Per tradition, Notre Dame released the 2026 version of “The Shirt” for football season.

The Shirt just dropped for @NDFootball's 2026 season.Thoughts?Available online now: https://t.co/2LAcSjNj2X pic.twitter.com/TWCX3W8izO

We don’t need to get too deep in the weeds here about all the reasons that the shirt is bad. There’s a formula every year that they love, but it’s a terrible system for creating clothing. Yes, me being a 47 year old Notre Dame fan means I do know this is something that raises money for a charity (just like I’m well aware of the Notre Dame/Navy history) but that doesn’t mean I have to lie about how it looks.

The dark blue is always a bad choice for a fan in the crowd color.

The one really good thing here is the brand of the shirt (The League) makes a great fitting and comfortable shirt.

The class ring gives thoughts to actual championship rings as this is sports — and that’s after a season where the Irish didn’t even make the playoff.

It’s a camel, so it’s absolutely too busy and has too much going on.

I don’t feel the need to wear some type of story around my body.

But like I said… I’m not going to get too deep in the woods on this (although that’s where this shirt probably belongs).

If you like it — fine. If you don’t like it — you get what I’m saying.

All this really means is that the Blue-Gold Game is at hand and the real offseason is about to happen. Enjoy the football we have left.