Johnny O said:

Johnny O said:

Johnny O said:

My understanding is that the Bears \”borrowed\” their wishbone C logo from Carroll College (Waukesha, WI).

But by the time they officially adopted the logo, there were enough examples (many of which have been pointed out here) of it already being in use that they could have been inspired by any or all of them. The Carroll colors certainly fit, though

Johnny O said:

My understanding is that the Bears \\\”borrowed\\\” their wishbone C logo from Carroll College (Waukesha, WI).

But by the time they officially adopted the logo, there were enough examples (many of which have been pointed out here) of it already being in use that they could have been inspired by any or all of them. The Carroll colors certainly fit, though

Thats interesting, I went to a school (St. Norbert) that played them and I always assumed they stole the logo!
We usually see high school/college programs take logo\\\’s from the pros, I wonder if their are many examples of the reverse?

Dan,
You went to SNC? I graduated from St. Norbert in \’06, when did you go there? What a small world.
Do you like their new look:
New:
http://www.snc.edu/a...
Old:
http://www.uscho.com...

Johnny,

I greaduated in \’06 as well…I\’m sure I know you!I love the new updates as well as the Fleur de Elise (SP) on the football helmuts.

As far the Southern U unis go, very close and significantly better than the all yellow monstrocities that grambing wore a few years back.

Whoah nelly! What a coincidence! Well, my last name is Okray and I was a history major with a theater/commm minor. My fiancee, Amber Wene, also graduated from SNC in ‘06. Just look me up on Facebook. Also, why don’t the Green Knights have either the fleur de lis or the new logo on their hockey unis?

Dan said:

Dan said:

My understanding is that the Bears \”borrowed\” their wishbone C logo from Carroll College (Waukesha, WI).

But by the time they officially adopted the logo, there were enough examples (many of which have been pointed out here) of it already being in use that they could have been inspired by any or all of them. The Carroll colors certainly fit, though

Dan said:

My understanding is that the Bears \\\”borrowed\\\” their wishbone C logo from Carroll College (Waukesha, WI).

But by the time they officially adopted the logo, there were enough examples (many of which have been pointed out here) of it already being in use that they could have been inspired by any or all of them. The Carroll colors certainly fit, though

Thats interesting, I went to a school (St. Norbert) that played them and I always assumed they stole the logo!
We usually see high school/college programs take logo\\\’s from the pros, I wonder if their are many examples of the reverse?

Dan,
You went to SNC? I graduated from St. Norbert in \’06, when did you go there? What a small world.
Do you like their new look:
New:
http://www.snc.edu/a...
Old:
http://www.uscho.com...

Johnny,

I greaduated in \’06 as well…I\’m sure I know you!I love the new updates as well as the Fleur de Elise (SP) on the football helmuts.

As far the Southern U unis go, very close and significantly better than the all yellow monstrocities that grambing wore a few years back.

Dan said:

I was arguing with my brother as to the first team to wear the wishbone c, aka the bears logo. I’m pretty sure thereds were wearing it around the turn of the century but did they get it from somebody???

According to Okkonen/DressedToNines, Indians introduced red wisbhone “C” on navy hat for their 1932 home unis.

However, Cincinnati Reds had it on Navy road hats, as well as both home and road jerseys, as far back as 1913. It remained on the jerseys, but that was its only year on the hats until it returned in a two-tone version for 1934.

Also, the Chicago American Giants of the Negro Leagues apparently had a kind of rounded wishbone “C” entwined with an “A” as far back as 1920.

(That’s after a quick look through the book and at this website…)
http://www.dugout-me...

As to where it might have appeared before that, I supposd there are minor league teams or colleges (Clemson?, Columbia?) who might have used it on letter jackets or some such.

—Ricko

Pretty certain that the University of Chicago used the wishbone “C” prior to the Bears. In the past I have seen some very old pics with that type “C” used by them.

Jerry said:

The Wisconsin hockey team broke out their third jersey last night for the first game of the “College Hockey Showcase”. IMO, it has a Russian Red Army feel to it. What do you think?

Here’s a link to the story.

http://www.badgerbea...

I posted these pictures of the jerseys last night in the comments, but since they got uploaded so late, I’m sure not too many people saw them:

Front: http://img155.images...

Back: http://img383.images...

They were pretty sharp, and I really liked the subtle black drop shadow on the numbers. They felt pretty plain to me though, and needed some striping on the sleeves. The paw prints around the bottom are a neat idea, but I’m not sure how well they work. I didn’t completely hate them though.

This will always be my favorite Badgers alternate though:

http://photos-f.ak.f...

I just think these new alternates look a little cartoonish – the numbers and badger font looked HUGE on the stream I was watching.

About an hour before Bedlam…looks like Oklahoma State is going all pumpkin against the Sooners.

Note that there are going to be about 15,000 empty seats for the game. Back story is OSU will only cell tix to the game if you buy season tix…um it’s November! Good job OSU.

15,000 empty seats? uhhh did you actually watch the game. Where were all those empties at?

Back story really is that OSU had the policy in place ALL year, so it doesn’t matter that its November.

I seem to remember them breaking out the all gold for the kU game in men’s basketball and losing, although I could be smashing events together in my head.