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 of Mississippi 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.
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.
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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 visual guidelines, 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:
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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