Photos: New Alabama uni concept features chrome elephant helmets
Alabama is one of the only schools that has avoided jumping into the alternate uniform game with both feet.
The Tide coaches, especially Nick Saban, prefer the classic crimson and white uniforms that the team has worn for decades.
Still, it’s fun on occasion to think about what Alabama would do if it got into the uniform concept fun. A graphic designer who goes by sulphurwing6 on Instagram, did just that Thursday, releasing what no doubt is among the most creative ideas ever attached to the Alabama uniform.
First, his concept features chrome helmets with the Tide’s elephant mascot plastered on the side rather than the traditional numbers on the side of the long-time helmets, or even a script ‘A.’ It looks much better than it sounds on paper. The uniform also relies heavily on Crimson, including the pants and shoes.
What do you think of his playoff uniform concept?
Closer view of elephant logo on the Alabama helmet A photo posted by Football Uniform Concepts (@sulphurwing6) on
Dislike. Looks like Mississippi St.
Looks nothing like State pal. They are Crimson we are Maroon.
Yeah, how can you say dark red looks like slightly darker red?
Yeah I see what your saying…. lol
No they look like Mississippi St., not that there’s anything wrong with that. This just isn’t Alabama, and it’s horrible! Those helmets are the worst I have ever seen.
Ha!
No..just….no…
Hideous. Why doesn’t Alabama ever change their uniforms? Because you can’t really improve on perfection. If Alabama trotted out in these, I may just start hoping we lost so we wouldn’t wear this disaster, or any other “alternate uniform” again.
So uniforms that look like a used tampon are “perfection”? Seriously? Bama’s uniforms are and will always be ugly. Classic or not.
Leave the helmet alone.
Our helmet is the only thing I would ever consider changing for a game or two. Only if we did a throwback white helmet. It’s historical because we wore them in the past.
I’d like to see the Red helmet at home and the White Helmet away.
The uniform we have been loving for decades need to be left alone………We are not Oregon….
This.
we are Alabama, not Oregon or some other flash wannabe, we are not like the others…We are Champions!
stop. please stop. You are not artists. Alabama is not changing their uniforms.
Lots of Nope right there.
There’s nothing more badass in all of college football than watching Bama or Penn St. wearing all white uniforms in the fourth quarter when the unis are all dirty. Bama’s all white away unis are the most intimidating in the country. This jersey will never happen.
NO!! That is NOT who we are!!!! Those are just vile!!! We have a tradition. As an alum, DON’T CHANGE PERFECTION !!!
Hate it, completely!! Bama dont ever change!
Good God, no. That concept picture makes me want to throw up.
Guys…It’s concept art…stop freaking out. Nobody is going to change Bama’s disgusting uniform any time soon
Bama’s disgusting uniform says the auburn fan! Lofl. I won’t even buy anything made by under armor just because they produce y’all’s trash!
Truth behind that statement is they don’t sell UnderArmor at Walmart.
Google auburn fans in walmart……..
Spoken like a man who has checked.
Well they don’t sell Nike either so….
Really? Disgusting? Y’all are sitting dead last in the SEC West this year and I just heard you were invited to the Birmingham Bowl…really, you are going to mouth off about our uniforms? When you are sitting where y’all are you sit back, keep you mouth shut and pray that you don’t lose the Birmingham Bowl. You keep doing you though and enjoy watching those uniforms, that you think are so disgusting, in the college play offs.
Not everyone wants to look like a used tampon on the field.
As opposed to wearing orange and blue and playing like a used tampon.
It’s called the state colors! You would know that if they taught history down around auburn.
After your team wore those awful orange cleats this season, I don’t think you have any room to criticize another team’s uniform.
HATE the pants! The rest I wouldn’t mind seeing for ONE game every other year or so! I don’t mind the unexpected alternate. I loved the “pro combat” they wore against state in 2012! The houndstooth inside the numbers was pretty BA…
It’s nice to speculate I guess, but if you actually follow Alabama football then you have heard Coach Saban say “it’s never going to happen” on his watch.
Yet he will probably retire soon, then what?
Then we still stick to tradition. Even if you aren’t SEC savvy, you should know that Alabama never changes uniforms. No one wants to change the uniforms.
That’s not even true. Alabama has changed their uniform plenty of times. Drastic changes? No, but they have.
So we sometimes have miniscule changes to our uniforms.
Your comment isn’t even true. Name a time where we put ugly-ass stipes in the middle of our jerseys.
I assure you Alabama won’t ever follow the advice of some anonymous idiot on Instagram…
Guess I might as well follow the crowd and say Nope.. doesn’t fit Alabama…
Looks more like an Arena Football League Helmet
LOL! I would love to see it happen just to watch the melt. That is seriously ugly.
I believe the word is ‘hideous’.. to the 10th power.
Hate ’em. The helmet is hideous and so are the pants. The only thing I like are the numbers on the shoulders, but that’s too reminiscent of OSU.
Gross ugly, whoever though of that must be blind!
Truly good teams don’t do the gimmicks like changing unis. That’s what teams like Boise State do. Also, these elephants look ridiculous. They look a lot like Arkansas’ helmets with that pig on the side.
Uh….no
Alabama’s Uni’s should be left alone… Period!
If they are in a playoff game and want to do something different, go with chrome number and grill on helmet, I think that on all white would be kind of cool, that is if you did anything different at all. This elephant helmet looks stupid, and really is ugly on that dark red. When I think Alabama, I think deep football tradition and numbers on the helmet, why would they ever want to change that.
I’ll blame you if we dare to go Chrome.
Negative Ghostrider…the only thing I wouldn’t mind if done right is white helmets circa 1940’s, 50’s & early 80’s for occasional road games. I think a matte/flat finish on white helmets and the crimson helmets would look great while maintaining the tradition. JMO
People who want to change Bama Unis: Satanists, commies, god dern hippies, and ISIS followers…and Barners.
Not good. But was thinking..ala is the only school I can think of that really doesn’t have a mascot…kinda like the Cleveland Browns…they have something that looks like a gremlin
Atleast it’s not a chicken…..
No. It is NOT “fun on occasion to think about what Alabama would do if it got into the uniform concept fun”. That little costume is silly. Someone needs to tell “sulphurwing6 on Instagram” to take his talents to south beach because he’s wasting his time. The SEC teams with classic uniforms do not need to make drastic changes. It’s part of our tradition.
Do I like this particular concept? No, but I support wearing special uniforms every now and then. The players like it, and the young fans like it. These old farts of Alabama fandom can’t let go of the 60’s and 70’s. That’s why Bryant-Denny is not a very intimidating place to play, yet Death Valley is.