Finally, someone with my problem! I wear a 7 3/4 myself. I'm like you guys, I have a hard time finding hats to fit my huge cranium, Hats that fit on most people look like yarmulka on me. I hate thos one size fits all hats too...
Don' buy a helmet from a gift shop, they jack up the price. You can get one cheaper online. I saw one at "Tyger Gifts" for FRIGGIN $225.00 (rip off!!!). Go online and type in a search for full sized LSU helmets.
I almost never wear a hat unless I am fishing to keep the sun off my head but you can buy an adjustable baseball type cap almost anywhere. I have a few knitted skull caps for whenever I'm outdoors in really cold weather. It doesen't get that cold around here too much.
Thanks for the support, fellow bigheads. My bride sometimes calls my head "the big pumpkin" No, I'm not bald... Any other good pet head names out there? P.S. Size 8 fitted caps are a BITCH to find... ....and none of those goofy ones with the plastic hole/pin work for me..
The Favorite - BUCKETHEAD! When I was 8, I was a SKINNY/tallish running back on my pee wee football team. Although I didn't have an ounce of fat on me, I barely made weight. It was a fight every week. I used to have to go run laps before the game with the fat kids. I swore that my head size led to my weight "problems". When we went to go get fitted for helmets, none of the 7-8 old helmets fit me, so I had to try on the helmets of the 9-10 y.o. None of them fit, so I tried on the 11-12 y.o. I could have worn one, but it was a little tight. I wound up wearing a 13-14 y.o. helmet. It was pretty cool, though, because they had the nicer "suspension" helmets with the pro style facemasks. My dad took some of the old 8mm films of our games. I got the ball most of the time, and, whenever I went into the line, all you would see is this gigantic head sticking out over the crowd of little kids.
There is a great, wonderfully bizarre guitarist that goes by "Buckethead"... ...he wears an oriental mask so no one knows his real identity... ...but this is literally the topper... ...he wears a KFC bucket on his head! ...hence, the name...
IMO....I like that....Maybe just wear it once or twice a year like we do the purple. I just thinkg we should change it up a little bit. But my all-time favorite is the white jerseys with gold helmet.
I just received both the Schutt and the Riddell mini helmets in the mail today, and after closely examining both of them from every angle, I would have to say the Schutt helmet is my favorite. I'm waiting on the white one that I ordered on ebay. That one should be nice.