With the NFL Draft coming up later this week it seemed like a perfect time for a college football piece! In the past Balladeer’s Blog has treated readers to lists of cool-named college sports teams or cool logos for such teams. I even ran a list of the Top 6 D2 College Football Stadiums last year. This new list will examine football helmets for NAIA college teams that all use very creative variations on a common theme.
DORDT COLLEGE DEFENDERS
Location: Sioux City, IA
Comment: They’re called the Defenders, just like the superhero team founded by Dr Strange, the Hulk and the Sub-Mariner. Not to be confused with college football’s ASA Avengers, who share a name with a whole different superhero team.
EVANGEL UNIVERSITY CRUSADERS
Location: Springfield, MO
Comment: As if having the infinitely cool team name Crusaders wasn’t enough, Evangel University’s football team also sports this incredibly cool helmet design! No wonder they’re the gridiron pride of Springfield, MO.
NORTHWESTERN (IA) RED RAIDERS
Location: Orange City, IA
Comment: Tougher than the Northwestern in Illinois, more pleasant than the Red Raiders who had that awful Mike Leach scandal! These Red Raiders from the NAIA’s Great Plains Athletic Conference are ranked year in and year out!
CONCORDIA (MI) CARDINALS
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Comment: Meet the REAL reason Ann Arbor is synonymous with college football! I’m just kidding, the Cardinals will be kicking off just their 2nd year of intercollegiate football this fall, but were very impressive in their debut season!
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I’m a junior in high school and I could definitely see myself in that Northwestern Iowa helmet!
Go for it! Good luck!
Attractive helmets! Luving ur blog!
Thank you! That’s nice of you to say that!
Decent choice of helmets given this theme.
Thanks! !
Realy cool helmets! You da man for showing them! Cheers!
Thank you for saying so!
you should get “that helmet guy” to carry these – https://www.facebook.com/ThatHelmetGuy
That’s a good idea!
Evangel is the best!
Thank you for weighing in!
Really cool! I could picture myself playing for one of these schools!
I hope you get the chance to!
Great helmets! Red Raiders are my favorite!
Terrific! You can help spread the word about them.
Cool helmets! I’d love to see the sexy guys wearing them!
With or without the rest of the uniform on?
Absolutely pent subject matter, thanks for information. “The last time I saw him he was walking down Lover’s Lane holding his own hand.” by Fred Allen.
Christian helmets suck. You should do Jewish ones.
I’d be glad to if you can tell me a team that uses them.