College Football 2012 Season

[tBBP]

Forgive me if this been touched on, but on Maryland's set... have we seen the back of the pants? Notice the yellow and black stripe is on the outside and INSIDE of both legs. I wonder where that stripe on the inside connects/terminates at the top.

To answer your question...

The yellow/black trim on the mew Maryland sets is the same as the red piping trim seen here. The piping follows the template seams of the pants as well as the jerseys. Northwestern's new uniforms don't have that piping, but they are of the same template.

(It should be noted that Auburn's current uniforms are also of this same template, which explains why their pants stripes are truncated at the bottom. Here's a good [read: large] picture for reference.)

[gdu]

It doesn't actually explain it for Auburn since the top of the stripe looks normal (and doesn't follow the template). IMO, it just just like the Nike flywire collar being another color on NFL teams. No real reason for it other than so people will connect it to the mfg.

[oldschoolvikings]

that 1980s thing of white face mask on a white helmet is making a comeback.

I rather see white-on-white than gray facemask on white.

I concur, unless it is a school or team color then see how it works.

what if grey is the more appropriate choice? like the Colts. you would rather sacrifice brand communication for a personal aesthetic preference?

So you think that their current gray looks better than the blue they used wear?

Gray:

Blue:

I will take the blue everytime over the gray facemask.

When the Colts first changed to the grey facemask, I thought the helmet suddenly looked 10x better but couldn't figure out what it was. It was the faccemask. Since then, I noticed that the common denominator in some of my favorite helmets was that they had a grey facemask. I don't like it for all teams but there are very few teams that I think should get rid of them.

Concur. For some, gray is the best choice... even for some without gray in the uniform.

[djam2410]

I'm still not convinced that's a stripe...

[/sarcasm]

as some guy on facebook pointed out, if you zoom in on the facemask above the stripe, you can see the words ARMY

[Coheed]

I'm still not convinced that's a stripe...

[/sarcasm]

as some guy on facebook pointed out, if you zoom in on the facemask above the stripe, you can see the words ARMY

Even without that, I don't see how anyone thinks this is anything other than Army's helmet.

[BrandMooreArt]

that 1980s thing of white face mask on a white helmet is making a comeback.

I rather see white-on-white than gray facemask on white.

I concur, unless it is a school or team color then see how it works.

what if grey is the more appropriate choice? like the Colts. you would rather sacrifice brand communication for a personal aesthetic preference?

So you think that their current gray looks better than the blue they used wear?

Gray:

Blue:

I will take the blue everytime over the gray facemask.

When the Colts first changed to the grey facemask, I thought the helmet suddenly looked 10x better but couldn't figure out what it was. It was the faccemask. Since then, I noticed that the common denominator in some of my favorite helmets was that they had a grey facemask. I don't like it for all teams but there are very few teams that I think should get rid of them.

yes aesthetically, i prefer the grey over blue (and the darker blue they switched to at the same time). the royal blue is too much contrast. but more importantly they want that old school Baltimore look. its the proper choice

[djam2410]

I'm still not convinced that's a stripe...

[/sarcasm]

as some guy on facebook pointed out, if you zoom in on the facemask above the stripe, you can see the words ARMY

Even without that, I don't see how anyone thinks this is anything other than Army's helmet.

you would be surprised if you looked at the comments on HGI's facebook;

the general public really doesn't know any better and has no clue what their teams can and can't get. most of them thought this was penn state

[coogrfan]

The Owls are switching from Nike to Adidas this season. Other than inflicting the questionable benefits of Techfit technology on Rice's unsuspecting athletes, Adidas appears to have had the good sense to leave well enough alone.

[Coheed]

I'm still not convinced that's a stripe...

[/sarcasm]

as some guy on facebook pointed out, if you zoom in on the facemask above the stripe, you can see the words ARMY

Even without that, I don't see how anyone thinks this is anything other than Army's helmet.

you would be surprised if you looked at the comments on HGI's facebook;

the general public really doesn't know any better and has no clue what their teams can and can't get. most of them thought this was penn state

Yea I saw the comments on facebook. I was one of the people to post on it saying it was Army. I can see how a lot of people would think it is Penn State, but most of us here would know better.

[tBBP]

Adidas really needs to rethink the placement of that logo. Maybe it's just the former Soldier in me, but when I see a stack like that it reads as a hierarchy in that adidas places itself above the team/program. (Not that the other two major manufacturers don't also carry that mindset, but neither has yet gone with a front-and-center placement of their brand logo as yet, not that I can remember, anyway.)

Beyond that, the unis are what they are.

(Does Rice still have the blackletter "R" on their helmets? I've always liked that monogram...though someone should talk them into putting the owl wings back on those lids.)

[Kevin W.]

Nike and Under Armour's logos aren't very far off. It's not much of a difference.

[coogrfan]

I've heard nothing to indicate Rice's helmets will be changed. I too liked the winged helmets, but the Owls current helmet is (imho) one of the best in cfb.

[tBBP]

^ I do not disagree...it is also one of my faves.

[andrewharrington]

Adidas really needs to rethink the placement of that logo. Maybe it's just the former Soldier in me, but when I see a stack like that it reads as a hierarchy in that adidas places itself above the team/program. (Not that the other two major manufacturers don't also carry that mindset, but neither has yet gone with a front-and-center placement of their brand logo as yet, not that I can remember, anyway.)

Beyond that, the unis are what they are.

(Does Rice still have the blackletter "R" on their helmets? I've always liked that monogram...though someone should talk them into putting the owl wings back on those lids.)

Nike used to put its logo at the tip of the collar on Michigan's jersey, and I believe they did with Oregon in the early days of their revolution. There was no team name below in those instances, though.

Evidence:

[nuordr]

that 1980s thing of white face mask on a white helmet is making a comeback.

I rather see white-on-white than gray facemask on white.

I concur, unless it is a school or team color then see how it works.

what if grey is the more appropriate choice? like the Colts. you would rather sacrifice brand communication for a personal aesthetic preference?

So you think that their current gray looks better than the blue they used wear?

Gray:

Blue:

I will take the blue everytime over the gray facemask.

When the Colts first changed to the grey facemask, I thought the helmet suddenly looked 10x better but couldn't figure out what it was. It was the faccemask. Since then, I noticed that the common denominator in some of my favorite helmets was that they had a grey facemask. I don't like it for all teams but there are very few teams that I think should get rid of them.

yes aesthetically, i prefer the grey over blue (and the darker blue they switched to at the same time). the royal blue is too much contrast. but more importantly they want that old school Baltimore look. its the proper choice

To each their own, but for me the gray is not aesthetically pleasing to my eyes for team that have no gray in their color scheme. I think the 49ers, Browns, Texas A&M, and USC would look so much better by using red, white, white, and red for their respective sets.

[Lights Out]

If the Colts absolutely HAD to ditch those fantastic blue facemasks, couldn't they have just gone with white facemasks? Those would stand out less than the gray ones but would still match their color scheme.

[andrewharrington]

that 1980s thing of white face mask on a white helmet is making a comeback.

I rather see white-on-white than gray facemask on white.

I concur, unless it is a school or team color then see how it works.

what if grey is the more appropriate choice? like the Colts. you would rather sacrifice brand communication for a personal aesthetic preference?

So you think that their current gray looks better than the blue they used wear?

Gray:

Blue:

I will take the blue everytime over the gray facemask.

When the Colts first changed to the grey facemask, I thought the helmet suddenly looked 10x better but couldn't figure out what it was. It was the faccemask. Since then, I noticed that the common denominator in some of my favorite helmets was that they had a grey facemask. I don't like it for all teams but there are very few teams that I think should get rid of them.

yes aesthetically, i prefer the grey over blue (and the darker blue they switched to at the same time). the royal blue is too much contrast. but more importantly they want that old school Baltimore look. its the proper choice

To each their own, but for me the gray is not aesthetically pleasing to my eyes for team that have no gray in their color scheme. I think the 49ers, Browns, Texas A&M, and USC would look so much better by using red, white, white, and red for their respective sets.

But USC doesn't have any red in its color scheme. That would look really weird.

If the Colts absolutely HAD to ditch those fantastic blue facemasks, couldn't they have just gone with white facemasks? Those would stand out less than the gray ones but would still match their color scheme.

I think the white ones stand out more because they contrast much more with a players face and the background of the game.

[BrandMooreArt]

If the Colts absolutely HAD to ditch those fantastic blue facemasks, couldn't they have just gone with white facemasks? Those would stand out less than the gray ones but would still match their color scheme.

they had that in the 80s/90s. if i were doing something completely new and modern i would definitely consider white on white, its a cool clean look but its not old-school-Unitas-like at all

Adidas really needs to rethink the placement of that logo. Maybe it's just the former Soldier in me, but when I see a stack like that it reads as a hierarchy in that adidas places itself above the team/program. (Not that the other two major manufacturers don't also carry that mindset, but neither has yet gone with a front-and-center placement of their brand logo as yet, not that I can remember, anyway.)

Beyond that, the unis are what they are.

(Does Rice still have the blackletter "R" on their helmets? I've always liked that monogram...though someone should talk them into putting the owl wings back on those lids.)

yea its crowded there. i think having them on the chest is the best way to go. at least from the options we've seen. if i were in charge of things, the logos would be on the back of the neck, above the name-on-back. works well in baseball and hockey

[TimEOBrien]

Adidas really needs to rethink the placement of that logo. Maybe it's just the former Soldier in me, but when I see a stack like that it reads as a hierarchy in that adidas places itself above the team/program. (Not that the other two major manufacturers don't also carry that mindset, but neither has yet gone with a front-and-center placement of their brand logo as yet, not that I can remember, anyway.)

Beyond that, the unis are what they are.

(Does Rice still have the blackletter "R" on their helmets? I've always liked that monogram...though someone should talk them into putting the owl wings back on those lids.)

yea its crowded there. i think having them on the chest is the best way to go. at least from the options we've seen. if i were in charge of things, the logos would be on the back of the neck, above the name-on-back. works well in baseball and hockey

You think that's crowded, IU has a wordmark, an Adidas logo and a B1G logo all in the same basic space on the same cut jersey.

[OchentaYOcho88]

And a few smaller schools

http://www.footballs...-helmet-changes

Perhaps to state the obvious, but the Tusculum College (D-II - TN) helmet looks an awful lot like IU's from the Randel El years, minus the matte.

Tusculum College has used the helmet design for a while now, the matte is the only change this year.