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Previous game posters:
In our poster for the Gophers' 11th game, Goldy (and P.J. Fleck) travel to Bloomington and meet Indiana head coach Tom Allen in front of the Sample Gates, located at the entrance to Indiana University's "Old Crescent." Allen greets his challengers with his program's mantra, "LEO."
The style is modeled on the "overworld" of the second generation of Pokémon games, whose Silver edition is perhaps the video game to which I have devoted more time than any other in my life — even granting how little I've played it since I was probably 12 years old. (NCAA Football 14 is probably its chief rival.) It didn't make sense to have Goldy as a trainer, since he's not human, so like Pikachu in Pokémon Yellow, he follows Fleck around. The building to the left is meant to represent Franklin Hall, home to Indiana's media school.
Though a battle scene might make more sense as a more overt homage to Pokémon games, I thought I had covered too similar a ground with my Iowa poster. I admit that this is among the simplest art I've made in this series, but I am fine with simplicity. Also, having visited the IU campus and found it quite nice, I wanted to pay tribute by portraying one of its landmarks.
Coming next week: a Border Battle poster to close the regulars.
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