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Here's what you got here that I don't like...not saying its bad...I just don't care for:

3 white helmets.

2 "clip art" images (clemson and USC)

1 rip off of the Ford Mustang (SMU)

When I say clip art, its used by alot of teams. The exact same image, from HS to college. They might have orginated it...

I'll agree with most the picks though, those are helmets when you see them, you know who they are for right away.

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1 rip off of the Ford Mustang (SMU)

Which reminds me, SMU plays in Gerald Ford Stadium. Even though he isn't "I invented the automobile" Ford, he's still a Ford, so I guess it isn't that much of a rip-off...

...okay, maybe it is <_<

 

 

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Maybe Michigan isn't there because 3 schools have the exact same helmet, but in different colors.

Michigan, Princeton, Delaware. If you have one, you gotta have all 3 cuz they're all the same.

Well they should've had at least a representative for the three of them or something to actually acknowledge it.

 

 

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If you want to talk about a nice helmet, Look at Kent State. The school's a riot and so is the redone Flash. He breaks away from a lightining bolt and around the K to look much better thatn half the teams on the top ten IMO. Even the redone Zippy is better than half. Ans I HATE Akron. thought I will root for them against Miami!

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Notre Dame is... where?

Still the only team to paint their helmets, as well as use a minute amount of 14k gold flake in the paint.

The history and tradition in those domes means alot.

Penn State as well.

Not cool, SI.

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Methinks Michigan isn't there because, even though there's no question that you identify that design with Michigan (even the hockey team wears that design on its helmets), it really has nothing to do with Michigan or Wolverines. Granted, I'm guessing that's why they didn't put Michigan in the top five. I'm guessing they went by design itself and not by tradition.

As for the top picks, it's tough to argue with most of them. That's a great silhouette of a longhorn on the Texas helmet. Air Force has had one of the coolest designs with that lightning bolt. The one design you could argue the most with is USC's as that Trojan head is kind of tough to see, almost as if it needs to be bigger.

If I were to pick a top five, I'd consider tradition. So mine would be as follows:

1. Michigan

2. Air Force

3. Arkansas

4. Texas

5. Florida State

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History and tradition does mean a lot, but not enough to put Penn State in there. Sheesh, those are STILL lousy helmets.

How so?

Iwill never understand how someone can hate how Penn State looks....

It is just... it's like.... perfection in a uniform. You can not get more perfect that what penn state has. No commercialisim. No Super-tricked-out marketing logo slapped on the uni.

It's pure. It's innocent. It's perfect.

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