Non-White Helmets This Year?

[UNTLifer]

North Texas should pick something and stick with it longer than a season or two and build a brand.

[SilverEagle]

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.

I would be in favor of a "flying worm era" throw-back uni game. The only possible draw back to it would be that you would have to either leave the helmets white(with a worm logo in the original color), or repaint the helmets "apple green" like the original ones during the Hayden Fry era.

[eppy4life]

What makes the white helmet so bad? I prefer it over the green.

[UNTFan23]

What makes the white helmet so bad? I prefer it over the green.

Our away uniform is soooooo boring. White helmet + white jersey + white pants = me feeling underwhelmed.

[CMJ]

Our away uniform is soooooo boring. White helmet + white jersey + white pants = me feeling underwhelmed.

Hey, it's not Penn State!

[eppy4life]

Our away uniform is soooooo boring. White helmet + white jersey + white pants = me feeling underwhelmed.

Not sure why but I love the white/white/white look.

[Mean Green 93-98]

Not sure why but I love the white/white/white look.

Not bad, I could take it or leave it.

But in the interest of full disclosure, I think Penn State has the best unis in football.

[eppy4life]

Not bad, I could take it or leave it.

But in the interest of full disclosure, I think Penn State has the best unis in football.

I'm right there with you. Love me some Penn State.

[Eastwood Eagle]

Not sure why but I love the white/white/white look.

I'm right with you.

[Got5onIt]

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:

Arkansas State Red Wolves:

Army Black Knights:

California Golden Bears:

Central Connecticut State Blue Devils:

Cornell Big Red:

Dartmouth Big Green:

Delaware Blue Hens:

Duke Blue Devils:

FIU Golden Panthers:

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets:

Harvard Crimson:

Kent State Golden Flashes:

Maine Black Bears:

Marist Red Foxes:

Miami (OH) RedHawks:

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders:

Presbyterian Blue Hose:

Rutgers Scarlet Knights:

Southeast Missouri State RedHawks:

Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles:

Saint Francis (PA) Red Flash:

Stanford Cardinal:

Syracuse Orange:

Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles:

Texas Tech Red Raiders:

Tulane Green Wave: Green helmet

Tulsa Golden Hurricanes:

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.)

Most of these schools have color describing an actual object. Our name is a color, much like Syracuse (I know it may have been a native American when they were Orangemen). What color is Syracuse's helmet now??? Orange. Ours should be green. It just makes too much sense.

[UNT 90 Grad]

I like this helmet. I'm tired of the white helmets and I"m against putting the SOW on our helmets. If we were nationally recognizable, then fine, but we aren't. The only way I know a Maryland is in a game is seeing Terps on the side of their helmet. With the SOW on our helmet we are old school Philly look-a-likes and go by the name Northern Texas or Northern Texas State. I say keem NORTH TEXAS on the helmet!

You might get your wish. Check out the helmet in front of Rick in the latest stadium promotional video on meangreensports.com. Looks like the previous green helmet but with a white stripe down the middle outlined in black. Maybe this is the next generation helmet. I don't know why else he would have a helmet like this.

[cdizzle86]

You might get your wish. Check out the helmet in front of Rick in the latest stadium promotional video on meangreensports.com. Looks like the previous green helmet but with a white stripe down the middle outlined in black. Maybe this is the next generation helmet. I don't know why else he would have a helmet like this.

To be honest, I don't really like that helmet in the video.

[UNT 90 Grad]

To be honest, I don't really like that helmet in the video.

I agree. I'm a fan of the kelly green helmet with SOW on the sides concept.

[Mean Green 93-98]

You might get your wish. Check out the helmet in front of Rick in the latest stadium promotional video on meangreensports.com. Looks like the previous green helmet but with a white stripe down the middle outlined in black. Maybe this is the next generation helmet. I don't know why else he would have a helmet like this.

I think I like it. I would prefer the SOW, or even better, the NT Exes interlocking NT. But I think it looks better than any other helmet we've had in the past 10 years.

[eppy4life]

I'd be fine with that helmet. Though I prefer the white one.

[wardly]

i would like to see a "talon"[eagle claw] on the helment, simular to clemson's use of a tigers paw. i would like to see green helments/uniforms simular to marshall's. i would like to see a winning team, simular to troy,s. i would like to see the north texas dancers wear even less, simular to the million dollar saloon. i would like to see the market at 14,000, simular to 1997/98. i would like to see well enought to find my meds,........

[NT80]

You might get your wish. Check out the helmet in front of Rick in the latest stadium promotional video on meangreensports.com. Looks like the previous green helmet but with a white stripe down the middle outlined in black. Maybe this is the next generation helmet. I don't know why else he would have a helmet like this.

I like that new green helmet much better than the current white SLC-looking one. Next move is to just put the logo on it for the new stadium opening!

[Got5onIt]

I love the new green helmet!! It would be perfect if they did away with that huge white stripe. I can live with it.

[NT91]

Put "North Texas" and the SOW on the helmet.

[The Fake Lonnie Finch]

I'm just happy that the helmet is green again. They could put nothing on the side for all I care. If we're the Mean Green, the helmet should be green. We're not the Mean White with Green and Black Trim...no matter how much the Southlake Fakes wanted it to be that way.

(Also...Jah ain't lookin' so good these days. With all that Ticket money, he needs to hire a personal trainer, yo.)

[AstroMike]

Going back to green helmets is the way to go. I wouldn't say I hated the white ones, I just prefer a green helmet. Our uniforms looked better in the first half of the 2000's than the second half.

[SteaminWillieBeamin]

Helmets for non-whites.

Edited July 22, 2010 by SteaminWillieBeamin

[GrandGreen]

Don't like the white helmets or the current green. However, if NT would just start winning; I could learn to appreciate both.

[UNT 90 Grad]

I'm just happy that the helmet is green again. They could put nothing on the side for all I care. If we're the Mean Green, the helmet should be green. We're not the Mean White with Green and Black Trim...no matter how much the Southlake Fakes wanted it to be that way.

(Also...Jah ain't lookin' so good these days. With all that Ticket money, he needs to hire a personal trainer, yo.)

[UNT 90 Grad]

Remember, George is the one with the baby feeders.