Kentucky Bluegrass

Hey guys. Getting it done on a sketch pad, I planned some more football concepts. First was the Kentucky Wildcats, then to put it in a group, I also did Louisville, and Western Kentucky. Sit back in youre desk chair and enjoy.

28/120 Kentucky
I have a few things on Kentucky. The first is a concept with simple dual sleeve stripes. Those stripes are also on the helmet and pants. Both have a checkerboard pattern on the back of the jersey. The second one is with stripes running down the sleeves, like the Titans. I modeled it after the current basketball SoD jersey.
Lastly, I tried putting numbers on the stripes, something new I think.


Notice the UK logo i made. Its not like the current one. When I was vectorizing it, I noticed how much I hated the outlines not being even. I made one with even outlines, just to try, and liked it better.


29/120 Louisville
I knew the currents had sleeve stripes, and a drop shadow on the numbers. I took that, and made it modern. Instead of the cardinal head on the helmet, I moved it to the sleeve, and took the Cardinal with a wing, and Louisville over it. Also, I left the Louisville script on the chest. The white socks go with red pants. Finally made a Pro Combat style pants stripe.


30/120 Western Kentucky
Matching stripes running from under the armpit down onto the pants. Strategically making the stripes the same on the home and road, so they would match on the silver pants. The primary is on the helmet, and the mascot logo is on the sleeve. It seemed very fitting for WKU. Chose a font close to the logo's font for the number. Then decided to put stripes on the socks, just for fun.


Comments? Suggestions? Requests? Sarcastic remarks?

Concepts from Tobacco Road

Meh, posting these now instead of waiting for my laptop. Here's the sequel to my UF, FSU, and The U concept post.

24/120 NC State
So easy upgrade here, their current is just a simple, no design jersey. I went with some shoulder stripes, which sort of tied into the wolf motif. The walking wolf logo on the sleeves. I made a custom State scrip for the chest, and if you look closely, the S is the primary logo. The pants just tie into the shoulder stripes.


25/120 UNC
So if you know anything about the TarHeels, you know argyle is a big design. So obviously, I took the idea and ran with it. The back is all argyle in a sublimated pattern. Very Nike of me. I put the ram logo on top of that, then a UNC, with the heel over the numbers.


26/120 Wake Forest
Another team that fell to the Mizzu template, I had to make a new style. I've seen someone do something like this, and thought it looked great. The stripe goes from over the shoulder, around, and down the back. The collar ends where the seam is. The numbers are Times New Roman, to match the WF logo on the helmet. I made a script with the same font for over the numbers. Lastly, I made a white helmet, just to see how I liked it, and I did.


27/120 Duke
My first attempt was boo'd by most everyone. I tried a horn design for attempt #2. Used a primary white jersey, and an alt black. FYI, the currents look like the Colts' jerseys.


SO c&c, I'm sketching up some new jerseys for the next set! Comment please.

UF, FSU, and The U

I've been working on these for the last week, but I just get to post them after the Gators lose! This set of concepts are for the 3 major teams in Florida, UF, FSU, and The U. Come to think of it, all of these were influenced by the Nike Pro Combat set they wore.

21/120 Florida
Since my last one sucked, here's my new Gators concept. I used the stripes they have now, but changed them slightly. All of their stripes go Orange-Blue-White-Blue-Orange. I made the middle stripe the colour of the body of the jersey. Then on the middle stripe, I added a gator skin pattern. pretty revolutionary. I wasn't a fan of the white helmets, until the Pro Combat set was played in. I used it here. I brought back the Orange jerseys that Emmit Smith wore during his tenure in Gainesville. Here it is!
Here's a close up of the stripes.

22/120 Florida State
Since this was one of the best Pro Combat sets released, I based this concept off of it. Lets see... I used the updated numbers. I used the feather from that set on the collars, and pants. The arrow is an updated one, that I found online. I believe it's Rare Design's. I put the FSU logo on the sleeves. The alternate is an all black for the Unconquered tradition.
23/120 Miami
Pro Combat focused on an aspect of the logo. Part orange, part green. The numbers were, and on the stripe on the pants, both sides were different. I had an idea like this, but never finished. I did that idea on the white jersey. I pretty much made up most of the rest, like the little stripes at the end of each big stripe. The sleeve cuffs are 2 different colours, see my nifty presentation for that. Oh! I made the primary orange, a throwback to the Burney Kosar era.

Comments, yo.

I might take a break for a few weeks on the NCAA concepts. I have baseball conditioning, no ideas, and an idea for a truly EPIC series.

BCS Buster Concepts

Continuing with my little off and on project. Screw the whole 20 team thing for now, I'm gonna post some at random. Here's concepts for 3 teams trying to crash the BCS bowls. They all have pretty bad jerseys, IMO, but here's my take.

18/120: TCU
Their jerseys are plain jerseys, with a spike pattern on the cuffs. I tried to combine those, and the Pro Combat jerseys. I used a purple helmet, with black streaks, like the blood stripes on the Pro Combat set. I kept the cuffs, but made the sleeves a different colour. I was consistent with the numbers, since they have 2 different fonts for their jerseys. Hmm, the pants are interchangeable. Enjoy.


19/120 Cincinnati
I love the claw mark motif now, but their jerseys are lacking. It's an adidas template with horns, kinda lame. I took the pants stripe, with a pattern on the under arm with claws. The white pants don't have a stripe underneath like so. Also, no outline on stripes or numbers.


20/120 Boise State
Well, their Fiesta Bowl jerseys were pretty... bleh. The current ones are a hot mess. So I went modern, with a modern design. Honestly, this is my least favorite. But here's an opportunity to give me some C&C.


Comments?

I did another competition on the boards, and once the anonymous voting is done, I'll post it.

Armed Forces Concepts

So, I was watching College Gameday, and they were at the Army vs Air Force game. Watching that got me in the mood for some NCAA concepts. They're all teams I haven't done in my series, so they all count.

15/120 Air Force
Air Force is one of those teams who fell to the Missu football template. I took them in a more classic direction. I went with sleeve stripes, with an Air Force bolt inside them. The helmet has a bolt, with the number under it.


16/120 Army
I'm not a fan of their current jerseys, mostly because of the random grey stripe in between the gold. I put shoulder stripes, instead of high sleeve stripes. I almost went with the camo pants/helmet but I think it wouldn't work for a team with such a long history.


17/120 Navy
For my last one, I took the style of the jerseys they wore for Army-Navy last year. They wore the pants seen on the road jersey. I similar stripes on the sleeve, and socks.


So how did I do? I plan to use that set up for the next few in my total redsign. I'm redoing most of the ones I said would be posted, since I don't really like most of them anymore.

C&C

NCAA Jersey redesign: 14/120 Alabama

14/120 Alabama
Continuing with the SEC here's my tide concept. The tide have a pretty basic uniform now. I added hounds tooth to the collars, and changed from numbers to the A logo. The hounds tooth was ANNOYING to make on inkscape. On the shoulders, I added numbers to make up for the dropping of the helmet numbers.

I wasn't pleased with my Gators concept, so I'll repost when I redo it. Same with LSU.

NCAA Jersey redesign: 13/120 Tennessee

13/120: Tennessee
How about this? Light blue! I added it as an accent colour, because other sports at UT use it. I ended up doing adidas type stripes on this concept. The current team uses adidas, and plus, the 3 stripes are awesome.

Gonna post 'Bama real quick...

NCAA Jersey redesign: 12/120 South Carolina

12/120 South Carolina

Right now, South Carolina's jerseys are flat out ugly. They're ridiculously busy. I found an old picture of the team, with Colts type stripes. I was going for that. Then I thought of something cool to do. I put the stripe found on the helmet, and pants on the shoulders. Jerseys are mix and match, like most. The SC logo is the baseball logo, but it's so awesome i put it on the pants.

The Vols are next.

NCAA Jersey redesign: 11/120 Oregon

11/120 Oregon
Alright, this is the one team that everyone does at least once. But I decided to go simple... in Oregon's terms. I used the duck wings on the collar because they're unique, and Oregon can't NOT be unique. But other than that, a plain uniform. I simplified their uniforms, but I still made it possible for any combo they want. I have green, white, and yellow helmets, jerseys, and pants. That should cover it!

South Carolina is next.

NCAA Jersey redesign: 10/120 Oregon State

11/120 Oregon State
I know the "Sports Bra" jersey is frowned upon on the boards, but I kind of like it. It's similar to an extent. Currently, they have a plain jersey, which is cool, but I think that this is a team that can have a modern uni like their in state rivals. So I made a design like the former ones, but kept it different. Then I made pants stripes I thought worked. Uh, I used the font the OS logo is in. That should be it! here ya go!


Oregon, and the Gamecocks coming up.

NCAA Jersey redesign: 9/120 USC

9/120 USC
For this, I didn't do anything drastic, just did what I think improved the jerseys. I added some accent striping to the shoulders. Then for consistency, I made the pants with the same pattern. I'll admit it does look kind of awkward, but I do like how it ended up. So here it is!

Oregon State is tomorrow.

NCAA Jersey redesign: 8/120 UNLV

Just gonna skip LSU, and post it when I redo it.

9/20 UNLV
Well just gonna post a few of my favorites to get them over with.
UNLV's jerseys pretty much suck. They use a silver design on the sleeves, and shoulder. Similar to this. I did the same idea, but used more red. I made Rebels on the front in the same font as the numbers. I also used the Rebel UNLV logo on the sleeves, and helmet, instead of just UNLV. Uhh, that should be it. Enjoy!

So I'll post a few of my favorites, like USC, Oregon State, maybe South Carolina. So come back. If you dont like something about my designs, tell me, and I'll make updates at the end of each 20

NCAA Jersey redesign: 7/120 Minnesota

7/120 Minnesota
Obviously, Minnesota is known more for hockey, than football. I wanted to try to reference a hockey jersey. I searched "Minnesota hockey jersey" and got this result. I thought I could do something with the multi coloured stripe. The current helmet has a yellow M, with a black outline. I turned the primary yellow, and put it on the helmet. The pants have the same striping as the jerseys. The pants are interchangeable, but I declare no yellow, on yellow combo! The Gopher M logo is on the sleeve also.
I'll post LSU tonight for the one that counts for Sunday.

NCAA Jersey redesign: 6/120 Akron

6/120 Akron
Well since it was requested first, Akron is up next. I dislike what their jerseys look like now. So I went with kind of a modern template that has probably been done before, but I think its still an improvement. I dont like the current numbers, and nothing else really seemed good, so when in doubt, BLOCK! The pants pattern is one that is similar to the jersey pattern. I think I covered everything, so enjoy!
Minne is on deck.

NCAA Jersey redesign: 5/120 UL-L

5/120 Louisiana-Lafayette Rajin' Cajuns
Now on to the team with the best name in the FBS. Currently, their jerseys are red, and white, no yellow. I think the yellow in their logo looks awesome with the red and black. So basically, that's the direction I went in. On their helmet, it is a Rajin' Cajuns script. I put the circular logo on it. Hmmm, I put the fleur de lis on fire on the sleeves. THe current number font looked a little like the Ducks font, so I made it officially the Ducks font. The black and white pants can be switched, so they all wont be monochrome.

Akron, then Minnesota are next.

NCAA Jersey redesign: 4/120 Iowa State

4/120 Iowa State
I kept the same basic design as their current ones, but I added some maroon from the logo. I added the cyclone bird logo, since it is awesome. I made the pants with 2 different colour stripes. The numbers are similar to the ones they currently use.

NCAA Jersey redesign: 3/120 Wisconsin

Hey, sorry, I had baseball practice, and other thing to do, so I couldn't post. I'll post 2 today.

3/120 Wisconsin
So, Mburmy helped me with this one. I like their current ones, but I thought I could do something with them. I added the badger on the sleeves. I also did something kind of cool, I thought. I put "Badgers" on the home, and "Wisconsin" on the road. I'm not sure that its been done for a football jersey. I changed the font to resemble the W logo. And that's about it!
Iowa State will be coming up shortly.

NCAA Jersey redesign: 2/120 USF

2/120 USF
So I really like how they look now. The whole horns thing just works, cause ya know, they're the Bulls. I changed the helmet to the actual gold, not like some yellowish one they use now. I tried some gold pants to see how they look, and I thought it looked like it worked. I did go with a black jersey, just as a nice alternate. Oh, and I know... Grothe is out for the whole year. Pants are also interchangeable.


Tomorrow is Wisconsin!

NCAA Jersey redesign: 1/120 Wyoming

So for my first, why not start at the bottom with Wyoming. One thing I didn't like was how the home set normally is white/brown/yellow. So I went with something new, and gave them a unique brown helmet. The jersey design, I think, looks awesome. It started out as just a mock up of the Mizzu-Nike template. Then the pants have the same pattern as the jersey. Pants are interchangeable.

Next: USF see you tomorrow!

NCAA Jersey redesign

This is what I have been working on recently.

Alright, I started a project on the boards, I'll try to release a team a day untill all 120 teams jerseys are posted.

Get ready! It's a commin'!