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  1. Funny you bring up OSU. The block is classic but the shoe horned "Ohio State" just sucks-- looks terrible and weird. Totally distracting. They have all the branding and marketing money in the world and 80 years of brand heritage and STILL felt the need to tell people who they are. The lesson to me is don't screw up the iconic part of your visual identity- instead, keep it clean but include the descriptor where necessary. Hence the A + Akron works much better than the block O with the name.
  2. I like the new logo. I particularly like how it works with the 'Akron' beneath it, forming a nice structure that fits together as a unified visual element. It feels unique to me and clean, a refreshing update but some on a traditional elements. I don't know if it will stand the test of time- may not prove to be 'timeless'- but I at least like that what it is signaling right now.
  3. Zippy is an amazing mascot-- off the charts, best in class (not just a statement but an actual designation that Zippy won). It is perhaps the single best known and loved element of UA in the community. I think the branding should revolve around "Akron" because that is who we are and no one knows us well- abstracting a little known brand is a terrible idea. I also think the nickname "Zip" is terrible and frankly has always been embarrassing. The only good thing about it was Zippy the mascot. Putin is going to do all he can to corrupt "Z" and make it a symbol of evil in the world. They are using it throughout Russia to rally them to this horrific cause-- and the Russian people are responding. It would be the height of branding stupidity of the highest order to use "Z" as a symbol right now. After Russia is crushed, it will just be confusing and weird so to me still reason to not overly focus on it. Make it AKRON. And make it known.
  4. “Probably the most well-coached and best defensive team we’ve played all year,” Cronin said.
  5. And though I know it's not a popular opinion here, I like the script Akron. I want people to know where this team is from.
  6. That was a ton of fun except that last 4 minutes. Zips came to play. Very impressive given the offense was never really clicking.
  7. *sigh*. Wasn't looking for a moral victory.
  8. eff'n refs... they are trying to put UCLA back into this game
  9. oh boy... Script Akron vs Script UCLA... capt's head will explode
  10. My point was just that I would hate for us to go through a re-brand and then proudly unveil what could end up being the new swastika... and have a welter of coverage about Akron just rolling out its new Z focused logo as Putin was leveling Kyiv, killing tens of thousands, and using Z as the symbol of their victory or whatever. We barely survived I-coach and the Scarphoon. I sure as hell hope we don't bumble into an own goal like this. It's not canceling the letter 'z' (eye roll)- it's having the common sense to realize that this disaster in the middle of Europe will be going on for years (unless Putin gets smoked by a pissed off oligarch) and it would be beyond madness to willing opt to use a logo that is the same as the Russians. I'm all for ditching the script Akron if you can convince Putin to use that instead.
  11. What Russia is doing now precludes Akron using a standalone Z for the foreseeable future.
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