Warthog wrote:To quote my 13 year old son: "It's cool!, I guess."
I was never real fond of the Brandon version of the Falcon head with the white cut out. So I say it is a step up from that.
And lets hold out final judgment until we see the entire package. That is, how does it look with the uniform (whatever that may be). I think the simple brown and white BG has a bit of an old-school look and I think this helmet has the potential to look sweet with the brown jerseys.
Giving things a chance, with some optimism thrown in there too. A novel concept to be certain.
I agree that we should reserve judgement until we see the package as a whole.
FlagCityFalcon wrote:It's not a matter of opinion...it seems though that members of this forum exist to tear down that which they claim to be fans of...
How is loving tradition tearing down what we love?
dstubb wrote:Don't know Tiger fan...what if they took away your Old English Tiger logo? Or if U of M took away the winged helmet? Or the block "M"? That is consistent with doing away with the "LT" falcon in my opinion.
They did...and I supported it!
"Eyeball to eyeball, I said, 'Dr. Cartwright, don't put me in this position if you plan on dropping hockey. That won't happen as long as I'm alive. I'll fight that to my grave." - Jack Vivian
This observation is not just to logo change...anybody who reads this board can provide any number of examples.
"Eyeball to eyeball, I said, 'Dr. Cartwright, don't put me in this position if you plan on dropping hockey. That won't happen as long as I'm alive. I'll fight that to my grave." - Jack Vivian
[i][quote="NWLB"]Because the term bowling green refers to a flat patch of turf, on which the original game of bowling is played. Were grass purple, it would be called the bowling purple, in theory. The name was given to the city by a former postal worker from Bowling Green, Kentucky. The flat nature of the city could have played a part in his using the name here, but more likely, and from what most sources state it was because he simply liked his former town. So the color green really doesn't have a darned thing to do with why the city was named what it was, nor why BGSU was named what it is.
Since there is no connection between the color green and why anything was named what it is, and until a few years ago, there wasn't even a bowling green in Bowling Green, why would there be that hue in our teams uniforms?[/quote][/i]
So I will respectfully disagree with your premise NWLB. From what I recall as a former campus Tour Guide the postal worker was reminded of his town of Bowling Green in Kentucky. The color green in the city's name is in reference to the green landscape or grass so the color played a role in the name of the city. The city plays a major role in the name of the institution, thus the color green plays a role in the name of our University. So if Bowling Green is named for a green patch of land, then green should be incorporated into the color of our school since our name is incorporated out of the city. Green is not an arbitrary name, its not like Bowling Green was named Bowling Brook for example. Of course than we all might just be The Babblers. Again, just my point of view, not saying its right.
i just have to say I love the new helmet. I actually like alot of the new things. The trend seems to be more things with saying or seeing BG. Like the Chant, "We Are BG" i absolutely love that.
my favorite symbol they have been using is the interlocking BG with the falcon head poking out. I really like that one alot.
dstubb wrote:Don't know Tiger fan...what if they took away your Old English Tiger logo? Or if U of M took away the winged helmet? Or the block "M"? That is consistent with doing away with the "LT" falcon in my opinion.
They did...and I supported it!
To hell they did. If the Tigers ever got rid of the Olde English 'D' there would be massive riots and people would likely burn down every Little Caesar's in America.
The Tigers have had a number of retail logos to put on merchandise, but they have stuck with the D on the uniforms. (Although the hat & uni do have slightly different versions).
No way in hell any owner of the Tigers ever touches that tradition. It would be tantamount to moving the team.
NWLB wrote:Because the term bowling green refers to a flat patch of turf, on which the original game of bowling is played. Were grass purple, it would be called the bowling purple, in theory. The name was given to the city by a former postal worker from Bowling Green, Kentucky. The flat nature of the city could have played a part in his using the name here, but more likely, and from what most sources state it was because he simply liked his former town. So the color green really doesn't have a darned thing to do with why the city was named what it was, nor why BGSU was named what it is.
Since there is no connection between the color green and why anything was named what it is, and until a few years ago, there wasn't even a bowling green in Bowling Green, why would there be that hue in our teams uniforms?
So I will respectfully disagree with your premise NWLB. From what I recall as a former campus Tour Guide the postal worker was reminded of his town of Bowling Green in Kentucky. The color green in the city's name is in reference to the green landscape or grass so the color played a role in the name of the city. The city plays a major role in the name of the institution, thus the color green plays a role in the name of our University. So if Bowling Green is named for a green patch of land, then green should be incorporated into the color of our school since our name is incorporated out of the city. Green is not an arbitrary name, its not like Bowling Green was named Bowling Brook for example. Of course than we all might just be The Babblers. Again, just my point of view, not saying its right.
I get your point, and I too am a former tour guide, and have heard several versions told by guides, and read several others in local histories. But it remains that "that town" in Kentucky was named for the bowling pitch. Green remains incidental to its name. And yes, BGSU gets its name from being in the city, which itself has never taken tightly to the color for its own school teams or identity. So why should BGSU?
In any case, its the chicken and egg kind of debate I seem to get into here a lot.
Why shouldn't the Blues Brothers wear blue, it is in their name!
NWLB
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dstubb wrote:Don't know Tiger fan...what if they took away your Old English Tiger logo? Or if U of M took away the winged helmet? Or the block "M"? That is consistent with doing away with the "LT" falcon in my opinion.
They did...and I supported it!
To hell they did. If the Tigers ever got rid of the Olde English 'D' there would be massive riots and people would likely burn down every Little Caesar's in America.
The Tigers have had a number of retail logos to put on merchandise, but they have stuck with the D on the uniforms. (Although the hat & uni do have slightly different versions).
No way in hell any owner of the Tigers ever touches that tradition. It would be tantamount to moving the team.
WEll they actually put that crawling tiger d on their road hats for a while, but fan support and poor sales of the had resulted in a change to the "traditional" D. I will also point out that the Tiger's olde english D has changed about 10 times since it was introduced in the 1920s so even with tradition there has been some change. If you look closeley to the current tigers uniform set you will see that the D on the hat is different from the d D on the uniform. The Yankees famed NY is also different on their hat and jersey . . . Yup I"m a logo geeeeeeeeek.
hammb wrote:
To hell they did. If the Tigers ever got rid of the Olde English 'D' there would be massive riots and people would likely burn down every Little Caesar's in America.
The Tigers have had a number of retail logos to put on merchandise, but they have stuck with the D on the uniforms. (Although the hat & uni do have slightly different versions).
No way in hell any owner of the Tigers ever touches that tradition. It would be tantamount to moving the team.
I honestly don't know if there are enough people left in Detroit to give a crap if they did change it anymore. I've never heard of boarded up buildings burning down sh**ty pizza joints.
Yup, nothing like a daytrip to Detroit to remind me of how lucky I am to live in Cleveland!
From the halls of ivy...
It is not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work - work with us, not over us; stand by our side, not ride on our back. Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity, not stifle it. ~Ronald Reagan
hammb wrote:
To hell they did. If the Tigers ever got rid of the Olde English 'D' there would be massive riots and people would likely burn down every Little Caesar's in America.
The Tigers have had a number of retail logos to put on merchandise, but they have stuck with the D on the uniforms. (Although the hat & uni do have slightly different versions).
No way in hell any owner of the Tigers ever touches that tradition. It would be tantamount to moving the team.
I honestly don't know if there are enough people left in Detroit to give a crap if they did change it anymore. I've never heard of boarded up buildings burning down sh**ty pizza joints.
Yup, nothing like a daytrip to Detroit to remind me of how lucky I am to live in Cleveland!
Talk like that will get you murdered in Detroit.
On the other hand, just being in Detroit will get you murdered in Detroit, so I guess go down swingin'.
hammb wrote:
To hell they did. If the Tigers ever got rid of the Olde English 'D' there would be massive riots and people would likely burn down every Little Caesar's in America.
The Tigers have had a number of retail logos to put on merchandise, but they have stuck with the D on the uniforms. (Although the hat & uni do have slightly different versions).
No way in hell any owner of the Tigers ever touches that tradition. It would be tantamount to moving the team.
I honestly don't know if there are enough people left in Detroit to give a crap if they did change it anymore. I've never heard of boarded up buildings burning down sh**ty pizza joints.
Yup, nothing like a daytrip to Detroit to remind me of how lucky I am to live in Cleveland!
Talk like that will get you murdered in Detroit.
On the other hand, just being in Detroit will get you murdered in Detroit, so I guess go down swingin'.
If you're talking about my jab at Little Ceasar's, then whatever retard who wants to take a shot at me for doing so is more than welcome. I'll know they're retarded by virtue of their affinity for the place, primarily because I worked there in high school. This was before everyone in the Greater Cleveland area woke up and realized they were eating cardboard with a light sprinkling of cheese on it.
From the halls of ivy...
It is not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work - work with us, not over us; stand by our side, not ride on our back. Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity, not stifle it. ~Ronald Reagan
