By ADRIANA BECERRA
Student Reporter
Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s football team has been getting a ton of hype from national websites everyone. This isn’t for just becoming an official member of the NCAA DII, instead it is for their newest helmet design for the season.
With new coaches and new players, there is more excitement in the air than ever before for the Ranger football team. FootballScoop.com recently wrote an article calling our helmets “perhaps the boldest helmet concept of the year.”
The new design came from coach Walter but took the whole staff to collaborate and see the design come to life. The concept of the helmets takes from the University of Connecticut’s helmet stripes as well as the pistols that schools such as New Mexico State University have. According to the article, there is not a school that has combined the two concepts as well as Northwestern Oklahoma State University has.
When the article was first posted on FootballScoop.com just saw them and knew that they were a concept and may or may not be used in the upcoming season. Within hours, Ranger Football tweeted back from their account saying, “Article on
Walter said, “It’s truly exciting to get national publicity about our helmet concepts.
Now days it’s all the rage to have multiple uniform combinations. So we started a back to black initiative to pay homage to the winning tradition in football here at Northwestern, then we wanted to come up with a new radical design that would bring a new excitement for the new era of football here. The goal was to create a design that would show the culture change and new brand of football here, as well as bridge the gap between old and new.”
NCAA.com also wrote up an article displaying the new helmets that Northwestern will be using this year. The article took a look at 10 of the best gridiron fashion updates. The Rangers have some new gear and are ready to start the year. The Rangers first home game is September 12 at 7 p.m.