Petition for permanent IU script football helmets

[Magnanimous]

The new helmets were awesome and we want to keep them. Please sign, share, and send to Fred Glass!

 

https://www.change.org/p/fred-glass-iu-ad-make-iu-script-helmet-official-helmet-for-indiana-hoosiers-football

[johnsoniu]

I've always been a staunch Block I guy, but I realllllly liked these helmets

[chicagoHOOSIER]

I'm a Block IU Trident guy with the interlocking I and U to form the IU Trident.  That's our logo, and I think it is one of the best university logos in college sports, and also one of the best logos in the world of logos.  I also really like the Block I.

 

On top of that, I also like the new helmets, the helmets from last year, and this year's newbies.

 

I have to wonder if someone was simply overcome with drunken college gameday zeal when they proposed the petition lol.  Everything is a good idea when you are drunk.  No offense intended to those who think the new script is the greatest helmet ever made.  I just don't agree.  Strongly.  Even if it is an OK helmet.

 

I just don't think it is better than the Block IU Trident, our logo, or the Block I, our tradition, or the State Flag recently added to the mix, or good enough to forfeit our freedom to introduce new helmets in the future.  The new helmets always seem to be wildly popular and fun, and nearly all of them are worth bringing back again.  Keep em coming.  Don't stop now.

[Hovadipo]

I liked them, but don't see any reason to wear them permanently. I like our circulation of helmets while keeping the rest of the uniform steady week by week.

[Miller'sTheMan]

We have a lot of cool helmets imo, no reason to make one our permanent helmet. I bet a lot of the recruits we get find the chrome helmets to be the coolest we have, not the script Indiana. I like it and we can add it to our arsenal, but we shouldn't make it our permanent helmet.

[JSHoosier]

While I don't necessarily mind having multiple helmets, I like having one standard look.  I'd rather we have one as our primary, and use the others as occasional alternates; i.e. use the block I if we want a throwback look, or the state flag if we when we smack Purdue around or if we restarted the UK game.

 

That being said, I'd like to see us break out a carbon fiber helmet for a game.

[ALASKA HOOSIER]

I signed! i like the traditional script.

[keato2299]

We need those helmets with these pants
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[Leo]

The script looked good, but nothing beats the chrome in my opinion.

[chicagoHOOSIER]

I signed! i like the traditional script.

 

What's traditional about it?

 

It's a brand new style of helmet, never used before, unveiled for a football game against Western Kentucky.

 

The only tradition we have with that helmet is we are 1-0 wearing it.  Against Western Kentucky.  38-35.  In 2015.

 

I'm not trying to break your balls.  I am just trying to make a point.

 

If you like tradition, try the Block I or the Block IU.  We went to the Rose Bowl wearing the Block I.

[Hovadipo]

What's traditional about it?

It's a brand new style of helmet, never used before, unveiled for a football game against Western Kentucky.

The only tradition we have with that helmet is we are 1-0 wearing it. Against Western Kentucky. 38-35. In 2015.

I'm not trying to break your balls. I am just trying to make a point.

If you like tradition, try the Block I or the Block IU. We went to the Rose Bowl wearing the Block I.

Your point kind of falls flat considering the script is traditional...football or not, that font is an IU tradition. That's all he said.

[Never Daunted]

I, too, like the chrome helmets the best.

Working in the candy stripe is something that I think would be cool to see across all IU sports. It's sort of our unique thing, kind of like how Tennessee does the checkered orange and white but ours is WAY cooler.

[NoahW35]

I liked the script but the White helmets with the block IU logo are still my favorite. Really like the state flag helmets too

[Naturalhoosier]

The script Indiana would look SWEET in the end zone

[Southern Hoosier]

While I thought the helmets looked nice, I like the crome look the best and think they should keep rotating them.

[jmsgws]

My favorite is the State Flag.  It incorporates a neat look with the symbol on one side, and the interlocking IU on the other.

The only helmet I don't like is the white with the big red splotch right down the center.

[Prilla the Thrilla]

I actually like these the least of all our lids. I would love to see an all white helmet.

[chicagoHOOSIER]

Your point kind of falls flat considering the script is traditional...football or not, that font is an IU tradition. That's all he said.

 

 

I am mildly interested in hearing your argument that the script Indiana is traditional.  Can you elaborate?

 

When I think IU tradition, I think Block I or IU Trident, not Indiana script.

[jmsgws]

I am mildly interested in hearing your argument that the script Indiana is traditional.  Can you elaborate?

 

When I think IU tradition, I think Block I or IU Trident, not Indiana script.

I would say it is not traditional on uniforms, but the script Indiana has been around as long as I can remember.  Have purchased a lot of clothing over the years, with Script Indiana on the front.

[chicagoHOOSIER]

OK now you are really reaching lol.

 

Seriously, that's your argument?

 

Again, Block I = tradition

 

IU Trident = tradition

 

Indiana cursive script = something else not even close to that level, and not even trying very hard

 

The more I think about it, I don't even like the cursive script Indiana, especially when it is placed next to real IU traditions.