Remember this summer when the Oregon Ducks announced that they were going to sport diamond plate on their uniforms? Well apparently they have decided that they hadn’t gone far enough. Now Oregon is toying with the idea of donning new helmets that change color depending on the angle you look at them. This is what they will look like:

Oregon Ducks Helmet

The hope is to have all of the helmets arrive before their Las Vegas Bowl match-up against BYU in a week. My hope is to not have to ever see these hideous things on TV. Players are going to have to start wearing tinted masks just to play Oregon. Seriously Oregon, what can you be thinking here?

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Oregon Helmets Even Worse Than I Thought

Oregon is getting whipped right now by BYU in the Las Vegas Bowl and their helmets are actually even worse than I thought they were going to be. They don’t look like they change colors like they claimed, they’re just incredibly shiny and obnoxious.

Oregon helmet

Yikes.

53 Comments

1

Kansas Sooner said (12/17/2006):

I’m confused. Is that dog crap or a helmet?

2

steve said (12/17/2006):

this is pathetic and a legitimate excuse to
transfer to another Pac-10 patsy.

3

Owen said (12/17/2006):

I think they’re pretty sweet personally. To each his own!

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Brian said (12/17/2006):

So will they have a Oregon logo on the side or are they just a solid color. They should just relent and put a big ol’ swoosh on the side like Phil Knight would want.

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Eric said (12/17/2006):

Dude that helmet is awesome.. yes the color is not too cool, but damn.. changing colors???? sweeeeet

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Andy said (12/17/2006):

This is getting ridiculous, the only headlines Oregon ever makes is when they try some new uniform combinations. Seems to me Oregon is more concerned about what they wear rather than winning football games.

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Brad said (12/18/2006):

how else are they supposed to recruit?

pretty tough to recruit in California if your only pitch is that you’re the meth capital of the world.

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dhorns1025 said (12/18/2006):

Orange & White glowing w/ the horns on the side….hmmm maybe a nike swoosh in front. Hell, I think they are great!
You also told me those brownies were just the “regular” kind too when I was a freshman.

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Kevin said (12/19/2006):

“Hell no! I’m not going to candy this thing up…These are work clothes.”
— Darrell Royal

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Kim said (12/19/2006):

Nice–very nice!

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Brian said (12/19/2006):

Great quote Kevin, where’d you find that?

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Matt said (12/21/2006):

Yeah, I didn’t see any change of color. I just saw some annoying green/yellow color. And some of the players even had some ugly matching shoes. Those helmets should be banned.

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Josh said (12/22/2006):

Whatever happened to tradition like the horns or bama has. they have had the same freakin helmets forever. Instead of worrying about coming out with all these new uniforms, they should worry about a consistent football team.

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ducke said (04/28/2007):

Those helmets are SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET

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brandon said (05/04/2007):

those helmets are hella tight

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brandon said (05/04/2007):

i like ur mom

17

thishdick said (05/09/2007):

I think you should stop hatin on their uniforms becuse yours suck

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thishdick said (05/09/2007):

I think you should stop hatin on their uniforms becuse yours suck

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dsddggvvc said (06/18/2007):

AWESOME SWEET NARLY DUDE

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doorman said (07/06/2007):

Traditional uniforms are what keep the alumni coming back and they’re the ones that pay the big bucks…to the best players. Auburn and Ohio State have the best looking uniforms in college football today. Alabama’s might be plain, but when you see them you see the ghost of the Bear looking down. That’s tradition not uniforms that change constantly. That’s another reason why the Ducks suck…no tradition. SEC rules again.

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Rico said (07/08/2007):

Handcuffs on one side and a marijuana leave on the other

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Brendon said (08/18/2007):

Tradition is good but it’s also very boring. There isn’t much creativity when it comes to things like this with the exception of Maryland, Texas Tech, San Diego State, and now South Carolina with their new Under Armour deal. (I maybe leaving some out). But creativity never hurts and is great for marketing. I LOOOVE the vast majority of Oregon’s looks personally, and by the way…it’s not just the look that’s different, they are the most technologically advanced uniforms in the nation. (extremely lightweight, form-fitting though still breathable, and water resistant as well).

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RoyalStreet said (08/18/2007):

College football is 2nd to only MLB in terms of history/tradition…and, imo, sometimes surpasses it. Programs such as Texas, OU, Notre Dame, USC, LSU, Michigan, Ohio St., Alabama, Penn St., have had their down times, but, for the most part have been successful over the long-haul. They don’t change too much up, including their unis. They may’ve tweaked something here or there (TEXAS on the front of the uni, for example), but they’ve remained the same for the most part. Alumni from 50 years ago — with deeeeep pockets — can easily identify their team.

Change too much up, and you lose that connection. Teams that are constantly re-vamping their look seldom are successful. They use it as a gimmick.

Technological changes in the unis are great — who wants to go back to wool? — but the color scheme/logo is what needs to stay consistent to help a program build a tradition which helps build an identity, which attracts top talent/coaches, which creates success which adds to the tradition.

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Texan at Cal said (08/31/2007):

I go to UC Berkeley, but I’m from Austin. I have got to say, after two years of being in the pac-10 that Oregon has accomplished the seemingly impossible. With 348 different uniform combinations to choose from, they have 348 completely beyond ridiculous choices. Ya think they’d manage to find one that looks good, but apparently, they and the rest of the pac 10 are colorblind. At Cal, they started messing with the uniforms again and i gotta say, the yellow jerseys at Cal look absolutely ridiculous. It looks cartoonish and childish. I’ve been a longhorn fan all my life, and am still a longhorn fan, and I absolutely love the UT combo, one at home, one on the road. No more, No Less. Sure they get slightly tweaked every now and then, but it is done very sensibly. I bought my UT jersey back in 2002 and today, it is still the exact same as the current UT Jersey. In 50 years, it will still be quite similar. If you went to Oregon, a jersey bought last year is already OUT OF DATE!

Like Darrell Royal Said, Jerseys are Work Clothes, they identify who you are, they make you proud to wear that uniform, knowing that the greats of the past have worn the same uniforms.

Do they help you win ballgames? No. Do they bring respect? Heck Yes! When you look at Oregon and you look at Texas, you’d think Oregon is this 10 year old child coming here to fool around. When you see Texas, you see a serious businessman coming here to do his work. As boring as UT’s jerseys can be, you CANT alter them! Put on orange pants? That’s NOT Texas anymore. BO on white at home and all white away. You don’t mess with it. It’s not just tradition, it’s who we are.

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Brendon said (09/01/2007):

“It’s who we are”….that’s every team. Oregon is just the team that stands out with their look the most. Texas and many other teams are sponsored by Nike but don’t forget where the birthplace of Nike is….

The University of Oregon is the very place that Nike should have their most experimental and most eccentric uniforms just because that is the school where the founders were from. I dig the tradition arguments no doubt…but Oregon does doesn’t socially fit with every other school in the country being that Nike has it’s own tradition and sets its BIRTHPLACE school apart from all the other schools it sponsors. Some people hate those uniforms to death….others? Love just about every single one of the Ducks’ uniforms….esp. the technological aspect of them which out-shine the rest. It’s all a matter of individual opinion and what Nike sees fit.

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Jim said (09/04/2007):

Oregon’s football uniforms are nasty looking,
with the stupid looking number design and goofy looking all green uniforms. Go back to more traditional uniform with standard block numbers and toned down colors.
Playing good football is more important than putting on a fashion show.

27

Brendon said (09/07/2007):

Why not strive for BOTH??

(most have either or)

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austin said (09/17/2007):

Those helmets are soooo sweet!!!!!!! i cant wait tell they wear the white ones.

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james said (09/22/2007):

these helmets and jerseys are the coolest uniforms ever and all this talk about them in the news and papers is just gonna make oregon get rid of them because there are so many haters out there and im tryin to get my hands on one of them before that happens!!!

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Kevin said (09/22/2007):

gee…I miss the funyuns add on the sides of their old helmets

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Mike said (09/24/2007):

The uniforms are sweet. The helment could have been if it was green and not baby poop yellow. All the others schools are just jealous that Phil Knight of Nike supplies oregon with custom uniforms designed by the players…for FREE!! Go Nike and Go DUCKS. Oh yeah, I would like to thanks every program out there that wears Nike. Every uniform worn is more money in the Oregon Program. Phil Knight just donated $100 million to the Oregon Athlectic Department, so thank you to all the teams that purchase nike, keep the money coming.

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ron said (09/26/2007):

yall just dnt get it do u???…….the helmets arent really for style………THEY ARE MORE FOR DESTRACTION TO THE OTHER TEAM THAN ANYTHING! i mean think about it……if u played a team wit helmets dat changed colors, u would be looking at it all da time and not focused!…….a lot of ppl think oregon is stupid for their uniforms…BUT THEY ARE REALLY SMART FOR IT! they kno wat they are doin…believe me! lol…..but i love their uniforms, they clean to me

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casey said (10/01/2007):

I live in Oregon and I’m also a duck fan. I personaly dont like these helmets, but I like the unis. All of you other people are just mad because like mike said, phil knight gives oregon everything and your stuck with the same old crap unis from 1960. make all the excusses you want but if phil knight gave you 100 different unis you would probably take them to so stop crying. and if you have anything else to say email me @ ylwlab2485@yahoo.com

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Carls Jr. said (10/07/2007):

The Helmets Rock…Football could use a make over…the same crappy uniforms year after year. Those stupid ‘throwback stuff’ sucks, not creativity in the game when it comes to style. I think it would be great if they had that Batman look, what the hell, loosen up. Anyway, they are just gladiators, why not look the part.

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matt said (10/16/2007):

those are awesome. you are all ignorant, little whores

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kristen said (10/17/2007):

agreed! you all are just jealous… of one, that they can be innovative, and two that we get amazing support from Phil Knight!

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Kayla+Heather said (10/28/2007):

IF your dog is crapping that color you should go see a vet.. ASAP!!

We LOVE their new helmets.. and everything else about their uniforms.. So BOO!

38

Jiggy Jay said (10/28/2007):

Jesus…..

39

Tanner said (11/02/2007):

dude those things are tight. they should where them in the civil war game

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poop on a stick said (11/04/2007):

i think there uniforms are TIGHT when i go to college im goin to Oregon

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Presto The Forever Child said (11/08/2007):

I think the Uniforms are awesome its a change in the basic primary colors NFL has taken advantage of for years a little change never hurt anybody if anyone thinks that its a problem just get better at palying football then you’ll have room to talk I’m a Cincinnati Bengals fan from California look at the history of there uniforms and keep in mind your team will always be your team no matter what they do thats “Real Football”

42

Ben said (11/11/2007):

GO DUCKS!!! SWEET HELMETS! OTHER SCHOOLS ARE JEALOUS THEY CANT CHANGE UNIFORMS LIKE WE CAN! O BY THE WAY THE DUCKS ARE GOING TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP! DONT WORRY ABOUT THEIR HELMETS WHEN YOU PLAY THEM, WORRY ABOUT LOSING!!!! GOOOOO DUCCKKKSS!!!

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Harp Jones said (11/13/2007):

I think the helments are freaking awsome everyone of there jerseys are awsome sooo just get over it

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Jose said (01/20/2008):

WHERE CAN I GET MY HANDS ON THIS HELMET?????

EMAIL ME: ECUAGARCIA@YAHOO.COM

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andrew john thompson said (02/08/2008):

I think oregons are really fancy and really awsome and texas needs to
buy better uniforms theirs are geting old. they should get something better than oregons so that this “post a comment” thing shows up for them asking for comments about texas uniforms

GO HOOK THEM!!!!!!

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OSUBEAVERS19 said (02/19/2008):

EWWWWWWWWWWWW GO BEAVS!!!

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DUKS SUK said (02/19/2008):

WHO WANTS A PISS COLOR HELMET GO BEAVS!!!

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GRAFFY said (02/22/2008):

uuuuuuuuuGLY DUUUUUUUCKLINGS!

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Beavesblow said (03/19/2008):

The helmets are a little different….but SO WHAT!? I like that they’re trying some different things. It’s not like anybody else is trying anything new and different out there. If you don’t like it, so what. Go enjoy every other team with the same old crappy uniforms out there. And stop worrying what the Ducks are up to. Asses.

PS- Bite me Beaves.

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daquan said (05/05/2008):

man i dont care oregons uniforms are tight have u seen all for of them??? but this helmet should have a green o logo on the side

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DB...Go Ducks said (05/23/2008):

I’m from Oregon. i think everyone is jealous..get over it. just because you have a bunch of old ****!!

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Hook'em Horns said (05/24/2008):

The helmets look fine.

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jeff said (08/06/2008):

I like em’ I like anything Oregon Ducks. I just want to see a pac team go far that isn’t USC. I think the helmets are just good clean recruiting fun. Keep it up ducks!

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