cincibuck
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BuckfromscUM posted a uniform thread last week and I found this on tOSU helmets:
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OHIO STATE
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</TH></TR><TR align=middle><TD>c.1962 - c.1963</TD><TD>c.1964 - c.1965</TD><TD>1966 - 1967</TD></TR><TR align=middle><TD>*see note 1 below </TD><TD>*see note 1 below </TD><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=1 border=0><TBODY><TR><TH>
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Ohio State's current helmet design has been used essentially unchanged since 1968, making it one of the longest-running continously-used designs among the NCAA Division I-A colleges. There have been some minor changes to the relative widths of the stripes, however (in particular, the black stripes were somewhat wider prior to 1979 than they have been since then).
*1 The "red stripe" on these helmets actually consisted of some extra padding worn on the exterior of the helmet shell, making this a physical feature of the helmet rather than just an artistic one. Ohio State used this helmet style during at least the period 1962 through 1965, and possibly earlier (I do not yet have any information for OSU for the years 1960 and 1961). I have so far identified only five other colleges that appear to have used this design, all at about the same time as did Ohio State: Ohio University, Fresno State, Duke, Harvard, and Brigham Young. (from The Helmet Project)
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From at least 1950 until the late 50's when they went to the padded helmet (just like the 62 helmet but without a number on the side) the helmet was a Riddel plastic shell in a light gray with a single scarlet stripe.
Wish I could find a site that goes back further. At one point during the 30's the Buckeyes wore a leather helmet in which the sides were red and the crown was gray, looked something like a buckeye.
The winged pattern that Michigan has retained was born from the leather helmet era. They simply painted along the stitched together sections that made up the helmet. That's the birthplace of the Philadelphia Eagles "wings" also. The Gray pants and Scarlet/White Jersey scheme came about early in Woody's career. At times in the past and as late as 1952 the Bucks have worn Scarlet pants with gray trim along with scarlet or white jerseys.
I found a book several years ago that went through the history of MLB uniforms starting in 1900 and going up to current days. It pictured each team's home and away uniforms for each year. I'd love to see a book that did the same thing for college football, but I suspect that there are too many teams and too few changes.
One thing the baseball book pointed out was that uniform changes were usually the product of a bad team on the field. Thus the Yankees' uniform has undergone the fewest changes... they didn't need to change to keep the fans coming in. It follows then that Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State have seen the fewest changes over the years and Indiana and Northwestern the most.
Whatever happens, I hope the same person(s) who is/are currently making the uniform decisions in the NFL never lands the job in Columbus. the last thing I want to see is something like the Seahawks/Bengals/Broncos/Bills uniforms on the Buckeyes.
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OHIO STATE
<TABLE cellSpacing=1 border=0><TBODY><TR><TH>
Ohio State's current helmet design has been used essentially unchanged since 1968, making it one of the longest-running continously-used designs among the NCAA Division I-A colleges. There have been some minor changes to the relative widths of the stripes, however (in particular, the black stripes were somewhat wider prior to 1979 than they have been since then).
*1 The "red stripe" on these helmets actually consisted of some extra padding worn on the exterior of the helmet shell, making this a physical feature of the helmet rather than just an artistic one. Ohio State used this helmet style during at least the period 1962 through 1965, and possibly earlier (I do not yet have any information for OSU for the years 1960 and 1961). I have so far identified only five other colleges that appear to have used this design, all at about the same time as did Ohio State: Ohio University, Fresno State, Duke, Harvard, and Brigham Young. (from The Helmet Project)
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From at least 1950 until the late 50's when they went to the padded helmet (just like the 62 helmet but without a number on the side) the helmet was a Riddel plastic shell in a light gray with a single scarlet stripe.
Wish I could find a site that goes back further. At one point during the 30's the Buckeyes wore a leather helmet in which the sides were red and the crown was gray, looked something like a buckeye.
The winged pattern that Michigan has retained was born from the leather helmet era. They simply painted along the stitched together sections that made up the helmet. That's the birthplace of the Philadelphia Eagles "wings" also. The Gray pants and Scarlet/White Jersey scheme came about early in Woody's career. At times in the past and as late as 1952 the Bucks have worn Scarlet pants with gray trim along with scarlet or white jerseys.
I found a book several years ago that went through the history of MLB uniforms starting in 1900 and going up to current days. It pictured each team's home and away uniforms for each year. I'd love to see a book that did the same thing for college football, but I suspect that there are too many teams and too few changes.
One thing the baseball book pointed out was that uniform changes were usually the product of a bad team on the field. Thus the Yankees' uniform has undergone the fewest changes... they didn't need to change to keep the fans coming in. It follows then that Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State have seen the fewest changes over the years and Indiana and Northwestern the most.
Whatever happens, I hope the same person(s) who is/are currently making the uniform decisions in the NFL never lands the job in Columbus. the last thing I want to see is something like the Seahawks/Bengals/Broncos/Bills uniforms on the Buckeyes.
