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Gordon's Fisherman Logo and App-Ah-Lay-Chun
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Re: Gordon's Fisherman Logo and App-Ah-Lay-Chun
I really do not mind the Flying Yosef logo.... I mainly prefer the block A. I would love to do a campaign to purchase the ESPN special Yosef logo, that is by far my favorite of all time. Does anyone know what it would take for the school to make a play at purchasing that? I’m not sure if everyone is as high on it as I am, but I think that would become the best logo in college football.
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I actually don't mind the Flying Yosef logo either although I liked the complete logo with the mountain range in the background better. The complete logo is too much for merchandising though, so we wound up with a partial and the "Gorton's Fisherman" logo is born.
Creating a logo that says "Mountaineer" is difficult though. If you showed Victory Yosef to most people who are unfamiliar with athletics, they'd say is was "hillbilly." Yeah...I know....we embrace that as the indigenous people of our region but the word "Mountaineer" doesn't pop out. The West Virginia version (Daniel Boone type character) comes across more as "Pioneer" to most people. I think App should have been the ones who embrace that logo (long ago) since we're IN Boone, but that ship sailed long ago and I prefer a unique logo over appearing to copy WVU.
I don't mind Victory Yosef but I'm not crazy about it now. I mainly embrace it because it's more consistent with what we had when I was in school. For the record, I always really liked the snarling Mountaineer Mania logo better and I wish we could strike a deal there.
Creating a logo that says "Mountaineer" is difficult though. If you showed Victory Yosef to most people who are unfamiliar with athletics, they'd say is was "hillbilly." Yeah...I know....we embrace that as the indigenous people of our region but the word "Mountaineer" doesn't pop out. The West Virginia version (Daniel Boone type character) comes across more as "Pioneer" to most people. I think App should have been the ones who embrace that logo (long ago) since we're IN Boone, but that ship sailed long ago and I prefer a unique logo over appearing to copy WVU.
I don't mind Victory Yosef but I'm not crazy about it now. I mainly embrace it because it's more consistent with what we had when I was in school. For the record, I always really liked the snarling Mountaineer Mania logo better and I wish we could strike a deal there.
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Wish our logo was more like your tattoo. Fighting Yoset is boss. Current tired looking Yosef is depressing
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I always thought I was in the minority in saying that I don't really care for our current Yosef logo. I think it is boring and was brought back to pander to some of our older fans who were reluctant to continue to donate if we moved to the FBS. I totally get that tactic, too: you aren't getting your way here, so we'll give you something else to make you happy.
I think App has a very cool and edgy aesthetic that is, at the same time, classic and timeless. I think our logo should say that. The Block A already does. The Yosef logo does not.
I think App has a very cool and edgy aesthetic that is, at the same time, classic and timeless. I think our logo should say that. The Block A already does. The Yosef logo does not.
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The block A has class. I like that in a logo. Some team's helmet decals are distracting. The A for Appalachian is iconic. You know who you are playing. I will hold my breath and hope it is the block A on Appalachian's helmets this fall. It was hard enough to get used to the black block A after looking at the white block A after 24 years.
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I personally can't imagine myself ever getting a tattoo, but if a miracle did happen and something compelled me to do it, it would be App related. That, my friend, is a cool looking, ass kicking Yosef!
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We've at least given people an out who can't get the pronunciation right. If you can't say it right, just go with "App State"
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Join the crowd. My first tat was Yosef at almost 40. Though I do like the old school logo just went with the espn version from a couple years ago.
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8993, you are completely delusional by implying that US OLDER FANS were the fans wanting to stay FCS! There are so many OLDER FANS that have been trying to push for our Football program to go to FBS when East Carolina made the move almost 40 years ago! I remember so many fans on here that are YOUNG FANS who were AGAINST the move to FBS! They would want you to FORGET who they are but many of us on here KNOW who they are! LOL
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Victory Yosef was re-introduced as a merchandising tool. It was supposed to be for a limited time but sales far exceeded expectations and it has remained as one of our primary logos (again).
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For the new App State Tailgate website I actually took a deep dive into this very subject. I did the history of Yosef and his logos going all the way back to the University’s founding. Researched lots of old newspapers and yearbooks. It ended up pretty long but I was actually interested in it for myself. It will be up on March 1.
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The ESPN version (my avatar) is my favorite, by far. Wish we could license it somehow. It has an edge to it, while also staying classy to the retro look.
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Yes, this should become a focus on how we can acquire the trademark to it.
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App State Football tweeted some pictures today of players wearing Nike-branded shirts featuring the ESPN yosef logo.appstatealum wrote: ↑Wed Feb 13, 2019 9:56 amYes, this should become a focus on how we can acquire the trademark to it.
I assume this means the school has acquired some sort of license from ESPN to use the logo. While these shirts are probably team-only, I'm hopeful we'll see this logo on fan merchandise soon. Possibly even as a secondary/alternate helmet decal.
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This is how we should be branding ourselves, in my opinion. We need to relegate our current Yosef to a once-a-season throwback logo and bring in the modern ESPN Yosef as our secondary. The black and white black 'A' can be used whenever and wherever else, as long as they are done in the right color schemes.
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Absolutely love it!!!!! Somebody pitch this to the powers that be, ASAP!8993 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:05 pm
This is how we should be branding ourselves, in my opinion. We need to relegate our current Yosef to a once-a-season throwback logo and bring in the modern ESPN Yosef as our secondary. The black and white black 'A' can be used whenever and wherever else, as long as they are done in the right color schemes.
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I'm not sure how ESPN is allowed to create their own logo for a team.
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To quote Costanza..... “I think it moved”8993 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:05 pm
This is how we should be branding ourselves, in my opinion. We need to relegate our current Yosef to a once-a-season throwback logo and bring in the modern ESPN Yosef as our secondary. The black and white black 'A' can be used whenever and wherever else, as long as they are done in the right color schemes.
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