“Corn Guy” or “Colonel Kernel” Could Be The New Illinois Logo
All, College Athletics, College Basketball, College Football, Mascots February 1st. 2013, 1:23pm
Illinois is looking for a new logo, with Chief Illiniwek being a bit problematic. Some of the 46 options the student body has to choose from are…well…interesting. It seems the only entrance requirement was submission. Our vote would be for “Corn Guy” who has both friendly and fighting versions, in different colors (not to mention washboard abs and a mohawk). Other choices include the Kraken and another corn-themed fellow “Colonel Kernel.”
Whatever the choice, it won’t be the Big Ten’s creepiest mascot.
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February 1st, 2013 at 1:25 PM
/Bromes
February 1st, 2013 at 1:26 PM
Bullshit. Cowards in Illinois.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:26 PM
A landlocked state (GTFO with Lake Michigan) having a Kraken as a mascot would be outstanding.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:27 PM
I’m so…embarrassed. We played a school in football in high school known as the Hoopeston Cornjerkers. There’s a minor league baseball team in Normal, Illinois known as the Cornbelters. Enough with the corn. Show some love to the soybeans.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:29 PM
If Abraham Lincon is in the mix, just be the University of Illinois Dead Presidents. I’d vote for that.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:29 PM
Is this supposed to be Lincoln?
February 1st, 2013 at 1:30 PM
Oh yes because the big 10 needs TWO teams where the corn cob is a mascot.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:30 PM
THIS!
February 1st, 2013 at 1:30 PM
Kind of insensitive with all the guns pointed at him, no?
February 1st, 2013 at 1:31 PM
If Bromes looks like that I can finally understand his hatred for the grandparents. They bequeathed him with some horrible genes.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:32 PM
Here’s a rundown of the commercials for the Super Bowl. Specifics on when they air, too. Movie trailers are weak this year.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:32 PM
Was the Kraken drawn by Georgia O’Keefe?
February 1st, 2013 at 1:32 PM
That’s cornball, brother.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:33 PM
For an episode of Futurama.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:33 PM
Illinois should change their name from Fightin’ Illini to Railsplitters and embrace the Lincolnian image.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:34 PM
Just stick to the original mascot
February 1st, 2013 at 1:34 PM
I prefer this representation of Lincoln.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:35 PM
Oh nevermind, Lincoln Memorial University, in Tennessee of all places, already uses the Railsplitters name.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:35 PM
Over/under on when the first headline appears proclaiming “Illinois gets cornholed” after a loss?
February 1st, 2013 at 1:36 PM
“Illinois Abes” makes me think of The Simpsons, maybe because of Springfield.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:36 PM
Samsung bought a 2 min ad for the 4th quarter this year. That had to be expensive.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:37 PM
Lincoln High School in Lincoln, Illinois uses that nickname. Not that that would stop them.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:38 PM
For whatever reason the 3rd quarter and 4th quarter rundown won’t show up on my browser. I think its because my browser has been drinking since the pregame.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:38 PM
Terrible company. Thief’s as well.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:38 PM
LOOK AT THOSE SUPER BOWL AD REVENUES! THESE NFL PLAYERS ARE SERFS CONSIDERING THAT!
/pay the players’d
February 1st, 2013 at 1:38 PM
LOOK AT THOSE SUPER BOWL AD REVENUES! THESE NFL PLAYERS ARE SERFS CONSIDERING THAT!
/pay the players’d
February 1st, 2013 at 1:38 PM
Always annoyed the heck out of me that Colonel is pronounced just like kernel. Must be a great word to eliminate kids in spelling bees.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:38 PM
Colonel Kernel looks blazed as fuck.
We were Lambkins at my high school and had a painting of an adorable frolicking lamb over the entrance to the football field. Abandon all hope, etc.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:38 PM
I say they go by The Beards. It honors both Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd at the same time.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:39 PM
The Illinois Licensed to Illinators.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:40 PM
I suppose it is too late for “The Fighting Zooks”
February 1st, 2013 at 1:40 PM
Wow that’s funnier than the upcoming post of TBL ripping NFL writers for lazy journalism.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:41 PM
This is serious?
February 1st, 2013 at 1:41 PM
In the third quarter there’s an Axe commercial, so we know sctrojans will be tuning in.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:41 PM
Jerry Rice’s wife, too.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:42 PM
I don’t want to come off as a Super Bowl Ad Traditionalist here, but I preferred when the commercials were a surprise.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:42 PM
And this could be the mascot.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:43 PM
I don’t watch them before hand, so I get what you’re saying. Hell, I’ll forget who was on this list in the next 20 minutes.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:43 PM
Close enough to the Bears to excite Chicago
February 1st, 2013 at 1:44 PM
Way to get what a beard is wrong, Gumbo.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:44 PM
Is that an actual rumor that’s out there?
February 1st, 2013 at 1:44 PM
The Kernel Klinks?
February 1st, 2013 at 1:44 PM
Yup, also bring back the Bud Bowl!
February 1st, 2013 at 1:44 PM
Totally. They changed the mascot to an angry snarling sheep when I was a Junior, but the lamb stayed above the field longer than that. Still Lambkins, though.
At least we didn’t get Beetdiggers like those saps in Brush did.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:45 PM
Figured if I linked to a picture of Ronnie no one would recognize it.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:48 PM
Please be this.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:51 PM
THere used to be Bramwell High in West Virginia. Its nickname was The Millionaires. Unforunately, it shut down before it could ever adopt this as its fight song.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:52 PM
Surprisingly similar, Mole.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:54 PM
You’re going to love the next post.
Colonel Kernel looks really baked.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:54 PM
Good lord.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:54 PM
Another classic from West By God.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:54 PM
So has Ole Piss buying another 5 star been discussed yet?
February 1st, 2013 at 1:57 PM
There are so many problems with that.
I’m actually going to WV tonight, feel I will come back dumber.
February 1st, 2013 at 1:59 PM
Take me home, country roads, mountain mama, misty taste of moonshone, yadda yadda.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:04 PM
I wanna cry, dude. Tunsil is a stud, too. He’ll be better than nkemdiche (sp?). Apparently they’re offering his siste and his fiancee academic scholarships. UGA won’t play that game, so it looks like they’re done.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:06 PM
Tunsil said he didn’t want to play in a spread system. Now he’s about to sign with Ole Miss. Simply amazing.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:07 PM
Isn’t Nkemdiche going to Ole Piss too?
February 1st, 2013 at 2:08 PM
So not only were you the Lambkins, you were purple Lamkins?
February 1st, 2013 at 2:10 PM
Yup. Assuming they get Tunsil (and at this point who the hell knows) Ole Miss will sign 6 top 100 players. Un-fucking-real.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:11 PM
The NCAA has to be noticing, correct? This would be like Midwestern players shunning Michigan, ND, and OSU to go play at Minnesota.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:14 PM
Here’s the gist of it. Nkemdiche’s younger brother wanted to go to UGA, but his HS coach is a former Bama star and pointed him in Ole Miss’s direction thinking it would hurt UGAs chances with his older brother. Well, it back fired a bit and helped Ole Miss land the No. 1 player in the nation, who has since been out trying to get guys to follow all the while giving Freeze and Ole Miss credibility. Then you factor in that Freeze can sell that he led Ole Miss to a bowl game in year one and voila, kids buy in. The Admin in Oxford has given Freeze carte blanche, too. Nothing illegal, either. They’ll just let them use some academic schollies if it means landing some big fish.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:14 PM
Look at you guys getting unsettled by new-money teams!
February 1st, 2013 at 2:15 PM
iowa had a nice lil stretch where they were getting a bunch of scout service-approved recruits…isnt that very similar? ole miss aint great, but they sure as hell aint minnesota.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:16 PM
their mascot should be mr bananagrabber
February 1st, 2013 at 2:17 PM
also re: ole miss…freeze has basically offered every single recruit in the country. he’s like rafi-with-roofies of recruiting.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:17 PM
Tunsil is considered the best OT prospect to come out in years. He’s the exact prospect that UGA has not been able to land in the Richt era. They get every single position except OTs. Just a brutal shot to the balls if he does indeed sign with Ole Miss.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:19 PM
what, offering family members academic scholarships? if it meant landing a top notch player you honestly don’t think they would find a way to get some family members in? I call bullshit on that.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:19 PM
better than koundijo?
February 1st, 2013 at 2:21 PM
It’s a big point of contention within the UGA community. That’s one of the reasons why the athletics side of the school is thrilled President Adams is leaving. He was adamant that UGA wouldn’t use academic schollies for recruiting purposes. He was also adamant that UGA wouldn’t play the AAU game in regards to bball recruiting (which might explain just how terrible they are).
February 1st, 2013 at 2:22 PM
Yes. That fucking good, and UGA was THIS close to landing him. All signs point to him heading to Ole Miss, but it’s a long way until signing day. 5.5 days of UGA coaches and players calling him might get him back.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:22 PM
take out one Eli Manning year and the couple right after Orgeron left and they pretty much are, at least within the BCS era. neither have been to a BCS bowl or their conference championship game.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:22 PM
Sorry if I’m repeating, but all the images are here.
And they’re real. And they’re spectacular.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:23 PM
that’s some heady shit…but at least with OL, you recruit enough of them, that you’ll be able to find someone who can play (at least at a place like UGA). OL is so hard to predict anyways…who knows who’s done growing? who played shitty opponents? etc?
/ALL IN
February 1st, 2013 at 2:24 PM
yea, but ole miss has the grove. minny played for like three decades in a sewer.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:24 PM
Send the bag man. Richt needs to keep these elite players in Georgia.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:25 PM
Agree, but if (and as you said, it’s a big if) he panned out, he would have started at LT this year, slid Gates to G and UGA would have had a fantastic OL. Not 2012 Bama good, but damn good nonetheless.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:25 PM
I like the idea of Chefs rather than Chiefs.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:25 PM
He’s from Florida, but I agree with the bagman reference.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:25 PM
‘Atta boy!
February 1st, 2013 at 2:27 PM
makes sense, just surprised it still doesn’t happen. then again, UGA is a little higher on the academic ladder than ole piss anyways. I’m kind of curious now how often it does go on in football. I know in fucked up scholarship sports like baseball it happens all the time, but baseball is the only one I know of that has those stupid scholarship restrictions.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:28 PM
it’ll be awhile before we see that again…michigan might be able to come close in 2014/15 if all their OL recruits pan out.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:29 PM
true. I was going to mention that they sell beer at Minnesota home games now, but that doesn’t really prove much of a point except that people from Minnesota are fat slobs.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:31 PM
If Georgia’s as clean as is being made out by Husker, you should at least have a nice superiority complex over the rest of the SEC. You’re making Vanderbilt look positively scandalous.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:32 PM
//Crosses fingers..
February 1st, 2013 at 2:34 PM
They’ve taken 10 n the last 2 years. I know they needed some depth, but you gotta believe that at least 4 of those guys will be transferring in the next year or two.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:37 PM
maybe…but i think they also have enough talent coming in that they’ll find a few gems in there too. kalis is the truth.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:44 PM
Oh they’re not clean. I’m sure they have boosters who do shady things and cover things up like whoa. Richt is super clean though, and the Admin is as well. Again, it’s a fact a lot of UGA football fans (and donors) hate.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:44 PM
Oh, no doubt. But one of the disadvantages (if tehre realy are any) to taking some many 4 and 5 star OL is that they (generally) won’t be satisfied with being a career backup. It’s not like DL where you can get a rotation (hig fives Urbz). If you got a 5-5 star tackle that is happy being a career backup, he shouldn’t have been a 4-5 star to begin with.
/Moral of the story, directional Michigan schools and Illinois will see an influx of UM transfers.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:51 PM
In all fairness, one of them was recruited to only be a long-snapper. Yep, four years of free tuition, room, and board for being able to hike the ball on punts and FG’s.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:54 PM
OSU grabbed one last year. And this year the class average is weighed down by a 2 star kicker.
/Moral of this story, get rid of special teams.
February 1st, 2013 at 2:57 PM
Do they redshirt with the other OL’s?
February 1st, 2013 at 2:57 PM
Sounds like a done deal indeed. Tunsil to Ole Miss. Fuck me.
February 1st, 2013 at 3:00 PM
Generally, yes. But they’re (as I’m sure you know) not treated like OL – they’re off in the P/K area. Most LS are walk-ons that don’t even play for 3-4 years. I knew one guy that was a TE and an LS, but that’s not the norm.
February 1st, 2013 at 3:00 PM
Townsed is the truth.
February 1st, 2013 at 3:01 PM
Lincoln Community High School in Lincoln Illinois is the Railsplitters…I was a Railsplitter…
February 1st, 2013 at 3:01 PM
damn, nada made the cornhole joke already
February 1st, 2013 at 3:04 PM
I’m sure he’s good as it’s only exceptional kickers that are even ranked, but the class average dropped from like 3.89 to 3.76 because of him.
February 1st, 2013 at 3:09 PM
Here’s the gist of it. Nkemdiche’s younger brother wanted to go to UGA, but his HS coach is a former Bama star and pointed him in Ole Miss’s direction thinking it would hurt UGAs chances with his older brother. Well, it back fired a bit and helped Ole Miss land the No. 1 player in the nation, who has since been out trying to get guys to follow all the while giving Freeze and Ole Miss credibility. Then you factor in that Freeze can sell that he led Ole Miss to a bowl game in year one and voila, kids buy in. The Admin in Oxford has given Freeze carte blanche, too. Nothing illegal, either. They’ll just let them use some academic schollies if it means landing some big fish.
this makes me wistful for old time recruiting stories. jerry pettitbon told me once of a car chase type deal when B12 coaches were trying for the same kid
February 1st, 2013 at 3:11 PM
covering some HS state tourney one day, i go to piss. the IHSA mascot was an A, for attitude.
the A comes in to the john and stands next to me to piss. surreal peeing next to a cheerful capital letter
/looked over
//he was a short vowel
February 1st, 2013 at 5:18 PM
The guy who runs the IHSA (Gannaway?) is a complete idiot. Attitude is a completely stupid mascot. And a lot of those corn belt schools have great names
The Pretzels (Freeport, New Berlin)
Blue Boys (Carthage)
Wooden Shoes (Teutopolis)
Those pussies should just stick with the Illini name, and promote Chief Illiniwek as a positive role model. This political correctness is completely out of control.