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I know there are a lot of more important things to talk about but watching some vintage footage of the Rams playing back in earlier LA days you cant help but notice again how skinny the horns have become on our helmets.

The Rams, who originated in Cleveland in 1936 and spent 1946 through 1994 in the Los Angeles area, trace their nickname to the college ranks. Principal owner Homer Marshman and general manager Damon “Buzz” Wetzel chose the nickname because Wetzel’s favorite football team had always been the Fordham Rams. Fordham—Vince Lombardi’s alma mater—was a powerhouse at the time.

Fred Gherke, our former lineman and art major while sitting on the sideline, took the Rams name to a different level by drawing horns on his leather helmet. The team adopted the helmet design the following season and became the first team in the league to sport a helmet design.

Bighorn mountain Rams battle by 'locking horns' and head butting each other. The victor usually being the one with the hardest head / biggest horns. They strike at the base of the horn at the forehead and collide with incredible force. The size of the horns matters.



If a Mountain Ram were to go into battle with the scrawny horns currently being sported by the StL Rams, he'd get run right off the mountain.
I hope if the team moves (or not) that any uniform design includes widening the horns on the helmet. At least in the front. Then perhaps the football Rams will stop getting run off the mountain too... lol

This link tells of the origin of each team nickname.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/25650/wh ... team-names

No disagreement here. We are currently sporting goat horns on our helmets. Very uncool.

Hacksaw wrote:
Bighorn mountain Rams battle by 'locking horns' and head butting each other. The victor usually being the one with the hardest head / biggest horns. They strike at the base of the horn at the forehead and collide with incredible force. The size of the horns matters.

In college they would be penalized and tossed out of the game for targeting and in the NFL they would be flagged for head to head contact and fined accordingly.

LOL den. I was wondering who might quip over that line first.

Hopefully with the Rams rebranding we get bigger horns!

Hacksaw wrote:LOL den. I was wondering who might quip over that line first.

Great pics Hack...With the move back to Los Angeles and going back to the uniforms of Hacksaw & Youngblood one can hope that the horns on the helmets will be wider as well.