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The falcon-winged Cleveland Browns?
A quick glance at Bowling Green on gamedays reminds one of the Dawg Pound, only this one’s stationed in Kentucky.
Bowling Green’s orange and white design is difficult to translate into fashion, but Adidas has tried over the last several years most recently with a 2012 back-to-basics approach. The Falcons’ uniform makeover courtesy of the three stripes brand is 100 percent free of stripes and piping, instead going for the smooth approach with the addition of small wings on each sleeve.
Nameplates are blank and the school’s primary falconhead logo has been replaced across the front with “BOWLING GREEN” in stylized font. A white alternate helmet has been added. Bowling Green adopted its interlocking “BG” shell sticker in 2007 and included a falcon within the design four years later.
Gameday facemasks on orange and white shells were switched from white to brown in 2011 for the first time since 1977. Current uniform options are simple — the Falcons have four different combinations of orange and white.
The new style is much cleaner than what Bowling Green donned with Adidas in the early to mid-2000s. Wide, contrasting jets on shoulders with drop-shadowed numerals gave the Falcons’ a much too busy on-field look. Double-striped shoulders with a “FALCONS” wordmark at the crest were effective prior to the 2012 switch but the school opted for a classier appearance.
In a recent appearance in the Military Bowl, Bowling Green tried to pay homage with a stars-and-stripes inspired helmet design. Its basic white shell and brown facemask didn’t change, but the school’s primary “BG” interlocking logo was filled in with a flag design. The orange jersey and stripe accents on the helmet clashed with the red, white and blue and the overall flow of the get up was less than impressive.
