Non-White Helmets This Year?

chomp · July 5, 2010

Since the university has spent so much time and money branding the academic side of itself "UNT", does anyone know why the athletic department labels its teams "North Texas"? The inconsistency has always seemed strange to me given the publicity that the athletic department can attract.

Got5onIt · July 5, 2010

'Bout damn time. Finally, a good decision coming down the pipe. :lol:

jdennis82 · July 5, 2010

i'd rather get rid of the white on white uniform. maybe a green helmet would change my mind.

really, though, they can wear pink and i won't care if we start winning conference titles.

greenjoe · July 5, 2010

I don't recall the year, but when I came up the portal at Texas Stadium when we were playing UTA, and I saw the lime green helmets ( with the STYLIZED EAGLE), lime green jerseys, and lime green pants, I thought they were the greatest football uniform I'd ever seen. Seems we had a lot of success with that look. I'd love to see if lightning could strike twice.

GO MEAN GREEN

KRAM1 · July 5, 2010

White, Green, SOW, no SOW, Flying Worm...I don't care...let's just WIN in whatever color or logo combo selected. As long as UNT is playing in the uniform, I like them (except maybe for those black things some "un-named" coach stuck out there one game!).

I'm betting we'll see a different look to open the new stadium...don't know if it will debut this season or not...maybe at the K State game as the last at Fouts...you know, out with the old and in with the new sort of celebration.

Heck, play naked...just start a winning tradition.

Side Show Joe · July 5, 2010

I don't recall the year, but when I came up the portal at Texas Stadium when we were playing UTA, and I saw the lime green helmets ( with the STYLIZED EAGLE), lime green jerseys, and lime green pants, I thought they were the greatest football uniform I'd ever seen. Seems we had a lot of success with that look. I'd love to see if lightning could strike twice.

GO MEAN GREEN

I agree. The old uniforms were classic. I've never seen a better looking uniform. Maybe someone can talk RV into letting the team wear them for a few games. If we win and the fans have a positive response then we can stick with them.

jtm0097 · July 5, 2010

So are they changing up the uniforms this year too?

H-towngreen · July 5, 2010

Helmet stickers

UNTcrazy727 · July 5, 2010

So are they changing up the uniforms this year too?

I think they hinted at new uniforms for the new stadium in a chat on meangreensports awhile back

LoveMG · July 5, 2010

flying worm retro uniforms would be fun to see on the field

UNT 90 Grad · July 5, 2010

flying worm retro uniforms would be fun to see on the field

I was hoping they'd do that this coming season as part of the farewell to Fouts. I'll keep hoping.

DeepGreen · July 5, 2010

Helmet stickers

Now that's what I'm talking 'bout! :thumbsup:

NM Green · July 6, 2010

A retro game would be fun! It would also be a marketing opportunity because who wouldn't for just one game want to dawn that hideous shade of green and buy a souvenier T or cap! Market the heck out of it in advance and treat it like the Mavs do when they first started wearing their green and blue again.

In fact, every year we could have a Retro game and if possible bring in an opponent who we played during that era - such as Florida State or Mississippi State or an old Southland foe like Sam Houston or Texas State.

GMG

NT80 · July 6, 2010

A retro game would be fun! It would also be a marketing opportunity because who wouldn't for just one game want to dawn that hideous shade of green and buy a souvenier T or cap! Market the heck out of it in advance and treat it like the Mavs do when they first started wearing their green and blue again.

In fact, every year we could have a Retro game and if possible bring in an opponent who we played during that era - such as Florida State or Mississippi State or an old Southland foe like Sam Houston or Texas State.

GMG

Hideous?? No way. Best uniforms we ever had!

UNTcrazy727 · July 6, 2010

Hideous?? No way. Best uniforms we ever had!

lime green=hideous

jdennis82 · July 6, 2010

can someone explain the benefit of wearing throwback unis? would it create a mad dash to meangreengear.com to purchase a replica? no. would fans come out to the game just to see them? no. would the team be inspired by the opportunity to wear the throwbacks? no. no matter how little the cost, i'd rather see that money used elsewhere.

cdizzle86 · July 6, 2010

I think it would be a great marketing opportunity! It would help students realize the long tradition of football at North Texas and the greats that played here. Everybody loves throwback jerseys. Why do you think almost every sport has a throwback game?

More importantly though, it would be good university education for students. Most don't even know we played football back then.

UNT 90 Grad · July 6, 2010

can someone explain the benefit of wearing throwback unis? would it create a mad dash to meangreengear.com to purchase a replica? no. would fans come out to the game just to see them? no. would the team be inspired by the opportunity to wear the throwbacks? no. no matter how little the cost, i'd rather see that money used elsewhere.

Good questions and good opinions. Personally, I'd definitely make sure to make it out to see the throwback uni's. Could take a game of relatively little importance and largely increase the significance IMO. They pay off still may not be there, but it would be cool to see.

Army of Dad · July 6, 2010

Heck, play naked...just start a winning tradition.

That would be one way to get my wife to go to football games! In the interest of the ladies out there, maybe let lineman wear uniforms!

UNT 90 Grad · July 6, 2010

That would be one way to get my wife to go to football games! In the interest of the ladies out there, maybe let lineman wear uniforms!

Otherwise, there might be a significant aversion from putting the quarterback under center. :blink:

Got5onIt · July 6, 2010

I think what you guys are forgetting is that the last decades most memorable run came during the all emerald green/script uniform era. Anyone who's even heard of us the last few years in DFW recognizes that era. The flying worm, lime green uniform, Mean Joe days are well behind us.

<----flame suit on in preparation for geriatric rampage

Edited July 6, 2010 by Got5onIt

pollock · July 6, 2010

Please bring back green helmets. Current white helmets are terrible. We should never have departed from our '03 uniforms. All green at home and all white on the road. No stripes anywhere.

The right way to send off Fouts would be with some lime green flying worm throwbacks and a win over K-State. The line to buy throwback jerseys would form to the left.

UNTLifer · July 6, 2010

The apple green, different from lime, uniforms were and are the best uniforms NT has ever had. Instantly recognizable and a logo that spawned the current Iowa Hawkeye and the Kansas State Wildcat.

I am also a fan of the emerald green, but it was too dark on television and prefer the current green, which I believe is NT's official color, to the darker shade. I am not a fan of the green on green or green on black uniform though. I much prefer a green jersey with white pants w/ stripes and either white on white or white on solid green pants. Just my preferences.

Got5onIt · July 7, 2010

The apple green, different from lime, uniforms were and are the best uniforms NT has ever had. Instantly recognizable and a logo that spawned the current Iowa Hawkeye and the Kansas State Wildcat.

I am also a fan of the emerald green, but it was too dark on television and prefer the current green, which I believe is NT's official color, to the darker shade. I am not a fan of the green on green or green on black uniform though. I much prefer a green jersey with white pants w/ stripes and either white on white or white on solid green pants. Just my preferences.

But wouldn't it make sens for a team called The Mean Green to wear all green? :blink:

NThomas · July 8, 2010

But wouldn't it make sense for a team called The Mean Green to wear all green?

Apparently not. Out of the 28 Division I teams with a color in their moniker, 11 wear helmets that "match". Break the stats down further, and only 5 out of 17 FBS (old Division I-A) "match" but 6 of 11 in FCS (old Division I-AA) wear their color. I'm not saying that I like UNT's white helmets, but the numbers don't lie, most Division I-FBS teams don't have a helmet to match their moniker; while not overwhelming, more FCS schools have "matching" helmets then those that don't.

Alabama Crimson Tide: :w00t:

Arkansas State Red Wolves:

Army Black Knights:

California Golden Bears:

Central Connecticut State Blue Devils: :w00t:

Cornell Big Red: :w00t:

Dartmouth Big Green:

Delaware Blue Hens: :w00t:

Duke Blue Devils:

FIU Golden Panthers:

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets:

Harvard Crimson: :w00t:

Kent State Golden Flashes:

Maine Black Bears:

Marist Red Foxes:

Miami (OH) RedHawks:

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders:

Presbyterian Blue Hose:

Rutgers Scarlet Knights: :w00t:

Southeast Missouri State RedHawks: :w00t:

Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles:

Saint Francis (PA) Red Flash: :w00t:

Stanford Cardinal:

Syracuse Orange: :w00t:

Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles:

Texas Tech Red Raiders:

Tulane Green Wave: Green helmet :w00t:

Tulsa Golden Hurricanes: :w00t:

Seems like UNT isn't the only Division I team to "say one thing and wear another"

That being said, I do think UNT should ditch the white helmets, but if any helmet changes happen, the uniforms would have to change too. UNT should take inspiration from other teams that have white as one of their two colors (ex. Arkansas, Cincinnati, Indiana, Michigan State, Mississippi State, Rutgers, etc.)