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For want of a nail the game is lost! Or, a helmet chin strap solution needed!
Nov 5, 2018, 5:27 AM
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Ok, it’s bad enough to see a Tiger helmet come off in a critical game and a key player has to, unless a result of a penalty, sit out a play.
I just watched the replay of the WVA @ TX game. Late in 3rd qtr and TX has to make WVA 4 for a 1st & goal. QB runs and initial spot has him making the 4 by 2” - but his helmet comes off.
TX likely to score at least a FG with four try’s from the 4 yd line. But a play is dead the instant the helmet comes off. After about a 15-min review the call is the TX QB was short of the 4 when his hat came off = 1st down for WVA who ended up winning by 1 point on a gutsy end of game 2pt conversion.
Now, had the QB’s helmet not come off, it’s possible TX may have won this game.
So, how difficult is it to engineer a chin strap that won’t come off without a unique sequence - like a child-proof top. I know in boating they have snaps that turn to secure a grommet so it will not just pull loose like a snap fastener. May not be deemed “safe” on a football helmet as the turn part protrudes.
Ok, Tiger engineers, this is your task: design a safe chin snap fastener for Clemson that won’t come off in regular play. Ready, GO!
Ps - I’ll share patent rights 50-50!
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This repeated loss of helmet thingy is ridiculous, even
Nov 5, 2018, 6:18 AM
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though I know it's caused sometimes by opponents ripping them off.
Makes me think they are ill-fitted......or perhaps, need assistance with duct tape! lol
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Orange Blooded [3650]
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Re: For want of a nail the game is lost! Or, a helmet chin strap solution needed!
Nov 5, 2018, 6:27 AM
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I think helmets are designed to break away as a safety measure to prevent serious neck injuries.
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Exactly right... if helmet stays on, necks get broken***
Nov 5, 2018, 7:34 AM
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Re: For want of a nail the game is lost! Or, a helmet chin strap solution needed!
Nov 5, 2018, 6:35 AM
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A lot of kids are not properly fastening their straps...it's "cool" to have one strap hanging.
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Re: For want of a nail the game is lost! Or, a helmet chin strap solution needed!
Nov 5, 2018, 7:47 AM
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In this particular case it’s an unsolvable problem - Texas QB has a giant, block-shaped head and helmet shells are roundish so the solution is the empty set.
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Re: For want of a nail the game is lost! Or, a helmet chin strap solution needed!
Nov 5, 2018, 10:03 AM
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Now that’s just cruel. Funny, but cruel!
Don’t even want to see you get started on Bentley’s 5-head!
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All-TigerNet [10901]
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I have wondered why a face mask can't be made to release
Nov 5, 2018, 8:13 AM
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with a certain amount of pull applied to it? Seems that would be a good safety feature.
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Now this is a very good idea!
Nov 5, 2018, 10:08 AM
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Except you keep those types of face masks only on skill offensive players (RBs, QBs and WRs/tight ends).
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