New helmets and new jersey font?

[FloridaxGators1]

Check these out and tell us what you think...

http://media.247sports.com/Uploads/Assets/528/807/807528.jpg

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http://media.247sports.com/Uploads/Assets/236/807/807236.jpg

[Minister_of_Information]

No likey

[oakgator]

That helmet better be a joke.

[LimeyGator]

Lookee at that helmet! Are we entering into Nascar next year then?

[GatorNation850]

I like our helmets the way they are and hope they never change. The jerseys look pretty much the same with little changes.

[UFreak]

Our helmets are classic. They should not change

[ugaGator]

I like them!

[oakgator]

I like them!

Haha. Good one!

[MichiganGator]

I like the Gators football uniforms just the way they are. Go Gators!

[g8rboy]

that helmet is pretty awful

[gatormoe1]

I like the helmet

[kalaniocc]

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121112232638/candh/images/3/36/61D_hobbes.jpg

mmm, no.

[exiledgator]

NFW

[Gatorrick22]

If we just change all the white on our helmets to chrome, including an all chrome face-mask, that would do the trick.

[orangeblueorangeblue]

There are a ton of these variation helmets that exist as nothing but promotional material. Who tweeted this?

[fubar1]

That helmet is fugly!

[Eggy21]

I'm sure if we use that helmet, it'll be another Pro Combat one.

[jsc28]

If you look at the back of that helmet, it uses the old Florida font. Not saying we won't use a new helmet some time, but it sure wont be with the wrong font.

[pcbball5ca]

Our jerseys are perfect the way they are imo.

[SirRaj]

The only alternate I appreciate is the classic throwback one we wore against Bama in the Swamp in '06.

[GatorBen]

Wow that helmet is hideous.

That said, it's clearly just a promo job. The blue eyeshield would be illegal under NCAA rules.

[gymgator]

Our helmats are awful and are dated with that 80's font, before people knew what font was. Timeless would be the letter-men "F" in the same font as everything else UF uses on every uniform for every sport. I am fine with the "UF" or "GATORS" in the same font as the end zone.

[jsc28]

Our helmats are awful and are dated with that 80's font, before people knew what font was. Timeless would be the letter-men "F" in the same font as everything else UF uses on every uniform for every sport. I am fine with the "UF" or "GATORS" in the same font as the end zone.

You realize we replaced the block F with the crappy slanted F in all sports, right?

[GatorPrincess8]

I hope that helmet is a joke.

[RepubliGator84]

That top helmet makes me want to vomit

[ValdostaGatorFan]

my eeeeeeyyyyyyeeeeeeessss

[co_gator89]

Repulsive. Wouldn't even like it as a pro combat.

[KronoGator]

Anyone who doesn't like our helmets is no Gator fan, drum em out.

[GatorNation850]

Anyone who doesn't like our helmets is no Gator fan, drum em out.

I agree! I hope we NEVER change our helmets or unis

[petro]

Damn kids! Get off my lawn and away from my helmet!

[bantab]

Our helmats are awful and are dated with that 80's font, before people knew what font was. Timeless would be the letter-men "F" in the same font as everything else UF uses on every uniform for every sport. I am fine with the "UF" or "GATORS" in the same font as the end zone.

The Gator script has the excuse of being dated because we came up with it decades ago. What's the excuse for that hideous wedge serif italics font?

[DSRrg]

Our helmets are golden the way they are. If they change the helmets it will be a travesty.

[sleeze]

It would look good if we had a arena team......

Ummmm no it wouldn't.

[RealDeal]

I wish UF would hire some pro design people and get a new helmet---that 1980s script thing is way out of date

[gatordee]

If it ain't broke....

[gatorright]

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121112232638/candh/images/3/36/61D_hobbes.jpg

mmm, no.

This...Hobbs, and our classic and amazingly unique script is what is good about college football. If it changes we all lose...

[gator1986]

What's the difference with the jersey?

[secgator]

The opening helmet joke...er, I mean photo looks like some warped nightmare of a confused equipment mgr who can't decide between UCF and Florida--so he mixed the two and came up with this solid piece of steaming vomit.

And why the same excuse EVERY time a uni thread comes up about script Gators being dated?? Simply because it originated in the 80's? Michigan's helmet design has been around in its essential form since 1938!! Not that it means much or matters, but it is likely THE most recognized helmet in college football....along with Texas, Ohio State, even the overly simple, yet ugly forms of Alabama and Penn St.....and add to that list--FLORIDA! Out helmet--in its 'dated' form--is one of the top most recognized helmets in college football right up there with all the other 'elite' schools.

Sorry, but if the branding works--you don't screw up a good thing. Perhaps you would prefer--Oregon? Theirs USED to be somewhat recognizeable, until they starting changing the damn thing on a weekly basis. Ours works--has worked for a long time--and still works in the grand scheme of branding. UAA is not stupid and will continue to put out a product which brings recognition, consistency, and yes--money, to the school. Regardless of how fashion minded or the level of chic awareness some of the fan base thrives upon.

Thank God.

[umpower]

Give Bama a make over and leave ours alone

[danky1313]

The only alternate I appreciate is the classic throwback one we wore against Bama in the Swamp in '06.

I couldn't agree more. I'd love those to be our regular uni's.

[revthejedi]

The GATORS script helmets are perfect imo, I hope we keep them forever.

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Gator Country

[g8rfan22]

The helmet looks like something from X-Games.

[socalg8r]

Terrible.

[ufgators32]

I would like to see UF keep the orange helmets with the Gators script and then add blue & white helmets with the Gators script. We already have white & orange jerseys and pants why not add helmets too. Imagine the possibilities.

[Chosen12395]

I personally like the helmet....but what the heck do I know, I have been up here in Ohio the last 3 1/2 years...but that all ends Friday...moving on!

[malscott]

I don't hate it. I could tell better if a gaggle of Gator players wearing them were tackling and maiming some poor bastard. The old ones are just fine. I do like the high gloss. Although, it didn't help ND!!

[TheGator]

I am guessing it is officially the offseason.

[247brother]

same as the majority.....helmets are big fat ugly joke....if anything the real Gators logo on side of helmets are classic tradition period

[tilly]

Pretty sure that's a mini helmet shot close up. Note the mini trophy in the background.

[g8rfan22]

Pretty sure that's a mini helmet shot close up. Note the mini trophy in the background.

You don't have national championship trophy in your bedroom? Geesh.... :)

[Nubla]

I think the jerseys look good, the helmet is garbage

[gatorr4life]

Why are people so opposed to change? Hideous? Really? I can understand people not liking them, but they're not thaaaaaat bad. That first helmet is actually pretty tight, if you ask me. I like what we have now, but wouldn't be opposed to change, as long as it's something spectacular. Change is a good thing sometimes.

That being said, I'm a sentimental type person, and I have many fond memories of our current helmet. Tough call, glad it's not my job.

[Swamp_of_Gators]

Lookee at that helmet! Are we entering into Nascar next year then?

My thoughts exactly.

[swampsupreme]

okay obviously the helmet is awful, but I also don't like the numbers font changed, just keep it traditional. anyone catch LSU's jerseys when they played clempson? they changed the numbers font they looked stupid.

hopefully this is just some samples, nothing permanent

[mfpardnor2]

Anyone who doesn't like our helmets is no Gator fan, drum em out.

Yet you have a different helmet as your avatar.:bored:

[JaxGator]

Helmet=Suck

[dadx4]

No thank you on the helmet.

[chicogator1]

Like it,now get over it.

[Tebowism0823]

Why are people so opposed to change? Hideous? Really? I can understand people not liking them, but they're not thaaaaaat bad. That first helmet is actually pretty tight, if you ask me. I like what we have now, but wouldn't be opposed to change, as long as it's something spectacular. Change is a good thing sometimes.

That being said, I'm a sentimental type person, and I have many fond memories of our current helmet. Tough call, glad it's not my job.

I agree. I like the helmet.

[Tebowism0823]

Yet you have a different helmet as your avatar.:bored:

Checkmate! :)

[KronoGator]

Yet you have a different helmet as your avatar.:bored:

True, but it's a fictional helmet nobody has ever said we should use, but it certainly is a lot better looking then the one in the 1st post ;)

I like the logo, it's a logo we should never have gotten rid of.

[ovillegator]

One thing I like about our helmets, is that they are easily visible downfield to our QB. When you add multiple colors, like this, and we're playing a team with, say, blue helmets, it just makes that target a touch more difficult to spot.

So I'd stick with what we have.

Plus, they do look classic.

[Billygator76]

simply, DONT MESS WITH THE DAMN HELMET!!! You youngters and public relations majors and arty fartsy kids! It's gotta be some marketing folks in that group as well. DON'T MESS WITH THE HELMET design! Cause I said so! lol.

[CHFG8R]

The Gator script has the excuse of being dated because we came up with it decades ago. What's the excuse for that hideous wedge serif italics font?

I'm assuming because we don't want to be confused with Cal State Fullerton. You know, because when you see a Block F, that's clearly the first university you think of. . . :wink:

[orangeblueorangeblue]

The Gator script has the excuse of being dated because we came up with it decades ago. What's the excuse for that hideous wedge serif italics font?

This was always the most perplexing part to me.

If you're going to "update" something, shouldn't it be to something current? The 80s death metal font has never really enjoyed a comeback stylistically ... I have a feeling in a decade or so we'll wonder why we were using a Halloween font on all of our stuff.

The script (and the block script "college" font) are - to a large degree - timeless due to their associations with college football. Our current font is associated with early Megadeth albums and straight-to-DVD horror movies.

[grant1]

That helmet is fugly!

this

[PSGator66]

The larger numbers are really a small change and are what we had before so I like that.

[exiledgator]

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The script (and the block script "college" font) are - to a large degree - timeless due to their associations with college football.

And not just college football. Now, I'm not one to think we should conform to what others are doing, but for those that think it's stupid and dated, here are some other stupid and dated sports organizations, just to show a few:

http://nyyyakkinblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/yankees.gif

http://www.tomnikosey.com/_portfolio/_logotypes2/26.jpg

http://lakeland.edu/UserFiles/Image/brewers(1).jpg

http://www.bocaratontribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/miami_dolphins_logo.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C-H2DdR0pYw/Rg6pzzuTkuI/AAAAAAAAAaA/uSqkOYWlePc/s1600/UCLA-Color.jpg

http://chickasawjournal.com/files/2013/01/1LOGO-OLE-MISS-Script-logo.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YdeE0TTqtmU/SweNaIShAcI/AAAAAAAABAE/n2gA-Cd8ueE/s400/CAL_Script_Logo_2005.gif

Please, let's not re-invent ourselves for the sake of fashion. We'll end up w/ something that you youngin's will be lamenting on a message board in 30 years.

[DeBigLeezard]

Keep our present helmet design!
It has a 30 year history of being recognizable by fans, high school players, etc.
Keep the logo! It has BRAND RECOGNITION!!!

If we wind up changing or tweaking somethng... then add more sizzle to the orange.
Make it a deeper, bolder orange with more contrast!

That is why Auburn's colors of Burnt Orange and Navy look so good. They contrast better when they use white in their jerseys and helmets.

When anyone adds white to their scheme... it always makes things pop. Look at Georgia's colors. They look awful when red and black are next to each other. Add a stripe of white and it zings. (Same thing with silver.)
If one wants to make an impact... visually. Then one has to have contrast.

Sure, I like our Royal Blue also. I am not saying we should change to Auburn's Navy Blue... but we can always deepen the Orange a bit. Or...add more metal flake to it.
Why?

Blue, being a darker color will always constrast better with white.

Florida's present day orange does not contrast as well as our Royal Blue does. Deepen the orange just a bit... and you get a better contrast.

The Athletic Department learned this about 14 years ago. I spoke to the head guy over there and he informed me that our helmets used to have that, "Sunkist Orange" look to it. There was too much white in the helmets and they looked bland and milky... washed out. They deepen the orange and started adding blue metal flake to it. Much better improvement.

[mfpardnor2]

True, but it's a fictional helmet nobody has ever said we should use, but it certainly is a lot better looking then the one in the 1st post ;)

I like the logo, it's a logo we should never have gotten rid of.

That was the logo when I was going to school there and I always liked it.

I wouldn't mind our current Gator Head Logo being on the helmet.
I also wouldn't mind a blue helmet when we wore Orange Jersies.

[Swampmaster]

Best UF uniforms ever---a slightly larger block F would be good.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oJLkQf7KjOg/TygTNWy1rjI/AAAAAAAAE1E/AxPgi5Ror04/s1600/FloridaBama2006.jpg

[dakcman]

Best UF uniforms ever---a slightly larger block F would be good.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oJLkQf7KjOg/TygTNWy1rjI/AAAAAAAAE1E/AxPgi5Ror04/s1600/FloridaBama2006.jpg

Agreed. Love those uni's.

[bantab]

Best UF uniforms ever---a slightly larger block F would be good.



Totally agree.

[Mayhem41]

If you look at the back of that helmet, it uses the old Florida font. Not saying we won't use a new helmet some time, but it sure wont be with the wrong font.

Incorrect sir, look closer... it is the new font. The curve on the bottom might make it less noticable, but it's definitly the new font.

I will say this, I like this helmet more than the white's worn during FSU and Bama games in 09.

[interrygator]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Thank you.

[ValdostaGatorFan]

Best UF uniforms ever---a slightly larger block F would be good.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oJLkQf7KjOg/TygTNWy1rjI/AAAAAAAAE1E/AxPgi5Ror04/s1600/FloridaBama2006.jpg

Agreed

[gatornation240]

My first thought when I saw this was
http://www.dan-dare.org/FreeFun/Images/CMTVMore/PowerRangersLegendsWallpaper800.jpg

and YUCK :sick:

[jsc28]

Incorrect sir, look closer... it is the new font. The curve on the bottom might make it less noticable, but it's definitly the new font.

I will say this, I like this helmet more than the white's worn during FSU and Bama games in 09.

It's not. The easiest way to tell is the F is not the same size. In the old font , the F was larger than the rest. Also you can barely make out the Gators on the nose number, which has the old G with the tooth looking thing on the bottom.

[350Z33]

I want the Gators to change their helmet and jerseys back to the 2006 season game against Alabama where they wore the retro 1966 gear. Looked great with the white helmets and blue F (the non-italicized one like the pic above).

I think the size of the F shouldn't be larger than that one imo.

[SkyChimp]

I'm down with this helmet, but ditch the UF on the side. Its too Kentucky for me. Also ditch the stripe on the facemask. I say leave the normal "Gators" on the side or put an "F" in killer font on the side.

[FloridaxGators1]

The more I look at the helmet the more it reminds me of this

http://saturdaydownsouth.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/new-uga-nike-helmet.jpg

[gator07]

Best UF uniforms ever---a slightly larger block F would be good.



I agree. That's why I picked this avatar.

[secgator]

It's not. The easiest way to tell is the F is not the same size. In the old font , the F was larger than the rest. Also you can barely make out the Gators on the nose number, which has the old G with the tooth looking thing on the bottom.

Not sure what you are seeing, but the font on the back of that ugly monster...to me...IS without question the new Speed F font. Slanted appearance is highly visible--the "F" is larger than the rest of the letter, although not a huge difference(not much room to work with), and most importantly--why on earth would the new fonts be used on the sides with a semi-interlocking UF and NOT be used on the back? It is definitely the updated font on the side, even though that logo...to my knowledge...has never been done by anyone associated with the university. Interlocking UF--yes, in old font. Interlocking UF in new font--no..not done.

Maybe I am seeing it wrong, but it seems in this case most everyone is seeing it that way. Not to mention most everyone also sees it as butt-ass ugly too.

[mikehev]

Don't like the helmet.

Looks like the numbers are larger with a smaller orange outline? I'm not a fan simply because it minimizes the orange in the uniform, which sort of makes it look like a bootleg jersey.

JMO

In Christ forever,
Mike
John 3:16

[jsc28]

Not sure what you are seeing, but the font on the back of that ugly monster...to me...IS without question the new Speed F font. Slanted appearance is highly visible--the "F" is larger than the rest of the letter, although not a huge difference(not much room to work with), and most importantly--why on earth would the new fonts be used on the sides with a semi-interlocking UF and NOT be used on the back? It is definitely the updated font on the side, even though that logo...to my knowledge...has never been done by anyone associated with the university. Interlocking UF--yes, in old font. Interlocking UF in new font--no..not done.

Maybe I am seeing it wrong, but it seems in this case most everyone is seeing it that way. Not to mention most everyone also sees it as butt-ass ugly too.

Well you have to remember we have now had two generations of the hideous speed font. The old one, which you see here, has the larger F and the drop shadow. The new one, which can be seen in such places as the hoops uniform and the endzones, has no drop shadow and even height letters.

Both are gross IMO, but the new one is an upgrade.

[atlantagator86]

Well you have to remember we have now had two generations of the hideous speed font. The old one, which you see here, has the larger F and the drop shadow. The new one, which can be seen in such places as the hoops uniform and the endzones, has no drop shadow and even height letters.

That doesn't mean the font is different. That just means that somebody used small caps.

I can tell you with almost certainty exactly what this helmet is. There was a poster here about a year ago, don't recall his name, who was paying somebody to make these full-scale mock-up helmet designs and posting pictures of them. He was just doing it as a hobby. You can also tell because if it were a real helmet, it would have the cushion with the helmet manufacturer's logo at the edge of the neck where "FLORIDA" is written.

On the jerseys, I CAN believe those could be real, but it's really difficult to see exactly what's different in the numbers font from looking at 1 digit. The only thing I can really tell is that the numbers look a little bigger and wider, which I think is a good change because I think it makes them more legible. And the inside of the bottom "hook" of the #5 does not go straight across and has an angle. That adds a little character.

[jsc28]

That doesn't mean the font is different. That just means that somebody used small caps.

I can tell you with almost certainty exactly what this helmet is. There was a poster here about a year ago, don't recall his name, who was paying somebody to make these full-scale mock-up helmet designs and posting pictures of them. He was just doing it as a hobby. You can also tell because if it were a real helmet, it would have the cushion with the helmet manufacturer's logo at the edge of the neck where "FLORIDA" is written.

On the jerseys, I CAN believe those could be real, but it's really difficult to see exactly what's different in the numbers font from looking at 1 digit. The only thing I can really tell is that the numbers look a little bigger and wider, which I think is a good change because I think it makes them more legible. And the inside of the bottom "hook" of the #5 does not go straight across and has an angle. That adds a little character.

It is different. University designed an entire different Font, which is the new slanted font you see now. All part of the "new brand" they released last year.

[raycgator]

Sure, if you want them to lose every big game

[buddy6]

NOOooooo..... Please be a joke.:sad:

[atlantagator86]

It is different. University designed an entire different Font, which is the new slanted font you see now. All part of the "new brand" they released last year.

I'm pretty sure the font didn't change and hasn't changed in several years. How they treat the font with the shading has changed and was modified on the football field this year.

There have been various treatments of how they do the shading, but the font, which secgator refers to as the speed font, has remained the same to the best of my knowledge.

The basketball jerseys have used a simple uniform outline in the past, the O'Dome floor was painted with a single offset uniform drop shadow (which is what this mocked up helmet uses, except the white shadow is to the top left instead of the bottom right) and Florida field was painted this year with a double uniform outline, but to the best of my knowledge, the font itself has remained the same.

[atlantagator86]

FYI - Here is confirmation that the jerseys are in fact are a new Nike design that will be used, per Gatorzone. Not the helmets.

http://www.gatorzone.com/carter/blog/1245

Here's a photo that shows the difference. You'll notice that as I mentioned, the numbers are a little bigger and bolder, which I think makes them a little more legible. But this mentions the numbers match the new font, which I assume is the speed font, though the numbers don't appear to be slanted.

http://gatorzone2.scout.com/gallery/photos/2220/Jerseyfront.jpg

[STR8OUTDASWAMP1]

The only thing I want to change about our uniforms is that I wish we had the current Gator head logo instead of the scripted "Gators". Perhaps, for the traditionalists, we could have a smaller version of the scripted Gators on the back at the base of the helmet.

[socraticsilence]

As long as we don't wear the orange jerseys too much I'm happy, can't stand them they just don't look like Florida.

[RealDeal]

script on the helmet---nothing to do with the university's brand--they are just letters on a helmet. I wish they would update with something better.

[KronoGator]

Hard to see the difference, but the orange jersey will of course look the best.

[petro]

There is no accounting for taste............

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[atlantagator86]

It's a subtle change on the jersey.

I stand corrected on the font. jsc28 is correct and the speed font has been modified. It's not a dramatic change but it is different and I think better in terms of not being outdated in the near future. The numerals font on the new football jerseys appear to be the same as the numerals on the new basketball jerseys.