Date Posted:18:45:32 11/06/09 Fri Author: Andy Author Host/IP: 76.126.7.76 Subject: Re: The ten schools... In reply to:
Nameless
's message, "Re: The ten schools..." on 17:06:21 11/06/09 Fri
>Huh? No Oregon? I'd thought Nike would have tinkered
>with Oregon as part of their promotion (like the
>chrome helmets, should they decide to do that).
>Well, given Nike's record with Oregon and some other
>helmets, I'm a little worried that some tradition will
>be broken off--Florida State's black helmets may just
>be the tip of the iceberg.
Yeah, I thought that the lack of Pac-10 schools was odd considering that Nike is based on the west coast. Anyway here are some pics:
>>>TCU helmet:
>>
>>
>>Yikes! Are those "scales" on the TCU helmet?!
>>
>>Thanks for the pictures!
>
>Yeah, those are scales alright. Good luck replicating
>that. :-O
>
>I've also been told that the red stripes represents
>blood since real Horned Frogs shoot blood out of their
>eyes to scare away predators.
>
>Nike, what will you do next? O_O
It may be tough to replicate the scales, but I'm watching the game against Utah right now, and the helmets look pretty sharp.
