Didn't see it on the site, but we mentioned on twitter yesterday that CB Armani Reeves and walk-ons Craig Fada and Craig Cataline lost their black stripes
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He has been flying under the radar so far. Haven't heard much about him?
^^ well, if he loses his stripe, then he must be doing something right, which is good. (not meant as a smart-ass comment, just going off of what you said because i agree, I have not heard a lot of him either, except that he studies the playbook with grant every day)
Just curious if it has been explained, but is there something to "Losing" their strips. I know why they are, just didn't know if it was purposely done that way by Urban since the common practice is to "earn your stripes." With the OSU practice helmets not having the normal stripe that game helmets do, i would think they would need to earn them, not lose them.
Those who stay will be CHAMPIONS!
~Bo Schembechler
^lol that's how things have gotten to around here that we have to validate every statement with a longer statement than the original
"Winter is coming" - Urban Meyer
Hail, if our practice helmets don't have stripes, then why would a freshman have to earn their stripes? So their helmet will look different than the others' helmets?
Congrats to Armani and the two Craigs!
Dear Hail,
Sometimes you are the worst ever, that is all.
@HAIL read BASSPLAYER's statement that will help you figure out your dilemma.
@Hail.
That is for sure a real pozer...one that can, and should, be contemplated into the wee hours of the morning. Here's another one to ponder. When the UM band plays "Hail to the Victors" after a resounding spanking by the Buckeyes, (as is wont to happen) are they praising tOSU, or just being facetious?
(JK..I am glad you are a regular on this site!) Go Bucks
“...indomitable in victory, insufferable in defeat.” Woody Hayes
Pompano, is your band praising Michigan before every game when they do Script Ohio.
Those who stay will be CHAMPIONS!
~Bo Schembechler
@Hail, Was your own band director a closet Buckeye fan by creating Script Ohio or was it his coming out day?
@HAIL, to answer your question, "No". What they do is to take a less than brilliant idea and show how it can be vastly improved upon in the hands of a GREAT band. UM's script Ohio was only similar to the current version in that it spelled Ohio. (It was not scrolled out.) I suppose an analogy that you can appreciate is your (in)famous winged helmets. Many of the helmets of the day were made the same way, with layers of leather forming the shape. A "brilliant" mind decided to paint part of it yellow, and "voila", an icon. Hardly of the same magnitude, or magnificance of Script Ohio, but I think you get the point.
Speaking of the winged helmet, this is from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winged_football_helmet) "While the Wolverines have traditionally and historically held a claim to the winged helmet as their own, several other organizations have employed similar or identical designs. Michigan State began wearing a variation of the winged helmet before 1938, predating the Wolverines and continuing until 1948."
“...indomitable in victory, insufferable in defeat.” Woody Hayes
So UM stole their winged helmet from MSU :)
@HAIL - Minor point of clarification, "Script Ohio" was originally performed in a "park and play" formation by the UM Marching Band in 1932. This "floating" formation might have looked identical to the final effect of "Script Ohio", but it wasn't spelled out by the band. OSU first performed in 1936, though your point remains that UM was at least the spiritual precourser to said formation.
On the Urban Meyer Call in Show today Urban hinted at Armani getting some time on Punt/Kick returns fairly early on
Hell, no; we stole it from Princeton. Just how down-scale do you think we are?
Actually, no one school gets credit. The whole helmet myth resides with the Spalding Comany, which had a standard winged design (FH-5, among other model names) that could be customized in about four or five different ways.
Michigan didn't "invent" it; Princeton didn't "invent" it; MSU didn't "invent" it. Not sure who "invented" it; but it was clearly Spalding that popularized it.
http://www.uni-watch.com/2010/12/29/winging-it-helmet-history-reconsidered/
@RIGHT AGAIN - Then I guess special teams "suits" Armani?
I'll be here all week, folks.
I guess I'll go along with the thread hijack: Take the rivalry revulsion at seeing michigan's helmet out of the equation and it's clearly one of a handful of iconic helmets in the game, up there with USC and the Longhorns. I'd put our Buckeyes on that list as well, but only because of the relatively recent buckeye leaf stickers. Bama, ND, PSU all have "classic" helmets, but just a little too plain. Anybody with a big letter on their helmet just looks like a high school team to me (I'm looking at you Nebraska, Wisconsin).
edit: kinda like the Georgia "G"
I think any helmet that has made it through a few decades without significant changes is iconic... in particular those that have lasted over a half century... Ohio State's are very much unique to OSU... Michigan's to Michigan, USC to USC... Bama's and PSU are traditional but I wouldn't say 'iconic' in the sense that numbers on the side of the helmet represent Alabama and plain white helmets represent Penn State. When you hear 'winged' helmets, you are thinking Michigan, when you hear leaves (even without 'Buckeye' in front of them) you think of Ohio State...
Hail, I want to believe it is MSU so I am going to :)
Hail, your coach is from Ohio so I wouldnt go there dude.
Stealing MSU's helmets and stealing OSU's second string coaches...
HAHAHA! I love this thread!
Football is coming, you can tell everyone is charged up!
Hodge be one funny dude.
Personally, whoever started them doesn't matter to me; the winged helmets and Script Ohio are 2 of the most iconic football images ever. That's all I care about.