Not 100% sure, but it looks like next year's helmets are keeping the numbers & grey facemasks

Numbers are fine, facemasks have to go back to Blue.

Bo got rid of gray facemasks because gray is a color of ohio. Keep it that way.

Have the gray facemasks for the game in Arlington because it's a big game, but that's it.

I know some people hate the grey facemasks because Ohio colors and all, but asthetically, I think the grey facemask is much better. USC is another prime example of the grey facemask making the overall helmet look better.

Plus, thinking about it - changing the facemasks because Ohio has grey as a 'color' is stupid to begin with (Sorry Bo). We don't wear maize away jerseys because MSU has white as a 'color'.

Numbers I can take or leave. If Hoke/the players want them, fine by me. Keep winning 11 games a season and they can take the wings off of the....ahh, I kid, I kid.

If they keep the numbers, is it too much to ask for them to match the wings?

good enough for me.

Like the numbers, HATE, HATE , the grey face mask's.

Personally I don't like either. We have the best helmet in college football. Why messwith it?

I think we as fans tend to argue so much about things where our opinions really don't matter at all. These decisions are the team's alone and I think that we should all chill out a bit on numbers, facemasks, and especially the uniforms.

I dislike the grey facemasks.  Grey is not in our color scheme even if some people think its asthetically pleasing, so why keep it? 

The numbers are ok with me.  I think it was mentioned last year that the players really enjoyed having the numbers on the helmet, FWIW.

...the numbers at all. We can see their numbers on their jerseys, fergodsakes! A clean, consistent helmet without individualized numbers emphasizes a unified team appearance, too!

I don't care about the facemasks. From a receiver's standpoint, I wonder if a lighter colored mask is less obtrusive visually?

is a throwback item.  Back in the day-- think Fifties and early Sixties-- facemasks just weren't painted all that often.  So everyone had 'em, regardless of school colors or rivals.

At this point I'm impartial either way.  I like how the grays look, but I also like preserving the traditions of Bo.  Either way looks fine as far as I'm concerned.

Curious to see how long the numbers last.  Could this become a Hoke era thing?

I really like the grey facemask and helmet numbers as long as they match the wings

I'm personally not a fan of either the numbers or the facemasks, but I can't really see them keeping either permanently..

So Bolden will be #35, huh?  I bet he's gonna be a badass in the Maize and Blue.

The gray facemasks were the practice set all year, and the helmets won't be reconditioned until after spring practice anyway, so they'll be using whatever is on hand.  Which means gray facemasks and numbers.  

All of this probably means just about nothing for next year's uniforms, though it seems likely the numbers are back for at least the conference season based on the comments from last season.

The greyface masks are great! They give the uniform an old school feel to them. If anyone wants to spend their energy complaining, spend it on getting rid of the carnation yellow/highlighter look. If you notice, more teams are going back to the siver face masks. It was very commonplacefor teams to wear them back in the day--despite grey not being in the color scheme.

The greyface masks are great! They give the uniform an old school feel to them. If anyone wants to spend their energy complaining, spend it on getting rid of the carnation yellow/highlighter look. If you notice, more teams are going back to the siver face masks. It was very commonplacefor teams to wear them back in the day--despite grey not being in the color scheme.

Make the maize of the numbers match the maize of the wings? Please?

I'm fine either way. If the players, especially the seniors and captains, want to individualize/teamize their gear to an extent that's cool with me. The team isn't a democracy though and if the change is too radical then the coaches and maybe fans (through email or Facebook whatever) should be able to veto it.

Also, at the end of the day I'm pretty sure we will all continue supporting our team even if they make fashion choices with which we may not disagree.

Still, this is a great forum to air these concerns even if doing so will unlikely result in a desired change.

Let's get some wins this weekend Blue.

Numbers were cool, but I'd rather go back to the old helmets. Our helmets are our signature, don't fix what ain't broke?

I would ask the players but it has been said that darker color face masks diminshes retinal reflectivity, and the A surface should not be of a reflective but a matt finish.

And so do the gray face mask.

are hideous. Don't care about fask mask color. Whatever is easier to see out of is best.

If the players are saying that it's easier to see out of the gray, then let them have that. I'd rather them have better vision on the field than having them look traditional. But it's strange that no other team complained about it before, if that is indeed the case.

The numbers don't really sway me one way or another.

No stickers please. Way too cluttered and messy. And it takes the focus away from the team as a whole.

I don't get the gray facemask thing. They should be black or very dark blue. The gray simply doesn't go with any part of the overall uniform or color scheme.

It's bizarre how there's this undercurrent of affection for the 50s and early 60s helmets—a time of overall mediocrity in Michigan football—while there is so much resistance to helmet stickers, which were emblematic of the period when we dominated the conference under Bo.