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| #1 Posted on 11.5.04 1922.36 Reposted on: 11.5.11 1923.04 | Not sure where this thread belongs, but their basketball team were champs a few years ago, so....
http://www.sportsline.com/ general/story/7322065
Syracuse University announces nickname, logo change May 11, 2004 SportsLine.com wire reports SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Say goodbye to the Orangemen -- and the Orangewomen.
From now on, Syracuse University's athletic teams will be known simply as the Orange and have the same logo, an interlocking SU.
"We are the only school in the country that has orange as its primary color. We want to accentuate that fact," director of athletics Jake Crouthamel said Tuesday at a press conference. He noted that Texas and Tennessee have a substantial amount of white to go with the orange in their uniforms.
The announcement came after two years of consultations with Nike, which supplies uniforms for men's and women's basketball, men's lacrosse, and football. All 21 of Syracuse's athletic teams will use the new mark.
"It standardizes what we do," Crouthamel said. "We don't have to order 14 different logos. We've had somewhere in the neighborhood of 19 or 20 logos that we've used on athletic apparel. Where's the consistency?"
The new logo will incorporate a consistent color palette, using a brighter orange than the current version and a darker blue. The school's colors have been orange and blue since 1890.
"We looked through media guides, and we found that the university has not had one single athletic logo since 1870, when it was founded," said Sue Edson, director of athletic communications. "It's pretty important to us."
Especially for one reason.
"This is about identity," said longtime equipment manager Kyle Fetterly, a member of the committee of coaches and school officials who made the decision. "Every time I see a navy blue hat with a yellow block 'M' on it, I know it's Michigan. Every time I see a red hat with a cream-colored 'A' on it, I know it's Alabama.
"Everybody I talk to around town refers to us at SU, so why isn't it SU?" It's about time."
The football team will be the first to showcase the new logo and colors in the fall, and Crouthamel said the large 'S' over the basketball on the hoops uniforms would disappear next season.
"We will eventually get into the new look," Crouthamel said. "It's going to take some amount of time. We'll work our way through it."
Nike also has done similar work for the University of Oregon, the University of Washington, Miami, and Kentucky.
AP NEWS The Associated Press News Service --------------------------------------------------- Living near Syracuse, I haven't heard much of a name change, so this is a bit surprising. Not a fan of the new name, though "Orangewomen" is a bit of a mouthfull to say. It'll take a bit of getting used to, but they're affectionately known as "The Orange" anyway. Promote this thread! | | redsoxnation
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| #2 Posted on 11.5.04 2054.56 Reposted on: 11.5.11 2055.52 | I miss the good old days when the Big East would let the other teams cheerleaders and mascots travel on the road, and the Giant Orange would get stuff thrown at it. What will they do next, unmask the Dome Ranger? | haz
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| #3 Posted on 12.5.04 0717.57 Reposted on: 12.5.11 0717.58 | What the hell. They have always been called the Orange anyway and as mentioned their mascot is an Orange...
I do know that Orangemen actually had some sort of meaning, though...
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| #4 Posted on 13.5.04 0243.29 Reposted on: 13.5.11 0244.34 | Hmm. Kind of reminds me of my church, which has a hymnal in which practically all references to gender have been removed. “God Rest Ye, All Good People”? | Grimis
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| #5 Posted on 13.5.04 0940.40 Reposted on: 13.5.11 0941.51 | Because God knows we don't want to offendI>the Dutch.
Remember, this may not last long. They were the Syracuse Snakes for week too before the outcry was immense. | JoshMann
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| #6 Posted on 13.5.04 1414.22 Reposted on: 13.5.11 1415.53 | Originally posted by Grimis Because God knows we don't want to offendI>the Dutch
Man, first Hofstra now this...who knew the Dutch could be so damn touchy? | ALL ORIGINAL POSTS IN THIS THREAD ARE NOW AVAILABLE |
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