What is the "uniform surprise"?

[connor_in]

Put a little spin on our traditional blue and golds.

NDdomer2...can you do this with all blue unis and then use either green or gold or a combo of them for trim/numbers?

 

[IndyIrishFan1]

Seeing that it’s the bye week and we have nothing better to do than speculate about what the team is wearing and what ND might do to increase the stadium atmosphere I came up with this scenario…

*Many of you will probably hate on this because it “isn’t ND” or some other glum reason but just let your imagine run wild for a second…

The Fans/Students: The word gets out that the game will be a “green out.” All fans wear their green (even though “the shirt” is blue) and the place is a sea of green except for a few small sections of ketchup and mustard. The ND student section coordinates with the University to somehow create “ND” in their section. Each fan entering the stadium that day will get one of those small LED keychain lights for…

The Entrance: Black that @*#& out! Turn out the lights! (I know it’s dangerous/lawsuits/ushers..) The team will come out to Dropkick Murphy’s “Shipping up to Boston.” Even though ND has the best band in the nation they can take a few minutes off. All the fans will have their LED lights and above the press box will be either green fireworks (think the same ones used at Super Bowls) or the green lasers previously mentioned in this thread.

The Uniform: Personally I would like to see an all green with gold helmet (with shamrock). And since it was already talked about: some glow-in-the-dark piping on the uniform. Leave the team in the tunnel and put up a black drape so fans cannot see what is going on. Shine a ton of light on the team/uniform so when they pull back the drape you see the team for the first time ‘glowing.’ Once the team is ready to come out of the tunnel put a lot of green back-lighting on them. So if you are USC standing on the sideline looking into the tunnel all you see is green light coming out from the tunnel and silhouettes of the players.

When all of this is over the game will go on as normal. All of the fans will be wearing green and the glow in the dark piping on the uniform won’t be noticeable. The stadium will be ROCKING and the recruits will be swooning.

Alright naysayers…let me have it. Even better, let’s hear some other ideas….

 

[irish4ever]

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Here ya go, according to an II poster.

Those would be SWEET! I hope they go with it!

 

[Irish4Life09]

Seeing that it’s the bye week and we have nothing better to do than speculate about what the team is wearing and what ND might do to increase the stadium atmosphere I came up with this scenario…

*Many of you will probably hate on this because it “isn’t ND” or some other glum reason but just let your imagine run wild for a second…

The Fans/Students: The word gets out that the game will be a “green out.” All fans wear their green (even though “the shirt” is blue) and the place is a sea of green except for a few small sections of ketchup and mustard. The ND student section coordinates with the University to somehow create “ND” in their section. Each fan entering the stadium that day will get one of those small LED keychain lights for…

The Entrance: Black that @*#& out! Turn out the lights! (I know it’s dangerous/lawsuits/ushers..) The team will come out to Dropkick Murphy’s “Shipping up to Boston.” Even though ND has the best band in the nation they can take a few minutes off. All the fans will have their LED lights and above the press box will be either green fireworks (think the same ones used at Super Bowls) or the green lasers previously mentioned in this thread.

The Uniform: Personally I would like to see an all green with gold helmet (with shamrock). And since it was already talked about: some glow-in-the-dark piping on the uniform. Leave the team in the tunnel and put up a black drape so fans cannot see what is going on. Shine a ton of light on the team/uniform so when they pull back the drape you see the team for the first time ‘glowing.’ Once the team is ready to come out of the tunnel put a lot of green back-lighting on them. So if you are USC standing on the sideline looking into the tunnel all you see is green light coming out from the tunnel and silhouettes of the players.

When all of this is over the game will go on as normal. All of the fans will be wearing green and the glow in the dark piping on the uniform won’t be noticeable. The stadium will be ROCKING and the recruits will be swooning.

Alright naysayers…let me have it. Even better, let’s hear some other ideas….

Very interesting. Definitely love the Dropkick Murphys intro....

 

[PANDFAN]

how about the lights dim and a green glowing silhouette of Knute Rockne and the Four Horsemen hover over the field as the famous pep talk is blasted or the one from any given sunday....then start blasting....right here..right now

 

[Rhode Irish]

Here ya go, according to an II poster.

Please, for the love of God, do not subject us to something so hideous. We have great uniforms as-is. I'm all for adding a twist or whatever (thought our whites vs. Michigan were excellent), but why would we want to ditch our classic uniforms for something so incredibly chintzy looking?

 

[connor_in]

We could go Canadian Football League looking:

or

We could go REALLY old school:

 

[Rhode Irish]

If we aren't going with green then I'd honestly prefer we just wear our regular uniforms. You know, the ones that are the best uniforms in the country? Those ones?

 

[FLDomer]

Please, for the love of God, do not subject us to something so hideous. We have great uniforms as-is. I'm all for adding a twist or whatever (thought our whites vs. Michigan were excellent), but why would we want to ditch our classic uniforms for something so incredibly chintzy looking?

I agree those are HORRIBLE!

 

[IndyIrishFan1]

If we aren't going with green then I'd honestly prefer we just wear our regular uniforms. You know, the ones that are the best uniforms in the country? Those ones?

I agree the regular uniforms are great. Have you seen the Ohio University video of the team seeing their black uniforms for the first time? What if just one of the blue-chip recruits gets that excited about what ND might wear for this game? We will always have the regular uniforms to go to. It doesn't hurt to bring some excitement every once and a while.

Ohio Football: Reaction to Black Jerseys - YouTube (1:20 mark)

 

[Otto]

or

We could go REALLY old school:

This gets my vote!

 

[irishfanjho15]

Let's go old school, Hornung-style. No logos, just the number front and back. Everyone wears the 3/4 under sleeves.

 

[BleedBlueGold]

I agree the regular uniforms are great. Have you seen the Ohio University video of the team seeing their black uniforms for the first time? What if just one of the blue-chip recruits gets that excited about what ND might wear for this game? We will always have the regular uniforms to go to. It doesn't hurt to bring some excitement every once and a while.

Ohio Football: Reaction to Black Jerseys - YouTube (1:20 mark)

Those kids work their butts off every day. IMO, they deserve something like this every once in awhile.

 

[connor_in]

Let's go old school, Hornung-style. No logos, just the number front and back. Everyone wears the 3/4 under sleeves.

I was going to use that one too, but I wasn't sure if that was an ND or a Green Bay Packer uni!

 

[BleedBlueGold]

Please, for the love of God, do not subject us to something so hideous. We have great uniforms as-is. I'm all for adding a twist or whatever (thought our whites vs. Michigan were excellent), but why would we want to ditch our classic uniforms for something so incredibly chintzy looking?

It's not just about the fans. It's about the kids on the team. The get fired up about stuff like this. I have no clue if this jersey will ever make it in the locker room at ND, but I'm 100% not opposed to seeing an alternate jersey like this. I think it'd be fun and the kids would love it.

 

[Green Goblin]

I wouldn't mind seeing a green jersey with heavy gold accents around it....like gold around the ends of the shoulders and maybe a gold band running across the lower back with a shamrock or ND logo on it.

 

[Green Goblin]

Like this. Make the jerseys green and then just have a gold stripe that extends back from the shoulders to just beneath the shoulder pads and put a shamrock on the back there.

Same gold helmet, same gold pants.

 

[NDdomer2]

These with the green trimmed black shamrock

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Like this.

 

[irishog77]

I've been hearing some whispers about a big uniform surprise for the SC game. Whats the story? Someone around here has to know...

Just socks and jocks for the USC game, my friend. Socks and jocks.

 

[NDdomer2]

Lose the stripes and put a navy shamrock on the helmets.

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Like this.

 

[Rhode Irish]

I agree the regular uniforms are great. Have you seen the Ohio University video of the team seeing their black uniforms for the first time? What if just one of the blue-chip recruits gets that excited about what ND might wear for this game? We will always have the regular uniforms to go to. It doesn't hurt to bring some excitement every once and a while.

Ohio Football: Reaction to Black Jerseys - YouTube (1:20 mark)

I did see that video a week or so ago, and I thought it was awesome. There are two key differences, though:

1. Ohio's regular uniforms aren't the best unis in the country.

2. Those black uniforms they unveiled were legitimately awesome. The iterations of the Notre Dame uniforms being thrown out here are beyond hideous. Those all-gold uniforms would be the worst uniforms ever worn in any sport at any level. I think I would try to find the game on radio, that is how ugly they are. My guess is breaking those out would hurt recruiting more than it would help. You'd basically limit yourself to colorblind football players at that point.

It isn't as much about tradition for me as it is about taste. If they come out with a green version of the unis they wore at Michigan I would be ecstatic. But don't wear something horrible just to do something different.

It's not just about the fans. It's about the kids on the team. The get fired up about stuff like this. I have no clue if this jersey will ever make it in the locker room at ND, but I'm 100% not opposed to seeing an alternate jersey like this. I think it'd be fun and the kids would love it.

Nobody would or could love that all-gold uniform. It looks like sparkly vomit. But I agree with your bigger point that if they can do something that the kids will like and isn't totally offensive to anyone with a somewhat-refined color palate, then go for it.

 

[NDdomer2]

NDdomer2...can you do this with all blue unis and then use either green or gold or a combo of them for trim/numbers?

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Here you go.

 

[military_irish]

Kelly did say today on The Herd that you can't just sit behind a desk and fall back on tradition and think you can get ahead. That is paraphrasing anyways. I know he was talking about the football program on the field but there is no reason to think he wouldn't take what he said and apply it to the jerseys to help with recruiting. Anything is possible.

The fan base is used to Blue, white, and sometimes a green jersey. Nothing really changes, when they run out in green jerseys that is normal and expected. I can see the team looking for a wow factor that everyone talks about, good or bad.

 

[NDdomer2]

Seeing that it’s the bye week and we have nothing better to do than speculate about what the team is wearing and what ND might do to increase the stadium atmosphere I came up with this scenario…

The Uniform: Personally I would like to see an all green with gold helmet (with shamrock).

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[NDdomer2]

I did see that video a week or so ago, and I thought it was awesome. There are two key differences, though:

1. Ohio's regular uniforms aren't the best unis in the country.

2. Those black uniforms they unveiled were legitimately awesome. The iterations of the Notre Dame uniforms being thrown out here are beyond hideous. Those all-gold uniforms would be the worst uniforms ever worn in any sport at any level. I think I would try to find the game on radio, that is how ugly they are. My guess is breaking those out would hurt recruiting more than it would help. You'd basically limit yourself to colorblind football players at that point.

It isn't as much about tradition for me as it is about taste. If they come out with a green version of the unis they wore at Michigan I would be ecstatic. But don't wear something horrible just to do something different.



Nobody would or could love that all-gold uniform. It looks like sparkly vomit. But I agree with your bigger point that if they can do something that the kids will like and isn't totally offensive to anyone with a somewhat-refined color palate, then go for it.

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[NotJayRock]

I'm gonna make some model mockups, any designs you'd like to see?

 

[BeauBenken]

I've never really cared what the jersey I wear looks like.

I could rock the Wyoming UPS jerseys.

 

[BeauBenken]

Can you try making the inner number white, please?

 

[koonja]

Please, for the love of God, do not subject us to something so hideous. We have great uniforms as-is. I'm all for adding a twist or whatever (thought our whites vs. Michigan were excellent), but why would we want to ditch our classic uniforms for something so incredibly chintzy looking?

Make the helmet all black with ND in yellow.

Would they ever consider putting the Fighting Irish logo on anything? It looks sweet on apparel.

 

[NDdomer2]

Can you try making the inner number white, please?

Beau, do you want the strips white too?