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The Angels throwback thread got me thinking about teams that truly take full creative advantage of their ballcap/helmets. I'd love to get a list of teams (past or present) that have achieved this without copying somebody else (i.e. Colorado St, U of Michigan, and etc).

Off the top of my head (no pun intended, lol) these were the first I thought of:

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Cleveland/Los Angeles/St Louis Rams

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Cincinnati Bengals

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California/Anaheim Angels

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Seattle Pilots

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Iowa Barnstormers

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IF ONE IS CONSIDERED RACIST, THEN BOTH MUST BE CONSIDERED RACIST.

BOTTOM LINE: NEITHER ONE IS RACIST.

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Who could forget this?-

Michigan-

http://www.sportslogos.net/logo.php?id=5193

How is that anything like a wolvernine though?

Plus, they ripped it off of another college. 0% original or creative.

Not entirely correct. When Fritz Crisler left Princeton to coach Michigan, he brought the winged helmet design with him and painted it in Michigan's colors. The winged design was used by many helmet manufacturers at the time and was not created by a specific college. There are many teams who used the winged template prior to Crisler joining Michigan, but few coaches had them painted up in school colors.

Back on topic, I think Ohio State's helmet is a great example of using the whole canvas as well.

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On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said:

For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA.

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Uh, the TC would represent the Twins nickname since that's where the name comes from.

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Who could forget this?-

Michigan-

http://www.sportslogos.net/logo.php?id=5193

How is that anything like a wolvernine though?

Plus, they ripped it off of another college. 0% original or creative.

Not entirely correct. When Fritz Crisler left Princeton to coach Michigan, he brought the winged helmet design with him and painted it in Michigan's colors. The winged design was used by many helmet manufacturers at the time and was not created by a specific college. There are many teams who used the winged template prior to Crisler joining Michigan, but few coaches had them painted up in school colors.

Back on topic, I think Ohio State's helmet is a great example of using the whole canvas as well.

you've got to be kidding? what is unique about that. Thousands of teams use stripes on a helmet? This isn't "name your favorite helmet" it's thinking outside the box. Being unique and doing something DIFFERENT than other teams

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Who could forget this?-

Michigan-

http://www.sportslogos.net/logo.php?id=5193

How is that anything like a wolvernine though?

Plus, they ripped it off of another college. 0% original or creative.

Not entirely correct. When Fritz Crisler left Princeton to coach Michigan, he brought the winged helmet design with him and painted it in Michigan's colors. The winged design was used by many helmet manufacturers at the time and was not created by a specific college. There are many teams who used the winged template prior to Crisler joining Michigan, but few coaches had them painted up in school colors.

Back on topic, I think Ohio State's helmet is a great example of using the whole canvas as well.

you've got to be kidding? what is unique about that. Thousands of teams use stripes on a helmet? This isn't "name your favorite helmet" it's thinking outside the box. Being unique and doing something DIFFERENT than other teams

Exactly. There's nothing Michigan, Ann Arbor, or Wolverine about their helmet. And there's nothing Ohio, Columbus, or Buckeye are their helmet as well. This isn't a "coolest" helmet. It's about a team using their name, city, or location's history in a creative way on the ballcap/helmet.

Indians_allcolors2-1.png

Indians_OleMiss2-1.png

IF ONE IS CONSIDERED RACIST, THEN BOTH MUST BE CONSIDERED RACIST.

BOTTOM LINE: NEITHER ONE IS RACIST.

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"You get a sticker for being good" is one of the silliest college sports things around. It's like they're running a goddamn day care. Maybe after the game, win or lose, they can all go to the DQ.

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