It's a "Green Out" Saturday Night Notre Dame Stadium. But will the Players wear Green Jerseys?

It’s Official.  The “Green Out” is coming to Notre Dame Stadium. A movement that started back in June, has now publicly been endorsed by Head Coach Brian Kelly, the players, students, and fans.

This isn’t the first time Notre Dame has attempted this spectacle. Just five years ago an attempt for a “Green Out” against Oklahoma was a total failure. But under new circumstances, will this year’s “Green Out” of South Bend be a success? Notre Dame has their work cut out for them.

When the Fighting Irish and Wolverines clash, it will have major College Football Playoff implications.

Jim Harbaugh knows how to win at Notre Dame:

The last time that Jim Harbaugh... won in South Bend was back in 2010... Jim Harbaugh was coaching a Stanford Cardinal team led by Andrew Luck, that left South Bend with a 37 to 14 victory.

Many believe this is the year that the Wolverines will make the playoffs, and lots of experts have picked Michigan in this matchup. The key advantage for the Irish will be playing in their home, the house that Rockne built. Perhaps the “Green Out”, if successful, will give the Irish a mental edge.

After Oklahoma fans striped out Notre Dame in 2012 with Red and White checkered stripes, the Notre Dame fans responded with a “Green Out” of their own when the Sooners came to visit in 2013. Instead of a stadium full of green shirts, the stands were filled with navy, white, grey, gold, and every color of merchandise available. Oh yeah, there was a healthy bit of Sooner Red as well. The build up for this event only took place a few weeks prior, and never fully reached the masses.

According to Brian Kelly, Notre Dame will be wearing their traditional Home Blue Jerseys. “I have not made a decision on that. My sense is, there’s going to be plenty of green in that stadium. Our home jerseys are blue. I love that tradition,” Kelly said at his opening presser for fall camp.”

He did leave a little wiggle room though.  “Unless something happens drastically in my thought process, you know, we’ll wear our traditional blue coming into that game.”

So you’re telling me there’s a chance?

If they do wear green, it wouldn’t be the first time they did it as a surprise. In 1977, the Irish warmed up in their traditional uniforms, but went into the locker room to find green jerseys awaiting them. After players ran onto the field, Notre Dame Stadium went berserk and the rest is history. The same occurred in 2005 for the USC game when the Irish warmed up in blue but came out in their hunter green jerseys.

Although Brian Kelly has denied rumors, wearing green jerseys is something that is supposed to be a surprise, not something that a coach announces 50 days before a big game. Green Jerseys are something that the coach shocks the players with right before the game. Still, the odds of this happening at least appear low at the moment.

LINK: https://www.uhnd.com/football/irish-wear-green-notre-dames-latest-green-work/

A short video of two Notre Dame players exhorting fans to wear green.

You'll have to click to the link to see the video: https://twitter.com/NDFootball/status/1033859133496147968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

 

Notre Dame pages for selling green gear so they get it right this time:

LINK: https://www.uhnd.com/football/gear-notre-dame-green-weekend/

All of Notre Dame land is getting amped up for this game. All of Michigan land is too.

 

 

IT'S GOING TO BE ELECTRIC THERE!

 

A new Michigan vs. Notre Dame hype video from GameFin YouTube channel. It's going to look like it's all about Notre Dame. But wait for it. It seems to treat both teams equally:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8hEnIX_k-I

 

 

HatTip to MGoBoard commenters "LongLiveBo" and "garde" for the idea

LINK:  https://mgoblog.com/comment/243042945#comment-243042945