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Ohio State Helmet style question

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October 5, 2016 at 2:34pm
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Are Ohio State players required to wear the Riddell Speed Flex model now? From what I've observed, every player on both sides of the ball except Noah Brown and Joe Burrow, wears this model (might be off on this). That is way more than any other NCAA team I've seen. If it keeps them safer, I'm all for it, no matter how ugly and lacrosse player-looking they are, but I was just curious as to why it is so much more prominent for tOSU compared to the rest of the country. Anyone have any insight?

Edit: The other thing I forgot to mention is that if it was a player's preference, why have so many former Buckeyes switched back to either the Speed Evolution or Schutt models upon entering the NFL? Michael Thomas, Braxton Miller, Vonn Bell etc

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