The Death Of Toonces-How You Can Help
by PodKATT on Mar 27, 2010 10:59 PM CDT
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Many longtime Tiger fans have bemoaned one of the worst hangovers of the Dinardo tenure, the Toonces logo. Let's face facts: it's horrible, ugly, too busy, and looks like every other logo that got redesigned in the 90's (i.e. mascot leaping/charging out of a vortex of doom over/behind the school name.) But worst of all, it turned Mike from the Insane Badass Jungle King of the SEC...
Into some sort of kids cartoon character...
I do not support the statement made in the previous image
Slowly over time, Toonces began to replace the old marks when ever there was a renovation and it nearly happened in Death Valley.
it's not the only thing missing from the real scoreboard...
But it didn't. And based on the few times i have been there, the New Alex Box is mostly devoid of the hated scourge. In fact, it would seem for the past few years LSU is trying to get away from Toonces, most noticably with the current "beheaded" state of the official logo.
One of the most egregious examples of Toonces ruining a pefectly good thing is the Louisiana LSU Car Plates, which went from Badass...
to just bad
Well now we can do something to fix it. LSU is in the process of redesigning the Louisiana Plate and has put a few finalists up for a vote.
There are only 3 plates here, the others are just a bad dream
Is the "Eye of the Tiger" better than Insane-O Mike? No. Of course not. But it is better than Toonces. An that means its worth fighting for. CLICK HERE to go to the voting page. They recommend you come back and vote once a day and that is exactly what you should do. Not something nefarious, like refreshing the page 1000 time a day to stuff the ballot against the Toonces Plates. No we would never recommend you do that.
By the way, I'm partial to E myself.
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I don't mind Toonces.
I just don’t get all the hate. I like the old Tiger better, but I wear my Toonces gear just as proudly.
Before I started this blog, I had a blog called “Save Toonces”.
Jrlz rhymes with Charles.
Toonces="vortex of doom leping cat"
Other logo=floating tiger head (dr.)
I’m fine with floating tiger head (dr.). But I won’t buy anything emblazoned with Toonces (which works out because I don’t shop at Wal-Mart.
IMO
Eye Of The Tiger (when used gratuitously)>new LSU font>Old School Tiger>Floating Tiger Head (Dr.)>>>>>Toonces
Corazon y Alma
Get bent Toonces
"Tiger Stadium is by far the worst place to play for a visiting team. It's like being inside a drum." - Paul "Bear" Bryant
by Chinese Bandit on Mar 28, 2010 12:08 AM CDT reply actions
I will always prefer what I call the "Who you lookin' at" Mike
Who is inexplicably wearing a sailor hat
by 4.0 Point Stance on Mar 28, 2010 8:38 AM CDT reply actions
You know why got rid of awesome Mike?
I heard someone from the licensing department speak, and he said it was b/c that logo was too difficult for people to sew or stitch properly.
Not a good reason for getting rid of a great logo; at least it’s still on the helmets. For now…
I'm proud of my damn strong football team. Have a great day!
That's fine
I think the old Mike head is a little too busy as well, but the new Toonces logo flat out sucks. It’s horrible. I actually like the Tiger Eye or the fleur-de-lis, and endorse those as the unofficial symbols of LSU instead of Toonces.
Bring back Sailor Mike!
Fake Pundit. Real Fan.
http://www.andthevalleyshook.com
Yeah, I don’t know exactly why, but I really like the eye.
Tracy Porter's gonna score! TRACY PORTER'S GONNA SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (HT Takimoto)
by AllSaintsDay on Mar 28, 2010 1:22 PM CDT up reply actions
I'll take the eye all day
In my memory, I connected the forced abdication of bad ass Tigers logo with crappy awful Tigers logo with the arrival of Saban. Then again, I may have been so heavily self medicated during Dinardo’s last year that I didn’t notice.
by haveagreatday on Mar 29, 2010 12:17 PM CDT up reply actions
I got curious
http://www.sportslogos.net/team.php?id=723
Toonces was born in 1998. So not only was 1998 one of the most depressing teams in school history, we still feel its effects from the birth of the crappiest of crappy logos. At least Ellis Hugh is no more. I still have nightmares about the inflatable tiger.
Fake Pundit. Real Fan.
http://www.andthevalleyshook.com
Eh..
they’re all acceptable to me other than Toonces-vortex, and quite possibly leaping Toonces. Other than that I have no qualms. Floating head Toonces isn’t all that bad.
Although, Sailor Mike kicks untold amounts of ass.
What's up Ryan? ARGHHHHHH!!! oops. ~ Patrick Chewing
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