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Question about the LSU helmet
Posted on 8/25/13 at 6:41 pm
Posted on 8/25/13 at 6:41 pm
You can punt this thread if you want, but someone please answer this quesiton first: Why is "LSU" on the helmets black instead of purple? Anyone ever thought about that?
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Posted on 8/25/13 at 6:42 pm to TNTigerman
More easily seen....
Posted on 8/25/13 at 6:42 pm to TNTigerman
Is there something wrong with black?
This post was edited on 8/25/13 at 6:43 pm
Posted on 8/25/13 at 6:44 pm to DenverTigerMan
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DenverTigerMan
Hey, finally someone with a more pathetic post per day count than myself
I try.
Posted on 8/25/13 at 6:48 pm to TNTigerman
I've always wonder why too, but I wouldn't want them to change it.
Posted on 8/25/13 at 6:51 pm to RougeTiger
quote: Hey, finally someone with a more pathetic post per day count than myself
I try.
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It's the only thing that's black on their uniforms, and I want to know why, Dip.
I try.
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It's the only thing that's black on their uniforms, and I want to know why, Dip.
Posted on 8/25/13 at 6:53 pm to TNTigerman
i dont think it is
Posted on 8/25/13 at 6:54 pm to TNTigerman
I actually never knew that..I always thought it was purple
Posted on 8/25/13 at 6:56 pm to TNTigerman
It is only Black lettering if you don't truly believe in the Tigers .
Posted on 8/25/13 at 6:57 pm to TNTigerman
Isn't it just a really dark purple like the facemask?
Posted on 8/25/13 at 6:57 pm to hg
quote:
Isn't it just a really dark purple like the facemask?
yes.
Posted on 8/25/13 at 6:59 pm to RougeTiger
quote:
Is there something wrong with black?
You must be hanging around the OT.
Posted on 8/25/13 at 7:07 pm to TNTigerman
Posted on 8/25/13 at 7:19 pm to TNTigerman
quote:
Why is "LSU" on the helmets black instead of purple?
It's not.
Posted on 8/25/13 at 7:31 pm to TNTigerman
Its not black.
Posted on 8/25/13 at 7:36 pm to turkeybeard
quote:
Its not black.
Posted on 8/25/13 at 7:39 pm to TNTigerman
quote:Racist much?
Why is "LSU" on the helmets black
Posted on 8/25/13 at 7:40 pm to Fishhead
Never said anything is wrong with it if it's black. Just want to know why; is there a special significance that is is black? And yes, it's BLACK. Go to a sporting good strore where they sell authentic helmets, and you'll see LSU in black on the helmets.
This post was edited on 8/25/13 at 7:42 pm
Posted on 8/25/13 at 7:45 pm to TNTigerman
quote:I don't know. If they gonna keep those weird looking numbers, i don't think the letters on the helmet being changed from black to purple would make that much of a difference.
I've always wonder why too, but I wouldn't want them to change it.
Posted on 8/25/13 at 7:47 pm to TNTigerman
1893
Tulane played its first varsity football game on Nov. 18, 1893, dropping a 12-0 decision to the Southern Athletic Club. Things were a bit less formal in those days, as witnessed by the fact that Tulane Coach T.L. Bayne also played in the game-for the opponent! In his spare time, T.L. Bayne hustled over to Baton Rouge to help coach LSU. This made for an interesting afternoon of Nov. 25, 1893, when Tulane and LSU played for the first time. Hugh Bayne, brother of the coach and a Tulane law student, scored the first touchdown ever for Tulane to open a 34-0 rout. T.L. Bayne did not play that day because his wife died three days earlier and he was returning from her funeral. He did not have the green ribbons (Tulane) nor the purple and gold ribbons (LSU) but he was still wearing the black mourning ribbons from the funeral home/ St. Charles cemetery #4. Black ribbons were accepted as an official LSU color at that time. This color has always been used for LSU and today is used on the helmets in memory of the first LSU football game. He was on the field as umpire (LSU's coach was the referee- wearing black ribbons, also).
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I LIE.
Tulane played its first varsity football game on Nov. 18, 1893, dropping a 12-0 decision to the Southern Athletic Club. Things were a bit less formal in those days, as witnessed by the fact that Tulane Coach T.L. Bayne also played in the game-for the opponent! In his spare time, T.L. Bayne hustled over to Baton Rouge to help coach LSU. This made for an interesting afternoon of Nov. 25, 1893, when Tulane and LSU played for the first time. Hugh Bayne, brother of the coach and a Tulane law student, scored the first touchdown ever for Tulane to open a 34-0 rout. T.L. Bayne did not play that day because his wife died three days earlier and he was returning from her funeral. He did not have the green ribbons (Tulane) nor the purple and gold ribbons (LSU) but he was still wearing the black mourning ribbons from the funeral home/ St. Charles cemetery #4. Black ribbons were accepted as an official LSU color at that time. This color has always been used for LSU and today is used on the helmets in memory of the first LSU football game. He was on the field as umpire (LSU's coach was the referee- wearing black ribbons, also).
LINK
SELF EDIT B/C I DRESS THINGS UP...
I LIE.
This post was edited on 8/25/13 at 7:55 pm
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