Utes finally get ESPNU logo
by JazzyUte on Oct 18, 2011 5:31 PM MDT
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PrintUtah has finally received its very own ESPNU logo.
If you're not familiar, ESPNU, the all-college affiliate of ESPN (and network that broadcast Utah's win over Pitt Saturday) gussies up its traditional Block U (heh) logo with themes from various teams. Locally, Utah State and BYU received the treatment a few years ago.
Now the Utes have their own.
Prepare to be amazed (eh, not really)...
Not exactly inspiring. Worse, it's a complete ripoff of the Miami (OH) logo...
Just add feathers coming out of its butt and you've got Utah!
This was almost universally panned on Twitter today when I posted the image and for good reason. If I didn't tell you it was the Utah version of the ESPNU logo, would you have known?
Of course not.
So I decided to create my own.
It might not be as fancy as a bird, but it reminds me more of Utah than a giant turkey crapping feathers.
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I emailed Ted Miller...
Linked your article. Not sure if he has any pull, but I pray that he does. That is god awful.
Hands down...
the worst Utah logo I’ve ever seen. A bird shaped like a U with Ute feathers coming out the butt is almost offensive.
Hate to burst your bubble
That ESPNU logo isn’t new. I saw it during the summer when Urban Meyer came to Utah to do his on campus special.
by Braylen Matthews on Oct 18, 2011 5:45 PM MDT reply actions
Well no bubble burst...
I haven’t seen it and most Ute fans haven’t seen it, so it’s new to me.
And it’s still awful.
by JazzyUte on Oct 18, 2011 5:49 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
John Wilkes Booth saw this logo before entering Ford's Theatre...
It was on the playbill for “Our American Cousin”. Needless to say, it enraged him too.
by Middy_U on Oct 18, 2011 6:01 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
This logo makes me pass gas.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St Larry soon would be there. -Maji Man
by daedalus17 on Oct 18, 2011 7:48 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Occupy Bristol CT. and craig james house until its changed.
Public Enemy #1 and enjoying every minute of it. Tapology.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Oct 20, 2011 4:04 AM MDT up reply actions
These things are supposed to be made from the mascot, yes?
So is that supposed to be our official mascot, the Ute, or the dress up one, Swoop? I’d accuse Miami of copying the U ( their mascot is Swoop the red-hawk, ) but after some research it looks like Eastern Michigan and Eastern Washington both had Swoop the Eagle before Utah. Granted Utah changed in 1996 and Miami changed from the redskins in 1997, so at least we beat someone there.
But seriously, after seeing some of the cooler "U"s on Saturday ( I’ve got to say the boilermaker one was pretty sweet, ) the best Utah can get is a copy-and-paste? Hell, if nothing else, the drum and feather alone would suffice.
If anyone found my snowboarding gloves after storming the field following the 2004 TDS game, I want them back!
They could be mascots...
But no. Your example of Purdue shows mascots aren’t always used. Purdue’s mascot is Purdue Pete:
Which is absolutely terrifying, but not the official name of the athletic program.
So they didn’t have to use the hawk. But they did. Meh.
Slow news day?
I remember seeing this when Urban did his visit this summer and it was on ESPN. Thought it was goof then but didn’t know it was a big deal to have our own logo.
So, if it's that old . . .
Does that mean ESPN copied us for Miami?
Bah, either way it’s crap.
If anyone found my snowboarding gloves after storming the field following the 2004 TDS game, I want them back!
Making the bird shit feathers totally fixes the lazy copy.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St Larry soon would be there. -Maji Man
by daedalus17 on Oct 18, 2011 7:54 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
HAHA
That’s the best ESPN could do. Wow, their art department stinks. The bird looks like a chicken laying an egg.
Jazzy, your version looks more snazzy! I like it.
which cost more money, the MWC new logo or this birdbrain idea?
this is worse then the trophy that iowa and iowa state play for.
Public Enemy #1 and enjoying every minute of it. Tapology.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Oct 18, 2011 10:37 PM MDT up reply actions
lol are you talking about the trophy with the farmers and what not?
Iowa-ISU scrapped that idea almost immediately after the public outcry about how terrible it was and they said that any future trophies would be decided with input from the public.
but yes this is that terrible. and yeah who the hell decided on that new mwc logo? we may not be a part of it anymore but i loved the mountain logo!
by khaostheory117 on Oct 18, 2011 10:58 PM MDT up reply actions
i was. the pressure was too great so they scrapped it. i never did here any conclusion of that
i saw it mocked on quite a few blogs on here though. thats the answer then. we must demand from espnu a better logo! btw, what does byu’s and USU look like. its been awhile since i have seen espnu. espn and espn2 seem to be enough for me for college football. plus versus and fox comcast.
Public Enemy #1 and enjoying every minute of it. Tapology.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Oct 18, 2011 11:06 PM MDT up reply actions
USU and tds ESPN logos
There was an article on sltrib.com by Scott Pierce about all of these logos. I agree with him that USU has the best one.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/sports/52732447-77/espnu-logos-logo-utah.html.csp
by WesTravelingEast on Oct 19, 2011 12:11 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
the aggies do indeed have the best one.
Public Enemy #1 and enjoying every minute of it. Tapology.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Oct 20, 2011 3:59 AM MDT up reply actions
had to do a double take on BYU
not gonna lie that one made me laugh out loud, by all means the pooping feathers is terrible, but the position of the mouth for the BYU logo is terrible, made my day!
Forgive me... I'm not a Utah fan ...
so I’m left wondering. Is there any relevance to the Eagle’s head on the logo? Isn’t the name Utes a tribute to a Native tribe? Are Eagles (it looks like an eagle to me – though maybe it is a hawk??) a traditional logo for school?
It's a red-tailed hawk.
It does have relevance to the local Ute tribe here. Originally, Utah did have an American Indian as its mascot, one that would come out on to the field prior to the games, however, they changed to a bird mascot, ‘Swoop’, in order to more sensitive toward the local tribe (they are on very good terms and have received their permission to continue the use of Utes).
Utah actually has three logos:
The Block U (which is on merchandise and the main logo used at the center of our basketball court and football field):
The Hawk (rumor has it, if Utah is ever forced to ditch their current logo and name, the team will then change to the Utah Redhawks and this, which is also on some merchandise, will become their new logo):
And the drum & feather (also known as the circle & feather, still the main logo for the program):
The Drum and Feather
Is awesome… and you can’t use it on any school club t-shirts or materials… darn licensing. I never tried the hawk.
by Joseph Silverzweig on Oct 19, 2011 8:11 AM MDT up reply actions
Yes, the Ute tribe is a native American tribe
from the Utah-Colorado area so that’s where our nickname comes from. However, Utah is moving away from native American imagery for our sports teams so our mascot, is a red-tailed hawk., which is sacred to the Ute tribe.
At some point, Ute fans fear we will lose the explicit permission of the Ute tribe to use their name as our nickname. If that day comes, we may become the Utah Red-tailed hawks and our nickname and mascot will be consistent.
I think
That if we keep being respectful, we’ll be okay. We’re not the Redskins or Indians, which are inaccurate and racially-charged terms that many people find offensive. We’re the Utes; paying respect to a specific Native American nation whose history is rooted in the Wasatch Mountains.
The Illini received some flack over their mascot, who was a Native American (a particular Native American chief, I believe), but no one seems to object to their Native American name.
Drum and Feather forever. Go Utes!
by Joseph Silverzweig on Oct 19, 2011 8:16 AM MDT up reply actions
Nothing intimidates like ...
The Ferocious feather-pooping Fire Chicken!
My wife googled images for red-tailed hawks, and we’re pretty confident that whatever bird they used in that monstrosity of a logo is NOT a red-tailed hawk.
But hey, nobody else in the country is using “fire chicken” as a mascot, so we might as well be the first.
The copy isn't surprising
After watching this, I’m not surprised that we got a near-exact copy of something else (all those Bulldogs look the same, and I can understand that). Some of the other ones were pretty lame (the birds at 1:13 and 1:30), but I still think ours is one of the worst.
But still inexcusable
Yes, it seems like all the bulldogs and “cats” are almost identical. But look at how creative they could be in differentiating Trojans and Spartans. The Nittany Lion has shades and a scarf and the elephant trunk has a houndstooth hat, so I know they’re not going off just the official mascot. And a lot have doodads off the “U” itself ( again, USC with the planted sword and even freaking Hawai’i with the palm trees. )
Someone just got lazy.
Lose the hawk, go to a big crimson block U, hang some feathers on it. How hard can that be? Even Jazzy did it! ;)
If anyone found my snowboarding gloves after storming the field following the 2004 TDS game, I want them back!
Dear, tiny-tiny, so small you cant even talk, golden baby Jesus...
Please change this logo! It’s just gawd awful! I think Swoop is great and all, but.. seriously, dont glam us up with some damn broke-back bird ESPNu logo! They probly thought, “they’ll feel ripped pff is we just give them a big red U”… WRONG, on the contrary! We identify ourselves with that simplistic powerful red block U. Give us that, instead of some roadkill victim bird with feathers in its ass!
This is like the old SNES days
Where you only had so much memory for the game, so you’d just change the colors on a monster and call it something new. I think you guys got palette-swapped with a couple of feathers…
(goes off to shudder in horror at the Beaver ESPNU logo >< )
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