Missouri's earlier announced new college football team uniforms and new sports brand identity for other sports.
For football, they've decided to abandon the block "M" designation and embrace the tiger logo. Kind of like the new black helmet with large gold tiger design. Also the all black home uniforms with gold numerals look pretty damn cool.
Check out the changes here: http://www.mutigers.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/041412aaa.html
Oh no!!!! Now Jerel Worthy's
Maybe now he just hates Miami
Maybe now he just hates Miami (OH)?
Nah. It looks more like
Nah. It looks more like Marshall.
I watched the video
You would think that for all the theatrical hullabaloo there they would have chosen a better receptacle for the helmet reveal than a beat up cardboard box. Oh well.
it was their most modestly
it was their most modestly priced receptacle.
I bleed Blue & Gray and Maize & Blue
Love it!
"Look, just because we're bereaved doesn't make us saps!"
Awesome
and to conclude the scene....
"Is there a Ralph's around here?"
good... one thing Mizzou
good... one thing Mizzou people always complain about on their blogs is running into Michigan fans and one side assuming the other is one of their own. It was a problem for them as a brand
Though really they should rename themselves after their most famous alum... the Mizzou Fighting Jon Hamms
When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing. -- Bo Schembechler
This confusion is extremely commonplace
I went to Mizzou. My freshman year there, I wore a Mizzou hat pretty much all the time. It was a gold hat with a black block-M on the front. I would wear this hat, on campus at the University of Missouri, and other Mizzou students would stop and ask me if I was from Michigan. Which then neccesitated a long answer about how I was, but the hat they were pointing to was in fact a Mizzou hat.
This happened all the time. It happened at Mizzou football games. I really liked the hat too, but I just had to get rid of it.
You should have just swtiched
You should have just swtiched to a Michigan hat and then you could have simply answered "yes".
Nobody home...
If Mizzou students couldn't
If Mizzou students couldn't identify a black and gold hat with a block M on it as Mizzou gear, then it really was time for a change
Some shades of blue and black
Some shades of blue and black are very similar, especially depending on the lighting. And it's even worse when it's just a yellow M.
When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing. -- Bo Schembechler
Jon Hamm
is from Missouri, but he went to the University of Texas. He told me so on Conan.
He went to Missouri too
He's in one of the commercials. Various famous Mizzou alum take turns saying "M-I-Z" and "Z-O-U" back and forth. Jon Hamm goes last, and in the most dramatic voice he can muster says "Z-O-U... Forever." It's terrible. It's probably on the internet somewhere if you want to look it up. I'd recommend it.
Mizzou also lays claim to Sheryl Crow and Brad Pitt (though he never graduated).
Hamm went to Texas and iirc
Hamm went to Texas and iirc transferred to Mizzou after one of his parents came down with cancer. He graduated from Mizzou.
When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing. -- Bo Schembechler
Nice
I like it.
What every longshot, come from behind, underdog will tell ya is this... The other guy, may in fact, be the favorite. The odds may be stacked against you, fair enough. But what the odds don't know is...this isn't a math test.
That's actually pretty good.
Not like they were that memorable before.
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
I'm glad that we stick with
I'm glad that we stick with the iconic winged helmet and don't do all of this Oregon/ Maryland/MSU helmet switches. It cheapens your brand and makes you look like a minor league baseball team that has no identity.
903 wins most in college football
Sucks to be Oregon right now.
Sucks to be Oregon right now. The array of heinous mix and match unis was their thing. Now everyone is doing it. It dilutes their gawdawful tackiness.
How can they be Nike's crash test dummy when everybody's doing it?
M'Dog
It looks like the figure on
It looks like the figure on my sex panther cologne bottle.
60% of the time, winning every time
60% of the time, winning every time would be a nice improvement historically for the Mizzou football team.
The helmet probably smells
The helmet probably smells like "desire".
that video is great
"let's start with the women's soccer team!" *fireworks* *smoke* *"y'allreadyforthis?* three girls come out to mild polite applause.
also this, regarding the custom typeface: "These unique characteristics of the typeface are infused with speed and the serifs are sleek and powerful drawing inspiration from the ear of the tiger."
THE EAR OF THE TIGER!
Survivor was full of shit.
They obviously had it all wrong.
Next someone will be telling me it's all about the nose of the tiger....
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
It looks good up close, but
It looks good up close, but on TV it's just gonna be a mass of yellow shit.
TING!!! Once again, the
TING!!! Once again, the classic superiority of the winged helmet reigns supreme.
Until Dave BRANDon changes it for some quick cash.
M'Dog
That helmet is sweet.
That helmet is sweet.
Kind of like a rainbow
Kind of like a rainbow colored tie is pretty to look at, but once put to real use looks atrocious.
Yes But
There's no bengal tigers in Missouri.
/s
Hail.
And the streets are paved
And the streets are paved with cheese.
Wisconsin
I thought that was Wisconsin?
Hail.
that looks so much better
that looks so much better than a knockout ugly M they had
Good
It's our M.
From the link:
A refined color palette allows for instant team identification and heightens emotional ties to the Mizzou name. The official colors for Mizzou are black and gold, in keeping with the colors of the Bengal Tiger. Gold, Black, Anthracite and White are used for the foundation of the Mizzou Athletics color palette.
There's so much bullsh*t there that I don't know where to start. I will say that Bengal tigers are not gold, black, anthracite, and white. I've been to the Cincinnati Zoo a few too many times for you to pull that one on me, thank you very much.
It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future. -- Yogi Berra
I don't hate the way that
I don't hate the way that looks, but I don't like it either. TBH all-black rarely looks good. All-any one color rarely looks good, actually. When the Saints do it, for example, they look like gymnasts wearing Spandex.
"We've beaten Michigan the last four years. So where's the threat?"
- Mark Dantonio
Blogging the Virginia Cavaliers at http://fromoldvirginia.blogspot.com/<
I think it is a good move on their part.
There is no way they can combat the similarities to Michigan, they lose every time. Don't fight the battle, find something and make it yours. Anthracite?
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
I'm normally a traditionalist
...I like the change. This isn't to say that we should change our uniforms significantly, but Missouri doesn't have the history or the immediate brand recognition with their old block M that Michigan does. I think the decal looks kinda cool. My only concern is I wonder how they'll look once they get a bit banged up. Offensive line players' helmets might end up looking like they have tigers wearing "Corky" helmets or headgear braces.
"Mattison must break you. Jake Ryan is his tool."
Looks good, actually.
Looks good, actually.
Michigan: 903–315–36 (Best in NCAA)
vs Ohio State: 58-44-6
vs Notre Dame: 23-16-1
vs MSU: 68-32-5
vs B1G: 522-197-24
vs SEC: 20-8-1
vs PAC 12: 48-24-1
vs Big 12: 10-5-1<
My $0.02 is that helmet is sweet!
I like the look a ton for a school like Missou.
"... never forget that Ohio is still a four-letter word."
-Bob Ufer
That helmet is awesome
They should have done this a long time ago
Janeane Garofalo (Film Actors Guild): "As actors it is our responsibility to read the newspaper, and then say what we read on television like it's our opinion"
I really like those...
It's
I really like those...
It's annoying seeing block M's on hats and apparel and thinking Michgan only to see its Mizzou- glad their football switch may make that less common!
Brandon is pushing the block
Brandon is pushing the block M as depicted on the new scoreboards to make the mark as strong as possible.
I did a quick and dirty trademark search for the block "M" - anyone wanting to see the Patent and Trademark Office registration, I THINK this is it:
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=doc&state=4004:m88jdo.9.109
In my lifetime
the worst thing that has happened to sports is the legitimizing of sports marketing as a career.
An excellent point
The drawing of alternate jerseys and such should go back to the people to whom it belongs: fourth graders who are bored in class.
It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future. -- Yogi Berra
That's not who's doing it
That's not who's doing it now?
Have you not seen Maryland's unis?
M'Dog
Don Canham,
the Michigan Athletic Director that hired Bo, was one of the great pioneers of sports marketing. Sports marketing has helped pay for the scholarships of thousands of student-athletes. You surely can think of something worse that has happened in sports in your lifetime than the legitimizing of sports marketing as a career.
Get Off My Lawn
It's OUR block M. Figure something else out like Minnesota's goofy /\/\.
Rable/Get Off My Lawn!
Hail.
Will Jerel Worthy
get his tat touched up?
Good. Missouri should have
Good. Missouri should have changed long ago.
Hopefully they remove their M from the 50 yard line as well.
Go Blue! Always!
Would they have done this if
Would they have done this if they didn't sign Dorial Green Beckham?
Oh no!!!! Now Jerel Worthy's tattoo is gonna look real awkward