Re: Midnight madness

[Brent Wyrick]

Funny thing you should bring up the binturoung...I was just thinking that
I've seen several of them at zoos around the country and none of them have
any red hair on them. 

-----Original Message-----
From: address@hidden
[mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of richard l. kandell
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 4:27 PM
To: UC Basketball Forum
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Midnight madness

The difference is that UC has never been able to make up its mind whether
its Bearcat is a bear or some sort of member of the cat family.  A Cardinal
is a Cardinal, "fighting" or otherwise, unless you want to put a religious
meaning to it (e.g., Demon Deacons), and since UofL is not only not a
catholic institution, but rather a public one, I doubt they would so.  As
such there is only so much you can do to a Cardinal.  On the other hand the
Bearcat is not identified as a specific kind of bear or cat, so the
permutations are endless, unless UC finally adopted the Binturong and its
image as the official Bearcat.

Richard K.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brock Schweitzer" <address@hidden>
To: "UC Basketball Forum" <address@hidden>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Midnight madness


> The Cardinal bird got a facelift, much like the Bearcat, to make him look
> angry.  Also, the costumed mascot also was given a more muscular look....
> much like the new Bearcat.
>
> This is nothing new.  Its simply an evolution of the branding... as others
> have mentioned, its just a way to increase sales of the athletic dept. and
> maintain a "modern" look.
>
> On 10/17/06, Dan Marshall <address@hidden> wrote:
> > I thought their mascot was the same
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: address@hidden
> > [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of Brock Schweitzer
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 11:51 AM
> > To: UC Basketball Forum
> > Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Midnight madness
> >
> > Case in point... when Pitino came to Louisville, they completely
> > redesigned
> > their logo, mascot, how "Louisville" is displayed on jerseys, hats, and
> > letterheads.  They lapped all that new stuff up without a fuss.
> >
> > On 10/17/06, Kris Rose <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > i'll say again, the new bearcat looks beyond stupid.  those red
"ridges"
> > > on
> > > the head are just awful.
> > >
> > > for the obsessive sorts in the crowd who are stil talking about the
> > > kansas state jerseys, go to www.uniwatchblog.com (written by a writer
> > > for page 2 on
> > > espn.com) and go to the news ticker section in yesterday's post....it
> > > gave me a laugh.
> > >
> > >
> > > > From: "Keith Wedinger" <address@hidden>
> > > > Reply-To: UC Basketball Forum <address@hidden>
> > > > To: "UC Basketball Forum" <address@hidden>
> > > > Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Midnight madness
> > > > Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:25:59 -0400
> > > >
> > > > I agree completely.  The only tradition worth building is a winning
> > one.
> > > > When a college changes their logo or their uni's, I doubt that
> > > > tradition plays much of a role in the change.  It's more about making
> > more money.
> > > > Case in point:  when OSU changed their football jerseys before this
> > > season,
> > > > there was a bit of an uproar about the new look.  But, if you go
> > > > around Columbus, you will see a lot of fans are are buying the new
> > > > jerseys.  And who gets a big cut from this revenue?  The athletic
> > department of course.
> > > > I'll be honest...I've never been a big fan of the "Jordan Jump-man"
> > > > look
> > > of
> > > > UC's basketball jerseys used over the past several years.  I prefer
> > > > the more traditional shoulder strap look.  I am looking forward to
> > > > seeing what the Adidas jerseys look like.
> > > >
> > > > As for the new Bearcat mascot look, I can take it or leave it but I
> > > > am
> > > not
> > > > going to make a big stink about it one way or the other.  I am much
> > > > more concerned about the team on the floor.
> > > >
> > > > On 10/17/06, Justin Register <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > > > I think there is A LOT more to tradition then a logo.  Duke and NC
> > > > > have changed uniforms (not logos).  Tradition comes from years and
> > > > > years of success and recognition, in BIG conferences, hence earning
> > > > > that success against the best.  Being in CUSA and priors, and not
> > > > > doing mush at all
> > > in
> > > > > the tournament, makes it hard to have tradition.  All of the
> > > > > "tradition-having" schools are in the Big Ten, ACC, SEC, etc.
> > > > >
> > > > > If we went to the sweet 16 or furher every year, with multiple Big
> > > > > East championships, then we could change our logo/color/mascot every
> > > > > year and still have some tradition.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 10/17/06, Dan Marshall <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Keith Wedinger
> > > > Bearcatnews.com
> > > > Sciotofootball.com