Cool new helmets!

We recently finished 2 projects and another will ship on next Monday. Check out our work! The first helmet was for the North Mesa Tigers of Pueblo, Colorado. We did these on a black Schutt DNA shell with a black facemask. Each helmet had a yellow stripe, front and rear bumper decals with yellow text on a black background. We also added each player's number in yellow on the rear of the helmet.




The second helmet was done for the Marysville Trojans from Marysville, Washington. These were also done a black Schutt DNA shell with a black facemask. We put a purple stripe with small white outline on the helmet and a stylized purple and black Trojan head with a white outline. On the front bumper was Trojans in black text on white and each players name on the rear bumper. Lastly, we actually included each player's number in purple text on a white background.





The last helmet we will be shipping soon are the CDW helmets. These helmets are scarlet red Schutt Pro-Air II with white facemasks. We have the CDW logo in white on each side with a white stripe. The front bumper is varied with black text on a white background and the rear bumper is each employee's name in black text on white. Once each employee has their helmet they will be able to earn award decals to put on their helmets. Remember, you can get great computer products and service from CDW at www.cdw.com

Week 9 Top 25

HelmetNation is busy and our Top 25 expert is right there in the middle of it. Therefore, here is the abbreviated Week 9 HelmetNation Top 25.

1) Florida – Took Miss St’s best effort and still walked out a winner. Up next: vs. Georgia
2) Alabama – Blocked the Volunteer FG attempt on last play of the game to stay unbeaten. Up next: vs. #7 LSU Nov. 7
3) Texas – Rolled Missouri in a big blowout. Up next: @ #11 Oklahoma State

4) TCU – Ripped thru BYU in Provo big time! Great athletes, this team is for real! Up next: vs. UNLV
5) USC – Won a wild shootout with Oregon State. Up next: @ #9 Oregon
6) Boise St. – Hammered Hawaii in Hawaii 54-7. Up next: vs. San Jose State
7) LSU – Beat up on the other Tigers in the SEC. Up next: vs. Tulane
8) Cincinnati – Back up QB Collaros lit up Louisville for 41. Up next: @ Syracuse
9) Oregon – Played rough with the Huskies in tuning up for USC. Up next: vs. #5 USC
10) Georgia Tech – Ran over, around and through the Cavaliers. Up next: vs Vanderbilt

11) Oklahoma State – Dumped Baylor and have momentum going into big game this weekend. Up next: vs #3 Texas
12) Virginia Tech – DNP. Up next: vs. North Carolina on Thurs. Oct. 29

13) Utah – Took tough Air Force squad in OT. Up next: vs. Wyoming
14) Pittsburgh – Beat up on reeling South Florida squad. Up next: vs. Syracuse Nov. 7
15) Iowa – Overrated Iowa squad squeaks by Michigan State. Being undefeated in the Big 10 does not mean you are good. Up next: vs. Indiana
16) Penn State – Routed Michigan in the Big House. Up next: @ Northwestern
17) Houston – Rounded up the Mustangs of SMU in easy win. Up next: vs. Southern Miss
18) West Virginia – Topped solid Connecticut squad by 4. Up next: @ South Florida Friday Oct. 30
19) Navy – Only losses were close to Ohio State and Pittsburgh. Up next: vs. Temple

20) Miami – Lost in OT shootout with Clemson. Up next: @ Wake Forest
21) South Carolina – Squeaked by below average Vanderbilt team. Up next: @ Tennessee
22) Ole Miss – Outlasted spunky Arkansas team. Up next: @ Auburn

23) Arizona – Handled UCLA by 2 touchdowns. Up next: vs. Washington State Nov. 7
24) California – Washington State is always nice to face to get back on track. Up next: @ Arizona State
25) Oklahoma – Life without Bradford got off on the right foot. Up next: vs. Kansas State

October Football!

Let's get one thing straight. When it comes to college football, the month of October is Ba-RUTAL. It's these 4 weeks that separate the men from the male cheerleaders. It's when preseason dreams falter. Philosophies are tested. Complete overhauls are made. And mark it down, by now your team has either bought in, or is zonin' out. Who will separate themselves from the crowd?


Florida/Miss St.
Can you believe that Florida has not won a game in Starkville since 1985? I was 11. That's one of the more astounding facts I've heard all year. I do think this game will be close. Miss St has been playing everyone tough this year, Dan Mullen knows Meyer's and Tebow's tendencies better than his own kids and not only that, Florida just has not been the same razor-sharp gator team that we've been accustomed to seeing. That being said, I just don't see an upset here as Florida has too many athletes. Florida 34 MSU 31


Tennessee/Alabama
The Vols really beat the heck out of Georgia and could play upset special this week. I don't think they'll put more than 13 or 16 points on the board but hey, against Bama that could be enough. The vols are gonna go into this one with absolutely nothing to lose...and if they can slow down Bama's running game...who knows? Tennessee 16, Alabama 10


TCU/BYU
Max Hall just hasn't shown the kind of consistency that was expected in his senior year. After the win over Oklahoma, they've kind of fallen into the middle of the pack and really haven't done anything to stand out from any previous year. TCU gets them in Prove, and yet I don't see a whole lotta heart from this BYU team. Not against that defense. TCU 41 BYU 27


Texas/Missouri
There is no question in my mind that Missouri will NOT be able to run the ball AGAIN. Texas hasn't really put a complete game together all year, but they won't have to this week either. The Tigers will keep it close until halftime, but Texas has too much speed and physicality for Missouri to match. The Tigers will fall right to the bottom of the Big 12 North by a score of 38-13.


Iowa/Michigan State
I really believe that Iowa is about the 30th best team in the country right now, but because they play in the powder puff conference they continue to win. I freakin hope this is the week they get exposed. Spartans 34 Hawkeyes 21

Penn St/Michigan
Don't know. Don't care.


Oklahoma/Kansas
This is a very intriguing match-up. I think the Sooners will rally around 'Tom' Landry Jones the rest of the year and the defense will do just enough to slow down the Jayhawks on offense to win. OU 29 Kansas 27

Other Match-ups

USC will absolutely roll over Oregon St. Wait, that's what everyone said last year. OSU is not intimidated in the least by this team, but they will still take it in the shorts 35-24.


Washington will beat Oregon 45-42. You heard it here first.

Nebraska will start their true freshman QB and finally put some points on the board against the upstart Iowa St. Cyclones. NU 44 ISU 24


Could Boise St. lose at Hawaii? Yes, yes they could. And I predict that they will 31-30.


Game, set, match!

by Andrew Deifel

I love the Fall!

HelmetNation is currently working on 8 orders! We can do helmets for your organization, whether it be a business, college, high school or youth team! Take a look at what we are working on now!


We are working on the Official Mini Helmets of the Capital One Bowl! They go on a custom colored Schutt Pro-Air II shell with a white facemask.


Next are the mini helmets we are doing for the great computer company; CDW. You can find them on the web at www.cdw.com. Their helmets will be a scarlet red Schutt Pro-Air II shell with a white facemask. The CDW logo will be on both sides with a white stripe down the middle! The bumpers are going to be personalized.


We are also doing the mini helmets for Christopher High School in Illinois and Dowling Catholic High School in Iowa. The Christopher helmets are a dark royal blue Schutt Pro-Air II with an orange facemask. They have a paw logo with Bearcats across it. The Dowling helmets will be a white Schutt DNA shell with maroon facemask. They have a maroon D logo on the sides, a cross and another small decal on the back and the front bumper says MAROONS.


Finally, we are working on mini helmets for 4 youth teams at the moment. The North Mesa Tigers are from Colorado. Their helmet will be a black Schutt DNA shell with black facemask. They will have their NM w/tiger logo on the sides and a yellow gold stripe. The bumpers will say NORTH MESA on the back and TIGERS on the front.


The San Jacinto Ravens are from Texas. They will have a white Schutt DNA shell with a navy blue facemask. They have the same logo as the Baltimore Ravens only the colors are different with an SJ on the ravens head. They also will have a navy blue stripe and die cut player numbers on the back.


The Trojans are a team from Marysville, Washington. They will also have a black Schutt DNA shell with black facemask. They will have a purple Trojan logo outlined in white with a purple stripe outlined in white as well. The front bumper will say TROJANS and the rear bumper will be personalized with the players’ names.


The most recent order was from the Mountain Crest Mustangs youth team from Logan, Utah. They will have white Schutt DNA shells with a white facemask. They have a navy stripe down the middle of the helmet and the running mustang logo (like SMU) with a navy blue outline. The front bumper will say MUSTANGS and the back bumper will say MOUNTAIN CREST.

Let us help make your year memorable for your youth or high school players! Or let us help you with that sales drive in your organization! Give each salesperson a helmet and give them award stickers for hitting certain objectives! Just remember HelmetNation: When Ordinary Just Won't Do!

Week 8 Top 25

So this is the week when the B(C)S rankings come out. Florida remains #1 but Alabama is close on their heels. The problem is that all the systems that feed the BCS rankings have been going on since the preseason. If we truly want to attempt to find a fair way of doing the rankings then no one should be producing rankings until this point or even later in the season. That would give everyone a chance to make their statements on the field and not have to climb a long ways up or have the unfair advantage of starting at the top.


Well, the HelmetNation Top 25 continues to buck the trend of the National talking heads and polls. Notre Dame was exposed again and is not a BCS caliber team. Boston College comes calling next and hopefully the Irish will continue to go quietly into that good night. We refuse to rank any Big 10 team above 15 in the country. Iowa is clearly the leader in that clubhouse, but their tendency to play to the level of their opponent will catch up to them at some point. Probably against a team you wouldn’t expect to beat them. We also believe that TCU is truly the best possible chance for a non-BCS team to bust into one of those bowl games.

Given all that, here is the Week 8 HelmetNation Top 25.


1) Florida – In the SEC, it is hard to stay focused and take everyone’s best shot and come out on top. The gritty win against Arkansas showed heart. Also, the BCS #1 in the rankings out this week. Up next: @ Mississippi St.
2) Alabama – Dominated again! Conventional wisdom says this team is better than Florida. Conventional wisdom said that last year too. Until they beat Florida in the SEC Championship game or Florida loses, they will remain ranked lower than the Gators. Up next: vs. Tennessee
3) Texas – Oklahoma put up a fight and had Bradford played, they may have won. I wasn’t as impressed with Texas as I should have been. Up next: @ Missouri
4) TCU – The Horned Frogs ran Colorado State. This next week will let us know if TCU is a real BCS-bustin’ contender or pretender. Up next: @ #16 BYU

5) USC – Held off Notre Dame. (Thank goodness) Barkley continues to improve. Up next: vs. Oregon State
6) Boise St. – Close win @ Tulsa last Wednesday didn’t impress the nation. They just need to keep winning including next week when they travel off the mainland. Up next: @ Hawaii.
7) LSU – DNP. Up next: vs. Auburn
8) Cincinnati – Went on the road, beat an undefeated USF squad handily and Pike hurt his arm again. Pike is getting used to playing with a cast on. Up next: vs. Louisville
9) Miami – Held off Central Florida to up record to 5-1. Up next: vs. Clemson
10) Oregon – DNP. Ducks season has turned around since opening loss to Boise State. Up next: @ Washington

11) Georgia Tech – Impressive win against Virginia Tech puts GT in strong spot in ACC Coastal Division. Up next: @ Virginia
12) Oklahoma State – Had a strong showing against Missouri. Seem to be dealing with loss of Dez Bryant okay. Up next: @ Baylor
13) Virginia Tech – Lost tough game vs YellowJackets of Georgia Tech. Up next: vs. North Carolina Oct. 29
14) Utah – Took down UNLV as they should. The Air Force option is coming to town next. Up next: vs. Air Force

15) Iowa – Came back to beat Wisconsin. They just keep playing one step above their opponents. Eventually, that will catch up with them. Up next: @ Michigan State
16) Brigham Young – Held off San Diego State in game that was closer than it should have been. Were they looking ahead? ESPN Gameday will be in Provo! Up next: vs. #4 TCU
17) Pittsburgh – Beat Rutgers in preparation for a tough test this weekend. Up next: vs. #24 South Florida
18) Penn State – The Big 10 doesn’t show us much beating up on each other. Up next: @ #23 Michigan
19) Houston – Continued coming back from loss to UTEP by pounding Tulane. Up next: vs. SMU
20) Texas Tech – Defense dominated Nebraska’s offense. Great road win for the Red Raiders. Up next: vs. Texas A&M

21) West Virginia – Workmanlike victory against Marshall. Up next: vs. Connecticut
22) Navy – Underrated Midshipmen beat SMU in OT. Should give Demon Deacons all they can handle. Up next: vs. Wake Forest
23) Michigan– Pounded the holy snot out of FCS opponent Delaware State. Up next: vs. #18 Penn State
24) South Florida – Didn’t look good at home in loss to Cincinnati. They face another stiff test this coming weekend. Up next: @ #17 Pittsburgh
25) Nebraska – Undressed at home by Texas Tech. Offense has work to do. Defense is Championship caliber. Up next: vs. Iowa State

Two roads diverged in a wood,

And I, I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

I am just not ready to sell my soul to the devil that is ESPN/NCAA/Bowl committees and just eat up the crap they put out. I have barely been able to watch ESPN this week being busy running a business and yet every time it has been on, I have seen some segment on Charlie Weis and Notre Dame.

It makes me sick. Notre Dame has been lucky thus far this season. Lucky that Purdue’s Coach Hope makes a boneheaded time out call late in the game that gave ND extra downs. Lucky, that Washington with Jake Locker can’t figure out how to give him just 1 play in 8 attempts that would allow him to use his talent to score a TD. But it seems to be by pure design that the Bowls and ESPN love Notre Dame even when they don’t deserve it. Well, this weekend we find out what they deserve. USC hasn’t looked great either. But these are the kinds of games Pete Carroll has his troops up for and as much attention as ND has gotten this week, I am sure he has used that as major motivation for the Trojans. I hope USC trounces ND this weekend. Hopefully, ND will continue to lose games. The last thing we need is an overrated, unworthy Irish team in the BCS; as if the BCS wasn’t crap in the first place. Officially, I am going to call this a win for the Trojans. 24-14.

Finally, a weekend with good matchups
The weekend started with a good Top 25 matchup that saw #10 Cincinnati prove how good they are with a convincing 34-17 victory @ #13 South Florida.


#2 Alabama has rolled everyone so far. With #22 South Carolina sitting their star freshman back don’t look for that roll to stop here. Roll Tide 38 – 12.


The Red River Rivalry! An early morning Saturday game that I will be up for! #17 Oklahoma has looked out of sorts a bit this year but Colt McCoy and the #3 Longhorns haven’t rolled as easily as I think they should have. This game will be another shootout and I think the prevailing thought is that Texas will win. I see a fired up Sooner club that will surprise UT led by the return of Sam Bradford at QB. A loss hurts either team severely, but I think UT has more to lose. Oklahoma 35-31.

#6 Virginia Tech faces a real challenge trying to stop #21 Georgia Tech’s option offense. The YellowJackets have run for huge yards in recent weeks. Of course, Virginia Tech’s Defense has won them games earlier in the year. These two teams strengths will run smack into each other Saturday and I see a tough game. I think both teams have a legit shot to win but I am going to call this one for VT. 17-14.

You can count on it

LSU will beat Auburn and show again why Auburn never should have been in the Top 25.


Nebraska’s Heisman hopeful Ndamukong Suh will introduce himself to Texas Tech QB Steve “Sticks” Sheffield and perhaps break that twig in half.

The Hawkeyes will finally lose at Wisconsin and the Big 10 mediocrity will continue.

Tim Tebow will be named Mayor of Gainesville and then lead the Gators in a blowout of Arkansas as his first official act in office.

Charlie Weis will show up to the post-game press conference with a slim-fast, a donut and a whole lot of regrets.

ESPN will still hype the loser of the USC/ND game as a BCS quality team.

Games under the radar

#25 Missouri @ #14 Oklahoma State


California @ UCLA

Stanford @ Arizona

Texas Tech @ #8 Nebraska

Overall, it should be a competitive weekend so enjoy your football!

HelmetNation Delivers!!

This week HelmetNation finished two great helmet orders. The first was for Blair HS in Blair, Nebraska! Their helmet is a Schutt DNA purple shell and white facemask. They use white Ravens style stripes and have a Bear paw with BLAIR across it in script. We enjoyed getting their helmets done for them.



The other helmet we finished was the helmet for FantasyFootballUnderworld.com. These guys offer great information for you to keep up with your fantasy football team at their website: www.fantasyfootballunderworld.com. They are going to be giving the helmet away and we hope they come looking for more! They have a fantastic logo and we put that on the helmet along with a silver and white tapered Broncos style stripe that tapers towards the front. We also put FFU on the front bumper in silver text on a black background. Take a look at this great helmet!



This week we also received orders from several other high schools and youth teams! Those helmets will be up on the blog once they are completed in the coming weeks!

Let us know how we can help you with your team or organization's helmets! Show your Allegiance!

HelmetNation Week 7 Top 25

Well, the weekends’ two best matchups produced the two best games. Nebraska used a 4th quarter explosion to comeback and wash out the Tigers in Missouri and Tim Tebow led the Gators to hard fought victory in Death Valley. Outside of that the weekend didn’t produce much drama.


The coming weekend features a few more Top 25 matchups including an SEC showdown between Alabama and South Carolina and the Red River Rivalry between Texas and a resurgent Oklahoma team once again led by Sam Bradford.

Other games of interest include the battle of the Tech schools when Virginia Tech visits Georgia Tech. For the National polls it is a matchup of Top 25 teams when USC goes to South Bend to take on the Fighting Irish. (HelmetNation reserves the right to call Notre Dame the pretender that we believe they are!) Also, the Cincinnati and South Florida game should be a dandy!


1) Florida – Great game to beat LSU in Death Valley. Tebow shows why he remains the heart and soul of that team. Up next: vs. Arkansas
2) Alabama – Dominated again! Up next: vs. #22 South Carolina

3) Texas – Colorado gave them much more of a game than expected. Up next: vs. #17 Oklahoma
4) TCU – Air Force’s option attack made this a close game. Up next: vs. Colorado State
5) Boise St. – DNP. Up next: @ Tulsa.
6) Virginia Tech – Crushed a solid Boston College team. The Hokies seem to be heating up. Up next: @ #21 Georgia Tech
7) USC – DNP. Barkley and the Trojans will go to Notre Dame and won’t need late game heroics to win! Up next: @ Notre Dame
8) Nebraska – 4th Quarter comeback showed heart and grit. First 3 quarters give them something to work on. Up next: vs. Texas Tech

9) LSU – Played Florida tough and should continue to do well. Up next: vs. Auburn Oct. 24
10) Cincinnati – DNP. Now we find out who is for real as the Bearcats travel to #13 South Florida. Up next: @ #15 South Florida
11) Miami – Rolling FAMU was a well-deserved break after their tough early schedule. Up next: @ UCF.
12) Oregon – Continued to show they might be what we expected at the beginning of the season by beating solid UCLA team. Up next: @ Washington Oct. 24
13) South Florida – DNP. Facing undefeated Cincinnati should reveal something about the Bulls. Up next: vs. #10 Cincinnati
14) Oklahoma State – Closer than expected game with A&M. Still don’t have a good read on the this team and loss of Dez Bryant will hurt. Up next: vs. #25 Missouri
15) Kansas – Another offensive barrage against Iowa State. Their weakness is definitely on defense. Up next: @ Colorado
16) Ohio State – The Big 10 can’t be in the Top 15. Rolled previously undefeated Wisconsin. Up next: @ Purdue
17) Oklahoma – Bradford had a nice return in torching the Bears. Will it be in time to take down Colt McCoy and the Longhorns? Up next: vs. #3 Texas

18) Iowa – The Hawkeyes continue to play to the level of their opponents beating Michigan in a close game. Up next: @ Wisconsin
19) Utah – Needed comeback win against Colorado State. Up next: @ UNLV
20) Brigham Young – Rolled the Rebels of UNLV and could have done it with 3rd stringers. Up next: @ San Diego State
21) Georgia Tech – Out scored Florida State in a back and forth contest. Up next: vs. #5 Virginia Tech
22) South Carolina – Won close game against Kentucky. Up next: @ #2 Alabama
23) Penn State – Eastern Illinois? Really? Up next: vs. Minnesota
24) Houston – Has now beaten two Big 12 South teams and an SEC team but lost ugly to UTEP. What gives? Up next: @ Tulane

25) Missouri – Tough loss at home to Nebraska in downpour. Up next: @ #14 Oklahoma State