jman077 Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 The Michigan helmet isn't a ripoff per se. It was in fact brought to Michigan by the guy who designed it, Michigan (and former Princeton coach) Fritz Crisler. Crisler designed it at Princeton to be worn just by receivers, so that they were easy to see down-field. Eventually, it caught on at many schools, then thinned down so that Michigan ended up being the only D-1A (College Football Bowl Subdivision if you must) Team to use it. Sig courtesy of LEWJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powersurge Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 The Michigan helmet isn't a ripoff per se. It was in fact brought to Michigan by the guy who designed it, Michigan (and former Princeton coach) Fritz Crisler. Crisler designed it at Princeton to be worn just by receivers, so that they were easy to see down-field. Eventually, it caught on at many schools, then thinned down so that Michigan ended up being the only D-1A (College Football Bowl Subdivision if you must) Team to use it.Wasn't the helmet based loosely from the pattern on top of the old leather 'helmets' players wore in the early days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcgd Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 actually, per the athletics website linked above, U of C reinstated varisty football in 1969. I believe UChicago is also tied to the origins of the Cardinals, as the team had used, faded U of C uniforms and thus were the Chicago Cardinals. Or so that story goes.argh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewPF Posted May 30, 2007 Author Share Posted May 30, 2007 In most of these cases it's unfair to characterize the designs as "ripoffs." When most were designed, there was no such thing as "intellectual property" and no army of lawyers to take you to the Supreme Court if your logo even vaquely resembled someone else's. Even a large school's athletic budget probably didn't allow for hiring a designer even if you could find one back then. Besides, in most cases copying a design was done to pay homage to the original. Good examples include the number of teams who have the Packer-esque "G" logo or Iowa going to their Steeler look-a-like unis. Take off your designer hat and relax. It's not the end of the world if some college or high school has the same look as a pro team.i'm not mad or even worked up...its just interesting, is all http://i.imgur.com/4ahMZxD.png koizim said: And...and ya know what we gotta do? We gotta go kick him in da penis. He'll be injured. Injured bad. COYS and Go Sox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy B Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 The Michigan helmet isn't a ripoff per se. It was in fact brought to Michigan by the guy who designed it, Michigan (and former Princeton coach) Fritz Crisler. Crisler designed it at Princeton to be worn just by receivers, so that they were easy to see down-field. Eventually, it caught on at many schools, then thinned down so that Michigan ended up being the only D-1A (College Football Bowl Subdivision if you must) Team to use it.Wasn't the helmet based loosely from the pattern on top of the old leather 'helmets' players wore in the early days?Yes, I believe that the stripes fit in with the pattern of the leather helmets/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 DePauw University rips off Clemson.Of course both teams are nicknamed "Tigers"... On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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