first. Simple is better! I love Penn State’s unis. Simple, unchanged, iconic. These new unis are horrid. They are way too trendy. The worst part is that this trend is already old.
On to basketball. The reason I’m more upset with drastically changing the basketball unis than the football is because we have worked hard to establish ourselves. We have crawled to the top of the heap amongst other elite programs in the country. For the last 10 years or so, the country has become accustomed to seeing “STATE” playing in those ever so important games in March. Our opponents have grown up seeing “STATE” in the tournament and it comes with a certain deal of admiration and intimidation. The right way to go would’ve been to simplify the current unis. If they were stupidly simple, without all the Nike “flair”, keeping the “STATE” (which could possibly be modified as long as the impact is the same), they would be iconic. We could keep them for 30 years and really establish a tradition with our look.
New tradition my *. If these are our new uniforms and go unchanged for the next five years, I’ll eat my hat.
aaaannnnd
If the goal is to be consistent, why do basketball unis say “SPARTANS” while most everything else says “MICHIGAN STATE”. I think everyone should’ve adopted “STATE”.
The reason for that is
It’s what a lot of teams/schools do. On the road, you wear your school (or city) name and at home you wear your mascot name. I don’t have a problem with this so much as the font, etc.
by AlkalineKidAP on Apr 29, 2010 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions
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