Last night I was sitting at the bar at the Silly Goose, and the Northern Illinois vs. Ball State football game was on. Ball State’s mascot is the Cardinals, and I couldn’t help but notice something.<\/p>\n
First of all, have a look at the Arizona Cardinals logo<\/a>. Nice looking bird, yes?<\/p>\n Now look at the Louisville Cardinals logo<\/a>. Again, very sharp, very professional.<\/p>\n And now look at the Ball State logo<\/a>. How much do you think they paid a graphic designer to create that logo? Ten dollars? Maybe? It’s just awful. I have minimal design skills, but give me a copy of Illustrator and a few hours and I could make something better than that. I mean, I know Ball State’s athletic program doesn’t have the revenue of an NFL team or a major college sports team, but damn, they couldn’t even afford the extra color to make the bird’s beak yellow. Ever seen a cardinal with a white beak? Maybe it’s an albino cardinal. I rooted for Northern Illinois because I assume Ball State sucks as much as its logo.<\/p>\n Holly has a list of places that will be open on Thanksgiving<\/a>. Many (but not all) Downtown bars open late afternoon and stay open until regular closing time.<\/p>\n From the MBJ: 85, 87, and 91 S. Second will be renovated<\/a> into 16 apartments and two restaurant spaces. I believe that is the former Pancho’s location.<\/p>\n Want to be the first to check out Memphis Made Brewing Co.’s new tap room? Come to this Church Health Center event<\/a> there on Monday, November 10 from 5:30 to 7:30. The event is free and the first 100 will receive a free beer.<\/p>\n If you own an iOS device, Microsoft Office apps are now free<\/a>. Free versions will be coming to Android early next year.<\/p>\n St. Jude Christmas tribute cards are now available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Aldo’s Pizza Pies has announced a new meal deal: During any Grizzlies or NFL game, get a large one-topping pizza for $16.99.<\/p>\n Way too much news to get online on a lunch break, so there may be a second post after work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last night I was sitting at the bar at the Silly Goose, and the Northern Illinois vs. Ball State football game was on. Ball State’s mascot is the Cardinals, and I couldn’t help but notice something. First of all, have a look at the Arizona Cardinals logo. Nice looking bird, yes? Now look at the … Continue reading “Terrible college team logos and Thursday news”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15700"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15700"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15702,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15700\/revisions\/15702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![Arizona Cardinals logo<\/a>. Nice looking bird, yes?<\/p>\nNow look at the Louisville Cardinals logo<\/a>. Again, very sharp, very professional.<\/p>\nAnd now look at the Ball State logo<\/a>. How much do you think they paid a graphic designer to create that logo? Ten dollars? Maybe? It’s just awful. I have minimal design skills, but give me a copy of Illustrator and a few hours and I could make something better than that. I mean, I know Ball State’s athletic program doesn’t have the revenue of an NFL team or a major college sports team, but damn, they couldn’t even afford the extra color to make the bird’s beak yellow. Ever seen a cardinal with a white beak? Maybe it’s an albino cardinal. I rooted for Northern Illinois because I assume Ball State sucks as much as its logo.<\/p>\nHolly has a list of places that will be open on Thanksgiving<\/a>. Many (but not all) Downtown bars open late afternoon and stay open until regular closing time.<\/p>\nFrom the MBJ: 85, 87, and 91 S. Second will be renovated<\/a> into 16 apartments and two restaurant spaces. I believe that is the former Pancho’s location.<\/p>\nWant to be the first to check out Memphis Made Brewing Co.’s new tap room? Come to this Church Health Center event<\/a> there on Monday, November 10 from 5:30 to 7:30. The event is free and the first 100 will receive a free beer.<\/p>\nIf you own an iOS device, Microsoft Office apps are now free<\/a>. Free versions will be coming to Android early next year.<\/p>\nSt. Jude Christmas tribute cards are now available here<\/a>.<\/p>\nAldo’s Pizza Pies has announced a new meal deal: During any Grizzlies or NFL game, get a large one-topping pizza for $16.99.<\/p>\nWay too much news to get online on a lunch break, so there may be a second post after work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last night I was sitting at the bar at the Silly Goose, and the Northern Illinois vs. Ball State football game was on. Ball State’s mascot is the Cardinals, and I couldn’t help but notice something. First of all, have a look at the Arizona Cardinals logo. Nice looking bird, yes? Now look at the … Continue reading “Terrible college team logos and Thursday news”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15700"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15700"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15702,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15700\/revisions\/15702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arizona_Cardinals#mediaviewer\/File:Arizona_Cardinals_logo.svg\"){kind=link}
![Louisville Cardinals logo<\/a>. Again, very sharp, very professional.<\/p>\nAnd now look at the Ball State logo<\/a>. How much do you think they paid a graphic designer to create that logo? Ten dollars? Maybe? It’s just awful. I have minimal design skills, but give me a copy of Illustrator and a few hours and I could make something better than that. I mean, I know Ball State’s athletic program doesn’t have the revenue of an NFL team or a major college sports team, but damn, they couldn’t even afford the extra color to make the bird’s beak yellow. Ever seen a cardinal with a white beak? Maybe it’s an albino cardinal. I rooted for Northern Illinois because I assume Ball State sucks as much as its logo.<\/p>\nHolly has a list of places that will be open on Thanksgiving<\/a>. Many (but not all) Downtown bars open late afternoon and stay open until regular closing time.<\/p>\nFrom the MBJ: 85, 87, and 91 S. Second will be renovated<\/a> into 16 apartments and two restaurant spaces. I believe that is the former Pancho’s location.<\/p>\nWant to be the first to check out Memphis Made Brewing Co.’s new tap room? Come to this Church Health Center event<\/a> there on Monday, November 10 from 5:30 to 7:30. The event is free and the first 100 will receive a free beer.<\/p>\nIf you own an iOS device, Microsoft Office apps are now free<\/a>. Free versions will be coming to Android early next year.<\/p>\nSt. Jude Christmas tribute cards are now available here<\/a>.<\/p>\nAldo’s Pizza Pies has announced a new meal deal: During any Grizzlies or NFL game, get a large one-topping pizza for $16.99.<\/p>\nWay too much news to get online on a lunch break, so there may be a second post after work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last night I was sitting at the bar at the Silly Goose, and the Northern Illinois vs. Ball State football game was on. Ball State’s mascot is the Cardinals, and I couldn’t help but notice something. First of all, have a look at the Arizona Cardinals logo. Nice looking bird, yes? Now look at the … Continue reading “Terrible college team logos and Thursday news”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15700"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15700"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15702,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15700\/revisions\/15702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louisville_Cardinals#mediaviewer\/File:Louisville_Cardinals.svg\"){kind=link}
![Ball State logo<\/a>. How much do you think they paid a graphic designer to create that logo? Ten dollars? Maybe? It’s just awful. I have minimal design skills, but give me a copy of Illustrator and a few hours and I could make something better than that. I mean, I know Ball State’s athletic program doesn’t have the revenue of an NFL team or a major college sports team, but damn, they couldn’t even afford the extra color to make the bird’s beak yellow. Ever seen a cardinal with a white beak? Maybe it’s an albino cardinal. I rooted for Northern Illinois because I assume Ball State sucks as much as its logo.<\/p>\nHolly has a list of places that will be open on Thanksgiving<\/a>. Many (but not all) Downtown bars open late afternoon and stay open until regular closing time.<\/p>\nFrom the MBJ: 85, 87, and 91 S. Second will be renovated<\/a> into 16 apartments and two restaurant spaces. I believe that is the former Pancho’s location.<\/p>\nWant to be the first to check out Memphis Made Brewing Co.’s new tap room? Come to this Church Health Center event<\/a> there on Monday, November 10 from 5:30 to 7:30. The event is free and the first 100 will receive a free beer.<\/p>\nIf you own an iOS device, Microsoft Office apps are now free<\/a>. Free versions will be coming to Android early next year.<\/p>\nSt. Jude Christmas tribute cards are now available here<\/a>.<\/p>\nAldo’s Pizza Pies has announced a new meal deal: During any Grizzlies or NFL game, get a large one-topping pizza for $16.99.<\/p>\nWay too much news to get online on a lunch break, so there may be a second post after work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last night I was sitting at the bar at the Silly Goose, and the Northern Illinois vs. Ball State football game was on. Ball State’s mascot is the Cardinals, and I couldn’t help but notice something. First of all, have a look at the Arizona Cardinals logo. Nice looking bird, yes? Now look at the … Continue reading “Terrible college team logos and Thursday news”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15700"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15700"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15702,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15700\/revisions\/15702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ball_State_Cardinals#mediaviewer\/File:BallStateCardinals.png\"){kind=link}