Iowa State Uniform Discussions
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They have a deeper red. We went McDonald's red and yellow in the 80s.
I could do without the white collar, but white numbers are a must. The cardinal/gold with no white is butt ugly
They do not, actually. Since the mid 00’s rebrand along w/ the I-State logo, the “shade” of Cardinal (along w/ the specific Nike scheme) is virtually identical to USC. The difference has been the “gold”.
It’s why the Rhoads era uniforms literally looked exactly like USC; because it’s the same color.
Edit: To add - one of the most embarrassing periods of Cyclone uniform history is the early 00’s initial Nike contract - where quite literally Iowa State signed an agreement (perhaps Van De Velde initially?) with Nike to use their off-the-rack “red” and “yellow” colors. The type of contract a high school team might have, ya know, to save money. Because it’s, ya know, literally just a generic ass-color off the rack. The 2003+ football uniforms… the 2003+ basketball uniforms… 100% McDonald’s. It was embarrassing
Even the “tertiary navy blue” became nearly just the normal color blue from Nike. That’s how cheap we went…
Right, my use of "deeper" wasn't clear. Their red is deeper than the ketchup/mustard McDonald's colors. We were ketchup/mustard in the Chizik era before the Rhoads era as you mentioned. We made the right choice to go back to the more traditional, darker cardinal.
Outside of the Minnesota and this mock up do you have any game photos of others similar to this? Not disagreeing, I’m just having a hard time envisioning a full uniform set.
I think part of the problem was how we wore our unis at that time too.They do not, actually. Since the mid 00’s rebrand along w/ the I-State logo, the “shade” of Cardinal (along w/ the specific Nike scheme) is virtually identical to USC. The difference has been the “gold”.
It’s why the Rhoads era uniforms literally looked exactly like USC; because it’s the same color.
Edit: To add - one of the most embarrassing periods of Cyclone uniform history is the early 00’s initial Nike contract - where quite literally Iowa State signed an agreement (perhaps Van De Velde initially?) with Nike to use their off-the-rack “red” and “yellow” colors. The type of contract a high school team might have, ya know, to save money. Because it’s, ya know, literally just a generic ass-color off the rack. The 2003+ football uniforms… the 2003+ basketball uniforms… 100% McDonald’s. It was embarrassing
We only had a cardinal helmet, then wore all gold head to toe, with a cardinal helmet. That look was bad. And because of Ronald McDs costume being all yellow, with red hair it was bad.
That look with a Gold helmet would have been ok. mixing the colors would have been ok. White pants, gold jersey, Gold pants cardinal jersey etc. But the all gold with cardinal helmet was bad.
I wish, but I will believe that when I see it with Campbell's supposed hatred of Gold.
The away and the black look great. Something about that home jersey just doesn't do it for me though.
For me it’s too much white and gold next to one another. It’s fine for the numbers, but on the sleeves it’s just too much.
Really liking the concept, though - and I kinda hope the hidden version is black with cardinal/gold.
I like some white in the uniforms. We had it our history. look at the the 70s uni's. The problem with gold, is we always end up with some ugly @ss version of yellow and it looks like hell.
I tend to agree. There was something about it that bugged me, but I couldn't specify -- I think that's what it is. Probably would look better with 3 gold/2 white stripes, gold on top & bottom.
That strays a bit from the away jersey's arrangement as far as stripe/numeral color arrangement, but a minor element that could make a a positive difference.
4 shoulder stripes is one too many. 3 would be far preferred.
And if there is a white number on the Cardinal jersey, you cannot have all Cardinal pants with no striping. That would look awful. All white pants would be fine.
You're probably correct. I'm trying to visualize having something like "73" fit into that horizontal space, at that size.
