Wake Forest is joining the matte-volution next season, and appears to have three new alternate helmets. A player on the team tweeted out a photo on Thursday. (Hat tip to Blogger So Dear.)

New helmets for next season.. Mat Black, All white with gold flakes, white and gold Mix #UnderstandMElockerz.com/s/283392084

— Kevin Johnson(@KevJr9) February 14, 2013

Dear Debbie Yow,

We need to talk. You see, I've been looking at a lot of new helmets lately, and I've developed a taste for them. Now before you respond, understand that your refusal will result in months of "can we have new helmets? Can we have new helmets? Can we have new helmets? Can we have new helmets? Can we have new helmets?"

I think you and I can both agree that boring helmets are really boring. So what are we even talking about here? Let's spice these bad boys up! Did you know that chrome helmets make the wearer 64.3% more likely to return a punt for a touchdown? That's true; I checked. You can't ignore the science facts.

So have your people call my people and we'll hop on the idea train to Aestheticdelightsville. Then we can celebrate our agreement with the adding of chocolate to milk.

Yours sincerely,

A guy on the internet