Who Has the 2nd Best Football Helmet?

Submitted by xtramelanin on

Mates,

Oldest son just got his brand new football helmet ahead of summer workouts and it is a dandy - a winged helmet, albeit with the wrong colors.   Of course we all know the greatest helmet in the universe:

Image result for picture of michigan football helmet

But the question became what is the second best helmet?   For the college teams, some of the (2nd) favorites were the Navy's alternate helmet, Notre Dame's new gold-chrome one, USC's, and some of the older Northwestern helmets (emotional pick).  

For the pros, the Lions are winners, but others included the Patriots, the Chargers (blue ones), the Bears, and Green Bay.

So the question is:  Which helmet(s) is your 2nd favorite, college or pro, old or new, alternate or standard?

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LKLIII

June 21st, 2016 at 8:53 PM ^

I'm a fan of Texas, USC, and Notre Dame for the classics looks. For somewhat innovative designs I like the new Arizona State helmets. If I'm really going out on an innovative limb I think that the U.S. Naval Academy has some cool helmet designs too. Not sure if l like the hand painted position group helmets, but I thought some of the ones featuring anchors were pretty cool.



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DonAZ

June 21st, 2016 at 10:31 PM ^

I can see the logic if his theme was minimalist ... so Alabama and Penn State would kinda-sorta fit that.  But then FSU and USC are not so minimalist.  So I don't know.

I like Nebraska and Oklahoma ... they're traditional and they don't mess with it.

USC is nice; not a fan of UCLA.  I do not like ASU at all.

And I hate, hate, hate, HATE Notre Dame in every way possible, so eff 'em.

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columnatedruins

June 21st, 2016 at 10:21 PM ^

Yes, Delaware has some amazing helmets as does Princeton... and THIS Arena League Connecticut Coyotes '96-era tri-color awesomeness makes me wish UM played a July 4th game...

 

http://www.nationalchamps.net/Helmet_Project/arena.htm

but the 2nd best helmet in all of football has to go to our rivals/not-rivals in in South Bend.  2nd best stadium, 2nd most wins, 2nd best fight song.  Perennial runners-up, the Irish.

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WestVirginia W…

June 21st, 2016 at 9:22 PM ^

1- duh
2- Chicago Bears
3- Alabama
4- Oregon (when they wear the green helmet with the yellow O- all others =yuck )
5- Ohio State - hate to admit it but their helmets are pretty good

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LSAClassOf2000

June 21st, 2016 at 9:30 PM ^

There is a pretty large pool to choose from, but some of the standouts when it comes to iconic helmets - after ours, of course - 

- Texas

- USC

- Florida State

- Penn State

MGoBrewMom mentioned the matte black ASU helmet too, which I actually thought was pretty slick. If we're talking cool helmets rather than iconic per se, that's on there. 

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ElBictors

June 21st, 2016 at 9:31 PM ^

aside from #1 w/o a peer ... Penn State and if you like noter dame, you must love Navy, Georgia Tech, Central Florida, Alcorn St and UCLA.

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columnatedruins

June 21st, 2016 at 10:13 PM ^

There's something distinct about the way ND does their thing and it comes through their helmets too... As close as Navy's are to theirs, there's just some intangible that makes them unique.  Makes them better.  Watch them all bounce around in a hype scrum after coming through the tunnel... there's something there that GaTech, Alcorn, etc just don't have.

As far as PSU's go... I get why someone would have them on their top 5.  (TSIO too)  Classic, traditional, our logo is NO logo because we don't need no stinkin logo and if I slap numbers on the side, we'll all just look like redneck asshats from the 40s.  I get it. 

But I wore THAT helmet in those colors from 7th grade through HS and when we went on the road, we got our chops perpetually busted for wearing "practice unis."  And then we'd get destroyed 31-6.  Winning is the only thing that makes that scheme work.  ND still looks badass even when trailing by 4 scores, PSU looks like an underfunded DII prog unless they're eating your lunch.

 

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Artie

June 21st, 2016 at 9:42 PM ^

Clemson, UCLA, Texas, SC. Tough to pick a second favorite. A&M's and Bama's are good, too. As for the pros, nothing's beats Patriot Pat. The old Buccaneers helmet was pretty cool as well.



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