After CJ Boone spilled the beans Wednesday on new Missouri helmets for the spring game, the official Missouri football account confirmed the look on Thursday:
They look even better with some professional photography.
But, in my opinion, the BIGGER news to drop on Thursday was a “while we have you here” tweet following the release of the new helmets.
Missouri is finally getting rid of the God-awful tapered helmet stripes on the oval tiger helmets. The ones with the hint of tiger stripes in them:
Looking back, the uniform redesign of 2012 by Nike was welcomed at the time, but the styles unveiled that year didn’t necessarily age well.