Helmets

[Swamp]

Ragin 9221, you've done great work brother. The following is not directed at you, only a synopsis of what I've been wanting to word.

If I can offer some constructive criticism, I humbly submit the following...

1. Louisiana Football has a helmet and it is sick. Very smart improvements have been made to it since 2002 and it is currently far ahead of anything I ever thought of. The State silhouette for the "Warning" information on the rear of the lid is simply a spark of genius.

2. If the "Arch" brand from the helmet were to be applied to all fan paraphernalia, 35-40% rise in royalty revenue straight into the coffers of Louisiana Football. Just think about what kind of improvements could be made to everything Cajun Football. The fact that no one is allowed to re-print the standard on our helmet is the most ridiculous philosophy in NCAA Football.

3. Nothing. Nothing beats the Cajuns script on the helmet. It's not a contradiction, you know what I mean. Use the Cajuns script whenever the hell we feel like it. Playing B.R., lets break out the script.

4. The Great State of Louisiana Silhouette is the Game-Changer. No lettering, no additions, no subtractions. A state of Louisiana Silhouette 3x5' flag with the USPTO Registered Trademark down in the bottom right quarter of the flag and every single flag printed would be sold that same day it hit the shelf. White with a red Louisiana. Red with a white Louisiana. Black with a two-tone of red and white? That would look pretty cool across Acadiana.

5. Please end the talk of "it looks like Nola, it looks like Tech, LSU trash came up with it first. No. No. No. There is one entity which can brand the border of Louisiana, from its' northern border lying @ 33 degrees and south to the Gulf. From the Sabine to the Pearl. Us and Only Us. The one and only Ragin' Cajuns. The one and only Louisiana.



Let's Geaux.

[Ragin9221]

Ragin 9221, you've done great work brother. The following is not directed at you, only a synopsis of what I've been wanting to word.

If I can offer some constructive criticism, I humbly submit the following...

1. Louisiana Football has a helmet and it is sick. Very smart improvements have been made to it since 2002 and it is currently far ahead of anything I ever thought of. The State silhouette for the "Warning" information on the rear of the lid is simply a spark of genius.

2. If the "Arch" brand from the helmet were to be applied to all fan paraphernalia, 35-40% rise in royalty revenue straight into the coffers of Louisiana Football. Just think about what kind of improvements could be made to everything Cajun Football. The fact that no one is allowed to re-print the standard on our helmet is the most ridiculous philosophy in NCAA Football.

3. Nothing. Nothing beats the Cajuns script on the helmet. It's not a contradiction, you know what I mean. Use the Cajuns script whenever the hell we feel like it. Playing B.R., lets break out the script.

4. The Great State of Louisiana Silhouette is the Game-Changer. No lettering, no additions, no subtractions. A state of Louisiana Silhouette 3x5' flag with the USPTO Registered Trademark down in the bottom right quarter of the flag and every single flag printed would be sold that same day it hit the shelf. White with a red Louisiana. Red with a white Louisiana. Black with a two-tone of red and white? That would look pretty cool across Acadiana.

5. Please end the talk of "it looks like Nola, it looks like Tech, LSU trash came up with it first. No. No. No. There is one entity which can brand the border of Louisiana, from its' northern border lying @ 33 degrees and south to the Gulf. From the Sabine to the Pearl. Us and Only Us. The one and only Ragin' Cajuns. The one and only Louisiana.



Let's Geaux.

I agree, but just choose one a role with it, idc what they do but do something.

I personally okay with outline of the state with the FDL little plain looking but whatever just do it! Just have a logo saying who are! That’s Louisiana!

[Swamp]

Thanks Ragin9221.

As a matter of fact, that outline you're using on your designs is very sharp.

[CajunEXPRESS]

I hate the flames going in different directions. I hate dropping the UL for LA. If you are going to change it, it should be Louisiana only, never LA. Also, for the record, I hate the current Ragin' Cajuns logo with the flames going in opposite directions.

Again, this is the problem, we continue to change our logos every 10-15 or 20 years, and therefore we have no tradition. We are our own worst enemy.

The flames don’t bother me at all. Unfortunately it’s part of the font UL has. I suppose we could just drop the flames altogether on the LA if that’s the only objection.

[Turbine]

The flames going in opposite directions is a relic of the HotWheels logo.

When it was a rolling wheel they were pushing in the same direction.

Now that they are stacked or on the same line it looks uncoordinated.

[R1Letterman]

So, would Univ of Kentucky use KY on their helmets?

Illinois use ILL?

Alabama use ALA?

While I agree our logo IDs have grown somewhat stale, I think LA is a step in the wrong direction. The stand alone L (got to choose a correct font) has a better chance.

Only if it was jelly night

[Swamp]

The flames don’t bother me at all. Unfortunately it’s part of the font UL has. I suppose we could just drop the flames altogether on the LA if that’s the only objection.

The objection is LA. No one is going use LA in place of UL.

We've been calling UL, UL since '99.

There is no need for a LA in front of the State of LA.

There is no need for an L, the State of Louisiana is the L.

The fire letters and their directions, whatever, sure lets send them the same direction. Great.

The fire letters have actually made an ok brand with us because of the very unique they've given our numbers. Minnesota Vikings look to have copied our numbers.

The "Louisiana" written out, is an attempt to look like the fire letters. I found its' font years ago. That means even the written word brand "Louisiana" is an attempt to look like the fire letters.

[Turbine]

Normally a font coordinates all numbers, and letters

[CajunEXPRESS]

The objection is LA. No one is going use LA in place of UL.

We've been calling UL, UL since '99.

There is no need for a LA in front of the State of LA.

There is no need for an L, the State of Louisiana is the L.

The fire letters and their directions, whatever, sure lets send them the same direction. Great.

The fire letters have actually made an ok brand with us because of the very unique they've given our numbers. Minnesota Vikings look to have copied our numbers.

The "Louisiana" written out, is an attempt to look like the fire letters. I found its' font years ago. That means even the written word brand "Louisiana" is an attempt to look like the fire letters.

The post I was addressing said his objection was that the flames were going in different directions. Additionally UL cannot be used by the university without the smaller Lafayette.

My personal preferences are the FDL or the state without any letters. Longhorns, and Tiger Paw stand alone. The FDL absolutely can stand alone. Nobody is confused about the state or city, or Saints. Many people have no clue to where Austin is in Texas, and a great many don’t even know that the longhorns are in Austin. Constantly using the FDL with the oral Louisiana is all we need, unless some prefer being a regional university. If that’s important just UL Lafayette does that.

[Swamp]

The post I was addressing said his objection was that the flames were going in different directions. Additionally UL cannot be used by the university without the smaller Lafayette.

My personal preferences are the FDL or the state without any letters. Longhorns, and Tiger Paw stand alone. The FDL absolutely can stand alone. Nobody is confused about the state or city, or Saints. Many people have no clue to where Austin is in Texas, and a great many don’t even know that the longhorns are in Austin. Constantly using the FDL with the oral Louisiana is all we need, unless some prefer being a regional university. If that’s important just UL Lafayette does that.

Not a person in Acadiana wants to be called UL Lafayette nor a regional university, might as well have named us University of Louisiana at Acadiana. I bet that would have an affect on that p.o.s. lsu rule with the two cities @ designation. Anyhow, I'm on the verge of saying lets just rid everything of the fire letters. They have caused constant issues since their inception. What many don't realize and it took me years to figure out is the ridiculous, lazy use of the black behind the letters themselves. Its a blob with no distinction behind the letters when the ridiculous outer border is removed. Everybody uses a background the same color of the outer border to eliminate the outer border. That makes an improvement, but even deeper into the issue is the black which does not make the directional changes in accord with the letters, instead there is a black background that curves in and out when its eazy. This was revealed in the 2017 helmet with simply the fire letters and no 400 layers behind them. Thats College Football: Symmetry is Simplicity. Two colors is Bold and to the point, no b.s.

Yea, so lets get them flowing in the same direction. Next lets get that black (which becomes the red blob) layer from behind the letters, gone. This is extremely visible on the black helmet with the arched logo with the black changed to red.

In no way whatsoever am I saying lets stop doing all this cool stuff with the helmets, the Fleurs (helmet stickers), state silhouette for warning, 337, the two bars, the arch, its all perfect except for the black background behind the fire letters. And of course the ridiculous outer border and lets get it all flowing in the same direction.

Looking forward to Cold $2 Natty and a $20 GITM.

Its Geaux time.

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