Comments on: It’s Not Easy Being Green

By: Lil'G '82

Lil'G '82 — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 13:44:57 +0000

gold, blue, green …. like them all! Personally, I’d like to see them all incorporated into each week’s ensemble. But really, it’s about the players hitt’in someone in mouth… even if its shirts and skins!

I played in the green and in the Faust blue( did’nt much care for the color, but must admit I liked the name on the back). Hey Gang, forget the color scheme and go drill somebody. Perfect mantra for the O-line should be … “coach, no need to pass-just run the damn ball and let us kick some -”
and for the Defense- just look across the line of scrimmage and suggest to Army players “that their Momma’s must not love them anymore, poor things!”

GO IRISH

By: brian custer

brian custer — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 05:11:25 +0000

i guess i don’t undertand why notre dame shouldn’t have an “alternate jersey” worn on certain pre-scheduled dates. jinxes & bad luck are not catholic beliefs. the green & gold looks good & should be worn a couple of times/year

By: brian custer

brian custer — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 04:58:49 +0000

the green jerseys should be blended in as an “alternate jersey”. wear the regular navy blue jerseys most of the time, then pre-schedule the greens for “special games’ ie senior day, bowl game, etc. almost all major football teams have “alternate” uniforms. it is really just a marketing ploy.

By: 59075

59075 — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 03:14:41 +0000

To use the green jerseys for motivation is just as likely to have the opposite effect nowadays. The tradition was long-established before 1977, and every coach before and after Ara have used them at one time or another. Rockne, Devine and Holtz were able to pull off a little surprise and maybe get some motivational mileage out of green jerseys. But in my lifetime, Faust, Kuharich, Willingham, Weis and Davie found out a green jersey will not overcome inadequate coaching. To expect them to bring magical powers to the team that wears them seems silly. Yeah, ND has lost a lot of games in green lately. But they’ve lost a lot in blue, too. I think almost every team at ND incorporates green on their uniforms at some point now, so I’m okay with breaking them out once a year for a bowl game, senior sendoff, neutral site game, etc.

PS: Adidas should never, ever, EVER bastardize the ND uniform the way Nike did Oregon’s.

By: Fitz

Fitz — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 21:22:11 +0000

It’s ok in my opinion to bust out the green jerseys here and there but do it as a surprise as in the past. Clearly it’s even more motivational that way. Imagine how surprised everyone would be, fans and players alike if the players went in to halftime and found the green jerseys for them to change into for the 2nd half just like the first time back in ’77. I’d probably rather save them for USC too but overall I’m ok with the occasional going green third jersey usage as long as the coach is being selective about when to do it and uses them as a method of surprise and motivation, none of these beforehand announcements that makes the green lose it’s punch.

By: bat

bat — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:51:12 +0000

I’ve been on both sides of this argument for years. I have to admit however that when I heard we were going Green for this game against the Black Knights I was excited. After this years disappointments we need a little excitement. C’mon Irish win big!

By: fballfan15

fballfan15 — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 05:54:40 +0000

Coaches at Notre Dame should not be allowed to bring out the green jerseys until they have one a national championship. I’m all in favor of some new school jerseys for regular use though, I haven’t even noticed that we’ve modified our uniforms slightly over the past decade or so.

By: bob

bob — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 05:26:25 +0000

The color of our unis hasnt had any decision whether we win or lose. The BC game under Willingham was a joke bc our QB was PAT DILLINGHAM. The Irish fumbled 8 times. Wouldnt have changed if the color of the jerseys were Blue or Green. USC 05? Ambrose Wooden still wouldve given up the 4th and 9. Lets worry more about the outcome of the game and not what color the Irish are wearing when they run out of the tunnel…or dugout. GO IRISH. BK knows what he’s doing. We’re on our way back. NO UNBELIEF.

By: TC68

TC68 — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:30:33 +0000

The week after the ’77 ND / USC game, the Trojans played California at Berkeley. Cal was superior in a very physical game. Towards the end of the game, the Cal band played a medley that started with a very spirited version of the Notre Dame Victory March, swung into “The Old Gray Mare” (everyone not from USC hates the horse) and finished with “Fight On” in funeral dirge tempo. The fans went wild. I wasn’t at the Green Jersey game, but was at this one and felt such a kindred spirit with the Cal fans who were enjoying a rare victory over one of their big rivals.
Go IRISH!

By: Matt Barbour

Matt Barbour — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:45:43 +0000

The colors of the University are GOLD AND BLUE. The home uniforms are not only traditional, but speak from within for the spirit of the University. As the players, students, and fans stand and sing after the game, I’ve never heard “green”! Let’s get back to the blue and gold in the stands so we look like a group that knows from where it came from, and the show the colors of Notre Dame. The colors in the stands at home games make one wonder what school we’re supporting. Nothinh was more disspiriting than the sea of red a few years ago when Nebraska invaded our stadium. Let’s get back to GOLD and BLUE.