New Ask the AD up 7/25/07

Bleeding Orange · Post by **Bleeding Orange** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:06 pm

Back on the meds, NWLB.

Flipper · Post by **Flipper** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:12 pm

The Cars first album was their only really good one

transfer2BGSU · Post by **transfer2BGSU** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:13 pm

BGSU33 wrote:And if that’s not enough, I’d also swap out brown for blue as one of our school colors. But that's just me and we certainly can’t always get what we want.

That's because then you could swap out the UVA logo on your shirts with the BGSU logo. We've got your number 33!

NWLB · Post by **NWLB** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 1:32 pm

Bleeding Orange wrote:Back on the meds, NWLB.

Will it stop the feeling of bugs crawling all over?

BGSU33 · Post by **BGSU33** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 3:13 pm

transfer2BGSU wrote:
BGSU33 wrote:And if that’s not enough, I’d also swap out brown for blue as one of our school colors. But that's just me and we certainly can’t always get what we want.
That's because then you could swap out the UVA logo on your shirts with the BGSU logo. We've got your number 33!

LOL!!!

Schadenfreude · Post by **Schadenfreude** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 7:09 pm

ZuluWarrior wrote:First off, for one who has knocked GC about a number of issues 'my view' is he is right on target with regard to logo and marks. To have three different logos on different uniforms is about as I-AA as you can get. Of course there will be those who don't like change and I can respect that.

I agree with all this.

And my biggest gripe is that it is a knock-off of the Redskins new logo.

I don't agree. The Falcon itself is much better.

Schadenfreude · Post by **Schadenfreude** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 7:31 pm

NWLB wrote:The name of the school is Bowling Green State University. The sign on I-75 is a joke and embarrasing on several levels, and its been there for over a decade.

It's actually been there much longer. It may date back to William Jerome. Some president well before Olscamp -- and I think it was Jerome -- was pushing "Bowling Green University" for a while because he thought it sounded more prestigious.

The sign does look a bit weird. But, eventually a driver will hit it, and it will be replaced.

In any case, this "Bowling Green University" thing is an institution-wide branding issue. And, obviously, they've been going with "Bowling Green State University" and "BGSU" for a long time now.

However -- for as long as I can remember, BGSU has always presented its athletic teams as, simply, "Bowling Green."

It breaks the sportspage style -- which would be to refer to us as "Bowling Green State," given the institution's name -- and that means some confusion at times. But I absolutely agree that we should stick with the simplicity of "Bowling Green."

It's simpler -- easier on the mouth -- and it sounds a bit more upmarket.

"Bowling Green State" is mouthful of syllables that imply "provincial public college," e.g. "Kent State" or "Ball State" or "Murray State" or "Morehead State."

By just saying "Bowling Green," it comes off a bit like "Miami University," and I like that. It may also make city residents without a connection to the university feel more of a connection.

And, just using "BG" in the logo works for me, too.

The official fight song does not include an "S-U," after all.

That parking lot is a pathetic eye sore. It has been for years. It looks like something that belongs in Bagdad or Detroit more than the first thing most people see in the city or school. And how many decades have they had time to fix that?

Look, it could use a bit of landscaping, maybe, but you can't tell me that acres and acres of asphalt would be that much prettier. I prefer tailgating on gravel, and it's probably environmentally friendlier.

orangeandbrown · Post by **orangeandbrown** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 8:45 pm

I favor the University of Bowling Green.

h2oville rocket · Post by **h2oville rocket** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 8:49 pm

I'm fond of The Green University of Bowling.

BGFalconfromCincy · Post by **BGFalconfromCincy** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 10:39 pm

I like The State University of Bowling Green myself

NWLB · Post by **NWLB** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 10:50 pm

Schad, I'm not talking about the traffic sign, I'm talking about the big private sign for the research enterprise park.

And I'm in favor of anything that looks neater and more tidy than lose rubble with barriers to prevent people from driving into ruts in the drainage. And in particular doing it the way the master plan laid out. Lots of curves, more trees, landscaping.

Flipper · Post by **Flipper** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 10:55 pm

BGSU...BG...BGU...whatever. All I know is that a degree in geography from the University of South Florida in Tampa probably isn't worth much.

BGFalconfromCincy · Post by **BGFalconfromCincy** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:11 am

Flipper wrote:All I know is that a degree in geography from the University of South Florida in Tampa probably isn't worth much.

Glad to know I'm not the only one who thinks the same thing, I have always thought that was weird

Schadenfreude · Post by **Schadenfreude** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:17 pm

orangeandbrown wrote:I favor the University of Bowling Green.

This is actually growing on me.

It would wreak havoc on our unofficial fight song, But, it could be cool.