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A-townBound
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  Message Not Read  Helmet History
   Posted: 8/18/2023 2:33:13 PM 
I found this very interesting -
https://twitter.com/wtfcoach/status/1692586569486545049?s=20

https://www.helmethistory.com/ohio.html

Bleed Green and GO OHIO!!
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Kevin Finnegan
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  Message Not Read  RE: Helmet History
   Posted: 8/18/2023 4:53:01 PM 
My personal favorite is the green helmet with the white OHIO lettering.
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spongeBOB CATpants
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  Message Not Read  RE: Helmet History
   Posted: 8/18/2023 5:20:06 PM 
I'm a sucker for the matte black and green lids. I remember when they debuted the black helmets/uniforms back in 2011. Wish I would've purchased a black Tettleton jersey.
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OhioCatFan
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  Message Not Read  RE: Helmet History
   Posted: 8/18/2023 7:41:39 PM 
They don't show the one used in my youth -- big broad green stripe that stretched from the front to the back over the top. If you've seen the O$U helmets of that era, it was exactly the same except the stripe was green instead of puke scarlet.

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Victory
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  Message Not Read  RE: Helmet History
   Posted: 8/18/2023 8:59:27 PM 
There is a site that has attempted to keep track for all sorts of levels of football.

http://www.nationalchamps.net/Helmet_Project /
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OhioCatFan
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  Message Not Read  RE: Helmet History
   Posted: 8/18/2023 9:17:00 PM 

This a very poor representation of this helmet, but this is one the I was referring to.  It gives you a very rough idea of what it looked like.  It actually looked better than this. 

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BillyTheCat
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   Posted: 8/20/2023 9:03:47 AM 
OhioCatFan wrote:
They don't show the one used in my youth -- big broad green stripe that stretched from the front to the back over the top. If you've seen the O$U helmets of that era, it was exactly the same except the stripe was green instead of puke scarlet.


That was actually padding, but yes, a stripe since it was colored, but it was not a decal
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M.D.W.S.T
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  Message Not Read  RE: Helmet History
   Posted: 8/21/2023 2:29:39 PM 
A-townBound wrote:
I found this very interesting -
https://twitter.com/wtfcoach/status/1692586569486545049?s=20

https://www.helmethistory.com/ohio.html


Would love to see them break out a matte green with the white paw for a game.

Last seasonss white with the green paw is probably my favorite ever. Those were CLEAN. Also the black with the green/chameleon/shiny decal was awesome under the lights.
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Victory
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  Message Not Read  RE: Helmet History
   Posted: 8/21/2023 3:26:45 PM 
M.D.W.S.T wrote:
A-townBound wrote:
I found this very interesting -
https://twitter.com/wtfcoach/status/1692586569486545049?s=20

https://www.helmethistory.com/ohio.html


Would love to see them break out a matte green with the white paw for a game.

Last seasonss white with the green paw is probably my favorite ever. Those were CLEAN. Also the black with the green/chameleon/shiny decal was awesome under the lights.


I tend to think of helmets with just the initial letter as the least imaginative or just a word (or a number or nothing) as being almost as boring. If you are going to do that at least do it in a font that is unique to which at least the arched OHIO does a decent job. Like Miami's "M" is to me a lot better than the one that preceded it which was, IMO, just about the worst helmet ever. Maybe that's my generation. I was born when most schools just had a generic looking letter on their helmet and just when everyone was starting to move away from it. If I were a 10 years older maybe my perception of a generic letter would be different.

I know that the school likes OHIO on our helmet to claim it as our own. Maybe the arched OHIO with the attack cat would be a better look but the tan is the quaternary color and we rarely use it as trim on most sports uniforms so if it is never used elsewhere on the football uniforms then I could see how that might be weird.

I was in school when we moved from the paw to the attack cat. Of course, as with any change, there were people complaining. I had several professors that remarked about the complaints about the change that when they moved to Ohio from another school that one of the first things that stood out was that we had one of the most unintimidating logos around or similar comment along that line. This might be another generational thing. Most people probably don't think of the paw like those of us who entered school with it.

Last Edited: 8/22/2023 12:04:26 PM by Victory
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shabamon
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  Message Not Read  RE: Helmet History
   Posted: 8/21/2023 3:38:51 PM 
I liked the bowl game look. I hate all green, but green-green-white was rich.
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M.D.W.S.T
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   Posted: 8/21/2023 8:49:06 PM 
shabamon wrote:
I liked the bowl game look. I hate all green, but green-green-white was rich.


OU's uniforms are like pizza, baby. They're all good.

I wish we still wore the brick uniforms on occasion.
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Victory
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   Posted: 8/22/2023 12:04:10 PM 
Victory wrote:

I know that the school likes OHIO on our helmet to claim it as our own. Maybe the arched OHIO with the attack cat would be a better look but the tan is the quaternary color and we rarely use it as trim on most sports uniforms so if it is never used elsewhere on the football uniforms then I could see how that might be weird.


SDSU apparently likes this idea so much that they gave it to us.

https://twitter.com/sonsofmonty/status/169370259072135172...
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M.D.W.S.T
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  Message Not Read  RE: Helmet History
   Posted: 8/22/2023 12:17:35 PM 
Victory wrote:
Victory wrote:

I know that the school likes OHIO on our helmet to claim it as our own. Maybe the arched OHIO with the attack cat would be a better look but the tan is the quaternary color and we rarely use it as trim on most sports uniforms so if it is never used elsewhere on the football uniforms then I could see how that might be weird.


SDSU apparently likes this idea so much that they gave it to us.

https://twitter.com/sonsofmonty/status/169370259072135172...


LOL

I hate it.

Is that their helmet though? That's wild.
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Victory
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  Message Not Read  RE: Helmet History
   Posted: 8/22/2023 12:22:18 PM 
M.D.W.S.T wrote:
Victory wrote:
Victory wrote:

I know that the school likes OHIO on our helmet to claim it as our own. Maybe the arched OHIO with the attack cat would be a better look but the tan is the quaternary color and we rarely use it as trim on most sports uniforms so if it is never used elsewhere on the football uniforms then I could see how that might be weird.


SDSU apparently likes this idea so much that they gave it to us.

https://twitter.com/sonsofmonty/status/169370259072135172...


LOL

I hate it.

Is that their helmet though? That's wild.


Yes, it is. I think that it is their only helmet but I'm not sure about that.
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