Pitt has been teasing a permanent move back to its blue/yellow color scheme for monthsGETTY IMAGES
Pitt will "introduce its new athletic marks" on April 7 at the school's Bigelow Bash event, according to Craig Meyer of the PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE. The "Nike Reveal" is the "end result of a two-year working relationship with the Nike Global Identity Group" and the school. The unveiling of the new marks will "almost certainly include a return to a blue and yellow color scheme for Pitt's athletic teams, a move the university has been teasing for months." The reveal will also "mark the end of the years-long chapter in the athletic department's history in which it largely didn't have a secondary mark, having abandoned the various panther logos that were used to brand its teams" for much of the '00s. Just as the school did three years ago when it "made a permanent switch to the Pitt script as the athletic department's primary mark, it will hold a fashion show that day to showcase the uniforms that will be worn" by the 19 varsity teams, with current athletes "serving as the models" (POST-GAZETTE.com, 3/18).
