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Tiorted
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Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 3:11 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


2009 Final Four logo


http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071128/SPORTS08/71128024

BY VINCE ELLIS
FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER

The logo for the NCAA men’s basketball 2009 Final Four, which will be played at Ford Field, was unveiled Wednesday at the Renaissance Center. When Bill Ryan was asked what the flames in the image represented, he was quick to answer.

“You know, I have no idea,” said Ryan, the executive director of the Detroit Local Organizing Committee, “ … so I will tell you that it means we’re one of the hottest sports towns in the country.”
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Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 3:13 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

works for me.
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Detroitstar
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Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 3:16 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I like it. Everyone better like it because we'll be seeing it quite a bit as Raymar Morgan and Chris Allen lead Michigan State to the national title in front of the home crowd!

there is no doubt in my mind that Tom Izzo had this event in mind when retooling the squad and recruiting for the next few years.

(Message edited by detroitstar on November 28, 2007)
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Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 3:23 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

It looks like a tire, lol.
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Spiritofdetroit
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Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 3:24 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

it is a tire
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Gannon
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Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 3:26 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Bill Ryan gets the award for the best thinking on his feet in a press conference...kick ass Bill.

If we meet, I'm buying you a drink for that one.
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Mackinaw
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Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 3:26 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Haha good one, Detroitstar.

It's distinctive. I've seen alot of bland logos.
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Jt1
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Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 3:45 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The blue coming off the tire looks like flames. Obviously the NCAA is making fun of the fact that Detroit has a lot of arson and a well known devil's night history.

What a bunch of jerks!
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Thejesus
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Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 3:46 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

"It looks like a tire, lol."

You're a quick one.
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Jt1
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Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 3:51 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

quote:

"It looks like a tire, lol."

You're a quick one.



Damn, I thought it was an inner tube. I thought it was a commentary on the great tubing on the Detroit river.
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Detroitstar
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Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 4:23 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

If the flames were not there, it could be seen as a record, and a play on Detroit's rich musical history, in addition to the whole tire thing.
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Jt1
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Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 4:26 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

If it were a record they would probably be making fun of the fact that we are so behind that times that we probably still think records are modern technology.
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401don
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Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 4:38 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Looks to me like they just did a quick adaptation of the Wings logo and changed the color to Ford Field blue. They should have used a poker chip instead!
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The_rock
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Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 7:04 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

If not the Wing's logo, they borrowed from the Flame's logo.
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J32885
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Posted on Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 12:46 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I consider it an average sports logo. It needs more character. The 2005 All-Star & Super Bowl XL ones were better than this one.
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Detroit313
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Posted on Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 12:53 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hell Yeah!
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