As Shlara intimated in the G:TB comments last night, according to W&M Athletic Director Samantha Huge, "...Wednesday, July 25, at 10:00 a.m. we will introduce our reinvigorated mark and brand for William & Mary athletics, ushering in a new era for our department."
You can review the entire release below:
The last time W&M went through any sort of branding exercise, we wound up with a Pantsless Griffin as our mascot, so you'll excuse me if I'm approaching this one with a sort of dread. But if we're going to really be bold, allow me to suggest something that'll simultaneously reconnect centuries of Tribe lore and raise a giant middle finger to the NCAA.
Friends, we need to see feathers.
Post Update:
No fucking feathers. The story of the new brand/marks is available here. Two versions are depicted below:
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Exciting!
ReplyDeleteAnd will be checking out those meatsticks fer sher.
I'm into it Rob. Also, I love a good meatstick.
ReplyDeleteinteresting post title. wonder where that came from
ReplyDeleteI throw down 2-3 meatsticks at a time and love it. Don’t be intimidated.
ReplyDeleteThat teaser from the AD office has me whelmed-to-underwhelmed.
it’s like a sample, teej
ReplyDeleteTR, Rob and crew: as author of the piece on the new w&m brand and logo, let me say that a middlin' whelm level is appropriate (clawson commissioned me to write it a while back). they're moving away from "tribe" as an identifier and leaning more on william and mary, and w&m. tribe means little to anyone outside the circle, while w&m has 325-year-old cachet, their thinking goes. the griffin remains pantsless, but will be featured in one of the two new logos. again, adjust your whelm level accordingly.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of sampling, I'm going to start having my 15 year old sample the meatsticks and see what flavor he likes.
ReplyDeleteHe starts high school in a couple weeks, and we're going to make him take a city bus from school to his soccer training twice a week. I think he'll survive that if he's stocked up on meatsticks.
Oddly, this is the second time in just the last week I've had conversations revolving around MEAT STICKS!!!, but not all of the edible version...May have to get this for the BGE.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.themeatstick.com/
They never properly worked the ATCQ angle. When I was accepted in high school my friends all wanted Tribe hats.
ReplyDeleteI’ve gone from whelmed to meh.
ReplyDeleteThe W&M green and golden showers.
ReplyDeleteI made a "paper the windows" joke but no one got it.
ReplyDeleteAnd Jay Cutler has goats.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.theringer.com/tv/2018/7/23/17596086/jay-cutler-very-cavallari-week-3
working from home today, so i saw the contractor who's been working on our basement walking towards the front door. heard him exclaim, 'oh shit', from outside. so i walked out to see what was going on. saw a 4' black snake slowly retreating into a crevice in the faux-stone facade on the side of my house adjacent to the front porch. so i've got a new pet, it seems. i'm not a huge snake fan, but black snakes are the good guys, so i'll live and let live.
ReplyDeleteWatching people gather around the gate to board a flight is fascinating. It always feels like it is on the edge of anarchy.
ReplyDeleteAnyone here at Wolftrap for Isbell and the Unit?
ReplyDeleteI would rather be there than here.
ReplyDeleteSo my TRIBE baseball hat will now be out of style?
ReplyDeleteAnd they couldn't spring for mascot pants?
This takes me out of the whelm zone completely.
your hat is vintage, shlara!
ReplyDeleteHUGE HUGE HUGE playoff win for my U8 team tonight. They were down 7-5 in the bottom of the last inning, but clawed out an 8-7 win. We’re off to the finals on Friday night. Coach TR is treating himself to a Friday-sized scotch to try to calm down.
ReplyDeleteSixteen in the clip and one in the hole. W&M about to make some bodies turn cold.
ReplyDeletepost updated with information about the new branding.
ReplyDeleteI kinda like the primary mark. That Griffin is obviously high af.
ReplyDeleteyou like the full primary mark? you might also be high af. i like the simple marks and the wordmark. that lettering connects 40s/50s tribe with a modern tribe. in my professional opinion.
ReplyDeleteas marls just said to me, we are not the primary audience for this rebranding. we're way too old.
Not high presently, but if I run into the panstless griffin, I could be persuaded to indulge...
ReplyDeleteOn second glance, I'm not real fond of either.
They killed the pantless griffin. It’s now a lion/eagle mix not a anthropomorphic eagle/lion dude. I still don’t like the griffin but at least they did that.
ReplyDeleteI’m ok with the simple mark. They are going to use them in very large size versions on uniforms. Not my preference but as Rob noted, this is intended to attract a younger audience.
Are we the simple audience then?
ReplyDeleteI like neither, but these days you can get anything on a hat or t-shirt so we will just get bootleg gear and wallow in our oldness.
ReplyDeleteWith stroke. Ha.
ReplyDeleteAnyone have connections to get high shelf whiskey or bourbon? I have a neighbor looking to get a really nice bottle for a client. He's willing to spend to get it.
ReplyDeleteSadly, no
ReplyDeletelook at danimal trying to keep the good stuff for himself
ReplyDeleteWhy is the griffin licking its armpit?
ReplyDeleteBecause it can. Same reason you try to lick your nether region, Zed.
ReplyDeleteThis map is amazing. Hillary Clinton got 91% of the vote in the neighborhood I grew up in. Less in my current neighborhood.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/upshot/election-2016-voting-precinct-maps.html#2.72/42.17/-97.81
I’d be willing to bet my neighborhood is nearly the opposite.
ReplyDeletethere's a market for at-home sperm count testing kits?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/25/style/sperm-count.html?emc=edit_th_180726&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=596127480726
that should have been a post, shlara
ReplyDeletestrong effort, gheorgies
ReplyDeleteRob - get back in the OBFT pile.
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/BnmeACwyg4A
RIP, Nikolai Volkoff
ReplyDeleteaaron craft was pretty public in his wish to have a chance to check jimmer fredette in today’s tbt game. jimmer went and got 28 on 10-17 shooting as his team boat raced craft’s. careful what you wish for.
ReplyDeleteI’ve effectively (and ultimately detrimentally) passed on my shoe obsession to my daughter. She acquired six new pairs of shoes for back to school. Two pairs of Vans. 3 pairs of Nikes. And another pair. She’s 6.
ReplyDeleteMore detail please. Some of us know a thing or two about shoes.
ReplyDeleteHigh top all checker board old skool Vans. Black slip on Vans. Lavender Air Max 1s. Black Nike Ashins. Air Max 270s.
ReplyDeleteHey guys, it's really poppin' off over here!
ReplyDeleteI just was at a hospital for business and walking behind someone who was talking about a spinal tap a family member had undergone at 11. After three days of OBFT hijinx, it was not easy to refrain from making a movie themed remark, but I somehow managed.
Well done. Rootsy.
ReplyDeleteI’m back at Tortuga’s. Guinness. Bites. Clams. Oy.
Oysters clams and cockles?
ReplyDeleteTurns out I had some steamed veggies, too. 6 days sans vegetables is no bueno.
ReplyDelete11-10 win for my U8 travel baseball team in the playoff finals! The team put up three runs in the bottom of the last inning to win it. My kid came on to pitch in the top of the inning with one out and the bases loaded in an 8-8 tie game. He put up two walks, two strikeouts and a couple tears after he lost the lead. Heart-wrenching to see as a father/coach, but his poise to get out of the jam was impressive, and he knows that by keeping it close, he gave his team a chance to win.
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