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The Texas Longhorns are getting ready to start fall practice in the next several weeks, which means that the equipment staff is hard at work prepping the helmets for the season. Those helmets will look a little bit different this year:
New addition to the helmets this year...3D front bumpers pic.twitter.com/uX3NzRlaCo
— UTexas Equipment (@UTexasEquipment) July 25, 2013
And after honoring legendary former coach DKR with his initials in the helmet logo, that aspect of the Texas head gear will go back to normal now.
Here's a few other pics from the UTexas Equipment Twitter feed:
Helmet assembly time pic.twitter.com/Z8Ews6fO3K
— UTexas Equipment (@UTexasEquipment) July 25, 2013
Hard hats pic.twitter.com/FUDZIaaU0E
— UTexas Equipment (@UTexasEquipment) July 25, 2013
The feed also noted several other slight changes to the uniforms that weren't mentioned in the post the other day. The jersey numbers are slightly smaller now than they were last season and the pants are slightly different:
Other slight change was the pants. Swoosh and Longhorn swapped hips. Swoosh now lines up with Swoosh on jersey
— UTexas Equipment (@UTexasEquipment) July 9, 2013
Of course, since all these changes are minor, that should keep all the purists out there happy.