What Is Our Brand???

[Hookset]

I read once that UNT wants the “Diving Eagle” to be our brand. Every time anyone sees it, they will think ‘That’s UNT’. 
 

I like the modern Diving Eagle. 
 

My question is: Why don’t we use it more???

We have a giant green Texas flag (unofficial logo) in front of our stadium. I have heard people driving through think it represents Texas as a “green energy state”, whatever that means. The giant flag should be the Diving Eagle in either white on green or green on white. Our official logo!

 I am fine with one throwback jersey/helmet a season. We did that already (Flying Worm). 
Please use our current logo. If you want to trick up the uniform, use the wings on the helmet, or green chrome, or silver chrome, or black.

Now Win!!!

All I ask. 

Edited September 15, 2021 by Hookset

[GrandGreen]

31 minutes ago, Hookset said:

I read once that UNT wants the “Diving Eagle” to be our brand. Every time anyone sees it, they will think ‘That’s UNT’. 
 

I like the modern Diving Eagle. 
 

My question is: Why don’t we use it more???

We have a giant green Texas flag (unofficial logo) in front of our stadium. I have heard people driving through think it represents Texas as a “green energy state”, whatever that means. The giant flag should be the Diving Eagle in either white on green or green on white. Our official logo!

 I am fine with one throwback jersey/helmet a season. We did that already (Flying Worm). 
Please use our current logo. If you want to trick up the uniform, use the wings on the helmet, or green chrome, or silver chrome, or black.

Now Win!!!

All I ask. 

I like the NT battle flag a lot and couldn't care less what people driving by think.   

I like the diving Eagle also, but the Eagle has to be the most popular mascot/symbol used in the world.   

NT has done a good job in using the Eagle,  while at the same time emphasizing the much more unique Mean Green name. 

As you may know, the fans actually voted by a huge margin to use the NT Battle flag over other candidates. 

At this time the flag is part of the past that has been carried over to the present.  While other schools have used the concept with school color Texas Flags, NT is the only one that has really developed it into a school brand. 

 

[Hookset]

20 minutes ago, GrandGreen said:

…developed it into a school brand. 

But it isn’t our brand.

The Diving Eagle is.

[Hookset]

25 minutes ago, GrandGreen said:

…couldn't care less what people driving by think. 

You should. The school and administration want our Logo to be instantly recognizable. What better way to show it off. 
I am not saying people shouldn’t use the “unofficial logo”. I actually fly the green Texas flag under my UNT flag at my tailgate.

Our Diving Eagle is unique to our university and what a great place to proudly show it off than a giant flag in front of our stadium.

Just saying…

[GrandGreen]

54 minutes ago, Hookset said:

But it isn’t our brand.

The Diving Eagle is.

What school do you think of when you see the NT battle flag?  It is definitely a brand.  

 

[greenjoe]

We have a problem that most schools don’t have.  Our mascot is an Eagle but our nickname is Mean Green.  Schools that use a bulldog mascot are called Bulldogs.  Schools that use a longhorn are, Longhorns.  Schools that use an elephant are called Crimson Tide ?

I wish we would steer away from Eagle and concentrate on the unique Mean Green.

[Ibleedgreen]

We are the Mean Green. We are Eagles. We are Mean Green Eagles.

[Hookset]

32 minutes ago, greenjoe said:

We have a problem that most schools don’t have.  Our mascot is an Eagle but our nickname is Mean Green.  Schools that use a bulldog mascot are called Bulldogs.  Schools that use a longhorn are, Longhorns.  Schools that use an elephant are called Crimson Tide ?

I wish we would steer away from Eagle and concentrate on the unique Mean Green.

This just brings up my point.

What is our Brand???

The university says it is our Diving Eagle.

Use it.

[Hookset]

40 minutes ago, GrandGreen said:

What school do you think of when you see the NT battle flag?  It is definitely a brand.  

 

The green state flag looks high schoolish.

[NM Green]

Said none of the masses who voted and liked it into existence. It’s our welcome to and thank you from North Texas. It’s brilliant.

GMG

[Mean Green Matt]

I couldn’t tell you how many times around this area I’ve been playing golf with the eagle logo on my hat and the people I am playing with have asked me what school that is. 
 

I would like to think that is embarrassing for them. But it also may be pretty embarrassing for us. 

[UNTcrazy727]

1 hour ago, Hookset said:

The green state flag looks high schoolish.

You probably feel that way because so many high schools and colleges in Texas have used the Texas flag but with their colors on merchandise. For some reason we decided to make ours an official part of our branding. I don’t mind it, but anyone who didn’t go to UNT probably just views it as another knock off Texas flag.  

[97and03]

Are we sure this isn’t the off-season?? 
 

[Hookset]

57 minutes ago, 97and03 said:

Are we sure this isn’t the off-season?? 
 

Better than “fire the coach because we lost a game that everyone thought we would lose before the season started” talk.

GMG!!!

[NT93]

Never thought of it until now, but how about the battle flag with the SOW on it?  If I actually saw one I might not like it, but…maybe???

FWIW I’m a fan of both the battle flag and the SOW.  I like the flying worm as a retro logo, but everything else I could do without.  Oh, and I do like the font of the “North Texas” that lwe use.

[All About UNT]

15 minutes ago, Hookset said:

Better than “fire the coach because we lost a game that everyone thought we would lose before the season started” talk.

GMG!!!

Firstly... that is because our Defense deserved to win that game had we had a decent offense and some college level play-calling.  I never thought we would win against SMU at Ford but what I saw in the first half was a failure, by the offense, to capitalize on turnover after turnover after stop.  

Secondly... the Battle Flag is the shit and it needs to stay.  I am waiting till my first home-game of the year to swing by the stadium shop to pick one up for my car.

[untjim1995]

2 hours ago, Hookset said:

The green state flag looks high schoolish.

This is where you jumped the shark 

[untjim1995]

11 minutes ago, ADLER said:

Never thought of it until now, but how about TEXAS NORTHERN written in magenta. That would look really really cool.

TEXAS

NORTHERN

With the albino squirrel as our mascot…

[UNTcrazy727]

18 minutes ago, NT93 said:

Never thought of it until now, but how about the battle flag with the SOW on it?  If I actually saw one I might not like it, but…maybe???

FWIW I’m a fan of both the battle flag and the SOW.  I like the flying worm as a retro logo, but everything else I could do without.  Oh, and I do like the font of the “North Texas” that lwe use.

Sooo something like these?

[NorthTexasSportsNetwork]

the interlocking NT logo, by the way, is not and should not be what we are trying to set our brand as.

[UNTcrazy727]

6 minutes ago, NorthTexasSportsNetwork said:

the interlocking NT logo, by the way, is not and should not be what we are trying to set our brand as.

I'd love to hear why you feel that way. Everyone seems to want it used more in some fashion and it's a logo we've used multiple times in the past. 

[UNTLifer]

The Diving Eagle is not our brand, it is our logo which is a part of the brand.

[NT93]

32 minutes ago, UNTcrazy727 said:

Sooo something like these?

I was thinking the battle flag with the SOW in the middle of the flag.  

[UNTLifer]

2 minutes ago, NT93 said:

I was thinking the battle flag with the SOW in the middle of the flag.  

[greenminer]

4 hours ago, greenjoe said:

We have a problem that most schools don’t have.  Our mascot is an Eagle but our nickname is Mean Green.  Schools that use a bulldog mascot are called Bulldogs.  Schools that use a longhorn are, Longhorns.  Schools that use an elephant are called Crimson Tide ?

I wish we would steer away from Eagle and concentrate on the unique Mean Green.

Having a moniker that is different from the mascot is not a problem.  The problem is that no one from generation to generation wants to agree on what to emphasize.  We swing back and froth between Eagles and Mean Green, and like to dance erratically along the green color spectrum for our official colors.

I miss the toothpaste green.