We are looking at getting shiny helmets "like Notre Dame"--Jon Falk
So I was listening to the pre-game on radio this morning and they interviewed Jon Falk. He was asked something along the lines of "well even with all new uniforms these days, we'll never see anything change with the helmets will we Jon?" Falk chuckled in agreement but then went on to say that they were looking at adding a metallic element to the helmets so they "glow" like ND's did, but that it was difficult to add the metallic element to our specific colors. And that we "may see something new next year." Wait, wut? First I've heard of this, snd I'm sadly not shocked, if true.
November 3rd, 2012 at 6:41 PM ^
the "strippers on the sideline" idea needs further study, Herm.
I volunteer to head up a committee to investigate this idea in depth...
November 3rd, 2012 at 2:43 PM ^
sweet. I've been waiting to buy Michigan gear until they got a mascot and shiny helmets but now, thanks to the GENIUS that is Dave Brandon, i will relent and start buying stuff.
November 3rd, 2012 at 3:47 PM ^
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November 3rd, 2012 at 4:52 PM ^
What....is....THAT??
November 4th, 2012 at 9:57 AM ^
November 4th, 2012 at 4:57 PM ^
That's the fake Michigan mascot that MSU trots out whenever we play there. Sparty then beats him up to wild applause.
November 3rd, 2012 at 9:25 PM ^
I really need to unsee that. It's gonna take a lot of therapy.
November 3rd, 2012 at 2:58 PM ^
Let's get real radical and wear no helmets at all
November 3rd, 2012 at 3:13 PM ^
i wouldnt mind seeing the wings getting just a touch of a super neon maze like color..not too much neon but just alittle some vibrant radiant color. looking just clean and like flowing with energy and greatness as we head towards national championship era..like how the rams went from yellow to gold..but not that bold just..looks like speed and superior mixed with a newness just for big games only..i am a die hard fan for 32yrs now since birth..hate if you want..tints of neon or some suddle supermaze color design..but dont change nothing else
November 3rd, 2012 at 3:28 PM ^
is underrated.
November 3rd, 2012 at 3:22 PM ^
If we MUST make a change, I wouldn't mind seeing us go with white base, maize wings outlined in dark blue, dark blue masks. I would prefer the numbers OR the stickers, but that's me.The general idea is similar to the Chargers' helms.
I would withhold judgement til I saw a pic of the metallic though.
November 3rd, 2012 at 3:22 PM ^
I'm not listening!!!
November 3rd, 2012 at 3:22 PM ^
November 3rd, 2012 at 3:25 PM ^
He's just trolling the fans. Brady got a question about changing the helmets just last week on "Inside Michigan Football" and both he and Brandstander said you don't mess with the winged helmet.
November 3rd, 2012 at 3:25 PM ^
Come on, really....
Just..... No.
No, no, no.
November 3rd, 2012 at 3:26 PM ^
Falk is kidding. Dave Brandon's inbox would explode with hate email if he even considered this.
November 3rd, 2012 at 3:43 PM ^
The alternative seems absurd.
November 3rd, 2012 at 3:27 PM ^
I don't love the uniform changes that have happened so far, but they're tolerable to slightly silly at worst. This, however, would be unacceptable. A few things are untouchable, the helmets being one of them. The fight song and touching the banner come to mind as well. I would be extremely disappointed in the AD if he allowed this to happen.
November 3rd, 2012 at 3:29 PM ^
Changing the helmets is as frightening as...
A big hairy man coming at you with a crowbar in an alley.
Fear level: 5/10 if the escape door is unlocked, 8/10 if it's locked.
November 3rd, 2012 at 3:35 PM ^
just punked the whole Michigan fan base
November 3rd, 2012 at 3:37 PM ^
and that's NOT a Halloween "boooooooooo"
November 3rd, 2012 at 3:39 PM ^
I'm ok with this. We can keep up with the times while keeping our integrity.
Evolution is good.
November 3rd, 2012 at 3:43 PM ^
Bo just stood up and shook his fist at the sky or down at the sky, and he probly punched Woody Hayes in the face.
November 3rd, 2012 at 3:48 PM ^
Jon Falk. It is way passed April fools day!
November 3rd, 2012 at 3:53 PM ^
Brony helmets FTW
November 3rd, 2012 at 4:06 PM ^
November 3rd, 2012 at 4:13 PM ^
I generally like to reserve judgment until I see the product, but I think it will be really hard to improve on the original.
For a quick effect of making the yellow more "shiny" I made a mockup. Here is the original first and the happy shiny one second. I think it would be hard not to make the whole helmet look cheap with "metallizing"
Original:
Shiny:
November 3rd, 2012 at 5:49 PM ^
No. I don't understand the fascination with all things shiny. What, does the American television audience consist of a bunch of feeble-minded idiots with the maturity of toddlers? Apparently so. I don't need to see our Michigan players running around looking like a bunch of poofters with sparkles and gimmicks adorning a once great uniform.
~Herm
November 3rd, 2012 at 4:14 PM ^
November 3rd, 2012 at 4:30 PM ^
No. Just No. This isn' ND. This isn't msu. This isn't Oregon. THIS IS MICHIGAN FERGODSAKE!! That winged helmet has been built by 75+ years of tradition and has become a instantly regocnizable symbol of our program. Let's just keep it the way it is.
November 3rd, 2012 at 5:56 PM ^
Please God NO! Do not put fucking Christmas ornaments on our beloved Wolverines' heads!
November 3rd, 2012 at 6:06 PM ^
This is Michigan. We should never copy ND or MSU...ever.
NO METALLIC HELMETS!!
November 3rd, 2012 at 6:25 PM ^
You're such a kidder!
You gotta watch out for guys with his kind of sense of humor---you just never know what they'll come up with next!
November 3rd, 2012 at 7:12 PM ^
I'm on the fence on this idea. While I love our helmets and don't ever want to mess with our awesome tradition/history, part of me wants to see some iteration of a matte helmet. I wish our uniforms would stop changing though. Enough with the yellow piping that seems to change from year to year.
November 3rd, 2012 at 7:17 PM ^
No.
No.
NOOOOOOOOOO.
/insert appropriate animated gif here
November 3rd, 2012 at 9:33 PM ^
This is the worst idea I have ever heard.
Sincerely,
Guy Who Killed the Goose Who Laid The Golden Egg
November 3rd, 2012 at 9:40 PM ^
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November 3rd, 2012 at 10:39 PM ^
I got an idea straight out of the kustom kar culture. First, make the blue out of 30 coats of metal flake blue alternating with coats of clear acrylic. It'll be deep and lustrous. Then you take the wings and turn them into retro '50s-style flames like it's a chopped and channelled '57 Chevy. To top it off, you create a Wolverine mascot, only make him look like Rat Fink, designed by Big Daddy Roth.
November 4th, 2012 at 12:12 AM ^
Two of these back-to-back. That'll motivate all but 4% of the players. And sell MGoShirts.
November 4th, 2012 at 12:23 AM ^
should be the block O on my neighbors porch.
November 4th, 2012 at 12:39 AM ^
Doing this crap for recruiting purposes is utter horseshit!!!!!!
The top recruiting teams in the country and the No. 1 Team in the country for the last two years doesn't pull uniform or equipment stunts to attract recruits.
WINNING ON THE BIGGEST STAGES GETS THE BEST RECRUITS! WIN AND THE BEST RECRUITS WILL KNOCK DOWN YOUR DOOR!!!
Alabama, USC, LSU, Texas, Oklahoma DON'T DO THIS. (Maybe LSU did it once, I think)
The uniform bullshit last year was downright embarrassing. Gimicks don't get kids to sign with a particular school. The coaches, the scheme and WINNING gets kids to go there.
I'm interested to see a mockup of the helmet, but I don't want to see us become ND or godferbid...Oregon.
November 4th, 2012 at 12:53 AM ^
November 4th, 2012 at 10:13 AM ^
The Notre Dame helmets make me have seizures.