Helmet Color?

Dayons_Den · Post by **Dayons_Den** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 10:22 am

Anyone else think they looked more watermelon than orange? Or am I just being nit-picky. . .

UK Peregrine · Post by **UK Peregrine** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 10:47 am

Yeah, it does look a little paler than usual. I saw a picture of the new helemt the other day and the color doesn't even look close to the orange on the new jerseys. Does anyone have any info on this issue?

falconman · Post by **falconman** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 11:46 am

Maybe they are waiting till after two a days are over with before they paint them. All I know is they better be orange at Norman, there is no reason why they can't be orange like they are suppose to be.

Dayons_Den · Post by **Dayons_Den** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:34 pm

I heard that orange helmets are hard to order because orange isn't a stock color and is more expensive to order. Thus the watermelon color will slowly be replacing orange at Bowling Green. . . .

MotorCityChamps · Post by **MotorCityChamps** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:45 pm

orange not a stock color and watermelon is??? where do you guys get this stuff.....thank god that the browns-bengals-clemson tigers-syracuse watermelonmen....etc. all have those stock watermelon helmets

MikeD · Post by **MikeD** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 3:13 pm

I also hear that we may be replacing brown with purple for the same reason. The were originally looking for black, but watermelon and purple is a better color combination than watermelon and black. The east side railings are being painted purple.

MotorCityChamps · Post by **MotorCityChamps** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 3:25 pm

ohio states helmets may be teal this year...that is what i'm hearing from my sources....silver not a stock color

Tricky_Falcon · Post by **Tricky_Falcon** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 3:27 pm

MotorCityChamps wrote:ohio states helmets may be teal this year...that is what i'm hearing from my sources....silver not a stock color

Boy Hammb is going to be ticked

UK Peregrine · Post by **UK Peregrine** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 4:18 pm

I know were kind of joking about the stock color suggestion, which I think is hilarious. But there is a nice post on JJ Huddle by someone named crew_love who has a picture of the new BGSU helmet, which illustrates this very issue of the "watermelon" color. The color in this picture is not the same orange as in years past. Take a look to see what DD suggested as a "watermelon" orange may actually be the new orange for this year.

http://www.jjhuddle.com/discus/messages ... 220373.php

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 4:37 pm

from that thread on JJ Huddle:

Though at BG, the art department might try to outfit the team in twenty foot tall stacks of weeds. (never did get the purpose behind that sculpture).

LOL

Agreed! It was during my time at BG that the sculpture was put up, and I STILL have no clue what the heck the point of it is. I like abstract art, as opposed to portrait type stuff, but what is art about tall stacks of weeds & sticks? I'm sorry, the value of that thing is just lost on me! It just looks like a kickass bonfire waiting to happen!

transfer2BGSU · Post by **transfer2BGSU** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 4:59 pm

hammb wrote:from that thread on JJ Huddle:
Though at BG, the art department might try to outfit the team in twenty foot tall stacks of weeds. (never did get the purpose behind that sculpture).

West Virgina Hillbilly

CapitalFalcon · Post by **CapitalFalcon** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 5:14 pm

Wouldn't it be great if BG started a tradition similar to Texas A&M's bonfire? Now...I know that the bonfire idea turned tragic, but I'm talking about something in the same vein as the bonfire. Something where the whole student body comes out either before the Toledo game or before the season opener. How great would it be to pump up the team right before they head to Norman or UT? Hopefully as things evolve with this team, something like this will evolve.

bgou · Post by **bgou** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 5:51 pm

I am a proud grad - class of 85 - and love the brown and orange, but could we please stop waxing on about the damn uniforms and helmet colors. I couldn't care less if we wore pink, orange or magenta as long as they win. Nobody cares what we think anyway.

Metz · Post by **Metz** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 6:15 pm

I am a proud grad - class of 85 - and love the brown and orange, but could we please stop waxing on about the damn uniforms and helmet colors. I couldn't care less if we wore pink, orange or magenta as long as they win. Nobody cares what we think anyway.

Not trying to start an fight here but you would be suprised of the people who read these forums. I am still a student here but I'm almost positive they care what the alumni think. If the program did everything against what people wanted, alums, students, and fans would not be attending events and causing the University to lose money. I agree that seeing the teams win no matter what colors they are wearing is great, but this site is for people to voice their opinions and that is what we are all doing.

falconman · Post by **falconman** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 8:28 pm

To be honest with you guys, I don't even notice the difference, it all looks the same orange to me. Maybe it looks different because there is no white in the middle of the logo. I think it looks the same color of the uniforms.
McMetz, love the avatar.

Helmet Color?

Helmet Color?

Speaking of Bonfires...

Enough on the frigging uniforms and colors

I must be color blind