This particular development in Ole Miss’ sartorial choices perhaps deserves an ALL CAPS post, but we’re trying to remain calm. Doing so is difficult, though, because LOOK AT THESE DAMN HELMETS THE REBS ARE WEARING AGAINST COACHO AND LSU ON SATURDAY NIGHT:
That’s Chucky Mullins Award winner Marquis Haynes’ helmet right there, and it is utterly gorgeous. Powder blue, with the number slapped monumentally across the side. This should become the standard, normal helmet Ole Miss wears on Saturdays, and we will broach no argument about that assertion.
The Clarion-Ledger’s Antonio Morales has some more detail about why Ole Miss brought back the Archie Manning-era lids.