Pick a favorite design for football helmets

[Turbine]

[Zeebart21]

Ragin Cajuns, the coolest name in college athletics today.

case closed.

Z.

[Turbine]

Originally posted by Zeebart21
Ragin Cajuns, the coolest name in college athletics today.

case closed.

I am wth you Z. A University of Louisiana helmet without Ragin' Cajuns would not be worth its salt.

[ULTubaTom]

I agree

[bigearl]

My thoughts exactly, our current design (i.e. name) is the most unique name in college athletics! DO NOT CHANGE IT!!!!

[Doug]

I count two helmets that have Ragin' Cajuns visible. Could you all be a little more specific? Thanks

[Textitan]

The one that you would actually be able to see Ragin' Cajuns...on the side. I talked with the Graphics designer who takes care of all of our logos here, and I showed him the U helmet. First words out of his mouth were, "too busy, too much going on." I tend to agree with him. And I agree with others who say our current helmet is our best, until somebody comes up with something better. Our Designer looked at all of our apparel on lids.com and the bookstore's website, and he suggested a couple of things. 1) using the pepper on the side of the helmet. 2) Using a "classic" form of the fluer de lis 3) Use a flaming RC (for Ragin Cajuns). I didn't really like the third option. But just wanted to let y'all know.

[CajunNation]

Right Now, the current helmets serve our purpose just fine. However, in the future, a more "stately" helmet logo will be required. To be known as THE UNIVERSITY of LOUISIANA and have our nickname(or a pepper) on the helmet could be seen as a little cheesy.

At that point, option #2 is the only real option. The much hated tri-fleur fits all requirements for a helmet logo for THE UL.

We better get used to it.

[Textitan]

we don't need three, one would be suffice.

[gridiron]

Hello, I am gridiron long time reader first time poster. I’m not voting because I like all three. All three helmets look good in different ways and for different reasons. Normally I have a disdain for words and letters on helmets, but Ragin' Cajuns is as catchy a term as any in sports. It gets a free pass, and free pass or not the large words are overcrowding the helmet, I would tweak it by shrinking Ragin' Cajuns fifteen percent. The Interlocking UL is my least favorite if for no other reason because it needs explaining, but I still like it a lot. U-Louisiana is my favorite I don't see it as busy. It would be hard to grasp busy, I have no problem seeing University of Louisiana it is as plain as day. I don’t like stripes so I would take the stripe and Ragin' Cajuns off the helmet and add a RAGIN' CAJUN patch to each arm. It’s not like the helmet is ever worn without the uniform.

[CajunAmos]

I like them in the way they are listed.

[Textitan]

As far as the U helmet being too busy, he was talking about, you really have three elements in one in the main logo (state, fluer, U) and then on top of that you have Louisiana on the front (in an ugly font IMO) and Ragin Cajuns in the back...too much going on. As far as our nickname or mascot (because that is what the pepper is) being on the helmet taking away the prestige of the university, how about Florida, South Carolina, Arkansas, Texas, Kansas, Kansas State, Oregon State, USC, Arizona State, Michigan State, Iowa...sorry teams are so random, I just wrote them down as I thought about them. But I am all for new helmets, IF they look better than what we have, and none have. Besides I agree with the point of driving home that we are the ONLY Ragin' Cajuns in the country...why waste that bragging right?