"I Will" shirt
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Regrettably about half of ISU's gear falls in to that category. There's some good stuff out there but a lot of it you can tell is destined for the clearance rack from the moment it gets printed.
Are you serious? I like Blaylock, but this is a Jack Trice quote. I have trouble using it with basketball in general and with anyone other than Trice in particular. Viva Jack Trice.
We all know "I Will" is the UA slogan.
But, it was a big part of JT's letter and was common knowledge before UA even existed.
And an FYI, for those spelling Will Blalock's last name like "Blaylock" you would be incorrect.
Pretty liberal usage of "common knowledge" there, I would bet that 2 out of 3 Iowa State fans couldn't tell you the significance of "I will," and 3 out of 3 other school fans
Do our licensing people not have any control or say in the final product??
That color is not even close. It seems pretty simple to me before you make thousands of articles of clothing that someone checks the color.
That color is not even close. It seems pretty simple to me before you make thousands of articles of clothing that someone checks the color.
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Tough crowd. Obviously 0/10 people of other schools won't associate "I Will" with ISU. Heck, I would associate it more with UA myself. And even 99/100 fans of other schools nationwide probably don't even know who JT is.
However, most ISU fans have heard of "I will" in JT's letter. That doesn't mean they associate I Will with ISU, but a lot of them have at least knowledge that it was in JT's letter.
I didn't think you meant most people overall knew about it so we are on the same page in the first paragraph. I still don't think it would be close to most ISU fans who have heard of "I will" in the letter though. Most who post on a website like this, sure. Not most fans
Yes, I know that. Seemed like people were getting excited about it because of the "I Will". I don't think that everyone knows it's a UA slogan.
Some people have their kids' pictures on their fridge. We have about 15 years of FB & MBB magnets on ours.
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Some people have their kids' pictures on their fridge. We have about 15 years of FB & MBB magnets on ours.
I don't remember that one. While I prefer to keep "I will" to Jack Trice, that is pretty clever!
Yeah - my bad. I always had trouble with his name & realized I screwed up when I went to get the magnet.
UA has been using "I Will" for a while. But I don't think they had any intentional connection to JT. Just a coincidence.
Too bad ISU didn't trademark it. It absolutely should be part of ISU's identity.
Too bad ISU didn't trademark it. It absolutely should be part of ISU's identity.
