What a bunch of BS!

[SlyPokerDog]

LOL @ Yahoo sports! The helmets had nothing to do with the players numbers being hard to read.

1. Oregon's helmets. We knew the Ducks' helmets for today's trip to Pasadena were going to be different, but the promotional photos released by Nike last week didn't really convey just how bizarre the mirrored lids were going to look in action. Rather than the ominous, Darth Vader-y look suggested by the darkened photo shoot, it looks like someone is wearing a freshly polished chrome fender off a 1967 Firebird.

They're not doing anyone in the late afternoon sun any favors, either: ESPN's in-game broadcasters, Brent Musburger and Kirk Herbstreit, complained in the first quarter that the glare from the lids made it difficult to identify players' numbers from the press box. They were so distracting during pregame warmups that there was some discussion of whether the mirrored look was even legal. (It is.)

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footba...d-Two-Oregon-comes-out-in-c?urn=ncaaf-wp12364

 

[Targus]

WWaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

 

[Ed O]

The helmets looked a lot better when it got darker, IMO.

And I think it was the liquid color on the numbers that made them hard to read... not the helmets (agreeing with you there, SPD ).

Ed O.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

The helmets looked a lot better when it got darker, IMO.

And I think it was the liquid color on the numbers that made them hard to read... not the helmets (agreeing with you there, SPD ).

Ed O.

The helmets would have to be completely round like giant goldfish bowls for there to be any reflection from them down onto the numbers.

I thought the helmets looked great during the day. The tops glowed the bright sky blue. I'm surprised no team has ever done that before.

 

[tlongII]

I thought the helmets looked great. And I'm a Beav.