Hey, Daddy-o, I'm with you.
Flowers on a helmet?? Stupid idea.
You might as well use sissyfied things for your teams, like songbirds-- cardinals or orioles, for instance. THAT would be stupid, and we can all agree on that one.
Or worse, kiddy stuff, cartoons and cràp like that. Funny-looking little guys with pitchforks, or tomahawks, or cutesy things like halos.
Man, I could think of a lot of things almost as bad as a bunch of faggot-flowers. Like a horse with an orange blow-dried mane, a dolphin wearing a freakin' helmet (is THAT stupid or what??), 18th century New Englanders in a 3-pt stance (they didn't even HAVE football) or maybe A PIRATE WITH A PATCH AND A FOOTBALL HELMET!????
Things like that would never sell. Only "girly men" would wear stuff like that.
Y'know back in the '70's, some people had this stupid idea that we would even take this embarrassing local culture, and promote that. You ready for this?? They wanted to name our beloved Bulldogs
The Ragin' Cajuns. Stupid or what?? I still howl when I think about it.
Fortunately, cooler heads prevailed, largely with the guidance of superior minds from our beloved sister school up the road. These wiser people pointed out that such a name would be hokey, small-time, embarrassing, and WAY too different. Thank God they did. Bulldogs has taken us much farther than that brainless small-town idea ever would have, and has uniquely identified us among much larger and more powerfuls schools and programs.
We need to avoid anything that the least bit "different." The future belongs to those who think inside the box.
Oh, and don't forget: vote "No" on FTTH.