The University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks! That’s the new name of the former UND Fighting Sioux, announced at a press conference held by the school today following the results of a vote. In all over 27,000 votes were cast with Fighting Hawks beating out the runner-up “Roughriders” to the tune of
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UND Considers Blaze, Force, Spirit as Fighting Sioux Replacement
The University of North Dakota has released their list of finalist names to replace Fighting Sioux, the name the NCAA forced the school to drop in 2012; part of the NCAA’s crackdown on Native American mascots in use without permission from the tribe. According to an article in The Bismarck
Sin City Pride! UNLV Unveils New Football Uniforms
Welcome to Las Vegas college football! Unveiled late last night, the three new uniforms of the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels are full of “Sin City” civic pride. The new looks are a head-to-toe red, a white jersey with silver helmet, and a black uniform paired with the red helmet from the first set. Starting with the
Kentucky reveals *new* primary logo on new court design
The Kentucky Wildcats will have a new primary logo for the upcoming athletic season, and they gave the world a sneak peek of the new logo by revealing the design for their basketball court. I promise you that there’s a new logo here. Seriously, it’s new. The fact of the
Tar Heels Get Consistent and Modernize Logos. Argyle for All!
Consistency. That was the primary focus on the latest UNC Tar Heels re-branding. Colour, fonts,… argyle. They also updated their “NC” mark. “The main goal was to build on our tradition, and then come up with something that is exciting for recruits and current student athletes, and then gain some
Army will have a new logo and new/old nickname going forward
Until 1999, the United States Military Academy’s sports teams were known as the Cadets (which made sense because the students themselves are referred to as cadets), with the nickname of “Black Knights” coming from the fact that the football team’s uniforms were black. The unofficial nickname became the official nickname
UNCW Seahawks Unveil New Athletics Logos
The Seahawks have a new logo. No, not the team set to compete for their second straight Super Bowl victory this weekend, but rather the University of North Carolina – Wilmington Seahawks, who unveiled their new athletics logos at a student event earlier this week. The new logo replaces a dated look which
Oregon Ducks 2014 National Champs Phantom Merchandise
The first ever college football playoff is over and the Ohio State Buckeyes are your undisputed 2014 National Football Champions. Congrats to the Buckeyes and their fans! In preparation for a victory by their opponents, the Oregon Ducks, championship merchandise was created and ready to hit the shelves this morning
Miami Ends Longstanding Relationship With Nike, Moves To Adidas
For the past 27 years, the University of Miami and Nike have been nearly synonymous with each other, to the point where at one point in the mid-00’s, Miami was the school that got new cutting-edge uniform technology and designs from Nike, while most of the other schools followed a
2016 NCAA Final Four Logo Unveiled
The 2016 NCAA Men’s Final Four basketball tournament logo was unveiled earlier today, the tournament will be held in Houston, Texas (photo above courtesy @StrikeMGHou) The logo breaks away from the Final Four logo template which had been in place since 2007, everything here is a new design – a welcome
BYU Cougars Modernize A Classic
The Brigham Young University Cougars unveiled their new logo late last week, a modernized take on their classic cougar-head mark. “BYU approached us back in June about updating their vintage Cougar mark,” Brad Bishop, owner of Torch Creative told us via an email. “This mark has been very popular among the students,
2015 Goodyear Cotton Bowl Logo Unveiled
The Cotton Bowl has a new sponsor and therefore a new logo, unveiled late last week. Goodyear is in, AT&T is out. Despite the change in sponsorship the game will continue to be played at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas – AT&T pulling out of the game name sponsorship reportedly