Meaningless Twitter contest, but it's for best CFB helmet

Submitted by Wally Llama on May 23rd, 2023 at 12:26 AM

130+ helmets have been whittled down to 16. UM is, of course, one of the eight 1-seeds and is facing 3-seed UNC.

Let's make sure this ends the right way. 

https://twitter.com/CFBHome/status/1660795305703485444?t=_UmwSztqsjB5YeB_8g7RcA&s=19

A win for UM could set up a matchup against Staee in the next round. OSU is in the other half of the bracket. 

rob f

May 23rd, 2023 at 12:58 AM ^

I just did my part but we need EVERYONE with a Twitter account to pitch in too.

With just 19 hours left in the poll. Michigan's Winged Helmet only has a razor-thin 51%-to-49% lead.

Jon06

May 23rd, 2023 at 7:22 AM ^

That UNC alternative helmet. Wow. I mean if it wasn't a fucking foot I might think we'd have a problem here. But gee whiz. As long as there isn't enormous engagement from some roving band of Twitter foot fetishists, I think we'll be ok.

Blinkin

May 23rd, 2023 at 8:09 AM ^

My opinion on helmets is this: there are ultimately 2 tiers:

1) cool helmets

2) helmets where they just lazily stamp the team logo on the side

Michigan is in tier one, as are Notre Dame, Penn State, etc. from CFB, or the Rams, Vikings, and others from the NFL.  Everyone else - I'm not a fan.  Anybody can stamp a logo on the flat side surface of a helmet, and I think it's lazy and unoriginal design.  

Michigan's are the best of tier one - T1A perhaps.  But I appreciate any team that is willing to be more creative or unique than "logo stamped on the side."  

Dennis

May 23rd, 2023 at 10:54 AM ^

I've always felt the exact same way. Even Bama with the numbers is cooler than a logo slapped on the side - more timeless. I would add a tier or two. Tier1A is cool helmets like Michigan and the Rams. Tier1B is classic style helmets like Bama and Penn State. Tier 2 is script style like Ole Miss or Maryland. Tier 3 is logos on the side. Tier 4 is anything with matte paint. Tier 5 is the christmas bulb/twix wrapper/beetleborgs reflective colors. Tier 6 is the brown bucknut helmet, the deepest core of uniform hell. 

Romeo50

May 23rd, 2023 at 8:21 AM ^

History doesn't concern itself with mere tomfoolery (spoken as Thor). The answer is known and always has been. What hast thou laid before us?

Oh...cool...a contest!