Iowa State Uniform Discussions (update: new basketball unis)

[Cloned4Life]

Here are the numbers from the last 3 seasons as well as the trademarked font used by ISU. It's pretty obvious to me (a professional graphic designer) that they tweaked the numbers for the 2018 season. Look at the angles I've circled plus the gap in the bottom of the 5.

I am confident it is the same typeface. It's the Cyclone typeface that has been the standard across the athletics program since the reveal of the I-State logo. You will have seen very small variations within this font family for 12 years on all sorts of jerseys in different sports, signage, marketing materials, etc. and possibly just didn't notice I agree that this particular font 'iteration' of the jersey matches the specific font variation within the Cyclone typeface of the original new-Chizik-I-State-USC-jerseys. And I really like it. I HATED the variant we had prior to last year with the elongated/stretched numbers and the butt-ugly extended shoulder stripes. I will miss the black collar. I think it's mistake getting rid of that. It paired extremely well with the black shoes, socks, helmet, etc. The Baylor home game look last year was a sweet uni combo. Could be the lighting in photos from this week, but these new jersey's look (unfortunately) brighter and less cardinal-y, and I'm not sure we'll see the black shoes/socks look with the cardinal/cardinal/cardinal combo anymore at Home. I HOPE we do, but I could see them going white shoes, which will look like the Seneca era, i.e. attack of the killer tomatoes. Those were brutal.

Edit: Just notice the Cyclone Equip twitter appears to have black socks in the photo. Nice. Sorry coach, I still like talking about uniforms

 

[Blandboy]

I really want some type of a strip. Im with you, they are really plain

If we do go with a stripe on the pants, I'm hoping it's essentially indiscernible because our players are so fast.

 

[psycln11]

I'd like to see a black jersey w/ metallic red numbers, black pants, red chrome helmet with matte black stencil I-State logo used as an alternate.

 

[SolarGarlic]

I am confident it is the same typeface. It's the Cyclone typeface that has been the standard across the athletics program since the reveal of the I-State logo. You will have seen very small variations within this font family for 12 years on all sorts of jerseys in different sports, signage, marketing materials, etc. and possibly just didn't notice I agree that this particular font 'iteration' of the jersey matches the specific font variation within the Cyclone typeface of the original new-Chizik-I-State-USC-jerseys. And I really like it. I HATED the variant we had prior to last year with the elongated/stretched numbers and the butt-ugly extended shoulder stripes. I will miss the black collar. I think it's mistake getting rid of that. It paired extremely well with the black shoes, socks, helmet, etc. The Baylor home game look last year was a sweet uni combo. Could be the lighting in photos from this week, but these new jersey's look (unfortunately) brighter and less cardinal-y, and I'm not sure we'll see the black shoes/socks look with the cardinal/cardinal/cardinal combo anymore at Home. I HOPE we do, but I could see them going white shoes, which will look like the Seneca era, i.e. attack of the killer tomatoes. Those were brutal.

Edit: Just notice the Cyclone Equip twitter appears to have black socks in the photo. Nice. Sorry coach, I still like talking about uniforms

The elongated/stretched numbers were a Nike thing. If you look at every Nike team, while the jersey designs are relatively the same, they make minor tweaks every season. I doubt we get any say in it. I agree about the jerseys looking less cardinal-y. Hope that's not the case. I wasn't a huge fan of all the black, but it did give us a unique look.

 

[clonedude]

I am confident it is the same typeface. It's the Cyclone typeface that has been the standard across the athletics program since the reveal of the I-State logo. You will have seen very small variations within this font family for 12 years on all sorts of jerseys in different sports, signage, marketing materials, etc. and possibly just didn't notice I agree that this particular font 'iteration' of the jersey matches the specific font variation within the Cyclone typeface of the original new-Chizik-I-State-USC-jerseys. And I really like it. I HATED the variant we had prior to last year with the elongated/stretched numbers and the butt-ugly extended shoulder stripes. I will miss the black collar. I think it's mistake getting rid of that. It paired extremely well with the black shoes, socks, helmet, etc. The Baylor home game look last year was a sweet uni combo. Could be the lighting in photos from this week, but these new jersey's look (unfortunately) brighter and less cardinal-y, and I'm not sure we'll see the black shoes/socks look with the cardinal/cardinal/cardinal combo anymore at Home. I HOPE we do, but I could see them going white shoes, which will look like the Seneca era, i.e. attack of the killer tomatoes. Those were brutal.

Edit: Just notice the Cyclone Equip twitter appears to have black socks in the photo. Nice. Sorry coach, I still like talking about uniforms

This was my exact worry with the new jerseys as well. They look like a brighter red compared to last year, and not "cardinal". I really hope it's just the lighting as you say because when we went from bright red to the darker cardinal- that was one of the very best things we've ever done.

If this new jersey is a brighter red, it would be a HUGE step backwards and much uglier.

 

[jbru119]

Not brighter, just lighting

 

[CySanka3]

Is the new yellow sleeve stripe like a chargers lightning bolt looking thing? Or is it just the way the jersey is laid out in those pics?

 

[k123]

Yeah I agree with this more than anything... same font, just bold style.

Although the new 6s there have a double swirl instead of the left side being a straight line perpendicular to the edge.

Here are the numbers from the last 3 seasons as well as the trademarked font used by ISU. It's pretty obvious to me (a professional graphic designer) that they tweaked the numbers for the 2018 season. Look at the angles I've circled plus the gap in the bottom of the 5.

Good eyes!

#TopContent! (Not sarcastic at all, I examine them too, and for re record do not prefer the larger/wider numbers, but the additional swirling is good )

 

[Dandy]

I’m with you. Wondering if there are changes to the pants. They were super plain last year.

I kind of like the two shaded numbers because it’s different. Anyone else do that?
We don’t take enough advantage of being the only “Cyclone” in the NCAA.

Well the pants look plain again this year, according to this video.

 

[t-noah]

Black collars gone for this season....

Good change in the collar. This staff knows what its doing. I did like the black collar to a certain extent, but thought it needed to be modified if kept. It was very unique and different. More people should like this collar.

 

[t-noah]

I do think the sleeve (gold in this case) is different than last years design, so will have to modify this some, need to see a few more pics.

 

[t-noah]

Teaser...

 

[Dandy]

Guess who's back... back again...

 

[Sigmapolis]

What I would give for a set of gold pants to go with this set.

If people are adverse to gold jerseys or other elements for various reasons, I get it, but pairing up gold pants with our current setups...

C - C - G
C - W - G
W - W - G
W - C - G even

...would be beautiful.

 

[t-noah]

Not saying we are getting gold pants, btw...

So who is going to start a new 2019 uniform thread? I think this one has run its course.

 

[t-noah]

Guess who's back... back again...

I know you love me. I sort of like you too.

 

[weR138]

New this year is the players home state flag sticker added to helmets.

This is a stroke of genius, imo. If you're in a small (talent pool) state and you have to go out and get guys like ISU does...why not OWN it. I think it's really cool.

I'd even go so far as patches on the front of the jersey like Army & Navy do with unit patches.

 

[Dandy]

What I would give for a set of gold pants to go with this set.

If people are adverse to gold jerseys or other elements for various reasons, I get it, but pairing up gold pants with our current setups...

C - C - G
C - W - G
W - W - G
W - C - G even

...would be beautiful.

I might be in the minority here but I don't really like the three-color variations. It doesn't look "uniform" enough to me.

I like combos like C-W-C, W-W-C, B-C-C, etc. over something like W-C-G or C-W-G.

 

[Sigmapolis]

I might be in the minority here but I don't really like the three-color variations. It doesn't look "uniform" enough to me.

I like combos like C-W-C, W-W-C, B-C-C, etc. over something like W-C-G or C-W-G.

That is a fair critique, and I adore our C-W-W and C-W-C and W-W-W looks.

But even if only for this, making these pants gold...

...would look way better than the unbalanced colors above.

Akron going all-white did not help things, either, I suppose.

 

[SolarGarlic]

The best thing we've done in the last 10 years is change the helmet. The larger logo and cardinal facemasks are infinitely better than the small logo/gray facemasks.