May 11, 200422 yr espn link Associated Press 'Cuse adopts new nickname, logo, brighter colors 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 official 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.
May 11, 200422 yr well, them and the crimson tide, two of the worst names in sports don't like it, don't like it one bit "The Orange" yuck maybe i'll get used to it
May 11, 200422 yr Maybe instead of being pieces of crap they should man up and be willing to change their colors for a real team name. Geez.
May 11, 200422 yr Everyone calls them the Orange anyway. This isn't that big of a deal. And I like it, not everyone has to have a damn cat or bird or mammal as their nickname, it's something different, and their freakin' mascot is the greatest thing of all-time. An orange with arms, legs, and a ballcap? I don't know who came up with that, but I bow to them. Seriously.
May 11, 200422 yr Colleges have some of the ugliest names Yellowjackets, Crimson Tides, Vols... who the hell comes up with this stuff
May 12, 200422 yr Not a big fan of the new name, though "Orangewomen" was a mouth-full to say. I guess it's no different than other sports colors names- the St. Louis Blues, Cinncinnati Reds, etc. It'll take some getting used to, like having to stop calling the Pittsburgh Panthers "Pitt."
May 12, 200422 yr Yeah that's true wtf is a tar heel anyway? A heel with tar the term comes from the civil war when at a battle in VA(can't remember which one) every confederate line retreated except the North Carolina line which stayed and fought like they had tar on their heels and couldn't move. Its a cool nickname and so is Yellow Jackets.
May 12, 200422 yr I was joking man I know just thought I'd give those who don't know some background.
May 12, 200422 yr Your mascot is a color?!!! WTF!!!!!!! it could be worse, they could be the Hoosiers
May 12, 200422 yr I still call them "Pitt". No one really has stopped calling them "Pitt" :plain Well, in the media anyway. I'm sure they don't care that YOU call them Pitt.
May 12, 200422 yr Yeah that's true wtf is a tar heel anyway? A heel with tar the term comes from the civil war when at a battle in VA(can't remember which one) every confederate line retreated except the North Carolina line which stayed and fought like they had tar on their heels and couldn't move. Its a cool nickname and so is Yellow Jackets. cool stuff, thanks
May 12, 200422 yr As an alum of the university, it is a disgrace to change the name. Syracuse is the Orangemen, not the Orange. And their new logo looks like SJ and their colors are the exact same as Miami and pretty damn close to Texas. It's a shame that Nike rules the world
May 12, 200422 yr college has awesome names. Only in college can you get past the Raiders, Pirates, Panthers, Tigers, Lions, Bears, etc. and get to such names as the Paladins, Seminoles, Crimson Tide, Cardinal, Buckeyes, Volunteers, Gamecocks, Tar Heels. I also love the names because many have something to do with the state history. Seminoles, Gators, Canes are obvious. Tar Heels obviously comes from being the Tar Heel state (which, I believe pertains to the Revolutionary War...but could definitely be wrong). Volunteers comes from TN being the Volunteer State, same with Michigan Wolverines. I love it. I get absolutely bored with such teams as the Bears, Tigers, Lions, Panthers. Get creative. They also often times have creative logos.
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