Hello, please look at this football game promo artwork being made by Temple University.

Against the Houston Cougars, whose mascot is named Shasta, hence the Shasta Cola in the bottom right corner:

Against the UMass Minutemen:

Against local rival Villanova, which has a campus sculpture nicknamed “The Oreo:”

What the hell?

It’s very good artwork.

Why is it so weird?

Temple could make really slick, 2K-looking, Recruiting Twitter Edit graphics like every other college with an athletic department does, or it could be different. And if you’re gonna be a little bit different, you might as well be REAL different.

New head coach Geoff Collins first made his name nationally as an assistant at Mississippi State, where he dropped recruiting bombs such as:

We talked to MSU about it:

"What's the important thing? That a kid got 100 letters in one day, or that he opened one?" head coach Dan Mullen asks. "You've got to think of the stacks of mail that these kids are getting," Mullen says. "Even if a kid gets 10 letters from us, that probably means he's being recruited by 50 schools. Well that's 500, and we're doing that once a week; that means he's probably getting 500 letters a week. What makes him want to open it?" Consider Lee Davis, Mississippi State's staff recruiting specialist, the art dealer for Collins' brilliance and one of the first to inform the artist of his newfound fame. "He came to me and said, 'Oh gosh, this is on the internet.' And well, any publicity is good publicity, right? He said, 'The message is short, sweet and to the point, so the only thing I would change is my handwriting. And honestly, that kid really is a baller.'"

Do people like these?

People love them, especially because they enable jokes and other exclamations.

when the NyQuil hasn't worn off yet https://t.co/2Aoraa2dce — Ryan Nanni (@celebrityhottub) September 30, 2017

i assume this was made mid-fourth quarter of the wazzu game and that makes it understandable https://t.co/LyBRyEPaQG — Robby Kalland (@RKalland) September 30, 2017

My third eye is ready for some football and seeing sounds. Someone needs to pack the freakout tent with extra B12 and orange slices. https://t.co/Zz5i7xO3m9 — CarlSmithJr (@CarlSmithJr) September 30, 2017

Lord yes this is like the wolf t shirt of gameday tweets https://t.co/tg4h815lS3 — K.D. Dial (@kdelvis) September 30, 2017

I have never been more proud of my Temple degree. Money well spent. https://t.co/whpiU7Xf8o — Brian Grubb (@briancgrubb) September 30, 2017

pack it up, graphic designers. this can never be topped https://t.co/II4z9MRKpe — Graham Hall (@GrahamHall_) September 30, 2017

I don't know what is happening here but I absolutely love it. https://t.co/dpFFwhBKYf — Michael Katz (@MichaelLKatz) September 30, 2017

Maybe I should start watching college football again. https://t.co/bQXiFU4w0A — Ryan Slabaugh (@RyanSlabaugh) September 30, 2017

I want this to be my first tattoo https://t.co/cig4YMO3Da — Charlie Gebow (@CLEFOAINTACRIME) September 30, 2017

temple is da share zone https://t.co/gTLfVpPb6O — Jim Lohmar (@jimlohmar) September 30, 2017

Da what?

Da share z0ne is probably the best comp for what Temple’s attempting here, visually.

KEEP HONKING,, I"M IMPROVING MYSELF pic.twitter.com/lF9U4slmXo — da share z0ne (@dasharez0ne) June 20, 2016

Why the squirrels?

Because Temple’s campus has many squirrels.

I’m so confused.

Same.

But I like it.

Same.