You just want my tired old history lesson for the 1000th time...Bring back the white helmets. It is part of Bama's history.
Comma splice, much ? [emoji23]Grammar Police would believe it...(8?) Normally I wouldn't pick nits here, but it's only(?) 1 sentence?
I do!You just want my tired old history lesson for the 1000th time...
OK, here goes. First, remember my first helmet was leather. Up until 1960, all helmets were white because they hadn't perfected the technique infusing the dye into the plastic. The first plastic helmet was made in 1939 by John T. Riddell, but they were prone to break under impact, so the adoption of them over leather was gradual. With the white helmets, some team experimented with paint, but they looked like hell by the end of the season, with the white showing through where the paint was knocked off. In 1960, the first team to wear the died helmets, at least in the SEC, was Arkansas, which color is close to ours. Coach Bryant saw them and liked them. We adopted them in 1961, his first NC year. There you have it. Both he and Perkins experimented some with white helmets on receivers, to make them stand out, but both experiments were short-lived...I do!
As I remember it Coach Bryant started to put white helmets on receivers and red on the rest of the team. The NCAA passed a quick rule (after the season) so the entire team had to wear the same color/type helmet.OK, here goes. First, remember my first helmet was leather. Up until 1960, all helmets were white because they hadn't perfected the technique infusing the dye into the plastic. The first plastic helmet was made in 1939 by John T. Riddell, but they were prone to break under impact, so the adoption of them over leather was gradual. With the white helmets, some team experimented with paint, but they looked like hell by the end of the season, with the white showing through where the paint was knocked off. In 1960, the first team to wear the died helmets, at least in the SEC, was Arkansas, which color is close to ours. Coach Bryant saw them and liked them. We adopted them in 1961, his first NC year. There you have it. Both he and Perkins experimented some with white helmets on receivers, to make them stand out, but both experiments were short-lived...
No, as I noted, Perkins tried it in the '80s. There is such a rule now, but I don't know when it was adopted...As I remember it Coach Bryant started to put white helmets on receivers and red on the rest of the team. The NCAA passed a quick rule (after the season) so the entire team had to wear the same color/type helmet.
Gray is our tertiary color...We should do red/gray uniform *runs away*
His memory doesn't go back as far as mine...Selma this seems like the perfect thread for you !
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Oh Boy!!! A Uniform thread!!! One of my Very Favorite topics (and I'm not kidding! )I love our uniforms. Simple, yet perfect. I wouldn't change a thing. That being said, and maybe I'm just getting old and can't remember, but to me it looks like little things change from week to week. For example, during the FSU game the color wasn't right. More red than the traditional crimson, may have been the lights. The helmets looked correct, just the jerseys were off.
Another game this year it looked like the numbers on the helmets had been changed to a larger font. And last night the numbers on the backs of the jerseys looked overly large. Anyone else notice this??
Oh, I think its about inevitable.... and its a shame. I just hope I'm not around to see the stripes on the pants replaced with the Coca-Cola ribbon, and the jerseys adorned with the logos of Golden Flake and Alfa, and the helmet numbers replaced with Ford or Blue Cross/Blue Shield emblems..... :-(I feel the logos will only get larger as checks from apparel makers get larger. Matter of time and it will look like NASCAR suit LOL Money talks
There are plenty of things that are part of Bama's history but shouldn't be brought back.Bring back the white helmets. It is part of Bama's history.
I was a freshman Ears' last year. Obviously, I didn't go to Bama for the football...There are plenty of things that are part of Bama's history but shouldn't be brought back.
Like white helmets, Ears Whitworth, segregated teams, Mike DuBose, bill curry . . . . .
Had no idea they had trouble with getting the dye/paint into the plastic. Makes sense. I remember seeing old football helmets from the 50's that looked God-awful. I thought maybe it was from the hard hitting going on ~back in the day~.OK, here goes. First, remember my first helmet was leather. Up until 1960, all helmets were white because they hadn't perfected the technique infusing the dye into the plastic. The first plastic helmet was made in 1939 by John T. Riddell, but they were prone to break under impact, so the adoption of them over leather was gradual. With the white helmets, some team experimented with paint, but they looked like hell by the end of the season, with the white showing through where the paint was knocked off. In 1960, the first team to wear the died helmets, at least in the SEC, was Arkansas, which color is close to ours. Coach Bryant saw them and liked them. We adopted them in 1961, his first NC year. There you have it. Both he and Perkins experimented some with white helmets on receivers, to make them stand out, but both experiments were short-lived...