... as the one I was wearing, I'd run over her if she was in my way. And I love my mother." - Bo Jackson College football helmet designs have come a long way since the idea of the helmet was introduced to college football. Helmets started off as an after thought in football. Most of the college football games between 1890 and 1915 were actually played without helmets. They were the last part of the pads to be mandated. At first, nearly all games were played in unadorned helmets that all looked the same. School logos and other designs were rarely used. As the rivalries between schools began to intensify, colleges and universities began to hand-paint their helmets. It was part school pride, part strategy. The theory was that simple col...

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