Guest list: Zorro Garcia . Best College Football Helmets

Zorro strikes again! Listen to him wax poetic on helmet design and philosophy.


To commemorate the Football Championship Bowl Season I offer the best college football helmets:

Washington State University Cougars Two things put this helmet at the top: The letters W-S-U form a Cougar and the team wears red at home and silver on the road- cool!

Florida State Seminoles The spear on the helmet reflects the traditional pregame declaration of war. Couple that with the never-ending tomahawk chant of the crowd and the Garnet and Gold is hard to top.

Air Force Academy Falcons Reflective of their mission to command the air the lightning bolt is the perfect logo for AFA. What is ironic is that they are one of the leading rushing teams in football.

Kansas State Wildcats One of the first action graphics, it has became the model for many of the new helmet logos.

Colorado State Rams The perfect logo for the shape of a football helmet the original was designed by a former LA Ram player who happened to have majored in art at UCLA.

San Diego State Aztecs This helmet is unique in that it is the only one to date that darkens toward the lower edge and fades into black.

University of Hawaii Warriors The former Rainbow Warriors lost their rainbow nickname as well as their care bear logo and now sport this tribal inspired helmet. Success on the field has followed.

West Virginia Mountaineers The W and V are reminiscent of the mountains from which the team derives its nickname. It’s also the birthplace of my mother so that gave it bonus points

Michigan Wolverines This one is in on tradition alone. It is a throwback to the construction of the old leather helmets and has not changed since the old days.

Helmet graphics from The Helmet Project