(08-14-2012 12:32 PM)Burn the Horse Wrote:  Oh, I think our uniforms look pretty good. They're unique because of the solid Cardinal look.

Heck one of the Texas State fans on here loves our unis.

They nice, but I like stAte's better. Did TROY's change from last season?

(08-14-2012 12:26 PM)Burn the Horse Wrote:  I really like ULM's logo.



Were ULM students/fans in support of or against the logo and mascot overhaul?

I think they were in support. Only made the change cause apparenty native americans found the word indians as a mascot offensive. which in part with me being part cherokee indian i dont see it as offensive unlike redskins. heres a little history i dug up on the change.

On January 30, 2006, university president James Cofer announced officially that ULM would be retiring the 75-year-old "Indians" mascot in light of new NCAA restrictions against American Indian-themed mascots, which the NCAA considers "hostile and abusive" to Native Americans, despite issuing an appeal to the NCAA to keep the name after the NCAA's ruling allowing FSU to keep their Seminoles nickname.[3] This came a few days after a mascot committee voted unanimously in favor of the change. The university accepted suggestions for the new mascot through February 28, 2006. The mascot committee then selected 12 semifinalists.[4]

An online poll, available to students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors and the public, yielded three semifinalists: "Warhawks," "Bayou Gators" and "Bayou Hawks." [5] The school's mascot committee passed a single recommendation to the university president, who made the final decision. Warhawks was announced as ULM's new mascot on April 5, 2006 and implemented on June 26, 2006.[6] The new nickname honors Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault, an LSU alumnus, and his Air Force unit from World War II, which utilized the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk in battle, although the logos primarily use bird imagery.

Louisiana-Monroe will appeal nickname ban
The Associated Press
MONROE, La. — Louisiana-Monroe will ask the NCAA to allow them to remain the Indians.
The school will appeal the NCAA's recent ruling banning the use of Indian names and imagery in postseason events, athletic director Bobby Staub said.

"We received information from the NCAA about the appeals process and that's what we were waiting on," Staub said. "Now we're collecting that data and we're going back to our committee that was involved in our mascot self study to begin with. They are formulating their plan to submit an appeal."

ULM is one of 18 schools using mascots that the NCAA deemed "hostile or abusive." Florida State on Tuesday won its appeal and will be allowed to use Seminoles as its mascot in any postseason appearances.

Approval from American Indian tribes would be a primary factor in deciding appeals from schools that want to use Indian nicknames and mascots in postseason play, according to the NCAA.

"Obviously there are numerous Indian tribes in Louisiana," Staub said Wednesday. "We're going to be in contact with those organizations to get — hopefully — a letter of affirmation. That will be a part of our appeal. We're starting that process right now."

The Florida State ruling is a good sign, said ULM fan Charlie Miller. He pointed out former ULM player Perry Beaver and former head coach James L. Malone — both men with Indian heritage — as part of the school's claim to the usage.

"The tradition goes back a long way," Miller said. "We don't want to change our name. A lot of people are still irritated because we're ULM instead of Northeast." The school was once named Northeast Louisiana University.

This spring the school retired the cartoonish mascot Chief Brave Spirit from appearing at ULM events. References to the campus as "The Reservation" were also stopped.

Mascot Semi-Finalists
At Wednesday's meeting, the ULM Mascot Committee expanded the list of mascot semi-finalists to 12 after a conference call with Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC) and Rickabaugh Graphics, consultants who are advising ULM in the mascot naming and marketing process.

The Mascot Committee sought the expanded list after CLC indicated "Hawks" may have trademark and copyright infringement, which is nationally trademarked by the Atlanta Hawks, a NBA team.

The committee also sought feedback from CLC and Rickabaugh Graphics on the original list of semi-finalists.

The updated list, listed alphabetically, left-to-right are:

Aviators Bayou Bandits
Bayou Bruins Bayou Buccaneers
Bayou Gators Bayou Hawks
Bayou Raiders Bayou Storm
Marauders Thunder
Thunderbirds Warhawks

http://www.ulm.edu/mascot/documents/onli...esults.pdf

Come on people, why are you all voting for your own school? My vote goes to MTSU.

(08-14-2012 08:13 AM)GreekTopper Wrote:  I think WKU does because it is a clean classic look that really stands out.

WKU wins hands down.
Not even close.

WKU...old school always wins.

(08-14-2012 01:51 PM)cajunhawk Wrote:  WKU...old school always wins.

Agree....not a big fan of their logo, but otherwise those are some good looking uniforms....they won't be embarrased by those 20 years from now.....

(08-14-2012 01:15 PM)Nick305 Wrote:  Come on people, why are you all voting for your own school? My vote goes to MTSU.

Because your own school is the best, plain and simple.

#1 FAU
#2 WKU

that's the best I can do!

(08-14-2012 01:59 PM)charliek Wrote:  

(08-14-2012 01:51 PM)cajunhawk Wrote:  WKU...old school always wins.

Agree....not a big fan of their logo, but otherwise those are some good looking uniforms....they won't be embarrased by those 20 years from now.....

Hell, I hope we have these SAME uniforms in 20 years. They're sharp, and as we all know your uniform can become as much of a "brand" as anything else for your school.

I know they're not completely original, but WKU needs to make these versions "ours" for years to come. I love them!

When you look at them, there's no doubt we're "WKU." When I see the pics of those Troy uniforms, I have to squint to read "Trojans." That could be 40 others teams! Not good for TV viewers.

Doesn't hurt to have Russell Athletics corporate in your home town, that is for sure.

Is that the parent company, or is it Fruit of the Loom ? Don't they also own Spalding ?

Not a fan of Red on Red....but it's not a new thing with me.

I will be a homer because I think our away whites are clean and classic.

Arkansas State's are the best. I haven't seen the new ones yet though. I like FIU and Troy's pretty well also.

My favorite non-FIU uniforms are Troy's and UL's (the black and red ones). My favorite FIU uniform is by far the all whites with the blue number and blue helmet. So sharp:

Though they have yet to play one down in the Sun Belt, I believe GSU has the best uniforms.

Home


Away


I miss these

I really like Troy and ULM logos but as far as uniforms i think WKU looks the best. WKU uniforms look really sharp and clean. I also like ASU unis.

(08-14-2012 04:40 PM)CatMom Wrote:  Not a fan of Red on Red....but it's not a new thing with me.

I will be a homer because I think our away whites are clean and classic.

I agree with the away Whites.

Seems like there has been a surge of teams getting new uniforms now; I found a link showing all of the new uniforms for 2012 (including ASU).

http://www.sbnation.com/2012/8/14/323132...forms-2012

I think I like Missouri's the best; in the Sun Belt I think either Troy's or WKU's uniform looks the best.

(08-14-2012 03:53 PM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  Doesn't hurt to have Russell Athletics corporate in your home town, that is for sure.

Is that the parent company, or is it Fruit of the Loom ? Don't they also own Spalding ?

fruit of the loom is the parent company. warren buffett bought them out early this century. they bought russell out around 5 years ago.

my mother worked in the corporate hq years ago. my best friend growing up ended up as an executive there and used to fly back and forth to honduras where they have some factories.

they're probably the 2nd largest employer behind western. my son dahbicito started working in their i.t. department upon graduating western.

fun fact: when he takes helpdesk calls he said he understands the hondurans better than our deep south brethren in loo-eez-eeanna and bammer.

I hadnt seen TxSt's unis, man do those look nice. I changed my mind, I think those are my favorites in the conference. My favorite unis in college football are definitely Oregon's.