Slow Sunday after an impressive win yesterday. I saw these helmets this morning and thought they were pretty awesome.
Would anyone else not mind seeing some wings thrown on these as part of a true throwback style uni? I only post the idea since there was rumor of a "shinny helmet" being talked about for next season.
http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1685333/20121104120946.jpg
I don't want a shinny helmet
I agree about the metalic
I agree about the metalic helmets. However, we are a program based on tradition... Why not embrace it and do a leather helmet look one day.
Because you don't mess with
Because you don't mess with perfection.
Touchdown Michigan!
That's right
But rumor has it there is a plan to have chrome outlining the wings on our helmets for the OSU game. I have heard that there's a rendering out there, but have not seen it yet. I know someone on this blog has seen it though, so lets post that pic.
Actually this is the precise
Actually this is the precise look I would do for the helmet - old leather, 'taped' look that resemble the michigan look when it was originally created. anything else like chrome or shit sucks and shouldn't be.
Why not embrace it and do a
Why not embrace it and do a leather helmet look one day.
Because "tradition" and "gimmicky fake-looking attention-whoring" are two totally different things.
"We've beaten Michigan the last four years. So where's the threat?"
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it must suck getting old.
it must suck getting old.
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it must suck getting old.
It's not nearly as bad as being unable to tell when something is stupid and looks like shit.
you do realize your avitar is
you do realize your avitar is a skull with a michigan hat on right?
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You do realize that you
can't spell avatar, right?
As a personal aside, I feel that using a lower-case M should be grounds for a month in Bolivia.
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
then fly me there grammar
then fly me there grammar air.
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I'm as grammar-nazi as they
I'm as grammar-nazi as they come but that's going a little too far.
Oh BTW in your usage "M" should have been in quotes. Now people have responded to your comment so we all know how bad you are at grammar and you can't change it.
Not that I loved Rich Rod less, but that I loved Michigan more.
i have to ask,who is that a
i have to ask,who is that a pic of in your avatar?
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The chillest high school
The chillest high school sports writer alive.
I honestly don't remember his
I honestly don't remember his name but he is a sportswriter from Denver who Brian mentioned once who randomly had info on a guy Michigan was recruiting (Alex Anzalone, maybe?). I realized I had to make him my avatar because he has the same hair/'stache combo as me, except that I have less hair on top.
Not that I loved Rich Rod less, but that I loved Michigan more.
Yo: His name is Neil Devlin.
Yo: His name is Neil Devlin. I follow him on twitter.
I can just imagine the heads exploding around here
If it had been Rich Rodriguez proposing shiny helmets or fake leather helmets. Ann Arbor Torch & Pitchfork would have to stay open all night to accommodate the demand.
seriously?
If getting old makes you realize those are awful, i'll speed up the aging process with booze and smokes. Really now, those are atrocious. Those don't look like leather at all. If you forced me at gunpoint to choose chrome helmets or what looks like hastily painted brown helmets, I'd choose the chrome in a second.
Those look surprisingly
Those look surprisingly great.
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They look pretty awful imo
They look pretty awful imo
I think
any "shiny helmet" mention you saw was sarcastic, and not a rumor of anything to come.
Warning: My imagination is inefficient.
Doesn't look too
Doesn't look too sarcastic...
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/we-are-looking-getting-shiny-helmets-notre-d...
Ah.
I guess I missed that little nugget yesterday. My mistake.
Warning: My imagination is inefficient.
Get off my Lawn
Get off my Lawn
I think Washington had good execution...
but for M to pull of a "leather" winged helmet, you'd have to replicate two layers of leather, which they didn't attempt here. I suspect it would look a lot worse with two "layers" and a second color. So, yeah, I think they're a cool idea here, but the wings would be really, really hard to pull off.
Go Blue!
Hard to pull off
Hard to pull off, and why even try we've got something good going, so don't mess with it
Hail! to the Victors Valiant Hail!
So they used poop as
So they used poop as inspiration? Nice.
Forever For Michigan
Plus side
On the plus side, if their helmets end up looking like shit, at least they achieved their objective.
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Not to hijack the thread, but in absence of an NFL open thread
As a Bears fan, I expected to watch Mike Martin to have a nice game against the Bears' interior line.
At this point, however, it seems as though the Bears could kneel every remaining play and still be OK.
They should put actual
They should put actual leather over a regular helmet so it looks authentic but is still safe for the players. Expensive probably, but badass nonetheless.
haha
i like you... but you're crazy
Tremendous!
I am surprised
I would have thought with all of the emphasis on player safety the NFL would have said, "thanks, but no thanks" to that idea.
Aesthetically, I think they are awesome.
"Yep"
Wait...
What?
Wait...
What?
Hail.
Which brings me to my second point children,
Don't wake and bake and try to post on MgoBlog.
I did not proof read what I had written, therefore it came out as an incoherent mess. The leather look hearkens to an era in which football was known for it's more violent side. We can all agree the NFL is trying to move away from that image of it's game.
"Yep"
Gotcha. It came off as if
Gotcha. It came off as if you thought that those were actually leather helmets.
Hail.
That's funny
This is what happened the last time you tried pot
"Ohio is like a giant turd that Michigan just can't pinch off"
I vote for matte helmets,
I vote for matte helmets, with white on white, no piping for the Ohio game.
Someone photoshop the wings
Someone photoshop the wings on washingtons helmets!
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Haven't messed with photoshop
Haven't messed with photoshop in quite some time, and I only took about 5 minutes on this. Here's an idea though of what it would look like, although a horrid one I must say.
The wings on the leather
The wings on the leather helmet would be a leathery looking color too. Not the same color as the actual helmet.
However, it seems that Michigan had leather helmets that were maize and blue.
Michigan wore painted leather
Michigan wore painted leather winged helmets as late as 1954 for sure; they're wearing them in video of the 1954 OSU game. By the 1956 Ron Kramer S.I. cover, they had switched over to plastic.
My guess is that the transition year was 1955.
Here's an interesting article that mentions that the old leather helmets were surprisingly effective against concussions, though not against skull fractures. There have been arguments over replacing plastic helmets with something softer for a while.
That settles it. We're
That settles it. We're already wearing replicas of the leather that used to be worn. Therefore no need to cock up some faux-leather mess.
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nice job on the photoshop but
nice job on the photoshop but i would never want michigan to wear those
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with all the wrap/paint/print
with all the wrap/paint/print technology these days, they could probably pull off a leather winged helmet look and it might look cool. All they'd need to add is some tonal shadowing and stitchwork and it might look pretty sweet. That's my opinion because they're just helmets and uniforms. Still the same team, still the same University and players no matter what you put them in.
extra nice
because of lack of extremely racist logo. I still prefer wings.
Tremendous!
I can't tell if the "great"
I can't tell if the "great" in the thread title is sarcastic or not.
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I was simply trying to say
I was simply trying to say that it is the best attempt at a traditional leather helmet I had ever seen. It seemed to pull off the look better than the previous attemps (Green Bay last season).
That helmet/uni combo was XFL-esque
That helmet/uni combo was XFL-esque.
Article On Redskins Throwbacks...
According to USA Today, this helmet was part of a larger throwback effort today - (LINK)
Looking at how the helmets fit in with their uniform overall today, it actually was not a bad look. I am not exactly a fan of the matte finish on these, but in the context of the whole uniform, I think it worked for the Redskins. I dare say it was definitely a better effort than the Steelers.
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ugly and contributed to redskins defeat
these are actually quite ugly and washington was not even able to beat carolina wearing them.
since brandon is not likely to make money selling helmets like jerseys...do not screw with the michigan winged helmet
pbmd
and those Washington helmets look like round turds.