I am assuming the helmet will correspond to the rumored "new" throwbacks to be used for this game - the 100 year anniversary jersey from 1982 could be in play.

You're correct the paw is too small...but I like the attempt. I loved the paw....honors joe japp too.

That paw too smaw.

that design is garbage. way too cartoonish.
looks like something a 5 year old would draw.

we should use the Bear claw marks instead.

Cal88 said:

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That is the original design, larger paws, stylized/longer fangs, glossy navy finish, best Cal football helmet ever.

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Yeah. Gotta be big enough like this, so you can see a little of it from the front and from the back.

Claw marks have a passing resemblance to LSUs tiger eye mark at the 50.

Fred Bear said:

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Curious to know how much money gets spent on having a helmet we might use once or twice at most during a season vs spending it on stuff that actually matters.

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it's just a decal on our regular navy helmets lol

why are people thinking we are getting new helmets? are people thinking that we literally buy a new helmet with each new design? all they're doing is getting new stickers and putting them on either our gold or navy helmets (like the script Cal on the gold helmets)

Agree. Just the claw marks (without the claw) might look pretty cool. Maybe script Cal on one side and claw marks on the other?

I actually like these helmets.

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CalBearinLA said:

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Fred Bear said:

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Curious to know how much money gets spent on having a helmet we might use once or twice at most during a season vs spending it on stuff that actually matters.

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it's just a decal on our regular navy helmets lol

why are people thinking we are getting new helmets? are people thinking that we literally buy a new helmet with each new design? all they're doing is getting new stickers and putting them on either our gold or navy helmets (like the script Cal on the gold helmets)

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The helmet in the video looks more like that matte finish that I thought we'd ditched than the helmets we wore vs. Florida State which look fairly shiny to me, but perhaps I'm wrong.

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the helmet in the video is also a CGI version it looks like.

Fred Bear said:

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CalBearinLA said:

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Fred Bear said:

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Curious to know how much money gets spent on having a helmet we might use once or twice at most during a season vs spending it on stuff that actually matters.

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it's just a decal on our regular navy helmets lol

why are people thinking we are getting new helmets? are people thinking that we literally buy a new helmet with each new design? all they're doing is getting new stickers and putting them on either our gold or navy helmets (like the script Cal on the gold helmets)

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The helmet in the video looks more like that matte finish that I thought we'd ditched than the helmets we wore vs. Florida State which look fairly shiny to me, but perhaps I'm wrong.

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just re-upping this to show we didn't spend $$ on new helmets, but on decals. They do look nice!

https://instagr.am/p/DAtenZ7yKmv

bear2034 said:

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The Cal script is too small, we should have stuck with our classic design.

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Agree, but love the background to the set!! What a bonanza!

BearForceOne said:

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Agree. Just the claw marks (without the claw) might look pretty cool. Maybe script Cal on one side and claw marks on the other?

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how about the Claw marks with Cal script underneath?

Why’s the Bearclaw backwards?

— Troy Auzenne (@Auz52) October 5, 2024

bear2034 said:

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The Cal script is too small, we should have stuck with our classic design.

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It's small but the color palette is very good, it will pop in HD for sure

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Cal88 said:

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Why’s the Bearclaw backwards?

— Troy Auzenne (@Auz52) October 5, 2024

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I agree with Troy, the bear claw should be bigger and should be facing forward.

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The new bear claw design falls really short (literally), it was done by someone who either wasn't around in the 80s or is an outsider who is completely unfamiliar with the older design.

The claw turned backwards looks like some animal struck the players on the head. turned forward it looks like the claws are attacking the opponents, especially when lined up before the snap.



This si the best home uniform in the histoy of the program, classic, classy, minimalist, perfect colors and best helmet design in college football, along with the Virgina solid blue crossing swords.



Whoever was in charge of graphics in 1982 at Cal was really good, I remember these mini-programs, awesome design.

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bear2034 said:

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The Cal script is too small, we should have stuck with our classic design.

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I might be in the minority here, but when comparing these bear paw's to the old ones, I like the current/new/small version better.

I really REALLY liked the yellow lids that we wore on the road, but I assume that wouldn't have looked right on the all blues. I was wrong on the throwback uni btw; oh well.

I will say this - I kind of wish they had the standard Cal script helmet on the set instead of the alternate version we are playing with.

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This is also not a new bear claw logo...it's one of our old logos we used to use too. I had a couple shirts back when i was a student with this logo

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calumnus said:

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Cal88 said:

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Why’s the Bearclaw backwards?

— Troy Auzenne (@Auz52) October 5, 2024

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I agree with Troy, the bear claw should be bigger and should be facing forward.

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They went cheap and only made a single decal instead of having mirror images so the claw was forward on both sides. Bush league.

I concur it should be larger like the originals.

I was never a big fan of them, but in honor of Joe Kapp, they are OK.

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it's probably for one game...it's fine. lol

Cal88 said:

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calumnus said:

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Cal88 said:

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Why’s the Bearclaw backwards?

— Troy Auzenne (@Auz52) October 5, 2024

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I agree with Troy, the bear claw should be bigger and should be facing forward.

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The new bear claw design falls really short (literally), it was done by someone who either wasn't around in the 80s or is an outsider who is completely unfamiliar with the older design.

The claw turned backwards looks like some animal struck the players on the head. turned forward it looks like the claws are attacking the opponents, especially when lined up before the snap.



This si the best home uniform in the histoy of the program, classic, classy, minimalist, perfect colors and best helmet design in college football, along with the Virgina solid blue crossing swords.



Whoever was in charge of graphics in 1982 at Cal was really good, I remember these mini-programs, awesome design.

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Joe Kapp's secretary (and then wife) designed the bear claw helmet and Joe used those when he was at Cal. I think there was some sort of issue with who owned the design, etc which made it a bit of a sticky issue for some time. Anyway, it's back and I love it. The problem is - they only printed the logo one way, and so on one side it is going forward and the other side it is going back. You have to do both sides opposite.