FAN FORUM
forward to the new look for the Shamrock
Series. Oregon began the rage with new
uniforms almost weekly, and many credit
their cutting-edge style for attracting re-
cruits and growing into a top program.
Many other schools, like Stanford, will
don all black on occasion, or a military
look to honor the troops.
As Bob Cratchit told Ebenezer Scrooge:
"It's only once a year."
NOT EASY TO BE GREEN
I was the photo editor of Notre
Dame's student newspaper The Ob-
server in 1977 and on the field when
green uniforms were used to inspire
the win over USC. However, since
then, it seems as if the green uniforms
have not been a resounding success.
Self-consciousness in sports is not
good thing.
A golfer trying to make a three-foot
putt or land a drive in the fairway to
win a tournament will tell you that.
So will a basketball player at the foul
line in the waning moments of a close
game. Wearing special uniforms —
especially ones that my wife thought
made the Irish look like "little green
men from Mars" — places too much
attention on the "self" and too much
emphasis on the "special."
Add in that it was a "home game"
in our opponent's back yard — one
whose only intense rivalry is with
Notre Dame — and you have a recipe
for a disaster for a team whose playoff
path was clear until that performance,
which seemed lacking of focus.
Leo Hansen
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Many fans were not fond of the all-green uniforms
the Irish wore versus Boston College Nov. 21, but
the players loved them.
PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA
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