Don't Change...The Helmet

[HarvCrimYaleBlue]

http://m.espn.go.com/ncf/story?storyId=11005374

Long article, some of which is true, other parts witty and parts informative. What I got out of it:

"3. A man's got to know his limitations
Leonardo da Vinci didn't paint an alternate version of "Mona Lisa" with a frown. Vermeer didn't paint "Girl With a Diamond Earring." Grant Wood's "American Gothic" doesn't feature the farmer holding a saxophone. Some things you don't mess with, like certain football unis. Alternate jersey and helmet logos are fine. Sometimes they're even better than the primary outfits. But under no circumstances -- the penalty being the offender has to do the Oklahoma drill, against actual OU players -- should the following programs ever change their helmet logos: Oklahoma, USC, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, SMU, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin, Texas, TCU, Fresno State, Colorado and Notre Dame."

Amen (except for TCEww and FState). Never mess with the unwavering classics!

Yeah I don't know why I wrote TCEww, but it made me laugh.

[East Coast Mustang]

Yea, there is nothing iconic or particularly appealing about TCU's helmets.

Ours is definitely a classic, though. The red pony on the white helmet should always remain.

[gostangs]

what so special about the TCU helmet. it is flat out ugly. And Fresno? bizarre

[BIGHORSE]

Please put the Pony Express stripes back on the helmet and pants.

[ponyte]

I'm glad they are changing the helmet to helmet rule. That was a pitiful call against us at the end of the Cinncy game. Not that it made a difference in the outcome, but it was pitiful that there was no violation but the penalty was enforced anyway.

[CenTXpony]

Please put the Pony Express stripes back on the helmet and pants.

I want the separated stripes.

[ReedFrawg]

Who doesn't like a giant frog?

[mrydel]

Flys

[ReedFrawg]

Flys

well played sir...well played

[East Coast Mustang]

Please put the Pony Express stripes back on the helmet and pants.

Totally agree about the pants; however, I think the stripes currently on the helmet that we all hate more closely resemble the stripes on the helmet during the Pony Express era. I, however, still prefer the wider, separated stripes from a few years back

[Bergermeister]

Pony was too small in 2013.

[BIGHORSE]

Please put the Pony Express stripes back on the helmet and pants.

I want the separated stripes.

The separated stripes work for me too.

[SMU1523]

Pony was too small in 2013.

I wasn't for sure if the pony was smaller, or if it was an illusion due to the stripes being more narrow. So, I decided to do a quick test with Photoshop. It appears, IMO that the helmet decal was significantly smaller in 2013. On the blended image I resized the images to scale correctly (using the face mask attachment as a guide).



Please SMU, stop tweaking things that do not need to be tweaked for no reason... Classic is classic because it never changes!

[Big12Mustang]

Pony was too small in 2013.

I wasn't for sure if the pony was smaller, or if it was an illusion due to the stripes being more narrow. So, I decided to do a quick test with Photoshop. It appears, IMO that the helmet decal was significantly smaller in 2013. On the blended image I resized the images to scale correctly (using the face mask attachment as a guide).



Please SMU, stop tweaking things that do not need to be tweaked for no reason... Classic is classic because it never changes!

The bigger pony looks better. Just go with the official athletic logo for the helmet:

[East Coast Mustang]

Interesting, 1523. I didn't realize how much smaller the pony actually was until you posted that. And yes, the larger one looks significantly better. I wonder if the smaller logo is a result of the new helmets that are oddly shaped on top and may make putting a larger decal on there more difficult?

And nice of Big12 to drop in with another idiotic idea.