Two new mock-ups for Michigan helmet stickers

Submitted by Blue and Joe on

My stance on helmet stickers has been for the idea, but against the execution. None of the stickers from Bo's era were particularly great, and we're not even using the best design from that era (which would be 75-82).

There are a couple of problems with the current stickers.

  1. They are too big (even though they appear to be smaller this year).
  2. A football on a football helmet is redundant.

The easy fix to both problems would be removing the football shape altogether. Viola.

Just for fun, Craig Barker from the Hoover Street Rag asked me to do a mock-up with the Wolverbear.

Obviously, Harbaugh likes the Bo stickers, so I'm not holding my breath for a change any time soon. It's fun to see what different designs look like.

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CarlosSpicyweiner21

September 6th, 2016 at 12:20 PM ^

Guessing you are slightly sarcastic(maybe not), but I struggle with the lack of understanding how brands work. How many teams rock the Nike Swoosh? A bunch and Oregon is basically seen as Nike University. North Carolina could have been the easy option to rock the Jordan symbol in Football, but they picked Michigan because excellence(Jordan) wanted to be associated with excellence(Michigan). Jordan is the GOAT....his brand is one that has grown to big levels. Lebron has his "brand", but will it ever touch the same solar system of Jordan's? 

 

Instead of mocking the brand we should be realizing how awesome it is to be the first to rock it. What other athlete will have a brand that rivals any other sports brand? Also if Jordan continues to make visits to Michigan can you honestly not say it will pay off in recruiting....and not just football, but Basketball as well. This is potentially bigger than just being Nike.

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Huzilla

September 6th, 2016 at 10:58 AM ^

I like the idea of removing the football to take keep some more blue. But I feel like the best solution is to make the stickers even smaller.  

What if the stickers were small enough that Jabrill would only have them on one side at end of year?  This way we could have all the competition for stickers but still satisfy purists.  And it would be cool to see both sides of the helmet with each change in a quarter.

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Wolverine Devotee

September 6th, 2016 at 11:00 AM ^

Rather keep the Wolverine inside the football. So nah to that one. Second one is interesting.

Won't happen, but interesting. I hope Nike uses that logo on apparel. Haven't seen them do it yet.

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JTrain

September 6th, 2016 at 11:01 AM ^

It is fun to look at new ideas. Of the two I like the top one better. Although I'm not sure it's that noticeable of an upgrade.



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natesezgoblue

September 6th, 2016 at 11:07 AM ^

if it was my choice. It would be something small and symetrical so the addition of many would still look subtle.  Maybe small maize block Ms.  

Personally the only helmet stickers i think look good are:

UGA

FSU

MSU

 

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OSU

Stanford

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jsquigg

September 6th, 2016 at 3:50 PM ^

I like whatever our top 5 head coach does.

With that said, the only two changes I'd make would be to make the decals slightly smaller and to have the helmet stripes converge at the back of the helmet.  For whatever reason Nike decided to have the stripes look unfinished at the back.  Otherwise everything's great. 

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JamieH

September 6th, 2016 at 6:31 PM ^

exactly why we are commenting on two random fan designs for helmet stickers that have as much chance of happening as me winning the Heisman Trophy this season, but ok........

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