Touchdown Jesus..The famous Dan Devine green jersey game of Oct 22, 1977, has given a perception that they are used primarily for motivation..The eventual 49-19 of the highly ranked Trojans gave rise to that..But its simply not the reality..What no one mentions is that Devine's IRISH wore them every home game thereafter till Devine's s retirement in 1980..Including a 7-4 season in 1979..
Green jerseys , like blue, have had their ups and downs, its not the jersey..Green was prominent during the 87-11 Frank Leahy era; conversely Joe,( 17-23) Kuharich at times outfitted the Irish in green..In 1963, Hugh Devore deployed green against the Cuse in the finale of a 2-7 season...Bob Davie's Irish wore green in a 1999 Gator bowl loss to G aTech, Holtz led ND wore green in the 41-24 loss to Colorado in the Fiesta Bowl of 1995, WEis' Irish of 2006 wore them 2006 senior day in a romp over Army..Faust's IRISH beat two bad USC teams in green...
In summary, there are numerous other examples..and its not like ND is so lucky in the traditional navy, having not won a title since 1988..Let's get Over this green jersey angst; Im thrilled to see them back..Every ND SENIOR class should wear them at least once..