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Silver Helmets
PostPosted:Sun Nov 19, 2023 10:27 pm
by fu77fan
Had we ever worn the silver helmets prior to yesterday? I do not recall having seen them.
Perhaps we should retire them .
Re: Silver Helmets
PostPosted:Sun Nov 19, 2023 10:41 pm
by Thorny
Rumor has it we wore them against TTU and they have a history in the program several decades back.
/They aren't my favorite but if I had it my way the Paladins would wear nothing but white on white and purple on white uniforms...the variety makes the kids/recruits happy and that's who matters.
Re: Silver Helmets
PostPosted:Sun Nov 19, 2023 11:10 pm
by apaladin
Back in the 70’s we wore silver helmets with the diamond F before changing to white helmets. The current helmets are chrome not silver and look nothing like the old silver helmets.
Re: Silver Helmets
PostPosted:Sun Nov 19, 2023 11:37 pm
by The Jackal
Technically we have two silver helmets, I think.
I believe the ones against ttu had black logos and the diamond F
The ones against wofford had purple logos
Re: Silver Helmets
PostPosted:Mon Nov 20, 2023 12:16 am
by apaladin
Just different stickers not helmets I think. Regardless need to donate them to a high school team. Like Bootie said any helmet without the diamond F should not be worn.
Re: Silver Helmets
PostPosted:Mon Nov 20, 2023 12:28 am
by din23
apaladin wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 12:16 am
Just different stickers not helmets I think. Regardless need to donate them to a high school team. Like Bootie said any helmet without the diamond F should not be worn.
The Diamond F was on the left side of the helmet on Saturday, similar to the picture from the TTU game.
Re: Silver Helmets
PostPosted:Mon Nov 20, 2023 6:56 am
by Bootie
din23 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 12:28 am
apaladin wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 12:16 am
Just different stickers not helmets I think. Regardless need to donate them to a high school team. Like Bootie said any helmet without the diamond F should not be worn.
The Diamond F was on the left side of the helmet on Saturday, similar to the picture from the TTU game.
I wasn’t up close but I looked and looked for it in both sides. All I saw was FU. I’ll have to see a pic from Saturday to believe it.
Re: Silver Helmets
PostPosted:Mon Nov 20, 2023 7:17 am
by din23
Bootie wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 6:56 am
din23 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 12:28 am
apaladin wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 12:16 am
Just different stickers not helmets I think. Regardless need to donate them to a high school team. Like Bootie said any helmet without the diamond F should not be worn.
The Diamond F was on the left side of the helmet on Saturday, similar to the picture from the TTU game.
I wasn’t up close but I looked and looked for it in both sides. All I saw was FU. I’ll have to see a pic from Saturday to believe it.
There are lots of good photos here:
https://furmanpaladins.com/galleries/fo ... fford/1081
Re: Silver Helmets
PostPosted:Mon Nov 20, 2023 7:57 am
by gman84
There is one set of silver helmets. AP is correct, the decals were changed. The diamond F was on the helmets, hard to see with the bright sun. The helmets were a generous donation. While most of us are embedded in tradition, having some alternate uniform options does resonate well with the players. The diamond F will never be absent.
Re: Silver Helmets
PostPosted:Mon Nov 20, 2023 8:25 am
by HKB60
Helmets don't win or lose games!!
Re: Silver Helmets
PostPosted:Mon Nov 20, 2023 9:02 am
by Bootie
din23 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 7:17 am
Bootie wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 6:56 am
din23 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 12:28 am
apaladin wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 12:16 am
Just different stickers not helmets I think. Regardless need to donate them to a high school team. Like Bootie said any helmet without the diamond F should not be worn.
The Diamond F was on the left side of the helmet on Saturday, similar to the picture from the TTU game.
I wasn’t up close but I looked and looked for it in both sides. All I saw was FU. I’ll have to see a pic from Saturday to believe it.
There are lots of good photos here:
https://furmanpaladins.com/galleries/fo ... fford/1081
I stand corrected! Thanks D23. Apologies to everyone for my dumb assumptions.
Re: Silver Helmets
PostPosted:Mon Nov 20, 2023 9:34 am
by fupaladin01
Trash the helmets immediately, except for one that should stay in the lockerroom and remind everyone of the catastrophic failure that was Novemeber 18th 2023.
Re: Silver Helmets
PostPosted:Mon Nov 20, 2023 11:19 am
by FUTex
While HKB60 is technically correct, one must consider the devastating downline ramifications of those silver helmets on the mojo. That's not just common sense; that's science. Moreover, we need the Diamond F on both sides of the helmet, clearly visible. Silver scatters the mojo randomly while the Diamond F provides a focal point for refraction. Noted Furman alum Charles Townes, the inventor of microwave spectroscopy and the laser, wrote about this in his academic paper "The Convergence of Science and Religion". If you think I'm making that up you should read that paper.
Re: Silver Helmets
PostPosted:Mon Nov 20, 2023 12:12 pm
by FUBeAR
FUTex wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 11:19 am
While HKB60 is technically correct, one must consider the devastating downline ramifications of those silver helmets on the mojo. That's not just common sense; that's science. Moreover, we need the Diamond F on both sides of the helmet, clearly visible. Silver scatters the mojo randomly while the Diamond F provides a focal point for refraction. Noted Furman alum Charles Townes, the inventor of microwave spectroscopy and the laser, wrote about this in his academic paper "The Convergence of Science and Religion". If you think I'm making that up you should read that paper.
FUBeAR has seen HKB60 rub lucky buckeyes until their eyes or their bucks (not sure which ¯\_(ツ)_/¯) fell off. He also rubbed them all over his body…and then put those buckeyes back in the box for others to rub. Called it “teambuilding.”
Don’t listen to him. He’s a buckeye superstition pre-vert.
Re: Silver Helmets
PostPosted:Tue Nov 21, 2023 4:47 pm
by Bootie
Please no more “look at our fancy helmets” for the playoffs. White with purple diamond F please.
Tradition.