Notre Dame Plans To Keep Notre Dame Stadium Green For Ohio State Matchup
Notre Dame wants Notre Dame Stadium to go green this Saturday night. The top ten matchup between No. 9 Notre Dame and No. 4 Ohio State has been billed as an “Irish Wear Green” game for some time. Notre Dame players will keep their traditional golden helmets, but they will wear a special monochrome look with both green jerseys and pants in the game.
Notre Dame fans are being asked to wear green as well and head coach Marcus Freeman is looking for as much green and as possible.
"We want to see a lot of green in here,” Freeman remarked this week. "That’s the cool thing about Saturday is we’ve got green jerseys and I don’t know if they’re calling it a green out, but we want to see a lot of green. I think our players notice it and appreciate that, especially pregame, as you just said. We want to make sure there’s as many Notre Dame fans as we can, and I think they’re doing some cool things for the fan experience. I encourage our fans, man, make sure you guys are here and let’s get as much green in the stadium as we can.”
Notre Dame wants to push back any chance of a sea of red in the stadium Saturday night. It happened in 2000 when Nebraska fans invaded the stadium, making Notre Dame Stadium look more like a Cornhusker home game for Nebraska’s dramatic 27-24 win. Red invaded the stadium again in 2017 when more than 30,000 red-clad Georgia fans saw the Bulldogs escape with a 20-19 victory.
In addition to asking Irish fans to wear green and doing everything it can to make sure Notre Dame fans have tickets for the game, Notre Dame is going a step further to provide a green presence under the Saturday night lights. All ticketed fans will find a special LED wristband when they reach their seats.
The stadium public address announcer will cue fans at certain times during the game and the wristbands will provide special light shows when the Irish run out on the field before the game as well as at different times throughout the game. The idea is the brainchild of Notre Dame Assistant Athletic Director of Fan Experience Don Scott
Fans are asked to take only one wristband, which were provided by CrowdSync Technology, and not to trade their wristbands with anyone, because each wristband is programmed to light up in the corresponding section and row of the stadium. The bands also have a QR code that fans can scan to receive a 20% discount on Notre Dame merchandise and 10 fans will also receive exclusive items including autographed memorabilia and game-used equipment.
Bottom line, Irish fans are asked to keep it green and keep out the red Saturday night. With around 30 recruits expected to be on the sideline during the game, more green and as little red as possible is imperative.
"We expect to see a lot of green in that stadium and I think it’s going to be a really cool opportunity,” Freeman said. "A great opportunity, on Saturday night to play a great opponent in Notre Dame Stadium.”
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