Like most American colleges, the old University of New Hampshire academic logo was long overdue for a makeover, so the school’s officials hired a big time company in New York City to whip up some fancy new logos that would make kids in the Northeast change the way they think about selecting schools. The results, as you can see above, are certainly logos, but when they were recently presented to current UNH students, they weren’t very well received.

And once everyone learned that UNH paid the firm of Chermayeff & Geismer & Haviv as much as $108,200 to design those three ideas, the complaints only grew in scale and fist-shaking rage. For instance, check out the unfiltered fury of these two students that were interviewed by CBS Boston.

“I don’t like them too much,” said student Joel Ford.

Many students echoed that sentiment.

“I thought the first two were boring and kind of lame,” said student Louisa Normington.

I assume that riot police showed up within minutes. But of course the university’s officials are defending the relatively simple designs that cost approximately $35,000 each.

“Change is difficult for people,” said UNH Marketing professor Catherine Blake. “A new logo can bring energy to the institution. We’re really bringing UNH into the 21st century.”

Adding, “And some people think that marketing degrees are useless, but I swear to God they’re not!”

Besides, it’s not like UNH’s leaders just called up the firm and said, “Hey, whip us up something that looks like an upside down ass and here’s some cash.” They put A LOT of thought into the process.

“It’s more than just a design,” said UNH spokeswoman Erika Mantz in a statement. “This is about branding the university and it involved extensive market research and countless hours of interviews.”

Nice try, UNH’s own Lindsay Naegle, but it’s clear that the students want more of an opinion in this matter, and as the people who are entering into a life of student loan debt are essentially paying this $108,000, I’d say they deserve it.

So here’s my solution – as the person who has already designed the new College Football Playoffs logo and the Dallas Mavericks uniforms – I haven’t checked but I assume they were both accepted – I am going to design UNH’s new logo as well. Don’t worry, I’m not going to get all elaborate like I have in the past, and I will still offer a very conservative-yet-modern logo. You can PayPal the $108,000 to doodiefart69@blasianchicks.taint.

Let’s start with the simple blue background, but let’s give it a little pop.

Everyone loves blue glitter. It’s usually all over my favorite strippers. Now let’s add the school’s letters.

Already looking like an Ivy League logo, if you ask me. Now, each letter should be highlighted to give this some extra pizzazz. The shield look is too fuddy duddy for my taste, so let’s explore some basic shapes for a unique-but-classic look.

I think the circles look amazing. The right one seems to hang a little different than the left, but the real logos tend to do that. So let’s add one more shape to make this design pop. How about a triangle, a symbol of power and equality…

Yeah, that’s hot. Let’s send that to print. You’re welcome, UNH.

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Via YouTube:

Heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez mic’d up Octagon-side for UFC 156 as his next opponent is determined. See Velasquez’s live reaction as he watches Bigfoot Silva pull off an epic knockout against Alistair Overeem. Velasquez faces Bigfoot in the rematch at UFC 160 this Saturday, May 25th.

What the description doesn’t point out is that Cain Velasquez’s live reaction is almost no reaction, and his cold, obvious explanations of what you’re watching reminded me way too much of Arnold Schwarzenegger doing commentary on Total Recall. Just replace “this is me on the screen here” with “Overeem threw 2 to 3 punches.”

I guess I can’t blame him too much. This is his job, after all. But hey, if he wasn’t enthusiastic about Bigfoot Silva’s win here, I’d like to see him run commentary on this clip of Bigfoot trying to fit into a normal sized man’s helmet and do laps around a racetrack in Sao Paulo.

LOOK AT HIS HELMET, SERIOUSLY.

What is that even gonna do?

[h/t to ME]

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At 26-years old, Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen is one of the best young stars in baseball, and I hate that he plays in the National League Central, because he’s probably my favorite non-Cardinal to watch play, so I hate to have to cheer against him when he plays St. Louis. A lot of people believe that Cutch is one of baseball’s best 5-tool players, and they’re obviously right, but it appears that he wants to add a sixth tool to his repertoire.

The Pirates slugger recently interviewed world famous chef and UPROXX favorite Anthony Bourdain for “All-Stars with Andrew McCutchen”, and Cutch displayed a lot of charm as an inexperienced interviewer in his discussion with Bourdain, but that’s kind of fun we get in watching someone who is a fan of a celebrity interview that person.

And Cutch knows his Bordain info, too – or at least he was well-prepared – as they chatted about how Bourdain’s wife, Ottavia, is a bit of a mixed martial arts badass. A lot of athletes wouldn’t fare much better than Chris Farley in chatting with a celeb, but Cutch gets it done.

And just because…

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As we discussed back in January, Conan O’Brien’s NBA Mascots That Should Never Dunk is probably my favorite thing that happens on television. As far as I can tell, the list goes (1) NBA Mascots That Should Never Dunk, (2) The Shield matches on Raw, (3) Ygritte telling Jon Snow he knows nothing, (4) appearances from Fat Schmidt.

The segment made its grand return on last night’s episode of ‘Conan,’ and here are your competitors:

- a guy trapped in a folding bed
- a med-evac injured hiker
- an octopus taking selfies
- a guy working behind the counter at a gas station in the bad part of town
- binge-eating Pac-Man

I didn’t think they could top the dunking Olive Garden never-ending pasta bowl, but here we are. Video is after the jump.

[via Team Coco]

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In the picture below, you’ll see someone’s head about an inch from LeBron James’ ass as he soars through the air for a game-winning lay-up in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. That’s Paul George of the Indiana Pacers. He had his ankles broken, his legs, both of his arms and most of his neck. It’s not even fair.

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Ouchtown, Population: Bryce Harper. The Washington Nationals should not, according to closer Rafael Soriano and most people with working eyeballs, have lost their fourth game in a row to drop their record to .500 last night. They should not have blown their ninth-inning lead and allowed a triple to Gregor Blanco, but they did because 20-year old phenom Bryce Harper caught a case of alligator arms and turtle defense near the wall.

Soriano didn’t quite appreciate that either.

“It may not have been a catch-able ball, but if we’re positioned the right way, there might have been a different outcome. With two outs, I could tell my four-year-old son, ‘You know where you need to play,’ and he would have positioned himself better. It’s not an excuse, and I’m not speaking badly about anybody, but I think that’s how you play the game.” (Via USA Today)

Um, yeah dude, you are speaking badly about Harper. You’re saying your four-year old could make a play that he didn’t. So have fun backing off of that one later and make sure to buy the guy’s dinner when he hits a few walk-off shots this season. Meanwhile, the Brewers should sign his son and make him prove it.

NBA Playoffs

Game 1: Pacers at Heat – 8:30 PM ET on TNT

Are we sure? Have the Heat players had enough rest? Should they wait for the Western Conference Finals to finish first before they begin this series? Maybe we should take a few more days off just so it’s an even number. It’s not like people want to watch consistent playoff basketball every other night anyway. That would be too difficult to implement anyway.

NHL Playoffs

Game 4: Penguins at Senators

I’ve probably watched 1/3 as much playoff hockey as I have playoff basketball, and I can still say with confidence that the NHL is kicking the NBA’s ass in terms of quality. Too bad nobody really knows it.

MLB

Cubs at Pirates – 7 PM ET on WGN
Yankees at Orioles – 7 PM ET on ESPN

If only I had my very own MLB lifetime pass, I could go to either of these games… make it happen, Bud Selig.

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@matt_T tweeted at me a little earlier, and the message read, “I just saw this today. TNA has a scratch off lottery game in Georgia.” I wasn’t sure what to think. Then, suddenly, I wasn’t sure what not to think.

Collected below are 10 random thoughts I had about the Impact Wrestling scratch-off game.

1. When you scratch off a circle it’s not a number, it’s just a close-up of Austin Aries’ crotch.

2. The tagline for the Impact Wrestling scratch off should be “Win enough money to afford health insurance!”

3. If you don’t like that one, how about “Win enough money to pay the wrestlers who wrestle on your wrestling show!”

4. Or “You won’t win as much money as we pay Hulk Hogan, but you’ll win way more than we pay everybody else!”

5. I hope the rules on the back of the cards are in “tale of the tape” form.

6. Promotional idea: Before you can scratch off the first circle, a biker gang attacks you for no reason, breaks your hand with a rubber hammer, then never explains why they did it. If you’re buying an Impact Wrestling scratch off, you’re totally cool with this idea already.

7. If you win the jackpot on an Impact scratch off, the guy at the bank should pretend like he’s going to pay up, then attack you from behind. Then, I can only assume, he would reveal A VEST, and this would be very dramatic.

8. Brooke Hogan is contractually obligated to marry whoever wins this, then get upset about it.

9. I can understand putting Gail Kim and Velvet Sky on a scratch-off ticket (in the same way you’d put a reclining naked lady on a mudflap), but Magnus? I guess it’s like they always say, “Georgia loves Magnus.”

10. And of course Jeff Hardy has to be on it. “Want to be as rich as a drug felon from North Carolina? Play the lottery!” That slogan is already implied every time you play the lottery, I think.

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The Major League Baseball Lifetime Pass is like Willy Wonka’s golden ticket, except instead of allowing a person to take a tour of a chocolate factory and possibly develop diabetes in record time, it grants the person who possesses it lifetime access to any MLB stadium of that person’s choice. Needless to say, based on that very brief description, I already want one and will kick and scream until I eventually pass out.

Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista doesn’t have to go to such extremes apparently, as he is the most recent recipient of this glorious card, posted to his Instagram account over the weekend. Nobody knows much about baseball’s gold card – save for BuzzFeed’s gallery and a quick Google search that shows you where you can buy Dave Parker’s gold card – but apparently they are awarded to people “in appreciation of long and meritorious service”.

Perhaps the most touching story of how some people earned their cards was conveyed by Les Carpenter of the Washington Post back in 2006, when he told the story of how the 52 Americans, who were held hostage in Iran for 444 days between 1979 and 1981, received them as part of a barrage of gifts.

But I’m left to wonder how Bautista, who has only been a big leaguer since 2004, suddenly qualifies for one of the cards. And I think the only logical answer is that he has nude photos of Bud Selig. Well, guess what – I do, too.

Good luck scrubbing that out of your brains.

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After his first round KO over former Strikeforce middleweight champ Luke Rockhold at UFC on FX 8, Vitor Belfort was questioned by MMA journalist John Morgan about his use of the controversial testosterone-replacement therapy and he responded by asking, “Can somebody beat him up for me, please?” You know, because he’s a 36-year old professional athlete and adult who gets better with age, so obviously he acts like it, too.

But somewhere between Sunday night and yesterday, someone took a moment to explain to Belfort how he came across like a total d*ckhead – unless you think that Morgan was the a-hole for asking about TRT right after Belfort’s win – and the No. 2-ranked contender for the UFC Middleweight belt issued a very sincere-yet-sloppy apology on Twitter.

To all my fans and to all the reporters that was there on the after press conference I would like to ask for forgiveness the way I answer about TRT I RECOGNIZE THAT I ANWSER IN A IMMATURE WAY BUT WAS THE 10 th time that that reporter ask the same question. No excuse!! I made a WORNG call and I am here to ask for forgiveness God bless all you guys love to do what I do and I am keeping moving UP SEEKING GROW AS A MEN OF GOD AND AS A FIGHTER “DONT DOUT ME I WILL PROUVE U WORNG” PEACE

Okay, quick pointer – even if you’re issuing an apology on Twitter, which is ranked like 20th on the list of acceptable forums through which to issue an apology, it doesn’t help your case that you’re not a juiced up freak show who uses hormone therapy as some sort of Fountain of Youth by typing every other sentence in all caps. 

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I am a basketball expert. Because of this, I can say with confidence that missing seven consecutive lay-ups is not a good way to win the Western Conference finals.

The announcers play it off as a spectacular defensive span by the Spurs, but it reminded me the world of those times when I’d have to do lay-ups in gym class, and I was just a little fat white kid with negative-a-hundred basketball experience and the coordination of a pug. Just desperate hopping and extended arms and basketballs hitting the bottom of the rim. The Spurs probably could’ve walked backwards with their hands in the air and played the same defense.

Lionel Hollins, if you’re reading this, check your e-mail. I sent you something. The subject is MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES SHOULD TRY HARD TO NOT BE THIS BAD AT BASKETBALL RIGHT NOW. Lots of good information inside.

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