Recent content by Toews

O/W/O it is

Does that graphic really mean what uniform we are wearing?

It's true Nike uses templates, but all the brands do for the most part. Just got to hope that the template is pretty good during the cycle when it's your turn. I think we got a very good football uniform for the most part. The basketball one though is a different story.

Is it possible we still get new uniforms? I've seen some teams get uniforms even into the season. I agree that it's frustrating how a top ten basketball program in the country is stuck with uniforms based on the Lovie-era football uniforms.

Besides the color orange being similar, I've never really cared if basketball and football have similar brand identity. In fact, that's the main issue with the non-throwback basketball set. I do however think it's much more important for football to have a consistent brand with some of the...

I've said before, but I always thought Nike was on to something with the stripes of the shield. I think the school even realizes that since we use the stripes in a lot of the school's marketing materials for other programs, including basketball. The problem with the shield is they flipped the...

I received an email saying such as well.

Obviously my one nitpick is the four star helmet was not actually a four star helmet (those were pride stickers many players would have one two or no stars). Still while my favorite throwback helmet is the Butkus one, I think the slant one will look the best with these 90s inspired uniforms. In...

2:30 game is optimal for me. When I was a student or a recent grad I would have said night games though.

I could see a way where 2025 schedule is easier. But playing the current iterations of MSU, Purdue, and Minnesota at home and Northwestern at a neutral site are literally four of the easiest possible games you can get in the Big Ten. All those teams are projected to have down years too compared...

Obviously not counting us because we can't play us, by odds and SP+ we play four of the worst five teams in the Big Ten this year. We play some very good teams as well but we will always play very good teams. We basically avoid most of the middle this season which makes it a good year to win 6...

The problem with the schedule more than anything is it's extremely frontloaded. Could make for a fun end of the year, but could also make for some low fan excitement levels early.

It's a tough schedule if you want to make a Big Ten Title Game. If you want to win 6 games the only way it could be easier in the current Big Ten is by playing Indiana instead of someone better. Big Ten will always be tough these days. Next years schedule will be harder.

I think if we try to reverse engineer from a similar pond as other schools traditions it will be seen as phony. And tbh the school has tried things. The Red Grange race, throwback uniforms, and the Butkus statue were all things we did to tie the current team to a storied past. There’s also a lot...

Sure but what’s the beloved symbol? As an alum the idea of a WWI doughboy being a symbol of the school is a recent idea and mostly the work of retconning lol. I can’t say most of the alumni talk to would go to war over the idea of a WWI imagery. Let’s be honest Fighting Illini was associated...