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Colorado equipment room pic appears to show new helmets for 2024

Buffs might be getter some additions upgrades this year
Josh Tolle|
Oct 7, 2023; Tempe, Arizona, USA; Detailed view of a Colorado Buffaloes helmet at Mountain America Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 7, 2023; Tempe, Arizona, USA; Detailed view of a Colorado Buffaloes helmet at Mountain America Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports | Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

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When Deion Sanders signed with Nike after over a decade away from the brand, he told the world Colorado was going to be outfitted with new uniform combinations. We got to see a few new threads in 2023 and it seems this year might feature some upgrades.

Devin Rispress took a great photo of his son decked out in CU's equipment room, which led to many people asking about new helmets in the background. The first was a white helmet with the traditional metallic Ralphie logo and a white facemask. This is a similar look to what CU wore during last year's upset at TCU. The only touch that would make them better is to have an all gold logo.

Devin Rispress/ CU Buffs
Devin Rispress/ CU Buffs


The other was spotted on a bucket and is a great design. It's a black helmet with a white Ralphie and white facemask. While this looks awfully similar to helmets of the past, this would be a new addition to CU's lineup. These appear to coincide with the scheduled releases of Coach Prime's signature Diamond Turf 96's with similar colorways. We'll see if either helmet makes the final cut.

Colorado hosts North Dakota State to open the 2024 football season on Thursday, August 29 at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN.

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Josh Tolle
JOSH TOLLE

Josh Tolle is a writer covering college sports for On SI. Outside of storytelling, the multi-talented broadcaster has play-by-play experience at the professional and collegiate levels. In 2018, he began calling games for the National Women’s Soccer League. He has also called games for the United Soccer League, Concacaf, and the U.S. Open Cup. He has called hockey for the Premier Hockey Federation for the past three seasons and was the play-by-play voice for the Superior RoughRiders of the Western Hockey League. He has provided play-by-play for various other sports including football, basketball, baseball and volleyball events. Since 2015, Tolle has been the voice of Colorado School of Mines Athletics having called football, men's and women's basketball and soccer. He previously wrote for SB Nation.

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