It appears that there may be another change coming to the Bulldogs’ uniforms in 2015. Last night, Hailstatesnap sent out a video (thanks to @calbrown85 on twitter for pointing it out) that appears to show an altered logo on the Bulldogs’ helmet. (EDIT- A second picture has popped up, showing the change more clearly.) This in no way confirms that a change is being made, but it is unfortunately a possibility. Up until this point, there had been no indication of a helmet logo change. Previous offseason uniform news included new black jerseys (yet to be officially released) and new maroon pants.
The
above photo is the one in question, and if you look closely at the player on
the right’s helmet, you will see that the version of the “M-State” logo on the
helmet has been modified. Can’t tell the
difference? Here’s a graphic:
As you
can see, this is not the first time that the “M-State” logo on the helmet has
been modified. An earlier version was
worn from 2004-2008, but from 2009 to the present, the updated version has been
worn in 3 differing options. Up until
now, the M and the banner have always both been white. From 2009-2010, the logo featured an
immediate gray outline. In 2011, the
outline was removed. For the Music City
Bowl in 2011, the outline was brought back, this time with maroon space between
the logo and the outline. This style was
used from 2012-2014. Now it appears that
in 2015, the banner may be turned maroon while the M stays white. Click here for an extensive breakdown ofMississippi State’s helmets since 2009.
In my
opinion, this would be a huge downgrade if it were to happen. The transparent banner M-State doesn’t look
terrible, but the helmets worn by the Bulldogs with the DWS 100 uniforms in
2014 were the best they had ever worn.
Why
would this change be made? As it was
pointed out to me on twitter (by @pom5), this may be to create brand
consistency at Mississippi State, following the recently changed visualguidelines, in which the all-maroon M-State logo was completely removed and the
all-white only appears a few times (never in the athletics section). Though I’m a big proponent of brand
consistency, I just can’t get over the fact that the all-white (with gray
outline) M-State looks SO good on the football helmet. And if the university was so concerned about
getting the transparent banner M-State everywhere, why did they let Adidas
plaster a SINGLE color (though I guess technically all-transparent) M-State on
the pants. From that angle, the change
creates even more inconsistency.
The potential
change would bring about more uniform consistency in one way: gray has been
completed removed. The helmet and pants
would be solely maroon and white (I previously incorrectly thought that the
pants logo was gray), with the only color inconsistency being the black on the
uniforms. Of course, we know that the
leaked black alternate will feature silver numbers and outlines, so the
inconsistency lives on in a different way.
Finally,
here is my mockup of what the Bulldogs’ 2015 uniforms would look like with the “updated”
helmet:
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