Cornell No. 1 in ECAC Logo Ranking

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Of course, RPI got screwed. Last? LAST?

I might have ranked RPI ahead of you guys, but the Bear/C combo is definitely deserving.

It's nice to be recognized, but I don't think we'd all agree with our own logo being the best in the conference. Some (most?) of us don't like it all that much.

But you're absolutely right that RPI got hosed.

Looks like they're applying a standard appropriate for a backwater minor league hockey team.

Yeah, I think we also got hosed by having THN praise the hated Huggie Bear logo...

jtwcornell91
Yeah, I think we also got hosed by having THN praise the hated Huggie Bear logo...

Maybe, although I'm actually getting used to it. Now GoKnights1014 posting that the new knight on horse Clarkson logo will take first place once it's unveiled, that's getting hosed. As he posted, check it out here. Just click on one of the BU-Clk games.

It's definitely the off-season. Still, as dopey stories go, the logo-ranking isn't a bad one.

The Clarkson logo of a green and yellow knight astride a horse looks like it's shared with one of those Wichita HS drum and bugle corps groups that sells popcorn all year to march in the Tournament of Roses parade.

The RPI logo is pretty poor.

It wasn't mentioned, but it's important if a logo shrinks down well, for caps or for online. That's good for Cornell, Yale, Princeton. But orange and black only works well in small amounts. Alumni appoaching their 25th or 50th anniversaries must dread the throught of wearing a striped blazer if they have any sense of self respect.

Thank goodness Cornell never associated its red color and terminology with an Indian logo.

The best and most timeless colors, and mascots, in sports are the silver and blue of the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders. In the NFL on the sidelines, hot pants and go-go boots are never out of style.

billhoward
But orange and black only works well in small amounts.

Some Tigers have it worse. RIT's colors are orange and brown (sorry, burnt umber).

Jim Hyla

jtwcornell91
Yeah, I think we also got hosed by having THN praise the hated Huggie Bear logo...

Maybe, although I'm actually getting used to it. Now GoKnights1014 posting that the new knight on horse Clarkson logo will take first place once it's unveiled, that's getting hosed. As he posted, check it out here. Just click on one of the BU-Clk games.

Forget about the Knight when you go to the Brown page. Instead, look at the bear. They were probably going for scary but the poor thing looks like it is trying to pass a stone.

ugarte

Jim Hyla

jtwcornell91
Yeah, I think we also got hosed by having THN praise the hated Huggie Bear logo...

Maybe, although I'm actually getting used to it. Now GoKnights1014 posting that the new knight on horse Clarkson logo will take first place once it's unveiled, that's getting hosed. As he posted, check it out here. Just click on one of the BU-Clk games.

Forget about the Knight when you go to the Brown page. Instead, look at the bear. They were probably going for scary but the poor thing looks like it is trying to pass a stone.

Trying to pass/fail a stone. Ba-zing!

The new Clarkson logo is alright, I guess, but nothing exciting. They're still wearing Subway standard-issue relish green and mustard yellow. Puckman got hosed.

And the linked article is inconsistent - if plain letters are bad and "embracing the world of logos" (or whatever they said) is good, then why does Minnesota's upside-down W beat out the actual logos in the WCHA? (I guess maybe because there are some crappy logos in the WCHA. They're right that the CC tiger isn't really the best tiger in the world, for instance.)

Also: Wow, Brown and Clarkson have the same logo.

Josh '99
The new Clarkson logo is alright, I guess

...if you're a fan of carousels.

I'd rank them in tiers:

1. Harvard: I know it's Harvard, but what can I say, I like its self-confident simplicity and the fact that it ties back to academics
2. Cornell: It's unfashionable here, but I've always liked huggiebear.
3. Yale: Similar reasons as for Harvard, but not as visually appealing

...

4. Colgate: If we're going for bad logos, as this and the rest are, at least this one's simple yet noble-ish.
5. Brown: Ditto, but I think the bear is just a bit too much -- it makes the whole logo look like a dark brown blob
6. Clarkson: Cartoony, but visually interesting and it's got a shield, which works both for the mascot and for the academic crest.

...

7. Dartmouth: As a test of GIMP version 1.2, this wouldn't be horrible.
8. Union: It's boring as heck, but ignorable enough that I can't really hate it.

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9. Quinnipiac: Something about the fact that the bobcat's bones are flexible really irks me. Otherwise this would probably be 5 or 6.
10. St. Lawrence: As ignorable as Union's, but uglier. Sorry, Cardinals fans.
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11. RPI: Yeah, sorry, this looks like a mites hockey logo. I'd probably rank it 12 if I weren't so biased against Princeton.
12. Princeton: I'm not sure how to quantify or really explain how horrid I think this logo is. It's like when you smell rotting chicken that's so bad, you can't actually describe the smell -- it just makes you want to vomit.

RichH

Josh '99
The new Clarkson logo is alright, I guess

...if you're a fan of carousels.

Who doesn't like carousels?

If this were mascot rankings, would we all agree Union gets dead last by a mile?

ftyuv
9. Quinnipiac: Something about the fact that the bobcat's bones are flexible really irks me. Otherwise this would probably be 5 or 6.

20 Croatian kuna to the first person to make a halfway-decent deertick logo.

jtwcornell91

ftyuv
9. Quinnipiac: Something about the fact that the bobcat's bones are flexible really irks me. Otherwise this would probably be 5 or 6.

20 Croatian kuna to the first person to make a halfway-decent deertick logo.

$4 may get you a logo in Croatia but graphic design is a little more expensive here.

Umm, ok. I await my kuna.

Huggy Tick!!!

Beeeej
Huggy Tick!!!

Wouldn't that be Buggy Tick? Or Looney Tick?

Jeff Hopkins '82

Beeeej
Huggy Tick!!!

Wouldn't that be Buggy Tick? Or Looney Tick?

Nervous Tick?

Robb

Jeff Hopkins '82

Beeeej
Huggy Tick!!!

Wouldn't that be Buggy Tick? Or Looney Tick?

Nervous Tick?

Tacky Tick.

Spooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooon!

Beeeej

Robb

Jeff Hopkins '82

Beeeej
Huggy Tick!!!

Wouldn't that be Buggy Tick? Or Looney Tick?

Nervous Tick?

Tacky Tick.

Heretic.

ugarte

Beeeej

Robb

Jeff Hopkins '82

Beeeej
Huggy Tick!!!

Wouldn't that be Buggy Tick? Or Looney Tick?

Nervous Tick?

Tacky Tick.

Heretic.

Everybody's a Critic.

ftyuv
Spooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooon!

ftyuv wins.

Beeeej

ugarte

Beeeej

Robb

Jeff Hopkins '82

Beeeej
Huggy Tick!!!

Wouldn't that be Buggy Tick? Or Looney Tick?

Nervous Tick?

Tacky Tick.

Heretic.

Everybody's a Critic.

How many ticks until the season starts?

Please?

CowbellGuy
Umm, ok. I await my kuna.

It's Skating Deer Ticks.

Only in your head, Greg

I think my problem with the Cornell logo is not that its bad. Huggy Bear really isn't a bad logo..

But that it replaced Leaning mean bear. The most awesome logo of all time.

Agreed. The angular insides of the 'C' make a big difference as well.

Also agreed that part of why Huggy Bear is out of favor is because of the great logo it replaced. I don't think Huggy Bear is all that good, though, partly because my first (and lasting) impression of it was not, "Grrrowl! I'm a fierce bear with a C around me," it was "Grrrowl! I'm stuck in a big red vice!"

mnagowski
Agreed. The angular insides of the 'C' make a big difference as well.

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kaelistus
I think my problem with the Cornell logo is not that its bad. Huggy Bear really isn't a bad logo..

But that it replaced Leaning mean bear. The most awesome logo of all time.

I agree. Smug bear was a unique logo in that it expressed confidence instead of snarling violence.

Kyle

mnagowski
Agreed. The angular insides of the 'C' make a big difference as well.

Now THAT is a nitpick worthy of this message board.

Josh '99

mnagowski
Agreed. The angular insides of the 'C' make a big difference as well.

Now THAT is a nitpick worthy of this message board.

We are talking about logos and design - that is exactly the kind of thing I'd have wanted someone to point out.

Now that it is pointed out, I prefer the C in Huggy Bear but the bear in Leaning Bear. And the bear is much more important.

ugarte

Josh '99

mnagowski
Agreed. The angular insides of the 'C' make a big difference as well.

Now THAT is a nitpick worthy of this message board.

We are talking about logos and design - that is exactly the kind of thing I'd have wanted someone to point out.

Now that it is pointed out, I prefer the C in Huggy Bear but the bear in Leaning Bear. And the bear is much more important.

What would the weights of C importance and bear importance relative to each other be?

French Rage

ugarte

Josh '99

mnagowski
Agreed. The angular insides of the 'C' make a big difference as well.

Now THAT is a nitpick worthy of this message board.

We are talking about logos and design - that is exactly the kind of thing I'd have wanted someone to point out.

Now that it is pointed out, I prefer the C in Huggy Bear but the bear in Leaning Bear. And the bear is much more important.

What would the weights of C importance and bear importance relative to each other be?

Seeing as how the bear is the unofficial mascot and a lot of uniforms and playing surfaces still just feature the elegant, simple 'C'? 90 percent to the C, 10 percent to the bear.

Kyle Rose

kaelistus
I think my problem with the Cornell logo is not that its bad. Huggy Bear really isn't a bad logo..

But that it replaced Leaning mean bear. The most awesome logo of all time.

I agree. Smug bear was a unique logo in that it expressed confidence instead of snarling violence.

Kyle

Not exactly unique. Yale retired their pissed off bulldog - but who copied who? Sorry that I couldn't find a pristine PO'd bulldog. Here's a kids puzzle version of their old logo.

But Bulldogs always look pissed off, they can't help their facial muscles.

A bear exuding cool, calm, collected confidence? Now that's unique.

mnagowski
But Bulldogs always look pissed off, they can't help their facial muscles.

A bear exuding cool, calm, collected confidence? Now that's unique.

Dan #1

marty

mnagowski
But Bulldogs always look pissed off, they can't help their facial muscles.

A bear exuding cool, calm, collected confidence? Now that's unique.

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Dan #1

What does Beeeej have to do with this? Za-ZING!

ugarte

marty

mnagowski
But Bulldogs always look pissed off, they can't help their facial muscles.

A bear exuding cool, calm, collected confidence? Now that's unique.

g-dan1.jpg

Dan #1

What does Beeeej have to do with this? Za-ZING!

What's it say? I CAN'T REEEEEAAAAD!!

Beeeej
What's it say? I CAN'T REEEEEAAAAD!!

"It's bacon."

mnagowski
But Bulldogs always look pissed off, they can't help their facial muscles.

A bear exuding cool, calm, collected confidence? Now that's unique.

I gather you've never seen a Bulldog smile? To a doglover, it's quite a pleasant sight.

Oh, and my HS mascot was a bulldog.

CowbellGuy
Umm, ok. I await my kuna.

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Bump for national championship game.

CowbellGuy
Umm, ok. I await my kuna.

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I think I have some kuna left if you feel inspired to do a Flickertails logo in anticipation of Saturday's final. (Or possibly some forint. I unfortunately don't have any zloty to spare after being ripped off by an unlicensed cab en route to the Warsaw airport.)

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