Blue and golden vs. grey and scarlet: a azygous matchup worthy of a rubric game.
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Ohio State Buckeyes are acceptable to conscionable for the College Football Playoff National Championship connected Monday successful Atlanta, and assemblage shot fans are eagerly anticipating this conflict of bluebloods.
In summation to being 2 of the biggest wide brands successful the sport, the 2 programs person immoderate of the astir iconic uniforms successful assemblage football, though fans mightiness beryllium wondering which jerseys each squad is wearing among their galore alternate styles.
Here's what we cognize astir Notre Dame and Ohio State's azygous choices for the 2025 CFP National Championship game.
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Ohio State jerseys for the National Championship
The Buckeyes are not conscionable wearing their accepted achromatic uniforms. Exclusively worn for postseason play, Ohio State volition don its "Heritage Stripes" throwback jerseys.
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— Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) January 16, 2025Introduced arsenic a tribute to the 1968 rubric team, the Buckeyes debuted the uniforms during the inaugural College Football Playoff, beating Alabama successful the 2015 Sugar Bowl successful the roadworthy mentation and Oregon successful the rubric crippled successful the location version.
OSU volition deterioration the achromatic mentation of the classical jersey featuring grey and scarlet sleeves to grant past champions and see a “2025″ spot to admit the College Football Playoff. This year, the Nike Swoosh volition beryllium golden alternatively of metallic to lucifer the Playoff's colour theme.
The past clip Ohio State wore these uniforms was besides astatine the Mercedes Benz Superdome successful Atlanta for the 2022 Peach Bowl against Georgia. The Bulldogs defeated the Buckeyes 42-41 successful that crippled to beforehand to the National Championship.
The Buckeyes are 2-3 erstwhile wearing these jerseys, with Sugar Bowl victories implicit Alabama successful 2015 and Clemson successful 2021. Ohio State mislaid successful the retro uniforms to the Tigers successful the 2017 Fiesta Bowl and the Crimson Tide successful the 2021 National Championship game.
Notre Dame jerseys for the National Championship
While determination has been nary authoritative announcement, it is expected Notre Dame volition deterioration its accepted bluish and golden location uniforms for the National Championship.
Although Notre Dame’s authoritative colors person agelong been listed arsenic bluish and gold, the colour of the Irish location shot jersey has switched backmost and distant betwixt bluish and greenish for implicit 50 years.
Since 1940, not including the "green jersey games" oregon Shamrock Series, the azygous has had large changes astir 14 times. The past alteration came successful the 1984 play erstwhile the Irish returned to the modular navy bluish jerseys. The golden Irish helmets and pants remained unchanged.
Since Marcus Freeman took implicit arsenic caput coach, Notre Dame has had adjacent much jersey variance, breaking a grounds this play for astir azygous combos worn successful schoolhouse past with six successful the 2024 campaign.