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I just don't like the new falcon head logo I tried to be open minded and give it a chance but the "old" is a much more distinct logo! They "new" falcon head looks like Ball State's logo. I wish the merchandising department would leave the well recognized and simple logo alone!

It reminds me more of miami than Ball State, and I agree, keep the old one, keep tradition alive

The old logo isn't going anywhere. The "new" logo was simply developed to complement a new marketing image.

Why everyone thinks that the new logo is some kind of monster that will one day eat our souls and devour our children is beyond me...

I like the one that is on the helmet right now. The white made it confusing for non-BG people. I think it looks more like a Falcon head now then before.

The old logo is BGSU
the new is gay

The old fredy and freda costumes are BGSU
The new just SUCK

As long as they're orange and brown, I really don't care. I have a preference for the traditional logo, but the retail logo is alright as well in my book.

I looks like Ball State's? It looks like Miami's? People, they're all birds. How different can they get?

Bleeding Orange wrote:The old logo isn't going anywhere. The "new" logo was simply developed to complement a new marketing image.

Why everyone thinks that the new logo is some kind of monster that will one day eat our souls and devour our children is beyond me...

I beg to differ on this one, BO. The new retail bird logo is to transition from the traditional to the outlined one to the bird head. You are going to see more and more of it, and NOT just on retail stuff. Had the AD suddenly put out the bird head logo and said, "Hey guys, this is our logo now!" We all know the backlash that would have created, as it did when someone tried to revise it years ago. The marketing is being done gradually, so that people get used to seeing the bird head around and eventually, we will see it EVERYWHERE and less and less of the traditional shape!! Mark my words, THIS WILL HAPPEN.

And for the record, I voted for the OLD ONE!!!

The new logo looks like Space Ghost.

I LOVE the new Falcon logo. As for the new retail logo, I'm not too fond of it but it's starting to set in. Why haven't people realized there is a difference between the retail logo and new Falcon logo yet? I think we've gone in circles about this on this site and everywhere else.

Okay, so to clear things up, which one is the retail logo and which is the new logo?

This thread was intended to be about the retail logo, no? That was the impression I got.

As for keeping it "only" retail... they've already put it on the cheerleaders' uniforms.

I like the updated version of the traditional logo. I don't like the retail one much, but I can live with it, I guess.

I think tradition is important, and I don't take change lightly.

But I think the new logo is substantially better looking than the old one. It offers people more to grab onto -- more color, a better, more evocative-looking shape -- while still maintaining Bowling Green's tradition of a fairly abstact logo.

I also don't think it mimicks what other schools are doing.

Miami's redhawk is quite detailed -- in contrast to our new logo, which is still quite abstract.

Ball State's cardinal is just ... ugly, not a good logo at all.

I have no problem with the university using the new logo in any context. I don't think it really resembles anything else in college sports. I'm proud BGSU chose it.

momtartin wrote:Okay, so to clear things up, which one is the retail logo and which is the new logo?

Go here http://ohiokappa.virtualave.net/BG/logos.pdf

At the top of page two, it shows Traditional Logo, Revised Traditional, and Retail logos.

I enjoy all 3 logos and have apparel with all 3 logos on them (not at the same time).

When I see 5 times the BG hats on sale now (with the retail logo) than I did pre-retail-logo, I have a hard time thinking that it's a bad thing. Of course tradition is important and the trad. logo is one of the most unique and outstanding logos in all of college athletics. However, we're tryin to broaden our marketing strokes and a new, more modern logo is a big part of that.

By the by, kudos to our football marketing this year. I have gotten the distinct impression that more has been done this year than in year's past. maybe it's just me but I feel like our name is "out there" more this year than last.