White Helmets!!

[t-noah]

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Not saying these are 'official' for this year, as this site does some pretty far out mock-ups also. I have to say that the Home unis here above, w/ the white helmet, don't look nearly as bad as the pic here, below. The new helmet stripe does look good! Hopefully they will release a Red helmet "alternate"? We'll see.

 

[cyrocksmypants]

I really dug the all reds from last season. Especially at night verses TCU.

Agreed. I really like the all red. Don't know why people hate on it so much.

 

[cyclones500]

We're on the same page...I find it so irritating the way the red logo gets lost on the red helmet.

It has gradually become irritating to me, too.

When current FB uniform set was unveiled, I liked it almost immediately. I noticed the iffy-contrast on the helmets pretty quickly, but I mostly ignored it because I thought the full concept was pleasing.

Maybe I just zoomed in on the least-appealing aspects after a while. The too-close-to-USC argument has validity, but mostly bothered me less than the contrast problem.

It's unfortunate, because I dig the I-State logo design as "collegiate branding," but it's obvious the finer points of the new log were designed mainly to be viewed with white background, and not easily adaptable to either cardinal or gold backdrop. Note how the "I" is 2-tone red w/ gold outline, the "STATE" is gold with red outline.

Yep, I know I'm not the first person who noticed or mentioned that — it took me a lot longer to realize and explain it.

:smile:

 

[Cydkar]

The most popular helmet with the youngest generation here at my place remains the 2000 helmet.

I believe, based on the marker number written inside, that it was JaMaine Billups helmet. Picture is NOT JaMaine.

What a horrible helmet that was. I still want to hear the story of how we got blue in there.

 

[jkclone]

What a horrible helmet that was. I still want to hear the story of how we got blue in there.

I think a modified version would be good. Use the updated logo and you eliminate the blue that everyone always complains about.

 

[BoxsterCy]

The white helmets success will be judged on whether we end up with a Cyclone with a white helmet nickname along the lines of Billy "White Shoes" Johnson.

 

[goldmember]

The two color "I State" logo looks great. The 4 color "I State" logo clashes because the bright Cardinal doesn't match anything.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

I would love for those three combinations to be our new uniforms. Those are sharp, simple, and don't modify the colors and current branding by much. Would be exciting to see this happen.

 

[cy4life94]

I think we could have some pretty cool uniforms if we went with the all white ones but took the yellow out and replaced it with white. I know we would be leaving out one of our main colors but I think it would look sweet. Could anybody work up what that would look like.

 

[CYCLNST8]

I think we could have some pretty cool uniforms if we went with the all white ones but took the yellow out and replaced it with white. I know we would be leaving out one of our main colors but I think it would look sweet. Could anybody work up what that would look like.

No. You wanna look like the fuskers??

 

[everyyard]

Nothing wrong with our logo on red, if done like this:

 

[everyyard]

Cute kid but those helmets are HORRIBLE. I went to ISU during this era and the colors of the uniforms/equipment/tshirts etc. are just awful. Possibly the worst of all time.

Blue with our Cardinal and gold colors could be pulled off with some tweaks...see New Belgium or Cavs...we just failed. Plus the logo was dated and ****.

 

[t-noah]

To be clear, I don't think they can do this for this year (I don't think so anyway), but here is what this set might look like with a little white accent. Next year I think they will go for a re-design, but I'm not sure.

 

[Tailg8er]

Nothing wrong with our logo on red, if done like this:

I love it, but I'm a sucker for the matte look..

 

[t-noah]

Nothing wrong with our logo on red, if done like this:

It's not like they won't do this again, but please, no matte lid again! This is better, in gloss or semi-gloss, IMO, of course.

This, or the stencil above would be a great 'alternate'.

 

[NetflixAndClone]

Nothing wrong with our logo on red, if done like this:

i also like these helmets.

 

[t-noah]

I'm going to go out on a limb, and say this is what we will have for this year, and I'm OK w/ it. Of course I had to make a little 'commentary'! I still think we could get some alternate Red lids this year. I have no idea if we will stay w/ White lids only. :unsure:

 

[cyclones500]

The two color "I State" logo looks great. The 4 color "I State" logo clashes because the bright Cardinal doesn't match anything.

I'd have to see verification of this claim in graphic form, specifically, but it sounds like it has validity. Similarity with what I attempted to say in my previous post.

Did the beveling effect along with the 2-tone gold & cardinal make it more problematic to adapt it to any possible helmet background involving gold, cardinal, white?

 

[NetflixAndClone]

I'm going to go out on a limb, and say this is what we will have for this year, and I'm OK w/ it. Of course I had to make a little 'commentary'! I still think we could get some alternate Red lids this year. I have no idea if we will stay w/ White lids only. :unsure:

While I'd prefer this, I still think we will be wearing the ketchup and mustard look most of the time. I think the away games we will wear white helmets 80% and home games we might wear it once.

and I'd hope we would shake it up and wear them every game like these but I highly doubt it.

 

[jdoggivjc]

Nothing wrong with our logo on red, if done like this:

I think the "stencil" looks good on the matte helmet, but I'd like to see how the new "metallic" logo looks on our standard cardinal helmet (I'd also like to see the chromed red facemask and tapered stripe on that helmet as well)

I'm pretty sure I've already said this, but I can't wait until they start selling minis of the white helmet. I'll have to buy two - one for my office, one for my home office/man cave.