When Rich Rodriguez became the head coach for Arizona Football in time for the 2012 season, the slick copper helmets were born.
While honoring the Arizona copper industry, the athletic department found yet another revenue stream to pull from, and I was all in because they were different, and they looked kind of cool.
It had also been awhile since a brand new helmet had been released to the Tucson masses.
T-shirts, mini helmets and all sorts of other stuff had a copper twist given to them at the Arizona Bookstore and the stadium.