Herky...the old and the new

[ChosenChildren]

What a nice find on that picture. Do you have a date and location for it? Looks like a road game in the late 40s or early 50s.

That is definitely Kinnick. That is how the north endzone used to look. Year? 40s or early 50s

 

[DDThompson]

Don't paint the water tower. Put an LED display on it. And then put LED displays on the new children's hospital. It'll look like Times Square. And that would be freakin awesome.

nice. Made me chuckle/snort.

 

[INTIMIDATORHawk]

That is definitely Kinnick. That is how the north endzone used to look. Year? 40s or early 50s

If so, then they are standing on the west sideline at about the 20 or 30 yard line?

 

[HawkeyeHypnosis]

That is definitely Kinnick. That is how the north endzone used to look. Year? 40s or early 50s

1956 was the year of that photo and I believe it's homecoming vs Michigan

 

[311hawk]

Two suggestions - 1) Change the shoes. House slippers are less comfortable than those things. 2) Dump the "00" and replace it with the old Herky "I". "00" sends the wrong message.

This is the correct answer. It is fine to me other than the shoes and the Double 00. Replace the shoes with...anything and put an capital I on the chest.

 

[taffaej]

I wasn't so sure about it myself, but the new one has grown on me enough that I am okay with it. The old one DID need to be updated. The new Herky needs to loose the slippers though.

 

[DJL]

I prefer the old Herky too, but the new one isn't bad. Except....GET RID OF THOSE STUPID MOON BOOTS!

Yeah when did Napoleon Dynamite become the new mascot?
Score a frikin touchdown....GOSH!

 

[hawkinn3]

Old Herky was doing some showboating during his celebration. New herky does exactly what the system calls for and doesn't take chances so he has the spot going forward.

 

[earthman]

The new Herky is perfect. The old Herky has 'chicken legs'.

 

[ChosenChildren]

Yep, it looks like they are standing on about the 20 or 30 yard line....west side. Someone else said this was 1956. That seems about right, based on the shirt the young man is wearing. Those shirts were big in the mid-50s. That was a great time to be a young person in our country....