As it turned to the year 2000, only one college football team had multiple helmets: The Washington State Cougars, who rolled out a crimson helmet to wear on the road. WSU continued to rock either a gray or crimson helmet until they released the much anticipated “icy white” helmet in 2014.
Since then, WSU has experimented with their helmets by adding different logo colors or facemask colors to their crimson, gray, white or anthracite helmet shells to create a multitude of different looks that compliment the full uniform perfectly.
While we discovered that the timeless gray shell, crimson facemask is the best helmet combination WSU has worn since their Nike revamp in 2017, it’s not always that simple.