I also thought that adding block numbers could be cool too.

Now these would be fire.

I don’t mind the CA logo - better than the old logo and it allows the Davis script to be an alternate which I like.

I also had felt that the numbers and script need an outline on the uniforms themselves. Something to help make it pop.

I also love that we use different combos each game. That should stay.

I like the facemask change so long as players don’t find the new color distracting.

Welcome to the board and sharing your thoughts. Congratulations on your graduation.

my main gripe with the current uniforms are that there are no gold on the jerseys. The school colors are blue and gold not blue and white. I think the block gold numbers with the white/ blue number shadows would take the uniforms to the next level.

Teams need a logo for a lot of uses and the CA logo is a good one and it ties to our nick name of Aggies and script Davis doesn’t.
Put the script Davis on the uniforms in place of UC Davis, drop UC, it puts the school at the bottom of alphabetical lists. Everyone claims to be a university but they don’t all squeeze it into their name. Just redundant.

Never again: blue top and bottom, and the greys

The greys were awesome. I don’t understand the hate…

UCLA?

I'll be honest, I really didn't care for the greys either. Just nothing about them felt like Davis to me.

UCLA was branded when there was still a distinction between a college and a university. Now university in the label says nothing, it’s a waste of space. The CA logo conveys both California and Aggies. Davis should be the name of the school. Like Cal, Stanford. And the majority of schools that are known by their place name.or single word.

The uniforms have come a long way since the 2000s-2010s. Glad we ditched the arena football horse logo. The Heritage CA is the best. Davis script is cool too.

I'm a fan of no-name on the jersey. I know OP is a younger alum but us old fogeys know that it's a Davis thing / traditional college football thing to NOT have the names on the jerseys. Coach Plough went back to those ways when he took over. I remember when I was in football in high school, the first day of practice, our coach told us he didn't want any GDIs...

"Coach, what's a GDI?"

"God Damn Individuals!"

Love seeing the younger generations sharing their thoughts!! This is your university!! Once all of us old guys are gone, this will be yours to continue our legacy.

If you really want to make some noise and completely change the perception of Davis....change the mascot from the "Aggies" to the "Winemakers". I know it will never happen, but if we changed the name it would highlight one of the main things we do better than anyone else in the world and it gives us a immediate unique narrative...instead of "stinky cow smell university"...its "the home of Wine producers"...

Now when TV and writers talk about Davis its not through a "Its a UC...but we really don't know the difference between Davis and Fresno St...." but when you say "welcome to UC Davis, the home of the best wine makers in the world..." that rings a whole lot different....and people with money....like wine....
they like status....and a simple name change does that.

I can appreciate different opinions truly, but being the Aggies is synonymous with the creation of our university as a whole... At least it is in my humble opinion. I don't know if I want to throw away 100+ years of history just to have something different for the sake of having something that stands out as being entirely unique.

The banana slugs have unique.

I would argue that very few people outside of California or the academic world know UC Santa Cruz exists despite the unique mascot

The Aggies is a great name bc of the history. Winemakers… I don’t think a football team named the winemakers would get people excited to see the team play…

Nameplates are important because we are in the era of NIL. Players are individuals.

We should all look at CAL’s football program. They are about the be a top tier football program. They updated their uniforms. They improved their game day experience and social media presence. They hired a GM. Upgraded their coach (I don’t think Davis needs to upgrade the coach. Tim is good). Those are all things Davis can do to get more people to go to games. Look at Indiana. If big donors are excited about the team, the team can become very competitive in FBS.

Shout out to different opinions I’m just putting my thoughts and reasons out there.

+1 for keeping the CA logo. Hawkins brought this back after being totally buried. My guess with the banishment to be “more hip” and disassociate with any ag implication. Both CA and script Davis are traditional and both should be kept.

LOL, I'm not serious this would ever happen, but if I had a vote that is what I would do. I've never really felt the horse was a great fit as a logo, it always felt forced. When you think of Aggies what do you think of? Texas A&M? NM State? Utah St?....its kind of a blah name to be honest. I've always loved the unique names in college, from the Banana Slugs, Buckeyes, Gorillas, Boilermakers, etc. those names are just great. I mean look at Stanford...they are the Cardinal...the color..not the bird....I always thought that was genius.

No GM, we already have enough bodies.

Grape stompers?

Are you a vegetarian? How about the Davis beefeaters?

Remember when chancellor Hullar tried to change the Aggies name. I forget what he wanted to change it to but I believe it was to the Mustangs. Well, the Cal Aggie Alumni association heard about this and slammed down on Hullar hard. Never heard much about it again. Oh, and I think that the students were polled on this and were firmly against any form of name change.
So if history means anything, no name change coming anytime soon.

A simple logo in a square or circle format is needed to work right on social media handles and score bugs. Complicated or rectangular logos get too small. I’m ok with the Lemon CA in this case but I am more partial to the Block CA. An alternate that would be too complex for most uses but would make some great vintage merch is the Block CA with the horse and wheat. Before that there was an interlocking CA where the C formed the cross of the A which I also like the look of. I’m a traditionalist. I like the blue tops, gold bottom and gold helmet with script Davis. I guess alternate looks are needed for recruiting but I sort of feel that if you already have the boss level attire, no need to look further. I wouldn’t be opposed to leaning more into “Davis” and “Cal Aggie”, although it can get confusing when one or more players on the field have the last name Davis.

Welcome to the board! I absolutely loved the blue helmet, blue top, and blue bottom. I also like the all-white uniforms. I didn't like the gray.

Oh that would awesome! "Welcome to Mondavi Vineyard Field...." That would cool.

I remember my sophmore year they were looking at changing the name. I just think times have changed. Do I think it would be a net positive? yeah, but do I think it will happen? Prob not. I mean go look at Downtown Davis....its a shell of what it used to be...it is very hard to change peoples minds.

Santa Cruz got some pub from Pulp Fiction

The double-font logo first appeared around 1993. I don’t know the specific history but prior to that time the university seal or the Block CA were used across campus. It timed with 3 things - several other UC campuses were also developing wordmarks, an overall trend among universities to separate academic and athletic wordmarks/logos, and word processing becoming commonplace over typewriters for communication. The font has actually been updated slightly a couple times since.

The C-Horse logo was designed in 1999 by a committee of about 30 working with a big shot New York branding company. In 1998, Men’s Basketball won the D2 national championship and to the chagrin of many a “Cal-Davis” banner was hoisted by the NCAA. It was determined that the brand was too inconsistent given that even the NCAA got it wrong. Each team was kind of doing its own thing with some sort of CA or script Davis and a mishmash of attempts at mascots and logos, mostly cows and water towers. Gunrock hadn’t been a thing since the 1920s but was resurrected into a costumable mascot as part of the unified brand. There was tension though, as rowing and the Band-uh were committed to the Block CA and baseball I believe to the Lemon CA.

I don’t know the history of all the logos, but I do know the band wore mostly hand-me-down uniforms from Cal through the 1970s so the “A” was added by hand to the Cal “C”. Wouldn’t surprise me if athletics was also getting some secondhand equipment in the era.

I haven't seen anyone but the former Band-uh! use the monogram CA*--anyone dug through the old athletics/campus archives to check that?

*It's very easy to make on the field with a fairly small band. ;)