New Helmet Spotted

H-towngreen · June 8, 2011

I'm going to be really unhappy if the helmets in the videos we've seen are the actual helmets. What a half ass job. The same helmet circa 05-06, with an added black stripe. I would take the white helmets over that any day!

Agreed

MCMLXXX · June 8, 2011

Agreed

Tri-greed.

oldschoollefty · June 8, 2011

Put enough stickers on 'em and it won't matter what color the helmets are anyway. :lol:

MeanGreenHoops · June 8, 2011

I'm going to be really unhappy if the helmets in the videos we've seen are the actual helmets. What a half ass job. The same helmet circa 05-06, with an added black stripe. I would take the white helmets over that any day!

At least it's not southlakes helmet.

cdizzle86 · June 8, 2011

At least it's not southlakes helmet.

Not an acceptable excuse.

UNTflyer · June 8, 2011

Link from Vito's blog on helmets throughout the years - http://www.nationalc...ect/sunbelt.htm

The 1994 eagle head may be the worst of them all. Looks like something that was grabbed from a Microsoft Office clipart gallery.

Eagle1855 · June 8, 2011

I kind of like it. That's just an opinion, so don't give me negative 1's; it will throw off my self-esteem for the entire day.

MeanGreenHoops · June 8, 2011

The only problem I see with it is that it isn't a new shade of green and a new logo. I mean people say we don't have any tradition. Yes we do, we have a tradition of changing logos and the color of our green every few years. Why aren't we keeping this tradition alive with a new logo and shade of green?

Travis · June 8, 2011

Yeah, i want to get rid of the north texas on our helmets too. let's use the logo we payed a freakin' ton for.

Green P1 · June 8, 2011

Tri-greed.

Quad-greed.

Dr. Seuss · June 8, 2011

Are yall really debating about what should be on the HELMET??? 4 pages about helmets, really. Its a flippin helmet, who cares if it has the SOW or UNT, just leave it up to the professionals, ie NIKE, im pretty sure they have more experience than me or us. Dont forget to tivo HGTV and E! tonight, im sure theyll say what colors go with what, Green and white always look good, imo

forevereagle · June 9, 2011

Are yall really debating about what should be on the HELMET??? 4 pages about helmets, really. Its a flippin helmet, who cares if it has the SOW or UNT, just leave it up to the professionals, ie NIKE, im pretty sure they have more experience than me or us. Dont forget to tivo HGTV and E! tonight, im sure theyll say what colors go with what, Green and white always look good, imo

You must be new here.

Dr. Seuss · June 9, 2011

But smart enough to know to know that crimson, burnt orange, maroon and red/ royal blue dont look good on helments

UNTcrazy727 · June 9, 2011

Are yall really debating about what should be on the HELMET??? 4 pages about helmets, really. Its a flippin helmet, who cares if it has the SOW or UNT, just leave it up to the professionals, ie NIKE, im pretty sure they have more experience than me or us. Dont forget to tivo HGTV and E! tonight, im sure theyll say what colors go with what, Green and white always look good, imo

What a jerk... :thumbdown:

jquincy · June 10, 2011

i wonder if EA sports NCAA football 2012 is gonna have UNT in green helmets or white. i'd be impressed if they had us in a new stadium. to my knowledge, they've never had our fight song on that game. i'll keep you all posted.

...cause i'm a team player like that.

Edited June 10, 2011 by jquincy

jquincy · June 10, 2011

Are yall really debating about what should be on the HELMET??? 4 pages about helmets, really. Its a flippin helmet, who cares if it has the SOW or UNT, just leave it up to the professionals, ie NIKE, im pretty sure they have more experience than me or us. Dont forget to tivo HGTV and E! tonight, im sure theyll say what colors go with what, Green and white always look good, imo

you probably wear hawaiian shirts with plaid shorts, or brown with black. what kind of MONSTER are you?

in all seriousness, i'm glad it's not up to you. you'd have every team sorted out by a single color. like it or not, uniforms are EXTREMELY important to the overall identity of a team. honestly, could you imagine the cowboys without a star on the helmet? you might not care one bit if notre dame were to change their colors/uniforms to lime green and doodoo black, but there's a lot of sensible, red-blooded american men who would immediately turn in their sanity card if they did.

NCMeanGreen · June 10, 2011

Like the green on the helmet...but that is about it. HELMET = SUCKS

H-towngreen · June 19, 2011

could this be it?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Custom-2011-North-Texas-Mean-Green-Pocket-Pro-Helmet-/230634713282?pt=US_NCAA_Fan_Shop&hash=item35b2e670c2

I hope not! How are they going to fit on anyones head?!? We're gonna need them to be at least 3 times that big.

Varsity · June 19, 2011

But smart enough to know to know that crimson, burnt orange, maroon and red/ royal blue dont look good on helments

You get an F for this post.

jdennis82 · June 19, 2011

It may've already been pointed out and i've missed it, but the helmet project has updated our helmet...

http://www.nationalchamps.net/Helmet_Project/

UNT 90 Grad · June 19, 2011

It may've already been pointed out and i've missed it, but the helmet project has updated our helmet...

http://www.nationalchamps.net/Helmet_Project/

I sent the experiencethenewmeangreen.com link earlier in the week to the guy that does the Helmet Project website, letting him know about the new helmets. Others may have done the same. My guess is that this was enough for him to use to update the site.

oldguystudent · June 19, 2011

I saw a t-shirt in Denton on Friday with the light green worm logo helmet on it. I was tempted to buy it, but then I realized that instead of being retro, I'd experience the grief I got over wearing a UNT hat with an old logo on it again.

Using Notre Dame and the Cowboys as comparative examples is a little bit hyperbole. Those are nationally embraced brands with decades of winning tradition that haven't changed design in my lifetime. UNT has changed every four or five years and still hasn't found its branding niche.

For me, whatever uniform/color scheme the team is wearing when it starts consistently winning in and out of conference is the one that will catch on. White helmet, green helmet, sow, North Texas, block letters, script -- it won't matter a bit to me.

I like to see less majoring in minors and more growth for the program itself in on field performance.