June 9, 2026

Friday at 4: Ohio State turning Notre Dame Stadium red a reality and a compliment, not an Irish failing


They are coming. Many of them are already in South Bend. And rest assured, more Ohio State Buckeyes fans are on their way, to the chagrin of many Notre Dame fans. Irish fans have seen it before. If/when Notre Dame Stadium reaches Saturday’s 7:30 ET kickoff with the NBC broadcast finding significant portions of red distorting the university’s attempt at an “Irish Wear Green” evening, it will be a familiar nightmare. Cincinnati fans filled 20,000 or so seats in 2021. Georgia fans took over more than that, many more, back in 2017. And famously, Nebraska’s trip to South Bend in 2000 is simply known as the “Sea of Red.” The only coincidence here is that they all wore red. Everything else is a logical pattern, one that will repeat itself this weekend, no matter how much Notre Dame may try to avoid it. “It’s a topic of discussion because we…

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