new helmet mock up

bgsufalcon24 · Post by **bgsufalcon24** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 12:21 pm

MACMAN wrote:if you like that bird head...you should have gone to MIAMI, not BGSU.

The only BGSU LOGO is the one that has been around for ....ever.

The Miami knockoff sucks and is unacceptable.

Once again

I just don't understand this. The retail logo kicks ass. The old outline logo is probably the single worst logo in college athletics. It's just like the Atlanta Hawks old pacman bird logo, just disgusting. It doesn't look like a falcon at all. I don't mind the filled in traditional logo, but just the outline, UGGH!!!

Anybody reading our two posts back to back will be startled at how far apart we are on this issue.

Schadenfreude · Post by **Schadenfreude** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 12:49 pm

MACMAN wrote:The Miami knockoff sucks and is unacceptable.

It is hardly a Miami knock off.

Our retail logo is very much in the abstract tradition of the the traditional logo. It only consists of a few bold lines. It remains two dimensional.

In contrast, Miami's logo is much more detailed and lifelike, with extra lines designed to imply feathers and three dimensions.

The similiarity people are seeing is in the implied expressions.

Miami's RedHawk appears to be one pissed-off bird.

The triangular shaped eye in our retail logo works with the downward curve of the beak to imply that our bird is also surly. But these are the only cues, and only by impilcation, really. I would urge you to go back and compare these cues with the Miami bird.

Look at the RedHawk's detailed beak. Look at curl of its mouth. Look at its round eyes (and eyeballs). Look at the suggestion of eye brows.

Our logo has none of that detail. It's quite abstract -- and the fact that our abstract retail logo evokes a mood at all suggests the amount of thought and artistry that went into it.

Ours is a good logo, and it springs from our own tradition. The fact that its implied demeanor is similiar is just one of those things about sports logos. Most of the expressions are pretty cranky. It's sports, after all -- not comedy.

Dayons_Den · Post by **Dayons_Den** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 12:50 pm

MACMAN wrote:if you like that bird head...you should have gone to MIAMI, not BGSU.

The only BGSU LOGO is the one that has been around for ....ever.

The Miami knockoff sucks and is unacceptable.

The only logo that has been around for... ever?

This one? (it would look silly on helmets)

This one?

thewebboy · Post by **thewebboy** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 1:04 pm

I'm tired of this whole "our new logo looks like miami's" thing. Naturally, they are going to look somewhat alike, they are both birds!!!!!

I like our new retail logo, it takes what makes our old logo great and gives it a new updated look and feel.

That's just my two cents.

NWLB · Post by **NWLB** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 2:33 pm

Schadenfreude wrote:
MACMAN wrote:The Miami knockoff sucks and is unacceptable.
Miami's RedHawk appears to be one pissed-off bird.

Yeah, because the old Miami logo has two of its feather stuck in its head.

Bleeding Orange · Post by **Bleeding Orange** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 2:46 pm

bgsufalcon24 wrote: The old outline logo is probably the single worst logo in college athletics.

Of all the ignorant statements you've been making lately, this is probably the most noteworthy.

The word you were looking for, I believe, is "unique," as in "The old outline logo is probably the single most unique in [sic] college athletics."

bgsufalcon24 · Post by **bgsufalcon24** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:37 pm

Bleeding Orange wrote:
bgsufalcon24 wrote: The old outline logo is probably the single worst logo in college athletics.
Of all the ignorant statements you've been making lately, this is probably the most noteworthy.

The word you were looking for, I believe, is "unique," as in "The old outline logo is probably the single most unique in [sic] college athletics."

If you honestly think that logo is good for any reason, well, let's just say that I do NOT agree with you. My opinion is that the outline traditional logo is CRAP. And I'm sticking to it. Call me ignorant all you want, I don't care.

By the way, thanks for trashing my opinion the way you did. I don't feel bad disrespecting yours.

Flipper · Post by **Flipper** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 4:29 pm

I honestly do not know what the hell people are looking at when they compare the "retail" logo to the Redhawk logo. Apart from being bird heads, they don't have a damn thing in common. They don't even face the same frigging direction.

It's a bigger mystery to me than magnets,,,,how do those damn things work!!!

Schadenfreude · Post by **Schadenfreude** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 5:46 pm

NWLB wrote: Yeah, because the old Miami logo has two of its feather stuck in its head.

That's funny!

jeebus · Post by **jeebus** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:36 pm

it doesnt look like the redhawks BUT IT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE THE IOWA HAWKEYES BOOOOOO CHANGE BOOOOOOOOOOOOO BOOOOO

seriously folks...its an entirely seperate logo that captures the feel of the old boring logo and updates it.

Falcon30 · Post by **Falcon30** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:22 pm

MACMAN wrote:if you like that bird head...you should have gone to MIAMI, not BGSU.

The only BGSU LOGO is the one that has been around for ....ever.

The Miami knockoff sucks and is unacceptable.

If just to piss you off, I hope we drop the traditional falcon on everything. "For....ever" is like 1970

I don't need to tell you it looks nothing like Miami, you obviously can't see colors or something....

I like it, it isn't "gay" and I hope this hurts your eyes.

Falcon30 · Post by **Falcon30** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:43 pm

This is closer to our falcon than the ForeHawk.

The Miami Logo is much closer in style to this - one of the WORST mascot / logos EVER in pro sports:

bgsufalcon24 · Post by **bgsufalcon24** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:44 am

Falcon30 wrote:

This is closer to our falcon than the ForeHawk.

The Miami Logo is much closer in style to this - one of the WORST mascot / logos EVER in pro sports:

I remember those old Raptors jerseys with the dinosaur on them. Oh my gosh, those jerseys had to have been the worst in NBA history, other than maybe the Atlanta Hawks old lime green jerseys with the blue stripe.

NWLB · Post by **NWLB** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:53 am

bgsufalcon24 wrote:
Falcon30 wrote:

This is closer to our falcon than the ForeHawk.

The Miami Logo is much closer in style to this - one of the WORST mascot / logos EVER in pro sports:

I remember those old Raptors jerseys with the dinosaur on them. Oh my gosh, those jerseys had to have been the worst in NBA history, other than maybe the Atlanta Hawks old lime green jerseys with the blue stripe.

Well it was nice of them to take on Breast Cancer as a cause, what with that jersey color and such. Or maybe it is supposed to represent Barney hide.

Bleeding Orange · Post by **Bleeding Orange** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:02 am

bgsufalcon24 wrote:
By the way, thanks for trashing my opinion the way you did.

Well, I suppose you'll have to forgive me, then, you uppity choad.

Your attitude is entirely offensive, and I doubt I am the only one that feels this way.