The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
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Stevegarbs
- Mokena, IL
And they were playing a sport where literally every other team does not speak that language. Terrible logo.
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
lol. Yeah. Not to mention that the logo was intended to appeal to those targeted to occupy seats in Jarry Park c. late-'60s, when French Canadian nationalism in Quebec had been on the rise again for several years.
(Five years spent living in Eastern Ontario on the Quebec border teaches a man to hate.)
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
You know, it could be the bias of it was the look I grew up seeing, but those 2001 highlights really reminded me how much I loved that simple look of the all white numbers. Those jerseys combined with helmet and pant stripes of blue/white/blue (going light/dark/light is much better than having the orange and white next to each other like the current helmet).
Neidermeyer
- Faber College
Apparently someone got the memo about the "I". It looked spot on today.
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- North Aurora
I agree. There’s no way they were placed “straight up” while just sitting on the table. We are improving the quality of every aspect of this program! Have to love it!
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- North Aurora
So is Best Buy using an image with our old uniform set? Are they using this image for all of their ads or is it super creepy targeted to this Illini fan? Either way, that’s wild.
i'm not convinced those are our jerseys, but i could be wrong.
Browns or maybe Syracuse.
It's 100% our jerseys. It appears to be punter Anthony Santella holding for Derek Dimke. That would have been mid to late Zook era.
Agreed it's ours and looks like it might have been an away game at Camp Randall judging by the tuba player I can see in the background that appears to have the W on their chest.
Definitely us! I think the kicker is #13 Jason Reda and the holder is #82 Frank Lenti Jr. I remember seeing this picture on Best Buy's website when I was shopping for a tv years ago.
my apologies to red wing. good eye
Good eye! Looks like 2006 at Wisconsin. We hit a field goal with 00:08 left in the first half, which explains the band being on the sideline.
Ah yes, good call. If it was at Wisconsin, it could only be 2006 or 2008. Santella was 87, but Dimke and Reda had the same number. Interesting image still being used!
Wow! Truly impressed by the investigative skills on this site. You even have the shadows matching.
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- North Aurora
I really appreciate y'all doing the leg-work on this one! All the more stunning that Best Buy is promoting ads on Twitter in 2021 from pictures taken in a 2006 Illinois football game!
Those are good looking jerseys! I always liked the all white jersey/pant combo for us in football. I think the orange/blue combo pops on a white canvas.
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- North Aurora
That uniform set had the right amount of each color, that’s for sure. What bothered me about that set was that we were playing with a 2006 Nike template for like 6 years after the rest of Nike’s schools had moved on. The piping and panels were a phase and that phase was over. You could make a clean and classy permanent set out of those minus the early 2000s piping.
p.s. the poor Arizona cardinals still having that kind of mess of piping and panels now 8 years even beyond when Nike let us ditch them. When will they be let out of uniform purgatory???
I suspect it is placed on the upper portion of the helmet due to the viewing angle of both fans and TV cameras.You guys...the orientation of thesticker on the helmet looks pretty good. I think it’s correct!!!
I had this sweater back in that day, but it looked a whole lot better on Mike White than it did on me.
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