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The 29 most boring college football logos

Madonna, Prince, Sting, Bono. Bozo. Only the most notorious are known by a single name. The elite of the elite, though, are known by the most extreme of abbreviations: a single letter.

Quick, name these schools:

Yeah, Rutgers is sort of crashing the party. Fortunately for them, though, Rhode Island is the only state that begins with the letter "R," and it's common knowledge that it lacks the acreage for a standard football field, so while the red block "R" may induce blank stares in college football fans, at least they won’t confuse it with another team.

The most arrogant of college football logos, though, has to be Miami’s, which uses as its single identifying character not the "M" for "Miami," but the "U" for "University," as if it’s the only one:

Miami logo

Some schools have a bit more competition for their letters, and must therefore add some unique flourish to distinguish themselves from the rabble. Georgia opted for The Squish, Wisconsin went with The Arc and Drop Shadow, Minnesota designed something best described as Crouching Spider, and poor Arizona couldn’t make up its mind and tried three times before giving up.

Gerogia logo Wisconsin logo Minnesota logo Arizona logo
   
The most insecure of programs find the graphical flourish insufficient and cave to their compulsion to actually spell out their name to avoid any confusion.

Mississippi St. logo Michigan logo Idaho logo Illinois logo Mississippi logo California logo

What does one do when the fickle muse abandons you and leaves you to your own devices? Why, scooch your two letters together, of course, so that they touch! It’s the height of artistic inspiration!

Air Force logo Gerogia Tech logo Virginia Tech logo Wake Forest logo

Oklahoma, Kentucky, and Houston will see you your touch and raise you an overlap, sir, and yes, Kentucky’s cease and desist to Houston for trademark infringement is in the mail, thank you.

Oklahoma logo Kentucky logo Houston logo

But what do you do if you want to emphasize that you are, in fact, a university, if your school name consists of two or more words, or your state of origin is so big that it requires subdivision into sectors? In other words, what if you have too many letters and too little room? You take a page from the Japanese and the people who brought you Pringles: you stack ‘em.

Indiana logo Auburn logo North Carolina logo Note Dame logo Texas Tech logo North Carolina St. logo

So there they are. The Boring 29.

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LOL, your logo is sooo scary!

Aug 2008 by Joel - 20 comments

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Hmmm.....

Interesting to see Michigan up and not Ohio State.

I’m getting curious to see who’s going to be in the remaining 30-ish. I’m bracing myself in anticipation of Wyoming in the 10 worst category, though I like it. When I was a kid, it took me several years to figure out what that blob was – and I grew up in the state.

Nice job, though. Great read.

by Hooper on Aug 5, 2008 9:01 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

To be fair, that's a now obsolete alternate Michigan logo.

And come on, the actual logo is much more boring.

by stormhit on Aug 5, 2008 1:04 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Ooh, good to know

Thanks. And yes, that is much more boring and therefore better suited for Michigan! Maybe they’ll spread it out this season?

Go Vols!

by Joel on Aug 5, 2008 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes

Just like that. But a bit faster.

Maybe.

Go Vols!

by Joel on Aug 6, 2008 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

More people now would prolly recognize Rutgers over Syracuse

Granted, this is ignoring decades of college football history, but the Orange ain’t what it used to be

by cocknfire on Aug 6, 2008 11:03 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Yep

I agree. They’re both on a different level of obscurity than those the other SNORTS.

Go Vols!

by Joel on Aug 6, 2008 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Funny.

Because if you asked me to list my top 30 college football logos, almost every single one of these would be on that list. My weird taste?

Go Bears!

by RollOnYouBears667 on Sep 4, 2008 11:58 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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