Notre Dame football head coach starred in a video on Wednesday that showed off what the Irish will be wearing when they play this year's Shamrock Series game. Because of the look of the uniform and because of the way the team showed it off, the Irish basically broke the internet.
This year’s game is set for November 23 at Yankee Stadium in New York against Army (7 p.m. EST on NBC/Peacock), and the uniforms — and the movie parody used to introduce them — reflected the occasion and the venue.
This year’s Shamrock Series game will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 13-7 Irish win on Oct. 18, 1924, at the Polo Grounds that inspired the great sports writer Grantland Rice’s famous writing:
“Outlined against a blue-gray October sky, the Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore their names are Death, Destruction, Pestilence, and Famine. But those are aliases. Their real names are: Stuhldreher, Crowley, Miller and Layden. They formed the crest of the South Bend cyclone before which another fighting Army team was swept over the precipice at the Polo Grounds this afternoon as 55,000 spectators peered down upon the bewildering panorama spread out upon the green plain below.”
Notre Dame football breaks the internet with Shamrock Series reveal
It's in the details
It's in the details ✨
— The Fighting Irish (@FightingIrish) July 24, 2024
A closer look at this year's uniforms for the Shamrock Series presented by @MyCreditUnion1 #GoIrish | @NDFootball pic.twitter.com/5UCepLR7IS
Notre Dame's unis don't even seem real
The numbers on Notre Dame’s Shamrock Series jerseys are so glittery gold they don’t even seem real, and I mean that in a good way.
— Tyler Horka (@tbhorka) July 24, 2024
Recruits resonate with glitz and glamor. It’s OK to have some of that every now and again, even in South Bend. pic.twitter.com/DESa8qvpyx
Some think the numbers are going to be hard to read.
Prayers for the SID who has to do stats during the game these are worn https://t.co/V6ZFb10YRs
— Richard Martin (@Ricardo_Knows) July 24, 2024
Worst uniform design ever?
Easy candidate for worst uniform design ever created.
— Justin LaSalata (@justinlasalata) July 24, 2024
For any sport. Ever.#CollegeFootball #NCAAF https://t.co/LgSKR65rrh
Best ever?
These are the best Shamrock series unis and it's not even close. I absolutely love them https://t.co/BDLzyFY8qc
— South Philly Fella (@IrishPhan61) July 24, 2024
What was clear from the reactions to the Shamrock Series uniforms reveal is that there were definitely a couple of different responses. It feels like people either love it or hate it.
We'll get to see it in action later this fall and one thing is clear. This particular Notre Dame football uniform makes quite the statement.