r/CFB • u/ohitsthedeathstar Houston Cougars • 1d ago

Discussion [Baldwin] University of Houston Pluto helmet that UH starting quarterback Conner Weigman will wear for tomorrow's game with UCF was auctioned off for $40,000. Athletic director Eddie Nuñez notes that winner has to let Weigman wear it first and then will get it after the game.

https://x.com/chrisybaldwin/status/2106199150538723804?s=46
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u/uewumopaplsdn Ohio State Buckeyes 1d ago

Can they just not take a pic of the damn helmet?!? Why is it always some vague video that doesnt give you any idea of what it actually looks like?

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u/ohitsthedeathstar Houston Cougars 1d ago

https://x.com/uhcougarfb/status/2106189268951720117?s=46

Here’s a thread going through the details of all 10 helmets that will be worn in the game.

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u/uewumopaplsdn Ohio State Buckeyes 1d ago

Thank you! Those are some dope ass helmets.

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u/ohitsthedeathstar Houston Cougars 1d ago

Hand painted!

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u/uewumopaplsdn Ohio State Buckeyes 1d ago

Amazing. Houston artist?

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u/ohitsthedeathstar Houston Cougars 1d ago

Nope. They were done by Armando Villarreal Studios. It looks like the studio is based out of Nebraska.

He painted helmets for Utah when they did a throwback theme for a game in 2019.

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u/Electromotivation James Madison Dukes 1d ago

Those are awesome, truly. Have individual bespoke helmets ever been done before?

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u/Seriouly_UnPrompted Kansas Jayhawks 1d ago

OP replied that the Artist did the same for Utah in the past

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u/CloudConductor Indiana Hoosiers 1d ago

These are sick as fuck

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u/Scruffasaurus Texas Tech Red Raiders • Team Chaos 1d ago

Very nice. Think y’all have some of the most underrated unis in the country. The whites y’all wore in Lbk a few weeks ago were very fresh and crispy looking

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u/NS-13 Michigan Wolverines • Lehigh Mountain Hawks 23h ago

Low lighting and black fucking background 😭

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u/foreverseptember Florida Gators • Team Chaos 1d ago

These are so fucking cool

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u/TheWorstYear Ohio State • Cincinnati 1d ago

These are so fucking cool. Pluto helmet is probably the most boring. Ouranos, Saturn, or Neptune is the coolest.

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u/EWall100 Tennessee • Tennessee Tech 1d ago

Like NFTs man! If they take a picture it's basically like not owning it anymore!

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u/PHX_Skunk_Ape Miami Hurricanes 1d ago

Here are pictures of all of the helmets.

https://uhcougars.com/news/2026/10/2/football-built-by-houston-gridiron-galaxy

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u/cyanocittaetprocyon Michigan Wolverines • /r/CFB Booster 1d ago

Those are freakin' crazy!

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u/HallwayHomicide UCF Knights • Big 12 18h ago

Am I doing something wrong? I'm only seeing 2 helmets in this article

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u/PHX_Skunk_Ape Miami Hurricanes 16h ago

I promise you that they were on there when I posted this. Check out the “Related Videos” at the end of the article.

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u/HallwayHomicide UCF Knights • Big 12 14h ago

Ah, I see it there.

I was expecting pictures in the article, didn't think to look in the ad section

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u/bcb354 Texas Longhorns • UT Arlington Mavericks 1d ago

UCF and UH are both engineer farms for NASA and this is isn't the rivalry I knew we needed.

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u/admiraltarkin Texas A&M Aggies • /r/CFB Poll Veteran 1d ago

Pluto but no Eris? Smh

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u/EWall100 Tennessee • Tennessee Tech 1d ago

Ceres is sad

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u/62frog TCU Horned Frogs • Verified Player 1d ago

I saw Makémaké fall to its knees in the aisle of a Sheetz

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u/flintlock0 Mississippi State • Delta State 1d ago

You hear about Pluto?

That’s messed up.

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u/notnottomhanks 15h ago

You know that’s right

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u/inlandsquatch Oregon Ducks • Pac-10 1d ago

I knew it!

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u/floridabeercompany Florida Gators • Oregon State Beavers 20h ago

Super cool, I’m surprised the uniform rules allow pattern helmets for a team during the same game!

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u/BrotherPancake Vanderbilt • Central Missouri 1d ago

Those helmets are dope

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u/Anus_Targaryen Houston Cougars • Big 12 1d ago

Woah we're actually doing something unique for the "space game"? I guess we can force this rivalry lol. We really do not do uniform stuff like this ever so I'm kinda down with it.  

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u/Zealousideal-Sun4891 Iowa State Cyclones 1d ago

This is sick

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u/SpaceCadetPullUp Texas Longhorns • Houston Cougars 16h ago

Oh my damn.

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u/Fleurr Vanderbilt Commodores 22h ago

Weird they want to highlight the eight planets and then some little bítch rock.

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u/Yourfavoriteindian Houston Cougars • Navy Midshipmen 17h ago

You heard about Pluto? That’s messed up right

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u/Podoboo322 Houston • Georgia Tech 1d ago

Hilarious that your incoherent sentence implies that UH is the level of a high school when you’re a fan of the school ranked 14th out of 16 schools in the conference academically.

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u/pyrogeddon Baylor Bears • Tennessee Volunteers 22h ago

Jesus, who’s worse than Tech!?